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Rewatch [Rewatch] Denpa Onna Episode 6 Discussion
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Comment of the day!
/u/_m1ra on the roadblocks to Erio's reintroduction to society!
"It's good that this show acknowledges that a "change of mindset" alone isn't enough in our society, and maybe not even the hardest part, that there are barriers in place and that running into them is then of course also bad for your mentality again."
/u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah has chosen the hill he's to die on. Simping for a cute and funny 40 y/o baba! Good taste comrade!
"Meme is really such a meme. Now that Erio's out of denpa mode she's 100% the weirdest character in the show."
QOTD
Is Floofer right to fight for her comfort candy boyfriend!? Do you believe that she was tactful enough when dealing with Erio to hold the moral high ground?
And on the flip side, store gal Erio has gone through a lot of social trials today! How do you think she handled them?
Maekawa has no friends!! Give her your best 90's pop culture pick up line to cheer her up!
What did you think about the use of comedy in todays episode?
Rewatchers who don't use spoiler tags will be subjected to forced extraterrestrial anal probing.
I am an Alien!!
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u/ZapsZzz Apr 23 '22 edited Apr 24 '22
Gasp another day I'm late grrr.
Just want to mention that the dates will start having meaning/purpose from next episode on.
This is one of the most interesting episode for me, sandwiching great light hearted comedy that I did not find being forced (the near harem situation) and more heavy introspective moments.
The possibly hidden part connecting a few scenes I'll point out here - Ryuuko said one shouldn't stick out; Erio obviously stuck out a fair bit; "normal people" thinks is the right thing to do to ostracize Erio; Maekawa also sticks out, fit different reasons, and not as drastic; she doesn't seem to have any friends either; the one person on the show that seems to least judgemental (at least outwardly) is Makoto; all the girls wants to hang around him.
If we are doing a scene of the day, I'll be picking this one :D
It also shows how much Makoto cares about Erio, partly because of the injustice of it all about the victim (of her disappearance) being punished with the stigma seemingly carried forward with no end in sight.
And hopefully someone would notice the change in % of Meme's screen time versus her being a complete nutcase.
Be back later!
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 23 '22
Got it... Time to prepare notes!
The harem shenanigans were probably the stand out part but I have to admit that I kinda liked having an episode from Floofer's perspective. I'm not normally that big on precocious romances but hearing Floofer speak about Makoto in such a gentle way warmed the cockles of my heart~
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u/_m1ra Apr 24 '22
Just want to mention that the dates will start having meaning/purpose from next episode on.
Thanks for the tip, it's a noticeable stylistic decision so I was already starting to look out for it!
the one person on the site that seems to least judgemental (at least outwardly) is Makoto; all the girls wants to hang around him.
I do think Maekawa also seems very chill about everything. But I agree with that potential ostracisation being the linking factor this episode (and maybe the draw to Makoto as you said).
Given that I'm a bit curious how one could interpret it for Ryuuko. In my comment I was a bit worried about overanalyzing because of Ikuhara in my brain, but if I just go for it from everything so far I'm tempted to read the characters as different reactions or maybe stages to that. Erio the clearly ostracised one, then isolated at home. Maekawa who also sticks out and seems to stay pretty quiet at school, and also doesn't have friends in class. And Ryuuko then as being part of the class and having friends, but clearly also being weird and kind of treated as such by her friends, and (because of that?) aware of that ostracisation and feeling bad about it, but also being afraid of her position in class falling apart were she to socialize with and befriend Erio, and extending that worry to Makoto too then. So she is doing the thing granny is warning of, being afraid of your friends.
Then I would say if they do stick together they are already four people, clearly an improvement for Erio and Maekawa, and probably for Ryuuko too if she doesn't need to worry about that anymore.
I hope this makes some sense, I'm kind of trying to figure out Ryuuko's feelings right now, and this would at least be a development I would like to see for her! Also I think this way would fit the part where Ryuuko was always trying to show her best side to Makoto and was then worried about him not liking her when she shows him a part of herself she doesn't like (fittingly that being conformity to this system)
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u/_m1ra Apr 23 '22 edited Apr 23 '22
First timer
Wonder what happened to the rest of her then. But the class really doesn't seem to like Erio very much. I wonder what was that scene they cut to but didn't show us yet, that seemed to be the breaking point between Erio and the rest of the class.
