Skip to Loafer (Skip and Loafer)

In order to pursue her dream of bringing positive changes to Japan, Mitsumi Iwakura leaves her countryside town to attend a prestigious high school in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo. As she has already mapped a clear life plan, she has absolute confidence that there will be zero mishaps from then onwards.

Despite her ambitious promise, the country girl ends up running late on the first day when she gets lost on her way to school. Fortunately, she meets a fellow first-year student, Sousuke Shima, who is in the same situation and offers to go with her. They eventually make it to school, but the misfortunes do not end there, as Mitsumi leaves an unfavorable first impression in front of her classmates.

Nevertheless, the class soon takes notice of her friendship with Sousuke despite their opposing personalities. Only time will tell whether Mitsumi will be able to forge fruitful relationships with her classmates, and she will certainly not be alone.

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Skip to Loafer was released on Blu-ray in two volumes from July 26, 2023, to August 30, 2023.

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Iwakura, Mitsumi

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Kurosawa, Tomoyo
Japanese

Shima, Sousuke

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Egoshi, Akinori
Japanese

Egashira, Mika

Supporting

Terasaki, Yuka
Japanese

Murashige, Yuzuki

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Uchida, Maaya
Japanese

Nao-chan

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Saiga, Mitsuki
Japanese

Kurume, Makoto

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Han, Megumi
Japanese

Kanechika, Narumi

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Kimura, Ryouhei
Japanese

Tooyama, Fumino

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Morohoshi, Sumire
Japanese

Takamine, Tokiko

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Tsuda, Minami
Japanese

Yamada, Kento

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Murase, Ayumu
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Cao, Cong

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Matsui, Yuuko

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Tsuji, Mitsuhito

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Kurosu, Nobuhiko

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"メロウ" by Keina Suda

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"ハナウタとまわり道" by Rikako Aida

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Jun 20, 2023

ZNoteTaku

Recommended

Let’s start with a rather cynical stance (I won’t stay there for long, I promise) – it is perhaps rather silly to expect that the main group of characters in *Skip to Loafer* would end up becoming such good friends. They come from such different worlds, both in terms of their social and geographical qualities. Each one has their own preoccupations and problems that stand in their own way, running the gamut through vanity, listlessness, a lack of recognition, and having cold doses of reality splashed in their faces. With so many obstacles in place, one could say that this confluence of forces would keep ... the characters apart, left to their own devices to be far lonelier in the end.

Yet, through life’s odd ironic twists, it is one such force that gets everything moving. Iwakura Mitsumi is late to her first day of high school, lost in Tokyo and not knowing her left from her right. A girl who is driven to succeed has driven herself into a corner. But coming “to the rescue” is Shima Sousuke, who likewise is late to the first day of school, but doesn’t seem to pay much mind to being late. Within this strange encounter from two people with opposite perspectives, they hoof it to the school, Mitsumi tripping. But in one moment of sheer determination, she takes off her shoes and socks, continuing to run as the pavement pounds her feet. Shima looks on for a moment, seemingly taking in the sight of something both physically goofy and, for him, emotionally foreign. He cannot help but run along as well in her wake, and with a more spirited purpose than before. In just trying to get to school on time, both characters are thrown into new beginnings, complete with sakura blossoms.

“New beginnings” runs throughout *Skip to Loafer’s* threads, and more specifically, new beginnings that are simply unexpected. It may have been pure coincidence that brought Mitsumi and Shima into each other’s lives from opposite ends of the attitude spectrum, but at their core, they could not be more abstractly similar. These two, along with the rest of the anime’s cast, are tied together in them entering high school, yet each has a comfort zone within themselves that they don’t want to, or cannot, quite budge from. It’s a form of boundary that helps shield oneself from disappointments, whether external or internal. They feel it better to try and march to the beat of their own drum. With everyone housing their own insecurities or ways of seeing and experiencing each other, it’s virtually impossible to tell what anyone is thinking.

But as is often the case with entering new social spheres, that comfort zone must be left behind and you step into a new world of possibilities for people, things, and thoughts. It doesn’t have to involve a complete reinvention of who you are, either. There are numerous, tiny ways that the characters in *Skip to Loafer* express that they understand one another, even if they inevitably will leave some things housed within. The result is a fascinating breed of understanding and familiarity through understanding unfamiliarity, the acknowledgement that being able to read the room with just a touch more awareness makes the metaphorical gaps between people disappear. Tiny moments like these accrue throughout, blossoming the friendships into something that, while perhaps starting tenuously, end up feeling as comfy as an old pair of shoes. In that sense, it is a true ensemble show, and though Mitsumi and Shima’s self-actualization may be at the forefront, the others are hardly out of the spotlight for long.

To be sure, the characters are not above their own melodrama. They aren’t always the most saintly, and while it may be a little strange that they are often not letting their emotions run wild like teenagers are sometimes known to do, *Skip to Loafer’s* comedic sense is more subdued than in-your-face. Its occasional bursts of more-explosive humor are kept to a minimum, opting instead for coziness and smiles induced through warmth and the softness of its colors and lines. Its comedy is comfort rather than catharsis. Writer-director Deai Kotomi adopts a quieter ambiance in their approach, letting it pour through the screen by being bright without blare, sometimes hanging on pillow shots to let a tone sink in.

Such was the warmth of its web that any combination of characters, in any setting, at any time, could be put into a room together, and the dialogue that would play feels as natural as a summer’s breeze. By the time the show reaches its final episode, the sense of camaraderie is firmly established, sweet, and lovely. Not all the characters may have undergone life-altering changes, but they didn’t need to. Simply taking their first small steps into new beginnings was all that was needed, and wherever they go from now on, they’ll have someone in their corner with them, helping them along. Their world is a little warmer than it was before.

And that’s what it’s all about.

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Mar 2, 2024

forgraimon

Mixed Feelings

I'll keep it entirely spoiler free, let me start by saying that i love the genre and this was a suggestion from a friend of mine that read the manga.
The story starts like any other romantic themed anime with some cliché, one of the two main characters being a bit too focussed on something/delusional/hikkikomori or any other cliché that occurs in this genre to then evolve during each episode.
In general i want to say that Skip and Loafer is good, good enough to be enjoyed but not good enough to get you hooked in the stories of the characters.
Our main characters are Mitsumi Iwakura ...

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Feb 16, 2024

KiloSixteen

Not Recommended

Funny

Thought it was supposed to be a romance. I was extremely bored the whole show. Not sure why I even finished it tbh.
I know there have been alot of good reviews about it, I think people enjoyed the slice of life and the character development aspect, but that still was absent for me personally and I was more or less just waiting for something romance-related, which never came.
There was I think one part where it was hinted at the possibility between the two main characters but it was so short lived. So if you like romance stuff, this aint for you.

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