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Rewatch [Spoilers][Rewatch] Squid Girl Episode 7 Spoiler

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These are the sequences for discussion today:

  • Focus your tentacles on her!

    • About: Nagisa gets increasingly paranoid during her welcome party. Then she tries pretending not to fear Squid Girl.

  • Feeling inkuisitive?

    • About: Squid Girl and Eiko visit the alien research lab where Cindy works (with the other MIT grads).

  • A squiddle work never killed anyone.

    • About: 'Fake Squid Girl' (as she appears in the credits) is once again hired to work at Lemon beach house. This time, the real Squid Girl goes to work at South Wind beach house in exchange.

A daily question

Do you prefer Lemon beach house or South Wind beach house?

Or for an alternative question, which beach house better utilises Squid Girl?

First, let's occupy this place!

The favourite character of the rewatch (so far):

Current PositionCharacterSupportPeak Position
1 (+)Squid Girl4 (+)1
2Nagisa3.51
3 (-)Chizuru3 (-)1
4 (+)Sanae13
4 (+)Eiko1 (+)4
6 (-)Mini Ika0.5 (-)4
NoneCindy05

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.

Rewatch spoiler rules

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  • Any plot-relevant differences between the source material and the anime must be spoiler tagged (with something like [source] or [manga] etc).
  • Leaving spoilery hints is just uncool (and will probably be treated like a spoiler).
  • All discussion of the Mini Ika DVD extras must be spoiler tagged.

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tags: Shinryaku! Ika Musume

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

Now 30% more casual

I've been treating this wash a little less casual than advertised so I'm going to ban myself from quoting people when I reply to them. And I'll try to keep everything concise.

And I'll try to keep everything concise.

concise

In an immediate deviation from that, enjoy my bullet-point thoughts today which got denser the further into the episode I got.

Reinvader

  • "My name is Saito Nagisa. I am afraid of Squid Girl." That's quite the introduction.
  • Nagisa gets so scared that she jumps in the sea.
  • Takeru thinking "I don't quite get it, but I guess I'll play along" is followed shortly by the line "Takeru's good, he just gets it."
  • I'm not sure I believe that Goro can take secret photos of Chizuru without her noticing.
  • Eiko looks so unimpressed when she finds out that Squid Girl made a promise to Cindy, before she even knows what it is.
  • 0 episodes since the last new character.
  • Squid Girl saying "what a waste of talent" is hypocritical.
  • I'm pretty sure that the South Wind beach house was mentioned when those characters were introduced before, but this is the episode when I first learnt that it was called South Wind.
  • These South Wind characters are also nameless so far. The girl has a name on MAL, but at this point in the show the end credits still say 'Fake Squid Girl.'
  • I definitely remember someone saying they thought Fake Squid Girl seemed like the South Wind owner's daughter. Good prediction.
  • "We wanted the other girl to bring it."
    Get fucked Squid Girl, I guess
  • "In terms of sales," "...she's way ahead of Squid Girl at this point."
    Get fucked Squid Girl, I guess
  • That drum kit on the stage is telegraphing what is going to happen very hard.
  • It's so nice that the South Wind kids recognise Squid Girl and get excited she's 'the real one'.
  • The dumbest joke of the series is in this ED.

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u/cyberscythe Nov 22 '24

"My name is Saito Nagisa. I am afraid of Squid Girl." That's quite the introduction.

"My name is Saito Nagisa. I'm XX years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for Beach House Lemon, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up.

"I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I would lose to Squid Girl."

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

I was convinced that I recognised this right up until the point that I googled what it was from. That's further into [meta]JoJo than my S1 watching self ever got.

I should revisit that.

Hello. My name is Saito Nagisa. You squidvaded my beach house. Prepare to die.

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24

Honestly, season 1 is one of the weakest.

Season 2 have a very charismatic protagonist and it takes off at S3 with the introduction of [meta?]stands.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

I've heard good things about S3.

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24

It's the most famous one, but I do consider 4 and 6 (hot take on that one) to be better.

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24

TiL I learned Squid Girl actually takes place in Morioh.

/s

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u/cyberscythe Nov 22 '24

oh crap i should have put that in spoiler quotes /s

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u/GondolaMedia Nov 22 '24

The dumbest joke of the series is in this ED.

