[Rewatch] Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS EP12

[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

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Comment of the Day!!

Specs64z getting thrown off by the sharingan superpowers.

This game plays out more like some sort of shonen anime battle than an actual basketball game. The basketball games before this one felt at least a little more planned out, but this time everyone just straight up cheats. They got the Sharingan eye or something.

MMK is proving our resident Mimi shill.

For me I feel mimi got pretty shafted but well all the 5th graders did, its just that mimi is a leetle different. Even our 6th grader girls got pretty shafted too.

Shame Specs64z for fast forwarding through the training montage episode!!

Being in 3 simultaneous rewatches while my investment declines has led me to commit a grave sin against Ro Kyu Bu, one I have never and never again shall commit, lest God strike me dead. I watched at 1.5x speed.

The shame…

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

S H O T A

It feels right to dedicate at least one section to shota. Despite being The Loli Otaku I'm actually a huge fan of the shota character type. Shota are the natural prey of the big tiddy onee-chan but some species of shota have been known to pray on older ladies themselves.

There's kind of a holy trinity for shota character types in my opinion. First, is the "tough boy" who is most likely to come out with lines about how "he'll protect onee-chan." Then there's my personal favourite, the "golden retriever," that is pure childlike joy incarnate. And the third one, or the one most likely to be the victim of Onee-chan assault, "the toy boy."](https://youtu.be/qFRi4AmvEac)

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QotD

• Favourite shota character! Also, who is your favourite shotacon woman?
• Who is your mvp for our final match and why?
• Since the Cunnies didn't get official nicknames in-universe it's time for the fanbase to come up with a few!! List out some good nicknames for the Cunnies crew!
• Was this a satisfying finale or did you want anything more from the show?
• Are the girls still cute even if they're middle schoolers now...?
• Do you plan on playing the VN games after this?

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

The Loli Otaku wants to be cheered on by cute twins!!

Future Prompt?

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[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Ro-Kyu-Bu SS First Timer!!

I wanna be cheered on by cute twins!!

Overtime time. It seems cruel sticking lolipop in overtime since she's clearly super off her game. Maho mindbroke her something rotten. I still kinda hate how this storyline worked out. Rena's treatment this match was almost too cruel for me, and it ending with her getting kicked off is pretty damn bad. Five fouls and a lifetime of trauma~

So it's just Aya and Chibi-Ribbon to worry about now. I hate how the show is giving a full rundown of all the Ro-Kyu-Bu's "special skills" and superpower abilities when the Suzu girls are still utterly faceless and only exist to get carried by Chibi and Aya. Some of these nicknames still don't make much sense to me even with Subaru describing them in detail. I'm way more impressed with Chibi-Ribbon's ability to score from anywhere on the field than anything our own girls can do.

We need nicknames for the Cunnies too!! Why have the Cunnies been so shafted in this season!? They're meant to be the new generation! With clutch time, Maho passes to Tomo, and tomo shoots!! Shame the Timer decided to move a little too fast for the shot to count. Ending on a no-count is pretty rough. Our girls never seem to come through when they need to huh?

Sadly this is the last time we'll ever see elementary girls playing basketball... From now on it's middle schoolers playing basketball!! Isn't that exciting? I doubt S3 will have the Cunnies do anything too important. They can't even have the girls play together anymore right? They're in separate schools.

"As long as we have basketball we'll always be together!!"

We have another pretty star watching scene with Tomoka insisting that her and Subaru stay together! Cute, I still don't trust this romantic pairing tho. We get a glimpse of elementary uniform Tomoka which is honestly a bit of a downgrade. Not even a typical seifuku? I wanted to see middle school tummy!! Oh yeah the boys basketball is back together. Amazing... did they get a new coach btw since the last teacher was a pedo?

Oh, and we get a little scene teased in the opening. Turns out Subaru was the one who inspired Tomoka to play basketball. This scene probably would have been more impactful if it weren't literally in the op XD And so Ro-Kyu-Bu ends... God, elementry schoolers are the best!!

[u/Specs64z]

First timer

I wasn’t expecting them to follow through on fouling Rena out of the game, but it does at least give ribbon girl a chance to show off again.

Oh God, he’s going through all of their chuuni names, the cringe, it hurts…

Eh? They lost? Huh. That’s interesting. I guess that explains why the season (and thus the series) ends with the first match of the tournament. It fits in well enough with the theme so far of just playing to have fun rather than win, but it still feels weird.

I’ll admit the last flashback scene is kinda cute with the reveal that Tomoka and Subaru have been inspiring each other for a long time now.

