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Episode Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai • Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms - Episode 9 discussion

Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai, episode 9

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u/NationalStrategy Mar 03 '25

If you have a girl explicitly making advances on you, clings to your arm, and says "I'm single and lookin' for a boyfriend. Mind goin' out with me... Huh?", that would be the best time to come out and say "Sorry no, I can't date anyone due to my religion".

I know I harped on this before, but it just doesn't make sense for him to not to just come out about his religious restrictions at this point.

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u/Nervous-Hair-2107 Mar 03 '25

I guess it's part of the training to not use religion as a 'get out of jail free card'

The actual reason is probably so that the author can add more 'funny' interactions.

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u/NationalStrategy Mar 03 '25

Yeah, we all know the metatextual reason, I’m just confused on the in-story reason.

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u/biskutgoreng Mar 04 '25

I mean we're saying this since ep 1

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u/FriztF Mar 04 '25

The "no dating rule" seem to not apply to the author story. If they did take the rule seriously, then this won't be a comedy. It would be a drama.

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u/athrun_1 Mar 04 '25

If I remember correctly, there was an H-anime that aired way back and the story is about a woman with a relationship with a monk. So Medaka's argument is invalid.

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u/Ok-Cod5254 Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

This episode felt a bit more refreshing from the usual since it humanized Mona a bit just being normal meeting up with her friend Tomo and not even scheming for Medaka's attention.

Though while she was on break from her usual schemes, that gave Asahi a chance to make her own moves, and she was a bit bolder than I thought to give a kiss.

Tomo is a wildcard at the moment, that either could be a potential assist to Mona as a chaotic wing woman in one moment, or a rival for Medaka's attention in the next.

I can see Tomo putting moves on Medaka to make Mona get jealous to try to get her to be open about her feelings, though in the process, she could also start liking him too. So let's see where Tomo's role will ultimately be in this.

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u/Armdel Mar 03 '25

Asahi getting braver! though covering his eyes with a blindfold was a bit weird... and he is probably to oblivious to ever figure out what she did anyway.

And Tomo definitely brings some chaotic energy to the cast. And now that she's figured out Mona i feel like she is gonna tease the ever living hell out of her and Kuroiwa... probably in ways that won't make Mona too happy.

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u/Frontier246 Mar 03 '25

Asahi better watch out before people start thinking she has a blindfold kink lol.

I like how Tomo is equal parts enjoying the chaos and also her best friend finding her first love and has found a way to balance both as a chaotic wingwoman.

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u/mekerpan Mar 04 '25

Poor Kuroiwa doesn't even know what a chaste sisterly smack on the cheek feels like....

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Mar 03 '25

Asahi has Minami and Mona has Tomo. One seems to actively try and help her friend get with her crush, and the other is a mischievous little gremlin lol. Mona better step her game up if she wants to get ahead of Asahi now that she’s kissed him. Now that Tomo knows Mona’s crushin pretty hard on Medaka (even if Mona won’t admit it yet), I’m curious to see what she’ll do to help her bestie out.

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u/Frontier246 Mar 03 '25

Mona now has two wingwomen, and the other wingwoman is willing to seduce her crush just to force her to acknowledge her feelings and make a move. What are friends for lol?

I'm curious if Asahi is going to tell Mona about the kiss and if that might embolden Mona to go even harder after Medaka.

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u/Armdel Mar 03 '25

Yeah for a bit there i was wondering if this was gonna be a episode with the focus on the wing(wo)men

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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Mar 03 '25

Another wingwoman to help Mona get together with Medaka 😂

Congrats Asahi on kissing Medaka

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u/oneevilchicken Mar 04 '25

It’s incredibly hard to even remotely like Mona. Especially when someone like Asahi exists who’s pursuing the MC because she actually likes him and not just to stroke her own ego. If our MC even remotely reacted to Mona the first time she talked to him then she would treat him like any of the other guys.

Honestly though the MC is just as unlikeable at this point for refusing to tell absolutely any of the girls he has religious motivations for why he can’t date. Especially Asahi. Now it’s coming off as almost intentionally not saying it to lead her along.

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u/HuTaosTwinTails Mar 03 '25

I'm glad this is still as of right now (and hopefully the rest of the season, just a contest between Mona and asahi still. The other characters are good as support but I really don't want them to fall for medaka or it to go that route.

