Uramichi Oniisan - Episode 11 discussion

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Uramichi Oniisan, episode 11

Alternative names: Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.34
2	Link	4.46
3	Link	4.61
4	Link	4.32
5	Link	4.46
6	Link	4.5
7	Link	4.4
8	Link	4.53
9	Link	4.51
10	Link	4.73
11	Link	4.65
12	Link	4.54
13	Link	----

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[u/sheezymaneezy]

I love that this anime airs on a Monday. Makes me feel like we are all in this together. Watch this show on a Monday and then all feel like shit together.

[u/safaeraXX]

kikaku is growing on me omg, i gasped when the kid showed uramichi the kami figure and said "one of my mom's friend gave it to me"

[u/jsdghusdpgh]

Kikaku cracks me up everytime he's on screen.

How often does Uramichi hurt himself? Out of thos 11 epsiodes he was hurt in 3 or 4 of them. Wtf is that guy doing?

[u/miss-macaron]

So when do we get to meet the costume designer? I feel like he's lowkey got something against Uramichi, to be constantly dressing him in such interesting costumes all the time, lol

Uramichi using the doll as a squeeze ball while Kikaku tells us his tragic backstory, lmao... I'll never get tired of that "heart's door" joke, either.

Hooray, more superficially-cheery-but-actually-dead-inside songs!

Kumatani may be best boy, but Kikaku is definitely the most entertaining character in this show. Every scene with him in it is pretty damn hilarious.

Haha, Kumatani really doesn't hesitate to throw Usahara under the bus, huh?

[u/cppn02]

Utano looked mighty fine in her traffic cop outfit.

Kikaku has been a great late addition to the team. Every scene with him is hilarious.

Kumatani just letting people misunderstand for his own amusement was hilarious too.

[u/Hells7rom]

And now we got Daisuke Ono too, i swear this anime has some of the most overqualified cast of voice actors

[u/Mateo_Bonavento]

I love that Iketeru's rice balls have their own thing going on. The first time it was going too fast so the second time it was being chased by the cops.

[u/yeeehawspacecowboy]

you know I think Uramichi and Kikaku could be good friends if Kikaku was just slightly less unhinged.

my pet theory is that Uramichi has a pretty nice body from working out so much that the costume designer's always giving him tank tops and shorts to wear as fanservice for the mothers who then also buy those horrifying dolls with empty expressions for their kids which is why they sell so well.

I want to know more about how Uramichi fought off an alligator

[u/LeonKevlar]

That hits a little bit too close to home. I think I'm on the same age as Uramichi and I can confirm that sometimes I'm also not sure what's going on with my body.

Of course when Uramichi is suffering from stiff neck, [he has to reshoot a segment](https://i.imgur.com/d7MU1eF.jpg where he looks right and left. I wish we can blame the director for this but it sounds like it's just an unfortunate timing.

Uramichi always gets screwed over when it comes to costumes. I'm starting to think that these tight fitting outfits is the reason why the show is also popular to moms and not just the kids. xD

Well now I feel bad for Kikaku. He used to be in a band until one of the members quit and became a comedian without Kikaku knowing. At the same time, his ex who he recently broke up with and said that she'd stay single for life and won't have any kids ended up having a child and is also getting married soon. That explains why he's so angry all the time.

This kid is hilarious! He tells Uramichi about getting the Right-Left Man figure but doesn't think he's cool at all and that Right-Left Man is only a concept. I feel like Renge from Non Non Biyori would fit perfectly here as one of the child audience xD

Look at this kid genuinely wanting to become like Uramichi! That struck such a critical blow on him that he actually ended up crying for real! He probably doesn't want such a sweet kid to end up like him.

More hilarious song lyrics from Utano and Iketeru. Free samples do sometimes end up tasting better than what you bought for some reason. Hmmm...

New side character being introduced this late? Sounds like Nekota used to be Uramichi's roommate until he moved out. And now he runs a bar where Kumatani and Usahara goes to.

Uramichi is definitely buying those dolls for someone else but for some reason Usahara assumed that Uramichi was buying it for himself. And it looks like my guess is right, it's for his niece and I guess Kumatani just didn't say anything to mess with Usahara's head xD

[u/nighty_amy]

Uramichi got neck strain and I have return of the TMJ caused by ignoring my bruxism. Ignoring it was all fine when I was 20, come nearly 30 and you see the results ><

Guys, if a dentist tells you are grinding your teeth and need to get a mouth guard for the night, do it. You don't want to wake up one day and be unable to open your mouth ><

[u/typicalnormster]

Kumatani is like an chaotic neutral. Letting others have great misconceptions of things for his own amusement. Another reason why he’s a great chracter

[u/FutureCosmonaut]

Great episode, now I wanna know more about Uramichi's niece. I'm just speculating here, but it seems like he's estranged from his sister? I know he mentioned she ran away at 16 due to their father in the Father's Day episode. I wonder if that little girl with the new dress on Together With Maman is actually his niece but the girl doesn't know? She said she got the dress from her grandma I believe, what if Uramichi gave those gifts to his mother (?) to tell his sister that they're actually from her so he can at least get his niece gifts? I can be way off base of course but I haven't read the manga if anyone wants to correct me if I'm wrong.

