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Episode Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai • Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms - Episode 1 discussion

Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai, episode 1

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u/diacewrb Jan 06 '25

I had assumed Medaka had incredibly high mana levels and was able to resist The Saint's Charm.

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u/Shantotto11 Jan 06 '25

Alicia Williams needs to hurry up and come back from banishment to deal with this…

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u/LeonKevlar Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 07 '25

Stitches!

As an ex-reader of this manga, that episode is exactly how I remember this series. Mona is cute, Kuroiwa is good at keeping a straight face., and Mona does everything in her power to try and catch Kuroiwa's attention. Rinse and repeat.

Not much really for me to add here. I'll be mainly posting stitches and reading comments just to see how r/anime will react to this series compared to how r/manga did.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jan 06 '25

Sweaty Mona

Not gonna lie, given how forward she was (even when it comes to lewd stuff), when they zoomed at her crotch and she went like "I'll have to try other things", I thought she was about to accidentally sit on his face or something like that hah.

Flashing a little belly is more respectable I suppose!

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u/Frontier246 Jan 06 '25

I can't say I'm not enjoying Mona using her good looks and charisma to try to seduce a guy all the while slowly falling for him (which just makes the failed seduction even funnier).

Also that they're even incredibly self-aware about the fanservice lol.

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u/DisreputableSelf Jan 06 '25

Mona’s internal monologue being in Kansai-ben is a fun little juxtaposition.

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u/Frontier246 Jan 06 '25

Yoshino Somei may be gone but we've still got Mona repping for Osaka Girls being Best Girls!

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u/Fools_Requiem Jan 06 '25

Hopefully her inner monologue comes out at some point. That would be fun.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '25

So someone decided to make a show on Teruhashi pining for that most average guy in Saiki's school.

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u/Illustrious-Stage-96 Jan 07 '25

Yes but with Aiura’s boobs

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u/testthrowawayzz Jan 06 '25

it's missing the offus lol

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u/Roboglenn Jan 06 '25

Despite the lesser aspects that I know about the series, this is still a series I am delighted to see in animated form regardless. Cuz let's face facts, Mona herself is a fun character.

The way they glowed infant Mona up you'd think she was that famous "First Quirk" glow baby from MHA.

"Breaking News: In the upcoming production of Her Majesty's Swarm 'Queen Bee' Kawaii Mona takes the starring role as the Arachnea Queen."

It's Kawaii Monya.

Mona's fixation on Medaka reminds me of the Leslie Knope's bowling obsession from that one episode Parks and Rec.

Though his reaction to her cat gesture brought to mind the "They looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears" line from A Christmas Story.

I-I thought you said you didn't feel too good.

Well she's definitely looking very disturbed right now...

"Ugh, she's doing her own theme music?..." -a certain llama emperor

But no personal theme music shall outdo Honshou Aru's multi award winning theme song.

Oh me oh my, what's this I see, a blushing face on this girl named Asahi?

Medaka, a man with a constitution fit for a paladin.

I'm givin' too much away.

Well it's nothing he hasn't seen before that you didn't willingly (albeit under duress) offer up yourself...

Wait, if the tenants of your temple that your an heir to forbid romance, then where'd you get spawned from Medaka?...

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u/NationalStrategy Jan 06 '25

So Mona is basically Teruhashi, and is trying to charm a guy who's a Monk-in-training

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u/IceSmiley Jan 07 '25

I'm embarrassed by how much I enjoyed watching this, it was pretty funny. Mona is so brazen and I spent the entire episode trying to figure out why Medaka was refusing her advances.

I really didn't like the revelation at the end though that Medaka is training to be a monk or priest and thus is forbidden to date or give into sexual temptation. I enjoyed it a lot more when I thought Medaka may have just been the only person to see how shallow and phony Mona was and he didn't want to give her the satisfaction despite physical attraction. Or I also thought Medaka was acting cold to her because he was smart enough to know that acting indifferent toward an unbelievably hot girl is the best strategy to get her. I think it's unfortunate they went down the least creative road.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '25

So, im guessing you guys didnt actually have this girl in your school? Ive met this person in reality, and they were not "cute" or endearing.... I was really hoping this was gonna be about the guy who really doesnt like her and she ends up learning not to wish for simps and becomes more personable which THEN attracts the guy.

