| @23feanor @inim @filifjonkan @RandomFriday @Antalk @jdvz @JokerVentura @KainiusTheGreat @ruckes @kekekeKaj @OrlahEhontas @inim Mitsudomoe (2010) (Mitsudomoe, 2010), MAL 7.53/10, anidb 6.66/10, IMDB 7./10. Group watch will be starting Thursday, August 3rd, 2023.  |
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| Thanks for this, I'd completely forgotten. |
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filifjonkan said: Are we going to watch both seasons? Unless we all just hate the first season, I would think so. |
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| Be great to have you along @filifjonkan, how's your holiday, hope you're enjoying the break. I didn't realise there were 2 seasons but as @whiteflame55 said yeah we'll watch both seasons unless we really don't like it. I just finished Nana so thought i'd get a dose of something light. Episode 1. Ok, I completely see why @inim mentioned the sexualisation of primary children. We have a new primary school teacher who discovers he has 3 twins in his class. One a boisterous masochist called Futaba, one a sadist and little devil, Mitsuba and one a mysterious and dark one called Hitoha, who carries around a book with eroge pages inside. Straight away from the dialogue we see that these are kids talking dirty with the voices of kids, but they're jokes and innuendo that wouldn't make sense to a child. I've seen this kind of disconnect between the content of the dialogue and person delivering it, ie sexual in nature and delivered by children, done well before and it can be very funny. Let's see. First off the twins decide to try and force their new teacher, Yabe, closer to the school nurse by injuring his crotch, so he'll have an excuse to show her his crotch and their love will be "tied by the nether regions". It was actually quite funny watching the 3 girls go after the teacher, however, what did make me sit up was the fact he acquiesced and ended up getting his dingle out for the nurse, only for her to mistake him for a child due to the fact she wasn't wearing glasses. Then we get a skit about a hamster Yabe-sensei gets for the class that they call 'nipples', whom Hitoha becomes very attached to. The nurse hears the class talking about stroking nipples and gets the wrong idea. This could be quite funny. |
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| Episode 1 The cutesy style of this series makes it stand apart from what we've seen so far, you can see how it lends itself to comedy. That early scene with the thunderstorm outside and the camera flying through a darkened hallway as epic music plays is quite effective at setting the mood for our new teacher Satoshi joining a class that most definitely will not make things easy for him. A relatively innocuous icebreaker game turns into full on war in the middle of the classroom. Yuki's the instigator, though she feels bad about it. Mitsuba is more than happy to rub her face in it. And Hitoha is off in the corner reading (turns out, it's porn - at least two of these girls seem really horny for well-endowed women). These are the Marui sisters, an infamous trio at the school. Yuki seems fired up and personable, if a bit too much. Mitsuba is particularly willing to swing things in her advantage through domineering tactics. Hitoha largely disregards everyone but has a malicious side if they try to take her book. Within short order, both Satoshi and Mitsuba are on the floor bleeding out for entirely different reasons, and Satoshi has to do everyone's homework because he lost his icebreaker game. So yeah, the sesualization is definitely present and it's made that much more apparent when these girls talk about giving their teacher a chance to "drink up Kuriyama's [their nurse's] sweet nectar", which may have different meaning to them, though they later refer to his crotch as "southern sweets," so I don't think so. More hijinks ensue as they proceed to try to cause him bodily injury. From shoryukens to eight ball corner pockets to rope tricks, they really are putting him through the ringer before he just runs crotch first into the nurse looking for her glasses. This leads to a much more egregious injury as she confuses his pantsless state for a fourth grader. Rough, man, though you probably shouldn't pull your pants down with little girls still in the room. Then they get a hamster, which they call Nipples, leading to various forms of hilarity as it gets confused for the real things. Groping of both the hamster and each other occurs. Particularly funny to see how the nurse, who is standing outside while they discuss Nipples' overstimulation, responds to a variety of lines that seem built to make it sound as perverted as possible. It's got potential, even if the humor is low-brow. |
