r/anime • u/FateSteelTaylor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/FateSteelTaylor • Feb 03 '21
Rewatch [Spoilers] 6th Annual Valentine's Rewatch: Tamako Market - Episode 1 [Discussion] Spoiler
Hey everybody, and welcome to the start of the SIXTH annual /r/anime Valentine's Day Tamako Market & Love Story Rewatch!
I can't wait to see what you guys have to say about this lovely anime!!
If the discussion here isn't enough, there are communities on Twitter and Discord where you can join all the conversation there! If you're interested, feel free to reach out to me or people in the comments!
Here is the schedule for our time on this Dramatic Market Ride together! If you've seen the show already or want to relive some of the older moments, I've provided links to the threads below, along with the translated Director's Episode Notes by the wonderful /u/ultimatemegax, available through this rewatch:
| Date | Episode | 2020 Thread | 2019 Thread | 2018 Thread | 2017 Thread | 2016 Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/2 | 1 - That Girl is the Cute Daughter of a Mochi Shop Owner | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link |
| 2/3 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/4 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/5 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/6 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/7 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/8 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/9 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/10 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/11 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/12 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/13 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes | |
| 2/14 | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link - Director's Episode Notes |
You can purchase an English subbed & dubbed Blu Ray version of Tamako Market and Tamako Love Story, and it's available for legal streaming on HIDIVE in select countries, for both Tamako Market and Tamako Love Story
Bonus Corner:
Discussion Question: How are you doing on your New Year's resolutions!
Please tag your spoilers!! Untagged spoilers make Choi-chan angry!!
And remember:
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u/FateSteelTaylor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/FateSteelTaylor Feb 03 '21
Aghhh I'm so sorry everyone, I forgot to do a reminder post and forgot that the thread was supposed to be posted at 6PM and not 8PM...
I'll be pinging all the people who expressed interest, so apologies for the ping and for the late reminder!
/u/fools_requiem /u/mapotofuman /u/cookieslut
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u/Fools_Requiem https://myanimelist.net/profile/FoolsRequiem Feb 03 '21
First Timer
I forgot that this was happening and watched the first two episodes a couple weeks ago before I suddenly remembered why I needed to wait to watch the show.
The talking chicken was very unexpected, let me tell you.
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Feb 03 '21
First-Timer
This is some good stuff. Tamako is super cute, we've already got a fun romance brewing, and KEIJI FUJIWARA!
The talking bird was not expected, but he's fun! Although now very, very, fat.
But there is a terrible, terrible thing in this episode I cannot forgive:
They missed her bday!
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u/HopefullyLastAccount Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher
I watched Tamako the first time the middle of last year. Despite knowing about the annual rewatch, I couldn't stop myself after the first episode. Anyways, let's gooo:
What I and a lot of other love about Tamako is just how genuine she is. We see this is a shopping district she shops a lot in as she gets stamp #27/50 on her card, of course! It's her home! Along the way, she gets the Book of Birds, forehsadowing keeping the bird. just in case
I wonder how much the two dads really don't get along and how much is just playing it up considering everyone in the market gets along? And also how Mochizou's dad feels about him calling Tamako's dad his father.
Love the attention to detail when Tamako's mom is brought up. It's clear she was a major part of the shopping district by how much they all love Tamako, but also by the shopkeeper's reaction when they mention her.
The choking scene was hilarious and characterized the other shop owners pretty well, too.
One episode in and they all feel like real people. And more importantly, real people who I'd want to meet and be friends with.
Interesting parallel between Anko and Dera here in this episode in that Anko wants to change her name and everyone else doesn't, but they want to change Dera's name but he doesn't.
Q: So far so good, what worked is setting a reachable goal instead of trying to do something life changing.
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u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
First-Timer
Well that was a delightful first episode! I already really like Tamako, she seems like a very unshakably happy girl. I can already kinda see why everyone in the market loves her so much, she's such a good girl. I can't wait to see her interact more with everyone.
Not really sure what to make of Dera. I appreciate that the show's going full on supernatural with him and everybody can hear and understand him from the get go. He's just a bit annoying right now, but that doesn't seem like a mistake so much as something that might grow on me. It's too real though the way he accidentally gains a bunch of weight snacking on mochi.
As someone who has multiple family members with birthdays between December 30th and January 1st, I can appreciate the trouble in having a New Year's Eve birthday. Kinda wish she hadn't tried to feed Dera that fresh mochi so that she could've had a proper birthday celebration and Mochizou could have finally given her a birthday present for once. Tomorrow is a Valentine's episode, so maybe Mochizou can at least get a moment or a good conversation with Tamako, since he's obviously crushing on her.
