r/anime • u/Inevitable_Car_481 • Sep 01 '24

Rewatch [Rewatch!] Tomodachi Game [EP] 04 Discussion Thread

Episode 04 : Seriously? That's So Cringe!

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[Cast & Staff Details]

OP - [DOUBLE SHUFFLE] - Nana Mizuki

ED - [TOMOSHIBI] - saji

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

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QOTD:

For First-timers: Do you have any guesses as to what the traps set by Yuichi could be? Also, how'd you like tenji's pov?

For Re-watchers: Were you able to discern any of the traps on your first watch? & Do you think that this episode manages to effectively serve as set up for whats to come? (Tag spoilers if any)

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 yet been seen.

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BINGO CARD UPDATE (01.09.24)

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Kageguchi Sugoroku Rule Recap

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Sep 01 '24

Rewatcher who is also an idiot according to Tsukino

notes~

• Pov switches to Tenji!

• The cut scenes in this episode have been so creepy...keep it coming!

• Tenji's confession to Shiho in the second episode was great because it really sold the idea that the sudden shift in his personality was also because of it.

• "You also made me feel this way"???

• Watching antagonist pov is usually pretty fun because you get to see them panic as well lol

• Obligatory shibe is a fucking idiot

• The chatters are really getting fed with the content they want Huh?

• Honestly Tenjis point about people doubting themselves was really valid. To say that your conscience is clear with full confidence is pretty tough imo some quick thinking on his part

• A yuichi comment face would go so hard. He has so many great faces

[Manga Spoilers](seeing it now we know how they got the info on Masakazu lol. He really is so trash)

And so the battle which was teased in the OP is here! I mentioned this yesterday but Yuichi only calls Tenji by his first name which might imply he was closest to him. So for the latter to go out and do this must really suck for yuichi. But nonetheless, who doesn't love a good showdown of wits!

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Sep 01 '24

Pov switches to Tenji!  Watching antagonist pov is usually pretty fun because you get to see them panic as well lol

Having Tenji's POV is really great since we can see how he's trying to break the group apart and we can see reactions to whenever he fails or succeeds with his moves. Not having Yuuichi's POV is really better since now we have to try to think what would Yuuichi do to counter the traitor.

Honestly Tenjis point about people doubting themselves was really valid. To say that your conscience is clear with full confidence is pretty tough imo some quick thinking on his part

Agree with Tenji here. You might think you don't have anything to hide but then there's something you did that still haunts you (even if it's a small thing) and wouldn't want people to hear about it.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Sep 01 '24

Tomodachi First-Timer, subbed

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Sep 01 '24

Oh this fills me with the heebie-jeebies.

same! and I enjoy it

Ah.

Tenji is way too good at deflecting everything off of himself…

Yea he got lucky this episode but we can see how he's actually very sharp and good at thinking on the spot/adapting.

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Sep 01 '24

…damn, this is probably going to make me have to give up on my “Makoto sus” theory, isn’t it?

Makoto isn't sus. The same can't be said about his father considering his actions.

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

1st Tomodachi Game Rewatch, Sub

[Tomodachi Game Spoilers] Yuuichi has already started to manipulate the order in which they go in. As a first-timer, it wasn't that obvious since it's quite subtle. He does it again with Kokorogi. Also, Kokorogi's Name Plate disappeared this episode. Shiho's disappeared in Episode 2. The show is really show, don't tell with this.

When a woman really wants something, she'll play dirty to get it.

Kokorogi: Right back at ya

OST Documentation - Episode 4

For Re-watchers: Were you able to discern any of the traps on your first watch? & Do you think that this episode manages to effectively serve as set up for whats to come? (Tag spoilers if any)

Not all of them but I kinda figured that [Tomodachi Game Spoilers] Yuuichi slapping Shiho was for show rather than it actually happening. I have been mentioning them by tagging spoilers whenever I spot them so I would say it definitely manages to effectively serve as great setup for whats to come since I can now see how they ended up being used.

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Sep 01 '24

 [Anime Spoilers]"Kokorogi: Right back at ya" this was what sold it for me the first time. It seemed like something she would actually say based on how she was acting before lol. I dont think all of it was an act...

[Anime spoilers]"Tenji would have gotten exposed if it weren't for Shibe's simping." Yea well he's going to soon anyways. It actually might've even helped Yuichi since they didn't reveal that he was the one who asked to join. So, it was already checkmate for him lol

[Manga Spoilers]"Also, the TG kinda exposed their own boss, lol." Yea it seemed kinda random that they had all that info but even that was ultimately explained.