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| @filifjonkan same as the UK, year 6 would be 10-11, I actually thought they were younger, and you make a good point, i don't think the Fruits Basket game would be age appropriate for 10-12 y/o. And by this age kids are aware of sex, even if they can't relate or understand it. I wonder what the Marui parents are like to bring up 3 such perverted girls, and whether we'll meet them. I think Yab-sensei saw something about housewives and the later book image was about nurses, iirc. Episode 2. I watched this earlier when mal was down. The snot sketch was yucky, reminded me of dealing with a toddler who wipes her nose all over me every day. The urine sketch was pretty damn funny, even if you knew what was coming. @whiteflame55 you picked up on something I forgot to mention, the production values are polished, some sweeping camera motion and nice use of music. Today we had some lovely ominous music playing as Hitoha was walking up the stairs to Yabe-sensei's apartment as he was desperately trying to find nipples the hamster. Hitoha is dangerous, blackmailing her teacher, poor guy. |
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| @filifjonkan Glad to have you onboard for the watch as well, even if it's a re-watch in your case. Episode 2 Yep, lot of snot in this one. Yuki gets a cold and makes a mess as she contaminates the classroom. Urine samples from a different class turn the nurse's office yellow because klutzes. Hitoha breaks into Satoshi's home to fondle some Nipples and terrifies Satoshi, resulting in her breaking his arm. Mitsuba head trauma... at least 3 times, though she kind of deserves it on the last, before enduring some time hanging from a tree branch for half a day (girl's got some upper arm strength) and getting misidentified as a kindergartener for her taste in panties while Yuki gets some sweet crayfish with frog skins. |
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| Episode 3. First skit is a funny misunderstanding about panties and Hitoha's eroge. We get a couple of boys from the class introduced and one, Satou, thinks the other wants to see pantsu but he actually just wants a glimpse at Hitoha's porn mag. How does she get these eroge novels I wonder? Second skit is about Hitoha making a new friend, Mitsuoka, who thinks she can see ghosts, when in actual fact she just finds it hard to communicate and comes across as spooky, so a bit like Sawako from Kimi no Todoke. Turns out Mitsuoka is a bit nuts about spirits and we get a night time visit to the pool. The last story is about missing panties, which the girls think have been stolen but they in fact left them at home. Their dad comes to bring them to school but gets mistaken for a deviant and arrested, but not before Futaba strips the boys in class and Yabe-chi to see if they're wearing them. This show does make me chuckle. |
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| @filifjonkan indeed ask away :) |
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| Episode 3 One of the boys wants Hitoha's eroge, but another boy thinks he's after her panties. Then, Hitoha pulls a Sawako Sadako and scares other children off with her gloomy, scary demeanor and belief that she can talk to ghosts. She meets a horror fan in MItsuoka, which Hitoha mistakes for being really into watching porn. That doesn't last, though. Hitoha almost drowns in a pool where this other girl thinks she's exorcising spirits. And we get to meet the girl's father, who is running through the streets with his daughters' panties and climbing school walls rather than just going inside. More misunderstandings ensue, dude tears down the wall bare-handed, and gets taken away by the police because Mitsuba can't stand to be associated with him. This leads to Mitsuba and Hitoha being relegated to a shed outside at home for the night. Yep, some decent comedy here, even if not everything lands. @filifjonkan You can absolutely ask questions, always happy to turn some of these posts into more of a conversation. |
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| Episode 4. Ok so the class are drawing Yabe-chi and Futaba draws him as a woman with huge tits, and it's not censored in the version I'm watching. I noticed during the ad break in between on an earlier ep that Futbaba held up a picture of a ladies breasts. This show has a PG-13 rating so guessing this was the uncensored blu-ray RIP, or else I've seen that pictures within anime shows (pics on the wall, paintings etc) have shown nipples when the show is a pg-13, is it some sort of loophole that pics within a show (which itself is just animated pictures) don't have to abide by the shows rating? I honestly don't know but I've seen this before and wondered how they get away with it. The first story about Futaba's boob drawing was just too out there for a primary school (or any school for that matter), what with the principal praising the drawing as 'the perfect boobs'. Second story about a broken pencil case was actually quite sweet. Last story is about poor Satou getting caught up in Chiba's panty schemes and ending up with pants on his head, then in his school desk and finally gets caught by Mitsuba taking pants off Futaba. The show is definitely ramping up the lewd aspect of the jokes. |
