History Fridge / AggressiveRetsuko

!FridgeBrilliance
* Haida is very submissive and shy around Retsuko. As a spotted hyena, this makes sense as spotted hyenas have matriarchal societies where the males are submissive to the females.
* Ton's using an abacus was meant to reinforce how he is not good with technology. However, people skilled with abaci are known to be able to do faster calculations compared to those who work with calculators.
** It's also a highlight on how Ton got to his position as manager. He may be a [[JerkAss chauvinistic pig]], but when he works, he proves [[TheAce how fast and efficient]] he can be.
* Retsuko telling Kabae she was relieved because she was able to poop again after not being able to a few days (a lie to cover up the actual reason) gets so twisted by the time it reaches Haida, he's freaking out because he thinks she's pregnant. It's especially jarring to Retsuko, who outright asks if she's even ''looked'' pregnant at all lately when questioning why he's panicking. While Haida's not totally aware of it - and nor are the viewers - his overreaction is one of the first signs of his crush on Retsuko and how badly he's already hoping Retsuko isn't taken.
* The way Retsuko lands after jumping actually goes a ways to show her growth as a person. In the beginning, when we see her talk about her idealism with her job, she slips and sprains her heel after taking a leap. She's not really prepared for taking that first metaphorical leap into adulthood, and she will have to face the troubles of the world, and she stumbles and falls. As any young adult will do. But, at the end of the season, she takes the leap again but lands sure-footed on both her feet. She has experience and has worked past some of her troubles. She still has many of these troubles, and will have to face them, but she has learned how to better face and recover from them on her own. In other words, she has learned how to land on her own two feet, both literally and metaphorically.
* Right after Gori and Washimi talk to Retsuko about love, Retsuko sees Resasuke on her usual train, though he's not paying attention... and an outline/shadow of Haida can be seen in the background. Haida himself discusses LovingAShadow a few episodes later with regards to his feelings about Retsuko, and it makes sense at this phase that Retsuko knows little about Haida outside of work despite his crush on her.
* Ton says he didn't remember a thing from the drinking night, but he goes right back to his old personality. If he really did forget everything that night, he would have continued looking for whoever ratted him out. He likely remembered everything and just decided to drop the subject. It could either be because he now knows that Retsuko has connections that go above him, or he did realize he was harming his employees with his brand of "management". When Retsuko started apologizing for "rudeness" he knew she would drop it if he did, and claimed to remember nothing.
* Washimi warns Retsuko about the downsides of marriage during their chats in the first season. [[spoiler: It wasn't just advice or concern. Washimi knows what she's talking about as she reveals in the second season that she was married before and divorced after only four months.]]
* It's very possible that Tadano might not be a donkey at all, but a mule. [[spoiler:Mules are mostly infertile, hence him not wanting to have kids with Retsuko.]]
* Ton might indeed be grooming Retsuko, Haida and Fenneko to replace him one day, as not only does he drop Anai on them to train, but also seems weirdly proud of Retsuko and Haida being written up for complaints. He even helps them out (but fails) when Anai becomes a little too much for them to reign in.
* Tadano being terrible at driving and yet great a flying a plane foreshadows [[spoiler:him and Retsuko breaking up over their incompatible world-views: Tadano is an idealist with his head in the clouds while Retsuko is comparably more down-to-earth and realistic. Tadano also acted dismissive of road safety laws (despite them being in place because of the real danger of hurting people on the roads) because he says he prefers flying where there is no traffic or rules. As Ton later points out, Tadano is "on another level" to people like Retsuko who want more grounded lifestyles, and because of that Tadano will never truly understand what she wants despite genuinely loving her.]]
* Ironically, Resasuke and Tadano have traits that would have made them perfect for Tsunoda. Resasuke is very plain looking, something that a social poster like Tsunoda would use to her advantage to make ''herself'' stand out more whereas Tadano being a tech mogul would make her ''more'' popular than she already was.

!FridgeHorror
* Retsuko and Shirota: [[spoiler: Retsuko breaks off with Shirota and later learns Shirota finds someone else when she's interested in him again. But would any relationship together even last? Given her bad luck with Resasuke and Tadano, Shirota may have had a character flaw that would have lead to yet another breakup. Throw in Retsuko's mother meddling in their affairs and it could have gotten really disastrous.]]
* After seeing Ton's chauvinism in season one, [[spoiler: it can be a bit concerning in season two to see that he is married and has two young daughters. Yeah, they all seemed happy enough, but let's hope Ton doesn't show his family the same nastiness he showed Retsuko.]]