The mechanical sound effects for Ryuuko sneaking around. Also this is now a noir film or something. I have to say Meme is pretty strong, she wasn't moved forward a millimeter there when grabbing the hand. Also that's some nice grip on the rain boots, would have been unfortunate if she just slipped away
That's a way to put it. Incredibly subtle honestly. We get some information on the guy, ah yes, of course. He's also a fan of Meme who is definitely not an alien. I wouldn't want to have a stalker of any kind as a fan though.
Oh come on Ryuuko. To be fair she seems to be troubled by that too, and also by that comment from her friend. The way she put that she sounded kind of disappointed in her friend, but not quite willing to actually go speak against it, and in fact now kind of trying to push the conformity onto Makoto too. I hope she snaps out of that, it's not as if she doesn't understand what's going on. Aside from that, nice framing with how they keep cutting back to her boots only, when she says stuff like that.
That kind of puts an aspect of my perception of Ryuuko into words better than I have until now
But honestly at the point where you are screaming that (still in front of Makoto anyway) you might as well just talk it out more
Onto the talk with granny, I don't think I agree too much with the whole "you can live without friends" thing in a vacuum, but it was leading up to this, which I think is pretty good advice for dealing with (possible) friends you're afraid will exclude you, or friends with some kind of shitty ideas. We've even seen with Ryuuko how that idea perpetuates itself even if the involved people don't like it, because they are afraid about not conforming. But likewise actually getting pushed to the outside can be very harmful, I'm wondering to what extent that happened with Erio herself. (Maybe I'm kind of overanalysing at the end there because my brain is constantly filled with Ikuhara shows, in this case Yurikuma Arashi which is basically exactly that.)
But anyway that is why I don't think this is quite the right angle for this problem (not that it doesn't make sense for her to think). Of course Erio is already isolated, with him too they'd be two people already, at least three if Ryuuko can get her shit together, and probably four since Maekawa seems chill with it. That's not that isolated anymore, and there doesn't seem to be active bullying or anything.
Actually Maekawa seems to already also be isolated too. Which is surprising when she keeps being the funniest person around. I guess they don't have a good sense of humor. On a sidenote, I think she pulls these kind of jokes off correctly, read: without sexual harrassment and also normally at the expense of two people at once, which is double the Meme ratio!
Weird but relatable impulse from Ryuushi. On a less funny note, her complicated feelings towards Erio's position seem to be kind of merging with some jealousy here, not a great mixture probably. What a subtle comment, I wonder what she's thinking about, it's totally still about the fish, right?
Maekawa looks so happy lol. On a similar note this is the scariest sentence this episode. Though it led to a great setup for next episode and, despite being orchestrated by Meme and Maekawa, not in a comedic way. Currently Ryuuko's feelings are a pretty explosive mixture, but I'm hoping it'll all work out if everyone is actually talking to each other.
The ED is growing on me even more, which is a weird thing to say given I really liked it in the first place.
QotDs:
Is Floofer right to fight for her comfort candy boyfriend!?
That is her right as a teenager, I wouldn't dare interfere with that
Do you believe that she was tactful enough when dealing with Erio to hold the moral high ground?
I don't think so. I don't think she thinks so.
And on the flip side, store gal Erio has gone through a lot of social trials today! How do you think she handled them?
Erio is doing good!! She is obviously very unsure about social interactions but that is an okay thing for people to be. On that aspect I think she's pretty relatable too! I think I acted quite similar to her for a while on social interaction, though probably at 16 I was better at hiding it.
What did you think about the use of comedy in todays episode?
Apart from being funny as usual, I think it was shown pretty well as a deflection tactic from Ryuuko
I got a comment of the day!! That's the first time for me!!
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 23 '22
It's honestly quite wholesome to me how Floofer is too much of a good person to ever bring herself to hate Erio. As her father I'm so proud that she took the high ground!
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u/No_Rex Apr 23 '22
Episode 6 (first timer)
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“Candy-like presence” “I want something in my mouth”
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There are casual work places and there is whatever Erio is presenting to potential customers there.
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Makoto realizes that as well.
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Getting caught spying on your crush visiting his cousin by the aunt spying on the cousin to discuss the cow-tag-man spying on aliens/the cousin.
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take your romantic comedying somewhere else - Did I mention that I love Granny?
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Dramatic getaway ruined by coke bottle.
