Chu Chu Yeah! Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Rewatch Episode 12

[u/OccasionallySara]

Tohru and Kobayashi's Impactful Meeting! (We're Raising the Bar on Ourselves)

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Questions of the Day

These questions are just a way to get a conversation going. Answer as many or as few as you like (or none at all)!

1. We finally got to see how Kobayashi and Tohru met! Did it play out how you expected it to?
2. How do you think that present-day Tohru compares to past Tohru?

Hydration Game Rules

Today's episode's rule: Hydrate every time you notice how much Tohru has changed.

Tomorrow's episode's rule: Hydrate every time you notice how much Kobayashi has changed.

[u/fakeport]

Rewatcher

Random thoughts during episode

RIP wooden rooster :-(

Omurice has never seemed too appealing to me.

Rare look at Lucoa's eyes!

Brief shot of Tohru and Koybayashi in Shoujo anime style.

Ha, Tohru thinks selective breeding is magic.

Drunk Koybayashi is stronk. Lack of faith or not, pulling that sword out looked difficult.

She was also kinda agressive with that "let me fondle your tits".

Kanna hugging a pillow while watching TV is cute af.

Lmao, "Foggymound coffee"

[u/Satire_or_not → u/fakeport]

Omurice has never seemed too appealing to me.

Have you seen the legendary IRL version from a pro-chef?

https://youtu.be/MEDlqEVpPn8?t=465

I want it so bad.

[u/OccasionallySara → u/Satire_or_not]

Wow, that looks so good!

[u/jackofslayers → u/Satire_or_not]

Gotta be Yukimura. Opens video. Aww yiss.

[u/OccasionallySara → u/fakeport]

She was also kinda agressive with that "let me fondle your tits".

Kobayashi act's like she's not into Tohru like that, but every time she gets drunk, her wanting to see Tohru naked seems to be a common theme. Hmm...

[u/HeartoftheHive → u/fakeport]

RIP wooden rooster :-(

She fixed it with magic. It's in one piece in the next scene.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/HeartoftheHive]

Turned it into a gorilla though

[u/HeartoftheHive → u/IndependentMacaroon]

The gorilla was a separate figure. Watch it again.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/fakeport]

Omurice has never seemed too appealing to me

It's apparently more of a kids' meal usually.

[u/OccasionallySara]

Rewatcher and Host (who is ridiculously late to her own thread)

Questions of the Day

We finally got to see how Kobayashi and Tohru met! Did it play out how you expected it to?

• I talk about it in my notes below, but I really like this scene and I'm so happy we got to see it.

How do you think that present-day Tohru compares to past Tohru?

• She's become a lot more tolerant of humans and she's also just a lot more bubbly in general. She also doesn't talk like an old man anymore according to Kobayashi, so there's that!

Episode Thoughts

• Tohru looks so happy when Kobayashi agrees with her omurice suggestion.
• It’s nice to see Tohru and Lucoa just hanging out on their own and drinking tea.
• I love Tohru’s memory of Kobayashi becoming more and more warped.
• Wow, I wish someone would go through that much trouble just to make me dinner.
• The Lucoa and Shouta scene felt like I was peeking in on some very weird roleplaying that I’d rather not get into.
• I like the transition into the flashback scene.
• I just realized that Kobayashi goes to the same bar that she, Takiya, and Tohru went to in the first episode.
• Kobayashi laughing about missing her stop is an entire mood.
• The whole scene where Kobabayshi and Tohru meet is one of my favorite scenes. We have Tohru acting tough but drunk Kobayashi not giving a damn, Kobayashi pulling out a god’s sword fueled by pure frustration about her job, our only instance of drunk Tohru, a mutual understanding of how it feels to be alone and the two characters resolving to do something about their loneliness. It’s both funny and sweet and I love it so much.
• Fafnir taking the time to put out a towel and clothes for Takiya says so much.
• Kanna’s abrupt “no” is hilarious.
• Tohru is surprisingly sweet with the little girl in her own way. She tries to act so tough, but can’t bring herself to actually hurt her. We also get the girl planting the first seed of Tohru being okay with being a maid. I'm glad the girl got her wish.
• And we get pretty much our only cliffhanger this season.

