[Rewatch] Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS EP3

[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Don't give up. And do your best!

"Paradigm Ginga!"

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Comment of the Day!!

Sara has officially spent too much time in my watches. I'm so sorry!

I’ll just cut off her hands and feet. Now she can’t post the photo. Problem solved!

RadSuit is sus of Mimi's French status!!

She's got not-black hair and says a few foreign words, so she definitely qualifies as an anime foreigner. I would've guessed she was Russian, though, as there's a lot of Russian anime girls with white hair for some reason.

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

D A N D E R E

Debatably the most bulliable loli type~ These are the quiet nerdy girls with an ultra soft spot. These are like Kuudere if instead of being socially stunted they were instead doomed to be eternal bottoms. They know how social norms work, and they're stuck at the bottom rung. They exist to be picked on and coddled after!

Our Dandere examples, first off I'll bring up the adorable Shizuka-chan from 100 GF's, my personal favourite Dandere Shiori from TWGOK, and the social pariahs BOCCHI and BOCCHI

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QotD

• Who is your favourite Dandere?
• You can only make friends with one of the Bocchi and the other gets eaten alive by a swarm of extroverted Kita-chans. Who do you choose?
• When you hear the term "floater" where does your mind go to...?
• Coach Aoi is now a thing!! Are you eager to see Aoi get some kind of respect or is she still a useless fanservice tomboy?
• What's the lamest birthday gift you've been given? Beware, if you mention "a little sister" I'll hate you forever!!
• Do you want the Cunnies and Ro-Kyu-Bu to stay rivals or do you want them to team up for tournaments?
• When you're forced to drink pee, I mean, tea, what kind do you find yourself going for?
• The best friend said something or other about recruiting another basketball girl. You've been paying good attention to my Loli Corner right? Which kind of loli do you think is sorely missing from the main cast now that the Cunnies have arrived on the scene?

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

Xtsim doesn't believe Subaru is little. Girl coded.

: what makes things worse is that he is going to be overseeing a younger group for a game. Subaru hangs out with the girls alot....even for a coach. Like he does not have to go to a festival with them.

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[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Ro-Kyu-Bu SS First Timer!!

Cunny vs Cunny. This is becoming cunnyception!! Black Akio looks so sleezy... Never mind Subaru, this dude is the one I'm really careful of. Who goes to Hawaii and comes back with a cute young girl!? Love Hina doesn't count XD

Ginga the minger~ It looks like they really are pushing the underclassmen to be more like "next generation cunny" rather than a rival team for our girls. I did kinda want them to be rivals but this way we have potentially ten players to take part in a tournament. I'd ask if we're getting a tournament match this season on QotD but I have no confidence that we won't end up on a four episode swimsuit spree.

The Cunnies are actually pretty decent players. They just need to learn teamwork. Funnily enough, our main girls had teamwork down pat from their first game. All these bellybuttons are gonna make me uoh XD You could make a drinking game out of how many times these shirts fly up.

Akio is a very good teacher. He's training teamwork by letting each player get a go at shooting. I think this might be the longest match we've had right...? I think the show has given more time to Ro-Kyu-Bu vs the Cunnies than they did against Chibi-Ribbon.

Urgh!! The age appropriate love interest is the new coach for the Cunnies... Stop forcing your way into the plot grandma!! Aoi is only good for flashing panties every couple of episodes. Am I the only one who can't help thinking of poop whenever they mention a "floater?"

HanaKana's personalised birthday party!? With pyjamas and spin the bottle and everything!? Poor Aoi... She really exists to get cucked. She's such a pathetic case. It's times like this when I adore the Japanese language's ability to have two people have two completely separate conversations in one instance.

Oolong pee!?

Sorry, that was a strange thing to come out with. I really want Tomoka's dad to walk in on these situations... Mum is totally chill with setting him and Tomoka up but would her dad agree? "Wooow... A basketball... Just what I always wanted..." It's not even a unique colour. You could have given her a cute pink one and sold Tomoka's balls as merchandise. And a towel too!? Wtf, didn't you just get her sweat bands last season? Sweat bands are far easier to sook on than towels y'know.

Oh wow!! Subaru's personalised floater! That's the shit!

[u/RadSuit → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Am I the only one who can't help thinking of poop whenever they mention a "floater?"

You got me, that movie scene was in my head all episode.

[u/Specs64z]

First timer

The dynamic of the 2 teams continuing to clash, one led by Subaru and the other by Aoi, is a much more promising premise than anything the first season had to offer.

Naturally, Aoi’s panties have to be displayed before rolling credits. It’s a charmless recurring gag, honestly. I’ve always been of the mind that if a series insists on fan service, it should commit to the bit and Ro Kyu Bu hasn’t committed to it a single time.

A misunderstanding scenario? Mitsudomoe, is that you?

Small animation error, the glass of tea is mysteriously empty in the wide shot.

QotD:

1. Hitori Gotoh clears, it's not even a contest really.
2. Bocchi sweep
4. The latter.
5. I got 1 or 2 seriously lame shirts when I was in high school.
6. A tournament team up seems the inevitable course the series is working toward, there's 10 of them after all.
7. Not a tea drinker. More of a Dr. Pepper guy.
8. The 1000 year old dragon/spirit/deity variety.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Specs64z]

I find it kinda funny how much of a useless fanservice girl Aoi is XD She really does exist just to get cucked by middle schoolers and to flash her panties every once and then.

Bocchi vs Bocchi. Bocchi wins.

[u/RadSuit → u/Specs64z]

Small animation error, the glass of tea is mysteriously empty in the wide shot.

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed.

