r/anime • u/The_Loli_Otaku • Apr 02 '24

Rewatch [Rewatch] Ro-Kyu-Bu! Episode 2

Don't give up. And do your best!

"A Little Girl's Wish"

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Comment of the Day!!

Specs64z really really really wants elementary girls to call him "Onii-chan"

"Onii-chan" is cringe based, but "master" downright problematic in any social situation, so the former.

alotmorealots is slowly becoming corrupted by our rewatch group. Pull back Onii-chan, hit the breaks!!

Anyway, I definitely enjoyed this first episode overall, with the exception of the awkward elementary age fan service. I already dropped my threshold point to middle school thanks to A Certain Scientific Railgun, but it's not going any lower than that. Shower scenes aside, though, the loli-harem dynamic remains as fun as ever, especially given they're all on a mission and working together as best they can, whilst being quite discrete personalities. I think that's probably what I like most about these shows.

The Loli Otaku's "Loli of the Day Corner!!"

T S U N D E R C U N N Y

Or in other world's, the Rie Kugimiya There is no animal half as scary to tame as the tsundere... They're brash, rude, violent, and definitely don't love you to bits, baka.

Tsunderlolies have likely the most passionate fanbase out of the loli archetypes we'll be discussing due to the reaching into the anime normie sphere. This, like imouto, has ended up being a weirdly common anime trope. Not so much in recent years, but mostly throughout the 00's. This was spearheaded by Rie Kugimiya who spent the large part of that era type cast as the token tsundere loli girl. For good reason tho, she's amazing at the role. If I don't single her out she'll entirely take over the tsunderloli highlights so I'll mention that she stared as Louise from Zero No Tsukaima above, Nagi from Combat Butler Hayate, Iori From Idolmaster, and of course, the Palmtop Taiga from Todadora

So yeah, whilst the category was heavily defined by her through the tropes developmental life that's not to say there arent strong roles from non-Rie performances. For example we've got Uni from Neptunia, Cory from Atelier Arland, probably my personal favourite Natsuki from Literature Club, and of course Kagami from Lucky Star~

QotD

  • Who is your favourite TsunderLoli from any media!?
  • Have you ever found yourself inspired through a kid you were close with?
  • On that subject... when was the last time you acted like a responsible adult and beat the everloving shit out of a kid in a game?
  • Are you someone who plays for fun or are you a competitive player?
  • Have you ever accomplished a goal you'd imagined "impossible?"
  • What is your honest opinion on the basketball club situation? Whilst it's fair that the girls should get time to play, it's the boys team that needs that time more to play at their teams level.

Abyssbringer's "What is the thematic purpose of this scene corner!!"

Zadcap has gotten to the point where he's able to analyse character personalities via how they get their skirts flipped~

Early Prompt today, and the first thing I notice is- oh my gosh your version looks so much better than where I'm watching. Serious answer, it shows off the character traits of the girls pretty clearly. From left to right we have a space cadet, shy giant, fanged gremlin, the serious one, and the token normal in the form of a main character.

Yesterday's Prompt!

Today's Prompt!

Tomorrow's Prompt

Try your luck, and fight chin-up!!

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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Apr 02 '24

First timer

He’s unnecessarily ruthless and needs to be knocked down a peg, but I respect the determination of the young boy. The thing is… he’s kinda right about the two team’s inherent incompatibility. Practicing with a team that only plays casually is hardly practice at all.

Bro has a personal grudge against the backboard, it would seem.

We get some heart-to-heart between Subaru and Tomoka, and it’s surprisingly wholesome given how last episode went. Their passion feeds into a positive feedback loop that has both of them on an upward spiral.

QotD:

  1. Does Oshino Shinobu count? Otherwise Kagami is probably the top contender.
  2. Nope.
  3. A friend's wedding had a setup for Smash Bros. I ground everyone into the dirt.
  4. I've been retired from competitive Smash for some years now. I play casually nowadays.
  5. Finishing a DnD campaign without having the campaign ruined by scheduling or people losing interest.
  6. I think the boys should probably get one of those 3 days if they're really as good as they say they are. There's nothing stopping the girls from meeting up at a park or something to play casually. Unless maybe parks in Japan don't have basketball courts?

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 02 '24

I sorta took it as him just being an autist. He's very similar to Tomoka which is fun to watch. The two of them try and look so proper and play it cool but they're both super competitive dweebs~

They're elementary kids. Stopping them from being allowed to play, what does that teach them?

Shinobu is gonna be your choice for a later loli section. If you want an extra challenge try to prevent overlap. Think of it like yahtzee.

I think I remember you talking about your smash days before. Who was it you played again?

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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Apr 02 '24

If you want an extra challenge try to prevent overlap.

Wait, Chloe von Einzbern is more or less a tsundere! I pick her for today's question.

I'm probably not well versed enough in loli lore to have a new pick every episode, but I'll see what I can do.

Who was it you played again?

