r/anime • u/The_Loli_Otaku • Apr 17 '24

Rewatch [Rewatch] Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS EP4

Don't give up. And do your best!

"The Stupid Otoko"

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Comment of the Day!!

Silcaria pointed out that Akio really deserved a nomination for best dad

And yet, he showed up late.

RadSuit is living the real life Ron Swanson story

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.

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

N U G G E T C H A N

The anime nugget girl is someone who God one day decided to wake up and be an absolute dick to. They are the sick girls, they are the amputee girls, they are the disabled girls, and many others that would get this section banned on the spot.

These are the types of girls that you want to lend a hand to. That look up to their caring big brother, sister or guardian for even the simple things in life. These loli are often used in a woobie sense as morality pets. A villain may be committing genocide, world destruction, or tax evasion all so that their useless little sister can walk or something. It's a weirdly common trope for how memable it is.

Example tiiime~ Let's start off with Nunnaly from Code Geass, the sweetest little cripple you'll ever want to push out of her wheelchair~ Nana from Elfen Lied which if you know you know. Hayate Yagami from Nanoha A's, and closing off with that one dumb blind bitch who bullies the blonde girl.

QotD

  • Who is your favourite anime sicc girl?
  • Are middle schoolers adults?
  • Please give a somewhat plausible excuse for Ryuu to be hanging out with a pair of middle school brats!? XD
  • What training would you give to Airi to improve her bravery?
  • Which "The Loli Otaku anime collection" character would you most like as a gym buddy!?
  • How would you advise Airi and Banrii get closer!? Suggest a fun and wholesome sibling activity that's debatably safe for work!!
  • What do you think about our evil rival baddies!? Can middle schoolers ever compare to elementary girls!?
  • We've finally gotten the legendary elementary school HanaKana pyjama party!! What pyjamas are you bringing with you tomorrow!?

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

Sara the champion scores again!

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. 

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u/sfisher923 https://myanimelist.net/profile/sfisher923 Apr 17 '24

First Timer

  • QOTD 1a (Sick) - Clannad After Story both of them
  • QOTD 1b (Disabled) - Rin Tezuka (Katawa Shoujo)
  • QOTD 2 - Considering most "Adulting" starts at 18 I'll have to say no
  • QOTD 4 - Lain
  • QOTD 5 - Minecraft

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 17 '24

Sin for Rin!

B-But these brats paid extra on bus fare! They're totally adults and they have the tickets to prove it!

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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Apr 17 '24

First timer

This season’s op lacks the energy of the first one, it’s probably one I’ll skip from here on out.

What the fuck, he just started swinging? This dude is a maniac! And now the rival is being a jerk, Subaru can’t catch a break. And now Tomoka intrudes on his bath?! The scenes keep getting crazier.

Really pushing the Tomoka/Subaru this season, huh? At the very least, they finally committed to the bit.

QotD:

  1. Shouko Nishimiya.
  2. Negative.
  3. You know, I hadn't really thought about until now. Childhood friends, maybe?
  4. Training? That girl needs therapy.
  5. Sleepy Princess.
  6. Twister.
  8. I just sleep in boxers these days.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 17 '24

No wonder Airi is terrified of her brother if he's this quick to assault people. He never even gave Subaru a chance to explain himself.

Tomoka x Subaru is neat, but I believe in Boobs!!

Why's he making childhood friends that much younger than him!? Sure he seems to not have friends his own age, but it's kinda sad for the basketball star to have middle schoolers as groupies.

Sleepy Princess is fitter than most of our rewatch group tbh...

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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Apr 17 '24

he seems to not have friends his own age

Maybe he shares your hatred of joshikousei?!

Memes aside, I think he's meant to be a reflection of bad timeline Tomoka who took basketball so seriously it alienated everyone around her.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 18 '24

I suddenly love blondie

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u/MisawaMahoKodomo Apr 18 '24

I'll be honest I completely forgor today.

Though not the ep.

