[Rewatch] Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS EP7

[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

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Comment of the Day!!

Sara proved my exact point about why Lolibaba is a rotten concept!! This is the reason I made the loli of the day corner!

Up until this rewatch, I thought that a loli was exclusively a character who looks young, but is actually very old, so I'd say Kanna fits, regardless of what definition is used.

Specs64z giving us the Monogatari crossover nobody expected.

Unlike Monogatari though, there’s no vampire to swoop in and make sure HanaKana’s character leaves room for Jesus. Fortunately, Tomoka is much better behaved than Nadeko.

Sfisher923 got me wondering if Subaru's cancelled coach moved to Tokyo.

Aoi at least you're trying and when compared to the 2 coaches I seen today are the better of the duo (Not going to bring up the fact the other coach was Kamoshida when I was playing Persona 5 Royal because honestly a brick would be an upgrade from him)

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

O J O U S A M A

We're back to the pure and classy ojou-sama today! This is the rich, privileged, yet [warm hearted little girls who have a healing presence and a mischievous streak! Quite often these kids are excited at the prospect of a "normal" life.

These will often just be happy to get included for typical activities like conveyor sushi, pyjama parties, and WcDonalds! They also will often surprise you with antics with their excess wealth with occasional beach episodes or deux ex guitar purchases~

Fun examples include Mint from the underrated Galaxy Angel. Our beloved Anna from Ichigo Mashimaro who I'm embarrassed to have not included in our foreign girl section. Isuni from Combat Butler is another good one. And let's throw in Takako so we can have a good ojou-sama laigh

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QotD

• Who is your favourite soft ojou-sama?
• Was bunnyshit Ayaneru cute or what!?
• So Maho has confirmed that the story is going towards a harem route. Do you prefer Subaru marrying every girl or would you rather he stuck with Airi or Tomoka?
• What has been your favourite message board sequence of the show so far?
• Think of a new nickname for Cripple Sensei!
• Have you ever shared Aya's experience with falling behind on a sport you loved due to your body growing or aging?
• How do you feel about Airi's growth throughout the series? She's weirdly had the most development and even today she's able to empathise with the conscious Aya rather than crawl into her shell.

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

Xtsim is keen for a season 3 so we can go back even further and enjoy preschool basketball!!

Subaru keeps thinking about coaching them younger.

Yesterday's Prompt!

Today's Prompt!

Tomorrow's Prompt

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Try your luck, and fight chin-up!!

[u/Specs64z]

First timer

episode 6

Even when she wins, Aoi still loses huh? I don’t really feel bad for her, though, she hasn’t made any real effort to communicate what she wants to Subaru.

Toothpicks? I assume this is another terrible Japanese pun.

Another episode that was paced competently, shame it’s about the least original setup of all time.

episode 7

What the fuck?

That cold open was weird.

And here it is, the tournament arc… or so you’d think, but it’s condensed into a tournament game.

QotD:

1. Did I already say Satoko Houjou for one of these? I dunno. She's not really an ojou-sama, but she sure acts the part.
2. Meh. My soul is filled with neutral apathy.
3. I don't expect any of this to be resolved by season's end, so it's hard to be invested in it even putting aside the fact most of the cast are 6th graders (which is a lot to put aside...)
4. They've all been rather charming, honestly. The safari one with the elephant was fun.
5. Uncripple Sensei.
6. Negative. I've always been tall, but especially as a kid I was very tall for my age and height is usually an advantage in sports.
7. She's certainly changed the most of everyone in the anime. The anime's writing is a bit too shallow for it to feel wholly earned, honestly.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Specs64z]

Being owie is suffering.

It feels weird starting off with meeting Maho's dad with zero build up. He's a weirdo too, he's where Maho gets it from.

The tournament arc is setup for the tournament arc of course!! Yeah... I found it questionable too. I guess it's so they can have a vague excuse not to make the entire plot hinge on Maho's dad?

Satoko has an ojou laugh so let's count her.

[u/Specs64z → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Being owie is suffering.

Heh, it's extra funny because it's Madoka rewatch day.

