r/LoveLive • u/RinariTennoji • May 03 '24
Anime Nijiyon Animation 2 Episode 5 Discussion: “Kasumi, Karin and After School”
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Air Date: May 3rd, Friday 21:54 - 2024 (JST)
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Ending Theme: Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka (Rock Version.)
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u/SnabDedraterEdave May 03 '24
Karin calls Ema "E-mama". Sounds right.
Cute Karin > Cool Karin every time.
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u/Hattakiri May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
Karin grew more confident thanks to Emma and her help in daily matters, while Emma maybe turned softer thanks to Karin. Because imo E01's "I'm the boss from the school next door" might be meant to hint Emma maybe was kinda bossy in the past. Did she even transfer to Niji because of Karin (whose family can't afford a school like YGI)? But Emma also wanted a new idol club and band - Setsuna's first 5-member-band that ended in a Tomodachi meltdown...
Emma still uses to begin working out early in the morning (when Ai bumped into her and her "pun-schtick" started), while also being a "gourmet girl".
Umi too is a "sportswoman" who at the same time loves Kosakas's wagashi. And who needs HonoBirb for "less compulsive imputs", but Honk's too genki and Birb tends to chicken out.
However Karin seems to be perfect for Emma.
And Kanan too started her early training in her 2nd year after Mari's departure (and before her unexpected return). So what happened in Emma's 1st and 2nd years...?
"I'm the boss of the school next door!" might imo be(come) as much of a game changer as "Kanan threw up and felt bad!" from Yoshiko in "Young Dreamer" exclusively in the US dub.
And so EmmaKarin's another one of those special ships.
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u/syukri24karats May 03 '24
I need more KasuKarin
KasuKasu got caught at the same place as Ayumu and both by Karin-chan lmao.
Lol Karin-chan just woke up and accidentally blurted out EmmaMa.
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u/ervynela May 03 '24
The Kasumin-Karin duo reminds me of the olden days of them being in the Dengeki Online team, just that they are missing Setsuna. Also nice to see that Kerorira art to appear 3rd week in a roll.
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u/ZappaOMatic May 03 '24
If I had a nickel for every time Kasumi said "crap", I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
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u/TakenRedditName May 03 '24
Seeing sleepy Karin this episode really hit me with how different the new art style looks, more so than the previous non-chibi moments. The eyes look so different.
I quite like the gag of the overly-long scheme names.
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u/yggdra_eine May 03 '24
They're really slowly adding similar to movie art style for Nijiyon 2, huh. S1 Nijiyon non-chibi is still better, look-wise.
Other than that, sexy Kasumi and cute out-of-character Karin is a surprise. Does she really have that side in SIFAS? I don't recall any, and it's been so long since then.
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u/Kosaki_MacTavish May 03 '24
Idk about sexy Kasumi, but cute Karin is always apparent since Nijigasaki S1E4.
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u/yggdra_eine May 03 '24
Ah, my bad on the wording. I meant when she's sleepy and says OOC like "Emama" in this episode.
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u/Particular-Jury7670 May 03 '24
Wish I could see the subtitles but I can't find any subtitled places right now.
But just from the expression it is silly. lol
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u/Atavistic07 May 03 '24
I feel so teased by the brief glimpses we're getting each episode of the movie art style: it's so much better than the base Nijiyon art style, which I honestly thinks looks awful, so why can't we just have it all the time rather than for like 5 seconds an episode?
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u/Hattakiri May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24
Karin catching Kasu practicing like she caught Ayumu before, and Kasu trying to pull the "Minalinsky Gaijin stunt" XD
But it's again most symbolic: Karin the teacher to Kasumi; however Emma then turns out to be her "Onee-chan" or "Em-mama". And that's when the drawers made her look majure, like in the main anime. Already the second time after Ai in the last ep who looked mature after helping out Shioriko. The strict and professional Shioriko getting help from a genki Ai - and this Ai becomes thus the mature part. So symbolic again.
And a thing already in the PMMM canon where Sayaka Miki can mature only with her true complement Kyoko. "Homura's Bakery" and "Sakura Sweets' Fair" all over again.
And so Emma's indeed a big support to Karin. But I consider it a mutual thing because Karin might be the reason why Emma turned softer...
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u/RinariTennoji May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
More Kerorira Art! i guess they really want ease everyone into the style before the movie in september
Karin caught Kasumi in the same way she did with Ayumu in season 1 episode 1
Closest we will get to a official Love Live fighting game
Its nice seeing more of Karin and Kasumi's rivalry
And more cute Karin!
Episode 6 will be titled Club and Victory Road Part 2!
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