!FridgeLogic
* Episode 10 has Retsuko's summation of what she's learned over the course of the series start over Haida's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, and ends with the jumping and landing on both feet. "Metal Christmas" shows there is still a bit of a problem, however, in her turning down Haida and dealing with the end of Resasuke's break-up. It's unclear where the summation would actually work as a result, considering more drama comes up surrounding Haida's over-enthusiastic proposal and Retsuko's obsession with dating and social media over the Metal Christmas special.
* The second half of Season 2 drops a bomb concerning Tadano [[spoiler: actually being a multi-millionaire tech mogul hot on the heels of creating a revolutionary advanced AI system. It's established that he's famous in the tech industry and even outside of it, as gossip concerning his love life with Retsuko spreads like ''wildfire''.]] Which begs the question: '''''how did no one back in the driving school ever point this out?''''' You would think people would be quick to make even an off-hand mention of him and [[spoiler: his achievements]] or even have had [[spoiler: some paparazzi sticking around to get the poop on his driving lessons]]. One could argue that his casual clothing could obfuscate his true identity but [[spoiler: his face is plastered all over magazines so it's not like he's some undistinguished tech junkie]]. Even more damning is how the receptionist never picks up on this either, despite knowing Tadano for a fairly long while, if the mentions of his repeated driving school failures are anything to go by. Even if he never mentioned it to anyone, it'd be near impossible to avoid [[spoiler: all the buzz surrounding him]] for that long.
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!Examples of FridgeBrilliance

!Examples of FridgeHorror

!Examples of FridgeLogic

* The second half of Season 2 drops a bomb concerning Tadano [[spoiler: actually being a multi-millionaire tech mogul hot on the heels of creating a revolutionary advanced AI system. It's established that he's famous in the tech industry and even outside of it, as gossip concerning his love life with Retsuko spreads like ''wildfire''.]] Which begs the question: '''''how did no one back in the driving school ever point this out?''''' You would think people would be quick to make even an off-hand mention of him and [[spoiler: his achievements]] or even have had [[spoiler: some paparazzi sticking around to get the poop on his driving lessons]]. One could argue that his casual clothing could obfuscate his true identity but [[spoiler: his face is plastered all over magazines so it's not like he's some undistinguished tech junkie]]. Even more damning is how the receptionist never picks up on this either, despite knowing Tadano for a fairly long while, if the mentions of his repeated driving school failures are anything to go by. Even if he never mentioned it to anyone, it'd be near impossible to avoid [[spoiler: all the buzz surrounding him]] for that long.

* Retsuko and Shirota: [[spoiler: Retsuko breaks off with Shirota and later learns Shirota finds someone else when she's interested in him again. But would any relationship together even last? Given her bad luck with Reasuke and Tadano, Shirota may have had a character flaw that would have lead to yet another breakup. Throw in Retsuko's mother meddling in their affairs and it could have gotten really disastrous.]]

* The second half of Season 2 drops a bomb concerning Tadano [[spoiler: actually being a multi-millionaire tech mogul hot on the heels of creating a revolutionary advanced AI system. It's established that he's famous in the tech industry and even outside of it, as gossip concerning his love life with Retsuko spreads like **wildfire**.]] Which begs the question: '''''how did no one back in the driving school ever point this out?''''' You would think people would be quick to make even an off-hand mention of him and [[spoiler: his achievements]] or even have had [[spoiler: some paparazzi sticking around to get the poop on his driving lessons]]. One could argue that his casual clothing could obfuscate his true identity but [[spoiler: his face is plastered all over magazines so it's not like he's some undistinguished tech junkie]]. Even more damning is how the receptionist never picks up on this either, despite knowing Tadano for a fairly long while, if the mentions of his repeated driving school failures are anything to go by. Even if he never mentioned it to anyone, it'd be near impossible to avoid [[spoiler: all the buzz surrounding him]] for that long.

* Episode 10 has Retsuko's summation of what she's learned over the course of the series start over Haida's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, and ends with the jumping and landing on both feet. "Metal Christmas" shows there is still a bit of a problem, however, in her turning down Haida and dealing with the end of Resasuke's break-up. It's unclear where the summation would actually work as a result, considering more drama comes up surrounding Haida's over-enthusiastic proposal and Retsuko's obsession with dating and social media over the Metal Christmas special.

* Retsuko telling Kabae she was relieved because she was able to poop again after not being able to a few days (a lie to cover up the actual reason) gets so twisted by the time it reaches Haida, he's freaking out because he thinks she's pregnant. While Haida's not totally aware of it - and nor are the viewers - his overreaction is one of the first signs of his crush on Retsuko and how badly he's already hoping Retsuko isn't taken.

