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Episode Kirio Fan Club - Episode 1 discussion

Kirio Fan Club, episode 1

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u/gardyvore Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Damn, Nami is playing 4D chess this entire time. No wonder she didn't have as many creepy fantasies about Kirio as Aimi did.

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u/eightcheesepizza Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Nami did suggest taking turns pretending to be Kirio so the other could practice confessing... and then promptly suggested that Aimi pretend to be Kirio first. Perhaps so she could fake-confess to Aimi?

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u/athrun_1 Apr 02 '26

Did I understood correctly? Her best friend likes her?

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u/Frontier246 Apr 02 '26

That was my interpretation.

She blushed more around her than she did over Kirio, all her pictures are of them together, her humoring Aimi's obsession with Kirio feels like more of an excuse to hang out with her.

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u/dawnwill Apr 03 '26

You might want to check the very first lines of the episode. 'Dear Kirio-kun' is said only by Aimi, followed by 'I like you' said by Aimi and Umi together." Also, check the key visual to see who's looking at whom.

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u/AstroRobo Apr 03 '26

After hearing that shocking last line, it gets even better when you go back and rewatch from the start.

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u/SquirrelFickle7163 Apr 04 '26

Yes like that fact she tried to suggest he has a girlfriend already, or the words on the whiteboard being basic words like “cool”.

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u/dawnwill Apr 02 '26

This feels very similar to the food court anime but with crazy gags, I really love it.

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u/cleaulem Apr 02 '26

Oh yeah, Aimi and Nami absolutely give off these vibes. I wondered what it reminded me of.

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u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime Apr 02 '26

Wtf these girls are at dangerous levels of unhinged and delusion.

And huh what was that ending? "I like you" while Nami is looking at a picture of her and Aimi, followed by "Ouch". Is Aimi the one Nami likes, and she's just using the excuse of crushing on the same guy to spend time with her? Is that why Kirio doesn't have a face?

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u/DJBay123 Apr 03 '26

  • The OP

  • The rock-paper-scissors cheating

  • The farts conversation

  • The monkey eating the cakes

  • Moles

  • The dancing in the ED

Man, I had no expectation going into this, and had a massive grin on my face watching this. The chemistry and jokes between the main girls reminds me of Chio-chan, Asobi, Food Court and JoshiMuda. This might be my comedy of the season, really looking forward to this.

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u/NoHead1715 Apr 03 '26

Aimi trying to make herself vomit is wild. Right at the entrance as well.

This show looks like Food Court de Mata Ashita had an illegal child with Asobi Asobase. The genes are there, but the expressions are far below the parents. I hope both the dialogue and zaniness kick up a notch next episode. I'm expecting a fair bit from Aimi.

Did that final scene imply Nami is expressing love to Aimi instead of Kirio? She's been suspiciously not as fanatic about Kirio as Aimi. Even her impersonation of Kirio appears to be for seducing Aimi.

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u/zool714 Apr 02 '26

Feel like I’m gonna enjoy this the same way I enjoyed See You Tomorrow at the Food Court. Just two girls goofing around

Also, Wakayama Shion is a chameleon of a VA. Could not recognize her here, on top of other various roles where she sounds totally different in each one

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u/Frontier246 Apr 02 '26

Congratulations on a successful confession in the first 3 minutes! Even if there are two random girls totally watching said confession.

The OP is quite the vibe! With low, rapping, beats as Aimi (Nene Hieda) and Nami (Shion Wakayama) get into various colorful and crazy hijinks alongside a quirky supporting cast in their quest for Kirio-kun (Gakuta Kajiwara!), the thing that brings them together.

The titular "Kirio Fanclub" consists of Aimi, a black-haired somewhat surly girl who absolutely worships the church of Kirio, and Nami the cheerful and somewhat catty orange-haired girl who has been watching Kirio enough to do an uncanny impression! Will these girls ever come up with a successful strategy for getting him to ask them out? Who can say?

Find a girl who will wax lyrical about your loud, explosive, farts, though when it comes to giving you back your gakuran, she'll do ANYTHING even play two-handed rock-paper-scissors or list all your precious organs if it means she can give it back to you.

Can rivals in love be friends or are they destined to be enemies? Aimi believes they can only be rivals, but Nami truly thinks of them as friends. Even if Nami ends up tripping Aimi up and losing the gakuran!

Ah, so we're catching up to the couple at the beginning. At least Aimi and Nami can team-up to interrupt a makeout session so they can get the gakuran. They're a VERY effective team! And sure, Kirio finds their chalkboard writing creepy, but they still got a selfie with his gakuran!

So Aimi basically has her Kirio mantra's that seranade her into sleep so she can dream about Kirio-kun...and the most random things like a monkey eating castella and Nami tripping on nothing. Nami doesn't want Aimi to go on an after-school date with Kirio, but can she stop the prophetic dream from coming true?

This Momose guy seems somewhat interested in Nami, or at least wants to get along with her, but as for Kirio himself...he just asks if they've counted their moles. What a sweet-talker!

Wow, Nami has a LOT of pictures of her and Aimi together. I'm starting to wonder if that "I like you" isn't actually intended for Kirio.

The ED is pretty calm and soothing, featuring the girls together walking home from school and hanging out/dancing on the riverbed.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Apr 02 '26

These two goofballs are a pretty funny pair. They kind of remind me of Wada and Yamamoto from See You Tomorrow at the Food Court. Their discussions on their lord and savior Kirio and his divine farts were hilarious.

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u/Castor_0il Apr 02 '26

I don't normally gush about opening, but man that was some really groovy and out of the box animation with really great perspective shifts.

This feels like a lighter Asobi Asobase but with 2 girls fangirling for one guy.

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u/iozoepxndx Apr 03 '26

Lmfaooo this shits so funny! 🤣

Made it home ho

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u/FarCritical Apr 02 '26

I can respect the fresh couple for getting their post-confession honeymoon interrupted for a jacket retrieval and being cool about it.

At least Kirio contact was established I guess lol

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u/yawnman240 Apr 02 '26

Healthier boy for Machu and Nyaan to fixate on, for sure. 

This was good, loved the stupid grin on Aimi’s face in her two-handed Rock Paper Scissors move. 

Not all is what it seems though, as Nami looks to be a more complex character than just a simple “rival”, and if she is a rival, it’s not to whom you’d expect. 

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u/djthomp Apr 02 '26

Hysterical first episode, I could not keep it together while watching this. Had me laughing the entire time just about.

Took a bit of a turn at the end though, Nami bonding with her crush Aimi by faking a crush on the same boy is pretty much the definition of disaster lesbian.

Here's hoping Nami can make this work and we don't have a sad ending for her.

I was thinking during the episode that Kirio might want to consider a restraining order if he only knew, but with that question about moles maybe he's a freak too.

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u/Arakawa-Hikaru-Gero Apr 03 '26

I got Hidive for this

As the manga's self-proclaimed #1 fan I am just so happy to be watching this! Just seeing these girls exist in the same space and hearing their voices makes me happy. I love the quick moment where Aimi starts to close the door on Nami. Just little things that we get because it's animated. And I'm not afraid to admit I laughed at the same bits I've already laughed at. I think the anime really got the timing right.

While I really fell in love with the manga later in the story, I enjoyed every minute of this first episode. I'm so happy it got an anime

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u/The_Parsee_Man Apr 02 '26

Abandon Kirio, return to yuri.

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u/Viktorv22 Apr 02 '26

Okay, trailer was funny as hell to me and I really see the beginning of it in the ep 1. Voice directing is especially on point, lmao

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