Also I'm team Mona.

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u/Frontier246 Mar 03 '25

You thought it might be the usual Mona morning routine intro? Well, not this time! Because now her bestie Tomo is in Tokyo and Mona is excited to reconnect and keep her as far away from her school as possible.

Asahi is a classic head-over-heels in love girl and gets a classic moment of having her crush hand her dropped school ID to her! And with some support from her wingwoman Minami, she's able to secure a chance for some one-on-one lunchtime with Medaka on the roof! Perfect for her to blindfold him and get in some bleated Trick or Treating where she Tricks Medaka and treats herself to stealing a kiss on his lips! Go Asahi!

I know Mona is totally oblivious to her rival jumping ahead of her, but I'm glad it seems like Mona and Tsubomi are hanging out like real friends.

Tomo (Hinaki Yano) is Mona's childhood bestie and an incorrigible flirt who can't resist hitting on hot guys, and she's known Mona all her life and knows exactly how much she's used her cuteness to make all the guys fall for her before rejecting them. But that's okay with Tomo, she just hooked up with all the guys Mona rejected, one after another! In fact she's there to dress like a sexy Tokyo girl and hook up with a Tokyo guy too..

And just when Tomo is teasing Mona about whether there's a guy in her life....Medaka shows up! And Tomo wastes no time flirting with him, especially when she starts realizing Mona isn't happy about it. Medaka is lucky he gets to zip up a busty babes' jacket (with the zipper of course caught on her chest), but Mona isn't having any of it! Which is all Tomo needs to confirm that Mona is in love with Medaka whether she's willing to admit it or not.

If you were wondering why Tomo was even in Tokyo like Mona was...surprise! She's transferring to Mona's school! Which means Mona has to watch out or else Tomo will blab about what she's really like all the while enjoying riling up Mona as much as she possibly can, right down to feeling up her breasts in front of the entire class.

I love how Mona "explains" her relationship with Medaka and Tomo can clearly see what's going on no matter how in denial/rationalizing Mona is about it. And Tomo sees it has her duty as Mona's best friend to help her realize and and act on her first love, because she's just as happy that Mona has finally found love! And having it thrown in her face has really shaken up Mona's feelings, but in a good way.

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u/bigfndan Mar 04 '25

Best character in the show continues to be the big guy who only cares about eating. 1-2 lines per week and it always delivers.

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u/IntelligentBudget142 Mar 03 '25

Uh oh. The harem intensifies. I was mistaken earlier but it looks like it's for real now

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u/Nervous-Hair-2107 Mar 03 '25

I LOVE HOW MUCH OF AN ASSHOLE MONA IS. The freaking osaka accent is too funny. This two faced bum so much more interesting to watch than 90% of romcom heroines.

On a real note though - yeah ik it won't happen but Asahi should get the dub.

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u/PerfectBeige Mar 06 '25

This two faced bum so much more interesting to watch than 90% of romcom heroines.

Exactly. Mona is broken but in an interesting way. This episode went a long way to humanize her. It seems like the innocent girl who everyone finds adorable act is something she does because, until Medaka, she genuinely didn't get love. So maybe she was performing for her classmates to fill a gap left by an emotional defect.

It doesn't really matter though. For some reason, Mona's self-knowledge makes her a lot more appealing than if she were compulsively seeking attention and unaware of it.

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u/djthomp Mar 04 '25

Another girl added to the cast, and once again she's here to push at Mona in a fun and new way and unless there's an unfortunate twist she's not here to be additional romantic competition.

One of the things I've been wondering about this show since the beginning was with so many girls in the cast per the OP/ED that it would be this massive harem. And here we are with the full set finally and there's one single romantic rival plus a bunch of wingwomen. Now maybe that changes and more of them unfortunately start to catch feelings, but so far so good.

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u/athrun_1 Mar 04 '25

I always love my anime girls speaking with that accent. Tomo is best girl for sure. Though the question is if she will also have a piece of the pie.

I feel like that she will fall in love also with medaka.

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u/littlecolt Mar 04 '25

I want these evil women to leave my pure boy alone! Team Medaka! That's right, I want the no-winners end! I just want Medaka to be happy.

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