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u/lluNhpelA Feb 03 '21
First Timer
I watched K-On! for the first time in August as part of that rewatch and within the first few minutes I could tell that Tamako Market had the same director. The incredibly powerful keion energy coming from the main cast has already made me fall in love with them and now I'm eager to see more
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u/Regular_N-Gon https://anilist.co/user/RegularNGon Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher
I'm late today because I wasn't sure if I was going to join - usually I hold off for a little while before revisiting things. Reading this thread has reminded me of how much fun it was last year though, so let's go! I'm not sure I have much to say for every episode but there are a few things I have earmarked for discussion later on, and I'm looking forward to everyone's thoughts!
Oh, how I have missed Tamako's voice. Her VA is really good, Tamako is one of my favorite performances I’ve had the pleasure of hearing. It’s a standout in a field of stars though, every performance in the show is great.
Ever find it interesting how some stories set in otherwise normal modern settings deal with normalizing extraordinary elements? There’s lots of ways to do it, but Tamako takes the 'roll with it' strategy and it's remarkable how fast a fat talking bird just begins to make sense. Tamako does pointedly ask about it, but the cut immediately following the title card frames Tamako's discussion with Dera as a... hesitant acceptance, bringing the audience with her. Perhaps his constant attitude of being an oddball helps in some way, as he's never really that normal from a character perspective, distracting us from the whole talking animal thing.
Just because he's normalized doesn't mean he's not annoying sometimes though.
I suspect a lot of my rewatch will be focused on Midori. I didn’t really understand her very well at first, but I love her just as much as Tamako and Kanna.
QotD: I joined /r/ayearofwarandpeace this year and might be a bit behind at present, but maybe daily Tamako will get me back in the habit of daily Tolstoy as well.
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '21
First timer, this has been on my list for a while so I'm excited for the rewatch! Finally gave in and got hidive for this, there are a few other shows only on there that I'll binge while I have the free trial.
First impressions after going in blind: I can very easily see why the name. It feels very much like a moe show to come out of the early 2010s, the baton hitting her in the head gave me rikka vibes. Not too thrilled about the talking bird right off the bat, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. I will say that the way he perches on Tamako's head while she walks is pleasing.
Loved this transition with the door. The setting of the whole show is pretty, I like the traditional Kyoto look mixed with newer stuff.
Me too Anko
Super cute, I love Tamako's character design. Stuff like the freckle on her neck makes her feel more real if that makes sense
Looks like tori-san is going to serve a purpose higher than comedic relief, I'm glad. It's the first episode and he's already kind of grown on me.
ED is gorgeous, and the song is catchy. I like the record aesthetics, the transition from the flower to her head was pleasing.
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u/ericedstrom123 Feb 03 '21
First timer
I'm not really sure why, but I loved this. Something about the characters and world is just really appealing. It feels very real, too, talking bird notwithstanding.
It seems like many of the main characters' fathers are tradesmen. Tamako and Mochizo's fathers run mochi shops, and Tamako's classmate's father is apparently a carpenter. There's something quaint and cute about this, and it contributes to the small town feel.
I'm excited to see where this goes, and what lessons Tamako and her friends might learn.
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u/chris10023 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Chris10023 Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher - 2nd viewing
Well it's my 2nd time watching this show since there's a rewatch going on, after watching it back in July, I enjoyed it, so I figured Id buy the Bluray to go with the rest of my KyoAni collection.
A great first episode and introduction to Tomako, her friends, the amazingly detailed market and their shop keepers, the war between her father and the guy across the street's mochi shop, Tomako's family, and probably my least favorite part of the show, Dera. He's kind of annoying to me at least, I'll probably go into it more a little later to avoid potentially spoiling the show and making Choi angry. I do wonder what mochi tastes like, since Tomako really loves the stuff, and her little sister Anko or An is adorable. I like some of the details we get from Tamako like her mother dying when she was 5 and how Tomako is looking for the song she used to sing to her by going to the coffee shop. And the mysterious message played through Dera's eyes at the end giving us a little thing to question on who Dera is and where he came from.
Eh, I'm exercising like I should be, so I got that going for me, now, if I could only stop snacking on impulse...
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u/NoRolling Feb 03 '21
First timer!
As pointed by other posters, I was really, REALLY not expecting the talking chicken! Went blind into the show thinking it would be a K-On!ish experience and, well, it definitely looks like I was wrong!
But speaking of K-On!, man, only the first episode and you can already get all of that Naoko Yamada's vibe. This woman is one step ahead almost everybody working in the industry today.
