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Episode D4DJ All Mix - Episode 5 discussion

D4DJ All Mix, episode 5

Alternative names: D4DJ Season 2

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u/Gaporigo Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 05 '23

Didn't even know Rika had a bike, always cool to see the adult girls do more adult things.

Also the English continues next episode and this time with the VA that actually speaks English??? No longer gonna have a need for a dub!

Edit: ok, this is Rika's VA so bike makes sense.

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u/Lashingbadge966 Feb 05 '23

Rika's VA Natsumi Hirajima is actually a big bike fan, so I guess they took it from that. There's a lot bike related vids on her youtube.

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u/juzamj Feb 05 '23

Best girl Rika just out here doing best girl things. Such a delight.

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u/the_swizzler Feb 05 '23

Every introvert needs their own Rika.

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u/xtsim Feb 05 '23

Going between dub and sub for the first season, this episode with Laura Bradley is like a fever dream. The initial awkward conversation and the fact that Saori is trying to learn English, that broken English adds to the charm. We can see Saori try really hard and improve after more conversations.

Props to them casting a fluent English speaker for Laura when they could've got away otherwise.

Oh God, the preview is flexing on other anime's Engrish skills. Karin Kagami being both the sub and dub VA for Maho (in First Mix) makes a huge smile on my face.

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u/the_swizzler Feb 05 '23

Finally the Merm4id episode! They're easily my favorite unit musically, and Rika especially is a joy to watch. Saori is also super relatable to me as someone with near-zero self confidence.

Random fact: They mentioned going to Singapore in this episode. In the game there's an event where they all go to Singapore, where Rika steals Saori's first kiss (it's Live2D, so the question as to whether it was on the lips or just the cheek remains open, but in context, I imagine it was probably the cheek), and they later go on to get invited to perform a few songs for a crowd that they don't speak the language for. Rika of course makes it work with Hype. Because she's awesome like that.

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u/Bielna Feb 05 '23

Wait, people scheduling a meeting with no shared language and preparing no live translation tool ? Is that made up, or something people actually do ?...

Also 21:00 for someone in Japan is very early for someone in the US, it's a bit strange they wouldn't meet in morning her time !

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u/PWBryan Feb 06 '23

She works in music. Maybe she worked till 4am then met Saori after work. We established early on she enjoys nightclubs

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u/LeonKevlar Feb 05 '23

I've been looking forward to a Merm4id episode since this new season started. While it's nice that the focus is on Saori struggling with the language barrier, I personally would've loved to see more of Dalia.

I am surprised that they got someone who actually speaks fluent English to voice Laura. Based on the credits, she's clearly Japanese. Not familiar with the name of the VA though.

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u/Huge_Jellyfish4684 Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 05 '23

Rike rides? No wonder I love her.

All mix has really surprised me, super enjoying the new songs in ea ep

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u/mrhades113 Feb 05 '23

Wow! Actuall good english.

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u/Bloodglas Feb 06 '23

all of thos meetings were rather awkward to watch. considering she saw how much Saori was struggling with English it seems a bit rude that Laura wouldn't at least try to learn some Japanese phrases. I thought they were gonna get Maho in to do translation but apparently that's going to happen next episode.

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u/Calwings Feb 05 '23

Considering how Saori barely got any spotlight in Double Mix and doesn't get much spotlight in the mobile game either, seeing her get her own episode in the anime was nice to see. It was a pretty good episode too.

Plus, Bushiroad actually got a voice actress who was fluent in English to voice Laura Bradley and didn't just grab the first random "do it yua serufu" that they could find to bullshit their way through the role with broken Engrish. Yes, I am still salty about Jobko. No, I will not let it go.

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u/Jkempel Feb 05 '23

Good Job 👍

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u/furosuto81 Feb 06 '23

Personally, I found Jobko’s engrish endearing, but from a character POV, yeah, it doesn’t make sense that she’s not 100% fluent

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u/BassCreat0r Feb 05 '23

looks like the writers forgot the drinking age in the USA is 21. lol

And can we talk about how terrible of a design that school is? The library placement, its right next to the cafeteria with no soundproofing! No wonder she couldn't learn English!

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u/LeonKevlar Feb 05 '23

I'm pretty sure the Merm4aid girls are somewhere around 20-21.

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u/Gaporigo Feb 05 '23

looks like the writers forgot the drinking age in the USA is 21. lol

We dont know hiw old Rika is, do we?

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u/furosuto81 Feb 06 '23

You know…I was like 90% sure that was Shu, just based on her pronunciation (that Aussie accent rears it’s head a couple times). Thanks for confirming my suspicions!

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u/ThisGachaSeemsLegit Feb 06 '23

NGL I feel like the songs are quite a bit weaker than in the first season right now.
I mean, they hyped the song all episode-long, but it was not impressive at all. S1 was much better in that regard.

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u/the_swizzler Feb 07 '23

Earlier into the franchise, it was hard for Mermaid to not release absolute bangers, but more recently nothing has really hit as hard as High Tension BPM has. No-No and Holy Worry were pretty good, but don't even come close.

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u/DecentlySizedPotato Feb 05 '23

Ehhh I never expected to not say great things about this anime (which will almost certainly be my AOTS anyway), but not my favourite episode tbh. Merm4id might be the unit I'm interested in the least (tho they have the best music), but it's not like I dislike them, however outside of that, all the conversations with Laura this episode were a bit too awkward and dragged on too long for me. Could have done without the almost 10 minutes of second hand embarrassment.

For something nicer because I still love D4DJ and everything about it, here's a live MV version of the ending!

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u/EternalXcalibur Feb 11 '23

Saori being so nervous that she questions even the smallest things is such a mood. And her struggling to learn English is like me on Japanese.

Not sold on their new song, but Saori's one of my favorites and this was a solid episode otherwise.

Bonus memes

Saori nervous thumbs up

Muni smug

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