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| Episode 4 Yep, the first story celebrates the art of drawing the perfect breasts. And yeah, I'm also surprised that it got away with a PG-13 rating, @23feanor. Nothing I'm seeing is censored. The principal says he's been searching for the perfect breasts for years, which... I mean, if you're going to pick a life goal, you could do worse. Just maybe... don't try to find it from one of your elementary school students, no matter how good her shading is. And maybe don't post them in the hallway for everyone to see. Also, Yabe-chi is clearly a virgin and, as their nurse says, they're really all just perverts (though you have to admire the craftsmanship). For the second, we get a bit of emotional attachment to a pencil case, which actually works pretty well. It's the first thing Futaba has broken that she feels truly bad about, and to make it up to her sister, she makes pencil cases out of her own uniform. We even get a look back at when they were younger, and Mitsuba was apparently not always the smarmy child she is today. For the third, a school project turns into a pantie raid, which then turns into a game of hacky sack with balled up panties that end up on Satou's face. This all culminates in Futaba trying to give him just... all the panties, including a scene where she pulls a chain of them out of her pockets (pretty sure someone imagined that happening in a previous episode). This almost ends in Mitsuba coming to an understanding of him, but then he's pushed into taking off Futaba's panties (which she was wearing outside her uniform) right in front of Mitsuba, so that ship sailed. |
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filifjonkan said: Hello! Right now, the site I go to watch anime that can’t be found on CR, is down, so I will have to wait until later. Question in the meantime; do you (any of you) have any serie/s that you feel was a no go, even though it has high ratings and has a lot of fans. I am thinking of one series like that, namely Stein’s gate. It has it all and yet, I have tried to watch it like three times, and not just three episodes, but like seven or eight. And, still, I can’t figure out what is so good about it. It just flyes over my head. Do you have any serie/s like that? I dropped both Toradora and Gurren Lagann on the first watches, and same as you I watched up ep 7 or 8 iirc. I eventually watched both shows as part of a r/anime group watch and ended up really liking both. The start to Steins Gate is a bit slow, but it's a really great series. Think I watched it back in 2019 so can't remember much. It does get a bit complicated. Also remember the trap character is easily the cutest in the show, despite being a boy. |
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| Episode 5. There are some really well directed and composed shots in this show, such as the moment Futaba rises from the basket of panties to the sound of a jet engine, and when the dad runs from the classroom, going through the door, down the stairs and out the window. So first off we get a discussion of breast sizes, and we meet Futaba's class rival. They try and compete over who has the biggest breasts and the need for a new bra, taking us to the department store to see Mitsuba agonise over which new bra to buy. Futaba gets brought in to judge the breast sizes but can't see any breasts. I thought Hitoha's comment, that she held back from saying was pretty funny. Middle story was about nipples being enamoured with Mitsuba's hamster panties, but when nipples sees the panties on Mitsuba they look more like a piggy, so nipples loses interest. |
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| @filifjonkan I honestly don't drop that many series, much to my own frustration (since it leads me to finishing series that I really don't like). Steins;Gate was one of those series that I just vibed with up until the midpoint when you get a pretty dramatic shift in the story, but I know a lot of people don't vibe with the first half, which is largely just building out these characters and the world. I would recommend at least sticking it out until episode 12 or 13, since you're not far off from it, and see if that twist works to your liking. As for me, all my dropped or paused series aren't particularly high rated, and I can't recall a series that just was a no go for a while that I ended up picking up later and really liking. The closest example of series that just didn't work for me (though I watched them both through) were Baccano! and Rainbow. The former I watched by myself somewhat recently and though the characters were really interesting, the jarring jumps back and forth in time made it hard to appreciate the narrative. The latter was part of a group watch we did a while back and I believe we all agreed that the first half of the series (which, interestingly enough, gets far more love from fans than the latter half) was just a slog to get through due to the nature of its torture porn elements and its whole shonen in a seinin world vibe. It eventually worked when the attitudes and circumstances of its characters caught up with the narrative, but it took a while to get there and if it wasn't part of a group watch, I probably would have dropped it early on. Episode 5 Yeah, I chuckled when Futaba wanted to buy the store clerk's boobs. This girl does not play around when it comes to breasts, and that jet shot of Futaba