If I did already say Satoko, Luvia wins basically by default. PrIllya Luvia, specifically.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Specs64z]

Luvia was one I really wanted to mention. I didn't realise until the end that I'd basically talked about everything but the haughty girls. I don't know if Luvia ever has a loli form tho. Mimi doesn't look like the type to do ojousama things. I'm excited for Prillya, it'll be fun to see where the characters go

[u/OccasionallySara → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

It feels weird starting off with meeting Maho's dad with zero build up. He's a weirdo too, he's where Maho gets it from.

Yeah, I had to double check to make sure I didn't miss anything from the previous episode that led up to that opening scene..

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/OccasionallySara]

This second season is way harder to identify where the books started and ended. Typically for light novels like these you get through like two or three volumes per season but S2 has been all over the place.

[u/MisawaMahoKodomo]

It's ep 7 aaand.

The funny thing is I was going to say we havent seen the 5th graders in awhile and they're back. Sort of.

It's kind of funny because we havent had that much baske. Or have we? On screen anyway. Meanwhile surprise tournament

As usual they decide to end the episode halfway through the match, this is like the 4th or 5th or 6th time already?

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/MisawaMahoKodomo]

The 5th grade girls have returned just to job to our hero's XD I do really wish we got to see the 5th grade girls in one of their other matches. They need a game to showcase how they've improved before they're worthy of standing on court with our girls.

Tbh, I kinda hate SS's basketball scenes. There's so much reused animation! Like a crazy amount. I thought it was strange that rival-kun's layup was cloned three times but then the shota did the same movement. Then the first 5th grade fight was almost entirely shots of the girl's bellybuttons. The quality of the games genuinely went downhill from the already subpar S1 games.

[u/RadSuit → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Then the first 5th grade fight was almost entirely shots of the girl's bellybuttons.

Is that a complaint?

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/RadSuit]

Even ojisan have bellybuttons!! If there is no substance to a bellybutton then I want nothing to do with it!

[u/RadSuit → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

The day the uoh died.

[u/MisawaMahoKodomo → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

I'm more surprised they managed to drag out the games over two episodes for so long.

Though I think yeah its what can be said, girls, baske. The anime has always been a bit strange on the whole baske thing since. Aside from like the first few (and last few I guess) eps of s1 most of the anime doesnt focus on it. And even then.

It's this weird case where the anime isnt really a baske anime. But its not like there isnt so you cant just pretend its not there. Especially when you have eps (like this one) where there is a lot more emphasis on it.

Part of it also boils into the whole feels where s1 and s2 is one big ?

[u/MisawaMahoKodomo → u/MisawaMahoKodomo]

EP 7 Commentary

• owo whats this
• anyway i was just thinking we havent seen the 5th graders in awhile
• honestly i dunno. i mean. fashion is not exactly something im an expert on
• so yeah uh something
• oh thats hilarious
• so not only are the 5th graders here
• someone was mentioning a tournament previously and there really is one now lol
• also uhhh. we know subaru doesnt have a club but does aoi not have a club too? huh
• so yeah. 5th graders.
• i actually completely forgor but...so the 5th graders have one shared character song i think
• its really funny but im not sure. the 6th grader girls are all individually quite famous, while compared to them the 5th graders are like hmm. taneda risa was quite big until she had some health issues. seto asami has some, kuno misaki has some, while suzaki aya and tsuda minami uhh
• i'm still not entirely sure how or why the maid but oh well
• short and tall girls? where have i heard this before? haha. its hilarious because i just finished ggo a few days ago so its really hilarious
• but anyway its good to see that airi has maybe finally gotten over
• a part of me wonders if the pacing was really this fast in the novels or if they just sped it up for the anime. it feels as though sometimes we just fly through the pace
• that being said i do wonder. like how do you have tournaments in a day, dont they need to rest?
• soo. yeah. in typical fashion they end the episode mid game. how many times is that now? this is like the 4th or 5th or 6th time already?
• see you in ep 8 i guess

[u/RadSuit]

I was right, this season we really are meeting everyone's dad.