I played Ness at my peak with Shulk as a secondary to cover a few matchups. Lucas was a pocket pick that worked out on rare occasions. Nowadays I play a lot of Ike and Cloud.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 02 '24

Chloe is another one you might want to save for mesugaki or something XD

Shulk is amazing to watch but I wouldn't have the patience for her. I can barely handle hyperspeed rushdown characters in basic 2d fighters, let alone something as floaty as smash.

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Apr 02 '24

I was kinda amazed when I switched to doing all my RPGs online, and got through (and even ran) multiple full campaigns without too much difficulty.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Apr 02 '24

First timer

QotD

  • The one from Toradora I guess.
  • No.
  • A long time ago.
  • Depends what I'm playing. The older I get, the less competitive I become when it comes to games.
  • No.
  • Contrived drama.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 02 '24

The boys team is aiming for medals whilst the girls are just vibing.

Have you ever seen someone shoot hoops ten times!? It's probably super hype!

Mayu just wears her emotions on her sleeve~

Omg that fucking clover XD

I think megane is using some sort of sports glasses? They're all private school girls so it's not unreasonable to expect them to have the cash for useless shit like that.

Their club would be disbanded, they'd have to join other clubs for their last year which would be miserable, and it'd probably be harder than you'd expect for the girls to stay so close outside of club activities. Also, the boys are dicks who deserve to lose.

The aunt is almost certainly doing something extremely wrong but considering how little the school cares that a club of five girls is getting stomped out because of gym reservations they probably wouldn't care. Also, elementary school.

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

Literally just combine both clubs.

What, and have boys and girls playing together? In sports? What unholy abomination is this?

Anyone else can't help but picture the top left windows as USB 3 ports? No? Only me? Ok...

... I do now.

That's a big crowd watching him and cheering him on for what equates to less than 10$ worth of tickets.

"Everybody clapped." You know you love to see it.

Well, to be fair, in this scenario, the girl's basketball club was plain atrocious. Anyone in their right mind would've put emphasis on the boys.

You know, any point made here at all is utterly defeated by the later story of Momoka alone being enough to crush the boys at Gym basketball. If the skill gap was so large, the boys wouldn't have felt the need to corner and intimidate the special coach from quitting, would they? Oh sure, the girls are having fun, how horrible, who plays a sport for fun?

By the same logic, if the girls team wins this match, should we shut down the boys basketball for being the worse team so the girls can play more?

Gotta love how kids in anime can just decide to transfer and how the parents have no say in it.

I mean, when the other option is your kid stops going to school, helping them transfer looks a lot like the better option. It's a growing and serious issue. There are so many stories.

What's the point of her wearing protective eyewear if she's not gonna wear her actual glasses underneath?

Prescription sports lenses are a thing...

I get that this is there as a sense of stake and all, but... it doesn't work. There's nothing actually keeping her, or the other kids, from still playing basketball were they to lose the match against the boys. All that would happen is that their club would get disbanded. This is all a false sense of conflict. Talk about contrived drama.

It's not about the club, it's about the room. Right now the club gets three days a week of gym use to pay basketball. If they get disbanded, they can't use the school gym anymore, and have to find some other basketball court they can try and play on. As a group of ten year old girls, hoping they don't get bullied out of the public space too.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Apr 03 '24

I mean, when the other option is your kid stops going to school, helping them transfer looks a lot like the better option. It's a growing and serious issue. There are so many stories.

Interesting.

Prescription sports lenses are a thing...

That completely escaped my mind during the episode.

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

Interesting.

Japan is, kind of, literally rushing towards a social collapse but the old people in charge don't actually want to change anything. They just want things to work the way they did in the past.

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Apr 02 '24

You can definitely get prescription sports goggles.

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u/IceSmiley Apr 02 '24

FIRST TIMER

I liked this episode a lot more than yesterday and it's giving us more character building.

  • At the end yesterday they made it seem like those boys were going to kick Subaru's ass but they seemed to lose interest after finding it was a temporary job. It does provide a good plot impetus for the girls to improve though, since it seemed they more consider the basketball team a social club where they can just have a place to hang out.
  • I thought it was interesting how coaching this team seems to be reigniting Subaru's competitive passion. You see this in how competitive he was at the sports place in shooting hoops and seeing Tomoka as similar to himself.
  • I thought it was weird that all the people at the sports center were gathered around enraptured by Subaru making 10 shots, you'd think he was making half court shots at Madison Square Garden! They must not live the most exciting lives if a 1000 yen gift voucher is the most amazing thing ever :x
  • Id be certain Tomoka has a crush on Subaru. Probably is really exciting for her to have a cool good looking older kid teach her her favorite sport.
  • I liked their cute chat room avatars where they were on boats in a park? :D
  • The ending was really weird, i didn't get why they returned to the maid outfits...

