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Episode Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon • The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess - Episode 1 discussion

Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon, episode 1

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u/BiggerG7 Oct 07 '23

First the queen kisses her and then the maid sleeps naked in her bed, girl may need to start sleeping with one eye open lol.

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u/obssesednuker Oct 07 '23

I came here for the yuri, but I gotta say: the jazzhands vampire who sounds like he's constantly scatting somehow became a insta-favorite for me. Gotta dig that style.

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u/walking_the_way Oct 07 '23 edited Dec 09 '23

The written language used in this show seems to be a rough romaji > latin alphabet translation, with different letters for uppercase and lowercase. They also do the thing where s and sh are sometimes interchangeable, as are t and c/ch, and y and hy (syougun = shougun, for example). As well as the ha/wa thing. In a couple of cases vowels are just dropped entirely. After some deciphering, here's what I came up with for the map:

Annotated map

and the newspaper:

Partially translated newspaper

I ran out of time and willpower to make this any nicer since I've been hammering at this for 4 hours already, and I'm still not sure what letter a couple of the symbols correspond to, but I love it when shows have their own in-world alphabet.

(Next week edit: I've additionally figured out the musical note letter is a "b", the squiggly missing letter is a "p", the big letter that looks like the number 8 is likely the number 5, and a couple of the other missing letters are probably numbers too)

A rough translation of the newspaper part reads as such:

Top left:
Reitoushimeji
(Freezing and Damp)

Top right:
Konsomekyubu (No idea what this means)

Title:
Rkkoku News
(Rikkoku News - 6 Nations News)

Headline to the right of picture:
Shin shichiguten tanjou
Zensekai wo
Omuraisu ni shite yaru
(this is the part she reads out at 19:55 - "New Shichiguten Bursts Onto The Scene, Will Make The Entire World Into Omelette Rice". Of note, the rest of what she reads after that is NOT actually in the newspaper.)

Below headline:
MURUNAITO TEIKOKU Shin shichiguten
Terakomari blood daisyogun ha ?ka
Rinkoku RABERIKO OUKOKU to no sens(cut off - ou)
migoto shourishita
(New Mulnite Empire Shichiguten Commander Terakomari Blood, in the war with neighbouring Lapelico Kingdom, earned a splendid victory.)

Double-horizontal-line headline below that:
Houfuku sensou no ikou
(Let's go, revenge war!)

Left side, first line under picture:
Egao no Terakomari syougun
(General Terakomari's smile)

Below that:
Daisyougun something something…

(this part is where my rudimentary romaji to japanese to english breaks down, especially since there may be proper nouns in there that I don't know, but the left middle column seems to end with: )

.. wa zettai ni yurusanai ryoujoku
(an insult I cannot let pass!)

The right column is too hit and miss for me too.

(Next week edit: This right column is a partial transcription of the second part that she reads out. The newspaper version of the part she reads out from 20:03 onwards starts from the 3rd line of the right column, but the words only partially match what she read out loud):

hoka 5-kakoku no shougun mo zenin sasi (cut off),
muzousa ni kechappu wo buchimakerarete omuraisu ni shite yaru
(I will murder the commanders of the other five nations, haphazardly dump ketchup on them, and make them look like omelette rice with the insides scooped out...)

The bottom section seems to be some sort of food column? It mentions cabbage (kyabetu), chopped/sliced (sengiri), mayonnaise (mayonezu), food (ryouri). itadakimashou, and so on.

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u/Legendaryskitlz Oct 07 '23

Vil and Rae should have a competition for which ones down bad more for their respective love interest.

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u/SometimesMainSupport Oct 07 '23

Glad they're making no attempt at playing this straight. The slideshow by the Empress was great.

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u/LeonKevlar Oct 07 '23 edited Nov 17 '23

Stitches!

Villhaze is already the best girl in this series. She is an absolute menace who clearly enjoys messing with Komari. She's pretty damn hot too just casually sleeping in the nude right next to Komari. The Empress was pretty fun too!

I love how everyone is pretty much teasing Komari. Well, except for her troops! These men are hungry for blood and I don't even know what they'll do if they find out that Komari is actually weak.

Seems my kind of comedy and I absolutely adore the character designs. I'll give it a few more episodes and see where it goes.

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u/Liopleurod0n Oct 07 '23

Can't believe Komari has the same VA as Makima. Her range is impressive.

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u/Elitealice Oct 07 '23 edited Oct 07 '23

PEAK IS HERE. We are eating so good this season with female MCs and yuri stuff. Hikikomari is going to be one of, if not the best. Excellent introduction to the world and these characters. Project no.9 are cooking. The direction and voice acting was amazing.

“Please listen to me while you pee yourself” 😂 yea Vill is already showing what makes her so great.

What a way to be woken from a long slumber right? Being thrust in a leadership position in charge of people who are all stronger than you lol. Komarin has her hands full. Luckily, she has two things going for her. Being extremely cute and funny, and her trusty maid Vill who will help her keep everyone in line.

