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| Yamato is a total boss so far. Need more MCs like him and less whiny/shy/useless ones. |
| showed that stalker. all the characters seem so much older than high school students. the ED, reminds me of the C3 ED |
"Urushibara Ruka. The mannerisms and voice of a woman... No... More feminine than any woman. But he's a guy. Taller than Mayuri, but so very thin... But he's a guy. Looks great in a miko outfit... But he's a guy. It's already twilight And yet, it's so hot. The cicadas are crying. But... He's a guy." |
| I'm interested in Mei's past and that bunny incident more. That stalker was like "I'mma get me some high school girl tonight" then Mei calls Kurosawa and the stalker's night is ruined. When he saw the kiss he probably thought "curse that high school boy. Ruining my perfect night" But wow 35 mins just waiting for her to come out of the store. He was really determined to have her. Thar roundhouse kick was nice, and Kurosawa saw a little extra as well if you know what I mean. Mei's classmates hating her for being a loner and and mean personality. They make me sick, judging someone before even knowing about them personally. |
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| I've read the manga before but I never went beyond the first chap cos I was lazy to continue. Story-wise, it's pretty interesting. And the show has a tranquil feeling about it. It's a bit cliched to have either the heroine or hero to be the most popular person in the sch. Alr seen it before in Maid-sama!, Special A, Witchcraft works etc but I guess it's to make the character desirable. And the main love interest (Yamato) as expected doesn't go for the girls flocking towards him and is instead more interested in the aloof girls, which I don't really mind. I really like the heroine more (Mei) than the hero, and it's quite uncommon for that to happen in shoujo. I find Mei really relatable and she isn't fake, unlike most ppl but of course the price to pay is constant harassment. About the hero...Yamato doesn't scream 'desirable hot guy' to me. He just looks normal.. 2SugoiToActSugoi said: ff. Just like a guy to think that a kiss wouldn't effect her too much. Still, good for him getting the stalker to go away. I just find it strange that Yamato decides he's in love with Mei in such a short period of time(but I think that's an act to ward the stalker away) and I rolled my eyes when he kissed her without thinking twice of the repercussions that would follow. I think I would favour him more and plot if he used the right words instead of the 'right' actions. Still would continue to watch. |
| Decent first episode, I have kind of mixed feeling. The story itself thus far really isn't anything new, it looks like the kind of love story you see in many other shoujo anime as well as hollywood romance. You have your lower status ostracized maybe a little unconventional female lead and then you have her shining knight handsome popular perfect guy love interest who will completely change her life. I don't particularly sympathise with Mei yet since all her classmates who have bullied her aren't really fleshed out and at the moment it just seems like the typical society is mean to people who are different trope. When it comes to the story/characters the only thing that grabbed my attention was when her skirt got pulled and she flipped out and said that everyone always says that it was an accident but yet it keeps happening. I'm not sure if I have heard this before but it is a very interesting little observation on the way people act that really rings true as often times people may not do bad things to others on purpose but that could also just mean that they simply don't care enough to stop it from happening. As far as art goes it does look pretty good, nothing really in the backgrounds or character designs that stick out but the animation on the roundhouse kick scene on the stairway I thought was fantastic. |
| If he didn't mean what he just told her then he's a jerk ._.'' but I guess he really meant it. |
| Ohh.. ~ .. Romance ... I'm feeling the "love" vibes !! Mr. nonchalant and Ms. aloof .. First Opposite attractions ~ !! Interesting ... ~ :D Stalker approaching !! Distance away !! Smooching ~Aishiteru~ ... <3 !! "For the First time in Forever" ~ ... Cute mei yeh !! Romantic episode !!! Time to feel the "amour' moments !! |
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| This first episode was almost perfect :) |
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| Average episode, the plot seems typical and weak. How about calling the Japanese emergency line or better yet ask the counter of the convenient store for help. Male MC comes along and decides to fken make out with female MC in front of the pedo. Mind = blown, really? Get the guy behind bars please rather than stare at him as you put ur tongue down a girl's throat hoping to scare him. i get it though, all for the progression of the two characters. Hope this leads to something better. |
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| Sukitte Ii na Yo, in my opinion, is one of these anime series that leave you with a pleasant feeling after finishing the last episode, it’s relaxing and will surely make you want to watch more. It’s like you just watched a Japanese drama about love, light and beautiful. I can say that 1st episode surprised me a little. Mei isn’t just a weak girl with an angelic mind, and Yamato is a perfect match for her, did she just make him laugh? Pretty cool, I think. |
