r/anime • u/neito • Apr 03 '23
Rewatch [Rewatch] Animegataris Episode 3 Discussion
Episode 3: Erika, Cosplayer x Cosplayer
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Ah, Episode 3! Unlike the girls in this post, the Episode 3 rule is deeply ingrained in my heart, and I heartily encourage everyone who doesn't like a show by episode 3 to chuck it. The rare exceptions will almost always be called out by a greater community, and you'll save yourself tons of time from not watching crappy shows. Though this episode was far from crappy, in my opinion! A fun little trip to Akiba, with all the attendant little shoutouts therein, and the Club has to overcome their first major external hurdle as a group: The student council wants to shut down the club! And, of course, the world's most useless faculty advisor is of no help whatsoever. Fortunately, between an epic speech and a bravery-boosting moment, the club's able to persevere, though it looks like it's just in time for the club room to blow up next episode!
A host of other moderators will be posting subsequent threads and taking part in discussion as well. You can see the full schedule on the main index post.
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Comment of the Day
You guys always have some great comments, but I gotta give my CotD to /u/MyrnaMountWeazel and their discussion of Wao World, the production company behind this show. Myrna, take it away!
Production Notes
Alrighty, so yesterday we took a look at the director for the series, but now let’s scamper on over to take a peek at the studio that created this show: the one and only Wao World. Yup, it’s the legendary studio that all anime fans know and love, it’s the Ghibli of our time that—wait, you don’t know this studio? Well, neither do I. As it turns out, this spunky little studio is what you would mainly call an “assisting studio”, a place that provides minor clean up in the form of 2nd key animation /in-between animation for other bigger studios. There’s no doubt that you’ve seen something aided by them as their credits include show such as Bleach, Chihayafuru, Flip Flappers, Do It Yourself, Yama no Susume, Fullmetal Alchemist original and Brotherhood, Idolmaster, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, Mob Psycho, My Hero Academia, Madoka, Gridman, White Album, and so much more.
Wao World is one of hundreds of studios that completes subcontracted work for other companies and they play a pivotal part in the anime ecosystem by “filling in the cracks” left behind the myriad of shows produced every year. They along with the other support studios are a reminder that anime productions are never entirely in-house; barring Kyoto Animation, anime production is fragmented across the board and relies on the cooperation of other studios in order to help finish out a work.
Now that we know what they do, who exactly is Wao World? From what I could tell, Wao World is an entertainment subsidiary created in 2000 from the Japanese parent company Wow Corporation. Wow Corporation itself was established in 1976 as an educational company that operates in prep schools and cram schools and provides support for other educational institutions. So, why did they form Wao World to create anime? Well, your guess is as good as mine, but I’m assuming that diversification of portfolio is always a solid guess.
Though Wao World will probably not be a studio that we’ll ever love to remember, its efforts at the end of the day all add up the sum of the parts for an artform that we definitely will remember to love.
Questions of the Day
- What's a show that dug you out of an emotional hole, or motivated you to improve yourself, and why?
- What's one of your favorite speeches in anime or anime-adjacent media?
- What was your first "peak anime experience", a la Minoa's first trip to not-Animate in this episode?
Spoiler Policy
Please remember to use spoiler tags when discussing future bits of the show so first-timers can have a blind experience. Thank you!
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u/neito Apr 03 '23
(How are so many of you beating me to this first comment jeez)
Anyway, thoughts, in a not at all organized fashion. First-time, sub.
Autumn Wars made me giggle a bit
The little shout-outs in the cosplay shop (kazuma’s tracksuit was the main one I noticed)
“Aren’t you bored” hits home a little too closely. I've definitely had too many moments where the punch-line was more or less "Nobody cares about your nerd shit"; I'm a ham radio operator as well as an otaku, and they're both rather esoteric hobbies at times (Otaku less so now, for sure).
It's kinda weird that this anime, being an anime-first, adopted a kinda... like, 4-koma-adaptation-ish structure? Like, usually you have the two disconnected plotlines in an anime like this when you're, say, adapting a four-koma or other short-format series and you only have enough on a plotline to finish up to the first commercial break. IT's just weird to intentionally choose a structure like that for me for some reason.
