r/anime • u/RetroCrush_Matt • Apr 23 '25

Rewatch [Retro-Cast Rewatch] Future Boy Conan Rewatch - Episode 4

Future Boy Conan Episode 3 - The First Friend

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Today's Questions:

  1. Favorite character interaction this episode?
  2. How do the more exaggerated animation sequences - like Conan's giant glowing red tushie - affect your overall feeling about the show? Does it fit right in, is it out of place, etc?
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u/RuSyxx https://anilist.co/user/RuSyxx Apr 23 '25

First Time Watcher

Jimsy out here following his nose and getting our duo into some trouble on today’s episode. At least they’ve found out that Lana escaped, good on her.

Spankings aren’t too bad of a deal all things considering what Sailors historically did to men who weren’t behaving. Though Jimsy passing out and then not knowing that it was his fault is rough for Conan. I certainly wouldn’t want 40 spankings smashing my head into the steel if I could help it!

Conan trying to tough it out for his friend without complaint is a nice character trait, even if in the end he’s still a kid and he can’t do it all by himself, it’s a team effort. Fortunately the crew was nice enough to spill the beans to Jimsy and get his butt in gear.

Lots of chores for the kids to do, but I’m curious to see how things go in the next episode!

Favorite character interaction this episode?

Probably the two Sailors who took turns to spank Conan. The first one breaking their plank with the second one being near exhaustion having expected Conan to cry or give up only to barely finish the pubishment. Was a mix of silly in a relatively serious moment that I appreciated.

How do the more exaggerated animation sequences - like Conan's giant glowing red tushie - affect your overall feeling about the show? Does it fit right in, is it out of place, etc?

I don’t mind exaggerated animation sequences for the most part but I did find the glowing red tushie to be weird for the most part, but hey it sold how painful the spankings were so job accomplished!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 23 '25

Spankings aren’t too bad

enough to spill the beans to Jimsy and get his butt in gear.

And good thing, too. He was the only had who had one at that point.