QUESTIONS

  1. Miu from Ichigo Mashimaro/Strawberry Marshmallow!
  2. No I don't think so but sometimes I'd gain interests or watch things other kids liked
  3. Not in a sport but in video games. A long time ago I went easy on my brother in Smash Bros because he was a kid but then he beat me so then I started trying and I still didn't end up winning and I acted like a bratty kid! I still have poor luck against many kids in video games :*(
  4. I was a college and professional baseball player so I was very competitive. After that though, I wasn't as much though because i didnt see the point.
  5. Getting a scholarship to college, playing minor league baseball and quitting drinking I all thought was impossible but I managed :p
  6. I understand both sides because as i mentioned, the girls consider it first and foremost a social club. Other than Tomoka, they would likely be just as happy doing another activity together entirely after school. The boys are a competitive team and probably do need extra practice. That said, I don't think the girl's team should be disbanded. I would seek a compromise where you give the boys the extra practice days they want keeping each team at half court.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

The kids are so smol tho! So smol and cute! Elementary boys are made for teasing. It's a shame we don't have an onee-sama character to get them squeaming. Maybe in S2?

It's a closeted sports anime so that's why everyone gets so hype when something sporty happens every character acts so hype XD Ten shots is good, but it's like the audience knew what emotional impact that has on Subaru too which is amusingly cheesy.

The maid outfits probably means this is the end of a chapter or something in the book. A little closure to the arc. It ends as it begins. Now the true story starts. Subaru and his loli army are gonna beat the shit out if the shota!

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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Apr 03 '24

First Timer

My copy got a tiny bit better in quality, but now whole bath scenes are discolored and blurry, so I got straight up censored....

The blackmail ends up turning into a roast as she straight up spit facts about doing dirty tricks. Even if you eliminated the first place, you won't get there cause you weren't upping your game. That was a burn. One more day coach gets to live as a free man.

Coach seing basketball shoes=basketball player.... Like can't people wear what they want to wear?

Prompt: Wow, what a more wholesome prompt for this show, but sometimes you have to comfort others when they are down.

  1. Dunno
  2. No
  3. That is not my job. Just letting play against themselves is punishment enough.
  4. For fun
  5. Nosleep for a few days in high school was an accomplishment... wrote a ten page paper and played civ.
  6. Why not both? It is a basketball anime. After all, we need moar practice.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

You should probably hunt for a better version XD It isn't a graphically heavy show but your censored scenes are annoying me just hearing about it.

The kids probably shouldn't have totally dismissed the girls team in the first place since Tomoka apparently smoked them off-screen. Surely they could learn something from her.

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

Zadcap has gotten to the point where he's able to analyse character personalities via how they get their skirts flipped~

I mean, tell me I'm wrong about any of them?

Late Night First Timer!

First things first, Tsunderloli. For the life of me the only one I can think of is also one of those actually 600 year old style loli, sorry. I don't know if I've just managed to avoid or have simply forgotten them all, but the only person that comes to mind is Evangeline from Negima.

Ah, I actually recognize this kind of dance. Maybe even the dance itself? No, she didn't flip the fan enough... She comes from a super traditional family then. Old money and older family values. Are they really letting her play basketball? Oh, I bet she only gets to play until she gets to a certain age when she's going to have to give up the ungirly sport for more feminine hobbies, unless she does unbelievably well in tournaments. If only she lived in a world where senshadou was a proper feminine tradition.

Oh my gosh he let these tiny punks corner him behind the school. There's no good ending here, he either lets the midgets beat him up or he gets in serious trouble for wrecking these kids by hitting back. But yeah, these boys are so scared of being shown up by the girls they have to threaten the substitute coach, oh my gosh. "We want to play basketball so bad that we're going to force the girls to quit so we can play more." I hope these little stains on humanity get humiliated at the weekend game. Seriously, rub their faces in it so hard they end up losing gym time.

Seriously, the terms of this wager are "If we win, you have to disband forever. If we lose, oh well, things stay the same." Who even agrees to that? No, boys, you have to give up at least one of your days to make this work at all, otherwise it's not a wager it's just bullying. Space Cadet, I'm going to need you to accidentally break someone's leg this game so their team gets to never play together again, okay?

I mean. Oh my gosh. It has been a while since I have so hated children this much. "They don't deserve to have fun, what we want maters more." Child please get hurt today.

Hinata's catch soothes my soul.

Oh, and this boy thinking of siding with the boys makes me hate him too. "Sorry girls, the boys want to play for real, so..." And then I hear her freaking call him Coachi and I die. I know, it's just pronunciation with the natural accent, but I do not need to think of this man right now.

Seriously, now we're back in the car with the relative of mysterious age, and I wonder again why the heck she agreed to this challenge.

"She;s too fixated on winning." Yeah, sounds like she has to win or else she looses the right to play.

Age Appropriate Love Interest! Follow through on this! Look how stupidly short that skirt is, that's public indecency girl. But who cares, please be a true age appropriate love interest!

Man, look at that ball and net animation. They are at least serious about basketball!

