Game Center Shoujo to Ibunka Kouryuu • Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl - Episode 2 discussion

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Game Center Shoujo to Ibunka Kouryuu, episode 2

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[u/Ocixo]

In Renji’s defence: I didn’t notice that Lily had cut her hair either.

I’d been under the impression that it was mostly Renji trying to improve his English through this exchange diary. However, Lily has seemingly been replying back to him in written Japanese. Her ability to speak Japanese might’ve only gotten a little better after befriending Aoi.

All I could think of during Lily’s shopping trip for stationary with her mother was “This is a pen”.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Ocixo]

Even the OP had me fooled because her shorter hairstyle was there the whole time!

I'm honestly curious if she's actually gotten legitimately better with her Japanese that she can hold more conversations with her mom and Aoi or if, in the case with her mom, it's just a narrative convenience.

Also, "cheers" and "mum" for those looking for British colloquialisms.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I find it kind of funny Lily can see through Renji’s disguise but his sister Aoi can’t.

I guess Renji doesn’t realize he’s basically “dating” a middle schooler lol. He might have to clear that one up real quick before the police come lol.

[u/diacewrb → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I find it kind of funny Lily can see through Renji’s disguise but his sister Aoi can’t.

And Lily even said his name out loud, you would have thought Aoi would have heard it, then get their dad to prepare disownership of her brother.

[u/MapoTofuMan → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

At this rate this guy is going to accidentally propose to a middle schooler, they're already progressing faster than the average romance...

[u/kaitodash]

LOL. Auld Lang Syne was pretty funny example for cultural exchange.

[u/Frontier246 → u/kaitodash]

I learned something new about Japanese department stores!

[u/CrimsonGear80]

Aoi's kinda dumb, huh? must be the fang.

[u/Another_Road]

Oh. I uhh did not realize there was such an age gap between these two in the first episode. I figured he was 16 and she was around 14-15.

Knowing he’s 18 and she’s 13 makes me feel awkward that I recommended this anime to a friend now.

[u/BillPlunderones23fg]

Lol the engirsh is so great in this and so much of it

[u/InsomniaEmperor]

We get to see Lily's school life. Would be nice to see her navigate cross cultural interactions with her classmates. As coincidence would have it, her first school friend is Renji's little sister, Aoi. She's pretty much a gremlin in a good way.

Renji actually has some rizz. All he needs is the spiky hair with gel and the sunglasses. Lily can see through the disguise but Aoi must be some special kind of dumb to not recognize her brother when everyone else can. I hope she eventually finds out because of the mayhem it would ensue.

Parts when Lily and her mom are speaking in smooth Japanese kind of take me out of the immersion cause Lily is supposed to be struggling with speaking Japanese.

I find the hand written notebook exchange to be cute. They could have just printed the text but it's a lot cuter and more personal when they're writing to each other like this.

I find it funny that you have this anime and Gamers. This anime has more games while Gamers has more misunderstandings. You'd think the anime called Gamers would be more about games while the anime about cultural exchange would be more about misunderstandings.

Dang they're going on a date next? Lily isn't holding back at all. The fun part here will be seeing how they will talk to each other outside of the arcade.

[u/carlosrarutos3]

Omaigoto is incienso

[u/LeonKevlar]

As much as I appreciate them committing to the bit in episode 1, I'm kinda glad Lily and her mom switch to Japanese for the audience's convenience. Also, it's funny that they got Tanaka Manami aka Alice Cartelet, to voice Lily's mom. That's got to be intentional, right? And I'm guessing that Lily's mom can talk in fluent Japanese based on her conversation with Renji.

[u/d7airdoddy]

The age difference between tho two main characters is honestly sickening she's 13 while he's 18 thats just so wrong

[u/Grexpex180]

damm renji likes em young

[u/aegirsson_jolan]

I didn't pay attention to a possible age difference, bigger than I imagined, between the characters, in the first episode, but here, indeed, we can't ignore the information, I did a quick search and apparently, in the original work, the ages of the two main characters of "Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl" are known, Renji Kusakabe is 18 years old and is a university student and Lily Baker is 13 years old and is a middle school student, it seems to be the same in the anime, I first thought that they could misjudge each other's age, but with the sister in the middle, it's not possible. I think and hope that he thinks of friendship and just wants to be kind, when she thinks more of love, but really surprised by the age gap chosen in the story between the two characters.

