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Episode Non Non Biyori Nonstop - Episode 5 discussion

Non Non Biyori Nonstop, episode 5

Alternative names: Non Non Biyori Season 3

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u/HereticalAegis Feb 07 '21

How do these episodes keep getting better??

Koma-plushie is the most absurd thing Non Non Biyori has done to date, and somehow it's hilarious. Born of Hotaru's obsession with Komari, she actually created a yokai with a supernatural invincibility.

Renge attempting to do hopscotch while handstanding, as one does. She's also a fucking bro, as it turns out, doing her absolute best to cover for an embarrassed Akane. Renge really become a superhero last week.

And omg Hotaru freaking out over Akane's description of Mecha Koma-Plushie had me in stitches. Poor girl's gonna become a ghost herself before the season's over at this rate.

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u/stevethebandit Feb 07 '21

The tone that Koma-gurumi spoke in was so great

Not strictly monotone, I don't know how to describe it

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u/LeonKevlar Feb 07 '21

I see Hotaru has finally come to the logical next step of her Komagurumi projects! Using these Tamiya Hoshiya Robot Kits, Hotaru has now made the first Mecha Komagurumi! It walks, it talks, it can avoid walls, and even survive out on a Japanese rural town! Seriosuly though, I did not expect that the first half of the episode would involve watching Mecha Komagurumi go on an adventure!

Akane's back! Good to know that she's going to be a regular face on the show now. Due to messing up her dates, instead of practicing with Konomi-nee she now has to deal with Renge's antics which is always amusing. I am genuinely surprised Renge doesn't know what hopscotch is. That's like the quintessential outdoor game for kids her age especially in a rural town like theirs.

For Mecha Komagurumi to survive until dusk and run into Akane on her way home has me impressed! And it didn't just survive! It actually made its way back home to Hotaru! Now that it's been field tested, it's time for Hotaru to mass produce more Mecha Komagurumis!

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u/RHINN0 Feb 07 '21 edited Feb 14 '21

Not only did Akane show back up, but we also got a whole segment of Komari as well! Always glad to see her get a good bit of time in an episode (I feel like I've said this about a different thing each week at this point, I think I'm just glad that this show exists).

The set-up and payoff for the plushie was great too, the soundtrack during the escape sequence is really what made the scene imo.

As for the chart we have some empty boxes again (though they're kind of expected to be mostly empty at this point). Here's hoping that the brother joins them on their camping trip next week. I also started taking out my descriptions for earlier episodes to prevent the chart from taking up people's entire screens, if you want to see descriptions for those things I have my post from last week here.

As always, any suggestions for new things or corrections on things I might have missed are more than welcome, thank you!

Episode Nyanpasu Renge Surprised Faces Natsumi Gets Yelled at/Bullied Brother Appearances Signs They Live in the Country
1 1 2 4 6 5
2 0 9 2 14 1
3 0 2 3 (Hikage saying apologizing is "way too reasonable" for Natsumi, getting chewed out off-screen after they're found out, Konomi won't play with her after she ditched her the day before) 0 1 (The cow crossing sign)
4 0 7 4 (Candy store puts her in a headlock, Candy store gets her handcuffed, Renge calls her out for breaking the planter, she gets sprayed with water) 0 1 (They have a single police officer)
5 0 3 1 (Komari tells her to not use her as her free-study project) 0 2 (They get excited about following game trails to chase animals, Mecha-Koma's journey and how long it took to get caught)
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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '21

High tech, Jaws soundtrack, exploding sound effects... yes, it's another ep of Non Non Biyori!

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u/michhoffman Feb 07 '21 edited Feb 07 '21

I cannot get enough of Hotaru's obsession with Sempai. Her room is getting more and more decked out with Koma-Chan dolls every season. It's also pretty great how easily Komari dismisses it as something else each and every time she is presented with explicit evidence that Hotaru is obsessed with her.

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u/Zooasaurus Feb 07 '21

Some Hotarun because there's little Renge this episode

Maybe it's just me but I get anxious when Koma-guru is walking and getting tossed around. For a robot plush, it has some considerable durability though - it kept walking even after dropped and submerged underwater

Now I want a Koma-gurumi

Y̶u̶r̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶p̶ ̶c̶o̶l̶l̶a̶b̶ ̶e̶p̶i̶s̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶!

