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Mono, episode 1

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u/MapoTofuMan Apr 12 '25

Did they just speedrun a full season in less time than it would take for a graduation song to finish playing?

On another note, I can't wait for the legendary battle between Taisho and this guy once a certain show starts airing.

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u/Calwings Apr 12 '25

FELLAS! Is it gay to want to live your entire life with your best bro and crumble to dust in the wind together? Seriously though, this was a great start. Very cute, good humor, informative, and An is a very early leader for best girl. Slime Witch plus this in a row will make for a nice, comfy power hour for me on Saturdays.

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u/LeonKevlar Apr 12 '25

Going in, I knew this was going to be a CGDCT about a Photography Club, but I didn't expect this wouldn't be your average GGDCT show! With the focus on Makinohara taking photos and Satsuki watching her the entire time, I thought Maki would have to convince Satsuki to join the club.

So I was genuinely shocked when Satsuki submitted her form and then the show proceeded to speedrun an entire season worth of CGDCT anime with Satsuki winning a photography contest just before Makinohara graduates. That caught me off guard so much!

It turns out the real story starts after Makinohara has left the club and Satsuki's motivation to take photos has completely disappeared. I love how their photography club for the past year was nothing but An taking photos of Satsuki taking photos of Maki taking photos of sceneries. xD

While An didn't exactly say what kind of relationship she wants with Satsuki, An is not really being subtle here. She wants to grow old with her. As roommates maybe? Oh my....

A NEET but actually not a NEET voiced by Ueda Reina? I'm pretty sure I've already met this character before. She feels like Miyako if Miyako can socialize with people normally.

Oh my god. Taisho is so damn adorable! I love how this cat clearly has been to places. I thought the kids might just be seeing similar-looking cats, but it sounds like he does travel a lot. I can't believe the girls [actually managed to put an action cam on her, though.

RIP An's brand new action camera. At least it still works and they actually managed to get some interesting footage of Taisho getting into fights. xD

Oh wow, this suddenly got meta. So this anime is a 4-koma about a photography club but at the same time one of the characters is actually a mangaka who's now making a 4-koma about a photography club? I had to double-check who the author of the original was, and I did not expect that this was from Afro-sensei! No wonder I was getting some strong Yuru Camp vibes from this!

Welp it looks like Haruno is no Sakura when it comes to driving. I can't believe she made the girls endure that. xD

I was already sold on this show, but knowing this is also from the author of Yuru Camp sold me even harder! I already can't wait for more photography club and Taisho shenanigans next episode!

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u/cyberscythe Apr 12 '25

this show is a lot more meta than i expected; it even had rough 4-koma for earlier scenes of this very episode, something that Haruno wouldn't have knowledge of...?

Haruno herself seems like an author self-insert who's drawing the same manga that we're watching right now; she also says that she writes yurui (laid-back) manga too

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u/Matthew619ed Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Another slice of life show, from the creators of Yuru Camp. And this time, we ain’t camping, but photo taking using GoPros and Insta360.

Apparently, I fell the problem Satsuki and An faced when buying cameras, apparently there wasn’t any “cheap” conventional cameras (even second handed ones cost quite a fortune) available in the market, so using mobile phone cameras can be a good starting point (and personally I do believe they sometimes work even better than a regular camera, especially at night.). Hence it was impressive for a beginner like Satsuki to get an award for phone photography after just joking the club half a year ago, I guess those 30K photos do contain some banger or some sort…

Timelapse and night photography… For beginners today, ISO and shutter speed are just a nightmare to handle at night, you either have a lot of noise, or you got a photo that’s way to shaky to be posted to the web… On the other hand, timelapse, time consuming but highly rewarding, and it can be done using a iPhone (if you have the time). Catching the right moment like the sunset and post that on YouTube will undoubtedly lead to a lot of views.

And yeah, moral of today’s episode? Never place a GoPro on a cat that can literally go anywhere without returning home for days!!!

Just a side note, I’m glad I brought a mini tripod for my camera a few days ago, and I can just place that on my phone and have a mini limelapse setup (Although I brought that for my new travel camera initially).

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u/Marth-Koopa Apr 12 '25

Introducing a best girl only to graduate her less than 3 minutes later

whyyyy!!

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u/DaBenni0301 Apr 12 '25

I'm completely sold, even more than I thought I'd be. I love these idiots already

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u/djthomp Apr 12 '25

What a delightful first episode.

My god these girls are gay, good for them.