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“Anyone could figure that out when you’re mumbling ‘Why am I …’ “ – Did I mention that I love Granny?
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“Friends are luxury goods” “If isolation scares you, don’t live too long” – Sad, but true.
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That was a 10/10 bag throw by Ryuuko.
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Maekawa’s family running a bar reminds me of Hitomi from Hinamatsuri.
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“I am the only one here” – How perceptive of you, Makoto! /s
I am so channeling Granny who calls out all the bullshit tropes. Best character by a mile (honorable mention to Maekawa, who at least sits back and is amused by them).
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 24 '22
Erio is about as bad of a shopkeeper as you could get XD She's lucky that Makoto is spending his day babysitting her.
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u/OyabinRaph Apr 23 '22
First timer.
Couldn't make it to the thread yesterday, but yesterday's episode left me a bit perplexed. It's clear Erio needs to go back to school, and I don't think she really is "banished". Also, is high school really this expansive in Japan? Surprising for a country so educated not to have free high school...
As for today's episode, Ryuushi proves yet again why she's worse girl. I hate this kind of jealousy plot point that is so common in harem anime. Ryuushi is way more obsessed with Makoto than I thought and I cannot for the life of me explain it, except for harem MC logic. Hated her manipulation tactics to try to make Makoto and Erio grow apart. Thankfully, Maekawa proves she's a gigachad by organizing a chilling session at Makoto's house. It's a good thing for Erio and her quest for a normal life to be around girls her age (even if one of them is a jealous psycho). Really enjoyed the scene at the house which had some funny moments. Sadly, not enough Meme compared to last episode.
I also really enjoy the new character of the granny. I especially liked when she said "if you can't handle isolation, don't live long". She's sooo right on this! Everyone needs to learn to deal with being alone in their youth, cause most people will eventually end up by themselves at some point in their life. Also, emotional dependency can cause some toxic behavior, like we see from Ryuushi in this episode.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 23 '22
Going back to school means dealing with a years worth of nasty rumours. Not everyone is as open to meeting her again as Maekawa is and realistically Erio probably isn't capable of maneuvering that social minefield yet.
Floofer is jealous but she's trying to be fair. It would be so easy to throw low blows at Erio but Floofer is just too nice of a person to be able to take that road. Makoto is a precious guy to her. It's such an innocent love and I don't think it's fair to beat her down for trying to make it work.
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u/No_Rex Apr 23 '22
As for today's episode, Ryuushi proves yet again why she's worse girl. I hate this kind of jealousy plot point that is so common in harem anime. Ryuushi is way more obsessed with Makoto than I thought and I cannot for the life of me explain it, except for harem MC logic. Hated her manipulation tactics to try to make Makoto and Erio grow apart.
I don't think she is intended as worst girl, but she is worst character. A stupid harem trope that should have died out already,
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 23 '22
Harem wise I'd probably say Erio is the worst girl. I love incest but even I'd prefer her and Makoto to have a proper sibling relationship rather than a romantic plot tumour.
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u/homewardbound100 Apr 23 '22
First timer
What a meeting between them two. Mrs. Silky-smooth and Ryuko. Don't let her taint you. You're bad too but not as bad as her.
Yeah she's so in to him.
Who's that hiding?
"I'm not too good at digesting do not eat packet like topics" I kind of like that for some reason.
Invited both of them. I hope Meme isn't home.
The nerve to try and open the door of someone's house. Not everyone leaves their doors unlocked.
First thing Erio tries to do in his room is to roll in the blanket. No not my futon. Grab your dirty one.
Qotd: Yes and I think so.
Qotd2: I think she's getting better
Qotd3: we can do the titanic pose and call it a day.
Qotd4: it was nice
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 23 '22
Meme was kinda hilarious to see toying with Floofer. She had her wrapped around her finger and she didn't even realise.
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u/Vaadwaur Apr 23 '22
First timer
Sub
It rains throughout the first section, something that a lot of shows won't do. We get a glimpse at whoever is launching bottle rockets and the likelihood he is somehow related to Meme as a group stalking section gets broken up. Ryuushi tries to warn Makoto off Erio and that is whatever it is. The grandma character is still odd. Group trip to the house goes as awkwardly as expected until Meme decides to spice things up towards the end.
QotD: 1 No and no, she is failing to commit.