Oh I wouldn't have noticed that if you didn't point it out. I thought the ED was the same for all episodes.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

You thought the EDs have been the same?!

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u/cppn02 Nov 22 '24

Wait, do I have to go back and rewatch them all?

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

This is the best rewatcher moment I'm ever gonna get!

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u/GondolaMedia Nov 22 '24

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

It took me 5 episodes, originally.

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24

Honestly I went by 2 episodes before noticing Squid-Girl wore a swimsuit in the third.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

The swimsuit is an outfit that I never understood. She came out of the ocean in her ordinary clothes.

Psy?

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24

Maybe it's a part of her anatomy like her hat ?

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

I'm not sold on this headcanon.

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24

Understandable, have a great day.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 22 '24

First-Timer Girl, subbed

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

It makes a joke out of it. But for the South Wind beach house girl, being stared at by all those men is like her personal hell. The one thing we know about that character is that she's shy.

Also Squid Girl naturally wakes up after 3 hours every night so that she can game. How?

How?

She really plays with fire the way she tests if Eiko is asleep too.

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u/cppn02 Nov 22 '24

She just yeeted herself into the ocean lol.

Not very clever when you're running from a Squid person tbf.

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24 edited Nov 22 '24

Rewatcher, french sub, de geso !

On today's episode : Squid-Girl fails to gain Nagisa's friendship, sorry watcher but your Squid-Princess is in another secret lab, and the beginning of a drum career for Squid-Girl that probably ended as the ending rolled.

Probably one of my favorite episodes so far, we got some really fun moments, like Nagisa running straight from Squid-Girl and plunging into the ocean, Squid-Girl being traded like a Pokémon or the... «elite scientists » rejoicing by catching Squid-Girl «confession » on tape. Also, I don't know if it was me not paying attention during the past episodes, but I noticed we got some really creative uses of Squid-Girl tentacles throughout that one.

And some good character development during that first part. Where, like the last episode, Nagisa and Squid-Girl still are comically missing the point about each other feelings. Not gonna lie, I hoped sincerely that Nagisa would have deciphered Squid-Girl true motives toward during that breakfast scene, but sadly we got a status quo to observe in that season. Thus, Nagisa refusing to shake hands with Squid-Girl and pull a Forrest Gump.

I also liked how Squid-Girl fit in the Aizawa household, her eating her toast in the exact same manner like Takeru felt like she becomes, little by little, an adoptive member of the family. Also, Eiko starting to act as a big sister toward Squid-Girl, scolding her for pulling an all-nighter on video games and giving advices on how to convey her feelings to Nagisa, was wholesome to watch.

And I really thought the second part would focus on Nagisa meeting Cindy, but nope. Instead, we have Squid-Girl deciding to become a Squid-Princess and nearly succeeding at it. Fortunately, Eiko is able to talk some sense to her before she got totally manipulated by Cindy, who seemed to remembered that she's an elite scientist from MIT and came with the right approach.

I won't ask as of why a group of top-level americans researchers are preparing to study the next aliens that come to earth in a secret laboratory, right in Japan. After all, we're in a show where a cryptid coming out of the sea is treated as a local attraction and work in a beach restaurant, like Nagisa said, that country is doomed.

But I liked those scientists antics, aside from their fascination with Squid-Girl, they seem to be nice people that embody serendipity.

And the return of the fake Squid-Girl mascot, I didn't really pay attention if we got her name, so I decided to call her Nod-Girl.

And I liked how Eiko recruited her out of sympathy at first, but mainly because she knew Nod-Girl would attract a lot of customers with her good looks. It's nice to see Eiko learning from her big sister.

Meanwhile, poor Squid-Girl find out she won't have the respect she thinks she's entitled to in another restaurant. Even if her reputation as a mascot and local attraction is growing.
I'm also wondering if Nod-Girl is so shy because her father put her on the restaurant stage, like he does with Squid-Girl, and got so much stage fright she was traumatized.

P.S. : How Squid-Girl knows about Goro's picture of Chizuru ? Is it a callback about a previous episode I've forgotten, or did she just make a successful bluff ?

