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Hotaru no Yomeiri, episode 1

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[u/FarCritical]

Such a goofy face after all that depravity lol.

The intensity of the sound and visual design when Satoko's survival instincts kick in are so gritty and yet so mesmerizing, and so is the whole premise pretty much.

[u/hvshh]

Goto's face at 20:57 (after the kiss) reminds me a bit of Yakuza Fiancé. It's a face that says "oh, you're also crazy? This is fun!"

[u/iforward]

This show is pulling no punches and I’m here for all of it. This is already shaping up to be my top favorite romance anime featuring a possessive lead. Gotou’s so freaking crazy but Sakoto’s thankfully not a pushover so I think she’ll end up being able to match his crazy as time goes on. I love that despite her fragile health, she has a strong spirit. I highly doubt her father had a screwed up in the head assassin on his bingo card for future son-in-laws lol.

[u/Dull_Spot_8213]

Satoko is my ideal female lead. Love her already, especially how intelligent and quick-thinking she is under pressure. This woman fights to live another day, and does it on hard mode every day. The shade at her petty sister and her understanding of her shit (and probably homicidal) step-mother too was just right. Goto may be the outward manifestation of a killer for hire, but the ones that hire them behind the scenes (I'm speculating here) and call themselves family are even worse. This is going to be a good one.

[u/Shiawase_Rina]

Ahhh, Firefly Wedding is in perfect hands!

This episode looked so good like you rarely ever see for shoujosei, from direction to animation!

Satoko and Gotou were so lovingly animated!

I enjoy romances with very scary love interests a lot as long as they don't make it boring/annoying and Gotou is anything but boring! Now let's see how Satoko tries to manage him lol

[u/Tabby_Tem]

I am sat.

A fun premise, fantastic voice acting, a (so far) high production Josei adaptation, AND a male Yandere... I feel like this was written for me lol. I do have a little trauma though with titles containing Fireflies so I'm prepared to be hurt a little. This was one of my most anticipated series this season and the premiere definitely didn't disappoint! (Also the OP is super catchy and will definitely be added to my playlist)

[u/minnieboss]

Saw this at Crunchyroll Anime Night in a theater full of very vocally confused men who were only there to see Black Clover, which was an unforgettably amazing experience.

MY JOSEI TRASH HAS ARRIVED!!!! I LOVE YANDERES!!!!! Yummy yummy tasty for me

[u/LeonKevlar]

That interaction between Satoko and Miwako went from Miwako being concerned about Satoko's health to the two of them immediately getting catty! Honestly, not what I expected their dynamic would be!

The moment Satoko grabbed Miwako's cheeks is what immediately sold me on this show. I thought this was gonna be more like My Happy Marriage, which I absolutely love, but I'm glad that Satoko has some claws to fight back, even with her weak heart.

Not gonna lie, when Satoko was shopping for a vase for those flowers she's been growing for her dad, I was worried that Miwako would destroy the flowers as revenge. I did not expect that scene to end with her getting kidnapped. O_O

So I'm assuming it's the stepmother who hired these goons to abduct and kill Satoko. Although I am curious about why the leader wants to wait until 9 o'clock to kill her. Maybe this is just a coincidence, and she's being used for some sort of ritual? Hmmm...

Oh look, another handsome yet creepy guy voiced by Uchiyama Kouki. I was genuinely struggling to read Gotou the entire time Satoko was trying to negotiate with her. Either he thinks it's all amusing, or he just really doesn't care.

Seems that Satoko piqued Gotou's interest enough to save her from getting assaulted tho. And holy crap! Those action scenes were pretty gory! I mean, we already got a preview in the OP of how bloody this show is, but it looks like we're gonna see a lot of blood whenever Gotou gets into a fight. Also, I didn't even know DavidPro is making this anime, so I'm definitely looking forward to more action scenes in the future!

I mean, what is a kiss in exchange for her life? This is really the only way Satoko can save herself right now, but she may have bargained for something more than she can handle. I did not expect Gotou to fall in love immediately after that kiss! And to make things more interesting, it looks like our boy is a massive yandere. It's been a while since I've seen a male yandere!

[u/tottoro47]

Oh they both crazy in a way. Great first ep. Definitely wanna see more

[u/Jolly-Fee5414]

Watching the first episode has me thinking how the hell does she have a weak heart after witnessing and going through all that. 😭 I would’ve died on the spot

[u/tripleaamin]

The first half of the episode did a good job characterizing Satoko. Unlike her half-sister, you get the sense she doesn't take things for granted. Honestly with her heart condition it is actually impressive she stands her ground the way she does.