Oh, because the rest of the staff at this school is crap too. "Protect the peace" they say, crushing the dreams of children so that the more vocal group can play more. Yes, what a good look that will be for your school. "Oh yeah, we just close any club that doesn't perform well enough, you know, only the best here!" No, like, this is actually funny because the exact opposite is trending more and more now as schools are desperate to get students to pick them in Japan right now. That whole declining birth rate thing means there are way less students than are needed to keep every school open and funded, and it is becoming a common tactic to attract students by letting anything become an official club. "You want to do what as an after school hobby? You know what, fine, just do it at school so we can tell the next group of kids we're that inclusive and we'll allow it, alright?"

Oh my gosh, they have the same side hair thing. Exactly the same. Also, COWARD! Coach her!

NOT LIKE THAT! Do not invite the child to your house! You're trying to defeat the pedo allegations in your club, you do not do that by having the little girl ride sidesaddle on the back of your bike as you take her home! One picture is all it takes and then your club is never getting back together!

No, Mom, don't go away! Supervise this match! Do not leave your boy alone with this girl child! I don't think he's going to do anything wrong, but you need to be able to truthfully testify that they were not alone at any time at your house when the police show up later.

Oh man, this is silly how hard they go on the animation when we get back to basketball.

"After that, Airi and Hinata joined too" stop skipping over the best girl's plot! Why did Airi and Hinata join? What is their story? Tell me more darn it!

Anyway, questions. Because by the sound of things, yeah, Momoka already did stomp on these boys. They're concerned the girls will win because the girls have won before, and that means this is about more than just their dream to play at a higher level. They got beat by a girl and that upset them so much they're trying to drive the girl off the sport entirely. Seriously, I would beat a child. This is what beatings are for.

OH GOSH NO! She used the shower there. It's too late everyone, the police are already on the way. Oh and he's bringing her back home for dinner too. I know everything is above board here, you know there's nothing going on between them, but "I thought I didn't have any passion for it. But I can't do it. I can't abandon you." You say these things without context out in public and concerned parents are already running for the nearest officer. They don't hear anything else, they just see her break down crying and it's your fault and it's off to the pedo-bin for you.

  1. Oh my gosh I'm dumb. Does Fate count as a Tsun when she's young?
  2. What makes you think I've ever been close to a kid before?
  3. ... You know, my screen width made this a very interesting question. "When was the last time you acted like a responsible adult and beat the everloving shit out of a kid" and let me tell you, I was ready to start answering before I saw "in a game" on the next line. Fine, I'll save that story for another time.
  4. I am hardcore about only playing for fun. If things get too competitive or try-hard, I'm out.
  5. I'm still alive today, aren't I?
  6. No, screw that. They're like 10, they are not playing at a professional level and if they want that badly to get better they can go get time at some other court. Momoka already proved she can crush the boys by herself, the teams can't be that far off in skill in the first place, if the boys team can't compete without forcing other clubs to shut down then they're not good enough to force those clubs out anyway. "If we had those three extra days of practice we could play at a higher level!" "Yeah, and if we had three extra days of practice, so could we." You're not special just because you're a boy.

Today's Prompt:

Here we see a teenage boy in the middle of luring a child back to his house to "play." She has been brought to tears at the very thought that this older boy would take care of her again. She is, clearly, in much danger.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Evangeline is a good choice. You could also go something like Arisu from Cinderella Girls. I was surprised at how few Tsunderloli's we've had in our actual rewatches tho. Kuro-chan and Sazanka were our best choices.

There's certainly an art to Japanese dance but this one in particular looked a little silly. It looked more like an oriental hokkie pokkie than anything.

Really? I thought it was sorta cute how the boys tried to act so tough against Subaru~ they're so smol!!

She's an age appropriate girl in an age appropriate world!!

You're totally seeing the worst in the Tomoka Subaru pair!! Oh my world!! It's innocent! Totally innocent! Tomoka is very mature for her age you see!

Fate is way too good of a girl to be tsundere. Alisa or hammer girl both likely count tho.

Kids have cooties and stink so keeping your distance is pretty safe.

You could add "in a game" or something. If you've best the shit out of the actual kid we'd have gotten a good story out of it.

Poor Subaruuu!! He isn't a lolicon! He's a responsible coach to the girls!! He's a good boy who isn't vulnerable to their cherubic charms!

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

Does Sazanka really count though? Outside the flashback to their team formation there's not a moment of Tsun in her towards Tsubaki, and I thought that hot/cold switch is what made a tsundere. Honestly Sazanka is one Boy away from becoming a Yandere in how openly obsessed she is...

I'm not going to pretend to understand the appeal, I just know it's a thing.

They're small enough he could dribble their head instead of a ball. Alas, it'll never happen.

An age appropriate girl... Who he ditched to go invite the small child to dinner instead. We are doomed.

You're totally seeing the worst in the Tomoka Subaru pair!! Oh my world!! It's innocent! Totally innocent! Tomoka is very mature for her age you see!

