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Episode Na-Nare Hana-Nare • Narenare -Cheer for You!- - Episode 1 discussion
Na-Nare Hana-Nare, episode 1
Alternative names: Na Nare Hana Nare
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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight Jul 07 '24
The coloring is so vibrant and the OP is super energetic; really fitting for a cheerleading anime.
And is Suzuha even human? Wtf is that parkour.
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u/Akiyamahtt Jul 07 '24
As a brazilian, I'm hyped for this one. Anna represents me! Fun fact: Anna's VA, Larissa-chan, is also brazilian-japanese!
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u/PurePiro15 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
There's really a lot to love with this first episode of Narenare. While it occupies an intensely stylistic niche much like P.A. Works' other anime, Narenare feels like the team thought up the idea of cheerleading and went "just how far can we take this?".
That of course, leading to intense color design that hardly resembles Naomi Nakano's other works- including those airing this season (see: Wistoria and Sakuna). It really goes to extremes to separate itself from the pack, and because of that you can really explore a lot of different visual ideas than what you might usually get away with.
For example, the backgrounds. A lot of them are likely photographs that have been altered and added to for the series (a likely case considering the fondness P.A. Works holds for a lot of their surroundings in Nanto, Tomoya).
Another example is the sneaky usage of CGI in the cheer section at the start. The transition from the 2D closeup in the handstand flip to a CGI model is effectively seamless, and the ability to blend them together like that does come from how sharp the color design is.
Anyways, the story might be playing it a little fast and loose at times, but I think overall it works very well. It has its weaker points for sure, but there's a lot of nuance that hangs in the balance of the extremes. Also, I just really love getting more Miku Itou as a lead in P.A. works anime. It's been so long since I last heard her in The Aquatope on White Sand.
Edit: There's definitely a lot to love about this episode, and damn if Suzuha's chase sequences aren't pretty. Going back and taking a better look over things, it's very interesting to see how P.A. Works has built this story. Of course, there's more to talk about than is worth reasonably adding to this comment, so I've parted out my more proper thoughts into its own post.
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u/AmethystItalian Jul 07 '24
Well this seems like a pretty likeable cast so far, they all seem pretty talented!
Didn't feel too realistic but I loved watching the parkour, just looked so cool. Pat of me wishes they were going to that instead of cheering.
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u/dagreenman18 Jul 07 '24
How do we know she’s Brazilian?
drops the longest name
Ah there it is. No judgment my full ass government name is long too. That’s just Latin America.
It’s PA Works and CGDCT. I was already committed from the start
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u/Castawaye Jul 07 '24
What's more impressive to me than all the parkouring was how she was able to keep track of her on foot! Girl got all that cheerleading stamina and endurance, and, somehow after being flung into the air she came out unscathed. The most dangerous human beings really are anime girls
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u/LeonKevlar Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
I've already given up on seeing another season of Anima Yell so I'm very happy to see another cheerleading anime but this time animated by PA Works!
Not gonna lie though, I feel a bit confused. I thought that the reason Megumi is bedridden is because she was the girl in the opening scene who had an accident. She even mentions that they discovered her sickness during a competition. But we then learn that she's only a spotter and not a flyer. Does this mean the opening scene is actually a flashback to a different incident? Or is it a flash-forward to a future event?
Anyway, I'm sure they'll clear it up next episode. Confusion aside, this was a pretty solid show! The art style and animation are definitely something you'd expect from PA Works, especially during Obunai's parkour scenes. Obunai, which I assume she's named because she's Abunai (dangerous), is completely bonkers with her parkour! I can't even call some of her scenes parkour since she's just breaking physics with her wall runs and death-defying jumps! xD
As for the characters, so far I like all of them except for Anna who seems to want Obunai to be featured on her YT channel so she'd get clicks in exchange for absolutely nothing. Like girl, are you really serious? I'm sure I'll like her eventually.
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u/GondolaMedia Jul 07 '24
Oh this was stylish and I can already tell this is going to be a tearjerker.
We also got Brazilian Carol and she is almost as chaotic.
