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| Kimura is such a good character. His face is just as awesome lol. |
| "HAI! Why did you become a teacher, Kimura-sensei?" "BECAUSE I LIKE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AND THINGS!" LOOOOOOOL. |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| This episode was hilarious with the lolicon teacher XD |
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| Chiyo-chan's scream is absolutely hilarious. |
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| loved Sakaki when she blushed :D |
| Mr.Kimura looks....wasted!! He a funny teacher for what he does. |
Nyperold said: Okay, so he's a competent teacher, cares for the environment, donates to charity... and has a thing for high school girls. These facts do not negate each other. He's a creepy dude for that one last thing and I don't know why but I'm impressed that Kimura-sensei is honest, I think I could be one of those crying male students at the beginning of the episode. LOL |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| what a great episode. the pedo teacher was the best xD |
| This show just keeps getting better and better! Kimura is a funny addition to the faculty characters, although, it's difficult to explain the humour to my house-mate when he walked in to see Kimura trying to watch the girls swimming! Yeah! Sakaki sure does not have a Japanese build, phew, how much milk does she drink? |
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| I hate that pedo O_O;; |
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| i dont like that pervert!!! "Dong Ding Ding Ding Ding!" that part was funny though... oh yeah i LOVED Sakaki and her kitty fetish X3 but anyway great epi! haha |
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| Haha, loving Kimura and how he acts. Never expected the show to get this perverse though, lol. |
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| LMAO on those belly-flops!! |
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| Brilliant, Kimura Sensei has made this anime interesting. This is the first episode of Azumanga Daioh that I have literally laughed out load at :D Up until this point I wasn't sure how much more of this I could take - The comedy was at best mediocre and at worst brain damage in a show, even the OP is insane. But that said, I think I'll stick around a little longer now and give it another chance. Whatever I end up ranking this anime overall will end up with a bonus point for Kimura in this episode. |
| KIMURA-SENSEI! U NO IN JAIL YET!? :O Sakaki in this ep... Preview... Speechless.... |
| ^That next episode includes, if I remember well, the most close-to-ecchi shot in the show, and yes, it's Sakaki's. But whatever, this was a subpar episode for me. And when I say subpar in the context of Azumanga, you can translate it as "merely good". So why it doesn't work in the level of the other episodes? I think it's because this comedy style is completely out of the mood of Azumanga. How many sex-related jokes/references do we have in the whole show? If there are ten, maybe eight of them are compressed in this episode. It's not that I don't like this style of comedy, but in this show it feels out of place. Also, I think the slapstick here is a bit more crude than usual. That scene with Chiyo drowning was bordering the line of disgusting. Of course Kimura has a great appearance but I would say I prefer this character in low doses and not starring in a whole episode, because at the very first he is not that interesting as a character as the rest of the cast, but more like a recurrent joke appearing sporadically in the show. I find him quite flat and uninteresting outside of his comedic contribution and when it becomes excessive, like in this episode, it's less enjoyable. I'm giving it 6.5 points out of 10. The fact I give this grade to -IMO- the worst episode of the series surely says something about how much I love this show. |
jal90Dec 6, 2011 7:33 AM
| Kimura-sensei FTW, nuff said! |
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| That perverted guy is hilarious lol what a creep |
| Starting to get a hang of the pacing and flow of this show. Digging it. Now I want to go swimming! jal90 said: How many sex-related jokes/references do we have in the whole show? If there are ten, maybe eight of them are compressed in this episode. It's not that I don't like this style of comedy, but in this show it feels out of place. Agree. Glad that it isn't going to become a bigger theme of the show. I like pervy comedy from time to time and in small doses, but that's not why I'm watching -this- show. |
| kimura creeps me out sooooooooooooooooooo much!!! but without him the series wouldn't be nearly as hilarious |
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| Am i the only one who finds this anime kind of boring? I enjoyed Lucky Star and A-Channel a lot but this is just dull. Oh yeah, and we have another pedo character... Why do every slice of life/moe anime need to have one?! |
