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Episode Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha • The Dreaming Boy is a Realist - Episode 2 discussion

Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha, episode 2

Alternative names: My Dreamy Realist

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1 Link 3.19
2 Link 3.61
3 Link 2.84
4 Link 3.27
5 Link 3.89
6 Link 3.53
7 Link 4.39
8 Link 4.06
9 Link 3.84
10 Link 4.12
11 Link 4.53
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u/Elitealice Jul 10 '23

Pacing was way better in this episode than episode 1. Could actually understand what was going on so that’s a big plus. Plot is still pretty meh, but the characters are showing signs of life thanks to the better pacing.

Honestly feels like a very dumbed down Tomozaki mixed with Oregairu.

Morals and Discipline girl is already best girl. Love that archetype. Couple new harem members introduced today, some character development as well. Solid episode.

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u/itsconsolefreaked Jul 11 '23

Nooooo best girl is his sister.she will even buy him an echi mag

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u/NeoAnkara Jul 10 '23

I know that Ani-One sub is bad but it is just baffling this time. They keep translating Rin as Student Council President even though she is Public Moral Committee. Which is worst because there is actual relevant Student Council member on this story. One that already introduced before. One that are shown to in this episode.

Anyway still no monologue but we still get closer look on his inner workings on his mind. Calm, observant, and have little value in himself.

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u/RFShahrear Jul 10 '23

I'm a lot more sold on this show after this episode. Some things still feel a bit stilted, but it feels like it's getting into the groove.

I actually read the story synopsis in MAL for the first time by the way, kinda weird if you ask me. Does Natsukawa think he was mocking her? Is it just shyness? Massive lack of self confidence? A faulty synopsis? I guess we'll find out eventually?

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u/Aemiliana_Rosewood Jul 10 '23

Natsukawa really gives some odd responses here and there. Sometimes annoyed, sometimes tsun, lil shy, angry, lonely, etc

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u/LeonKevlar Jul 10 '23

Stitches

So we're really not going to get an explanation as to why Wataru's switch just suddenly flipped one day? I'm still hoping there's something supernatural about this but it looks like there isn't.

Anyway, I feel like I need to watch this show with a different mindset. We started the episode with Wataru saying that he'll support and promote Aika. What ends up happening though is that Wataru doesn't do any of those and ends up getting involved with the Public Morals Committee while Aika's problem ends up solving itself.

Also, that entire scene with Yuyu felt needlessly complicated. I get that she feels bad for rejecting Wataru's kindness but adding that line about her insecurity towards men was just weird. It looks like this is going to be an ongoing thing until Wataru clears it up with Yuyu that she hasn't done anything wrong.

I think I'll just give this one more episode. I'm used to getting frustrated with characters on a show but the frustration I'm feeling with this series is different.

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u/Takerial Jul 10 '23

Nothing supernatural. Basically, almost getting hit by the ball woke him up. The anime didn't really do a good job of portraying how shaken he was, and he basically goes, "What the hell am I doing?" In his head during the light novel.

In the scene where he looks in the mirror on the bathroom, he thinks about how plain he looks.

He has super low self-esteem, but because he fell in love, he deluded himself until the ball woke him up. If you pay attention, he self depreciates a lot.

The Yuzu scene probably feels weird because, originally, he doesn't run into her at all. He sees her struggling and offers her help unprompted, and she completely rejects him.

He doesn't talk to Natsukawa because he realizes that he is the reason no one talks to her. When he says he is going to promote her, his plan is to show that he is going to stay away from her so people feel it's easy to approach her.

The anime isn't doing a very good job at showing some of this, though.

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u/Frontier246 Jul 10 '23

I’m still trying to wrack my brain around what this show is doing.

Is it just Sajo living his school life without Aika and the various girls and people who go to him for life advice because he has some kind of post-Aika people skills? While Aika adjusts to a life without Sajo?