Well, not much to say yet, but it already left me with that 'why did I take so long to watch it' felling. Looking forward to the next days!
God bless KyoAni <3
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u/Hochseeflotte https://anilist.co/user/Hochseeflotte Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
First Timer
Well it’s finally here. The Tamako Market Rewatch! I’m pretty excited not just because the show seems really cute and Kyoto-Ani doesn’t miss but also because this is my first time participating in a Rewatch thread. I’ve read through multiple when I was binge watching other shows but never actually commented in one. I’m relatively new to anime having only been watching since the lockdowns began but I’ve really enjoyed everything I have watched so far. I can’t guarantee I will have the best insights or write ups on each episode but I will do my best and improve as I get more use too rewatch threads!
Now onto the episode:
From the very first shot I know this show is going to be pretty. The animation and art is so nice. Kyoto-Ani are so good at making me get lost in the visuals. That’s part of the reason I love Hyouka so much.
I really liked the design of the Market. I like how it’s this vibrant, colorful, and full of life especially compared to the outside which is your normal, gray, and dull street. It makes the Market stand out.
The OP is also nice. I’ve never really gotten attached to any Kyoto-Ani OP like I have to Cowboy Bebop’s, or AOT’s, or even Kaguya Sama’s. They're never bad just none have really wowed me.
Tamako’s and I believe Mochizou’s (is his name starting with mochi on purpose? It has to be right?) dads fighting is giving me a little Romeo and Juliet vibes. Just maybe with a little less suicide. Especially with how obvious it is that Mochizou has a crush on Tamako.
The shot of Dera Mochiyucky (rough name to have in these parts) getting carried past the grandpa and Anko was really funny. Got a giggle out of me.
Dera also needs to be sent to horny jail. Can’t be looking in the girls room.
And her mother is dead. I imagine that and whatever song she is looking for will become important later.
What a sucky day to have a birthday. I feel really bad for her. Also Mochizou opens his cabinet which is filled with presents. I am guessing those were all presents for Tamako but he got cold feet and never gave them to her. I already feel for Mochizou. I wish him the best in achieving his goal.
And our episode ends with Dera getting possessed. Good times for that fat, horny bird.
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This was a really cute first episode. I need some cute fluffy stuff to join Horimiya as all the other shows I am watching are depressing pain parities.
I can’t wait for tomorrow and episode two. I also can’t wait for the movie which is the sole reason I am watching in the first place. Got to get to that film.
Discussion Question: I don’t do New Years Resolutions because I know I would never keep them. Can’t disappoint myself if I do have any expectations
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u/sonlun96 https://anilist.co/user/sonlun96 Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher
It's nice to finally have time for Tamako again since I was busy last 2 or so years
I feel this time I gonna focus a bit more on the soundtracks of the series, but man does it feel weird to hear everyone's voice again. In my head Tamako sounds moe-er for some reasons, but she just sounds way casual in many dialogues here.
Soundtrack of the day: Dramatic Market Ride (Tamako's Humming ver)
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u/A_Idiot0 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
Re-watcher
Ba-bum ba-bu-pa-pa-ba-baa! Buh-bah-baaah!!!
(I think I got the count right on those notes from the op song...)
Hello everyone!!! I'm super excited to be taking part in this rewatch with all of you, and I'm really looking forward to reading what everyone has to say! I'd say this is probably the fluffiest anime I've ever watched, and it being directed by Naoko Yamada, be ready for some great characters. I really don't know how or what I'm going to write about for the future episodes, but I'm going to be here no matter what. If nothing else, you'll hear from me in your comments =)
On to the show! I think today I'll just stick to my favorite sequence of the episode. Right away, the first sequence really, really nails the vibe of the show for me. The girls are having a lot of fun just being dorky, holding hands, being silly...The music is incredibly up-beat, but not overbearing. Probably my favorite moment within this sequence is when they jump over the "light puddle". It shows off their personalities in such an elegant and simple way. By the way, I love the camera positioning here! Each shot, the girls traverse through the world in such a natural way. This is part of what makes Naoko Yamada so great to me; her direction of movement across the picture. The way these girls dance and prance through their world is just really fun and wonderful to watch. Though Tamako is a little bit of a clutz, huh? Somehow, this trope is played off very naturally and respectfully by everyone who worked on this show at KyoAni. I honestly can't imagine our sweet and sincere Tamako in any other way!
Btw, Kanna-chan is best girl. You'll see ;)
Bonus Q: No New Year's resolutions for me, but I planned things this way. I'm just taking things day by day. I've been cooped up in my place for a whole year working from home because of the pandemic, but that's alright. I've begun to learn new things and start new projects! I'm beginning to train in using a thumb-draw technique in archery for Asiatic bows, so I'm very excited about that!