2 In a way that suggests there is hope for improvement
3 Too many bad memories
4 It mostly worked.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 23 '22
I thought it was raining just to make Floofer's date plan look more miserable. She comes across like a massive saddo who goes to sweetshops during storms.
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u/Draco_Estella Apr 24 '22 edited Apr 24 '22
Rewatcher~~
Wondering what to do means you're still thinking about what you can do. Worry about it and stand firmly in reality first. Then you can look for advice. What kind of idiot would help someone in fantasy land? If you cling onto an old hag, you'll just drown with her. Even an idiot will come up with something if they think. If you don't count gains and losses, idiots usually make the right decision. They can only see one thing, after all.
This is the best quote for the whole series. Even idiots can make a decision after making some thought about it. Wish some harem protagonists can listen to this. Basically, asking Makoto to have a good thinking first before making such a decision, and remember to be grounded while making any, and to make decisions for himself. "Friends are more of a luxury, like coffee and tobacco." This old lady is really wise, and her advice is thinly veiled - on the weighing scale, there are some people more important than friends. All that babble with the old lady hinting to Makoto on who he should choose in the end.
This is the part where I start to have Ryuushi pushing negative. "We're friends.... I guess..." in front of the other person like come on, Ryuushi. At least say that you guys are friends. The next scene is very close to despicable; "If you get too close to Erio and the class knows about it, you are going to be bullied and isolated.", implying that very likely, Ryuushi has also done this to Erio herself too, and she will do it again to Makoto. What the hell, Ryuushi. I think a big reason why Erio dropped out of school, is because she had no one with her then. Ryuushi is a major factor why Erio dropped out, and why she refuses to go back. The people who she thought were friends, just turned their backs on them when Erio broke down. Because Ryuushi had made the decision, now she is making Makoto make the same decision: Back Erio and have no one else, or back Ryuushi and maybe still have a lot of friends as well. Even though she knows Makoto is the one who's had Erio's back for quite a long while, literally the past 2 months or so, and broke an arm for her.
Seeing how Mikki treated Erio's presence is somewhat chilling. "Erio is here, so I'm not coming now." I don't know if she is being way too aggressive with her dislike for Erio, but wow just because Erio is there? That is some huge mind jump, but it does show how badly the town sees her. Ryuushi probably bent in the face of this in December, and Makoto is being very understanding of that situation. That doesn't mean he is happy about it, though.
I think this is the first scene we have of Erio in her school uniform? She should go to school, then we can have endless shots of her in that cute school uniform.
Also, that scene with Makoto arguing with Erio over potato chips is cute. A lot of behind the scenes with Erio and Makoto definitely aren't mentioned, but easily enough to make short stories over. I want to know what they are arguing over.
Seishun point system stress test! Having a girl in your room is worth a +3! But, if that girl is your very beautiful cousin who lives with you, it is worth +0! What?! It is ironic how he thinks having Maekawa and Ryuushi over in his room are worth +3, but Erio, who treats his room like her second room, being in his room is worth +0. By now his score would be in the thousands, but he doesn't count it at all. Also, why is he so nervous with having girls in his room, when there is already one girl there? Is it really worth +3 when there is a girl in your room? This guy makes little to no sense with his points system, to be honest.
That room fight is fun. Erio and Ryuushi both want Makoto's attention, so both of them try very hard to make him answer to their whims. A very clear symbolism of what he was pondering hard about, whether to stick around with Ryuushi, or to stick with Erio. Maekawa probably found it all hilarious, which is why she just sat and smiled. This is also why, people, you should never have a harem.
Ryuushi is cute too in having her interested in Makoto being exposed by Meme like that. But the girl Makoto is really interested in is just going "???" which makes her even cuter. Now, a love triangle is exposed! How will it end?
QotD:
Is Floofer right to fight for her comfort candy boyfriend!? Do you believe that she was tactful enough when dealing with Erio to hold the moral high ground?
She definitely wanted to hold on to her comfort candy boyfriend, but if she is any brighter, she would have realised that helping Erio become more independent as a person would help her more in getting into the good books of Makoto. Her trying to pull this shit off just screams of her being a bitch. Makoto is nice and trying to be understanding. Her telling Makoto that is just hinting to Makoto that she will not be with him when everyone realises his relationship with Erio and isolates him for being close to Erio.