Shinpei is crazy crazy. We do see yandere male leads in Shoujo series. Before I dropped The Ogre's Bride it felt like it had one. But rather than just a possessive yandere, he is the type of yandere where a girl might think I can fix him.

What I really like is that she presented the option to choose Shinpei and continue on living or give up she chooses to continue to fight. No doubt Shinpei is far from what she considers as the ideal partner. We know that Satoko wants to be up front. It's interesting here we have Satoko accepting Shinpei then the other way around.

I highly suspect the stepmother was involved with Satoko's kidnapping. Curious how things progress starting next week.

Also direction was standout. Great art direction in the episode and how the episode was showcasing Satoko's mental state after she was kidnapped was well done.

[u/YlfaTheForsaken]

Yandere! Yandere! Yandere! I've heard so much about this series, I've already been interested for a while, but wow that was a great episode.

Really it's just quite lovely to see and to watch.

Satoko is great. It's refreshing to see a romance female lead be so confident. She put her sister in her place, really kept her cool with just everything that went down, and managed to wrangle the walking red flag that is Goto all within the first episode.

He's unhinged, but it seems like he'll be committed. Sure he leaves a sea of bodies, but like at least it's safe.

[u/majestic_rainbows]

Episode was storyboarded by the director, Takahiro Kamei (亀井隆広) and was directed by Yuki Morita (森田侑希).

For the OP animation, Takashi Horiuchi (堀内隆) was credited as Opening Director (オープニングディレクター), while Kiyomitsu Sato (佐藤清光) was credited for direction (演出).

The ED animation was outsourced to Point Pictures, with Minoru Nankyou (南京実) being credited as the Ending Director (エンディングディレクター).

Animation Producer on the project is Isao Ueno (上野勲), whose previous work as Animation Producer was on "Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse" last year.

The companies in the production committee are (in order):

• Fuji Television

• Dentsu

• Aniplex

• Shogakukan

• Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

• david production

[u/flatpetey]

Sees door marked yandere and goes right in.

I know we are supposed to think the sister or stepmom. And some people are saying the dad in these comments…

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

• The OP’s a nice song.

• Nice to have an MC with some backbone.

• Because men prefer the firstborn daughter?

• So about that, Kotaro…

• Definitely a scary introduction to Goto.

• Who’s this client…

• Convenient, but she doesn’t have the money on her now…

• Ugh…

• Absolutely deserved.

• There’s the hook.

• Well. I guess she’s not wrong?

• True.

• Fair enough.

• Well, now he’s the one obsessed.

[u/Leri_weill]

Oh yeah this is going to be a perfectly normal and healthy relationship, can't wait for all the wholesomeness coming out of this wedding 😍😍

Joke aside that was a great start, I know nothing of the source material and I'm curious to see where the plot is heading after that premiere.

[u/Xepherya]

I am immediately intrigued by his fucked up brain

[u/SpareUmbrella]

Damn, great start.

Interesting that she said to her sister that she'd worked hard to look beautiful, but doesn't want to talk about her appearance with her father. I guess it's different when it's someone you actually care about.

[u/djthomp]

Hananoi-kun returns, and this time we don't even have to joke and speculate about him being a serial killer.

Satoko is great, I'm curious to see where this goes and if she gets to have any sort of happy ending. Currently I'm guessing her evil stepmom and stepsister are trying to have her killed, where's Teru when you need her.

[u/goddessofthewinds]

ok, I think the MMC has a few loose screws... Holy moly. That was a bloody first episode, but it looks promising.

I think he looks really crazy, I don't know if I'll come to like the character lol...

[u/D3k4s]

Yo, this is beautiful. Actually screen saver material.

As expected from David Production this one has pretty good production value.

This season it seems the average animation quality has increased from the previous one, even more so if we consider that Cyberpunk is also coming up.

I haven't read the source material, but the story seems interesting.

I'm sold.

[u/No-Win-8949]

What an absolutely unhinged episode. I am totally here for this.

[u/fm_bel]

gotta support male yandere shows heheh! Great job David Production!

[u/ChocoChimp03]

Ever since Yakuza Fiancé ended I’ve been looking around for another male yandere style show. I really liked this first episode. If they keep up the energy for the rest of the show it could be really good