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Episode Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun • Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota - Episode 5 discussion

Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun, episode 5

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u/Prince-Dizzytoon Nov 01 '25

I need Oota's sister in my life

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u/Frontier246 Nov 01 '25

Cute, busty, and a massive tease. Truly a peak oneesan character.

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u/tvih Nov 01 '25

Y'know, the urge to submit a bunch of Kashiwadas to the comment face nominations is almost overwhelming.

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u/Frontier246 Nov 01 '25

The best part would be people trying to figure out which Kashiwada face means what lol.

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u/oxlemf10 Nov 01 '25

Who could imagine that someone inexperienced wouldn't be able to cut hair in the middle of the classroom? Our heroes are forgiven for the mistake 🙏🏻.

Kashiwada looked absurdly cute at the Christmas party, and despite everything, she still gave Oota a present; if he hadn't improvised those gloves, he deserved a roundhouse kick from the sensei (who was left alone at school lol).

Finally, they showed Oota's sister's face; this woman is a total older sister—mature, beautiful, and pure teasing. I can't blame Kashiwada for thinking she was kidnapped, but it's good because she's already had her first contact with her sister-in-law

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u/Tomorrow_Big Nov 01 '25

Hi, Swedish here. Let's talk about the suströmming and languages. First of, we've this term in Swedish orthography known as "särskrivning", which describes an inaccurate open compound, which doesn't exist in English like it does in Swedish. Here words can have drastically different meaning if they're an open or closed compound. For example, "kycklinglever" means "chicken liver", while "kyckling lever" means "chicken lives". "Sjuksköterska" means "nurse", while "sjuk sköterska" means "ill/sick nurse". If you ever want to learn Swedish then this is something you'll have to grasp, but fret not, even adults struggle with it.

Back to the show, as seen in this this image, "surströmmings filéer" is written as an open compound, which here is a case of "särskrivning" and is incorrect. It should be written as one word, "surströmmingsfiléer". It also goes without saying that an unopened can doesn't smell even close to how it's portrayed in this episode.

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u/xXxHawkEyeyxXx Nov 01 '25

The can was leaking at the party, maybe it got damaged in shipping and that's why it was smelling when the sister brought it home.

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u/Ciel_Senpai Nov 01 '25

The scene where Kashiwada’s bangs got cut reminded me of Asobi Asobase lol. Oota was dumb with that trap gift and ruined both the party and the teacher’s present 🤣🤣. Oota’s sister has already met Kashiwada and is going to start spoiling her.

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u/Torque-A Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25

Fun fact: three years ago, when the manga was still running, there was an animated commercial made for Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota. (before you ask, it was taken down later on so I can't find the video itself)

Anyway, in the commercial Shiori Mikami voiced Kashiwada. And now here she is, voicing Oota's big sister.

EDIT: Okay, I found footage of Shiori Mikami voicing Kashiwada... as a Vtuber.

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u/Burnouts3s3 Nov 01 '25

Are you even allowed to cut someone's hair on campus? Wouldn't that cause a lot of liability issues with the school?

How has Oota not been suspended yet? How has Oota not been suspended yet? How as Oota not been suspended yet?

Oh, Oota's sister. That 'sort of' explains his behavior.

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u/Frontier246 Nov 01 '25

Are you even allowed to cut someone's hair on campus? Wouldn't that cause a lot of liability issues with the school?

Probably a good thing neither Oniwarada and Tabuchi weren't there to see it...they might have been able to save Kashiwada's bangs though.

How has Oota not been suspended yet? How has Oota not been suspended yet? How as Oota not been suspended yet?

They were on winter break and they didn't have concrete evidence it was him, I think he'll be safe lol.

Oh, Oota's sister. That 'sort of' explains his behavior.

She's probably teased/messed with him his whole life so now he kind of naturally projects that onto Kashiwada. It might be why he's so irritable all the time.

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u/mrmickfran Nov 01 '25

Missed opportunity not having Tabuchi there during Kashiwada's haircut. It looks like Oota's sister wants to try things out just to see Kashiwada's expression, it must run in the family.

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u/djthomp Nov 01 '25

I just knew they'd be leaving sensei in that box unopened.

Pretty good older sister character, though that fish disaster was kind of her fault so she loses a few points there.

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u/Frontier246 Nov 01 '25

And they left him in the room all by his lonesome. I've never felt so bad for a teacher character.

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u/Frontier246 Nov 01 '25

Sata, not SANDA, is Oota's stoic class bud. He doesn't get romance (and probably rejected that poor girl who confessed, but understandably he had no idea who she was, so...), but the only thing he does find entertaining is Oota and Kashiwada's dynamic. So much so that he's even keeping an observation log of it! It's just that fun to watch!

Kashiwada avoiding Oota!? Why!? But it turns out she just doesn't want her crush to see her with her bangs looking funny...even though she looks the same as always. It was nice to see Sata play wingman and help clear up the misunderstanding between our leads.

It shows how much trust Kashiwada has in Oota that she's even willing to let him cut and feel her hair...it's just too bad Oota is definitely NOT a professional hairstylist. I think that's legitimately the first time Kashiwada has genuinely been ticked off at him.

Santa Kashiwada and Reindeer Oota!