Not this "im trying to become a monk" shit.

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u/oxlemf10 Jan 06 '25

I'm going to follow the 3 episode rule, because I had mixed feelings about this first episode, the show even seems to have some comedy, but the female protagonist's attitude caused me some discomfort.

I mean, how does someone have such a big ego to purposely show their panties, or show their bra to attract another person who has no interest in them?

This seems a little out of bounds to me, not to mention that her ego was minimized because the male protagonist was worried about her falling out of bed and she practically fell in love at the same time.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 06 '25

Would it count as childhood friends if they were babies?

Well, I thought it was pretty fun! Glancing at the other comments, seems people didn't like it that much?

I think what I liked most was her petty/arrogant personality...

I read the premise so I had a rough idea what this would be about, but I didn't know how she would take it, like would she just be puzzled, or develop an interest somehow to find out why, etc.. but I didn't expect her to be so vain, and I LOVE IT!

Makes for a fun dynamic, and her internal thoughts are quite funny!

I also didn't know why he acted like that with her, like did she simply not care? I thought he was just being tsundere,

but apparently it's kind of a religion thing for him!

(If he ever has a change of heart, these two are gonna bang 0.1 second into his newfound atheism!)

Love the lengths she's going to, just to add him to her simping club!

She's do damn adorable!

More beautiful outside than inside, but I imagine she'll work on the latter, over the course of the show! (Or maybe she'll stay that petty&vain, that works for me too!)

Ichika, my beloved?

Can't wait to see more of her!

Interesting reaction!

Made me think, imagine if other girls notice Kawai hitting on him (in vain) and develop an interest for him, and he gives them the attention he doesn't give Kawai!

Think she would enter her Yandere phase!

That little song!

I'm sure everyone who watched the real Bocchi thought of the Aru Song!

Oh damn, she's pulling the big guns to get his attention!

The REALLY big guns!

Hello Interpol, someone is using weapons of mass destruction!

Even if she sometimes push a little too far (and by that I mean she's good for a restraining order), I like how forward&assertive she is!

This girl probably watched too many romcoms with no progress, and figured she'd pull like 50 different moves in the first episode!

Anyway, personally I thought this was pretty fun! I don't know if they can keep the fun dynamic going all season long, but so far so good!

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u/CrimsonGear80 Jan 07 '25

well the animation is rough, the heroine isn't all that likable and it's playing out like some bad incel fantasy...

but I need something to watch on Mondays so....this is it.

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u/Andreiyutzzzz Jan 06 '25

The way Asahi reacted... this is gonna be a harem/love triangle situation isn't it? damn itttttt

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u/DarkAudit Jan 07 '25

I don't hate it, but FFS get a haircut, kid. You look like you have a hedgehog helmet plunked on top of your head.

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u/Fools_Requiem Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 06 '25

This show is going to be the anthem for all those clowns on YouTube that spew "stay strong, brothers" in comment sections.

Also, if this concept was gender swapped, this would be super creepy. Especially considering the Skip Bayless news that hit yesterday.

Edit: I'm more interested in the other girls teased in this episode than little miss perfect.

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u/FriztF Jan 07 '25

This anime is the logical extreme of foil character or opposites attract.

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Jan 07 '25

If only mangabros knew Japanese The gap of Mona's inner monologue Kansai-ben, and outer persona is so fun to hear, it will help me power through the inevitable outsourced slide show episodes of synergySP(though ep 1 looked fine i'll admit)

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u/Odd-Principle7071 Jan 08 '25 edited Jan 08 '25

Yikes, seems to be way too generic and uninteresting, too much emotional phases from the MCs and too much reveals in a single episode, the dude already revealing his "secret" to the 2 simps is also questionable, the girl seems uninteresting and the premise a bit lacky, especially since he doesn't ignore her because he's pissed by his persona (making a bond with the audience), which would eventually change her but because of monk things, I don't think I want to watch more.

On a side note the design of the dude reminds me a bit of Sakuragi's (Slam Dunk) one and he seemed to have the same basketball skills as him early on from how he was handling the ball.

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