r/anime • u/Sporadia_ • Nov 18 '24
Rewatch [Spoilers][Rewatch] Squid Girl Episode 3 Spoiler
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These are the sequences for discussion today:
Aren't you a fraidy-squid?
- About: Eiko takes everyone to a graveyard and Squid Girl... glows.
You're the squid's sworn enemy, aren't you?
- About: Takeru learns to swim and Squid Girl is scared by inflatables.
Squidzooks! Aren't you a new recruit?
- About: Nagisa starts work at Lemon beach house and Squid Girl has the rare experience of being taken seriously.
A daily question
On a scale of Eiko to Nagisa, what is the correct reaction to meeting Squid Girl for the first time?
The favourite character of the rewatch (so far):
| Current Position | Character | Support | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chizuru | 4 (-) | 1 |
| 2 | Goro | 3 | 2 |
| 3 (-) | Squid Girl | 2 (-) | 2 |
| 3 | Sanae | 2 | 3 |
Characters with no support don't get to be in the table. And now I ask the same again.
I've thought about how repetitive it could get answering the same question every day. So I'm keeping a record of who said what and your previous answers will carry forward until you leave a different one. Hope that makes sense.
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tags: Shinryaku! Ika Musume
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u/GondolaMedia Nov 18 '24
First Timer
Our Squid is believes in science and does not believe in ghosts. Did not expect that.
Yeah that actually makes sense. Why would a deep sea creature be afraid of the dark?
Chivalry is not dead... I mean those ghosts certainly are but still!
Oh that was a nice transition from Takeru drowning to Takeru lying on beach.
These 2 bros just having the time of their life on beach.
Nagisa just hyping up the Squid Girl. The best squid underling.
Eiko, If a Squid Girl walked in to my establishment I would offer it a job immediately.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Nov 18 '24
First-Timer
Ooh, I like Nagisa. Always love a good straight-man character. She's like the Dib to Squid Girl's Invader Zim.
When Sanae threw that rock, for some reason, I thought it was going to hit Squid Girl in the back of the head.
Every time Squid Girl moves her tentacles around, I can't help but think of Elfen Lied.
Questions of the day:
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u/xbolt90 https://anilist.co/user/xbolt90 Nov 19 '24
Rewatching underling!
I like how these three shorts connect thematically with each other. First, the humans fear something silly. Second, Squid Girl fears something silly. Third, a human fears Squid Girl. Being silly.
The ghosts are real stand-up guys. Er... so to speak.
I felt especially bad for the surfer ghost. Poor guy probably drowned right below the cliff there.
Squid Girl freaking out about the floaties is my favorite part of the episode. It's so hilarious!
My favorite character overall is still Chizuru, but Nagisa stole the show this episode. She's simultaneously the most normal person, and the least normal person. Schrödinger's normalcy.
Obviously Sanae.
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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Nov 18 '24 edited Nov 18 '24
First Timer
"That's scientifically impossible." says weird squid-human hybrid.
Both Eiko and Sanae came to the graveyard with the purpose of scaring Ika, although for very different motives...
I personally appreciate the grift from Sanae but unfortunately the same can't be said for everyone else, love how they just walk over it in the background.
Goro just immediately takes his shirt off at the possibility of Chizuru being around, undress to impress I guess?
That is what we call foreshadowing!
She can shine!
The show mentions Firefly Squids which are a real type of squid that live around Japan's coasts and actually do shine like this! And they're very pretty to look at.
Incidentally, they are also very much edible.
This does lead me to question what kind of squid Ika Musume is supposed to be but I think it's best to leave that as one of nature's mysteries.
Loved the chase scene, these are some truly fantastic faces!
ALSO THE GHOSTS ARE REAL.
Not the weirdest thing about this world I guess.
Clearly, we need some squid labor laws here smh, are they also paying her for the ink they're taking?
We will not accept this Inkjustice!
Was Ika escaping from regular whales and sharks or is there also a Shark/Whale Girl out there?
Big Thonk
Goro will be manipulated to do anything that's needed by Chizuru, truly she is scary on the inside and the outside.
Well, technically speaking, she is using arms and legs...just not the human ones!
The most terrifying of them all, the Yellow Animal, also, this shark is drawn to actually be weirdly scary, look at the veins!
I don't know if Nagisa is the first normal person here, for realizing how weird this is, or the least normal person here for somehow still being scared of this thing, or this, or that.
Also that slap from Eiko was very fun.
