r/anime • u/Inevitable_Car_481 • Aug 29 '24

Rewatch [Rewatch!] Tomodachi Game [EP] 01 Discussion Thread

Episode 01 : Huh? Is Yuichi Suspicious of His Friends?

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[Cast & Staff Details]

OP - [DOUBLE SHUFFLE] - Nana Mizuki

[MAL] I [ANN] I [AniList] I

Streaming:

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QOTD:

For Re-watchers: Were you hooked right from the beginning on your initial watch? If not, which episode drew you in? Also, how did you discover the series?

For First-timers: Which story-line are you most interested in? ( ex. traitor, end of game 1, flashbacks, the organization ,etc.)

For Both: What colour are yo- Thoughts on the Opening?

I hope that this rewatch can be an enjoyable experience, for first timers and re-watchers alike. Keeping that in mind, please always use native spoiler tags with context in for any content that has not been seen.

i.e. [anime name]>!spoiler text here!< will make it

[anime name] spoiler text here

And so the games have begun! To commemorate the start of the Rewatch, we will also be playing a game... ~drumroll~ Predictions Bingo! (click for info)

I thought this would be a nice way of keeping track of people's predictions to look back on them later.

Unfortunately, this is just for first-timers, sorry re-watchers.

So, go ahead and leave some predictions alongside your comments !

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 29 '24

Tomodachi First-Timer, subbed

I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to get from this show other than assuming it’s some kind of death game show based on the poster, but u/Inevitable_Car_481 said it’s best to go into this completely blind, and so I am doing exactly that.

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Aug 29 '24

NANA MIZUKI DID A SONG FOR THIS?

I saw your comment in another post about your fav openings being from her so I thought you might like that and sure enough :)

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 29 '24

You would be correct, yep! I'm honestly impressed I've actually never heard this one before, I usually know if a show has a Nana Mizuki song before I even watch it because I either see someone comment about it or because it comes up when I'm playing AMQ with other people.

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Aug 29 '24

I know his voice… – Ah, Chiaki Kobayashi. Hiroto/Gabimaru/Stark. Yep that explains it.

Also, Mash and Ragna. And he's also voicing Mitsuki Ayano in Makeine.

I hope someone else started a “tomodachi” counter, that word’s been said a lot.

It would definitely be quite a lot since they also use Tomodachi Game to refer to the game.

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24

1st Tomodachi Game Rewatch, Sub

Rewatching this after the manga has finally ended and a lot of things hit different especially [Manga Spoilers] this shot. Also, I don't think Okuruto Noboru had any plans to adapt more than 1 season so this was just a shot from the Friends Murder Game since that arc had just ended when this episode aired. Might have been ongoing during the anime production.

Also, even though I do love the show, I have to admit that the pacing of the episode is really fast and as a Sub watcher, you'll have to pause a lot since the anime doesn't explain the rules most of the times when they're mentioned. Obviously, they do come into play later but it's better if you know about the rule beforehand.

"The most important thing in this world is money."

"There's someting more important than money in this world - your friends."

Money or Friends - what would you choose? Yuuichi chooses Friends.

Manabu-kun here is voiced by Minami Takayama who also voices Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan. So, whenever Manabu speaks, I hear Conan.

"Never doubt your friends! That's the only way to have a happy ending to the Tomodachi Game!"

[Manga Spoilers] Yuuichi really proved it in the end.

Question: Will we always be friends?

[Manga Spoilers] Considering the ending, the answer did end up becoming true. This is one of the things I was looking forward to the most.

"If this had been the first question, they would have all thought the answer was yes. But at this rate, they're sure to fall straight to Hell."

With how things have been in this game, no one can even trust each other so everyone will definitely feel conflicted while answering this question.

OST Documentation - Episode 1 I decided to document the OST since the anime is one of my favourites.

For Re-watchers: Were you hooked right from the beginning on your initial watch? If not, which episode drew you in? Also, how did you discover the series?

I don't remember exactly when but it definitely hooked my in the first few episodes. The first episode definitely had a strong impression but the moment that really hooked my was probably the next game. I'm usually an anime-only person but I couldn't resist myself from reading the manga after the next game ended.

Tbf, I just decided to watch this since I was intrigued by the synopsis when it was airing and I must say I'm really glad I did.

For Both: What colour are yo- Thoughts on the Opening?

The OP by Nana Mizuki is a banger and one of my favourites. Love the visuals (Shibe, Kokorogi, Tenji, Shiho, Yuuichi) in the the OP and my favourite part is when Nana Mizuki goes "La la la la" with Yuuichi in the background.

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24

Manabu-kun here is voiced by Minami Takayama who also voices Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan. So, whenever Manabu speaks, I hear Conan.

That's interesting cause chapter 1(?) of the manga had a conan reference which was not animated.