rising like a jet engine out of the panties was priceless. Thought the humor was getting a little stale, but then they throw something like this at you. I was noting this earlier, but thought it was just a one-episode thing: their father is clearly drawn differently, with thick black outlines that move at a lower frame per second than he or the other characters do. Really makes him stand out as a character, quite literally. I feel bad for him since Mitsuba really takes it to him so often. Dude even shaves off all his hair, including his eyebrows (initially accidentally), and ends up looking more like Agent 47 in his black suit and sunglasses. Best dad ever, despite all those arrests for looking creepy as all hell. Dude just has an aura. Also, pretty sure one of the parents is just a hamster pretending to be human, so he's not even the weirdest one. Mitsuba ends up giving a rather sweet speech about her father that embarrasses her, while Futaba gives her actual speech, which is just mean. Watching him go from the sweetest expression of love to absolutely destroyed in blue and black is just amazing, and then he runs crying out of the classroom before tumbling down the stairs, flashing a "rock on" sign as he crashes through the window, surviving a fall that should definitely have killed him before being arrested (seriously, looks like entrapment - the cops were just there4 waiting for him). Like I said, best dad ever. Gotta love the mutual celebration of perverts - everyone's so inclusive. Futaba may be an Olympic level swimmer when she gets older, girl's got some speed and is powerful enough to behave more like a speedboat than a child in the water, absolutely devastating Mitsuba when she tries to stop her. Also, Chiba seems surprisingly interested in geopolitics. Who knew? |
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| @whiteflame55 I noticed the dad's different char design but forgot to mention it, he is very clearly drawn to be distinct. From what we've seen I'm guessing the mum is out of the picture, passed away or left, and super dad has raised 3 twin daughters on his own. May account for some of the girls weird quirks. And yeah everyone making a fuss over Satou becoming a pervert was very funny. Small moments like that make this show. Will be interesting to see Satou develop over the series and whether he gets branded a complete pervert by the end, by intention or mistake. Episode 6. The opening story where the dad helps Futaba act out sports day the night before was pretty damn sweet, what a dad. Poor Yabe-chi gets mauled thanks to Mitsuoka and her sutras again and ends up naked with his boxers on Hitoha's head. The last story about Mitsuba's class rival was the pick of bunch for me. She tried to out-do Mitsuba and ended up having to tell Mitsuba that she wanted to show her her sexy elegant panties, lol. |
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| @23feanor Yeah, they haven't thought to mention the mother yet. Clearly, their father feels it necessary to really step up in her absence, so there's something there, we just haven't seen it yet. @filifjonkan We definitely had some physical competitions, but it was more like physical evaluations against a national standard than it was against others at my school. We did do things like this at summer camp, though the whole cavalry thing was never something we did. Episode 6 Seriously, my favorite running joke in the series is that everyone is just automatically suspicious of their father. He really doesn't do himself any favors in the ways he skulks around and looks nervous, but dude's being profiled, so I get it. Dude shows how devoted he is to his kids in the first segment, really giving it his all to ensure that Futaba gets a thorough practice run-through of the events coming the following day. And he gets suplexed for his trouble. Girl's insanely strong. Also, father of the year. On the day of the competition, for some reason they put Hitoha on top despite being very afraid of heights. Meanwhile, Mitsuba delights in pulling other girls' hair. But no one can hold Futaba down - girl basically solos for her team with her teeth alone, but they're mostly worked up by Mitsuba being a brat - even Hitoha helps out. But Futaba's so driven that she just wolfs down the caps in the end. Yabe-chi just can't catch a break, getting sutras painted all over his body because he fell ill. One of the girls does have some infighting with Mitsuba, but in a battle of panties, she's the one who loses for touting the sexiness of hers. Perverts all around, no huzzah this time. Also, I noticed a hamster-face child, likely connected to the hamster-face mother from the last episode. Eerie. |
