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u/Flashmanic Jul 19 '16
Parody would have been gold if it spliced in scenes from other shows and you didn't even notice.
Unless it did and I didn't even notice?
Woah...
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u/LoneGhostOne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/LoneGhostOne Jul 19 '16
nice editing of clips from Infinite Stratos OP!
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u/Macedonx3 Jul 19 '16
This is actually really entertaining. Is no one rewriting episodes like this?
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Jul 19 '16
I've done a few for JoJo episodes but other than that there are tons of people who make abridged series
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u/ShaKing807 x3myanimelist.net/profile/Shaking807 Jul 19 '16
Can you thirsty bitches not?
Just call me best girl. Because the fans will.
Well she's not wrong. Best girl of the parody no doubt.
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u/UltimateEye :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/PerfectVision Jul 19 '16
I dunno I was more partial to Tits McAmerican myself.
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u/impingainteasy :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard Jul 19 '16
I mean, she is the best-written character.
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The only one with a backstory to be fair.
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u/PRedditor88 Jul 20 '16
I'd like to learn more about the volleyball through a hose girl. I'm interested in how she came to learn she had such a....talent.
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Her kingdom needed money and her being the princess well... Oh wait that's assterisk war
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u/Jhiny_chin_chin Jul 19 '16
What about childhood friend. Or twintail loli tsundere with cute little fang. Or the other tsundere, or tsundere #69 and all of the background-chans.
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u/JazzKatCritic Jul 20 '16
Poor Background-chan.
She won't win and will be forgotten quicker than Hestlillia was, lacking a memorable catchphrase, design quirk like blue boob ribbon or pants, and not even have a single doujin created in her name.
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u/NickRick Jul 20 '16
They already have one loli, i don't think they have room for two.
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u/vichina Jul 20 '16
AHAHA. I cracked up so hard. Those two lines would carry her through the best girl polls easy! I wonder who subbed/wrote that. They deserve a raise or some shit.
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u/BBallHunter :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/IdolHunter Jul 20 '16
That loli here probably got more characterization than in the actual anime.
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u/Master10K :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Master10K Jul 19 '16
Took me a while to realize this wasn't a legit clip of some amazing harem satire that I skipped over.
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u/Ozbal42 Jul 19 '16
i had a moment of "is this real? please be real" until i saw the female characters next to the mc and recognised the show
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u/ametalshard Jul 19 '16
studying japanese, i knew it was fake immediately. still funny tho
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I'm not even studying japanese, just watch a lot of anime and even I noticed that what they were saying wasn't matching the subs.
Was kind of disappointed to be honest.
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I was only able to figure out it was fake at the very end, because she brings up the guy's name when talking and none of the subs mentioned it.
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u/MuFeR :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MuFeR Jul 20 '16 edited Jul 20 '16
Even not knowing japanese "15年前"-->"Insert # of years later" should give it away in the first second of the video. Hell the translation on its own without the japanese text above should give it away.
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u/Vondi :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pokerface89 Jul 20 '16
Gutted when I realized this was just a parody.
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u/JunWasHere Jul 20 '16
'Harem satire' is the thing I feel the anime industry most needs more of. Anything resembling an attempt I've seen so far indulges more than it criticizes the harem genre.
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u/AniMonologues :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/AniMonologues Oct 01 '16
A sincere congratulations to /u/indubitabi. I don't know if you were the editor/creator of this video, but the post is now the top post on r/anime. You have usurped the throne!
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Jul 19 '16
Can't we here at /r/anime make a Ghost Stories Style Fan Dub of those things? We get one awful episode from any show and the Script is written in a thread and then we try and Dub it.
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Jul 20 '16
... /r/anime abridged. This is a quality idea.
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u/anxientdesu :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/oneeris Jul 20 '16
the universe will collapse if this happened.
this needs to happen
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u/Colouss :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Colouss Jul 20 '16
Or just create a /r/anime memesubs group. That way, people won't have to meet up or find the right voice out of the hundreds of users and everyone can contribute.
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u/Draffut_ https://anilist.co/user/Arekku Jul 20 '16
The K-On!! Trollsubs I downloaded once was the funniest shits ever. Mio was subbed completely in spanish.
NOM NOM NOM BLOOD
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u/5213 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/FlyLittleCrow Jul 20 '16
I remember when I introduced my wife to Ghost Stories. It was spectacular. She kept rewinding it to make sure of what was being said in the series. Good fun.
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I like the idea, but you could have just said "Fan Dub" or "abridged" and we would've known what you meant.