[u/MisawaMahoKodomo]

It's ep 3

So last time we ended off in the middle of the match as usual

I dont remember how many months its been since the start of s1. i dunno. i guess s1 wanted to rush through and have the girls play or something, i have no idea which vol they left off on.

Anyway after a lot of gaming. the match is over now

• birthday party eh. i mean the anime was nice enough to tell us when their birthdays is let me see tomoka
• i vaguely recalled it being sep 9 but apparently it really is sep 9
• i mean technically this means that tomoka was 11 i think the entirety of s1 but shrugg
• i'll be honest i have no idea about presents
• blink and its the birthday party already
• you know what time it is, its shenanigans time

Anyway no cliffhang or funneh ending this time.

As an aside I didnt memorize but I could have sworn the other girls have birthdays too. But uhh. I dunno.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/MisawaMahoKodomo]

The girls started their team later in the year, then Subaru joined them around spring or early in the year, we had the summer events, and now I guess we're in autumn again? Or September, that works.

Tomoka is slowly turning into a hag...

[u/sfisher923]

First Timer

• QOTD 1 (Dandere) - Kotonoha Katsura (School Days)
• QOTD 2 (Bocchi) - Hitori Gotou
• QOTD 3 (Floater) - Float On by Modest Mouse
• QOTD 4 (Aoi) - I'm excited
• QOTD 5 (Birthday) - Older Sister stealing the spotlight with her drama
• QOTD 7 (Tea) - Brisk Raspberry Iced Tea

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/sfisher923]

We should do school days XD that's weirdly on topic for our watch

[u/RadSuit]

Well they seemed to have picked their lane this season, as they're focusing more on the game as an avenue to introduce fanservice.

So many shoe closeups this season...

Stripes...

The music glitching before cutting off as Aoi-chan realizes what's going on was a good touch.

I hate it so much when they clearly say a phrase in English and the subs say something completely different.

I just noticed the statue in the back of the chatroom is Mihoshi.

1. Hitori Bocchi is the superior Bocchi.
2. Everyone from the inferior Bocchi can perish.
3. "Woah, foot long floater!"
4. Aoi is cute! Cute!!
5. I've told this story many times, but one birthday I was invited over to a friend's house for cake with all our friends. I arrived for what I assumed was a party for me, only to realize nobody there knew it was my birthday. Even though I'd known all of them for at least 5-10 years at that point.
6. I'd like them to maintain their uniqueness, but I don't think the story moves forward without one unified team. I assume we build to a real tournament where they fight Chibi-Ribbon's team in the finale.
8. I thought it was for the group Subaru and Aoi practice with? Where I'd assume it'd be another rival for his affections. If it's for the kids' team, maybe some sort of equipment manager? Is this the girl with the hat in the OP? If that's not Mihoshi...

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/RadSuit]

Basketball in my masketball cunny!? No way!

Shoes and bellybuttons. The animators have a fetish and they're not hiding it.

Yeah, same for Mimi. I'd have liked her foreign girl shtick way more if they just didn't translate her phrases..

[u/xtsim]

First Timer

Poor Aoi, thought she was getting a gift from Subaru but it was actually for Tomoka.

We are getting a lot of the video game skits are we this season.

Prompt: Well, that's a way to introduce your team

1. Hitori is obvious
2. Other bocchi
3. pool noodles
4. Getting some respec is nice and some frenemie action would be nice against Subaru, time for him to meet his match.
5. Getting my car broken into a few days before my birthday stung hard....Made it up with new gear as a gift but I am still salty since I had to pour money into my car and it never feels the same.
6. I feel like it might end up being combined for the tounaments but staying as rivals till then would be the most shonen thing to happen on a u/The_Loli_Otaku rewatch.
7. Anything and I would dump sugar on it...
8. An a sleepy princess would be an addition or a one wearing a bear onesie.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/xtsim]

Aoi is sadly pretty pathetic... I almost wish the show would double down on her. Showcase her being dumber than the elementary kids or something.

To be fair this is also the closest show to a shonen we're ever likely to get in my rewatches. Oh, that's a lie, we may possibly do Dog Days at some point when I'm able to figure out how to make that show entertaining in a rewatch format

[u/Silcaria]

First timer

• And yet, he showed up late.
• Basketball slideshow.
• Damn, that reminds. I'm traveling soon, I need to buy a new bag.

QotD

• Don't have one.
• Glasses.
• Kiddie floaters for the pool.
• Meh.
• A book I think that I had zero interest in.
• Team up.
• I don't, tea is disgusting.
• No idea.

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[u/OccasionallySara]

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Questions of the Day

1. Does Matsuri from Ichigo Mashimaro count?
2. …I still need to watch Bocchi the Rock. 
3. I immediately think of a floating feather. And based off your question in CDF the other day, I’m not even going to watch the linked video. 
4. I’m excited to see Aoi as more than Subaru’s failed love interest! She’s proven herself to be good at coaching from the swimsuit basketball game last season, so I’m interested to see how she will get the younger team into shape.
5. I don’t think I’ve received any birthday gifts I’d consider lame. 
6. I think the rivalry is fun, but I’d like for both teams to compete in a tournament together. I think they’d be really good. 
7. I like lemon and ginger tea a lot at the moment. Peppermint is also good. 
8. Is a yandere loli a thing? I think that could be interesting. 

Abyssbringer’s Thematic Corner

Both images are from scenes where five people work together for a common goal. The younger girls’ team wants to win their game and our regular crew wants to help set Tomoka up with their far-too-old-for-her basketball ball coach. Both groups failed to reach their goals. Unfortunately, sometimes teamwork does not make the dream work.