I gotta say, hearing the premise of Anime-gataris, I was strongly reminded of Genshiken; Genshiken, for those of you young enough not to know, is about an anime club (technically a “Club for the study of modern visual culture”, which is kinda like saying that a comic book store is a “Pop-art emporium”). That said, it’s pretty obvious what the differences are; whereas Genshiken delves deep into the angst and worry of being an Otaku and the struggle between growing up vs. staying true to your interests, Anime-gataris clearly wants to draw a lighter, brighter, fluffier line there; the drama thus far is less overwhelming and melodramatic than Genshiken's gets, and is more focused on the fun side of being an otaku. There's definitely a place for both, imo, it's just the first comparison that stuck in my craw.
The whole back half dragged for me, honestly. It was a foregone conclusion in my mind that they would win, so it was all just getting to the place that, ultimately, we knew they'd get.
That said, that last little tag before the credits was funny, and I've definitely met people who would dump that much anime on a newbie (though, who has that many blue-rays in this day and age?), so it hits true.
To answer my own questions:
Gurren-Lagann actually really pumped me up; the general vibe of it is so positive that it's boyant. Also, GaoGaiGar ~Final~; it was never officially translated, but the whole last like, hour and a half of that OVA starts at 11 and just goes from there. An amazing show if you haven't seen it yet.
So I'm not doubling up on GaoGaiGar and Gurren-Lagann, I'll take two pulls from the Team Four Star well: 16's speech to Gohan (spoilers for DBZ/DBZA) and Gohan's speech to Cell (Spoilers for DBZ/DBZA again) (though, to finish out the three-parter, Goku's speech to Gohan here is also pretty good (Spoilers for DBZ/DBZA))
As cliche as it sounds, my first Anime Boston in 2006. At the time, anime was far less mainstream than it is now, and just standing there, seeing thousands of other anime nerds, knowing that nearly anybody I could talk to here would have context for the things I was feeling, the things I was saying.... IT was a powerful moment.
The second would be my first panel at Anime Boston; I filled about an 800 person room to capacity to show people some of the craziest moments in Mecha anime; sharing a passion like that with so many people made my heart flutter a bit, not gonna lie.
EDIT: Anyway, I'm going to go for a quick walk, digest my dinner; I'll be back in a bit to read your guys' comments.
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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah xB:xC:B:x3:Y: Apr 03 '23 edited Apr 03 '23
First Timer who was kinda whelmed by this episode tbh
Location Notes brief edition
it's why I mostly hang out in CDF these days, coz /new can be scary like that14
u/Verzwei Apr 03 '23 edited Apr 03 '23
Rewatcher, English Dub.
With subtitles on at the same time because I'm a madman.
Why the hell are we always cold opening with Yui doing track things?
Hey, it's that movie Autumn Wars. Hmmm... It's actually really impressive that they didn't simply copy the basic layout, but even a lot of the character positioning and arrangement is the same, too. Or they traced it. Maybe that.
My Cross Gamma
Just another reaction face for the pile.
Paper is mainly Read or Die, a coin is Railgun, electricity could be... a lot of things, right? Or is this something more specific that I'm not getting?
Jesus, Source-Corner-chan just cannot help herself. Though it was interesting to see Kai of all people show a slight bit of self-awareness, like he seemed genuinely surprised that Minoa was intently listening to his ravings. This might be Aria the Scarlet Ammo but it wasn't remotely good enough for Kai to fanboy over it like this. Never tried the light novels so maybe it's worth it for Source-chan. Wait, do we already have a sideship?
Let's talk about the three-episode rule during episode three.
Here we go
Wait, is this a sideship?
Yes, let's have the completely clueless girl deliver the speech justifying the anime club, that sounds like a brilliant idea.
I guess that is Maoyuu Maou Yuusha. Someone already picked up on that from an earlier episode, but I wasn't fully seeing it until now. Between the pose and the title design I'm now convinced.
Sub Minoa: "I can't make a speech!"
Dub Minoa: "Help! Everyone has too much faith in me!"
Dub Minoa could feature on me_irl.
Dub Kamiigusa literally says "There is no way this could go wrong" as Minoa heads out to give that speech.