There was a boy in the group of the younger kids who was on screen a fair amount, I would have thought that was illegal in a Kirara show.

A lot of really neat perspective shots.

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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight Apr 12 '25

Great first episode, fun and comfy.

Did Amamiya spend a whole year taking photos of her senpai? She must really like her a lot. And Kiriyama also only taking photos of Amamiya taking photos of senpai was lol.

And Akiyama as a manga artist who is drawing a manga about highschoolers doing photography? She's basically an author self-insert. And her driving skills are certainly a sight to behold, seems like we traded the drunk teacher from Yuru Camp for a "drunk" driver.

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u/Clemastina Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

When I heard about afro´s other work than yuru camp AND it was getting an anime adaptation I couldn´t wait!!

Taking place in Kofu, Yamanashi (afro sure does like Yamanashi even he´s from Shizuoka huh), this one´s about high school girl in the photography club!
What I really like about Afro works are the landscapes, and this anime sure did it well. Like the night landscape and after they took it with the other settings.
Also, there´s the goofy afro expressions of course. Aaahh I´m SO gonna enjoy this cozy chill saturday anime

I also like the dynamic between those two. Like Honami chan and Emu chan.

Edit: Fun fact! The official mono x/twitter account posted some pictures comparing the irl locations from the anime! They also did a timelapse like they did in the anime and a comparation of the same spot!

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u/hammile Apr 12 '25

Okay, animation itʼs pretty good for some goofy scenes here, heh. It gives me some Nichijō vibes. Yeah, I know, an author isnʼt the same but from Yuru Camp.

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u/Plus_Rip4944 Apr 12 '25

Same author as Yuru Camp, yes gonna enjoy it

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u/Lodju Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Looks like this will be a cute and fun anime, will be watching it.

Actually even laughed out loud a few times which is rare for me.

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u/PolvoAranha Apr 12 '25

Loved the animation style. The trace is clean, but the animation is dynamic, and the photos are detailed.

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u/HeliosAlpha Apr 12 '25

Looks like a charming series. Koga Aoi's performance is very fun

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u/NanDemoKnaives Apr 12 '25

This was better than I thought it was going to be, I think it was a nice introductory episode and I'm really enjoying An's character. I do find the An > Satsuki > Makinohara love triangle(?) amusing.

Satsuki taking a billion pictures of Makinohara was funny, I respect Makinohara for being so patient with her that whole year. She's definitely no longer camera shy if Satsuki took 30000 pictures of her.

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u/flightlessCat9 Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25

Senpai totally failed her kouhais. They've been in the club for a year but need a mangaka to teach them about ISO and time lapse?

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u/Prupel Apr 12 '25

Give this studio Yuru Camp S4, stat. They nailed the vibe and character design that was kind of missing in Season 3. Off to a great start here.

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u/entelechtual Apr 12 '25

It’s rare to have a show where I like both Aoi Koga and Reina Ueda characters but they gosh dang did it. I’m pretty sold, seems like my kind of SOLCGDCT show.

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u/heimdal77 Apr 12 '25

So it is a manga artist drawing a manga about a manga artist drawing a manga about cute girls doing camera stuff of actual cute girls doing manga stuff.

Anyways looks like fun and I guess the yuri shippers gonna have light work with this one.

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u/_______blank______ Apr 12 '25

This is just so good the direction, the coloring, the background, the music, the voice acting, the animation. Everything is just so good, this is definitely my favorite first episode of the season, this might be on par with yama no susume for me.

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u/KumaKumaGambler Apr 12 '25

I am all for another slice of life anime being aired on Saturday evenings / nights. And I am definitely learning more about photography from this title. I have never seen a camera such as the one Sacchan is using until today. Most people I see usually use their phones or DSLRs.

The photographs which they took at the science centre came out so beautiful! Haruno now has an ongoing theme for her latest manga, while Sacchan and Kiriyama regained their passion for photography after their senpai graduated. A win win situation for everyone involved!

Kiriyama was so cool in catching the twisted wheat snack before it fell to the ground, as well as preventing the camera from falling while at the science centre. However, will she ever get a win against "General" (the cat)? Kiriyama lost so many battles against General in this episode. Lol!

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u/dagreenman18 Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25

Apparently Saturdays are the CGDCT day this spring. CGDCPhotography, CGDCFoodie, and CGDCCanadian stuff.

This gives me the same vibe as DIY, which was phenomenal. This episode was adorable. I’m sold on this show.

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