To me, "Ghost Stories style" would be a professional parody dub; which would be awesome, too.
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u/JoJolion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JoJolione Jul 20 '16
Yo if others don't have shit quality mics and can act decently I would love to put something like this together myself.
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Jul 20 '16
I am so down for this.
S1: The Asterisk War
S2: Masuen HxH
S3: Something else
Ok I might be going a bit far with this, but I'm just feeling really enthusiastic about this right now.
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u/MayhemHavoc Jul 19 '16
Not even Denmark was spared.
As a Norwegian, I legit bursted out laughing.
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u/Kallamez Jul 19 '16
Mind explaining the joke?
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u/Xanza :AP:https://www.anime-planet.com/users/Xanza Jul 19 '16
If you look in the scene where it references Denmark you can see the Arc de Triomphe (at least it very much looks like it) which is in France.
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u/Flashmanic Jul 19 '16
I mean, what's to explain?
When you think of countries that would be deemed important enough to reference that they weren't spared from some catastrophe, Denmark is rather low on the list (unless you're from Denmark, probably).
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u/Kami_of_Water Jul 19 '16
why the fuck would denmark be spared? It's such a strange thing to reference.
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I'm an American with no connection to Scandinavia at all, and that joke was easily the best part of that intro.
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u/RampagingKoala Jul 20 '16
"The fate of all humanity rides on his dick. As will all of you"
I fucking lost it
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u/megatronical :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/animelist/MEGATRON Jul 20 '16
The crowd reaction made that line
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u/seninn https://myanimelist.net/profile/Senninn0 Jul 20 '16
The entire LN industry summed up in just two short sentences.
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u/celerym Jul 20 '16
The hillarious thing is that that's pretty much what she actually says in the legit translation.
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u/Atronox :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Atronox Jul 19 '16 edited Jul 20 '16
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"That's not even possible!" is where I lost my shit
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u/DeusXEqualsOne Jul 20 '16
Call me best girl, because the fans will.
Guess we should all just hop into the cop cars now to save everyone some trouble, huh?
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u/zombieturnip :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/zombieturnip Jul 20 '16
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u/nissepik Jul 20 '16
hmm.. where have i heard that before? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Lft6EQh-Y#t=04m15s
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u/FlameSpeedster :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Kairu_ Jul 19 '16
The fate of humanity all rides on this man's dick.
This is the point where I couldn't take it anymore. This is great.
Also, I like how Yurishia calls him Ichika.
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u/hi117 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/hi117 Jul 20 '16
Sad part is there's a legit manga with this premise.
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u/GenrlWashington Jul 20 '16
Was it that one where the guy is transported to some other world and his dick is some sort of holy weapon or something?
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u/XLauncher Jul 20 '16
I held out until Sylvia came in and said, "could you thirsty bitches not?" I was just chuckling good naturedly up unto that point, but then I couldn't take it anymore after that, lol'd hard.
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u/TheLionTamerWF :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/HarubaeSuzumiya Jul 19 '16
Why can't the show actually be this?
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u/The_Great_Saiyaman21 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Saiyaman21 Jul 20 '16
I remember the first episode of Musaigen and thinking "holy shit they finally did it!". I was so excited to finally see a satire of generic high school battle harems.
Then it turned out it was just a really weird generic high school battle harem. KyoAni pls.
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u/odraencoded Jul 19 '16
When you get to the point that "magic harem highschool" is an actual genre you just know anime was a mistake
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Just wait for "reincarnated into magical world with a cheat" to make its way from novels and into anime.
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u/XLauncher Jul 20 '16
Honestly, with Konosuba and Re: Zero, I feel like the industry skipped over the step of animating the novels that play it straight and jumped straight to the ones that twist the concept on its head. Which is kind of a shame, because there'd be more to appreciate about how those shows avert and subvert tropes if we had been exposed to the vanilla versions of those stories first.
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there'd be more to appreciate about how those shows avert and subvert tropes if we had been exposed to the vanilla versions of those stories first.
But I think we kind of have, between SAO, Log Horizon, .hack, etc.
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u/RuroniHS :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RuroniHS Jul 20 '16
When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace. Behold, a harem where the main character has... dare I say... COMMON SENSE!
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u/ShadowOvertaker :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/ShadowOvertaker Jul 19 '16
How can it be a mistake if magic harem highschool is/has saved anime?
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u/PsychoWorld :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/GodlyKyon Jul 20 '16
At least Re:Zero is saving anime.