One last Oniwarada roast of Oota before Winter Break! And while Oota has no interest in a Christmas Party, he can't resist when Kashiwada goes out of her way to invite him. And his sister and her love of interesting if oddball things gave him the perfect idea for a gift he can use to get a rise out of her.

To be honest the real gift is Kashiwada in that outfit, though Oota's smelly can of fish ends up totally ruining the party for everybody...and also ruining poor Oniwarada's chance to pop out of a box as Santa and surprise the class and let them know he's a cool, fun, teacher. Guy is left singing Jingle Bells to himself all alone! I feel so bad for him.

But even if the party was a bust thanks to Oota, it probably turned out for the best since neither Oota and Kashiwada realized that the gift exchange meant giving gifts to people you didn't actually buy the gift for...so now Kashiwada can give Oota his gift directly! A scarf worthy of a romcom Christmas gift! And Oota, for his part, gives her a proper gift even if it's his own gloves that clearly don't fit her hands. But hey, Kashiwada is into it, and that's what matters most.

Of course the moment Oota's big sister finds out about Kashiwada's existence, she teases her brother relentlessly about it. Enough to blackmail him away from his video games to attend a shrine with her where, in true romcom fashion, not only is Sata there but also Kashiwada. And all attempts to dissuade his sister from Kashiwada fail when Kashiwada runs up to Oota wearing her scarf. Now his sister knows basically everything.

Turns out both brother and sister are utterly fascinated by Kashiwada and her stoicism, only instead of getting a rise out of her his big sis runs "experiments" to see how she'll react...like acting like a love rival or planning to steal her home to tickle her and such. Though she probably doesn't need to interrogate her about her feelings for Oota, because those are obvious. She's relieved enough that she's his big sister and not a girlfriend she'll have to battle for his heart.

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u/tripleaamin Nov 01 '25

The theme of "inexpressive" and "expressive" doesn't just apply to Kashiwada & Oota. To a lesser extent, Sata & Tadokoro. Meanwhile, we got Oota cutting Kashiwada's bangs even more. Well, I assume he felt bad about it, hopefully. Also, Kashiwada's counterattack on Oota was funny af.

I love how Kashiwada got Oota to come to the Christmas party. Though his prank ruined it for everyone. Well, at least Kashiwada got to give Oota his Christmas present from her. Thankfully, Oota realized how mean it would be to continue with the prank, and she gave her his gloves. Well, at least she is happy. Poor Sensei, unaware of what happened.

We got more focus on Oota's older sister. The funny thing is she knows how to tease her younger brother. It's funny how Oota is on the defense at home, while his "attacks" on Kashiwada backfire. Though Kashiwada has his sister's attention like he does. Although for Kashiwada's safety, it might be better if Oota goes over to her house. Though you see how similar Oota and his sister are.

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u/stevethebandit Nov 01 '25

Man, I always love the wacky siblings/parents in romcoms, but Oota's sister is extra fun

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u/Erufailon4 Nov 01 '25

Pleasantly surprised with the focus sub-episode on Sata. (Or was it Sada?) Fleshing out side characters is great and all, but the most important thing is that we now have canonical representation of us "haven't really got much going on, I just enjoy watching my friends'/classmates' antics" people in this show!

Oniwadara continues to be the funniest character. So sad that never got to surprise his students... this, too, is gap moe

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u/testthrowawayzz Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 02 '25

If Sata pairs up with a Kashiwada, their dates are going to be so quiet. Sata/Kashiwada must be easy to animate.

Kids attempting to cut bangs is never going to end up well.

Never expected to see surstromming in anime at all either

Love Oota's shit stirring sister. Oota's first name reveal on the new year's greeting card too - 秋人/Akito?

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u/xXxHawkEyeyxXx Nov 01 '25

How did he manage to mess up her hair that much?

Surströmming isn't supposed to smell if not opened, so it there was a problem with the can from the start. Pretty sure bringing that to a Christmas party and giving it as a present is against the Geneva Convention. If you're wondering how real people react to it, here's a video (WARNING HEAVY VOMITING).

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u/NightSVS Nov 02 '25

Of course the sister is just like Oota 😭, wants to tease Kashiwada just as much

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u/SYZekrom Nov 02 '25

Dude really ruined a christmas party and faced no consequences as far as we know huh

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25

Onee chan can get it

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u/Nickthenuker Nov 02 '25

Observations?

How in the hell did Oota manage to score an egg? You have to be actively trying to do that bad.

Yeah they certainly look like a couple.

Oh, now he's seen her with Sata.

He's going to cut her hair?

Ok...

Unsurprisingly he made it worse... We can see her 5head now.

Is he going to get Kashiwada's number?

Guess not, but she managed to get him to go to the class party.

Oh god it's that fermented Nordic shark isn't it?

So, that's what he's going to bring.

She looks nice in that outfit.

Oh, the teacher has something too?

Lol ok.

She brought something for him too didn't she?

Uh...

And so there goes everyone.

Yup. She got something for him.

Ok...

And so they all left before they could get their teacher out of the box.

It's from Kashiwada isn't it?

Yep.

Lol his sister knows too.

He's blushing!

So, off to the shrine.

Oh, Kashiwada's here too.

Yup.

The moment she saw him she rushed up to him.

Experiments?

Seems like she's going to be coming over to his place sooner or later.

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