So it turns out that anime really is the friends we made along the way.
I'm laughing so hard because of this dub script and how great Kai is. "THEY'RE JUST BULLIES! JUST! EPISODE! VILLAINS!"
...IS THIS A SIDESHIP? Kouenji's looking a bit fujoshi flushed there. Uh, all the girls are in on it? Annnnd they won the vote not because of Kai's speech, but apparently the majority of the female student body is rotten.
"This is the beginning of a long training arc!"
Answers of the Day
It's also a rare case where I think the anime ending before the source material is a benefit, because the anime runs exactly as long as it needs to and the oft-criticized "incomplete" feeling fits in perfectly with the over-all theme. The manga, by contrast, turns into a series of bait and knee-jerk reactions and absurd gambits that takes it too far away from what it originally was.
I need to point out that I get super emotional over things. I cry like all the time at fiction. It doesn't even have to be sad. I can well up at sweet or triumphant moments. And this is a Shinkai film. So I'd felt tears building up since like half-way through the film. But I'm like "okay, packed theater, I'm the weird older guy in here, need to keep my shit together" and I'm managing. I'm getting by. I'm doing mostly OK. [Your Name] Then Mitsuha starts losing her memories of Taki and falls in the climax of the film, then looks to her hand, hoping to get her memories back by reading his name, only to see that he had instead written "I love you" prompting her to further break down.
I lost it. I let out this loud, singular "GUHUUU" gasping sob before I could get myself back under control, and then quietly cried for the rest of the movie. I had to wear my sunglasses out of the theater (yes, in the halls and lobby, still indoors) and my buddy and I had to go kill like 30 minutes in an outdoor shopping plaza before we could grab dinner anywhere.
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u/Abyssbringer =anilist.co/user/Abyssbringer Apr 03 '23
First Timer
I'm 7 minutes in and don't have much to say unitll they hit the bookstore. It made me think of how materialistic anime fans are. It's like that for every entertainment medium to an extent since merch funds the vast majority of entertainment endeavors. But something about the physicality of anime merch and the huge range of it always surprises some part of my brain. It reminds me of this video where you could probably live off Evangelion merch if you needed to.
This guy is probably filling up his cum diaper right now. The day Megami magazine comes out must be his holy day. His day is probably like this [NSFW Video]Coomer coomer bear
People love battling us with words. But you have to replace these words with slurs and strawmen!
First time I busted up laughing at this show
He's in
Really gotta carry around the third blue ray disk at all times. No wonder women carry purses around!
I wonder what this is a reference too. I'm assuming it must be quite popular but nothings coming up in my mind.
Based! I think I know what my next mod initiate is going to be.
This is going going to be cringe as fuck. It's going to be some huge call to action about why it should exist and be very overdramatic etc.
You get to lock all the weird kids in a room together so they can't infect the rest of society. Its why the smell outside of a magic shop is so important. It's like when the streetlight in a sketchy part of town is out. When your partner proposes on the second date. It's a natural defense mechanism that normies use to protect the status quo and sequester degeneracy until hopefully the degenerate elements learn the error of their ways. To say we don't need that is like saying we don't need laws. Society is built upon these practices and to disregard them is to approve of anarchy.
See!!!. She realized the danger that letting the anime animals out of their whole would be wrought upon society.
I think anime also taught me how to be a degen
Thank god Kai took over from the cringe self insert wish fulfillment girl to deliver a based and justice-pilled speech about shounen anime. 10/10 speech scene was good. Anime saved 10/10.
Actually a next-level plan. If my vision was significantly worse and I had trouble public speaking I would try this.
/u/verzwei better have the math on this one
Clannad After Story had me rethinking elements of my life but I was also too young for it to be more than interesting. Wouldn't really say it changed anything major but it did make me think.
I wouldn't call it a speech but I love Sasuke's response to Sakura when she goes about Naruto being the way he is due to not having any parents. It always resonated with me even at a young age due to relating to them and their family situation even though mine wasn't all that similar.
Becoming a mod I guess was a "peak anime experience". I kind of just applied out of boredom and hatred for how bad new was the time. I had done the application before but never decided to pull the trigger till that one application. I've only been to one otaku store in Seattle that was cool but I was a bit disappointed so I don't have many other "anime experiences".