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| Ahhhh, yes, only a handsome bishounen can steal a girl first kiss and get away with it :P Anyway, that stalker sure was a creepy fucker. Come on, following a school-girl after work. Couldn't you have done a less cliche stalking? He must be a newbie in stalking, my neighbor doesn't even knows I search in her garbages. A proud stalker don't let his prey knows that he's stalking, jeez. Emotives said: How about calling the Japanese emergency line Yeah, that's an option. Except if it bother you to wait to hours for the police to come (that's pretty much the experiance I had with a policecall). |
minouneetzoeDec 16, 2014 6:46 PM
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| Cute! |
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| lol a stalker brought them together? That's a first |
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| Simple. Cute. I like how Yamato seems like a legit nice guy and doesn't throw up a half dozen red flags like so many other male leads do when they first appear. Mei's not some weak little damsel either. The only thing that bothered me was how Yamato resolved things with the stalker. Hey, let's say "I love you" and surprise kiss the already freaked out anti-social girl who called you out of desperation. That makes total sense! Even if it was a ruse or whatever to discourage the stalker, I can't imagine someone like Mei not being crazy freaked out over it (cuz, you know, it was inappropriate), but I'm sure he'll get away with it to an extent since he's the male lead. Oh well, I guess there was bound to be at least one sort of hitch; I can deal. |
NikokoJul 4, 2015 10:06 PM
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| Whoa! Kiss in the first episode?! That was unexpected... |
| Why do so many anime disappoint me ~.~ I'll probably continue but some things are seriously wrong: Nakanishi really got the message across, girls ask ''for it'' by dressing in shorter skirts, and peeking under them.. I'm only mad Mei didn't really beat the hell out of him. The pervy unimportant idiotic and disgusting, insignificant character aside, the MC is very melodramatic. She is getting all worked up because of one group of friends in kindergarten who accused her of their rabbit's death. It may not have been pleasant, but it doesn't leave emotional trauma. Not in a sense of not having any friends/boyfriends or any other thing. Now, let's get nitpicky （￣ー￣）:
Not that anyone will care, but I guess I'll continue watching. I'm not usually as nitpicky as I was with this episode. I wonder what came over me. I figure I'm really tired of all these cliches. |
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| It's only the first episode and the loserest girl hooked up with the hottest guy. That was some obvious stalking... Another (wrong) way to look at this... she had 2 guys interested in her. |
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| Loved the episode and art! The characters are pretty and it's great to see a male character who isn't full of himself even he's popular. Loved the scene where he stoled the kiss 😚😚😚😚 and the older man stalking was creepy. Way too old for her. The only minus here is that "I love you " was said way too quickly. He doesn't even know her so how about "I like you "? |
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| I loved the intrigue in the opening and the tension in the air when she called him for help. Felt like a real life situation. |
| Yamato: "Mei, I love you." They he kissed her. Then they lived happily every after. Loving this already. ♥ |
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| I really liked the drawing style. The kiss was totally unnecessary, but well... and he even used 'ai shiteiru' which Japanese people almost never say?? Kinda weird. I felt a bit like Mei during my school years. 'Nothing starts until you start it' Good quotes already ^.^ |
phoenixalia said: don't judge it just yet, bud. it may look like it, but there's a reason why its one of the best selling shoujos this year in Japan. Give it some more time. you could say the same for ao haru ride; because it's best-selling means nothing, ao haru ride is worse than garbage. jiroutachi said: Wow, this was surprisingly good. I usually dislike shoujo, but I really liked this, it left me a great impression. The two main characters are really likeable and I fell in love with Tachibana right away. Waaaay better than Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun imo. tonari is a romcom and this is supposed to be taken seriously, so no-one can really judge that much. OG-3 said: WAT. SetsukoHara said: meepsheep said: I like the fact that we don't have people with light blue or purple hair. I like realistic colours way more. Yeah, this. ^^ meh, i don't even care. colored hair looks natural in anime for some reason to me lol. although dark hair is my favorite. rodac said: I'll be interested to see how they handle some of the relationships in the show since some characters are sexually active. THAT will be VERY interesting to see. a shoujou with no virgins? bring it on. ----------- so, that happened..... i was originally intending to watch this, but has confused ao haru ride with this instead. i've never made a worse mistake in my life. long (VERY VERY AGONIZINGLY LONG) story short, after i finished that disaster, it had drained me so badly of shoujou that i was going to drop this show before i even started it. however here i am. one of the biggest reasons why i chose to watch it because it's serialized from the same magazine as tonari, so that kinda gave me hope. so this episode seems interesting. the girl is such a downer, though, wowee. yamoto (whatever his name is) looks much too old to pass as any high schooler, let alone anything below a third year. he looks like he's bout to graduate fr, lol. i like his pervy friend, he just stuck to me. i must say i have a little liking to perverts (not extreme ones though). as i am the millionth person to say so, tonari vibes on the kiss, but only by the kiss only. yamoto did that to protect her and i can't argue with that. it still made me jump, it was so sudden, lol. it's also cleche that she'd never kissed or been kissed before, but again that makes sense since she's distanced herself for so long. it's not like the really cleche girl, that is adorable and is liked by everyone, but just can't happen to kiss or get one. i was taken this is a serious shoujo but the stalker/potential-rapist really had me spookt, but that's alright, it's serious. animation is good, much better than ao haru ride. i must say this ep didn't blow me away and i am still emotionally raped from ride (not even kidding), so i'm not going to get into this with all hopes up. but it is worth looking at for me. ride was cringe ever since the start. |