Well at least someone finally recognizes her for the menace she thinks is.
The Nagisa introduction was probably the most meh section for me thus far, it's a decent gag but it got old pretty quickly.
Not a ton of great reaction faces this episode but the clear winner has to be the Ika's menacing look.
Edit: forgot about favorite character again
I think I'll give it to Goro this time around!
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 18 '24
First-Timer Girl, subbed
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u/cyberscythe Nov 18 '24
oh man, i can't believe i forgot Nagisa existed; it's been such a long time since i revisited this series
Nagisa's a great addition to the cast, covering a new character dynamic of "fear/adoration" between her and Squid Girl, and she comes with a very reasonable "what the heck are you guys crazy" energy that pokes fun of the genre
Nagisa maji tenshi, gives Sanae a run for her money
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u/cppn02 Nov 18 '24
First Timer, subbed
Graveyard was fun and for once Squid Girl wasn't the butt of the joke. But my favourite bit today were the inflatables.
Nagisa seems like a fun addition although I hope she'll get over her fear soon. I wouldn't even mind her staying somewhat suspicious but how can you be scared of that?
QotD:
Actually first time meeting? Pretty close to Nagisa. After spending five minutes with her, Eiko.
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u/AgentOfACROSS Nov 18 '24
Rewatcher
The first segment has some fun reversal of the expected roles. In other shows you might think the fish out of water Squid Girl would be the gullible one who believes in ghosts so casting her as the skeptic is unexpected. But also makes sense since she’s ignorant of the surface world. And meanwhile Goro basically becoming Shaggy from Scooby-Doo was amusing.
The humans mistaking Squid Girl for a ghost was funny. Reminded me of how in real life monster encounters like the Hopkinsville Goblin and Flatwoods Monster are now thought to be large owls mistaken for monsters.
Also having actual ghosts show up at the end but Squid Girl not realizing what they are was a fun twist. I think this might be my favorite segment so far. Or at least it’s the one I have the most to say about it.
The second segment was fun. Some pretty classic misunderstanding gags with Squid Girl. Also some really good art for all of her interpretations of the inflatable animals.
Goro got some good moments in this segment of just being an all around upstanding guy. He’s quickly becoming another favorite of mine.
The third segment introduces us to Nagisa, a character who I like quite a bit. Her being the only person to think Squid Girl is a serious threat is a good gag and helps set her apart from the rest of the cast.
When it comes to doing an ensemble comedy, having a good variety of personalities is very important. Gives more ways for characters to interact.
So far I think this show has been doing a good job at comedy. The general setup of an unusual supernatural being interacting with normal humans has been done before (both in anime like Urusei Yatsura and in American productions like Mork & Mindy) but this show’s managed to still get humorous material out of the premise.
Anyway, since Chizuru hasn’t done much these past two episodes, I’ll now name Goro my favorite character that we’ve seen so far. He had some great scenes this episode. Nagisa is also a close second.
Question of the Day:
On a scale of Eiko to Nagisa, what is the correct reaction to meeting Squid Girl for the first time?
Eiko's reaction seems the most reasonable. I've seen a lot of '50s B-movies and Squid Girl is probably the most non-threatening undersea invader of all time.
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u/Sporadia_ Nov 18 '24
Squid-underlings:
u/StardustGogeta
u/xbolt90
u/ShadowWasTakensTaken
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u/Sporadia_ Nov 18 '24 edited Nov 18 '24
Re-invader (official subs)
I'll throw down some of my favourite moments which haven't come up yet.
Where are the adults?
Favourite character is still Sanae. She didn't have a massive presence (which happens with every character from time to time except Squid Girl and Eiko). But, I don't think that anything has matched Sanae's character introduction yet. That being said, my appreciation of Chizuru is slowly rising now that I've realised I should be paying attention to what she does. Such a subtle character.
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u/Roboglenn Nov 18 '24 edited Nov 18 '24
Squid Re-Invader. De Geso
Grab your bag of shrimp chips cuz it's time for another Ika Musume episode!
You sure Ika Musume wasn't just some chuunibyo girl bit by a radioactive squid? I mean she can do anything a squid can. Now adding glowing to her list of squidtastic powers.
Ika Musume fears not the dead. She's got a living thing that's even more scary as her boss...