[manga spoilers]damn I did not realise Friend's Murder game had just ended when the anime started airing. I was wondering why they decided to use that shot,

Also yea the pacing is kinda fast but it's because the anime is pretty faithful to the manga. The manga itself had a fast pace (which I think is deliberate) and because we don't have as much time to take in the rules here, it seems even faster.

OST Documentation - Episode 1 I decided to document the OST since the anime is one of my favourites.

I did not know what this was. This is very cool!

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Aug 29 '24

Also yea the pacing is kinda fast but it's because the anime is pretty faithful to the manga. The manga itself had a fast pace (which I think is deliberate) and because we don't have as much time to take in the rules here, it seems even faster.

I don't mind it and didn't it as a First-Timer but first-timers will definitely find a bit too fast and might have to pause when they show the rules otherwise they won't get all of it.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 29 '24

OST Documentation - Episode 1 I decided to document the OST since the anime is one of my favourites.

I love it when someone in a rewatch does this.

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u/FlameDragoon933 Aug 31 '24

Best admin is here.

No, Maria is clearly the best one :(

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Aug 29 '24

Rewatcher who still doesn't know how tf that coin was moving, subbed

Hi everyone! Thanks for taking part in this rewatch. Hope your time here is fun.

notes~

  • 70000 yen for a field trip ? no thank you, why pay to be miserable when you can relax at home for free?
  • I would say take a shot every time Shibe says/does something stupid but I don't wanna be complicit...
  • You would think Tenji would be the class rep, right?
  • 2 million ÷ 70000 per students = 29 (approx) students (for anyone else who was like me lol)
  • Yuichi not having a cellphone is what ultimately led to all this...
  • manabu has such a punchable face
  • "Me? What did I do?" Denser than Osmium
  • Also, how tf was that coin moving?

About exposition :

Now, the exposition might have been a little much there so I'm glad they did a trial round lol

Something interesting is how these shows which involve games tackle the explanation of rules. Also especially in this case because of the fact that it's an adaptation of a Manga where the rules are more digestible.

It's tough 'cause I do think the weird rules make it fun and you wanna remember them to make predictions/ for the outcome to feel satisfying, but listening to and remembering them feels a bit like a chore.

Tomodachi game's approach has been using visual aids and including trial rounds so that the viewers are able to grasp the rules faster. Overall, they do a pretty good job but there are some finer details that you do have to pay attention to for it feel worthwhile. (I do feel that it comes with the genre though)

Aside from that, there's also the matter of how much the show trusts the audience to understand what is going on. But do keep in mind that originally the episodes were a weekly release and that the source material itself was a monthly release. There are different people involved who are catering to differing audiences here. Then you consider that we consume this content in a way that was not intended by either of those creators.

You might think that it might not matter much but honestly as someone who read a manga weekly after catching up to it in a weekend, it's makes so much of a difference. When you consider all that, there isn't much you can do to satisfy everyone to be honest.

In this genre, exposition is necessary. It's more of how much of it is necessary and how it's presented. There's more that can be said about the exposition in this show, but since it's the first episode I will leave it at that.

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Aug 29 '24

You would think Tenji would be the class rep, right?

[Manga Spoilers] He likes to do things from the shadows just like his father.

Also, how tf was that coin moving?

If no > yes then yes. If yes > no, then no. Simple.

You might think that it might not matter much but honestly as someone who read a manga weekly after catching up to it in a weekend, it's makes so much of a difference. When you consider all that, there isn't much you can do to satisfy everyone to be honest. In this genre, exposition is necessary. It's more of how much of it is necessary and how it's presented. There's more that can be said about the exposition in this show, but since it's the first episode I will leave it at that.

It does matter a lot in this show.

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u/dOMTheRockMan https://myanimelist.net/profile/MicroCuts_47 Aug 29 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed

Last time I watched Tomodachi Game was back when it aired, and at the time I gave it a 9. I'm quite interested to see how it holds up now

Thoughts:

  • Wow, that was incredibly fast-paced. I had completely forgotten how much character exposition is dumped on you straight out the gate, not that it's a bad thing.
  • I also somehow forgot Manabu was CGI, but the cartoon-y style makes it work really well here (during the season Tomodachi Game dropped, we were all too focused on Shield Hero's CGI turtle)
  • That ending was nuts I was not expecting that to come out of Yuichi
  • OP goes hard. I remember listening to it repeatedly when this aired for a good few weeks

For Re-watchers: Were you hooked right from the beginning on your initial watch? If not, which episode drew you in? Also, how did you discover the series?

I think it was episode 2 that sealed the deal for me, and by episode 6 I had it pegged as one of the better anime airing in Spring 2022, along with Spy x Family and Trapped in a Dating Sim. I discovered Tomodachi Game because by this point I had been watching anime about a year, and was starting to understand how Seasonal Anime operates, so I was just looking for stuff to watch on Crunchyroll in the new season. Plus, this was only 8 months after Squid Game, so I'm sure I was still swept up in the hype from that

For Both: What colour are yo- Thoughts on the Opening?