TomDayJul 5, 2016 9:32 PM
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| pretty rude and weird of a stalker to ask a guy that is with his victim who he is ;o that kiss was unnecessary tho.. just walking away with her would've done the job of driving away the stalker as well >-> |
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| Let's be honest. He didn't have to kiss her for that. |
| Well, it's gonna be a nice romance I think. Whoa, that scene with stalker... Nah, Yamato is such a nice guy... |
| This episode is a nice introduction to the series. I love the character designs and animation. |
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| Well the character designs may be cute, the series is not. It's like a twisted version of Kimi ni Todoke. I'm not even a fan of the latter, mind you. The way these two handled the stalker situation was something I found stupid, and the implications it made were pretty troubling. So instead of calling the police, or at least help the girl stand up for herself, you shove your tongue down her throat, and then look at the stalker as a dog marking its territory. It made me uncomfortable. |
| Ugghhhh, that creep was disgusting! This is why I never walk alone in the dark D: But Mei was hella cute at the bakery though :D she should put her hair up like that more often. Shows her cute face <3 I really liked the band aid scene xD And Yamato is sooooo good-looking, but don't let down your guard yet! I don't trust handsome men LOLOLOL. They're the dangerous ones cuz they normally get what they want with their good looks and all, y'know. He doesn't seem so bad though, but still be cautious! D:< |
| His friend bump to Mei Mei walks away Yamato say she's interesting. Me: WHAT??? __ His friend trying to touch/flip Mei skirt Mei kicked Yamato Yamato *laughs* Me: Okay. No way I'm gonna understand this guy. Anyway I hate this.. everyone is sexually harassing the MC. |
| That business guy was seriously watching her D: What a creep! I feel for Mei :( We can't trust anyone until we find the right person who'll be on our side forever. It's hard to find, but it takes some time. I hope Yamato can show her she can trust him deeply and specialy open her heart <3 For a first episode, it was very cute X3 |
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| What. So you can casually kiss someone if you want to defend a woman who's being stalked? |
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| Nice first ep, typical shoujo stuff. I want more of that cute girl with the big knockers. Male MC pulling out high level moves from the get go. Break out the wedding bells already. Glad she didn't punch or kick him.   |
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| I'm glad I found yet another example of the omnipresent stalker trope. |
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| For what its worth: the stalker was more handsome than the male MC |
| Why is this dude who seems nice friends with a guy who is the enemy of women? But damn, bro went all out. Didn't use some form of "suki" or anything, he straight up said "ai shiteru". Commitment to the act. Well done, son lol |
SuranaMar 18, 2022 7:21 PM
| "It's a tragic misunderstanding that could have been easily avoided if he just finished his sentence in time!" — Richard Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) |
| popular guy(the school prince) falls for nerdy girl same crappy story always told |
| Yamato giving Mei a kiss infront of her stalker made me cringe. I mean, at this point he's not different of a creep than the stalker himself. He could've just saved her by telling him she's his girlfriend, or much better soon to be fiance. |
| I can tell I'm going to LOVE this :D |
| bro i hate this guy why would he kiss her just like that he couldve said he's her boyfriend COME ONN |
Reply to downymaiden
Yamato giving Mei a kiss infront of her stalker made me cringe.
I mean, at this point he's not different of a creep than the stalker himself.
He could've just saved her by telling him she's his girlfriend, or much better soon to be fiance.
I mean, at this point he's not different of a creep than the stalker himself.
He could've just saved her by telling him she's his girlfriend, or much better soon to be fiance.
| @downymaiden I agree :/ I hate when male leads do stuff like that and then it gets brushed off as innocent |
| BRO I FUCKING LOVED THIS. ah this was perfect. the opening sequence giving us a glimpse into the life of our mc in a spectacular fashion in a few seconds which had everything we needed to know about her. nothing satsifies the heart of a young man like watching shoujo does. the intro of the boy was really nice too. and he genuinely seems like a nice guy. the last scene it seemed like he pushed the boundaries too much but looking at mei's reaction i guess not. loved the kiss. it literally came outta nowhere even though i knew the episode title. very well done episode. i will rate this episode alone a 10/10. i hope this level of quality in visuals and story continues. can't wait to watch more. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
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