IcecreamManwich said: Am i the only one who finds this anime really boring? I enjoyed Lucky Star and A-Channel a lot but this is just dull. Oh yeah, and we have another pedo character... Why do every slice of life/moe anime need to have one?! You need to go back and understand when this aired. It's BECAUSE of this show that so many of the things you see in it are nowadays so common and overdone - from jokes to character archetypes. It wasn't the first - but it was the first to do them all successfully and in one package, the same goes for SoL at all, this was the first sign that this style of show was VIABLE because those before it were very poor sellers and, aside a few slice of life manga, seen as a shitty non-doable idea overall. Moe wasn't even a used term when this aired either, so it'd be best if you stopped referring to it as a "moe" show. Basically, you're watching this NOW and seeing "wow this is just reused jokes and characters" but you need to keep in mind this is what ORIGINALLY made those things so popular that they are copied and seen in everything NOWADAYS. It's not copying or rehashing anything - it's the stuff you've seen that was doing so copying THIS. Basically, the fact you think it seems so generic and boring and cliched is BECAUSE it STARTED those things and it just shows how huge of an impact it had on the industry given it's still used as a point of reference even TODAY. In the end it'd be like watching Cowboy Bebop and whining about how it's just a ripoff of samurai champloo - you're complaining in the wrong order entirely. To put it simply - Azumanga helped in a huge way to make SoL and comedy in anime what it is today, so you'll see it in everything. It didn't do the ripping off, everyone else did that to it - and thus made so much in it 'cliche' and overdone. Before someone sees this and argues about how it wasn't "the very first", I never said it was. I said it was the first successful and clear sign of how viable the style is - and has since been copied in everything from character personalities, designs, and archetypes to the exact jokes. |
TallonKarrde23Nov 12, 2012 5:35 PM
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| Sakaki's love of cats is adorable! haha, I loved her OCD moment with the cats on the towels xD |
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TallonKarrde23 said: I take back everything i said back then. Azumanga Daioh is better than any of the other "all-girl high school" anime out there, plain and simple: The characters are hilarious and cute, the voice acting is superb, the music is catchy, the animation is great and there's even an underlying storyline to it, whereas non of the other AGHS anime even try to have a plot.IcecreamManwich said: Am i the only one who finds this anime really boring? I enjoyed Lucky Star and A-Channel a lot but this is just dull. Oh yeah, and we have another pedo character... Why do every slice of life/moe anime need to have one?! You need to go back and understand when this aired. It's BECAUSE of this show that so many of the things you see in it are nowadays so common and overdone - from jokes to character archetypes. It wasn't the first - but it was the first to do them all successfully and in one package, the same goes for SoL at all, this was the first sign that this style of show was VIABLE because those before it were very poor sellers and, aside a few slice of life manga, seen as a shitty non-doable idea overall. Moe wasn't even a used term when this aired either, so it'd be best if you stopped referring to it as a "moe" show. Basically, you're watching this NOW and seeing "wow this is just reused jokes and characters" but you need to keep in mind this is what ORIGINALLY made those things so popular that they are copied and seen in everything NOWADAYS. It's not copying or rehashing anything - it's the stuff you've seen that was doing so copying THIS. Basically, the fact you think it seems so generic and boring and cliched is BECAUSE it STARTED those things and it just shows how huge of an impact it had on the industry given it's still used as a point of reference even TODAY. In the end it'd be like watching Cowboy Bebop and whining about how it's just a ripoff of samurai champloo - you're complaining in the wrong order entirely. To put it simply - Azumanga helped in a huge way to make SoL and comedy in anime what it is today, so you'll see it in everything. It didn't do the ripping off, everyone else did that to it - and thus made so much in it 'cliche' and overdone. Before someone sees this and argues about how it wasn't "the very first", I never said it was. I said it was the first successful and clear sign of how viable the style is - and has since been copied in everything from character personalities, designs, and archetypes to the exact jokes. It's a slow burn sure, but when it gets going it REALLY gets going. |