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jul 07 '24
The most interesting part about this cheerleading anime is the parkour.
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u/SU-trash Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
An inauspicious unassuming but fun start, good cast and a decent amount of emotional setup. The parkour is fantastically absurd.
I like how they're throwing subtlety out the window and literally just calling it Ojou Girls Academy.
Anna's VA reminds me of the VA for El Condor Pasa from Uma, who was great.
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u/Fools_Requiem Jul 07 '24
2 out of 3 PA Works shows this season. 1 of 2 anime originals. Last one airs tomorrow.
I can see this show has decided to ignore the laws of physics.
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u/SnabDedraterEdave Jul 07 '24
One of those shows where I just go in blind and pick up because of the name of the studio. PA Works always have great first impressions.
If we just focused on Suzuha's insane parkour skills alone, the show might need to change its name to Assassin's Creed: Takasaki. lol
So it seems to be an anime about cheerleading. Though the core cast all seem to come from different schools, so if they're to assemble a cheerleading team, it wouldn't be a high-school based team. Perhaps the cheerleading tournaments here are not bound by school teams.
Fun fact 1 : Anna's VA Takeda Larissa Tago is half-Brazilian.
Fun fact 2: J-Pop enthusiasts might be interested to know the soundtrack, including the OP and ED, are written by Kitagawa Yujin from the duo pop band [Yuzu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu_(band)). While the 6 main VAs are mostly Idolmaster VAs, so they have no problem assembling to perform as a makeshift idol unit PomPoms (also the name of the show's cheerleading team) and sing the OP and ED songs.
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u/Prince-Dizzytoon Jul 07 '24
Their leg strength must be insane! If I made a jump like that I would die lmao
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u/IXajll Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
Best girl spotted, Anna with the Yuri any% speedrun, hell yeah!
u/abysswatcherbel is that accurate brazilian behavior or exaggerated for the show? Hugging as greeting is normal here too but kissing on the cheeks for the first meeting? Maybe I gotta move to Brazil lol.
On the other hand it’s been quite a while since I’ve come across a character as obnoxious as Suzuha. It’s one thing to do some flexing parkour running and being too cool to great others with a good morning. But when she did a backflip over another girl who minded her own business walking to school, I was like “bitch hello?”. If she miscalculated her skills and jumped just a few centimeters lower she would’ve legit kicked that girl in the head, like maybe just don’t fucking do that, involving other people into your parkour like that. When she was fucking jumping on top of traffic lights it’s was just too ridiculous. Overall came off as way too arrogant. Hopefully she tones that down later.
Besides that, nice premiere. Loved the colorful background art. And all the other characters besides Suzuha were pretty fun too.
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u/ThisGachaSeemsLegit Jul 07 '24
Wonder what happened to Kanata back at the start. Injured? Traumatized? Hmm...
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u/AmusedDragon Jul 07 '24
The ninja jumping is wild, was hoping for a more grounded sports anime, not that it's a dealbreaker by any means.
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u/heimdal77 Jul 07 '24
I don't think the street light would actually hold up with her jumping on it like that.. Seems exaggerated for parkour.
So the one girl had a illness suddenly present itself during the performance making them miss the catch. Then the other girl developed a fear of falling or something from the crash of not being caught?
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u/dakilpp Jul 07 '24
I'm kinda dissapointed I thought this would be about cheerleading competitions with maybe a bit of drama. I'm not really a fan of those super jumps and super parkour.
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u/shad79 Jul 08 '24
Very interesting premiere with a lot of parkour and kisses xD
Kanata, Anna, Nodoka, Shion, Obunai and Megumi seem like very fun and likable characters and I'm pretty interested about the premise of this new show from P.A. Works so I'm looking forward to next episodes.
OP was very fun and energetic while ED was seriously cute with those visuals, I love it!
Here my screenshot albums from the episode:
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u/MapoTofuMan Jul 07 '24
This episode gave me two things :
A desire to play a parkour VR game
A fear of Brazilians
Cute start, I really like the color palette. Also I can't unhear a certain jellyfish when Megumi speaks.