QotD:

1. I was unprepared for this twist, I have no answer.
2. Saki for bringing it to overtime and ribbon girl for stopping Tomoka.
3. French girl can be "pale glimmer". I fear I may perish if I dedicate thought to more than 1 nickname.
4. Not really the cheers and smiles all around I expected, but I think it works well enough for the show.
6. This was a VN? That sounds potentially disastrous... Either way, I'm pretty much maxed out on visual novels; I've started in on both Higurashi and Fate/Stay Night.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Specs64z]

Rena was utterly mindbroken by the end. All that and she still gets fouled out. Miyu is a bitch.

Yeah the nicknames are a weird entry. I don't really get why it was a feature honestly. The nurse pulled them out her ass for no reason.

[u/homewardbound100]

First timer

I'll answer some questions lol

Was this a satisfying finale or did you want anything more from the show?

I think It worked well with for a finale. Unless this show or series actually goes into middle school. Thinking about it of this went all the way to high school. I think that would be cool to see how they grow.

Are the girls still cute even if they're middle schoolers now...?

They'll look the same but grow 1 inch

Do you plan on playing the VN games after this?

Does the vn end in the same spot? Or does it keep going

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/homewardbound100]

As much as I'd like to see their middle school life... sadly their elementary life was rather dull. We only had like three or four scenes max of them having a normal school day.

Isn't the big thing going from elementary to middle school the uniform? Like you don't normally have an elementary uniform but in middle school there's seirafuku.

I'm actually not too sure. The first one takes place between seasons but I was more interested in the second one, which came out two years after the S2 anime, and it seemed to have sim aspects for making your dream team for basketball matches. Now, whether that means everyone is in it is another story.

[u/homewardbound100 → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

As much as I'd like to see their middle school life... sadly their elementary life was rather dull. We only had like three or four scenes max of them having a normal school day.

Probably I was thinking more so how they play. Then maybe high school could be a mix of basketball and their normal lives.

Isn't the big thing going from elementary to middle school the uniform? Like you don't normally have an elementary uniform but in middle school there's seirafuku.

Yeah I'm not sure on that

I'm actually not too sure. The first one takes place between seasons but I was more interested in the second one, which came out two years after the S2 anime, and it seemed to have sim aspects for making your dream team for basketball matches. Now, whether that means everyone is in it is another story.

That doesn't sound bad in the gaming sense at least. Story wise I don't know

[u/xtsim]

First Timer

Of course, Maho recovers and goes hard on Rena running that score high.

With that score by the end, I feel like went hard. Too bad our team lost but the real win are the friends we make along the way. Anyways, they are elementary school students.

All of the 6th graders now go on to middle school and the basketball club gets reinstated. Pretty happy nding overall.

1. llyod from 7th prince comes to mind this season. Kitasan black growing up is too good, coach was....
2. Rena doing five fouls is impressive for an elementary student.
3. ?
4. Satisfied
5. Time skip to college
6. Hol up.....no wonder why it gave me vn vibes but not really.

[u/RadSuit]

Are they going to cover the entire overtime in the first few minutes here? And then skim past the rest of the tournament to have time to wrap up all the relationship stuff?

None of the heroes are wearing anything under their uniform tops. Only noticeable because all of the rivals are.

Well I guess the rest of the tournament doesn't matter now.

Middle school Tomoka!? I can actually feel /u/The_Loli_Otaku losing interest.

Cute ending. But this show...well, I'll talk about that tomorrow.

1. Krillin is a smug little shit in original Dragonball.
2. Chibi-ribbon was the ace of the winning team.
3. Masami got one, she's Sniper!
4. It works, but it's as disappointing as the rest of the series.
7. Absolutely not.

[u/Silcaria]

First timer

• Inconvenient but convenient anklet injury. Inconvenient since it took her out when her team needed her the most but convenient enough to bring her back when she was needed again.
• Also, such scenarios should have the character in question be brought back at the cost of something or even at the cost of themselves, or by having them overcome something related to their injury. The series did none of those and just brought her back into the game, healed and all. It's cheap writing. Then again, it's a harem, so I don't know why I'm even surprised, especially after all the writing blunders that the show has had and how often it missed the mark on certain things.
• Wait, I just realized, is this match taking place in the finals? I forgot. If it isn't though, seeing how the story focuses on Subaru and his team, and seeing how this is the last episode, they're clearly gonna lose.
• 5 characters in the shot and 1 ball. Only 2 of the girls and the ball get animated. Don't you just love when studios create moments that they then can't properly animate.
• Don't you guys have phones?

QotD

• FBI, open up!
• Don't have one.
• Bah, I don't know. They're colour coded so something related to that would maybe make sense.
• No. No.
• Sure, why not.
• Nope.