who_dat_ninjaJun 4, 2013 2:35 AM
BinaryStar said: Best episode so far. Kimura is the best teacher ever. Kimura's last line "I want to watch them change so badly." hahaha. Laugh at this every time. Right after all those good impressions he made. XD jackitsu said: Starting to get a hang of the pacing and flow of this show. Digging it. Now I want to go swimming! jal90 said: How many sex-related jokes/references do we have in the whole show? If there are ten, maybe eight of them are compressed in this episode. It's not that I don't like this style of comedy, but in this show it feels out of place. Agree. Glad that it isn't going to become a bigger theme of the show. I like pervy comedy from time to time and in small doses, but that's not why I'm watching -this- show. On this, I have the DVD. First disc (first five episodes) was rated MA here. (Equivalent of 17+ depending on where you live). Second disc was rated G. (Family entertainment, for everyone). Some difference. (Though part of it would be down to the ineptitude of the Australian Classification Board.) |
hydroAug 3, 2013 7:39 AM
| Pool episode!! What the heck Mr. Kimura ?! so creepy lol. Sakaki and her obsession with cats.. another funny episode. :D |
| Kimura is... a pretty dark character for this show. Other than that, really cute episode. |
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Nyperold said: Actually, comparing it to Lucky Star is interesting. I prefer AD over LS. One of the reasons is the slower pace. As for Kimura, he's one of the funniest characters in the show IMHO. |
 I respect your opinion as long as you respect mine. |
| I love the banter between the two teachers. |
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| Wow, so it turns out that while wierd, Kimura is not actually a bad person. On a side note, how the hell did any of them get hired in the first place? |
| There is nothing that cannot be stolen by Mouse. |
| Kimura's on that tenure, ha hah.;; At least he still has redeeming qualities. |
| He became a teacher cuz of high school girls and stuff. Me: "What what what what what." "Boob sizes - American = Large, Japanese = Small." I mean okay. That male teacher: "ding dong... ding dong ding dong" ...What. I... what. A bit perverted, yo lmao Kimura-sensei is so weird. It's creepy af. Sorry, dude, but what. Osaka stretching at the pool is literally me lmao. HAhaha okay him getting locked out from the pool for insulting the PE teacher was the funniest shit, great pay off. Alright, this Kimura-sensei is a good contrast to the cast even if he's so downright weird haha. |
 Goodness gracious, that caught me offguard. I knew of his gimmick beforehand, but I didn't think the show would just proudly exclaim it within the first few minutes of the episode. Anyways, the Tomo/Koyomi comedy duo is hilarious. Chiyo bullying is hilarious. Osaka is hilarious. Minamo vs. Yukari antics are hilarious. Sakaki + cats is hilarious. And now, Kimura being awkward is hilarious. I think my favorite moment was when Minamo and Yukari were racing and you could barely see him in the background still staring into the pool in distraught (?). I don't know how this show manages to do it, as it's been a long time since a comedy has gotten to me like this, but I'm really enjoying Azumanga Daioh. |
| Kimura creeped me out so much... |
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| They kitty paddle! |
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| this pool episode didn’t make me feel like a weirdo, ie it didn’t contain an obnoxious amount of fan service. “we have an american among us” lmao tomo is beginning to be my favorite character. i love her gab. i remember a family friend showing me this anime back in the early 2000s. i thought sakaki was cool with her demeanor. |
| The boobs comparison scene has to be the funniest one I've seen yet haha. |
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| Amerika-jin, lol. Poor Sasaki, The professor is a bit creepy. I don't think you'd get away with this line in 2019. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| That creep is pretty funny, awesome episode! |
| With the arrival of Kimura, the professor, the narrative becomes even more bizarre and amusing as a result, but the narrative indirectly describes the characters and their character even more accurately. P.S. I also see a basic message, reading between the lines. |
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| A swimming class gone into a havoc. "Double Chop!" was my best there. That Kimura sensei really had a guts being a teacher, why dont fired him, lol? Another kind act from Sakaki with much obsession to kitty, uh, such a cutie busty! Now now, Yukari annoy me again, wth with that teacher? Only Nyanmo was normal on that group full of comedian, i am really blessed! |
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