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| @filifjonkan We used to have a sports day with races, sack race, three-legged race etc. I was always second in the races to this one really fast kid, still remember his name Adrian! Episode 7. First off we have Hitoha getting into Gachi Rangers, a kids super hero show and then having a big misunderstanding with Yabe-chi where they talk at cross purposes. The next couple of stories are about the Helplessly in love with Satou club, first off they mistake a pic of the girl's dad when he was younger for Satou and one of them ends up going for a bath with Futaba and her dad. Then the club starts believing that if they show Satou their panties they'll become his girlfriend. This spreads to the school and all girls (plus a cleaner) want to show him their pants, much to Satou's chagrin. I like the stories with Satou. We then come full circle and end with a story about Hitoha wanting to tell Yabe-chi about her love for Gachi Rangers. This gets mistaken by a classmate, Yuki, who thinks Hitoha is stalking Yabe-chi. This show does walk the tightrope on the issue of attraction to kids, making light of what is a pretty dark and disturbing irl issue. Sometimes it's funny and other times it just a bit weird and creepy, like when the girls dad walks into the bathroom naked with with a kid that's not his. |
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| @filifjonkan in my case, it was a Jewish overnight camp, but same basic idea. Episode 7 I loved watching Power Rangers when I was younger, so I can relate to Hitoha. They really go all out, with the monster losing, falling over, and exploding. Love that. Mitsuba calls it a kiddie show, revealing herself as the true villain of the series. Everything she has done before is forgivable, but this... Still, I feel for Hitoha - she's trying to find her fan group, but the wind, her skirt, and her teacher's non-specific words won't cooperate. And poor Yabe-chi can't catch a break, either. Hitoha watches more later, finding out that monsters need panties too. Due to another misunderstanding, one of the other girls thinks Hitoha is obsessed with Yabe-chi, resulting in a pseudo-confession that leaves everyone upset for all the wrong reasons. That look on Hitoha's face was priceless. We get more misunderstandings as a Satou girl fan club mistakes a photo Futaba's carrying of her father in his younger years for Satou himself. She calls it her treasure and claims they take baths together. They steal the photo, and misunderstandings ensue. Generally, the lack of specificity in conversation seems to be the deciding factor in plots for these episodes. They're not so much idiot plots because they are talking, it's just that what they're talking about is so often left unclarified that things go awry. Works more often than I would have expected. Anyway, this all culminates in a bath with a big, hairy adult man. Surprised he wasn't dragged out of the house by the police again. But it's not over for Satou, who has to deal with all the girls trying to show him their panties to attract him. I'd feel better for him if it didn't involve the force of nature that is Futaba coming after him with high kicks and an older cleaner lady who is apparently jonesing to become his girlfriend. Dude's too good for this world. Oh well, at least we get a nice wholesome yuri shot of him with Chiba. It's Butters and Craig all over again. |
whiteflame55Aug 9, 2023 8:52 AM
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| @filifjonkan I'm constantly comparing anime to my personal experiences, especially with a show like Nana, which was so relatable it was uncomfortable to watch at times. @whiteflame55 I missed the Power Rangers phase, or it wasn't on tv in the UK when I was at an age to enjoy it, or likely it was on satellite tv, which we didn't have. Oh South Park, I remember that episode and reminds me I need to catch up with new SP, if it's even available in the UK, not on a cable channel. @cipheron good to have you along and sorry to hear about your situation with the lease, glad it's sorted now. Episode 8. First up Mitsuba plays a prank on Hitoha during a PE lesson. So when they get locked in the storage room Hitoha gets her back pretending to be ill so Mitsuba will find them a a way out. Well played Hitoha. Then we get another misunderstanding concerning nipples the hamster. A roach extermination at Yabe-chi's apartment, where the not speaking and miscommunication was a bit dumb, Hitoha could have easily told him there were roaches in his dvd and on his figure. Then Futaba helps with a missing boy at a store and we get a bouncy and loud song! Futaba ends up essentially kidnapping the young boy and they end up lost. Futaba draws a pic of his mum and they both fall asleep. More misses than hits for me today. |
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| @filifjonkan I definitely watch a lot of non-anime movies, so we could definitely talk about them. Watched and loved Oppenheimer recently in theaters, excellent movie. @cipheron Glad you joined us, and I agree that both TTGL and Steins;Gate hit inflection points, though I was rather engrossed by both of them well before those points were hit. They just elevated the material for me. And yes, Okabe's Japanese VA is amazing, one of my favorite VAs around. @23feanor Worth catching up on some aspects of South Park, but not all. It's become more uneven with time for me, despite having more consistent plotting. Episode 8 Hitoha and Mitsuba accidentally get locked in the storage room. I'll never get tired the use of cats screeching while someone's making