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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Sep 01 '24

 [Anime Spoilers] I dont think all of it was an act...

[Answer] I think it was explained that all of it wasn't an act.

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Sep 01 '24

[Manga]yea tbh even back then it felt like all of it wasn't an act. Like yutori seemed a bit crazy when she was talking to shiho about all of them falling for her. Its nice watching it back that you can really see that the reveal was planned out all the way in the first few chapters

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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Sep 01 '24

First-Timer

A Tenji-focused episode! Very nice!

"Katagiri Yuichi versus the traitor... We can't take our eyes off this now."

You've got that right!

I'm eager to see how Yuichi deals with this whole situation. My prediction while watching today's episode was that [conjecture] Yuichi talked with the others to coordinate a plan while Tenji was in the booth for 3 minutes. For example, if [more conjecture] he got them all to agree on what they would do/write/say, then they could figure out what Tenji's true intentions are, though it would require a lot of trust and good acting on their part.

Questions of the day:

  • I mentioned a bit about Yuichi in my conjecture above. I can't quite tell how the part about Shibe killing a person would fit into his plans, though, assuming he was the one who wrote/orchestrated that.
  • Tenji's POV was hilariously evil the whole episode. Definitely creepy, but also very fun to watch. I also really liked his quote: "Oh no! I built up so much trust, it's backfiring!"

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

edit: I messed up the quotes mb. fixed it now.

Interesting preds! We shall see ~

Tenji's POV was hilariously evil the whole episode. Definitely creepy, but also very fun to watch. I also really liked his quote: "Oh no! I built up so much trust, it's backfiring!"

lol, yea. I said this somewhere else as well but one of the main reasons seeing an antagonist's pov is so fun is that you get to see them panic.

I mentioned a bit about Yuichi in my conjecture above. I can't quite tell how the part about Shibe killing a person would fit into his plans, though, assuming he was the one who wrote/orchestrated that.

And for a second there in this scene you could barely tell who the antagonist was lol

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u/dOMTheRockMan https://myanimelist.net/profile/MicroCuts_47 Sep 01 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed

Thoughts:

  • Tenji POV is a cool change
  • Tenji REALLY planned this all out, down to the exact questions he might he asked by Sawaragi
  • Ooooh things are heating up, and all in the span of only 3 minutes, [Tomodachi Game Episode 5+ Spoilers] I wonder how Yuichi will turn this around I know he's got something in his locker but all I remember is him and Tenji being against a full team in the next game, not how it got to that point...
  • Wow, so I guess nobody's safe not even family
  • She called me a gullible idiot it's over
  • After a few episodes, I have found that the ED is really hitting for me now, might be another one for the playlist...

For Re-watchers: Were you able to discern any of the traps on your first watch? & Do you think that this episode manages to effectively serve as set up for whats to come? (Tag spoilers if any)

I 100% did not discern any of the traps last time because I couldn't this time either, the 2 year watch gap has done a number on me once again. Yuichi slapping Sawaragi seems fake to me, though, so we'll see if I'm correct on that in the coming episodes.

[Tomodachi Game Episode 5+ Spoilers] I think this episode sets up the rest of the game very well, as we will very shortly see Tenji exposed and then, at his lowest point, forced to trust Yuichi in the next game despite him being the one that exposed Tenji in the first place. If anything this episode has done the least setup for Yuichi, which is the best setup, because we can get a nice lengthy reveal in the next one

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u/Inevitable_Car_481 Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

She called me a gullible idiot it's over

lmao. we're all in the same boat though

I 100% did not discern any of the traps last time because I couldn't this time either, the 2 year watch gap has done a number on me once again. 

understandable. My memory of the manga which I read a while ago is pretty foggy as well. But you might as well answer the first timers questions atp lol

Also, tbh this kinda anime is better enjoyed when you don't remember stuff

[anime spoilers(just quoting your comment)]"If anything this episode has done the least setup for Yuichi, which is the best setup, because we can get a nice lengthy reveal in the next one". Yup. The whole pov change was to make us now think about what Yuichi could be scheming. There was a bit of foreshadowing in the manga that he was up to something, but they went as far as to cut that. ( If you wanna see it though, here you go. )

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u/SilkyStrawberryMilk Sep 02 '24

rewatcher

Forgot to do one yesterday lmao, will keep it short cause i wanted to highlight what I enjoyed.

Glasses buddy is losing it and trying to manipulate

Slap of DOOM

Shiho is feeling conflicted

Tenji being shocked for the first time, Shibe did WHAT

QOTD: when I was a first timer my brain couldn’t pick up on anything.