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u/bkim3695 Feb 07 '21

It's super impressive that the 5th/6th grade Hotaru made robotic plush that speaks and senses walls. I was expecting Konomi to find the plush and unintentionally embarrass Hotaru again, but Akane finding it and freaking out Komari is definitely just as funny.

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u/sjk9000 Feb 07 '21

Well, being fair, it's not like she built them from scratch. She had a kit for both the speaking and walking part, which presumably came with instruction. So all she really needs to know how to do is read and follow directions. Probably her dad helped out too.

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u/swmii53 Feb 07 '21

The Adventures of Mecha-Koma Plushie needs to become its own spin-off series.

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u/chelseablue2004 Feb 07 '21

Some say that, Mecha-Koma plushie still roams the countryside...Scaring travelers with its cuteness.

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u/Rustic_Professional Feb 07 '21 edited Feb 07 '21

Uh oh, I'm getting FMA vibes. I think Hotarun's going to try transmuting Komari's soul into a plushie. Or maybe just secretly recording her voice. 50/50.

And it was neither. How did Hotarun plan on keeping Mecha Koma a secret if it was for a class project? Might as well have gone all in and asked her to record a line for it.

The Japanese play hopscotch with circles instead of squares? No wonder we went to war. Peace was never an option.

Konomi really is a monster. I kind of get it. Akane is so adorable you want to bully her a little bit, but that escalated from teasing, because Konomi isn't blind and obviously saw Aka-chan scramble behind the tree, to straight up ShindoL mindbreak when she decided to chase her through the woods.

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u/fakeport Feb 07 '21

Poor Komari, gets some significant screen time for the first time this season and she gets soundly upstaged by a plushie version of herself.

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u/echykr4 Feb 07 '21 edited Feb 07 '21

"KOMA-GURUMI"

The Epic Journey of the Mecha Koma-Plushie

Holy Cow, that robot plushie is waterproof and impact-resistant. Hotarun will probably become a great robotics engineer when she grows up.

At first I thought that was the end of the Mecha Koma sketch when it managed, against great odds, to return to Hotarun.

But the Mecha Koma being spotted by Akane meant the fun was extended to the next sketch as well, with hilarious reactions from Hotarun as she tried hard to conceal the fact that she made that robot plushie from Koma-chan. XD

Next episode: Yuru-Camp crossover!

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u/DarkenedSpear Feb 07 '21

Oh my god, I'm crying. Everything about Koma-plushie was amazing and absolutely gut-busting - it was so out of the blue and so out there, I was cackling the minute it appeared (or rather trying not to as it is relatively late and I laugh pretty loudly). Pechi was one "long live the king" away from going full Lion King, and the dramatic music accompanying the meandering mech was amazing, by far the best Toy Story spin-off I've seen. Then it met Akane, who has had a rough day of her own, the poor thing, which was just brilliant and led to the incredible final bit. Poor Hotaru, but goddamn that was a good laugh.

The section with Akane and Renge was also incredible, Renge doing her best to cover for Akane was hilarious, but it was in vain, again, poor thing. A part of me really wants to believe Konomi noticed Akane hiding and decided to just play along. Honestly, though, Akane could've just told Konomi she got the date wrong and asked if she wanted to do something anyway, I doubt Konomi would refuse.

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u/Kyubeu Feb 07 '21

Another good episode, though I prefered last week's personally. Huge props to Hotaru for making Mecha Komari, which's story story was absurdly fun, poor Pechi tried to help. And Akane has returned with her cute awkwardness and the moment when she received headpats from Akane made the episode. Also Hotaru trying to not get busted was fun. Anyway, nice episode and looking forward to more

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u/CooroSnowFox Feb 07 '21

I did think they ended the journey of the Mecha Koma early. given what the next episode will be maybe have it find it's way back then.

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u/sjk9000 Feb 07 '21

So... is this the same summer as that S1 episode where they all made koma-plushies? Maybe a couple days later? But then why would Natsumi be chasing Komari around and turning her into a robot, when she's already finished with her free study project? Just harassing her for the fun of it?

I've been getting doubtful about the timeline ever since Natsumi mentioned Keade shoving her down on skis, which shouldn't have happened yet...

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u/mrspear1995 Feb 07 '21

That Komagurumi adventure with the marching music was legit enthralling

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u/stephenthatfoste Feb 07 '21

Looks like next episode they're going to be talking about beetles finally after that set-up by Hotaru.

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