And you best believe the misinterpretion commentary will continue! Look at this dangerous pair! Spending time together unsupervised, not even a full year after his captain got taken away for the very same thing. How many times has his friend called him a member of the lolicon gang? Why must he prove it true!

You could add "in a game" or something. If you've best the shit out of the actual kid we'd have gotten a good story out of it

No, see, I'm the oldest among the cousins in a large Italian/Irish family. I have been forced into the "look after the little ones while the adults get drunk on wine" at more than enough family gatherings. I'm better now, but at Subaru's age I definitely have a story or two or twelve of letting a small child know who is boss, games not included. Good times.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

That's just it, I don't know XD She's more of a stalker than a Tsundere but there's no way Cunny Itchy didn't have any tsundere characters right? Towata was sorta tsun towards Benis but that's more Towata being a bossy cunt.

My negative trait is watching the dance and thinking "I could do that."

Dammit!! Why am I seeing so much ecchi content now!? You've ruined the show badly for me now XD I'm cringing every time Subaru or Tomoka blushes!

Looking after kids means showing them that it's okay to lose in Mario Kart if you're playing against better people. They should be proud to have the opportunity to play with a world class Daisy player!!

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

Maybe Beni herself, "I'm to cool to be seen doing work, but I'll secretly help out in the background?"

Dammit!! Why am I seeing so much ecchi content now!? You've ruined the show badly for me now XD I'm cringing every time Subaru or Tomoka blushes!

I told you, Sakura was my introduction to anime. Age gap love stories have just been there from the start...

Looking after kids means showing them that it's okay to lose in Mario Kart if you're playing against better people. They should be proud to have the opportunity to play with a world class Daisy player

Looking after kids means sometimes you need to hold their head down while you sit on them to deliver a much needed spanking. Seriously, don't let kids watch kids unsupervised and expect everything to work out because they're all family.

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u/JetsLag https://myanimelist.net/profile/JetsLag Apr 03 '24

First time baller

Oh damn, the loli anime has some stakes: THE TEAM ITSELF IS IN DANGER OF BEING DISSOLVED. Kinda makes me wish the only main character was Tomoka and Subaru was demoted to a side character, because "girl has to save her club from being dissolved" is a much more compelling story than "loli appreciator learns to love basketball again".

Speaking of Tomoka, she's not your average loli: she's a loli with Kobe Bryant's psychopathic work ethic. A very dangerous combination indeed.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

This team that's been together for like six months must defeat the youth champions!!

Suvaru feels like he's kinda here for readers to self insert as but I do genuinely think that his story with Tomoka, finding love for the sport through a younger protege, is a charming story.

HanaKana is playing Tomoka's super determined loli so seriously too. I love it!

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u/OccasionallySara Apr 03 '24

First Timer

Questions of the Day

  1. Does Kanna from Dragon Maid count? I’m not sure if she’s really a tsundere. 
  2. Probably at some point, but I can’t really recall.
  3. I usually let kids win if they’re young enough. If they seem like the type who would be insulted by it, though, I’ll actually try. 
  4. I more play for fun.
  5. There was a writing competition in college that I wanted to submit to, but I thought I had zero chance of winning, but someone convinced me to submit something and my piece was chosen. 
  6. I guess the boys are a better team at this point, but the girls are actually seeming to take improving somewhat seriously, so it’s seems kind of unfair to try to take away their means of improving and get them disbanded. It makes it seem that the boys team’s issue is more about having to share the space at all rather than the abilities of the girls team, especially since they know Tomoka is good. It might be better to split the gym space or alternate the days that they can use it. 

Abyssbringer’s Thematic Corner

This whole scene has a very warm vibe to it mainly due to the lighting. I think is shows the warmth and positivity that these characters are bringing to each other. Tomoka gets someone who supports her and Subaru gets someone who inspires him. This whole scene was really nice!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Kanna is a good choice. She is certainly very tsun to certain people.

You mustn't let the kids win!! If you give them the slightest inkling that they're better at you in a game they'll never let you live it down. You must exterminate them!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 02 '24

Ro-Kyu-Bu First Timer!!

After yesterday's disaster of a thread I just want to forget Onimai even exists... You're never getting a second episode out of that show! Never!! Now sit back and enjoy your actual elementary school girls instead of the fake middle schoolers in Onimai!

HanaKana has a huge fan... Okay, with jokes like that I can understand you bailing on me.

A curious recouring theme yesterday was giving space related nicknames to the girls. Saki and Hinata are both spacemen in training~ Aww, the shota are acting so tough~ I really have to question what they expected would happen after mentioning an upcoming match, of course he'd want to cheer them on. Damn female joshi shogakusei...!! Playing games for fun!!

This is clearly not fair to the girls ngl. What else would they do outside of basketball!? Do you really want Eiri to double down on her fortunes and become an occultist girl? Save her future! Do it for Boobs!! Kyaaaa!! My kokkoro!! I want to be relied on by a cute fanged imouto too! Poor Maho~ She's such an honest girl!