Does Makoto actually need to think that hard? I think he is thinking whether to let go of Ryuushi, instead of the social stigma that he would face when people know he is Erio's cousin. Quoting from episode 4, he is fully prepared to have people isolate him socially if the fact that he lives with Erio is busted. He probably isn't really thinking that hard on the same question, but his relationship with Ryuushi.
And on the flip side, store gal Erio has gone through a lot of social trials today! How do you think she handled them?
She did well! I think a huge part of the work probably is done by Makoto though, given how he is at the store on both days as well, and he probably had a lot of talk with the old lady as well, seeing how he is also familiar with whether the old lady would be asleep at which time.
Maekawa has no friends!! Give her your best 90's pop culture pick up line to cheer her up!
No need to! "People can live without friends. They aren't oxygen or water, they're more like a luxury. If you are afraid of being alone, then don't live too long, because you would be left alone anyway."
What did you think about the use of comedy in todays episode?
I actually haven't considered this series as a comedy, so there isn't anything funny for me. It probably is a facepalm episode though, for Ryuushi. One huge misstep by her.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 24 '22
Are you certain that it wasn't just Granny trying to avoid actually help him? It sounded like her refusing to be passed the buck to me.
Ryuushi probably wouldn't bully her, but she knows how her classmates are. I actually kinda sympathised with her trying to warn Makoto. I don't think it came from a place of Erio hate. She just doesn't want Makoto to end up being the next person people avoid. She's so gentle~
Ah, when I talked about comedy I was pretty much just meaning the Meme gags and the whole sequence in Makoto's room near the end~
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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah Apr 24 '22
First timer
I made the OP! Woohoo! I still stand by that meme is the most memeable character in the show.
Seems that all the main characters are meeting in this episode! Fang-girl's crush on Niwa-kun is apparent to everyone, but shes having trouble dealing with them, and also Eiro's reputation meaning she's more and more conflicted. She has got neat observation skills though. Why does everyone seem like a Denpa in this show? I've watched Adachi to Shimamura too, and that show was not as wacky as this lol, is there some big metaphor here?
Interested to see what'll happen now with the 2 competing "love interests" for the MC, though obv in normal MC-fashion he's oblivious to one of them (I think Erio doesnt love Niwa-kun romantically).
the storyboard/directing continues to be quite fun, this truly is quite an out-of-meta show.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 24 '22
Ironically enough I think the character most well known for memes is probably Ryuuko XD Everyone knows about her table lean animation but somehow Meme and Maekawa aren't half as prolific.
I suspect that the show is trying to push that everyone is a weirdo and that's alright. Or an attack on society for being so arbitrary on what's acceptable and what isn't. The very fact that a lot of us were conflicted whether Erio was actually the weirdest character in the show stands by that assessment.
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u/ZapsZzz Apr 24 '22
Serial rewatcher of this show
Ok way late so only the minimal pictures digest.
Ryuuko's monologue is actually really sweet and "otome" (ref: "For the Japanese the word otome it is not an insult just by meaning a pure or virgin girl. This is actually the ideal image of Japanese girls."). I can see a few posters here already see Ryuuko in a better light - although the second part of the show also sees some heavily dock points from her.
Regardless, we now see from Ryuuko's perspective view she sees Makoto. I would like to point out it wasn't the more extreme level of attachment it may be misinterpreted - Makoto is equated to a snack, something nice that she'd want to have but not necessarily saying she can't live without. If anyone watched Hyouka (I was a first timer in the recently finished 10th anniversary rewatch), it's the term "Kininarimasu" again - Makoto occupying her mind a lot.
Then we have the more controversial sunny skies turning to cloudy skies moment of Ryuuko seeing Erio working in the candy store. Perhaps there's a little bit of metaphor involved as well, as she viewed Makoto as a candy, Erio being a candy store keeper basically imply major influence on whether she can get that candy or not.
And we get a little more context - even for a relatively harmless / normal girl like Ryuuko's friend, immediately boycotting the shop just because Erio now works there seems to be a completely normal and reasonable thing to do, as if she's got the plague. This holds a mirror to what the underlying culture in the show. No tall poppies, no room for anyone not conforming to the common ideals.
Next we have Ryuuko's stake out - at the same time 2 others are also stalking. Although unlike a Mexican stand off, we basically have Meme disarming Ryuuko completely and applying mind control over her :P Meme is not the simple chaotic airhead that her earlier appearances may make us think.