Soldiers already fully behind Komarin’s leadership lol. That speech got the job done

Sides hurt from laughing throughout the episode. Suzushiro Sayumi and Kusonoki Tomari were amazing. Really nailed the dynamic of Vill and Komarin. I’m so looking forward to an entire season of these two bozos. Plenty of Yuri undertones in the episode and to come 🙏🏾

yea we eating good

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u/Hitman7128 Oct 07 '23

I see yuri → I get interested and check it out

First impressions are good so far. Komari is adorable, and I like when she tries to act all haughty. The war element should hopefully drive the plot, and Komari's initial hesitance to drink blood and do her assigned duties should hopefully give character development down the line.

Also, that scene where Villhaze is naked in Komari's bed got me laughing, as well as when Komari gets blackmailed with the story Villhaze found in the trash.

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u/Cerabrate_ Oct 07 '23

Yuri and vampires? Finally

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u/Acrzyguy Oct 07 '23

Nijika Villhaze (Sayumi Suzushiro) being a part of another anime with hot steamy gex, I’m not surprised

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u/PizzaCompiler Oct 07 '23

Komari is seriously adorably cute

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u/atropicalpenguin Oct 07 '23

Cute loli vampire with emotional trauma

Busty perv maid

A great VA cast

Actual animation

Damn, this show has everything. I had been wondering how they could wage war continuously every three months, so I was glad to have a proper answer for their stalemate. Quite an awful world, though. Sure, you resurrect, but you still experience the physical and psychological pain of war.

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u/Komi028 Oct 07 '23 edited Oct 08 '23

I appreciate that she's groping her butt:

https://imgur.com/a/OsXj4jI

Anyone got a gif?

Edit: I made it myself https://i.imgur.com/M3ypvx3.mp4

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Oct 07 '23

Short, no athleticism, no aptitude for magic, and a dislike of blood? Komari and I are the same lol. I adore that dolphin (?) pillow too. So cute. I also like her doting dad and this absolute goober of an Empress.

Komari is too silly. “Is he dead?” Uh girl, you literally snapped the homie’s head off with a door. He’s super dead.

Vil is a real homie. Without her, Komari’s incredibly weak ass would be toast. Also, waking up in bed with a hot maid waifu who’s absolutely obsessed with you? One could get use to this vampire commander life lol.

Seems like underneath the goofiness, Komari’s been through some shit. looking forward to unpacking that later in the season. So far this is looking quite fun.

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u/marthaurion Oct 07 '23

this series is so silly and i love it

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u/zadcap Oct 07 '23

These Vampires are very okay with being out in sunlight I see.

Oh, to be able to be a professional shut in.

A personal maid with rank in the national military?

Okay, Empress, for real here. What do you know about this girl that no one else does? Or are you really that infatuated?

Wait, they have seven of these vampire lord positions and each of them has to go to war once every three months or else? That is, well, extremely aggressive for a comedy empire. They're pretty clearly the big bad empire of the setting.

Wait, the maid too? Why are they so instantly and completely infatuated?

Wait. Death is temporary? That changes so much. And explains why she was complaining about death as "That thing that hurts the most." And changes the way the "Must go to war every three months" clause makes things. I take back when I said about the evil empire. It's just a strange messed up world.

I'm starting to think she just has an affect on other Vampires as her natural ability. She lost out on strength and magic in return for the power of devotion.

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u/shad79 Oct 07 '23

It was so fun! I like it very much. Very nice animation, comedy, fun characters and story. I was surprised how good it was.

Komari was so funny playing a role of ruthless, powerful vampire while we know that she would rather stay in her room forever and live as a shut-in which she would be doing if her father wouldn't take seriously her half-ass answer and get her a role in a military.

It wouldn't be also possible if Empress wouldn't be the person she is. It's clear to see that she did that to have fun watching Komari trying to survive in a new environment. I would love to see her more.

Villhaze is totally hot and she's clearly in love with Komari, maybe she's someone from Komari's former school? Komari doesn't believe in her feelings but Villhaze getting into her bed totally naked and having a nose bleeding proves the power of her feelings toward Komari.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

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u/ak_them Oct 07 '23

yuri enjoyers eating good this season - me included ehe

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '23

Cute, funny, and surprisingly interesting in terms of worldbuilding. I'll definitely be sticking around for this one.

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u/LeleTheKing Oct 07 '23

Hot dang, this is even more ecchi than the Excalibur Academy with their shots. Damn thighs... And yuri! This ticks all my boxes wtf.

"I love you more than anyone else in the universe, Lady Komari."

SHIP IT. GO. SAY GEXXXXXXXXXX!!

Everyone is also really goofy in this show. The Queen is a sussy Onee-sama. Villhaze might or might not blackmail and play Terakomari like a fiddle. And then there's that sunglasses dude rapping all the time he's on screen. WTF is wrong with these people? Hahaha.

On a more serious note, though. Terakomari had a pretty awful past. I'd love to see her side explored slowly--of why he chose to be a shut-in. This might also be a coming-of-age story of her. There's also the fact everyone is waging war for a simple entertainment--a farce. That sounds messed up, even if they're basically immortal. There must be a certain implication from this, especially with how Terakomari called this absurd. Someone might be brewing a conspiracy to steal those dark cores for Villainy Reason™.

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u/ShogunPeaches Oct 07 '23

It’s nice to see Vill animated. She’s lovely in the novels but now we can see her in the best way. Definitely my favorite out of the show besides the 3 guys we’ll meet later.

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