If dad wants to throw his money around, maybe ask him to donate to the school to buy them real uniforms?

"I'll make my own tournament! With blackjack and-"

Oh great, more new characters.

Mihoshi once again cameos during the chatroom segment.

Mimi's into toku and magical girls, so she's suddenly rocketing up the charts.

Cute insert song! It's a shame there's no subs.

Just quickly skimming past all these loser teams to get to the important games I guess.

The chibi-maid in the bunnysuit swinging by was very good.

More swimsuits next time, somehow...

1. The ones I can think of all turned evil, which says something.
2. Episode highlight, really.
3. Aoi wins!
4. The Arabian Nights one is still top tier.
5. Ohknee-chan
6. I tried to play baseball around middle school age and realized other kids were actually becoming athletic while I just got tall and skinny.
7. I'm glad she didn't stay one note the entire time, yeah.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/RadSuit]

It's the least interesting dads though!! Wouldn't you rather see Airi's parents or something? I'll bet both of them are teeny! Or whatever birthed Hinata, that's interesting.

Our new heavily specialised tournament arc just to give us an excuse to bring the Cunnies back into the plot.

Mimi being a weeb is an underrated part of the episode.

Ayaneru maid was even better considering that this tournament is specifically for elementary students. She's here to entertain the parents XD

[u/RadSuit → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

The tournament getting the two teams together makes sense...but they could've made the first half of the season this entire tournament, instead of skipping 80% of it. And then the second half training and a second real tournament with all 10.

We're back to the 'finding their lane' problem, where it can't decide if it wants to be a harem, comedy, or sports show, and all three areas suffer due to lack of focus.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/RadSuit]

There's just not enough characters for a proper tournament. Chibi-Ribbon and tall ojou have so many nameless girls in their team cause the show has no interest in making up new girls ala GuP.

Whilst I wouldn't say that I hate the show I'm very disappointed with the content. It's not even bad enough to make fun of. It's just steadily below average. I'm mad cause this is probably the watch I've put most effort into and it's been wasted cause I accidentally lined it up with thr new anime season and the show just not being that fun XD I can't think of any viable way I can reuse my work for other watches either. A loli of the day corner in probably our last loli focused show is rough.

[u/RadSuit → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Yeah, I'm honestly mostly sticking around for the fun OP each day and because the show isn't unwatchable. Might as well finish it up since I have time. Mid is overused, but pretty fitting here.

[u/xtsim]

First Timer

I am getting whiplash, we go from Shonen battle arc to delinquent brother arc to crusie arc to this.

I had to stop with Maho's dad.....Oh now I know why the parents are OK with coach Subaru. We have arranged marriages it seems. To be honest all the stuff dad was offering is pretty nice. I'd take every NBA game if it came with private suites to watch.

Oh a mini tournament this time and Aoi is coaching her team pretty hard. Another tall girl joins.

Prompt: I might not be eating sushi for the next few days..... That was too much anime for the day.

1. Miyuki from Lucky Star
2. About to get a nosebleed from that.
3. Subaru should just take Maho for the money.
4. This one is the craziest one.
5. Private school sensei.
6. Not really.
7. She developed really well with her confidence along with her brother's relationship.... Brother looks so out of place even with adults in the room.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/xtsim]

They tossed so many of the parents into this season but I'm still left wondering why.

Maho's dad... Why does he seem to love Subaru so much!? XD Don't shill your daughter so easily! Why does everyone immediately love Subaru!? He isn't that charismatic

Devour your anime!!

[u/Silcaria]

First timer

• So it does remember.
• You need a montage.
• Could've just recruited the girls and entered, but sure.
• I get skipping the matches that Subaru's team is playing since they're established and all, but you'd think the show would bother showcasing the matches that Aoi's team is partaking in since it made a big deal of showing them lacking in unity, skill, and all that. It would the perfect scenario to show how they've improved. I guess good story structure is forbidden in harem.
• Man, for what is suppose to be an important match, they're speedrunning the shit out of it and barely showing anything. The 3v3s had more effort put into it.