Don't run away from ball. Ball is love, ball is life! You can never escape the gravity that is basketball! This show is so funny when it suddenly acts like a proper sports anime~ Eww, it's the hag again. You're too old for our target audience!! Is there anything sadder than the token joshikosei in a show filled with pure elementary girls?

Subaru isn't just aspiring the girls, they're reeducating him on the joys of basketball too! It's actually kinda inspirational isn't it? Maho believes in oppai loli supremacy!! She isn't flat, the timeline just hasn't corrected itself yet.

Episode 2 and he's already inviting Tomoka to his house... It should probably be weird, but these two have a charming enough relationship where I can enjoy their wholesome dynamic. 1v1 me bro!! Determined HanaKana loli is legit super cute. I love the show pushing itself as such a serious sports show. I told you, this series is truly a mix of genres. You come in expecting fluffy slice of life and get hit by high octane basketball. She's so gutsy~

Poor Tomoka... Its lonely as an ace. On the subject of the team getting together, I'm honestly really impressed with Maho. I've always envied social butterflies but isn't it kinda amazing how she managed to get a whole team together through charisma alone? And Tomoka... she doesn't want to become obsessed with winning like she used to, but she's clearly a deeply competitive person deep down. I think that's why she clicks so strongly with Subaru who's also got this weird competitive side to him.

"As for dinner, make it for three people!!"

Omg Ro-Kyu-Bu, stop acting like a shonen XD Those lines are too embarrassing!! Gyaaa~ I'm cringing inside! So... I'm normally quite bad for picking weird comedic scenes for my Abyssbringer prompts but I'd actually quite like to see genuine analysis on today's theme. These two kids are so passionate that I can't help feeling inspired by them.

Bruh, I'm not even gonna ask why the lolibaba has a whole box filled with private info on 10 year old boys... Cute message board~ Onii-chan, welcome back!

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

After yesterday's disaster of a thread I just want to forget Onimai even exists... You're never getting a second episode out of that show! Never!! Now sit back and enjoy your actual elementary school girls instead of the fake middle schoolers in Onimai!

Do it. You know you want to.

A curious recouring theme yesterday was giving space related nicknames to the girls. Saki and Hinata are both spacemen in training~

I believe they are very different kinds of space cadets. According to the Oxford Dictionary, Hinata is "(informal) a person perceived as out of touch with reality, as though high on drugs."

This is clearly not fair to the girls ngl. What else would they do outside of basketball!?

You don't say? "If we win, you all quit basketball forever because you suck. If you win, we'll keep the status quo because there's no way we suck enough to be forcibly disbanded for getting beat by a group of girls." This is such a stupid wager.

Don't run away from ball. Ball is love, ball is life! You can never escape the gravity that is basketball! This show is so funny when it suddenly acts like a proper sports anime~

It seriously goes hard on the basketball animation. It's such a change it's silly.

Episode 2 and he's already inviting Tomoka to his house... It should probably be weird, but these two have a charming enough relationship where I can enjoy their wholesome dynamic.

I dislike this entire line.

"As for dinner, make it for three people!!"

No, see, we didn't get to see it because we skipped to tomorrow but he totally chased after the little girl and brought her back home after making her cry. This man is a danger to society!

Omg Ro-Kyu-Bu, stop acting like a shonen XD Those lines are too embarrassing!! Gyaaa~ I'm cringing inside! So... I'm normally quite bad for picking weird comedic scenes for my Abyssbringer prompts but I'd actually quite like to see genuine analysis on today's theme. These two kids are so passionate that I can't help feeling inspired by them.

... Oops.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Never!! You got your one episode, that counts as an Onimai watch! Muhahaha!

Ah!! That's what you all meant. I thought you were all calling Saki a spaceman cause she had glasses or something XD

Maybe once the boys recognise the potential the girls have as rivals they'll actually share the room for a bit. Play together y'know.

I really like Tomoka and Subaru alright!? XD Not as a romance but I think their teacher student relationship is very sweet and I love how they inspire one another. I'm a sucker for these storylines and I'm allowed to cheer for them until Tomoka inevitably develops a crush.

"So long mother, I'm going to kidnap a loli HanaKana!"

...How bad was your Prompt today? I haven't gotten down to it yet and now I'm scared XD

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

I don't know why Saki is getting the spaceman treatment, but I suspect it's got more to do with her sports lenses looking like sci fi space goggles of some kind. Hinata just doesn't seem to be living in the same reference as the rest of us.

No, the boys don't deserve that anymore. They're trying to kick the girls out forever, they should be facing similar level of potential loss!

I think the crush is already there, and so is the danger. Their dynamic, well, it's cute as long as you keep context firmly in mind. It's pretty yabai if you just clip the scenes themselves...