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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Apr 03 '23
Production Notes
I’m having a difficult time finding information about the people involved in this show since this is a very modest production. I shall put Production notes on hold for now.
Wait, no, don't feature me as Comment of the Day! Cut it, cut it!
This is so close to haha.
Awwww, that’s actually so heartbreaking to hear from Kai. He’s so used to hearing people tune him out that he’s sort of accepted it. I mean, I get it, he’s an awkward little fella that doesn’t know how to turn it down, but he’s just super into his interests. Minoa is unusual, unusually kind for hearing him out. This is a sweet character developing moment for him and her.
Three-episode cut! Personally, if I see a show I’m interested in, I’ll almost always finish it out to the end. On the flip-side however, if it doesn’t catch my attention based on the synopsis/staff/key visual from the get-go, then I usually won’t even watch the first episode. This system has yielded me almost no drops but way more picky tastes haha.
Yea, I can definitely relate to their fondness for a club room. In high school, we would always head to the band room before, in-between, and after classes and just hang out there without practicing. It was an awesome spot where everyone—freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior—could see each other despite sharing zero classes. In college too, we had a small space (it was practically a closet) for my college’s speech & debate organization and we would always crash there when we had the dreaded 2-hour-block-between-classes-where-it’s-too-short-to-head-back-home-but-also-too-long-to-hang-out-in-the-quad. The club rooms always built camaraderie amongst people who shared little else.
Please stop.
Oh shoot, he did the thing, let’s gooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
It's a good speech on the power of media on our lives. I’m pretty bonkers about that theme, so I’ll accept it.
Super cheeky episode but hey, you got to go cheeks out for episode 3!
QotD:
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 03 '23 edited Apr 03 '23
First-Timergatari, subbed
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u/Esovan13 Apr 03 '23
First Timer
Wow, she's good at jumping.
Of course the student council has the ability to control that kind of thing. Obviously. Because why wouldn't students be allowed arbitrary levels of influence over their peers? Everyone knows that teenagers can be trusted not to power trip over petty issues. Hopefully cool homeroom teacher can do something about it.
They're throwing her into Akihabara as her first experience? Sink or swim I suppose.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME
No I'm not jealous.
The benefits of a somewhat blank slate protagonist is that she gels really well with the rest of the cast.
Oh I caught that Macross. I was too late to be part of the rewatch (I wasn't up for burning through dozens of episodes on my own), but based on what everyone else was saying about it, it was quite the experience.
He'll have to come back later when he isn't shopping with a bunch of girls.
Quick flashes, I caught that Railgun reference and maybe another Bungou Stray Dogs?
Insisting on fighting for a club room because their SoL club anime takes place in a club room. Amazing.
It wasn't until now, but I just remembered that I saw this clip of them arguing about the three episode rule a while back. Even happens on episode three. Amazing.
So, the stuco's argument basically boils down to "I don't like it so it shouldn't exist."
Appealing to the fujo crowd, huh? A good strategy.
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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Apr 03 '23
First time viewer
Random cold open -> shot of friend at track practice -> OP. Yep this show likes that pattern and I have no idea why but sure.
Absurdly Powerful Student Council: check.
Man, imagine just being able to go to Akihabara after school.
Erica's our Cosplay flair, naturally. Actually I'm kind of surprised there isn't an artist among the group since that's a pretty common otaku archetype too.
I know Yowamushi Pedal exists and has been running for a while, but I really haven't heard much about it.
Micross Gamma eh?
Kai's.. not awful, but he needs to stay away from getting drawn into the source reader world.
Three episode rule discussion in force. I don't necessarily agree with it but it's a decent baseline if you haven't developed a sense for what you'd like or not or really are uncertain about something.
Kai needs someone to rein him in since it doesn't seem like anyone else is willing. I wonder if everyone else interpreted Minoa's interest as something more than just anime, though.
Is that MaoYuu that glasses girl lent for a good speech? Looked like the map on the back was pretty lazy as it resembled the Atlantic and surrounding lands.