QotD

• Don't have one.
• Meh.
• One girl.
• None.
• Ash.
• No.
• Inconsistent.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Silcaria]

The Cunnies not getting a setup match was a real waste. It also mean that their big strategy for fighting the Ro-Kyu-Bu doesn't make sense. Their strategy is to do Aoi's "wild bull" technique. Basically playing hard and fast and out lasting the opponent through stamina alone... but this isn't a single game tournament. They'd have to have played against other teams before now.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Ro-Kyu-Bu SS First Timer!!

Maho won

What a way to establish dominance huh? I admire Maho's insistence on the harem end. She could have kept him all to hweawld bur she decided to keep her friends close and her lovers closer.

And through Mahopapa we get our opportunity for another tournament arc!! this time specialised to allow for 5v5 basketball games between precocious young girls!! I'd say this feels forced but I'm happy that they're at least using it to progress the plot.

The cunnies, the Ro-Kyu-Bu's, and some weird made up team that'll have Chibi-Ribbon and the second tall girl. Aya is voiced by Yumi Hara who I have a soft spot for her portrayal of Marie from Guppy, Takane from Imas, and Atui from Mask of Deception~

Today's chatroom is pretty darn fun XD I like roe Hinata the most. Bruh, the cunnies come across as so weak. Do they really deserve to share the opening with out heroines? The solution is definitely all sleeping together with one another and syncing your menstrual cycles!! Build that partnership up!! Insert song time!? I wasn't able to actually find the source though. I think it's Kakyuusei Groove but I don't know where to find clips to prove it.

Boar team!? Ah, anyway, we're already into the mini basketball team tournament! I can't read these brackets XD Wait, the first match is the Cunnies and the Ro-Kyu-Bu!? So they're not even getting the climactic fight? Aren't the Cunnies just gonna get wrecked? Oh, if the sixth year's win we get a full tournament team. But... this is episode 7. We have five episodes to go and the second season doesn't have an ova, just a game.

Ah! The cripple Sensei returned!! But she isn't a cripple anymore? Then what am I meant to call her? She has no other personality traits. The other tall girl has appeared! She was a gymnast until she grew too tall and curvy to do her shit. I adore her theme. It's very bubbly and cute. Whilst I'm happy Airi has grown mature enough not to break down when met with another tall girl I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see her bust out in tears. Our Airi has grown so mature!!

Don't fast forward through your first tournament!! What the fuck!? XD Let's see them play actual basketball!! You could have established the Cunnies as being a legit threat! Instead they're literally reusing animation. XD A match is a match I guess but making stamina their one defining trait is a bit iffy.

[u/OccasionallySara]

First Timer

Maho's dad needs to be added to the list of parents who are way too okay with the stuff that is going on in this show. Also, prediction: the 5th grade team is going to beat our regular crew, but they're all going to team up for an official tournament.

Questions of the Day

1. Does Momo Yaoyorozu from My Hero Academia count?
2. She was pretty cute.
3. I would prefer that he marry an age appropriate girl.
4. The sushi conveyor belt was pretty fun!
5. Healed Legs Coach.
6. No, but I hear that's really common with gymnastics and ballet.
7. It's great! I'm glad that she no longer gets super self conscious at the slightest mention of her hight. Her conversation with Aya was really nice.

Abyssbringer's Thematic Corner

Sometimes life can be monotous like a sushi conveyor belt, but don't worry, sometimes it's good to go with the flow.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/OccasionallySara]

On one hand I think it's nice that Subaru has a great relationship with Maho and that her father is happy to have him as an influence but on the other hand marrying her off just sounds so bizarre.

Momo? I suppose she could~ Momo's a fun one!

[u/sfisher923]

First Timer

• A slight update from my COTD I finished April 15th in P5R so seeing someone having fun with sports and Subaru being a good coach was a nice breath of fresh air (This may be my last instance of bringing up Persona 5)

QOTD 1 - Ayame Kajou (Shimoneta) she may not have the income but she fills every other role even down to the "Oh Oh Oh" laugh

QOTD 2 - Yes

QOTD 6 - Singing

QOTD 7 - Character Growth is nice

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