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NobodysDawn
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As annoying as Tsutsui’s inferiority complex can get, I find myself becoming more and more annoyed with Iroha as the show goes on. She can never just tell Tsutsui what’s bothering her; she expects him to figure it out himself and then gets mad at him when he can’t. While I understand that having to spell out your feelings all the time would get frustrating, she knows Tsutsui can’t read people. He can tell something’s bothering her; isn’t that enough? How quickly would this have been solved if she had just told him, “I’m jealous”? I’m not saying that Tsutsui is blameless in the situation, but the show seems way too eager to pin everything on him whenever they have relationship problems when Iroha’s inability to express any negative thoughts or feelings until they boil over and then still get mad at Tsutsui’s for not noticing them is equally to blame.
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Gina Szanboti
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Which is probably why he asked her to be there? I didn't see that as a gimmick but just as more of Tsutsui's weird way of doing things.  He probably thought it would be easier if she heard it all than trying to properly explain everything later and getting it wrong. I'm not even sure he planned to drag her out as a prop, but things just went that way.
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Animegomaniac
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We finally get into Iroha's head just to find out she lies to herself. She saw a doctor to help with a "bout of depression" but she tells Tsuntsui she's close to her family doctor because of allergies. Between the two, I actually thought the allergy lie was better because her doctor wears a lab coat.
I've been expecting this plot to show itself eventually but even now, it's still in the "we don't know much about Iroha" phase. |
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grooven
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I'm really enjoying this show a lot despite the low productions costs. The cast is way more enjoyable than Wotaku and I can actually feel a chemistry between the characters.
The whole development is really interesting to see happen I find it isn't something you usually see in anime. Iroha is also a pretty interesting female lead, not the usual kind of girl you would expect. |
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AholePony
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Yikes the production looks like it really fell apart with this week's episode. Having completely different looking character models 3+ cuts in a row was jarring, then they said they were going to play badminton and I thought "uh oh", but it ended up being sound effects and a still shot xD.
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Gina Szanboti
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Huh, I know I put up a post in here last night. If it got moderated, I have no idea why. :/
I watched this episode immediately after watching episode 11 of Magical Girl Ore, in which they did a hilarious full-on parody of bad animation, and frankly, it looked better than this did. Which is a real shame since so much depended on facial expressions to get the characters' feelings across here. It looks like they pulled random tourists off the street in Akihabara and said, "Hey, give it your best shot!" Ugh.
I'm not sure I agree with that. If that's their last hurrah, then we've left them as friends instead of acquaintances that annoy each other to death, and if they end up together somehow, it won't seem quite as much like it came out of nowhere. That's the first time we've really seen them get along comfortably with each other. I think Iruha's brother is clearly more than overprotective. But if next week is the last episode, they've got a helluva lot of work to do to wrap things up, bringing him in this late in the game. |
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Key
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I have generally liked this series so far despite the mediocre animation but yeah, this week's episode was much worse than normal.
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_Quasar_
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Really am wondering how this is being closed out. its like at the halfway point of the manga and has hardly introduced one the main plot;lines of the manga. And theres what? 1 episode left?
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ReDEnergy
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Well, guess we have our answer, Season 2 was confirmed. I can say that it was completely unexpected because I assumed (mostly based on western reception) that the show was not that well received. Anyway... I'm actually quite pleased that it's not ending here and that we get to see what comes next. For a show that never got that much attention (would say for the right reasons since it doesn't excel in any way), I found myself actually enjoying watching it or at least wondering how would the plot advance. So, all I can say, great that it got the chance to finish the story (hope so). |
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Gina Szanboti
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I wish this was going to be a moving-on story for Ito, but given that his love interest is an important supporting character and not some random girl who turned him down, I have a feeling a second season will see it turning into one of those stories where Ito will stalk her (more than he already is) until he's rewarded with her finally noticing his feelings and reciprocates.
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