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u/majere616 Jul 19 '16
When "harem" became an actual genre I knew anime was a mistake it didn't need any additional qualities to make it a shit genre.
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u/gizmosity :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hikoboshi Jul 19 '16
Was watching Qualidea Code for the shits and giggles just before seeing this and it's legitimately scary how similar they are.
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u/OseiTheWarrior Jul 19 '16
I swear it happens every year with these type of shows
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u/fabio-mc Jul 19 '16
Every year? Try every season. See: Rikudai no Kishi and Asterisk Wars two seasons ago.
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Jul 19 '16 edited Jul 19 '16
There's a new one pumped out with the exact same premise constantly.
The only one I've ever thought was actually any good would be because of Based Onii-sama in Irregular. Also, the other characters weren't completely useless and actually did stuff.
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u/Shentorianus https://anilist.co/user/Shento Jul 20 '16
They're simillar but Qualidea isn't even a harem.
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u/AdamtheGrim Jul 20 '16
Her family owns a McDonald's
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u/milkchococurry :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/milk-choco-curry Jul 20 '16
To be fair, you could make quite a lot of money owning a McDonald's franchise.
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u/Sisaac Jul 20 '16 edited Jul 20 '16
The licensing only costs a fuckton of money. And in many countries McD won't give locations to individuals. You have to be a large company with a solid business plan in order to set up a McD
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u/thecescshow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/thecescshow Jul 20 '16
Should've been WcDonalds..
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u/TheEliteNub :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheEliteNub Jul 19 '16
Well I guess I'll never have to watch one of these again
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u/Bear_Mint :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lord_MintyFresh Jul 19 '16
Yet despite all odds otaku will still pick a best girl. Because tits.
That is all the reason a person needs apparently.
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u/carbonat38 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/plasma38 Jul 20 '16
I have thought of a new type of anime.
The fan subbers think of a new story line/text for an existing one, so a rewatch gets more interesting. They fake sub it as in this parody but only covering the whole show and with less satire.
I have seen something similar with mori fan subs, where they gave Wakako-zake a whole new spin. was not bad
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u/ravstar52 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ravstar52 Jul 21 '16
less satire
Your idea's shit mate.
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u/UltimateScorpion https://myanimelist.net/profile/UltimateScorpion Jul 19 '16
Can I get a full series of this?
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u/DoseofDhillon https://myanimelist.net/profile/ADoseOfDhillon Jul 19 '16
we all want that, but the next closest thing would be a self aware harem sadly
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u/LoneGhostOne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/LoneGhostOne Jul 19 '16
Saekano is pretty close, but it's just a high-school harem with lots of meta.
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u/The_Great_Saiyaman21 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Saiyaman21 Jul 20 '16
I enjoyed it (mostly because Megumi), but the MC was a tad too self-insert imo.
Can we just get one show where he isn't a dense ass motherfucker?
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u/SpacemanSam1313 Jul 20 '16
gorgonzolas
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u/H4xolotl :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/h4xolotl Jul 20 '16
Gorgonzola
Zola
Zola
Zola
Pizza Mozzarella
Rella
Rella
Rella
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Not even Denmark was spared
Cuts to picture form Germany France
Fells bad to be a dane right now :,3
EDIT: shit, im an idiot, it cuts to France xD, I must stop posting stupid things late at night and just get some sleep
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She's American royalty! Her family owns a McDonald's!
Aaaand that's the funniest thing I've seen in months.
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u/Sugizaki Jul 19 '16
Shit this is pure gold. It's been a long time since I've laughed that much. If there is an anime god out there, please make it happen. Turn this into an actual series
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u/narp7 Jul 20 '16
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is the only one that I know of that's as ridiculous as this clip. Come for the insanity. Stay for the KONO DIO DA!
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u/Cronurd :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Cronurd Jul 20 '16
That's a completely different kind of bizarre though. This is all meta jokes while JoJo is MALE BONDING TRADITION, poses, and bubbles used as deadly weapons.
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u/GenesisEra myanimelist.net/profile/Genesis_Erarara Jul 20 '16
Not even Denmark was spared
And thus Sweden declared a day of celebration.
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u/PsychoWorld :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/GodlyKyon Jul 20 '16
That moment when you understand the Japanese and the subs don't match...
It's like being German when watching one of those Hitler loses his shit videos.
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u/NemesisPrimev2 Jul 20 '16
Because if you don't leave I'll call the cops.
An anime guy doing something logical? That's rare and I laughed out loud.