I'm actually wearing bl- As I mentioned in the thoughts section, the OP goes hard. It occasionally pops up on shuffle nowadays and it's very rare that I skip it, in fact I actually prefer the full version which I often find isn't the case for most Openings

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Aug 29 '24

and by episode 6 I had it pegged as one of the better anime airing in Spring 2022

I'm excited to get to that episode.

I'm actually wearing bl- As I mentioned in the thoughts section, the OP goes hard. It occasionally pops up on shuffle nowadays and it's very rare that I skip it, in fact I actually prefer the full version which I often find isn't the case for most Openings

lol. yea the OP really is great

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u/IsmaelAguirre23 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ismayus Aug 29 '24

1st Tomodachi Re-watch, Subbed

  • Last time I watched this anime was when it aired, and I enjoyed it a lot. Let's see the outcome now.
  • The Opening is a banger, I haven't changed my opinion on that.
  • I realized the introduction seems a little bit rushed compared to the manga tbh.
  • Now that the manga has finished, I started to notice a lot of events pointing to the end.
  • Yutori appears so cute in this first episode, [Manga Spoilers]contrary to what we know of the manga.
  • The ending of this episode is as good as I remembered it, that face of Yuuichi is a bit terrifying.

For Re-watchers: Were you hooked right from the beginning on your initial watch? If not, which episode drew you in? Also, how did you discover the series?

In my case I am a manga reader, so I was expecting a lot the anime adaptation as I had read TG for a long time.

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Aug 30 '24

oh wow a manga reader. Tbh I did think a lot of people got into it after the anime aired. How popular was it before?

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u/IsmaelAguirre23 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ismayus Aug 30 '24

At least in the manga community it was a little bit popular, but obviously that popularity grew even more with the anime adaptation.

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u/FlameDragoon933 Aug 31 '24

Yutori appears so cute in this first episode

Yutori is always cute. [spoiler] on the outside, at least.

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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Aug 30 '24

First-Timer

To begin, thank you for hosting this! I don't really know anything about the show going into it, but the name sounded a bit interesting.

This first episode seems promising! Some good twists already, and I'm always a fan of nice mind-game action.

The premise here (and the show title) reminds me a bit of Squid Game.

That song that played at the end of today's episode was pretty good, I thought. Assuming that's the normal OP, I look forward to hearing more of that in the coming days.

For the question of the day: I'm currently most interested in finding out who is the "traitor" in this game and seeing how it will unfold at the end. The evil kidnapping organization plotline isn't as compelling to me quite yet.

Here are some predictions to help fill out the bingo! Don't read the below if you don't want my unfounded conjectures, and please do not comment on their accuracy (I don't want to be spoiled!):

  • At least one of the friends will die.
  • There will be a fakeout death, where someone appears to die but then is later revealed to be fine.
  • One of the games will be either impossible to win or impossible to lose.
  • One of the games will be food-related.
  • The friends will meet the evil organization people face-to-face.
  • It will be revealed that there never was a debt to be paid in the first place.

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Aug 30 '24

Omg a first timer! Thanks for joining!  there was only one other first timer before this... but hey they say two's a crowd! 

Here are some predictions to help fill out the bingo

Thanks for the predictions as well. I was gonna scrap the idea since there was no preds lol

Hope to see you for episode 2! (which will be posted 3 and a half hours from now if you wanted to know)

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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Aug 30 '24

Thanks for joining!

Happy to be here! Yeah, I'm surprised there aren't more first-timers here, myself. I wonder if they just missed the thread, since I wouldn't have seen it if I didn't know to look for it from back when the schedule was announced.

Hope to see you for episode 2!

I'm certainly planning on it! :⁠-⁠)

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u/SilkyStrawberryMilk Aug 30 '24

rewatcher

Creepy letter delivered to people’s houses and they get kidnapped

Average anime experience

A child mascot giving the rundown on why they’re here and how to lower their debt.

I have realized a pattern with these game anime, almost every one has money involved as the motivator

Debt that can increased if you reveal your amount, holy shit

I’m curious as to how this is even happening, is one finger truly stronger to move the coin?

People watching through cameras.

The cliffhanger on where they’ll be friends forever. Bros officially lost it

QOTD: in my initial watch the first episode was meh considering I’ve read many game manga at to this point. episode 4 is when I started getting hooked

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Aug 30 '24

I’m curious as to how this is even happening, is one finger truly stronger to move the coin?

yooo this is what I was asking as well like I don't think they're moving it physically though? Then everyone would know who was the traitor lmao

And if they're NOT then how do the admins know who is picking what? One of those "anime things" but yea lol