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Originally Posted by viperdk1
Even though Airi was nice and caring towards Shingo and Sakuno, she made it damn well clear that the student body (her included) would not accept the arrangements now in place. [...] it is the concept that she despises, not those involved as a result of the concept.
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I think this is very well put. It's basically a fear of change, compounded with the sort of insular culture that can develop in these sorts of gender-specific private schools (even in real life, though probably not to this degree). If you consider the image of the androphobic teacher, you have a bit of that to some degree. Also as you can see, Airi sees herself as "the responsible one" when compared to her mom's sort of free-spirited "take things easy" nature.
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Originally Posted by Tenchi Ryu
Installing the idea that her and the entire body was against this in the final 3-4 mins of the show was a poor way of pacing. [...] ...the way it was done, it was completely out the left field....
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Well consider that this was very much on purpose, because you're following the story from the perspective of Shingo. Consider how unexpected the change felt to
him (and Sakuno); as a viewer, you're supposed to have the same feeling. The reason for this juxtaposition is precisely so that you can see that she's not a bad person... but she can't stand the idea of her school going co-ed. If they had prepped the viewer in advance for this development, it would have totally changed your impression of her when you first met her and you'd misunderstand (or miss) the reason for her "sudden change". So now the question is "why is an apparently-nice girl like Airi so vocally against there being boys in her school?" Stay tuned to find out...
Also, I should say that it's not that the "entire body" of students is against the merger, it's that "the entire school has not accepted" or "
not everyone in the school has accepted", meaning some are opposed -- and her in particular. You get the impression from Airi's comment that this might have been something her mother decided "on a whim", and she just launched into it without warning, not giving people a chance to react or adjust. Change is hard.