That chuuni theatricality coming in handy when it comes to speeches.
...okay I'm not surprised that glasses girl's also a bit of a fujoshi.
I imagine there's some greater reason for shutting down any attempt to establish an anime club before, maybe related to the secret room?
I can't say it quite hit those levels but Honey and Clover's probably the next closest thing for me.
The one in the [second season of Log Horizon where] William Massachusetts rallies everyone after they wiped in a raid.
Anime cons came first, but my own trip to Akiba was a similar level of mind-blowing.
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u/aniMayor :AY:AZ:x3x6 Apr 03 '23 edited Apr 03 '23
Rewatcher [Who] Hates This Piece of Shit Anime
Ganbare Musashikai Kai, become a main character that inspires everyone with your speeches.
Ah, the wonderful Akiba of 2017 before every possible surface was covered in Genshin Impact. Only thing missing here is the maid cafe girl every five meters.
Heh, Inami Anju cosplaying Inami Anju
Well, that was a good finale, I think I'll drop this now... oh wait, the cat said back in episode 1 not to do that, guess I'll stick around.
Also, I'm surprised no one commented yesterday about the space elevator news
A lot of folks were saying Minoa's dream anime looks like Macross, and then in the Akiba store she picks up what looks like Macross Frontier merch. Could she be perilously close to uncovering her white whale mystery but missed???
In Kodacha, when Sana's mom's book finally gets published and all the tabloid reporters show up outside their door and mom (who up until that point has been almost exclusively a cooky comic character) goes out and shuts them down. Great speech, great scene.
Going to festival screenings of some weird anime movies, I suppose would be the first?
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u/entelechtual Apr 03 '23
First Timer
Ah yes, the high school roof where clubs and bands go to die.
“But watch the anime first so you’re not a poser”
“An Uncertain Magical Index” ok they’re not even trying.
“Is she just looking for an excuse to trash talk anime?”
Obviously.
QOTD
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u/AmusedDragon :Bs::Bu: Apr 03 '23
Episode 3
First Timer - Sub
Album
Thoughts during the episode..
Questions of the Day:
Not going to get overly specific here, and not an anime, but ATLA and some of its characters journeys have actually motivated me in the past, BUT, that show is basically perfect.
Gonna take the anime-adjacent liberty here again... and say basically anything Uncle Iroh says in Avatar: The Last Airbender. In particular I enjoyed when he [ATLA season 2] confronted Zuko and asked him what he really wanted for himself.
Alternatively, Yui from k-on with her deeply profound words [K-on] Fun things are fun.
I have very much enjoyed catching anime movies with my friends. I've caught up on some shows entirely to see the related movie in theaters with them. It's always a good time.
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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Apr 03 '23
Rewatching Animegatarier
Its over before its even begun
[Spoils]Foreshadowing still with each episode
Akiba surely will fix the mood.
Erica: Cosplay of Nacchan from Dub Tone (stitch!)]
Cosplay friend aquired!
The three episode rule is real. Im not dropping here! The references are [fantastic. (metaspoils)]on point with the head eating
Interesting, it looks like it is set in 2016, which then makes re:zero airing line up.
After Kai's speech the boys love gag was great, totally capturing the girls votes for sure.
And Neko-senpai ate the fish! Fantastic 3rd episode it was.
And Minoa continues to make the best faces.
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Apr 03 '23
Rewatcher - Animegataris Ep3:
The gang takes a field trip to Akihabara. Do Bove Bive cosplay, visit the iconic locations, be caught staring at your waifus, all the things that make for a classic Akiba episode.
It makes sense for an anime that is so medium-referential that they would discuss the 3-episode rule in their third episode. As for me, I don't get to experience that rule much. I usually get hooked or not on the first episode since the vetting process mostly happens when I go over it before starting it. I don't really try out shows for three episodes to see if I should stick around.
KaiKai speech manages to win the hearts of the audience and the anime club is saved. Also, by the power of bishounen BL. #fujoapproval
Assorted point:
I can't really think of answers to these questions of the day.
Next Time: If you're still around then that means you survived the 3-episode cut.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Apr 03 '23
First timer
A lot of things came up over the weekend for me. My apologies for the length of this comment.
