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Edjwald
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Dealing with Mikadano Sisters is a Breeze (TV) Source: Manga (ongoing @ 13 volumes by Aya Hirakawa) Demographic: Shounen Animation Studio: P.A. Works Genres: comedy, romance Themes: ecchi, harem, school Plot Summary: Yū Ayase is the son of Subaru Ayase. Yū's mother, Subaru, is herself gifted with beauty, athleticism, and intelligence, but Yū seems to have only inherited his mother's good looks and nothing else. When Yū is enrolled in a high-class school, he is entrusted to the care of his mother's friend and moves to their house. There, he begins rooming with the three Mikadono sisters, who are all exceptionally talented in their own way but have a weak side to them. Air Date & Platform: July 09, 2025 (Wednesday) Available on: Crunchyroll Episode Count / Runtime: Pending [EDIT: Fancy opener stuff edited. -TK] |
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Edjwald
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Has anybody else been having trouble connecting to ANN from 7/8 to 7/10?
Anyway, this anime takes a play from The Quintessential Quintuplets and A Couple of Cuckoos playbooks and has a wealthy absentee father responsible for the living arrangement. I guess the reputation of the Japanese Anime Male's masculinity has really hit rock bottom if a dad is thinking "I know! I'll deal with my unsupervised, troubled high school daughters by having a high school boy move in with them!" But I watched the two aforementioned anime, and I'll probably watch this one all the way through. Speaking of masculinity, the basic premise is a swap of traditional gender roles. The MC is a genius domestic - cooking and cleaning in particular - and a pretty boy down on his luck and loaded with an inferiority complex.. He's sort of like a more self award Lloyd from Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies et al minus the ability to swat monsters into outer space. The eldest sister is the "Princely" female, the middle is a badass martial artist, and the youngest is the gloomy loner intellectual. But really, it's a story about people connecting, basically decent people who are in danger of being warped by the pressure of other people's expectations of them. I had fun. |
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Blood-
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Edjwald: often when I'm having ANN connectivity problems, going into my browser settings and deleting ANN's cookies solves the problem. For whatever reason, when I collect 40+ ANN site cookies, I run into issues. Given the frequency I visit to read and post, I probably collect cookies faster than the average bear, so I have to go through this cookie clearing process every couple of weeks, it seems.
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smurky turkey
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A fun first episode indeed but since I am nearing 40 shows on the to watch list I am going to pass, especially so since A Couple of Cuckoos is already on said list.
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Yttrbio
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I've definitely seen an uptick in connection problems, and separate from the ones solved by cookie-clearing.
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Beltane70
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I’m in the same boat with the connection issues. Glad to see that it’s not just my computer.
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b-dragon
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What made this a lot more engaging than it had any right to be was Yuu himself- and this is what separates a "good" harem show from a bad one, imo. Yuu is a clearly defined character with skills, issues, and goals. And just enough gremlin in him to be entertaining rather than irritating.
Its not an amazing masterclass, and in this season that may doom it. But I had a good time. |
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DuskyPredator
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I kept wondering if there was an intention that he actually has a skill like seducing or something, as he keeps switching into a mode that even made the karate guy pause for a moment.
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Edjwald
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@Dusky - I think those weird, "seductive focus" moments are a nice, comedic counterpoint to the general disdain he seems to generate in all the over-achievers at his new school.
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DuskyPredator
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I hope it continues so that he can have his own character traits, which goes a way to make a harem easier to watch. He was at least also assertive too.
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Edjwald
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Welp, the show raced past the three episode mark with nary a dropped flag as far as I'm concerned. I'm liking the overall vibe and the art and the characters though I'm wondering if the dad isn't a bit sketchy. This episode left me waiting to see the festival and how the obsession-holics will react to it, or how the three sisters will behave when forced to interact with each other in the same hotel room.
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Edjwald
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Yah, the dad's a prick.
Makes me wonder what his connection to the MC's mom was. |
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Edjwald
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Halfway point and I'm still digging the show. I can't tell if Kazuki really likes Yu or if he's kind of like a cute, clumsy puppy who keeps wagging his tail no matter how big a mess he's made. It's the exact opposite of how the sisters were raised to be, and Yu seems to represent a certain freedom from the pressure that's become limiting and stifling to them.
Fun date night. |
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Spastic Minnow
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I meant to post earlier. I was wondering if this was getting much conversation. It actually seems stupid to me. His attitude contradicts his private conversations with Yu. In the phone calls he's open about wanting the girls to connect to him and to support each so that they each connect with Yu. That's his wish. But he said the opposite when they were all together. As far as I can tell, he's playing a villain himself - possibly unwillingly. He's demanding the girls excel at their endeavors and it's all he knows. He probably always felt it was his job to be the demanding parent while his wife could be the caring one. It's very possible that he wants his girls to rebel against him and be more independent, and is hoping Yu will the key to them being more confident in themselves apart from being confident in their skills. In the east, I can't take his attitude and demands at face value. |
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Edjwald
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I dunno, Spas. I grant that the waters might get deep, but if that particular scenario was true, playing that kind of chess with your kids remotely still seems pretty sus from my naive viewpoint.
I took the whole conversation about Yu supporting them as meaning he thought Yu might have gifts like his mother did, the same as everyone else, in tandem with his assertion that Yu's mom was his benefactor in some fashion. I haven't been entertaining any "Yu...I am your father!" scenarios or anything, but I am still curious about that connection. Anyhow, I was relieved to see that Yu wasn't actually the fighting protagonist as that entire scenario was ridiculous. If they had done some scene where Yu actually won by persevering through sheer will power I would have yacked. |
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