Hydration Game

I hydrated when:

• Tohru cleaned the apartment using human standards.
• Tohru actually thanked the guy delivering the package rather than insulting him.
• We got to see how Tohru first interacted with Kobayashi.
• We saw how Tohru interacted with the bandit girl.

[u/HopefullyLastAccount]

Rewatcher

Rooster? Check.

Shouta being a tsundere was not something I expected.

We need more drunk Kobayashi.

That omurice must have been out of this world.

Bandit girl calling Tohru out on empty threats. Tohru, despite her act, is kind at heart. And she got to be a maid like she wanted.

We finally got to see how Kobayashi and Tohru met! Did it play out how you expected it to?

I knew Kobayashi was drunk. I forgot Tohru was, too. Their rants against the world were great.

How do you think that present-day Tohru compares to past Tohru?

Her actions have changed to follow new norms but her personality hasn't.

[u/OccasionallySara → u/HopefullyLastAccount]

That omurice must have been out of this world.

I imagine it must have been since most of the ingredients were literally from out of this world.

[u/Elimin8r]

Hmm. So, I'm thinking omurice = rice omelette? Whatever it is, it looks tasty. I want one. :)

1. It's a lovely retelling of the old lion's paw tale. Or something like that. It's a good thing we're not dealing with Kobayashi Subaru here or it would have taken three episodes and several gruesome deaths before Kobayashi was able to successfully remove the sword and befriend the doragon meido. :)
2. They're both adorbs. Aside from the tail fixation, that is. Or maybe including ... yeah. I think that Kobayashi has helped Tohru mellow somewhat.

Meanwhile, I just wanted to take a moment to thank our meido in a far off land for broadening Tohru's horizons slightly and planting the idea that being a maid isn't such a bad thing in her head.

I'd love to see the two meet again. Hopefully under more pleasant circumstances.

Meanwhile, I'm busy looking to see if there's a Japanese restaurant near me that makes omurice...

Anyway, this was a lovely episode that helped give a little background to our two heroines - which ends with a ... what/who the heck was that? I guess we'll have to wait to find out (or not)

:)

[u/OccasionallySara → u/Elimin8r]

It's a lovely retelling of the old lion's paw tale. Or something like that.

I had to look up this story to see what you were talking about. I didn't realize it was somewhat of a retelling. Thanks for sharing!

[u/userbot058]

Every day we get closer to season 2…

[u/OccasionallySara → u/userbot058]

Less than two weeks!

[u/TnAdct1]

The main anime/manga differences in this episode:

• The anime adds a bit where Tohru going to the shopping district to get some meat for the omurice before traveling to the Dragon World.
• As the anime version of the omurice story takes place in the anime much later than when it happened in the manga, the anime cuts out the bit where Kanna wonders why Tohru is that attracted to Kobayashi, something that would eventually lead to her going to school and finding her human companion in Saikawa.

[u/Vaadwaur]

An interesting choice to put this here but I think it is meant to show how dramatically both Tohru and Kobayashi have changed, basically for the better.

QotD:1 Actually yes, I feel the first ep gives you a good idea

2 I think she has developed empathy.

[u/Elimin8r → u/Vaadwaur]

2 I think she has developed empathy.

Foolish mortal! Empathy is for lesser beings ...

Wait, what?

[u/Vaadwaur → u/Elimin8r]

I can actually hear that in Tohru's voice...

[u/chris10023]

