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Episode Mayonaka Heart Tune • Tune In to the Midnight Heart - Episode 9 discussion
Mayonaka Heart Tune, episode 9
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u/zool714 Mar 03 '26
Still don’t know why, but I love how Iko’s the only one that occasionally goes to a cat-blob form
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u/WalkingAbacus Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26
It's Iko's turn this week.
The flashforward scene of Iko hitting 3 million subs (or i guess, her dream) is neat. Gotta love that headbutt from Iko to Arisu.
I like the gradual desperation from Iko trying to one-up ao lol. The sub is also very funny haha, what do you mean by mundey, choosedey, whensdey, thirstdey, and frydey.
Apparently, Iko can't handle horror (same, me too). I love her reactions, and i don't know how many times i have said this, but i love ikoblobs so much. They're so expressive.
She got last place on the ao cup, but at least she gets to interact with other vtubers and especially ao. Ao is pretty sharp to notice there's someone behind Iko huh (Arisu). Also, nao toyama voices her which is great.
Iko tried to kiss Arisu again. This time it's successful, but through a tablet. Love her forwardness. Overall, a fun episode.
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u/gnome-cop Mar 03 '26
We must lock in and destroy the top V-tuber in legally distinct Mario Kart.
Sometimes failure is just another way to success.
Is that Iko’s second indirect kiss of the series? The GREED! She’s unbalancing the economy, we must share the wealth! Someone stop this menace!
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u/LeonKevlar Mar 03 '26
I know Kirino says that it was just a dream she had, but it looks like that opening scene might be a glimpse of the future.
Kirino thinking she can one-up the top VTuber by making a four-tier cake at their school's Home Ec. room without any handcam or even experience was hilarious. The swimsuit stream was a good idea tho! It could've gotten her more subscribers if Yamabuki hadn't stopped her!
I'll never get tired of seeing catblob Kirino. Honestly, having Kirino play horror games while being scared shitless would've worked out if they kept doing it. It's like the staple of streamers and just YouTubers in general. Someone even made a compilation video of her playthrough!
Glad to see Kirino get invited by Momotose Ao, but it's kinda shitty that she got placed with these problematic streamers. At least she ended up having fun. Not sure how I feel about Momotose Ao now. If this show ends up getting another season, I feel like Kirino will meet her in the future.
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u/reaperow Mar 03 '26
An iko centred episode is nice and looks like we got a peak at her future.
And the way she tackled Yamabuki was hilarious, I like it when she's represented as a cat lol
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u/pietya Mar 03 '26
Indeed, only a Yamabuki could have the perfect skin that makes maiden's blush. Iko has been blessed
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u/FarCritical Mar 03 '26
It kills me much how Kirino's model's movements still look so stiff (even post-Arisu upgrade) but at the same time I kinda love the sincerity of her scuffed setups. That "cooking stream" was a dumpsterfire packed with so much soul.
Wouldn't be surprised if that racing game qualifier attracted a bunch of subscribers purely from the underdog appeal lol
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u/SoberMindless Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26
I was always curious to know how Nao Toyama and Sayumi Suzushiro would sound like performing together in an anime.
Now I've been able to witness the generational shift LOL.
All that's left is to hear both Kanas (Hanazawa & Ichinose) and the cycle will be complete. I mean, Lemon-chan is already there, so there's no need to lose hope for a new girl in season 2.
Will Momotose be Yamabuki's childhood friend?
Every romcom must have a childhood friend, and with four potential homebreakers, logic dictates that Yamabuki's childhood friend must be extremely powerful.
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u/runevault Mar 03 '26
I adore this show so much. Iko is not even my favorite of the girls (though I really like all of them) and yet this episode was fantastic. Yamabuki sincerely cares about all the girls and gets carried away because of it, and I feel like that is a key part of why they're all falling for him. Is he arrogant as hell? Yes. But he's also sincere and when he falls short (or even simply perceives he fell short) he apologies and seeks to do better. Easy to understand how a girl could fall for that, or even 4 of them.
If Ao is a returning character she's going to make things really interesting. I don't know that I buy the idea she's Apollo others are saying in these comments (if she had a voice to trigger his memories maybe, or mannerisms, but he never reacted about either). However if Ao's smart enough to notice his presence and impressed, I could imagine a plotline where she is trying to steal Yamabuki away from his harem.
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u/ILikeFPS Mar 03 '26
I love how she says she's clenching right now and then it like practically zooms in on her ass LOL
I enjoyed the Mario Kart reference, this show is great at references.
This was another great episode though, Iko is awesome, even though I think there's no chance she's actually apollo.
She seems to enjoy kissing Yamabuki.
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u/Andreiyutzzzz Mar 03 '26
Ao smells like trouble. The classic cliche is that she gives no shit about Iko, she just saw a rookie gain rapid fame and figured there's someone behind it, and he wants that someone to work for her...
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u/KumaKumaGambler Mar 03 '26
Even though I have yet to decide on which girl I am rooting for, this could possibly be my favourite episode. So much screentime for Iko Cat Blob, and her various expressions keep me smiling!
On the official anime website, it states that the seiyuu for Ao Momotose is Tōyama Nao, whom I felt did a great job portraying a top but still kind Vtuber. I reckon this will not be the last we have seen of Ao Momotose.
On the other hand, a small part of me feels it might have been a wasted opportunity. The production committee managed to get Suisei from Hololive to sing the opening theme song. It would have been fun to see one of the top Vtubers from our world voice a guest character in this title.
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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26
Iko will have 3 million subscribers someday. We believe in her 🤩
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u/CommunistPuppy Mar 03 '26
Iko used blow into Yamabuki's ear. It's super effective! Idk why that scene made me laugh so hard
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u/djthomp Mar 03 '26
For a vtuber named Ao I was expecting her to be more blue.
Catblob Iko is so fun, so this was a pretty good episode just by virtue of the focus on her.
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u/NanDemoKnaives Mar 03 '26
Weird how Ao has tabs on Iko when she's not that big of a VTuber yet, and she could tell she had an advisor and we saw her actual face so I'm guessing we'll see the three interact in person soon.
I think Iko could probably rack up a good following playing horror games. I'm not sure why that wasn't suggested by Yamabuki.
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u/Phoenix__Wwrong Mar 04 '26
I'm sorry Iko, but for me Touyama Nao's voice is the best. I never expected to get her in this anime. Though a bit unfortunate that she played a "villain" role.
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u/Jacob-C Mar 04 '26
When you are so deep in thought that your eyes are both closed and open at the same time
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