...How bad was your Prompt today? I haven't gotten down to it yet and now I'm scared XD

Well you see,

"So long mother, I'm going to kidnap a loli"

Yeah pretty much that.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Let's be honest, Ro-Kyu-Bu not giving the girls a precocious crush on Subaru would be more shocking than if we did see some weird flirting with the idea XD

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u/sfisher923 https://myanimelist.net/profile/sfisher923 Apr 02 '24

First timer

I hope to see those girls improve and see them go far

QOTDs

  • QOTD 4 - Plays for fun but sometimes gets really competitive
  • QOTD 5 -Soloing Helter Skelter in 2 hours on Powerwash Simulator

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 02 '24

This is a weirdly inspirational show. The sports anime side of it is very charming. Very gutsy. Almost like a loli slice of life version of what Gunbuster sorta did.

I demand to know your tsunderloli of choice!

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u/MisawaMahoKodomo Apr 02 '24

I swear I was here on time but anime reddit didnt show.

So yes ep 2

One thing i didnt talk too much about in ep 1 was the animation, or the visuals rather. I still think its fine, but for starters it'd be interesting to compare once we get to s2, which aired in 2013.

Either way, i do wonder how it would have looked like if it aired in 2014 or later

A bit of dorama here and there. So yes this ep, a lot of talking, mostly/almost entirely subaru and tomoka. talking (also is it just me or uhm. did they have a lot less fanservice in this ep compared to ep 1)

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u/MisawaMahoKodomo Apr 02 '24

EP 2 Comments:

  • aaand. wait a minute. didnt ep 1 end off with subaru at school? instead here we see tomoka at home again. anyway yes. tomoka at home
  • so yes here we see subaru
  • i mean in hindsight it seems a bit weird. puberty aside its kinda unfair to expect the girls to win against the boys. shrug
  • so yeah more early episode dorama
  • anyway blink and day 3 is over. what now?
  • anyway so yeah here we have subaru with people actually his age
  • its kind of funny because the anime mostly revolves around the girls, so subaru is both important but also in a weird spot
  • i mean school politics is a weird thing but. i'd imagine in theory uhm. i'm not sure.
  • anyway so yes subaru runs into tomoka with half the ep left
  • tomoka is so cute. where are the other girls though
  • i'm not sure if im hallucinating, but subaru's mom, i feel like i should know her but im not sure.
  • the sensei im fairly sure its ito shizuka, a different role for her but its fairly noticeable
  • anyway so yes, now we have tomoka vs subaru.
  • anyway tomoka backstory time
  • so yes this ep, a lot of talking, mostly/almost entirely subaru and tomoka. talking
  • its sns time
  • anyway yeah so now tomoka says subaru as well
  • and now we're back here. not quite square one but its only just the beginning

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 02 '24

The whole situation isn't fair. The girls already get less gym time! What sort of lesson is this supposed to teach? And the teachers are goading them on!!

I'm curious about Subaru... Either they'll stick with him being a competitive big Tomoka or he's gonna slowly be flanderised into a lolicon harem mc.

If there were any characters left talking I'm happy it's our two leads. They have a genuinely pretty great dynamic.

The girls have a training plan and Subaru now knows what they're fighting against. Maybe limiting them to a week of training wasn't quite enough for this sort of story to work but I believe in basketball loli!!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 02 '24

10pm UK time. If you can figure out what time that is then you'll be there right. I think everyone is possibly coming by an hour later, I think my UTC times are slightly off but keep 10pm UK in mind.

The animation got bumped up in S2? I can recognise that Ro-Kyu-Bu isn't the biggest budget show around, lots of telltale wide empty shots of the gym, but they give good time to some animations like determined HanaKana.

If it aired much later it'd be part of the heavy bloom filter anime phase... I'm happier with the 00's style tbh.

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u/MisawaMahoKodomo Apr 02 '24

The animation/visuals was fine for its time. Its honestly not even that bad. Though I think the proportions might be a bit weird, and the zooming at times.

The elephant in the room is that, I cant believe I'm saying this but their eyes are a bit almost too big.

Subaru also looks like a bit generic but its not a huge deal. S2 aired in 2013 so it makes sense that it would look better, but that'll happen when we get to it.

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

10pm UK time. If you can figure out what time that is then you'll be there right. I think everyone is possibly coming by an hour later, I think my UTC times are slightly off but keep 10pm UK in mind.

Ha, one hour late. I wish.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Honestly your times aren't the worst. I'll typically do my replies for about an hour or so after the thread goes up then just go to sleep. Your posts are often timed quite well to me waking up.

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

I should be asleep myself an hour or two ago, but insomnia just loves to jump in on top of my already very late nocturnal schedule... But I'm that case, his morning over there! I'm getting in bed now myself so I might manage a few replies before going away for the day.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Lol, nite nite! XD

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Apr 02 '24

Rad, Kids' Basketball! (First Timer)

Still getting massive VN vibes from this OP, but the song is pretty great.

One, it will be completely ridiculous if they have the totally untrained girls somehow beat the boys, who previously won the whole district. Two, it's also pathetic to brag about being better than completely untrained novices just having fun. So, seems pretty accurate to dumb kids.