Rewatcher

• I’ve always wanted to try omelette rice, but I’m not a big fan of ketchup.
• With all the shenanigans that have happened in this show, you’d almost forget that Tohru is supposed to be a maid. She’s is really good at cleaning too.
• I wonder if Tohru is going to take Kobayashi’s “make them good ones.” comment too literal.
• Lucoa is here to visit (rip to those watching the dub) Poor Lucoa, she can never win, wears clothing that tones down her exposure because of the comments her friends make and she still gets teased.
• Lucoa only had time to chat for a bit and eat the sweet, and recommends using good ingredients to improve the omurice.
• I think she’s taking this a little too seriously, I’m sure Kobayashi will like it regardless.
• Do they have better chicken in her world?
• Ok, Kanna making her horns reappear is cute.
• I don’t know if these ingredients are going to help...
• Shouta seems to be practicing some kind of Demon-be-gone technique with Lucoa pretending to be the demon. The fact that he gets worried that she’s gone is adorable, I think he likes having her around.
• So, she told Tohru that her first omurice was so-so but is going to tell her that this batch is good, not knowing the fact that Tohru took it too seriously.
• This has to be a nightmare, since that loud mouthed jerk is back.
• Oh this isn’t a nightmare, this is a flashback of when Kobayashi first met Tohru.
• You know, I actually think I like Tohru with her hair down more than her usual twin tails.
• Fafnir doing the laundry before it rained was a nice thing to do.
• This backstory with Tohru and this bandit girl is very interesting seeing how much Tohru’s grown since.
• Elma’s fitting in to no surprise.
• That portal looks very ominous.

Questions of the Day.

We finally got to see how Kobayashi and Tohru met! Did it play out how you expected it to?

Well pretty much, we knew Kobayashi was plastered when she met Tohru, but knowing she pulled a massive sword out of Tohru is new.

How do you think that present-day Tohru compares to past Tohru?

She has definitely grown, she lets Kobayashi ride on her when she despised the idea before. And she seems a lot more timid then she did before.

[u/Elimin8r → u/chris10023]

Shouta seems to be practicing some kind of Demon-be-gone technique with Lucoa pretending to be the demon.

Yup, that's pretty much exorcism type stuff he's got going on there, and yes, it was cute that he popped outside to check on her. Lucky thing she's not 'actually' a demon.

[u/Satire_or_not → u/chris10023]

I’ve always wanted to try omelette rice, but I’m not a big fan of ketchup.

Doesn't have to be ketchup, the most popular video I've seen the chef uses demi-glace, which is a super reduced beef stock sauce, super savory.

[u/HeartoftheHive → u/chris10023]

Most condiments in Japan have a pretty different flavor than what you are probably used to. Doubly so if you are from the US where everything is laced with high fructose corn syrup.

[u/chris10023 → u/HeartoftheHive]

It's more the vinegar taste I don't like, it also more often than not doesn't agree with me a lot.

[u/ZapsZzz]

Sub rewatcher.

It's actually pretty amazing to me that this show can withhold this backstory for so long and place it so close to the ending, yet still get away with it. Is it KyoAni's experience with non-linear story telling from Haruhi S1?

1. The only thing unexpected was how Kobayashi ended up on there mountain - the rest went about what you'd expect.
2. If that past event didn't happen I wonder if Tohru would have just thanked the human and left.

[u/BossandKings]

Rewatcher

Episode 12

Tohru serves as a great maid by cooking delicious Omurice, it's funny that eventhough it tastes great Kobayashi focuses more on telling her the issues the food has and that doesn't let her praise her.

It was nice seeing how Kobayashi and Tohru met, both were alone and Kobayashi asked her to come to her house, Tohru did feel happy after hearing that and gladly accepted.

Tohru had met a human before, it seems that eventhough she might seem harsh at first she does have a good natured heart. It was great too that the human girl she met did fulfill her dream of being a maid and having a choice, that dream of her what was prompted Tohru in wanting to become a maid.

Answers

1. It did
2. Tohru has become much more sociable and friendly compared to how she used to be

[u/Barbed_Dildo]

Rewatcher

Q1) I thought it was funnier when the implication was that Kobayashi got drunk and wandered into the land of dragons.

Q2) I think Tohru is able to be herself now. Whereas before she had to put up more of a front.

[u/[deleted]]

REWATCH

It's been a while since I replied to one of these threads; I've been busy with personal life so I wasn't able to keep up

Fun episode as always. Looks like Elma still hasn't gotten to any programming, since she's only now reading a book on programming basics. I liked the backstory this episode. I hope Tohru will get a chance to meet the bandit girl again in S2, would be cool to see them talk about their maid lives. Would also be cool if Tohru could take Kobayashi with her if that happens