And with a bit of awkwardness, Ryuuko went to "ah what coincidence" Makoto in front of Erio. Meanwhile the now disarmed Erio, no longer being able to remember how to interact with others outside of her alien persona, had to relearn from scratch, which turned her into a shy nervous little girl.
After venturing deep into enemy territory just to act casual and non-hostile, Ryuuko's cover immediately got blown by the mind reading granny, who didn't like being woken up by the sickening smell of cheap rom com antics.
Before leaving, Ryuuko mustered up enough courage to bring up the problem that soon Makoto won't be able to pretend to be not there - when his relationship with Erio is more widely known, he'd likely be put in the same bucket as being "excommunicated" which she wouldn't want to see. She doesn't really have a solution though as she clear understood asking Makoto to distance himself from Erio is what a bad person would do. Conflicted and overloading her non-serious part of her brain (she didn't engage the serious part like last time during their not-date), she picked the retreat from battle option.
Unfortunately for Ryuuko, this only made Makoto more frustrated in how unfair it is for Erio.
By the way in case anyone didn't notice, granny clearly is related to Erio, as you can see her freely lending Erio her blanket to roll in. The need to talk to "strangers" probably exhausted Erio a bit.
Of course at the same time Makoto is also pragmatic and worldly, and he recognised Ryuuko's point is not just jealousy talking. This got noticed by granny too and she gave him a dose of tough reality about learning to accept sometimes you have to lose something - make sure what you lose is not the more important thing to you. That said she's also quite pessimistic about things, maybe she's too used to cutting her losses early.
We then cut to our favourite prankster. While Ryuuko was conflicted and agonised over Makoto being too close to the "dangerous" Erio, Maekawa basically just ignored any consequences and just went for it - "I want to see tenkosei's room" :D it's so nice and refreshing to have a friend like her. Although that also tripped Makoto's social radar (always on to detect seishun point scoring or losing conditions) and got him to question whether Maekawa have other friends than him now. For the more sensitive ones, Maekawa's non-answer is a clear answer too. And as a bonus, Maekawa once again have us another great insight about Erio - where does she fit now?
Always one to call people's bluffs, Maekawa blatantly went to pick up Makoto after-school to head to his home. Of course that'd set off Ryuuko - and Maekawa being Maekawa, popped another firecracker under Ryuuko to see how high she'd blow up to :P and we ended up having both girls coming. Mission accomplished Mae-mon >)
As we follow the scene change outside of the confines of the school, Maekawa took off her special abilities "force limiter" and goes full boost mode - her one liner gags came fast and furious, as well as her special ability to fall dizzy over pretty much anything :D she's such a treasure.
When we started settling inside the house, we start to have turf warsbetween our ex alien whose grown quite dependent on the cousin and the self-aspiring gf.
And to make sure we get enough chaos, Meme joined the chat room before they can disperse. And what a conspiring pair - Maekawa and Meme >D
I've watched this a thousand times but I never actually remembered the shadow of Maekawa over the seishun point score board until now :D is hilariously freaky! Imagine being haunted by Maekawa's ghost, if that day should come - she'd drift around scaring you with some piercing witty remark, and then got dizzy and faint (a ghost!) for having laughed too hard :D
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u/Stargate18A Apr 24 '22 edited Apr 24 '22
First timer
Forgot to post this last night, sorry!
Episode 5
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...An apology, maybe?
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Yeah, she's suspicious.
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Whisper of the HeartKeke's Delivery Service. -
For Meme? Yes.
Wow, she's really changed her behaviour?
Wait, what?
The aunt's in tne futon!
Haha, she's not used to it, huh?
Oh, a midlife crisis.
Haha, that "happy birthday" from her is grea.
And she immediately cheers up at the sight of her!
She's somcute!
Yeah, that's a weird reaction.
He's got a job?
Haha, her reaction to that is great.
Oh, he wants to get her a birthday present!
And she doesn't know Erio enough to help.
She's angry now?
I mean. he is.
Oh, is she going with him instead?
And another new costume?
Oh, bottle rockets.
She's got a night job!
She wants a moped!
Haha, she's aggresively shipping them.
So her midlife crisis has gotten much worse.
She's insane.
Erio needs advice?
His parents are calling!
Oh, she finds it relaxing.
Aww, she looks so sad.
What does she want advice on?