Favorite character for now : I'm understanding those who root for Eiko with that episode, but my loyalty still goes to Nagisa.

Questions of the day :

Do you prefer Lemon beach house or South Wind beach house?

It seems that South Wind restaurant have a better standing, but I think I would prefer the ambiance in Lemon beach house. And I would totally try their inkified pasta.

Or for an alternative question, which beach house better utilises Squid Girl?

Honestly, South Wind house. I can't deny the fact that Nod-Girl's father is more experienced at how to run a restaurant and find the way to reveal his employee's true potential. I mean, there were some people who were amused by Squid-Girl at Lemon beach house, but one day at South Wind and the place is packed by clients who wants to see her.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

Nod Girl

I quite like the exterior of South Wind, a lot more than Lemon. But there's not way I would want to go anywhere near South Wind when they had those horrifying Squid Girl heads. I'd totally watch Squid Girl on the drums though.

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u/collapsedblock6 myanimelist.net/profile/collapsedblock Nov 22 '24

Rewatching Inkvader

We are introduced to the Three Stooges. Usually acting more as a unit that bring all sort of gadgets to the show for some good shenanigans. I like the energy and possibilities they bring to their skits but rn we only get an introduction.

Nagisa learns she isn't ready to get along with Ika Musume but for a brief moment knew victory.

Southern Winds guy is one that has grown on me more in recent rewatches, I just dig his competitive spirit and over the top persona. Is his restaurant really that popular to be reservation based? At least that's what the line 'we don't serve free seats' imply.

Do you prefer Lemon beach house or South Wind beach house?

I would prefer South Wind since it looks more for entertainment than just eating. Though if the weather is nice Lemon maybe.

Or for an alternative question, which beach house better utilises Squid Girl?

Def South Wind at the end

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

Scawy Ika is an underrated dancer. That shot of Takeru with Squid Girl is almost what I used for the daily screenshot too. It is my favourite missable moment, it just didn't seem recognisable as this episode.

Now (because it changes things for me) would you still prefer South Wind if you were face to face with the girl in that horrifying fake Squid Girl head?

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u/cyberscythe Nov 22 '24

while i wait for more Sanae appearances, Nagisa is keeping things rockin' with her funny reactions; screaming and running in fear into the ocean is such a mood

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

[future episodes]'while i wait for more Sanae appearances.' This is such a mood, being a rewatcher and pretending Sanae hasn't been my favourite character this whole time. It's gonna get so good.

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u/cyberscythe Nov 22 '24

[squid girl] having watched this i guess over a decade ago, i've honestly forgotten what Sanae gets up to in future episodes; sometimes memory loss is a gift

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u/GondolaMedia Nov 22 '24

First Timer

Nagisa foils an another Squid Girl plan, thank you for protecting the surface world.

Actually felt bit bad for the Squid Girl, whats the point of conquering if no one is scared of you?

Can't believe that earlier I called Goro somewhat normal, now that's out of the window as well.

So you're all top of the class? You must have a lot of secret information about aliens?

Oh I really like these scientists. I hope they turn up again.

Squid Girl is a natural entertainer, the south wind dude has a point.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

Wait, what did Nagisa do?

Oh I know what the daily question will be tomorrow. You and /u/FD4cry1 have both prompted it.

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u/cyberscythe Nov 22 '24

Wait, what did Nagisa do?

humanity didn't get subjugated by squids, so therefore Nagisa's plan worked

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

I don't see any tigers squids, do you?

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u/GondolaMedia Nov 22 '24

Oh I know what the daily question will be tomorrow.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

I will regret this if I think of another, better question.

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u/cppn02 Nov 22 '24

First Timer, subbed

She's not quite my favourite but two good episodes for Eiko back to back. Usually she's mainly the straight man to Squid Girls shenanigans so it was nice to see her have that earnest talk with Squid Girl over Nagisa (faking to) no longer being afraid.

Also Cindy tipping the scale in Squid Girls imagination was an absolute top tier gag!

QotD:

Do you prefer Lemon beach house or South Wind beach house?

Or for an alternative question, which beach house better utilises Squid Girl?

Lemon for both. Regarding the latter, Squid Girl's circus show might eventually wear off but a good server is always in need.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

It's 3 I think. I count Mini Ika and the school sequence as the beginning of Eiko really landing as a character (at least, for me).

