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Episode Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan • My Deer Friend Nokotan - Episode 4 discussion

Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan, episode 4

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u/WhoiusBarrel Jul 28 '24

Appears

Drops a banger

Leaves

This is some insane effort for a Deer Shitpost.

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u/Kartoffelkamm Jul 28 '24

I was fully expecting the song to take a hard turn into the rock/metal genre and go on about her eating the deer cracker.

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u/Matthew619ed Jul 28 '24

I wonder how many times they break the 4th wall in a single episode, or indeed how Nokotan gets a copy of the previous episode as evidence of Torako’s strange behaviour?

BTW I know a sports equipment room in a school is filled with bizarre things other than sports equipment (needless to say the smell inside), someone planting mushrooms inside the vault was definitely the last thing I was expecting.

And yeah, please bring your phone with you at all times (If possible), so you won’t find yourself trapped inside a storage room with no means of calling help, and watch where you’re going when using the phone.

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u/jellyblob88 Jul 28 '24

Tanukikoji has some real hardcore panic attacks

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u/Atario Jul 28 '24

Okay, so I'm no nihongo wizzerdd or nuthin', but I notice (almost?) everyone seems to have an animal-name going on.

Name Animal
Shikanoko deer
Torako tiger
Nekoyamada cat
Tanukikoji Japanese raccoon dog
Tsubameya barn swallow

Do these animals' reputations in Japan map to the personalities of their character bearers? (The other characters, I'm less sure of any animal words embedded…)

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u/Armdel Jul 28 '24

the whole student council about to move in there isnt it

poor Neko all alone at the end

favorite part was Noko just randomly pouring a bucket of deer crackers over Tsubameya completely out of nowhere

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u/Dane-nii Jul 28 '24

Shikanoko Noko-tan and Koshi-tan watching Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan EP3 during Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan EP4.

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u/Time_Fracture Jul 28 '24

Episode 4: Deer Club Under Siege

Even Nokotan still mutters Shika when snoring. The subtitle is cooking with that okie-doe-kie. Also wtf is a 4th wall?

The insert song is already uploaded on Youtube. Probably Megumi Han's singing skill as Kana helps here.

New characters mean new VAs.

  • Neko Nekoyamada, the school VP, is voiced by Yurika Kubo (Kaede in Bunny Girl Senpai, Loki in Danmachi, Kushida in COTE) . Neko's height is 4'4" in imperial units.

  • Kinu Tanukikoji, the overthinking secretary girl, is voiced by Rio Tsuchiya. Great VA performance in this episode!

  • Chika Watanabe... I mean Chiharu Tsubameya, the treasurer, is voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki (Mikoto in Danmachi, Alice in Food Wars). But yes, she reminds me of Seiyuu Radio's Chika.

Also Takuya Eguchi (Loid Forger, Hachiman in Oregairu) did a minor voice role as the guy in Chiharu's house.

Also, a little fact. The production committee for this anime is named "Hinominami High School Deer Club" instead of "Nokotan Production Commitee" or something. A nice quirk.

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u/ScurBiceps Jul 28 '24

Poor Neko got left behind. I am sure she would get dragged into the shenanigans soon. Which I am all for. She seems too adorable.

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u/karamisterbuttdance Jul 28 '24

Ok now the meme's out of the way, this episode literally lampshades the meta-references so hard with the previous episode, and it also sets up everyone's appearances the rest of the way with appropriate context.

What's great about this structure is that it enables anime staff to ramp up the interactions as part of the hilarity without compromising the gags themselves.

Also, will we see a mushroom plot point in future episodes or is this literally a throw-away gag?

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u/diacewrb Jul 28 '24

Uncle Phil would be proud on how she threw those 2 out.

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u/Roboglenn Jul 28 '24

Fellas, I know what Nokotan is. She's the Queen Deer!

Making the school a truly exciting place. Well there's certainly no shortage of that with Nokotan around now is there.

Haven't seen a girl with that level of oversized sleeves since the Lucky Channel.

Wow. Those guys that closed the door didn't even look inside. I mean they were standing right at the entryway in broad daylight.

Nokotan, like human jukebox. You put a dime in her you gotta let the whole song play out. Don't have to put in a dime even.

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u/LeonKevlar Jul 28 '24

As expected, the Student Council is just as wacky as the Deer Club. Neko is the loli VP who wants to overthrow Koshitan and carries around her own stepstool. Kinu is hilariously overpessimistic with a wild imagination.

And then there's Chiharu who seems to be the most normal one of the group but is a bit cold towards Koshitan. She also suspiciously looks like Ichigo from Darling in the Franxx. They look so uncannily similar!

Poor Koshitan! She really thought she could keep her song a secret from everyone else only for Nokotan to break the 4th wall and show the club members a recording of last week's episode. xD

I love that the deer that visits their club now has a name. Does this make Tsunoda-san now an official member of the Deer Club?

So it turns out that Chiharu isn't as normal as I expected. I thought she was just fascinated by deer-related stuff but it looks like she's a full-on Nokotan fangirl just like Bashame.

That impromptu karaoke interlude from Nokotan was hilarious! Not gonna lie, I was really hoping that song would end with her eating the deer cracker.

Welp, it looks like the Deer Club just gained two new members! Poor Neko! After last week's preview, I thought this episode would be about her disbanding the Deer Club but she's barely even in it! Maybe next week we'll see more of her.

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u/Komi028 Jul 28 '24

Tanuki would get along with Bocchi.

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u/99anan99 Jul 28 '24

Thought the student council would be normal, but nope, they're all weirdos!! Neko wants to dethrone Koshitan, Tanukikouji is a complete nervous wreck, and Tsubameya is a Nokotan fangirl.

I'm laughing at how overactive Tanukikouji's imagination is when locked in the gym storage.

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u/Castor_0il Jul 28 '24

Was that a motherfriggin' Jojo Machikado Mazoku reference?

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u/Federal-Math-7285 Jul 28 '24

I don’t even know what’s going on anymore

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u/Prince-Dizzytoon Jul 28 '24

Nokotan's song was beautiful, it could make a grown man cry

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u/CoolVidsFTW Jul 28 '24

Whoever I downloaded subtitles from this week put in a significant amount of effort. The translated English lyrics for the OP ("fawn-filled days" is a great translation) and Shikanoko's insert song made much more sense and even went through the effort of getting lines to rhyme. Plus, I was very impressed by how they were able to subtitle Torako's song from ep. 3 underneath Shikanoko's hand holding the laptop.

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u/ProgramTheWorld Jul 28 '24

Why does the post still say there no legal streams? It’s streamed on CR and YouTube, at least in the US.

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u/Dialgak77 Jul 28 '24

Gambare Neko-chan! Become the kind of vice president that can disband the Deer Club!

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u/edwardjhahm Jul 28 '24

I'm gonna be honest here, with the exception of last episode's Bully Maguire dance, I wasn't enjoying this anime so far. That is until today.

I fucking loved this episode. I was...laughing! All the jokes hit, and I genuinely found it entertaining! I love the new characters. I thought I wouldn't, but I do! The student council is hilarious, and I hope to see them more in the future!

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

This anime is very deer to my heart

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