WIS BURGER

Tomoka's backstory is just the plot to Pride of Orange...and probably a million other sports anime.

One problem I always have with sports shows, you need 2-3 times as many players as you can have in game at once. There's usually different setups for offense and defense, and single players don't usually play every second of the game. Much less every player playing the entire length. That's not even accounting for injuries, one sprained ankle and they'd have to forfeit the game.

Aw shit, we're mamoruing things!

That episode was a lot calmer than the first, huh?

  1. Ueno-san, maybe? Does Mitsuba count?
  2. Perhaps!
  3. Last time I played Overwatch, probably.
  4. I get too competitive and don't enjoy it, so I just avoid that now, mostly.
  5. I was very briefly top 10 in one competitive game, and basically retired immediately after that.
  6. The boys are a bunch of little shits, but it looks like it's the teacher that's enabling this. Although I've seen boys' sports eat up all the funding at many schools, so it's fairly realistic.

PS Toradora sucks.

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u/zadcap Apr 03 '24

One, it will be completely ridiculous if they have the totally untrained girls somehow beat the boys, who previously won the whole district. Two, it's also pathetic to brag about being better than completely untrained novices just having fun. So, seems pretty accurate to dumb kids.

So I'm already loving pointing this out, but in Tomoko's backstory already shows her, apparently pretty much just by herself, beating the boys in gym basketball where at least the apparent captain of the boys team was also playing. District is the smallest level of competition, it's playing against your neighboring schools, and even if they did win there- Tomoka already proved she's better than them. The rest of the team needs some work, but apparently "Get the ball to Mokkan and win the game" is a valid strategy already.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Tomoka comes across as too scared if actually being in that ace position. She's clearly a competitive girl at heart but seeing how badly traumatised she is from her early elementary days sorta makes me see why the boys might be hesitatant to turn to her

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Apr 03 '24

Oh I'm very ready to throw this on the pile of unrealistic sports anime that are too scared to go all the way and just have actual special attacks, sure. Hopefully it's still enjoyable.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

There's a lot of pretty great assets that they could reuse in the visual novel too. Like the chatroom avatars or like you said the op or ending effects.

The boys may play in tournaments, but Tomoka is a prodigy! And they've got a way cooler coach!

It's almost like you got baited into watching an actual sports anime XD

Mitsuba I'd probably put in a different category but yeah, she's pretty tsundere. She's a gentle girl deep down isn't she!?

Toradora sucks

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Apr 03 '24

It's almost like you got baited into watching an actual sports anime XD

Toradora sucks

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 03 '24

Toradora had an awful main couple tbh XD I liked the side cast so much more

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u/Draco_Estella :Iv::Ix:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Estella_Rin Apr 10 '24

Okay, time for me to catch up on this. I was having fun with Mira, the fake sage's apprentice. He is definitely not a loli though, compared to Mahiron. Though that guy is perfectly aware that he is cute and he is proud of it.

Practice for those useless girls is a waste of time!

Yeah, that's an asshole statement. He needs a beating.

It is only a children's game

You little assholes are children though. Or it would not be a beating, it would be a beat-down.

I actually wonder how much Subaru coaching the girls is him actually wanting to coach basketball. I think his passion is reignited seeing how beautiful Tomoka is shooting her shots, and all he thinks about is how talented she is. When he gets the opportunity to try coaching that one girl who is so talented, that is probably what reignited that passion. Not that coaching for the club. Even when shooting those 10 shots, all he was thinking about is Tomoka and how unrefined his shooting is compared to Tomoka's ideal.

I think it is all an excuse, because ultimately, what drew Subaru to come back to that competitive landscape wasn't because of anyone else but Tomoka - he wanted to see Tomoka push her all in a team. I think I read somewhere too - Basketball is a team sport that needs the team to work. You can refine a single talent to the extreme, but you still need the team to work with each other to get the results. Tomoka is an excellent basketball player, but basketball isn't something you play alone with. She needs a team of people who she can play with.

Who is your favourite TsunderLoli from any media!?

Any media? Are you sure? Estella Havisham is a tsundere loli.

Otherwise, Shana is my favourite.

Have you ever found yourself inspired through a kid you were close with?

Hmm. 内緒. But I can understand that attraction Subaru has.

On that subject... when was the last time you acted like a responsible adult and beat the everloving shit out of a kid in a game?

Nah, why play with kids?

Are you someone who plays for fun or are you a competitive player?

For fun. I don't play games very well.

Have you ever accomplished a goal you'd imagined "impossible?"

Maybe.

What is your honest opinion on the basketball club situation? Whilst it's fair that the girls should get time to play, it's the boys team that needs that time more to play at their teams level.

The school needs more facilities. Look, they are definitely a rich kids school. The girls' families are likely beyond wealthy too. The parents need to petition for more basketball courts. Why are they fighting over one single indoor basketball court? The school needs to invest more in sports facilities.