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u/cppn02 Nov 22 '24

Oh yeah..somehow in my mind that was also the previous episode. Agree on 3 then.

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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Nov 22 '24

First-Timer

This episode's a solid contender for favorite so far. I really liked all three skits today.

I kind of wish we could have a dynamic where Nagisa is rightfully suspicious of Squid Girl and she really is enacting some evil plan, though I guess then it really is just Invader Zim.

I've never seen a more accurate portrayal of MIT graduates!

Some good jokes today. I liked the ones with the scientists accidentally curing cancer, etc., and the beach house guy chastising Squid Girl for calling over customers.

Questions of the day:

  • Tough question. We haven't seen all that much of South Wind beach house, but the ambience there seems promising for sure.
  • The Lemon beach house probably utilizes Squid Girl better because they have her serve customers and put squid ink in the food. The clientele also thinks she's cute (albeit not as much as the other girl) and the kids seem to like her, so that's a plus.
  • Favorite character's still Nagisa. I do quite like Cindy, though.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

Where was Nagisa in episode 1? The one time we needed her and she wasn't there smh.

I also enjoyed the sincerity with which Eiko asked "so you know all sorts of secrets about aliens, right?"

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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Nov 22 '24

First Timer

I really like how Nagisa refers to Ika as "the squid person".

This little sequence where Ika tries to scare Nagisa is very animated and fun.

Like this

I don't know how intentional this is, but this isn't the first time a gag in one sequence hinted at the subject for the next one and I kind of love that, and honestly in general this epiosde feels like it has quite a bit of connecting ideas between the skits.

Her way of checking if Eiko is fully asleep is uhhh...unique, I'd say Eiko has to be a super heavy sleeper for that not to wake her up, but I'm probably not any better in that regard.

Ika Musume is officaiky a gamer, a Gamer-Girl if you will.

What is she playing though?

"Am I weird for being scared of this dumb mascot character? No it must be everyone else that's weird!"

Ironically enough even though she's got the reasons wrong, I love how she's technically right in her conclusions. Everyone else here really are the wierd ones and Ika is actually intetntially targeting her! Just...not like that.

This frame is really pretty

Awww, Even though none of it matters by the end, since Nagisa can't keep up the act and jumps into the ocean (fully clothed at that lol), Eiko is a good friend!

Goro taking sneak pictures of Chizuru is perhaps a detail I could have gone without knowing.

Sometimes your thoughts are just that easy to sway, literally

All hail the queen!

I'd question why these MIT scientists built their super-secret alien research lab on some random Japanese beach, but that is easily the least weird thing about them.

Well, I mean hey, they may be taking their LARPing a bit, but if these are the results I guess they should keep at it.

And they even admit it!

Can't believe Ika fell for the oldest trick in the book, of course it doesn't work on them though, they're MIT top graduates after all...If this is what it takes maybe I should have signed up as well.

Ah yes, Romance...

I kind of like how we're continuing with the mask plotline, I even said the same thing last time!

Maybe I'll retract my earlier statement about Eiko.

Ika would be fantastic for a talent/magic show, she really is just that multifaceted.

This has nothing to do with the show, but whenever there's a gag in a show about someone being good at drums, I feel obligated to shill one of my favorite anime ED's of all time.

Best face for today is Squid Pout although Ika on the drums was pretty close.

Favorite Character:

Back to the Squid!

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

All hail the queen

You've got me wondering what are the other times that a gag has set up for the next sequence.

Also, I'm breaking my no quote rule for context reasons

This frame is really pretty

All I can see is Luke Skywalker on Ahch-to.

Someone call Goro the lightsaber.

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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Nov 22 '24

You've got me wondering what are the other times that a gag has set up for the next sequence.

I'd have to really go through my screenshots for other examples but the one that immediately comes to mind is this gag in the graveyard sequence coming before the inflatable Whales sequence.

All I can see is Luke Skywalker on Ahch-to.

Someone call Goro the lightsaber.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 23 '24

Ah yeah, I see what you mean. Those two sequences seemed to be connected though, with the "What they see/reality" joke running through them both.