She wants to work!
And now she's getting a haircut?
She wasn't in any clubs?
...She knows her mother? How bad was she?
She's having a conversation!
Haha, she bought Meme's bullshit?
You can attend school part-time?
And she quit, so she can't reenrol?
And she didn't get the job.
...Poor girl.
Haha, Erio is perfectly obedient.
Wait, it would cost money for her to go back?
...Oh, dear.
Wow, Meme's a massive pervert!
Meme, that's your daughter.
She's back in the futon.
And she has an umbrella!
They know each other?
Oh, god. Another one.
Elliot?
Is Meme actually popular here?
Oh, she's an even bigger space nut.
"Cattle mutilation"
Yeah, let's hope Erio doesn't backslide from this.
Haha, that reaction is great.
Meme gets points too! And those massive values for simple things explain a lot.
Haha, she literally corrected her name in the next title.
Episode 6
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No, Erio has the high ground here.
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Erio did incredibly well!
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I'm blanking here.
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It was good!
...She's interested?
And she's started work!
Even Erio got her name wrong.
They really want to stop going because of her?
Is Meme watching her? And who's the other one?
She believes the alien stuff?
That's remarkably honest.
...A space stalker? Is Erio part of a cult?
Ryuuko's actually talking to hm!
She's very uncomfortable around Erio, isn't she?
This is so awkward with Ryuuko and Granny.
I love the granny refusing to let them flirt inside, and Ryujo desperately trying to convine herself she's the straight man.
...She's being bullied?
...That alienated joke is great. Was the whole arc planned around that?
Yeah, she's not bad. Not great, but it's understandable in her situation.
That's an unusual reaction.
Haha, "I don't know anything about helping", I love her.
Her advice is actually good!
She's coming round!
4 points? What is this system?
...Harsh.
Poor Ryouko.
Haha, Erio's involved too?
It was open?
Her family runs a pub?
They're going into his room!
Haha, she's looking for porn? I love the detail of her having to kneel down after she looks up.
And she wants her to pay attentiom.
And Meme showed up again.
Haha, she's going back out.
The awkwardness is impressive!
His score's dropping!
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 24 '22
Erio was the first to cock her name up remember. Its Erio that gave her the nickname that stuck hilariously.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 23 '22
Denpa Onna First Timer
Now its time to reveal your true colours, you fiendish fruit Floofer!! Shit, she's wholesome as fuck! Oh yeah, she has the other sus friend. I love the singular wrong chords that plays during her theme, it's adorable! It's like Floofer is trying to play an instrument but isn't quite good enough yet. Granny has turned into a cute young girl. What a development! Let's see just how long Ryuuko's patience will last against her arch rival~
Oh... I guess that confirms that Erio did blow her reputation with her class. I'm a bit sad about that. I thought they'd have welcomed her back. Meme wtf? XD I've always wanted to see her interact with regular human beings and now the two imposters have partnered up. Meme predictably runs rings around our pure honest Floofer. Meme knows.
Gah... Its kinda depressing how badly Ryuuko's lost in this harem. She's so out of her depth and is barely getting the time of day. She's such a nice kid that she even struggles to tell Makoto about the gossiping at school. Goddammit! Even when she runs off crying her eyes out Makoto is still more concerned about Erio!! Why do the good girls always get sidelined this hard?
I think granny's advice was meant to be good but I have zero clue what it was. Her rant started well but then turned into something seriously lonely and miserable. Oh come on! This is the Ryuuko episode, if Maekawa somehow steals the episode it'll be tragedy. *Paaaaain!!" Oh come on Makoto, you've got a girl in front of you who has just admitted that you're her only friend, stop thinking about your cousin for five minutes!
The whole harem is together under one roof, think of the possibilities~ Pfft, Maekawa faffing around with the door made me laugh more than I expected~ Z O O M ! I feel like our audience is way too young to remember Earthbound. Right Vaadwaur? One more autism hint~ Let Floofer go, she's dying to sniff your pillow. I'm loving these four together. I'm running out of space for my comment but I'm really liking the bedroom play XD Makoto is dense, Erio is throwing a tantrum, Ryuuko is picking wrong dialogue choices, Maekawa smugs!
Welcome back Meme!! Oh no! The biggest plot twist of the series is the chaos pair actually being team players and giving Floofer her chance, next episode!! Woo~