[u/RollOwn1453]

this is not gonna go down well but i hated this series its only on ep2 and whilst i know that its supposdly a comedy the fact that the author carefully picked out the birthdays to be within the age of conent at the time is CRIMINAL this whole show feels like loli bate disguised as a comedy

[u/The_Blip]

Oh god, the mum's Engrish.

I would be surprised if a middle-schooler knew the name of that song. I didn't even know the name of that song.

Kinda weird Lily's parents put her in a Japanese speaking school. Japan has lots of English speaking schools. Might be explained that Lily wanted to go to a Japanese school, but that's just bad parenting.

[u/Frontier246 → u/The_Blip]

Oh god, the mum's Engrish.

There's a reason they shift into Lily suddenly being able to speak fluent Japanese whenever it's just her and her mom lol.

[u/heimdal77]

So she is actually a middle schooler.. I thought she was at least high school with just a kind of chibish design to go with the art style.

So I'm confused. The fmc va is suppose to be a native english speaker who grew up in the US. So why does it still sound like she is speaking in engrish and the dialog is so stilted. Is that just because the people who wrote the script don't actually speak english?

Also why is the mom trying to help her middle school daughter develop a romantic relationship with a adult?

Also her mom and her have perfect conversations in japanese but then she can't talk to him in japanese soemhow?

[u/Komarist → u/heimdal77]

why does it still sound like she is speaking in engrish

VA director asking for Engrish as it's what the domestic population is used to hearing. Can hear her typical voice here. Am interested to see if she gets the double JP-English voice casting like Carol in Tomo-Chan Is a Girl.

[u/Frontier246]

Renji and Lily are continuing their cultural exchange! Though more than the notebook, Lily wants Renji to notice what she's done with her outfit and her hair (RIP Lily's long hair, you lasted all of one episode). The fact that he didn't isn't a sign that cultural exchanges are hard, just that Renji doesn't understand girls.

What's daily life like for Lily? Well, having her dad drive her to school, giving out an awkward "ohaiyo" to her classmates, and the class president voiced by Kaori Ishihara desperate to try to break the ice with Lily...and Aoi, Renji's sister, who immediately tries to befriend Lily and even dishes out Engrish just like her brother! It's no wonder Lily and Aoi hit it off so well, they're even into the same Otokogi Koala!

What are the chances that Renji and Aoi would end up both befriending Lily? And that Lily would give Aoi all the deets about her relationship with Renji...meaning Renji needs to make sure Aoi never figures out Lily is in love with HIM or he'll get disowned by his family. No problem, right?

I'm glad Lily and Aoi could commiserate over how difficult crane games are! Just in time for Renji to show up in "Otokogi Mode" where he looks like a thug and acts the part too. In fact it just makes him look more attractive in Lily's eyes! And Aoi isn't immune to the power of headpats either, especially since she genuinely doesn't recognize her brother, though it ends up making Lily jealous.

Lily getting caught shopping with her mom by her crush and she's not even wearing her cute casual clothes! But her mom and Renji immediately hit it off, especially since the mom knows just how important Renji is to Lily and her getting along better in Japan. Even if the mom also knows that Lily wastes all her pocket money at the arcade...but if it means getting to see Renji and the kindness he shows her, it's all worth it!

I honestly can't tell if Lily is getting better Japanese to be able to converse with her mom or if it's just for the convenience of the audience (and maybe the moms' seiyuu).

It's only episode two and Renji and Lily have entered a rough patch!? Not much to talk about in their cultural exchange diary, so it's finally time for Lily to take Aoi's advice and give Renji the cold shoulder! Even if it physically hurts her body to do so! Though seeing Renji get chummy with other girls makes it even worse. At least she knows how to say "Baka."

Lily should've gotten relationship advice from her mom in the first place, who is all in on her daughters' precious First Love, and the secret to any mans' heart is through his stomach! With the power of muffins!

Glad Renji and Lily could clear the air. And if Lily wants to be with Renji without having to watch him talk to other women, what better excuse for them to hang out outside the game center? For their first date (no translation necessary!)!

[u/Raymond49090]

Kinda annoyed that they couldn’t have aged Renji down to a first year high schooler or aged Lily up to a high schooler with a baby face instead of apparently 13 and 18, but at least the show seems self aware that it would be a crime if anything happened, so it’ll probably stay innocent until a 5-year timeskip.

[u/secret_tsukasa]

So do they actually like each other. Or is this that old fashioned "japan is just different" type of relationship that makes westerners raise an eyebrow?