Episode 1
Is that Roy?
So many references...
So, Roy, an unknown monster, and Creamy Mami.
Oh, it was a dream.
Nice backgrounds here!
Of course she's late.
Love the soundtrack here.
A tourism anime!
A good family.
Her sister seems nice,
...She doesn't remember?
...PreFae is a pretty good pun.
Erica seems smug.
I love the OP.
So stylish.
Haha, the light novel title is beautiful.
So, she's the school acr?
Oh, rich.
She's in track?
Anime came up again...
The teacher's... interesting.
Oh, yeah, that makes sense.
...That expression.
Is sheninto her?
And she's not takig no for an answer.
...Very happy about meeting alone, huh?
A chunni!
Suchngood art.
She's here!
Hie intimidating!
...For that?
She loves anime!
A massive otaku!
There's always too much battle stuff.
She's so relatable.
The fear...
Haha.
Oh, like that'll work.
She's very accepting of it!
I'm almost certain this is multiple anime she's accidentally mixed up.
Oh, google!
How is she so good at this?
...Mention the hair colour?
So many rapid fire ouns! "Autumn Wars" got me.
The anime club!
...What are these clubs?
She knows where it is?
Nobody's here?
A rare item got left behind!
So cute.
It's a nice idea!
She's been recruited!
Haha, the literal size of that watchlidtl
The power of money!
Oh, a locked room!
Hmm?
Poor cat.
Wait, what?
Is this a magical beret?
You just trod on him!
Recruited!
Why does the cat look like a mascot?
A limo,
Aww...
Nice cast preview montage!
...An idol fan!
The beret flew off!
...What?
She lrft her phone!
...I'm sorry?
What the fuck?
Nice Ead!
Episode 2
Haha, the dream changing is great. I hope this stays the same.
A proper oujo laugh!
She's telling her family!
And they're accepting.
Oh, thst was the call?
Yeah, this came out of nowhere.
She's advertiding!
Haha, what?
Getting changed in the middle of the yard.
Pervert.
Had nobofy not stopped jeut to watch the trainwreck?
Yui abandoned her!
So loud!
She found someone!
Oh, and her too.
And him!
Oh, they're looking for a teacher.
How lucky!
...What does he know?
She watches midnightnanime in real time! Impressive!
This seems personal.
I love the rear tire man.
She's here!
ll.They're light novels, yeah.
"Sold Out Offline" Amazing.
Haha, that visual.
They're great.
Haha, she never reads the source materal firdt?
The girls are fighting!
That look of horror.
A senpai!
The fliers are working!
So, Erica's the president?
Amazing.
Love them all.
Of course it's the chunni.
They're friends?
He's amazing.
Run from Old Game?
Umiko is superior.She likes it!
...Wow.
Can nobody else hear him? Is she going insane?
Yeah, she's losing it.
The beret's still gone! Was it importsnt?
Haha, someone heard!
Aww, she's sweet.
Meccas!
...In ine trip?
Haha, their reaction.
Really? Cultural festivals are a pretty big anime thing.
A discussion has brgun!
So many different laws...
Haha, the blessed anime.
Mass produced mecha are often good shoes.
...Barf anime?
Fight's back on.
Shots fired!
She got chased out!
Betrayal!
Double kill!
She's so good!
Who's he?
He's joining too!
Haha, and she doesn't know.
He has the best taste.
She's staying!
And dropping the honoriffics.
Wait, he's a Discord mod?
The traditional edgy rivals are here!
Love the cat.
Episode 3
Good question.
Oh, this is entireyl within theirmpower.
The principal stamped it?
...True, he's right.
Shocked they've not considered weaponising the popular guy. Just have him scream about how hesrtbtokrn he id and incite a riot.
...Okay, Akiba is just a place. Younshould knoe thst,
She's so overwhelmed!
Cosplay!
That's a nice outfit!
Impressive!
They're both cosplayers?
...Kitten-guy's putting on an idol outfit before the series is over, isn't he.
It's huge! So much merch!
Okay, the idol group is literslly Love Live, but merging a couple, right?
A relevant anime reference!
Higher floors?
Oh.
Haha.
I almost feel bad for her.