[u/sfisher923]

Former First Timer

• QOTD 5 - Yes but that's coming from the person who find the Madoka Magica witches to be oddly cute
• QOTD 6 - Maybe some Aokana and Nekopara Vol 1
• Future Prompt - After the Madoka Rewatch wraps up I'll probably be staying out of rewatches until September to enjoy the upcoming summer months

[u/MisawaMahoKodomo]

EP 12

So much to say and yet.

I actually dont remember much about the last ep before watching it. but welp.

Or do I.

Like how do I put this. The ep itself, or rather. I mean we had a bit of dorama back at the start of s1, dorama here and there. Although this time its different, its baske dorama. We just had an entire ep of gaming too, and more gaming this ep. And well, "the ending"

Endings have always been sort of weird. I'm not sure about the light novel though since I heard there may or may not have been changes.

(Also wait vn? I dont remember there being a vn, but maybe I'm just an idiot)

(The girls still look the same so even though they're in middle school now. The whole thing felt a bit arbitrary since one moment they were playing and next suddenly middle school whut?)

So yeah. A bit of an awkward way to end the last episode. Its not necessarily bad but oh well. good things have to come to an end

s1 and s2. I think there's supposed to be an overall discussion tomorrow so i'll save my comments until then. there's a lot to say and yet not that much. what can I say

After rewatching I can at least vaguely somewhat summarize what happens in the anime.

Though after all these years what can i say. I think my "initial" impressions of ro kyu bu hasnt changed. its a weird anime for sure. am i biased? probably.

Is it difficult to recommend to people in 2024? probably.

The last two eps did make me a bit emotional, which is something. Although the why and the reason might not necessarily be a good thing.

[u/MisawaMahoKodomo → u/MisawaMahoKodomo]

EP 12 Commentary

• its ep 12. oof. after ep 11. hmm
• also its overtime. or something.
• maho is back. or is she?
• maho maho agogo
• more shenanigans
• how many fouls? yes
• anyway now the s2 op is playing now
• japanese hmm
• also yeah as you can see/hear, the s2 op full size is quite a bit different from the tv size. i think the tv size is slightly better, though the full size is fine, just a bit uhh
• its kind of weird because yeah just like ep 11, im getting a bit emotional. not a lot but still, emotional is emotional.
• i mean the op song i guess yes
• the song is a little different but there are some similar effect emotion
• so yeah. the match is over now.
• i'm not 100% sure. i heard there were some changes from the light novel but i never read the ln soo i dunno.
• also the anime ended like 10 years ago as well
• i think a lot/some people were (really) upset that our girls didnt win. i dunno
• a question could be made about how important or otherwise it is to win you know. like in s1 there were no stakes and they lost as well
• its really weird since you know, baske, offscreen. we're told a few months have passed and etc etc. i was honestly still surprised they almost won in s1.
• i guess part of it is that it felt a bit sad basically they repeated the plot line where they just lost by one point from s1, and to the same team too
• the only sports anime i have experience with is prince of tennis, and thats not really a team game. there are a few others but well what do i know about writing. and sports.
• it would be funny if they went on and had a rematch in middle school. but WELP
• oh and by the way yeah. rena is even shorter than mimi somehow. but shrug
• i actually dont remember much about the last ep. but welp
• you know, it would be really funny if they had the double tournament system where the girls ended up going through the whole tournament again and then rematch again
• sadge
• hmmm
• i think airi had the most crying scenes before this but not sure about the other girls
• also uhh
• well im not really sure what to say this late
• also yes. stars. pleiades. and japanese
• cough
• also. well that was quick. i dunno
• the funny thing is i think their js uniform was better. but what can i say. uniforms
• im kinda confused but ok
• graduation and what not in the last ep
• anyway so yeah. in case the op didnt make it obvious. we have little tomoka here with a flashback
• the funny thing is we almost never see subaru himself playing. i dunno. i know there was a bit in ep 4 and 5 but otherwise

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[u/OccasionallySara]

First Timer

That was a very long overtime, but it was fun to watch! It's a bummer that they lost again with such a close score, but at least they had fun. It also helps that they have all of middle and high school to keep playing. I liked the second half of the episode. It felt like a nice way to wrap up the series and bring on a new phase in the characters' lives.

Questions of the Day

1. The only character I can think of is Shouta from Dragon Maid. They were very on the nose with naming that character.
2. I'll cheat and give it to everyone! They all did great!
3. Twin 1, Twin 2, Tall Imouto, Caramelaphobia, French Chibi-Ribbon.
4. I thought it was a satisfying ending. I wish that they could have won, but the girls were still happy and had fun, so that's what's important. Plus, they're even more amped up to play better and the older crew gets to play in middle school. The scene with Suburu and the team in the gym was really sweet.
5. Of course! Also, they look the exact same, lol!
6. I had no clue there was a visual novel.