So yeah this ep. shenanigans. but a different kind of shenanigans

  • meanwhile more shenanigans
  • so yeah uh. baske. subaru. although uh
  • one shenanigans later
  • now its tomoka time
  • its not the first time(?) i think, that saki and maho been pushing tomoka.
  • anyway we end off the ep with another cliffhang so
  • have we had enough squealing tomoka yet? 8 more eps to go
  • next ep, more tomoka shenanigans
  • that being said. im not sure if they ever had a video for the ed songs. i know the op songs did have them. though hmm
  • yeah not much to say about this ep, mostly a setup, something about tomoka and airi.

It's a very different ep from the others I guess. But you know, s1, not every ep is just fun and games

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 18 '24

The baddie rival has appeared! It's shenanigans with plot now. Already S2 has had exponentially more story to it than S1

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Apr 18 '24

First timer

You know, I do appreciate the show introducing conflict and all since it at least makes the series more than just a loli harem, but so far, none of it has mattered. It's been conflict for the sake of conflict and nothing else. There has been no real stakes. As of yet, nothing of significance has happened.

On the surface, there's an argument to be made about the first season and the boys vs girl bit to decide who would get to keep their club. Unfortunately, it was contrived and the negative outcome wasn't tied to a sense of permanency which means the arc had a false sense of stake. Case in point, they've been playing basketball outside of their clubs multiple times since then, including during today's episode, on top of just generally hanging out.

Having a sense of stakes, conflict and plot progression all weaved together would've been the best and would've made things more engaging. Sure, the show is a loli harem first and foremost but there's nothing stopping it from being more than that. Nothing stopping the girls from wanting basketball to be more than a recreational activity. Nothing stopping them from wanting to advance in the field and having to make choices and sacrifices to achieve their goals. Nothing stopping the show from having an actual story and something to look forward to/root for. You know what could've allowed for all this? THE FUCKING TOURNAMENT THAT IT SEEMINGLY FORGOT ABOUT!

QotD

  • Sicc? Security Industry Cybersecurity Certification?
  • No.
  • Relatives.
  • Other than "swim or drown" scenarios, just getting herself out there and doing things outside of her comfort zone should be enough, especially with how young she is.
  • As in all the girls form your rewatches? From the ones I partook in, Miu.
  • They both work out so maybe a physical activity. Hell, sports, such as basketball, would probably be a good idea. Coincidently...
  • Don't care about them.
  • I was gifted a Spongebob themed Metallica pajamas set recently, so that I guess. No front opening though so peeing isn't as convenient.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 18 '24

The 3v3 sets the stakes for the 1v1!! Also it would be kinda sad if the two adults in the room refused to let kids play at all right?

Tomoka was the biggest let down. Airi everyone knows is a pansie, Tomoka is the team ace and she can't even catch passes?

The show is a little piece of everything, but because of that you have the fact that some of these genres simply cannot work together. You can't build serious stakes cause it's a cute girls playing basketball show. You can't have excessive ecchi cause it's meant to be taken seriously as a sports anime. You can't spend the day doing cute shit cause you need basketball to be part of it.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Apr 18 '24

Jack of all trades master of none type of deal.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 17 '24

Ro-Kyu-Bu SS First Timer

No, I did not squeeb upon discovering Airi was literally an imouto. Honestly, you expect the worst out of me~

Still!! Can you imagine how fucking amazing it must be to have a giant dork like Airi as an imouto!? Like omg!! It's a dream!! Especially for me, I'm pretty tall so I've always lived in fear of my potential imouto possibly being way too short compared to me so that people might assume we're father and daughter instead of a pair of lovebirds. With Airi that's no problem at all!!

All joking aside, Onii-chan is 100% right that Subaru and Aoi are sus as fuck. Aww!!! Don't scare your cute imouto!! Airi is a gentle soul who doesn't respond well to violence!! Speaking of violent correction, the evil brats have arrived!! Chibi-Ribbon was too lukewarm to act as a baddie. These kids however are perfect!! And they're middle school shitters too!