a ruckus, and watching Hitoha get vengeance on Mitsuba in the end was cathartic. Nipples the hamster is once again the subject of misunderstanding in the classroom. Well, at least it's not about the hamster's name anymore, just his relationships with the students... is what I'd say if they didn't upset the principle by talking about the hamster outside his door. Yeah, this joke ran its course early on, feels like it's hung on a little too long. Similarly, we get a continuation of the issues with Gatchi Rangers being mistaken for other things, in this case cockroaches. This is also pretty played out, though at least Hitoha is trying to clear the air. Futaba going after all the cockroaches with her usual zeal (and even nailing a couple to the wall) was a treat. Speaking of Futaba, she's working on her gains with a dumbbell and helps a kid find his parents while Hitoha gets her feet massaged at the mall. Futaba, now with younger child in tow, escapes the mall zips through the neighborhood with her feats of acrobatics and strength as we sing a catchy song about pi (the number, not the food), coffee cups, letters and, obviously, breasts. Futaba makes a picture-perfect chalk drawing of his mother (complete with substantial breasts), and they fall asleep on top of it before getting found by a cop in the next town over (seriously, how far did they run on this kidnapping escapade?). |
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| @filifjonkan we do watch some non anime films, although we watch more live action series than films. We've got Fantastic Beats: Crimes of Grindewald, John Wick 3, Dune (new version) and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 that we've been meaning to pick up but never seem to find a good window. Em's got some time off coming up so will hopefully get through some of them then. Never heard of a movie box, we had a VHS player at home, mostly to record football. Episode 9. First sketch was pretty good. Chiba mistakes Hitoha's Gachi Rangers reading book for porn and they talk at cross purposes until Hitoha asks him to show her some of his moves, which he demonstrates on Yabe-chi pulling down his trousers. Also noticed Chiba is wearing a t-shirt that says 'erection'. Then we get Hitoha dressing up as santa for Futaba. Then Mitsuba gets some new zodiac panties for new years but they fly off in the wind and she has to chase them down. Thought the little walk with the oil drum was well done. Mitsuba being a nice sister. Bowling on ice with Futaba was ok. Nice unique ED with swan lake classical music. |
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| @filifjonkan So, I had read American Prometheus, a biography of Oppenheimer on which the movie was based, a while back. He did say those words during an interview, but he's a bit complex when it comes to understanding his position more broadly on the use of the nuclear bomb, and I think both the movie and book do an excellent job conveying how his own ego and intellect confounded his moral views. I was fond of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 myself as well. The whole trilogy was a treat, and this one certainly had the most effective pathos, though I'd still say that the first is my favorite of the bunch, despite the underwhelming villain. Just peak group dynamic for me. @23feanor I can save you at least one watch. Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald was awful. Unequivocally, the worst thing in the Harry Potter Wizarding World franchise as a whole. Secrets of Dumbledore is better, but honestly, it's still a bit of a trainwreck and it's unclear if they'll continue from here. As for the rest, I'm not caught up on John Wick beyond the first movie, but I've heard all the movies are exceptional. Denis Villeneuve did an excellent job with Dune - he apparently can do no wrong (loved Sicario, Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival), and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is well worth the watch. Episode 9 So, yep, seems every time the Gachi Rangers come up, they're confused with something else - this time, it's porn! Leads to some solid humor from Chiba, who's wearing a 69 hat just for the occasion as well as that shirt @23feanor mentioned, and ends up pulling down Yabe-chi's underwear. What's that weird noise Mitsuba was making while cramming down the potato chips in Yabe-chi's room? Can't say I recognize it. The girls' father is down with a cold and thus cannot portray Santa. Hitoha tries to take it on, gifting Futaba some fake breasts before getting groped. Hitoha somehow conceals her identity as Santa. Mitsuba's collecting Zodiac panties but ends up losing the boar due to Futaba. She runs into Satou and Chiba, finding them just out of reach a bunch of times before accidentally donating them at a shrine. Cute little segment without any vocals (the music is honestly pretty cute) where Mitsuba helps Futaba make a hot bath outside their home in an oil drum, though Futaba ends up satisfied by a mechanical rubber duck. Interesting that Futaba doesn't really seem affected by the cold at all, just wearing her normal clothing and then a swimsuit without issue. Ice bowling with Futaba is fun enough, being sent along with a swift kick to the buns. This leads to her imminent flight after Shin showcases his powerful striking ability. And yeah, I'm fond of that ED. Simple, but effective. |