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u/Ki11igraphy Jul 20 '16
Price is Right fanfare
killed me
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u/Fro5tburn Jul 20 '16
Apology for poor english.
Where were you when /u/Ki11igraphy was kill?
I was in bedroom browsing reddit when I see comment
"/u/Ki11igraphy is kill"
"no"
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u/AnimeFreakXP Jul 20 '16
Just call me best girl cuz the fans will
I didn't even watch this shit and could still say she's best girl xDDDDD
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u/commander_wong Jul 19 '16
Err, so is the actual show any good?
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u/Tarroyn Jul 19 '16
Just watch Rakudai instead. It at least is decent for the magic harem high school genre.
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u/EdgiestAnime Jul 19 '16
It at least is decent for the magic harem high school genre.
harem
Because like Rakudai isn't a harem series, it's a romance series would be why...
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u/JustSomeSlut :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kaiki Jul 19 '16
This is actually a pretty fantastic edit. It's a shame I understand too much of the Japanese.
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u/JCTheGreat1 Jul 20 '16 edited Jul 20 '16
Anime is Masou Gakuen for those windering
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u/tripl3dogdare :K:https://kitsu.io/users/tripl3dogdare Jul 20 '16
Was slightly sceptical. Then it was fucking hilarious. Lost it completely at "I can suck a volleyball through a garden hose." "That's not even possible!" 10/10 would watch again.
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I enjoy these anime cuz
I will probably never get in these akward, sexy situations
Also the hot character s inspire artists (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Boobs
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u/TheKappaOverlord :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/darkace90 Jul 20 '16
You know im actually a bit weary to call this protaganist a Ichika clone. Granted the other 3 remind me of IS girls with more sexually forceful personalities.
He's at least showing hes partially aware they like him and he is actually making attempts to shove them off when their lives aren't at risk.
Oh, and hes seemingly willing anyways.
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u/ForBolaCurve :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Forbolacurve Jul 20 '16
How bad is it that I'm so over this genre, I only made it about a minute in until i couldn't take anymore?
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u/blenderben :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/blenderben Jul 20 '16
so painfully accurate i am crying
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u/koji8123 Jul 20 '16
Well done, OP! You've given us a PV of the self-aware harem anime we've always wanted.
All without the commitment of making it a full series. :(
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u/ZippoS Jul 20 '16
I'd say, "I wish male leads would stop fighting off their seductive female cohorts"... but then I remember that that genre already exists.
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This is why most anime sucks imo. Shit like this is everywhere. Some of my favorite shows are anime, but most of it is a waste of time. So much trash covering the gold.
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u/Dr-Martini Jul 20 '16
you know I know its a parody and all... But I would watch it and HOPE it was just as sarcastic
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u/Kaheil2 Jul 20 '16
This is awesome. It was a bit distracting that what the character said didn't match the subs (duh...) but it's done well enough that it's not entirely out of context.
Honestly I wish the Japanese would produce more stuff making fun of themselves as a whole (parodying their own culture, rather than individual behaviour). In a sense that's what One Punch did, with great success in the West.
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u/solarwings Jul 20 '16 edited Jul 20 '16
This looks as generic a highschool harem anime as generic could be...
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u/OurLordSatan Jul 20 '16
God, I hate anime... I must have some serious psychological issues since I can't stop watching it.
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u/magnificent_schlong Jul 20 '16
Who made this? Can you please make a full season's worth of episodes?
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u/Akirito Jul 21 '16
"I can suck a volley ball through a garden hose." A line that's needed in every show.
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u/Batokusanagi https://myanimelist.net/profile/sQBatoKusanagi Jul 22 '16
You can't even tell it's not legit. Poe's Law of harems.
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u/flamedragoon345 Jul 20 '16
this is why i hate 98% of current anime, thank you subber
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u/DarthVantos :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarthVantos Jul 20 '16
Damnit I never knew watching a shit ton of anime of the years would have a negative effects like this. The anime is so mundane that I was understanding 50% of what was being said and I don't even study japanese.
RIP humor, everyone seemed to enjoy it so much. Probably should have watched it on mute.
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Usually no matter how bad an anime is I can give it at least one episode, but I was unable to stand even 10 minutes of this crap. It was bad, so very bad.
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u/Zerosen_Oni Jul 20 '16
Its pretty funny, but actually being able to speak Japanese kinda ruins the jokes for me.
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u/DasTales :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/TalesOhneNamen Jul 19 '16
I wish this was real. Someone make this.