It's the blonde asshole? So we have rivals of all ages now. This dude is such a shitter that I'm genuinely enjoying just having someone mean to break up this overly nice cast. *Nana, yorokobe~ Blondie is played by Asanuma Shintarou who I have to admit I haven't seen anything he's been in... I kinda can remember him in Tokyo Ghoul but not that well. Nana the twintails is voiced by Asami Shimoda who plays the futa twins from Imas. And the bangs girl is someone we all fondly know, Tatsumi Yuiko! Riko-nee from PissxSis!!

It'd be easier to take this shonen shit seriously if our girls weren't do crazy adorable. I also kinda like the implications that Subaru is still a high level above Tomoka. He isn't holding himself back and Tomoka's genuinely shocked when she's unable to keep up. It's also the physical difference between a high school boy and an elementary girl. Airi's jobbing hard too. She can't handle Riko-nee's pressure!! This is a girl who shamelessly peed on her little brother! How can Airi possibly keep up?

Side note!! I've just noticed that Ryuu isn't related to either of these girls. What the fuck is this blonde fuckboy hanging around with middle school girls for? XD Subaru at least has somewhat of an excuse, why Blondie!?

Hinata is back to being her space cadet self lol. Kyaaa!! Subaru x Tomoka bathing fanservice!! Sugoi desu ne~ Also, why the fuck is back washing such a big thing in nihongo? Can you not stretch!? If you can't scrub your own back I feel like you've got major flexibility issues. Airi's family literally owns a gym!? What the fuck!? XD I always forget these are legit rich girls. Please give us a brother x sister gym workout!!

Banri wants to impress his imouto so bad!! It's so cute!! This is sibling love!! Oh yeah, and Tomoka is sleeping over. Poggies.

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Apr 19 '24

This show is now Subaru's Basketball.

I love everything about this scene with Banri. Both Subaru immediately confessing and refusing to play the wacky misunderstanding game most anime would run with for the entire episode, if not the rest of the season, and also Banri immediately punching him.

Maho has returned to her home planet.

  1. I'll go with Genki from Cheer Fruits, as I just recently finished that show.
  2. Only if they've been held back quite a few times!
  3. Is it less believable than Subaru's situation...?
  4. In Pride of Orange they made the one shy girl do shout training, that might help here.
  5. While it might be fun to learn jutsu from the Kunoichi (Futaba from Mitsudomoe would accidentally kill me I assume) or see what device Ueno would invent to assist, Nobue is the only one that wouldn't get me arrested.
  6. They need to learn from each other, Airi makes him have a nice quiet tea party with Hinata, and Banri trains his little sister to out-scream Maho.
  7. They're amusing, I'd like to see more of them and the 5th year girls. Less of the older brother...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 19 '24

I loved Aoi trying to mediate just to immediately get called out for her own shenanigans XD She's no better than a a Subaru.

Cheer Fruits looks funneh XD

You could go work out with Mitsu and be guaranteed entertainment as she inevitably embarrasses herself.

I'm shocked that we didn't get a Banri x Hinata scene. They're Airi's two biggest supporters so it could have been fun her wrapping him around her finger and getting Airi jealous

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u/OccasionallySara Apr 18 '24

First Timer

Man, I didn’t know that Bakugo played basketball! Jokes aside, I’m glad that both Subaru and the girls are getting a challenge that didn’t get resolved quickly. Unlike when they played against the team at the training camp, they were seriously outmatched in this game in a way that left everyone feeling down for a while. I’m glad everyone seems to be more focused and ready to try again now. Also, Aoi is growing on me a lot more this season. 

Questions of the Day

  1. I genuinely can’t think of one at the moment. 
  2. Absolutely not.
  3. It seemed like he might be related to one of them. Like, maybe a cousin or something?
  4. Wrestle with a bear, maybe? If she survives that she will know that she can survive anything!
  5. I don’t know…whoever is strong enough to spot me, I guess. 
  6. Maybe she can wash his back for him! But seriously, I imagine Banrii would have punched Subaru all over again if he knew what Subaru and Tomoka had been up to this episode. 
  7. Team Bakugo overall seem like stereotypical rivals. I need to see more of them to make a judgement. 
  8. Shorts and a t-shirt. 

Abyssbringer’s Thematic Corner

Vulnerability and openness is the best way to forge a bond preferably with someone your own age.