whiteflame55Aug 11, 2023 8:08 PM
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| @whiteflame55 yeah that was a weird noise Mitsuba made whilst eating the chips, I almost thought the audio dropped out for a moment but think it was intentional. Episode 10. First off a bunch of younger kids play with the older ones. Mitsuba ends up retrieving a kids lost helicopter from a tree and looking down sees Hitoha showing the young kid her chest. Turns out they both like gachi rangers and are showing off their merch to each other. We also get our fist hint about the twins missing mother when Hitoha cryptically tells the kid to appreciate the fact his mother buys him anything whenever he wants. Mitsuba is unhappy that the kid seems to prefer Hitoha so shows him her panties, and the kid tells his sister, who is none other that Mitsuba's rival. Quite funny. Mitsuab then gets an ego trip as the young kids call her a cool, stylish, elegant nympho, which was also quite funny. Mitsuba and Futaba break Hitoha's gachi rangers shirt and belt. Futaba apologises with sincerity, but Mitsuba tries to hide her dastardly deed and gets locked in the garden for her punishment. Finally Mitsuba gets ill and acts like an annoying brat. The class rival, Sugisaki and co, come to visit and Mitsuab ends up needing a suppository, although they didn't show the deed itself, that would be a bit spicy even for this show. Good episode. |
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| @filifjonkan I've long been fascinated by Oppenheimer. I think it's easy for a lot of people to see him as a villain of sorts, but I find him to be too complex for any simple characterization (as, let's face it, most human beings are, but given his role in something so dramatically world-altering, it's all the more interesting to me). Episode 10 Rather unusually, we get a couple of prolonged episodes this time, both of which are united by a rivalry between Mitsuba and Miku. The first of those stories really emphasizes Mitsuba's vanity: she sees what she thinks is Hitoha showing the goods to a younger boy, and responds by flashing her panties at him to draw his attention to her; after hearing that she was called a nympho by Miku for doing that, she completely changes the meaning of the term to make it look like Miku was complimenting her, only to have Futaba and a couple of younger girls latch onto the term and use it with abandon; she breaks a Gatchi Ranger belt owned by Hitoha and, rather than own up to it, decides to blame it on her father thinking that it's a weight loss belt and owning up to it would make her look like she is concerned about her weight; finally, rather than accept help from classmates who come over to help nurse her in bad health, she actively spurns them because she doesn't want to be seen as weak, only to collapse from her illness. It's notable that Mitsuba does learn from at least some of this. She tries to get the girls to stop calling her a nympho by actively pushing them away, despite the fact that that removes a good chunk of her fanbase, in order to ensure that they don't get flagged for saying they want to be nymphos too. At least it's something. Futaba didn't learn anything from it, but then, she probably doesn't need to, showing a maturity her older sister definitely lacks by designing a new t-shirt that... honestly, looks pretty rad (seriously, girl has some solid art skills, just needs to diversify out of breasts more often) to replace the one of Hitoha's that she tore. A sweet moment. Also, yeah, pretty funny that the suppository somehow made Mitsuba feel better in the end. And yes, that pun was intentional. I liked this one, solid episode. |
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| @cipheron thanks for the details on 'mucho kara', that makes sense, bit like when they say 'sa sa sa' for sneak sneak sneak. Episode 11. First off we see Mitsuba become self conscious over gaining some weight on her tummy when Futaba fondles her belly declaring it an 'I' cup. She resorts to using Sugisaki's phone in place of a fitness belt that vibrates. Sugisaki notices her phone has gone missing and this leads to Futaba and then Chiba groping her tummy and getting 'excited'. Sugisaki confesses to wanting to fondle Mitsuba's tummy so she can feel good too. I think the Mitsuba sketches may be my favourite, they always make me chuckle. We then meet Sugisaki's mum at a department store where Mitsuba was shopping, who calls her a lustful dominatrix and proceeds to invite Mitsuba to verbally abuse her, lol. Then we have another gachi rangers belt story and end on Mitsuba believing she was kidnapped, ending up in her hugging Sugisaki. |
