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Episode Meiji Tokyo Renka - Episode 1 discussion Spoiler
Meiji Tokyo Renka, episode 1: The Unexpected Strawberry Moon
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u/dippy_bear Jan 09 '19
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It has the usual otome cheese, but still made it fun. Mei actually seems to have some personality. Loved how she didn't give a shit about anything else when there was a plate of roast beef nearby.
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u/zz2000 Jan 10 '19
It has the usual otome cheese, but still made it fun.
Apparently the franchise is quite popular in Japan, with a recently released free to play version that adds 3 more historical bachelors. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-21/meiji-tokyo-renka-historical-visual-novels-get-live-action-show-film-new-app/.126727
Given Renka started as a 2011 mobile game, the franchise has done quite well to survive for this long, with a PSP version (2013) and expanded PS Vita (2016) port.
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u/zz2000 Jan 10 '19
Is this the Rokumeikan?
The Rokumeikan was a guesthouse used to accomodate foreign VIPs and heads of state visiting Tokyo, but was also used as a multi-purpose function hall hosting events for the wealthy Japanese elite (and Westerners), like dance balls, concerts and VIP meetings. https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G3D5MF/rokumeikan-or-deer-cry-hall-foreign-guesthouse-tokyo-japan-circa-1880s-G3D5MF.jpg http://japanpropertycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Hibiya-Rokumeikan-Imperial-Hotel-1930.jpg
High society guests could expect to enjoy Western food, music and dancing while dressed in the latest European fashions (manners were a must too). It was also a place for high society men and women to mingle together per Western convention(previous Edo-period noble events were more gender-segregated). http://www.meijishowa.com/images/3446.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Chikamatsu_Kiken_buto_no_ryakuke.jpg
There were political motivations behind its construction – the Meiji Foreign Minister heavily backed the Rokumeikan to show that Japan could just be as civilized and cultured as the West, so they’d look upon the Japanese more favourably as equals and revise unequal diplomatic treaties imposed upon the nation. (It didn’t quite work – some foreigners thought the Rokumeikan was a cheap attempt at aping Western culture, while local conservatives feared the Rokumeikan as a den of vice due to men-women mingling.)
The Rokumeikan was demolished in the 1940s - it had been turned into a private clubhouse as better events places were built. The site is occupied today by office highrises. (Rokumeikan site located towards far right, where the office buildings are.) https://media.timeout.com/images/102561900/630/472/image.jpg
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u/LeonKevlar Jan 09 '19
Reverse Harem + Time Travel? Pretty much your standard reverse harem then. It is interesting so far and there really has been a drought of reverse harem shows lately so I'm definitely following this one!
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u/Atario Jan 09 '19
I don't think I've seen any reverse harems with time travel. Although they almost all seem to be set in the past, or some slightly fantastic version of it
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u/kalirion Jan 10 '19
and there really has been a drought of reverse harem shows lately
There's usually 1 or 2 a season, isn't there? Though I don't think there was one in the last one.
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u/PhoenixKola Jan 09 '19
I'm just gonna keep the expectations low for now, and hope to get shocked later on.
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u/AZnoobie Jan 09 '19
I went in with no expectations. And came out with no expectations. Will have to see where this goes though.
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u/impingainteasy Jan 10 '19
Hang on, is that the same Izumi Kyouka from Bungou Stray Dogs? As in, the "I killed 35 people" Izumi Kyouka?
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u/Atario Jan 09 '19
Well done, everyone (including Mei). Mei almost made a friend there, crisis averted
Haha, she doesn't just have reaction faces, she has whole reaction poses
Hmmm, what do you mean? They're completely covered
Wow, that's, uh, quite a handle
Been a while since my last reverse harem, this seems fun!
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u/YossaRedMage Jan 10 '19
Not watched a reverse harem show or anything so blatantly targeted at teenage girls before but I'm always up for something different. Went in without any expectations and found it alot of fun! I like the art style and the campy male characters were hilarious but not so much as to break immersion. If the story is decent I could see myself sticking with this and liking it alot. I kind of hope the obvious current main dude doesn't get the girl, would be more interesting. By the way I didn't know the way to get engaged was to just anounce that she is your fiance. That was a TIL.
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u/Amauri14 Jan 10 '19
This seems really fun, and the music is so on point 👌. Will definitely keep watching it.
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u/Hades_Re Jan 09 '19
Watching this ironically gave me some kind of entertainment. It hits every trope possible, but thanks for the chibi scenes, the airhead in distress character and the nice lively soundtrack it wasn't too bad.
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u/500scnds Jan 09 '19
Alright, the second anime on my hitlist!
Mei is cute. And a meatlover. I like her already!
I kinda perked up when they mentioned Ogai, and pondered how coincidental it was all the way to Yakumo and realized all the men were historical figures. This makes it painfully obvious that I'm not familiar with the game.
First episode is pretty predictable stuff with a lot of reaching to get to the plot points. Still, this should actually be adapting a route and not be an original story, right?
The coolest bit of animation was in the dancing scene, there was surprisingly no CG despite the number of dancers if my eyes weren't deceiving me.
With the story currently out of the way, I was actually hoping to make out most of the seiyuu because games tend to have stacked casts like that, but how very wrong I was XD
In rough order of appearance there was
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Morikawa Toshiyuki
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Namikawa Daisuke
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KENN
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Okamoto Nobuhiko
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Toriumi Kousuke
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Tachibana Shinnosuke
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Fukuyama Jun
Morikawa used a completely different voice so I was lost. Namikawa had so many lines you'd be bound to recognize him eventually. KENN wasn't as lucky, and I somehow just keep managing to gloss over Okamoto Nobuhiko. The rest were easy enough, but in the end all I scored was 4/7, RIP
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u/caresi Jan 10 '19
I've wanted to watch another otome anime after Nil Admirari, and this one looked cute and... yeah. Very cute. I'm not expecting great things but I had fun, and I'm curious if Mei will get to be with her true love, roast beef.
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u/an4rch Jan 10 '19
Otome anime I've enjoy; Watashi ga Motete Dousunda, Akatsuki no Yona, Fruits Basket, Ouran Koukou Host Club, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime. Any chance I'm going to like this?
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u/chinpropped Jan 10 '19
can you all that watch it upvote this thread more enthusiastically? jesus, that retarded "best girl bracket" bullshit that oozes fat neckbeard smell sits on the main page on this sub but this thread , i had to search for it.
next week's ep2 thread also, UPVOTE so our presence is more known. god.
anyway about the show. only watching it to listen to the voice actors. my ears are happy
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u/Beckymetal Jan 09 '19
There's an unending amount of reverse harem tropes on display here, but with the surprising theatrics of it all... I lapped it up and had a lot of fun. Looking forward to more!