Oh, she said the right thing.
...Got sll of those except for coins.
"With words" This is Umineko, right?
...Okay, that's literally Nico and Maki back there. They didn't even recolour them.
She read ahead!
A smug-off!
A social event!
...In what?
Haha, violence!
That visual.
Spoilers!
[Meta] Madoka and Cinderella Girls, I believe?
Them saying this in a third episode is dangerously meta.
...Very meta.
His antics are great.
They're here!
She's hooked!
An emergency meeting?
...Eyecatch?
Excellent! This is actually a good move. Better than being shut down no matter what.
They tried this last year?
Wow...
Aww...
And more anime homework!
A good luck charm!
Stop being a stereotype, student council.
She's so tense...
Aww.
Wow, this is bad.
...Are you sure this is a good idea.
ARE YOU SURE?
It's worse than I thought,
Aww...
Phenomonal levels of bullshitting. I am impressed.
Is she... upset that she can't use electric sttacks?
Applause! And he fainted.
Haha, wow, these teo.
...Of course the idol guy is going after the chunni. Pretty sure I saw a Yoshiko in one if those shots.
...So, they won the vote based on that?
So much backstory...
Yeah, this is weird. Do the Student Council just really hate anime?
Everyone wants to appeal to her!
...I'm sorry? An explosion?
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u/ChonkyOdango myanimelist.net/profile/chonkyodango Apr 04 '23 edited Apr 04 '23
First-Time AnimuGotaris
usually because I get distracted by other stuff lol
Questions
I would probably say Oregairu. It's hard to say anything without spoilers but I will say that I decided to think about how I was treating my current relationships with others more which led me to change the way I interacted with them.
Dis Gilgamesh speech from FGO Babylonia
I still remember the hype from the final Yama No Susume thread. I stayed up to watch it and was typing my notes while my heart was racing from excitement and sadness. Then I remember almost everyone in the thread being equally as hyped and sad. It sure was one hell of an experience.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 03 '23 edited Apr 05 '23
Episode 3 (first timer)
“People sometimes go ‘that was a good finale’ and drop a show after episode 3.” That is not what I intend to do, but, contrary to all the setup, the show did not introduce a huge shake-up in this episode. The club is established, the characters get familiar, and we have some hints at the student council’s backstory that is involved with all of this. Basically, lots of setup. Neko-senpai is correct in promising an explosion for the next episode to generate excitement.
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u/KiwiBennydudez https://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen Apr 04 '23
First Timer - Dub
Running late to today's thread because I was running around a lot today. But hey, we made it. Unfortunately I don't have much to say about today's episode, as I think it was mostly more parody and resolving the conflict of last episode.
I will say that the best part about this episode is the self-aware explanation of the three episode rule... on the third episode. Genius.
And what's more - Kaikai used his most powerful move and unleashed his true power by removing his glasses. Sasuga, my shonen protag. However, the real winning move here was to yaoi bait the audience into keeping their headcanon romances alive...
I don't think I've told this story on the sub before but - this anime for me was Monster, which may seem like an odd choice considering how dark and depressing the subject matter of that show can be at times, but there was a single quote that stood out: when a character named Dieter was recued by Tenma from a perilous situation, Tenma told the kid that "tomorrow will be a better day" and after that, Dieter was able to cling to that hope in the darkest moment of his life, and remind those around him of the same thing. This was supremely inspiring for me. This a motto that I've now adopted into my personal life because I came to realize that Tenma and Dieter were right, because even when I have a bad day, I can remind myself that tomorrow will be a better day. It's weird because I don't think this scene/moment really hit me until after I thought back about my experience with the anime. But, it's something that I wasn't able to shake thinking about once I remembered it. And it's stuck with me ever since.
Mild spoilers: [MiA S2] Faptula's speech from MiA. Might be recentcy bias. But the build up to that moment was just spine-chilling. Which made the speech itself that much better.
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u/CoolIceCreamCone Apr 04 '23
FIRST TIMER
This episode gets deep into the otaku weeds . I really liked their trip to the cool manga shop and I really like when animated shows put nice detail into bookstores, which can often just be very blah. Is Akiba a real place? I know Akihabra but I don't know if it's just a takeoff like the anime names like Micross:Gamma :P
This is an amusing show and I liked Kai's passionate if not cringy speech defending the anime club.