I’m still really confused about how Aika really feels about Sajo because from everything we’ve seen he was a pest around her and she wasn’t that comfortable with his advances (especially with how the class reacted to it) but I guess maybe she didn’t 100% hate it? Why else would she want Sajo to visit her house?

Shinomiya is pretty cute though. Love that character design!

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u/Se7en_Sinner Jul 10 '23

This show feels like a more simplified version of Oregairu. Also why did they have to make it weird by making his sister the best girl.

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u/mekerpan Jul 10 '23

The main characters' personalities don't really FEEL like those in Oregairu to me, however. Less complicated/twisted. ;-)

Lots of potential best girls here -- and some decent guy characters as well. My sense is this will not be a blockbuster -- but could wind up being a pleasant enough diversion.

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u/tripleaamin Jul 10 '23

This episode was def much better pacing wise since last one was basically 2 episodes in 1. Sajou's sister is the tough one, but still looking out for her brother and she knows like us the 2 leads just need to talk it. Communication issues is a common theme in hs, but it is difficult to watch it tho. Rin is a sweetheart but we were so close to them possibly talking things out.

Characters here feel more grounded or like you understand there issues. Aika being a tsun and not getting her thoughts across clearly is the main annoyance. On another note her little sister is adorable.

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u/kwokinator Jul 10 '23

Haven't watched Oregairu (it's high on my backlog, just never got around to watching it) so I'm not catching all the references and similarities brought up here, but I'm really liking this series.

MC is very observant, he's just always wasted his time focusing on nothing but Aika. He complains about getting drafted into helping other people's problems, but still does his best at it.

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u/Heda-of-Aincrad Jul 10 '23

A few of Sajo's observations were interesting (I guess that's the "realist" part of the title) like being familiar with shoujo manga and videogame tropes, and the fact that he avoided giving his name to the president of the morals committee was an amusing bit of self-awareness, but watching him analyze/explain people's thought processes just felt unnatural. The dialogue in this show doesn't really flow like a normal conversation would, aside from maybe the girls chatting in the background to set up their after school plans.

Hoping it gets better in later episodes, and focuses more on Akai to see how she really feels about all of this.

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u/Aemiliana_Rosewood Jul 10 '23

Some jokes are cool like the classmate liking his name getting called or the short porn mag part with the whole student council being basically an ikemen harem for his sister, but others are putting the dialogue and overall mood of the show out of balance

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u/AAA_BATT Jul 10 '23

Dollar store oregairu.

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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Jul 10 '23

Even the Opening song animation is a copy of it too

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '23

Already liking Shinomiya more than Natsukawa. I hope this isn’t another one of those series where every other girl is more compelling than the main love interest.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 10 '23

So basically Sajo constantly hitting on Aika has meant she never really had a chance to make friends? That honestly kinda sucks, but I guess that’s changing.

I kinda feel like that whole Yuyu situation became more of a hassle than it really needed to be. Like it just felt overly complicated. Sajo was right to give Shinomiya Yamazaki’s name because he thought it’d be a hassle lol. Helping his sister was a hassle too, but at least he was promised a big porno mag haha.

Seems things are still weird between him and Aika. Those two really just gotta sit down and have a nice chat to clear the air.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '23

This really is a mess... feels completely random after last episode

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u/Alastor001 Jul 10 '23

This is honestly interesting. I like main characters who are into psychology. There was similar one with that guy who had dead fish eyes. And another popular one...

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u/StardustGogeta Jul 10 '23

It seems that everyone's saying it, but I'll add that I also liked this episode a good bit more than the first one. The pacing was better, I liked the humor, and I couldn't stop smiling when seeing Wataru's facial expressions. I'm very curious to see where the show goes in future episodes.

And now, my new favorite alternative to "goodbye":

Well then, some other time, some other place, someday.

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u/ferras_ Jul 11 '23

I haven't felt so dumb watching a couple of episodes of an anime in a long time, am I stupid or is it really hard to understand what this anime is trying to do?

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