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REVIEW: Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible Episodes 1-12




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tywhoppity



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 2:07 am Reply with quote
I would be surprised if they came out with a season two, but after finishing the manga, it would be a shame if they didn't. The continued growth of the leads would be something to see!
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:04 am Reply with quote
Really just an adorable and sweet romance carried hard by Kubo, her sister, and their VA's.
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JohnRhogan



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:13 pm Reply with quote
I dropped this when I heard the 2nd half was delayed. I was gonna pick it back up, I didn't have the care to.
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JustMonika



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:32 pm Reply with quote
I smiled big every episode. Would love a second season to wrap up the series
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ItsThatBriGuy



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:23 am Reply with quote
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It's a subtle bit of characterization that makes for a solid basis to the pair's friendship, and that's good because any romantic progress exists solely in some far-off future.


Since there's no promise of a second season in the offing, spoiler[ they're in a long-term relationship within five months in-universe of the series finale.]
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spacedin



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 1:13 pm Reply with quote
The usual crew on the spring preview articles - the group jumps on any and every chance to shred shonen - should read this. No, this was not ever a MPDG work. Did anime ever do Desperately Seeking Susan type nonsense in the first place? Especially after FLCL came along and shredded it? And for the record, shoujo - and josei - does the "romantic interest way more attractive than the main character" too. Can't 12 year old boys be allowed their fantasies? You will still have plenty of time to tell them what toxic misogynists they are later in their lives.

Anyhow, I am glad that it seems that "the perverted male shonen MC" trope is dead. That role seems to have been shifted off to side characters like Mineta of MHA and Zenitsu of Demon Slayer.

But now it looks like the teasing anime multiverse has gifted us with another annoying meta-trope: male who is incapable of any sort of proactive romantic action. At least in the original Teasing Master it was understandable: Nishikata was a 6th grader who - despite his shameful interest in shoujo manga/anime - had yet to develop a personal romantic (or prurient) interest in girls. But you see Uzaki-Chan Wants to Hang Out and Don't Bully Me Miss Nagatoro where a high school junior and a college junior have never in their lives made any attempt to go on a date. Yes, in Uzaki-Chan a "freudian excuse" was given but it was lame. That was why Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki was so refreshing as it depicted an MC capable of the revolutionary action of asking a girl that he had already made friends with out on a date. (Yes, there was other stuff going on that is another story for another day, but it made for an even bigger defiance of this modern trope.)

Maybe one day it will return to times past: shonen romcoms with guys - despite any quirks they may have - are nonetheless basically normal and are able to create and pursue romantic opportunities with their own initiative as well as respond to obvious ones that fall right into their laps. A Couple of Cuckoos, despite its many other problems, had an MC like that, which in this era was almost enough to make it watchable (for people who didn't tune in solely for the fanservice).
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Shay Guy



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:54 pm Reply with quote
spacedin wrote:
The usual crew on the spring preview articles - the group jumps on any and every chance to shred shonen - should read this. No, this was not ever a MPDG work.


Who are you talking about? Richard was the only preview guide reviewer to use that term, and I don't think he has any history of "jumping on any and every chance to shred shonen". He had much more positive things to say about BokuYaba, Hell's Paradise, Dr. Stone, Mashle, and Demon Slayer in this season's preview guide. And as for last season, which included Kubo's first episodes, he had the most positive assessment of Angel Next Door's start. Several other reviewers also spoke more positively of Kubo's first episode, including the one who wrote this review.

Kubo isn't even a shonen manga; it's a seinen manga. It ran in Weekly Young Jump, same as Kaguya-sama, which most of the reviewers here adore.
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09jcg



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:24 pm Reply with quote
spacedin wrote:
Don't Bully Me Miss Nagatoro where a high school junior and a college junior have never in their lives made any attempt to go on a date. Y.
Uhhh, you didn't finish Nagatoro did you? Theyre not an official couple but theyve definitely gone on dates
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