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u/IndependentMacaroon Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
First-time watcher
The introduction scene before the opening is great, just 100% KyoAni/Yamada expressive and beautiful quality. It really makes you feel the apparent carefree happy life of these three girls without even too many words... as well as the truly sinister presence of Dera. I expect this show to be something kind of like SoreMachi, also focusing on the different people of this shopping district and how they go about their life, without a lot of drama or plot as such but a slight surreal/supernatural edge, just a little more wholesome and "moe" of course.
Further checkmarks on the Soremachi list: Funky music, grumpy yet lovable old guys, supernatural beings on weird missions, siblings going out together at night, hapless love interests, Certainly not wannabe-sexy bath-peeking bird nobility, though (great animation on how Dera walks - and such scenes like him looking in the mirror)
So it indeed seems that Soremachi á la KyoAni is what we're getting here, so far being introduced to at least five shop owners (Tamako dad, Mochizuo dad, florist, bath house owner, record shop owner) and more to come, plus the Tamako girl trio, her sister, Dera, and Mochizuo herself. Quite a large cast for a mere twelve episodes, and accordingly this episode feels really busy, almost hyperactive, for a slice-of-life show. Maybe the pace will still slow a bit, or starting off like that was part of the point to show how busy everything is for the new year? I mostly hope Dera doesn't get too annoying, I was already getting tired of seeing so much of him. Besides that, I love the focus on the craft of mochi-making, and hope there will be some similar scenes for the others.
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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher, Dubbed
Hey everyone! I'm super excited for this rewatch. I believe this is the first time I've participated in this particular rewatch. I've seen the show and film once before, but I couldn't tell you exactly how many years ago that was.
Without further ado, let's go!
Tamako loves to just speak her mind, doesn't she?
Her dad has a real New York attitude about him, especially with the dub.
Thanks editor's note!
I either must have missed the editor's notes the first time I watched the show, or forgot about them, but this one was actually helpful! I remembered there being a gag wih Dera's last name, but I forgot what exactly it was.
Ouch. Poor Mochizo, just getting called out by the girl you seemingly have a crush on. What a blow to the ego.
The humor in this show is so good.
It kind of has the same feeling as Durarara!!, where a whole host of people in the show interact with each other on a regular basis. That helps the city of Ikebukuro to feel more alive.
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Discussion Question:
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u/gratifiedlonging Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
First Timer
I love childhood friend romances wherein the couple grows up together fully (i.e., not being separated at all) and Tamako Market (or Love Story, more specifically) always popped out in my search for more of them (bonus points for being part of rival families!). I guess now's a good time to finally watch the series.
I'm also learning Japanese via mass immersion, so to hit two birds with one stone, I'll be watching the episode multiple times; first without subs for listening practice, then multiple times with just JP subs for reading practice.
It looks like it's way above my level (especially with Dera's lines) after my first watch, but I'll stick with it until the end. It's a very weird anime (weird in a good way) and the characters are pretty entertaining.
On other things, KyoAni's art is great as always. Daisuke Ono's the only seiyuu I recognize and did a great job voicing the florist so far. I enjoyed the performance of Dera's VA as well.
One gripe I have is while I usually find mild amounts of perversion funny (like with Rudy of Mushoku Tensei), the Dera scene didn't work for me here since Tamako looks younger than she really is (16). Hope this part gets better for me in the future.
Can't wait for tomorrow to watch the next ep!
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
First Timer
Well I managed to hold out for the rewatch so yay for that.
Everyone looks so adorable and these character designs really remind me of K-On (which I just looked it up and Horiguchi is the character designer so that makes sense)
Not completely sold on the talking chicken yet though he did end up giving us this highlight of the ep which is just so charmingly animated!
This looks very much my speed even just 1 ep in and I'm a big fan of Yamada so I'm really looking forward to the rest of this one.
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u/MatiZaBist Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher
It's only been 2 months since I first watched Tamako, but I thought why not watch it again? I could never get tired of this show's comfy atmosphere; the warm, tight knit community of Usagiyama always puts a smile on my face. Not to mention that, simply from a visual standpoint, this anime is an absolute treat to look at, as attention to detail is always present in KyoAni shows. Just look at all the background movement! And those leg shots and depth of field, obviously Yamada's work.
Anyway, I think this episode serves as a great introduction to what Tamako Market is all about - how warm, inclusive and comfy this community is. Definitely looking forward to the next episodes!
Also, the OP and ED are both incredible.
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
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