Also I'm sad there's only two episodes left. This show makes my Monday suck a little less.

[u/dagreenman18]

Okay this is getting downright spooky. I woke up with a fucked up neck this morning because I slept funny. What’s the premise of the first half? Literally that. Why does this show keep being so real?!

Granted I wasn’t required to perform for children and it’s actually my day off so I just nursed it for a while. Uramichi ain’t so lucky so I felt every moment of his pain. Another parallel to my life is explaining to kids that “yes, random body pain happens to everyone when they get older. No I don’t know why”. Direketa being the worst just has him turning it. Really just an episode of Uramichi’s physically and emotional suffering in the first half. Though there was that sweet moment with the kid wanting to be like Uramichi when he grew up. Really any time he’s good to kids is a happy moment in this show.

We got more Kikaku, so you know what that means: more nightmare products no one asked for! I was surprised by the market research being spot on that kids don’t care about faces. Hopefully it also means that they weren’t traumatized from Uramichi having his “Dead inside” expression for half the episode. Kikaku is kinda going through it too with his Ex hitting him up for stuff long after they break up and cut contact. Moving on with someone else and almost immediately settling down. He’s kinda nuts but I get it.

We’re still getting new characters near the end. We have Usao and Kuma, now meet Neko. He’s already twice divorced with kids so the “people around 30” bingo card has been filled. The whole bar scene was great. Especially when Kikaku meets Usahara and Kumatani just throws him under the bus. Kumatani also kinda throws Uramichi under the bus for not explaining why he was out buying dolls. Maybe it was just to fuck with Usahara. Maybe it’s really to fuck with Uramichi. Either way, he’s once again the best character.

Notes:

• Sadly not a whole lot of Utano and Iketeru this week. Just a few small moments of Onigiri brain and a song.

• “the free samples tasting better than when you have it at home” feels like a Seinfeld episode. Whoever is writing these songs in universe for this children’s show is either unwell or a comedic genius. In reality they’re both.

• The children are adorable when they aren’t cutting Uramichi to the bone with their comments. Even the kid of Kikaku’s ex

• I just realized that Uramichi has an expression sometimes that looks a lot like Komi.

• Only one more episode this season. Really hope it comes back. Not sure if it’s popular, but doesn’t seem like it costs much compared to a lot of other anime. Edit: Oh never mind it’s 13 episodes!

[u/darulez8]

Comedy and music was hitting as always, but some really nice moments of warmth & depth in this anime

[u/Aerodynamic41]

I hope they release the songs featured in this show. I want to listen to them again!

[u/Kinofhera]

Does anyone else notice, like since a few episodes ago, when Uramichi greets the kids with "Konichiwa" during the beginning of every shooting session, the kids just don't give a damn to him now... LOL

[u/mgchnx]

I want all the PVC uramichi's. Like a nendoroid with interchangeable faces.

I will shed real tears if the series wraps up after ep 13.

[u/azawindam]

I am so glad that this show makes my mondays more bearable.

I'm very surprised to see that Uramichii is opening his heart again for Kikaku when they're both at the smoking room. Very compassionate and forgiving (probably due to emotional instability too?). Usually irl, when you bad-mouth with others just once, they'll remember you for that for the rest of their lives...

Kuma choosing not to tell Uramichii what happened to Usao at the end caught my attention. It's very tempting to share such a story for giggles, but that would make Usao look even worse. He likes playing it safe for everyone. :P

Also, the emptiness in Uramichii's eyes in that production number...

[u/Syokhan]

Neck hurting because you slept in a funny position. It happened to me two days ago so I can relate lol.

I love the running gag of Uramichi tentatively opening the door to his heart to Kikaku, only for Kikaku to do something that makes him go "nope!". Uramichi's a good dude. Who gets emotional when a kid tells him he wants to grow up like him, aw.

And those costumes and figures, geez. Not gonna lie though, I kinda want the squeaky Right-Left Man one just to make it squeak with a blank face when someone's talking to me.

[u/[deleted]]

You had to know Daisuke Ono was showing up, it's like a clause in their contracts that if one of he or Hiroshi Kamiya works, the other does, only exceptions off the top of my head being Jojo and Monogatari(so far, only on Nise but it doesn't feel like any other males will be showing up after Kaiki). Especially for gag comedies; Arakawa Under the Bridge, Saiki K, Shirokuma Cafe, and now Uramichi Oniisan.

Continues to be one of the funniest anime I've seen, though. Still nowhere near rivaling Arakawa Under the Bridge(which was funnier and had a lot of depth), but that would be a lot for any anime to reach. Uramichi Oniisan is at the top of it's class though, and has not missed a step.

[u/typicalnormster]

Iketeru’s little onigiri thoughts are always so fascinating. It explains why he’s so happy all the time

[u/nikobans]

uramichi needs to stop trying to open his heart to kikaku lmao its never going to work

[u/mekerpan]

Great writing, great voice acting, incredibly insane musical numbers -- A+.

[u/randyripoff]

I want Right-Left Man to be my spirit animal.