Forum - View topicEP. REVIEW: Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
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Azure Chrysanthemum
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The resident artist drawing ship pictures of the boys in class reminded me of an older favorite of mine, Genshiken, where this actual scenario was used as a source of tremendous trauma for the eventual love interest of the lead guy. That definitely seems to imply it's pretty common for the manga artist brand of geeky girl growing up in Japan, and honestly having seen some of the bandfic from the writing community out here I'm not super surprised it's a thing. Honestly it was just striking to see it portrayed as just a thing without the heavy stigma or potential social backlash.
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KPK10
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"There isn't a lot going on in these first 4 episodes"
Well first of all, it's an episodic rom-com it's not plot focused. That being said I actually think based on what we got so far that the writers are trying to take the manga chapters and turn them into something more cohesive. I think episode 3 is an induction of that. Other than that, I think the show is very cute, very funny and has great score and animation. I'm really liking it so far |
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NeedMoreCats
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I loved this episode. I got a little misty-eyed when Nakamura finally got up the courage to ask Hirose to be his friend. Such a great moment. And what a lovely photo gallery at the end. Thoroughly enjoyable!
But I was definitely screaming at the tv during the aquarium scene: “Hey, I actually have a pet octopus, wanna come over to my house one day and meet him?” 
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Dark Mac
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So is this supposed to be an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia type show, where you think the protagonist is a cringe jerk and cheer for him to get his comeuppance? He doesn't seem to be a very nice person.
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wolf10
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Nah, I'd say it's squarely in the Rumiko Takahashi school of romcom, where the MC is kind of a loser, and we're meant to be entertained watching his antics backfire spectacularly, while still rooting for him when those moments of genuine human connection play out and we see that he is learning from his mistakes. Slowly.
Cementing this, Episode 7 was basically just an Urusei Yatsura episode, complete with a supernatural punchline that will almost certainly never come up again (I think the ghost gets bored and leaves during the end credits). I think I like the episodes with larger casts better, because when everyone else is also crazy (even Hirose!) it kind of balances out Nakamura's own shenanigans. |
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MischievousMelody
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Yeah, not gonna lie, episode 8 kind of made me feel like a disappointed mother, with my son being Nakamura. I still got some laughs in spite of myself, though.
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Silver Kirin
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I admit, the comedy of this last episode relied a lot in Nakamura being cringe, but it did make me laugh.
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chrisb
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I think my biggest turn off is how Nakamura basically wants to isolate Hirose. Nakamura seems to hate all of Hirose’s friends who have been either nice or indifferent to him. I can’t even give into the fantasy that the show should end with the 2 main characters in a lovey dovey bubble.
This is definitely like an old Takahashi series where most of the characters are not-so-nice-people (outside of Inuyasha) but the art is great and the show is funny. |
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Tanteikingdomkey
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Honestly I remember nodame cantabile having her doing the clothes joke. I haven't seen the full episode and only the clothes bit on youtube. to me I got the point of it being a parody of that, but I understand why it's super weird in the common day and age.
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wolf10
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I'll wait for the review to drop before I go super into my thoughts on this week, but...
There was a little tiny thing in the subs for Episode 11 that got stuck in my craw, and I wasn't sure if it would really be relevant or I was just being too sensitive: "Maybe he found a girlfriend," was rendered as, "Maybe he started dating someone." The latter is "more inclusive" I guess, and that kind of neutralization shows up a lot in BL manga and anime translations, but the original line was a highly economical way to clarify to viewers that Nakamura isn't out to his family. Turns out that little detail informs pretty much the entirety of episode 12. Nuance matters. |
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KPK10
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Man episode 12 was amazing. Honestly deserved 5 stars
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wolf10
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But onto predictions: they've already seeded a lot about Hirose's own feelings about girls and romance in past episodes, and the scene at the school entrance where he's about to ask Nakamura for advice calls back the pier scene in Epsiode 6 with its framing and lighting, and Hirose making that face. He's on the fence about something (we can assume the chocolate and confession he got offscreen), and it's like there was some small part of him that wanted Nakamura to grab him by the arm again and tell him to choose what he really wants. I don't think that's Nakamura (at least, not yet?), but I'm also fairly certain it's not a girlfriend either unless the series has been directly lying to our faces until now. |
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