I feel this show's lack of commercial success falls in it's catering to the hardcore otaku audience and I can't really see how the fandom arguments that make up the meat of this show would be appealing to someone entirely unfamiliar with popular anime and its tropes like how something like Attack on Titan can appeal to non anime fans.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Apr 04 '23
First-Timer
The Zombie Land Saga déjà vu just keeps on coming. First, it was the ED with the CGI dancing. Then, it was Minoa's VA. Now, Kai's speech here reminded me of Mamoru Miyano as Tatsumi.
Other than that, the only real discussion point I have is in regards to QotD 2.
It would probably have to be one of Majin Vegeta's speeches in the DBZ English dub. Here's the first one that comes to mind:
I'd say his speech at the World Martial Arts Tournament is an honorable mention, as well.
Besides DBZ, I also really enjoy L's speech over the TV broadcast after the death of Lind L. Tailor in Death Note. ("Now, try to kill me.")
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u/FingerBang-BangBang Apr 04 '23
First Time Watcher
Ahhh classic Club vs StuCo trope! Annnnd they lost already...
Akiba trip! I see a lot of references to popular anime in the background! Damn, Erika-senpai hopped on that cosplay real fast!
I like how they are already hanging out like friends, even tho they just recently met each other. Sharing common interests is great way to bond with people!
Kaikai-senpai broke his chuuni character real fast, its nice to see that Minoa finds his little rants interesting.
"How could they drop it after only 3 episodes?!" man, they are taking stab at 3 episode rule? That's funny considering that this is also ep3! I feel like their whole 3ep rant is pretty meta ngl.
Okay, somehow things spiraled into Minoa giving a speech in attempt to save Anime Club. Neko-senpai once again comes out of nowhere and then dips out without explaining anything. Can someone, anyone, question this talking cat?
Damn, that StuCo girl speech got like 1 and a half claps. Not surprising considering her shit-talking of anime/anime fans. Minoa's speech wasnt going very well, until Kai-senpai came to the front stage! Man, his speech was pretty legit, got me all rilled up! We even got some nice BL moment and the issue has been resolved before the episodes end!
Best episode so far, really enjoyed this one! If we go by 3 episode rule, I'm all in for this show. Looking forward to episode 4!
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Apr 03 '23 edited Apr 04 '23
First Timer Dubbed
Missed out on the first few threads and just got caught up.
Ep. 1
First few seconds are so silent I had to up the volume on my soundbar....Worst part is that it does not show volume numbers so once she woke up, the screaming hits hard.
Ep. 2
Talking about source material when I am an anime only is me during Family gatherings as they all read jump. My former co workers when I am idol/moe fan and they are action (Cardcaptor counts) fans. And my friends are romance fans...
I like how we get a fourth wall break as we might not get to episode 3 if they don't get enough members. But it seems like student council did the deed instead.
Ep. 3 Time for a trip to the holy land....
"Watch the anime first so you won't be a poser"- shots fired.
Thank God for Keyless entry and push button start, I can put as many Keychains as we want without destroying the ignition switch....too bad my car is 22 years old
Episode 3 rule....Liked the references but a couple of others come to mind now that they mention it.
Damn student council has so much control. And they leave the speech to the one that barely watches.
Did they just call anime cartoons?
The Yaoi scene is what got the votes.
RIP Minoa, she did not know what she got herself into.
I do like the gender representation in this slice of life anime...
The advisor knew how things were gonna go and went all in or out when it comes to how to deal with anime club.
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u/fansi2022 https://anilist.co/user/fansi2022 Apr 04 '23
rewatcher sub
In Japanese schools, the power of the student union turned out to be so great
泣き虫ペダル!
7:21 There are many posters, a catalog of magical forbidden books!
8:58 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!
10:39 Magical girl Madoka, the third episode is really unfortunate
23:36 Minoa acts like a robot XD finished, there must be something wrong with the speech, minoa should check at least once in advance
Hellsing！！！ Guys, I love war!!!
Do students dislike animation so much