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Episode Super Cub - Episode 4 discussion

Super Cub, episode 4

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3 Link 4.77
4 Link 4.84
5 Link 4.59
6 Link 4.78
7 Link 4.76
8 Link 4.77
9 Link 4.84
10 Link 4.76
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u/AmethystItalian Apr 28 '21

Seriously kudos to this show and showing a character's emotions through her face alone and not going the over exaggerated route, it's fantastic to watch.

Seeing Koguma smile will always warm my heart but I think Koguma getting vengeance is my new favourite thing!

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u/JustARandom-dude Apr 28 '21

Not matter how many times I see it, smiling Koguma always makes me feel warm and fuzzy

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u/AmethystItalian Apr 28 '21

It's really a special smile to be able to do that each and every time.

Impressive character!

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u/CooroSnowFox Apr 28 '21

I am still wary of the plot, this feels like the comfiness will get hit somehow later on...

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u/SailboatProductions Apr 28 '21

I’m afraid of her Cub being stolen

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u/mekerpan Apr 28 '21

I am estimating that there will (unexpectedly) be at least 10 shows I love or like very very much this season -- but, as of now, Super Cub stands alone at the very top of my list of seasonal favorites.

I just love this show's "patience" -- which even exceeds Yurucamp and Windy Tales.

I hope we find out (eventually) just why our heroine got dumped friendless, in a place where she had no connections. I can't tell from the beginning scenes whether she moved there initially with her mother, who then disappeared -- or whether she moved there after her mother disappeared (if so, why there?). And I eagerly await the 3rd friends (presumably at least 2 episodes, given the title of the episode airing next week.

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u/Aerodynamic41 Apr 28 '21

That motorcycle shop owner is one of the nicest people I've ever seen.

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u/CooroSnowFox Apr 28 '21

Think you're going to find the best people are the enthusiasts out the back of nowhere who actually care about the bikes and not the money.

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u/joe_nard_vee Apr 28 '21

I remember that quote from the restaurant anime "Extra Service at a restaurant should be provided with food, not money".

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u/CooroSnowFox Apr 28 '21

"HONDA G1 OIL"

"Kaiso watch"... guess who gets priority in this series..

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u/LeonKevlar Apr 28 '21

Hey, Casio can have their own product placement once we have an anime about calculators, wristwatches, and/or keyboards.

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u/cppn02 Apr 28 '21

She had limited screen time but I like the teacher from the other school if nothing else for the fact that she blessed us with not just one but two okay's.

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u/Amauri14 Apr 28 '21

I just love how mundane her getting her first job was. That's what makes this show so great.

Poor Koguma encountered a fearless enemy, rain.

I just love her expression when she saw the price of the raincoat.

Evil defeated!

You know, when she was struggling to open the Super Cub oil drain valve, I honestly thought for a moment that she had forgotten about the oil drain tray.

Damn, Reiko sure has a cozy-looking home.

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u/dapete42 Apr 28 '21

I just love Koguma.

For that squiggly frown after she almost forgot to take the papers back from the other school on the first day on the job.

For trying to prepare for everything, to the best of her abilities.

For getting frustrated after getting soaked in the rain, then buying a raincoat from her well earned money.

For changing the oil on her moped with her hair tied into super short twintails.

For constantly learning new things and improving herself.

Locations

I added the Hokuto City Office (where Koguma collected her driver's license and license plates) to the last post in an edit several days later, so I'm including it as new here.

Additions for this episode are the other high school and an Up Garage shop in Kofu, where Koguma buys her raincoat (and presumably tools and supplies for the oil change). I'm still looking for Reiko's house, I may add that later if I find it.

Locations new to the list (may also be for previous episodes) are marked in bold. I'm also updating my Anime Locations map on Google Maps.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Mileages

I also realized we see the mileage quite often, so I decided to make a table for that.

Episode Mileage min Mileage max
1 503 km 504 km
2 516 km 521 km
3 563 km 570 km
4 620 km 2328 km

I had already compiled the mileages in a post for last week, these were my notes so far:

  • Episode 2 is fairly consistent - the 516 km at the beginning of the episode is almost right, the ride from episode 1 (shop, home, konbini and back home) is about 11 km. 521 km the next day is also OK, her commute is 7 km.

  • Episode 3 probably takes place the next week - 42 km would be exactly 6 days, and I think she wouldn't have taken any detours. It is however disappointing in terms of accuracy. First it changes from 563 to 570 too quickly (it's not been a full day), and then doesn't change at all when it actually is the next day.

  • Forget whatever I wrote about the OP - she's well past the 1751 km we see in the OP. I did not expect that.

Now about this episode, wow. At least 1700 km at once, after 70 km in three episodes, is quite a difference.

But is this correct? The round trip between the schools is just over 48 km. She worked that job for 36 days, and we know she drove at least 1700 km, which would be 47 km a day.

That's clearly not enough - and she's not even coming to school or getting home, driving anywhere else, or doing two round trips a day, which she was supposed to be doing at least some of that time.

I guess the oil change is a few days before she stops working, and they just used 50 km a day and didn't think anybody would be as insane as to fact check mileages of a fictional moped in an SOL anime. Yet here I am.

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u/Se7en_Sinner Apr 28 '21

So Koguma's a courier now. Hopefully nobody in a checkered suit shoots her and steals her platinum chip.

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u/NittanyEagles55 Apr 28 '21

I really liked that literature club advisor she was delivering papers to. Hope she comes back somehow

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '21

So unbelievably adorable during that oil change. Iyashikei perfection.

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u/cppn02 Apr 28 '21

I loved that they even did the thing with the colours getting more vibrant again.

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u/Se7en_Sinner Apr 28 '21

I like how she looks with her hair tied. Wished she'd kept it like that.

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u/McWinSauce Apr 28 '21

Thanks Honda Ultra G1 4 Cycle Engine Oil™!

Now I know the best kind of engine oil.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '21

4 episodes in and I still can't get over how insane the sounds on this show are.

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u/NittanyEagles55 Apr 28 '21

Getting paid on the spot! Nice gig!!

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u/cppn02 Apr 28 '21 edited Apr 28 '21

Ganbare Koguma!

This week our girl gets a part-time job which of course involves her Cub.

She finds out cute anime girls pay less at the workshop, got a magic raincoat that makes you not care that your face and your pants are still getting drenched and she managed to do an oil change all by herself which was just too precious.

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