* Episode 10 has Retsuko's summation of what she's learned over the course of the series start over Haida's proposal, and ends with the jumping and landing on both feet. "Metal Christmas" shows there is still a bit of a problem, however, in her turning down Haida and dealing with the end of Resasuke's break-up. It's unclear where the summation would actually work as a result, considering more drama comes up surrounding Haida's over-enthusiastic proposal and Retsuko's obsession with dating and social media over the Metal Christmas special.

* Right after Gori and Washimi talk to Retsuko about love, Retsuko sees Resasuke on her usual train, though he's not paying attention... and an outline/shadow of Haida can be seen in the background. Haida himself discusses LovingAShadow a few episodes later with regards to his feelings about Retsuko, and it makes sense at this phase that Retsuko knows little about Haida outside of work despite his crush on her.

* The way Retsuko lands after jumping actually goes a ways to show her growth as a person. In the beginning, when we see her talk about her idealism with her job, she slips and sprains her heel after taking a leap. She's not really prepared for taking that first metaphorical leap into adulthood, and she will have to face the troubles of the world, and she stumbles and falls. As any young adult will do. But, at the end of the season, she takes the leap again but lands sure-footed on both her feet. She has experience and has worked past some of her troubles. She still has many of these troubles, and will have to face them, but she has learned how to better face and recover from them on her own. In other words, she has learned how to land on her own two feet, both literally and metaphorically.

* Haida is very submissive and shy around Retsuko. As a spotted hyena, this makes sense as spotted hyenas have matricial societies where the males are submissive to the females.
* Ton's using an abacus was meant to reinforce how he is not good with with technology. However, people skilled with abaci are known to be able to do faster calculations compared to those who work with calculators.

* The way Retsuko lands after jumping actually goes a ways to show her growth as a person. In the beginning, when we see her talk about her idealism with her job, she slips and sprains her heel after taking a leap. She's not really prepared for taking that first metaphorical leap into adulthood, and she will have to face the troubles of the world, and she stumbles and falls. As any young adult will do. But, at the end of the season, she takes the leap again, but lands sure footed on both her feet. She has experience and has worked past some of her troubles. She still has many of these troubles, and will have to face them, but she has learned how to better face and recover from them on her own. In other words, she has learned how to land on her own two feet, both literally and metaphorically.

* The way Retsuko lands after jumping actually goes a ways to show her growth as a person. In the beginning, when we see her talk about her idealism with her job, she slips and sprains her heel after taking a leap. She's not really prepared for taking that first metaphorical leap into adulthood, and she will have to face the troubles of the world, and she stumbles and falls. As any young adult will do. But, at the end of the season, she takes the leap again, but lands sure footed on both her feet. She has experience and has worked past some of her troubles. She still has many of these troubles, and will have to face them, but she has learned how to better face and recover from them on her own. In other words, she has learned how to land on her own two feet, both literally and metaphorically.
** In addition, to this troper it looked like Retsuko’s leap in Episode 10 stayed closer to the ground, representative of her now more realistic expectations of her day-to-day life.

* The way Retsuko lands after jumping actually goes a ways to show her growth as a person. In the beginning, when we see her talk about her idealism with her job, she slips and sprains her heel after taking a leap. She's not really prepared for taking that first metaphorical leap into adulthood, and she will have to face the troubles of the world, and she stumbles and falls. As any young adult will do. But, at the end of the season, she takes the leap again, but lands sure footed on both her feet. She has experience and has worked past some of her troubles. She still has many of these troubles, and will have to face them, but she has learned how to better face and recover from them on her own. In other words, she has learned how to land on her own two feet, both literally and metaphorically.

** It's also a highlight on how Ton got to his position as manager. He may be a [[JerkAss chauvinistic pig]], but when he works, he proves [[TheAce how fast and efficient]] he can be.

** It's also a highlight on how Ton got to his position as manager. He may be a [[JerkAss chauvinistic pig]], but when he works, he proves [[HiddenGenius how fast and efficient]] he can be.

-> It's also a highlight on how Ton got to his position as manager. He may be a [[JerkAss chauvinistic pig]], but when he works, he proves [[HiddenGenius how fast and efficient]] he can be.

* Ton's using an abacus was meant to reinforce how he is not good with with technology. However, people skilled with abaci are known to be able to do faster calculations compared to those who work with calculators.

!Example of FridgeBrilliance
* Haida is very submissive and shy around Retsuko. As a spotted hyena, this makes sense as spotted hyenas have matricial societies where the males are submissive to the females.

* Haida is very submissive and shy around Retsuke. As a spotted hyena, this makes sense as spotted hyenas have matricial societies where the males are submissive to the females.

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