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anddo
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I've been reading Jitsu wa for about a year now. It's very hilarious and the anime is doing it good justice so far.
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HaruhiToy
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I just came in to say I think Jensen's review for Ep 1-2 is spot on.
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AnimeAddict2014
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so yet to watch episode 3..
but i'm guess from the trend we are heading.. all the female classmates probably have some sort of secrets? 
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Metal Fennrir
 Posts: 70 Location: Costa Rica |
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At least the review gets one thing right: there's no reason for Mikan to have "talking glasses". At least not this early in the game. In the manga, they get introduced in... chapter 24. And they're a great addition to the cast, mostly because Mikan was quite dull (and not honest with her feelings), so she needed a push in the right direction
Also, the manga did it better. I mean... this episode is pretty much a merge of Chapter 2 and Chapter 4, and the realization that Mikan likes Asahi doesn't come until later, but I guess I can't complain much since they only have 1 cour to fill in for... maybe... 20 chapters or less. Well, we'll see I honestly wish this anime the best of luck. Like, the current developments are the best developments in a ROM-COM EVER, and in only 86 chapters it has proven to be the best of them all with what's happened. But hey, that's just what I believe |
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FilthyCasual
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Have to say, I was quite surprised that they already introduced the God of Fortune in her glasses. I guess they're trying to accelerate her development to get to the full ensemble comedic antics, but I'd call it better if they'd taken it slower in this case. Was definitely not expecting the glasses to have such a high-pitched voice, though.
Given who's missing from the OP, I don't think that we'll be getting excessive rushing, but I'm a bit worried now. |
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ralphmerridew
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Regarding high school reporters: The protagonists of Wedding Peach are the newspaper club, and are favorably portrayed.
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myskaros
 Posts: 598 Location: J-Novel Club |
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It's too bad they're rushing through content to introduce more characters sooner, since the laid back comedy chapters are the best ones.
I hope we get at least one episode dedicated to Fuku-chan though, since his/her/its? chapters are the best spoiler[(I think the scanlators made it a "he" which makes sense considering "his" compatriots, but obviously "she" is voiced by a female in the anime...)]. |
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JaggedAuthor
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Mikan's glasses should hook up with Shimura Shinpachi.
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HelloBucket
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Journalistic "villains" seems to be pretty common thing even in Western works where you'd think the profession would be more celebrated. As much everyone loves to read about the intricate, if irrelevant, details of the lives of others it seems pretty universal to loathe those who would intrude upon ones own privacy. It's pretty natural one would show up in this of all series.
I'm finding myself less amused by Mikan's antics than the reviewer, though. I suppose the comedy up until this point was almost too good-natured but I rather hoped it would stay that way. |
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dtm42
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Journalists are highly regarded in western culture, but paparazzi and gossip columnists are quite rightly despised. Intruding into people's personal lives just to sell magazines is disgusting. |
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HaruhiToy
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But very profitable. So it isn't going away anytime soon. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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Oh, I know. That's what makes it even sadder. It's one thing for creeps to publish nasty, slanderous and invasive articles, but consumers are the ones who actually enable such behaviour by buying this crap. And the more salacious something is the better it sells. *sighs* Our society sucks arse. Anyway, I'm gonna get off my soapbox and go lie down for a bit. It's just a cartoon, after all. |
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Anpanmon
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Yeah, Patsuan is the only virgin in Gintama who yet have any girlfriend. |
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Sharkacon
Posts: 28 Location: The Glendeasy, AZ |
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The ghost in the glasses came off a bit odd to me. Since watching the first episode of this anime, I've started reading the manga as well. I'm only on chapter twenty or so, so I hadn't read this reveal yet. It felt completely unnecessary.
I loved the first two episodes, but now the pacing is starting to concern me. They've switched the order events so that the girls' secrets are all revealed by the end of the episode that introduces or focuses on them. If that's the case, it leads to nothing but romcom hijinx for the last two-thirds of the season. Some of the whammy lines probably could have been pushed back a bit, like in the manga. |
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AiddonValentine
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Considering that this is actually pretty standard for the series, it won't. One of the reasons this came out of nowhere is because the anime is switching up the order of events and combining storylines. The first half is based on an early chapter that doesn't happen until another major character is introduced while the second half was based on two chapters that didn't come out until over a year later. There's actually a lot of original humor in this episode that wasn't in the manga. Anyway, the series is now starting to kick into gear a lot faster than the manga did, mostly because the writers are clearly cutting out the fluff and getting to the good bits. |
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