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| @cipheron Thanks for the details. It's not something I'd heard before, but that does make sense, particularly in relation to potato chip eating. @filifjonkan I believe you're talking about Hidden Figures, which was a pretty solid movie in its own right. Great cast, some powerful acting, and a solid message. As for your question about where to go next, it seems that the OVA is an unaired episode that became available after the second season aired. I can't find a watch order online, but based on what I've been reading of people commenting on the OVA, it seems like more of a capstone to the series. So, I say we go to S2 after this, finish off with the OVA, unless someone is able to find out more information about the OVA and its place in the story. Episode 11 Mitsuba continues to have issues with her weight, brought on by Futaba fondling stomach fold. You've got to feel for her a bit. She ends up interested in using vibration to bring down her weight, and uses Miku's vibrating cellphone to see how it feels, leading to an awkward scene that looks like she's getting off to a vibrator - they know what they're doing. The search for the cell phone leads to Mitsuba, which for a lesser show, would have meant that we'd have a confrontation over why she has it. But, lest we forget, everyone in this class is a pervert. So Futaba once again grabs her flab to the point where she collapses out of sheer rapture. Chiba soon joins her, and even Miku decides she wants to experience that pleasure. Mitsuba then runs into Miku's family in a clothing store. Miku's mother is amazing - apparently, she's just really into all the things Miku accuses Mitsuba of doing, and is down with being dominated by an elementary schooler, wanting to be whipped, trampled and ridiculed right there in public. They keep it just shy of totally sexualizing this, but we all know she's thinking it. She pretty much climaxes right there when Mitsuba calls her out for being a bad mother. Girl's a freak. The misunderstanding regarding the Gatchi Rangers belt and thinking Hitoha was just going around without panties is a little played out by this point, since Yabe-chi should really know to investigate these things more thoroughly at this point before jumping to conclusions this stark, but the image of Yabe-chi wearing panties is enough to make this stand out. The nurse mentions that today is "another casualty-free day." Seriously, she's hardcore. Because of her bad vision without her glasses, she thinks that Mitsuba's covered in blood because she's wearing red. So, like you do, she wraps her in bandages and gives her a concussion, dragging her through the resultant pool of blood. Mitsuba's used to head injuries at this point, so she'll be fine. What's a little brain damage and bondage? Anyway, she thinks she's been kidnapped for sex slavery, like you do, before injuring herself further in her desperate crawl/roll to safety. She makes it out of the nurse's office alive and mostly well (a red letter day, to be sure) before asking to be tied up again. Get your kinks, girl. A fun episode to be sure. |
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| @filifjonkan as @whiteflame55 said I think going onto S2 next and then the OVA makes sense Episode 12. Haven't mentioned it yet but the OP has grown on me, like the dance sequence with the whole cast. First off we get the 'normal girl' of the class, Miyashita wondering why Hitoha seems afraid of her (she doesn't know Hitoha is afraid of heights) and tries to prove she's the only normal one in a class full of perverted weirdos. Miya changes her hairstyle and no one knows who she is, she tries acting like someone else and they all think she's making a gag joke. Then we get another weird interview of Futaba by Yabe-chi, in his room where she tells Yabe-chi to ask the original creator why she strength like a superhero. We get girls vs boys dodgeball and some more Satou antics, with the girls wanting him to get them and fearing being tainted by someone other than Satou. One of the 'helplessly in love with Satou' brigade Oga, plays football with the boys and yeah she's pretty good. More misunderstandings occur and she ends up taking off her panties and booting them into the distance. Go girl! Best sketch was last. Miya tries to get closer to Hitoha and pairs up with her in gym class, inadvertently exposing her gachi rangers belt. Hitoha owns up to this and to her surprise everyone in class also likes gachi rangers, quite sweet. Miya however says she like the green ranger when there isn't a green ranger exposing herself a fake fan. |
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filifjonkan said: I agree, this was one of the weaker episodes. Tomorrow it is the last episode of season 1 and then we will start watching s02, ep 1 on Wednesday, I am in! Are there any suggestions for a group-watch after Mitsudomoe? There's a list of shows in the Interest for a Group Watch thread. I did a quick check and this is the list that @inim last compiled; Arslan Senki (1991) Baby and Me (once full sub available) (1996) Banana Fish (2018) Bounen no Xamdou (2008) Joshiraku (2012) Kanon 2006 (2006) Kikou Souseiki Mospeada (1983) Kobato. (2009) Kokkoro Connect (2012) Lovely Complex (2007) Ore Monogatari (2015) Sailor Moon (1993) Silver Fang (1986) Skip Beat (2009) Tenjo Tenge (2004) |
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