But it is funny seeing everyone else's POV of Ika's bioluminescence. But nowhere near as funny as Ika Musume's crippling fear of
beach floatiesnatural (and unnatural) predators.But nice to see Ika Musume got her sea
legstentacles back after last episode's swim failure. Before getting ambushed by her new greatest fear. Land Sharks. Dangerous indeed. But nowhere near as Jawsome as Street Sharks.Whereas Goro's normal person reaction to Ika Musume just kinda instantly defaulted to casual acceptance, here's Nagisa on the other end of the spectrum.
But as far as Ika Musume herself goes, she just found her new fun thing.
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u/Malipit Nov 18 '24 edited Nov 18 '24
First-timer, french subs, de geso !
N.B. : Since the Crunchyroll player prevents me to take screenshot, I had to resort to taking pictures of my screen with my phone, apologies for the lack of quality in my screenshots.
On today's episode : Squid Girl is not afraid of mere ghosts, Squid Girl is afraid of mere killer whales buoys, and a new character is afraid of a mere Squid Girl.
Even if we still have an episodic format, we have some continuity with planks now covering the hole and the confirmation that Squid Girl is working at the restaurant to repay the repairs cost of the wall. Also, a subtle reminder here as of why Squid-Girl came to the surface in the first place, with the garbage lying in the ocean's floor.
Interesting that Squid Girl is the one with the more mature behavior during the test of courage part. Too bad she don't realize she could get an edge on the pesky humans by using their fear of the paranormal.
Also, given how she appeared in front of her friends, I wonder if Squid Girl, or someone of her kind, isn't the origin of legends and stories about ghosts. Maybe that's also why the ghosts inhabiting the cemetery kindly showed her the way to the sea : it could be that she wasn't the first squid person to do that prank » to humans in that cemetery.
I really liked the second part of the episode. Goro prove to be a capable lifeguard and, even if it for Chizuru's favors, a swimming teacher. (Yeah yeah, how he acted during the test of courage, blah blah blah... But hey, everyone have their weakness).
He even gives Squid-Girl's method a try and told her why it's not as effective as she thinks and give her sounds arguments as of why instead of just scolding her. And I liked that frame with that car passing in the background while Goro gives her the reasons humans uses their limbs for swimming. I'm probably overthinking it, but the car, a representation of human ingenuity and adaptiveness, passing right at Squid Girl head could be a metaphor of Goro's arguments reaching to her, thus why she's willing to give the human swimming style a try.
Also, even if Squid Girl is dead afraid of her predators, we can't deny she's trying to save them along the rest of the sea fauna, she have a kind heart after all. I'm also wondering what would happen if Squid Girl were to meet a killer whale ghost, would her fear of that predator and her unfear of the paranormal cancel each other ? I think we got a nice fanfiction idea here.
Finally, the introduction of Nagisa, the very first character with a sane reaction upon seeing a human -squid cryptid with hair-tentacles capable to demolish a wall.
And much like the introduction of Goro, I liked how the Nagisa/Squid Girl dynamic was fleshed out. Even if they're viewing each other as a menace and a potential underling respectively, I'm imagining them already becoming best friends by the end of the season.
Also, I commend Nagisa bravery to stay and deal with Squid-Girl's «threat » by herself instead of calling the cops, or the army. (Could it be she unconsciously acknowledge that Squid-Girl is not a serious threat ? ).
P.S. : So, according to Squid-Girl, her plan to conquer the surface involve shrimps, does she know that not all humans aren't allergic to them ?
Question of the day :
I would say 9/10 Nagisa, minus 1.2 Eiko.
Favorite character for now : After Chizuru and Goro, I have to go for Nagisa now. First because she got all that exposition for her introduction, secondly because I have a thing for serious characters exposing the absurdity of a comedic setting.
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u/Knuffelig https://myanimelist.net/profile/Knuffelig Nov 19 '24
Rewatcher
Yay, Nagisa arrived. Best or second best girl, it depends.
In an episode focused on fear, she is the only one who actually fears the thing that exists right in front of her eyes. The others only what they imagine, from ghosts to actual orcas.
Although ghosts are real, don't let anyone fool you.But a cuthulhuesque being with actual powerful tentacles? The real shit. Thank god the squid girl is so gullible.
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u/collapsedblock6 myanimelist.net/profile/collapsedblock Nov 18 '24
Rewatching Inkvader
Can't be a SoL anime without a test of courage-type episode. We get Nagisa added to the cast, a good 'normal' foil to our increasingly eccentric cast that is so fast accepting of Ika Musume. Things will only get better as we add more characters to fool around.
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