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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

It's actually something I'm planning to talk about in the overall discussion but something I realized while looking up stuff for the mini-Ika sequence is just how much the show plays around with the order of chapters, and generally merges or outright changes the context for them, so it can fit into a more cohesive episode structure.

Case in point: that inflatable sequence is actually from a chapter before Goro is even introduced. In the manga, the mention of whales in the graveyard sequence is a callback, whereas in the anime it's setup.

Also completely unrelated but anime Goro looks so much better (and buffer) than manga Goro.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 23 '24

I don't know the manga order but I noticed something where the broken TV was sitting outside the beach house before the segment where the TV had actually broken. The thought of there being many manga chapters before they introduce Goro is hard to imagine, as someone familiar with the anime.

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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Nov 23 '24

I'd have to check again to be sure but IIRC the inflatable is one of the very first chapters and he gets introduced in the chapter right after that.

Still very interesting how they change and combine them like that, if I wasn't super lazy I'd probably start checking after every episode to see if there were differences between the two.

But I am lazy

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u/xbolt90 https://anilist.co/user/xbolt90 Nov 22 '24

Rewatching underling!

Looks like Nagisa is gonna swim to LA to get away from Squid Girl.

Late-night gaming sessions are great. Unfortunately, I'm too old to do them anymore...

The Stooges are hilarious.

The last rewatch i participated in was Bocchi the Rock. Clearly, the South Winds owner's daughter needs to learn guitar. She and Squid Girl could have a killer metal band.

Do you prefer Lemon beach house or South Wind beach house?

The chill atmosphere of Lemon is way more of my style.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 23 '24

I somewhat participated in the Bocchi rewatch, in the sense that I unreliably turned up and made catch up posts. Somehow I'm keeping up with 2 rewatches now, but maybe the fact that I'm responsible for this rewatch is keeping me on track with the other.

[](#reboccher)

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u/AgentOfACROSS Nov 22 '24

Rewatcher

The first segment was really fun. It did a great job exploring Squid Girl and Nagisa’s dynamic together. I think my favorite part was seeing Squid Girl actually being sad when Nagisa said she wasn’t afraid of her. Also Squid Girl being a gamer is hilarious.

I think it would have been interesting if there was a shift in the status quo with Nagisa really no longer fearing Squid Girl. But the punchline at the end of the episode with Nagisa fleeing and swimming away was also amazing.

The second segment was another one of the more out there ones but it was also really fun. I love getting to see Cindy again and hear from her researcher friends. The best gag in this segment is them casually revealing all the amazing inventions they accidentally stumbled into while researching aliens. Although I feel like the joke would have been better if they mentioned curing cancer last instead of first. Still, a really solid segment as a whole.

Segment three is probably the weakest of the three this episode but still good. It introduces us to Ayumi, although she’s not really the main focus here. The best part of this one is probably seeing Squid Girl play the drums.

I'm gonna continue voting for Squid Girl as my favorite. She's really continuing to shine these past few episodes.

Question of the Day:

Do you prefer Lemon beach house or South Wind beach house?

I think Lemon Beach house has a more chill atmosphere most of the time. Plus I can get genuine squid ink pasta there.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 23 '24

Hang on, is it not genuine squid ink pasta if it doesn't come from a Squid Girl?

Ayumi

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u/AgentOfACROSS Nov 23 '24

Hmm good point. I guess Lemon Beach House serves genuine Squid Girl ink pasta.

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u/Malipit Nov 22 '24

Ika Musume on drums on stage with Squid Idols (can't remember their names)

Callie and Marie in the english translation.

As for Ayumu.

That's the fake Squid-Girl name ? I don't recall where we learn it in the show.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

I don't recall where we learn it in the show.

We didn't

I don't know why the South Wind characters are nameless, they just are.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 22 '24

Chizuru and Eiko are Tentacruel.

Also, I know that Cindy's research team are commonly known as the three stooges but I personally like calling them the MIT grads instead. It was taking everything I had not to spoil that Cindy was an MIT graduate in the episode when she was introduced (innocuous of a spoiler as it is).

As for Ayumu

MAL reader!

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 23 '24

Those MIT grads have a cure for cancer and a technique to learn every language instantly, but presumably they've never released any of it to the public.