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Apr 17, 2008 1:13 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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My friend got me to start watching this anime. It has a strong starting episode.



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Jan 4, 2009 7:37 PM
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LOL His reactions are too funny.
Apr 17, 2009 5:23 AM
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Yes that was a strong first episode indeed.
Apr 29, 2009 7:13 AM
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Not quite the start I expected. There's way too much info that's missing from the manga. For instance, he doesn't find out about the dojo and Miu's home right away, even though the anime is just based on the manga, and not the manga animated. Subjectively, it was cool to see the the stuff animated. Nice findings on the voices, although I expected niijuma to have a more nasal voice, and the karate dude at the club got a voice that's too soft for his character. All in all, a good start.
May 5, 2009 5:07 PM
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dude gonna die if he goes to that dojo, some extremely strong, yet dangerous people live there is seems; and that other guy was huge! how could he be a highschooler? must be on steroids or something...
but hopefully kenichi will get some sort of training in the next ep to help him out
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Jul 3, 2009 9:07 PM
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i don't know i wasn't too impressed with the first episode hopefully it will pick up
Jul 28, 2009 11:18 PM
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It was a really cool and funny start, I liked it ^^


Aug 21, 2009 12:30 PM
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This episode gave me high expectations. I really liked it. Great start!
Nov 16, 2009 10:51 PM
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That was an interesting First episode..
It was good.
Nov 22, 2009 1:46 AM

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Decent first episode. It holds promise but i wasn't as impressed as everyone else. But it still looks promising.
May 11, 2010 1:50 AM

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hate Kenichi's voice when he gets excited

did I miss something? when did he try to save her at the river? and when did Kenichi supposedly grab her from behind? or was that just a bad translation?

otherwise, this wasn't a bad first episode.
May 31, 2010 12:03 AM

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The is the best dojo ever since Mamiko Noto is in it.
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Aug 21, 2010 2:30 PM
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Expected it more hilarious, but might become better with some more episodes, has 50 of them after all.
Sep 7, 2010 3:34 PM

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start again and i'm wondering if anyone know what the name of the ost when shigure appear?
Dec 12, 2010 12:47 PM

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They threw away some of the funny stuff from the manga.

Miu looks somewhat better than in the manga.
Feb 24, 2011 9:04 AM

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great first episode :)
Apr 22, 2011 1:15 AM

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wow fantastic first episode. If this is anything like Ippo then I am in for a real treat.
Nov 1, 2011 2:22 PM

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great first episode, good expectations for this anime
Sep 28, 2013 8:43 AM

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Rewatching this made me remember how bad my memory is.

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Mar 7, 2014 4:08 PM
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Liked the first episode.

I can definitely relate to the main character, and he is hilarious.

This is an older show, or seems like it based on the animation but if the story is good, then it will make up for any lacking quality.
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May 4, 2014 6:29 AM

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For a first episode it was pretty good! The character seems to be quite decent and the pacing as well so well let's see what's next!
Mar 23, 2016 9:40 AM
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To me this is a kids show but it shares a lot of similarities with Dragon Ball on one hand it's super childish but on the other it's super sexual I think in later episodes we will find ourselves watching an entire episode devoted to fan service
Apr 19, 2017 11:17 PM

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Okay if she lives there why didn't she just went home with him...???
Oct 23, 2018 2:14 PM
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Rewatching this for the first time in 8 years. So far it's about as good as I remember (unlike flame of Recca). The whole time he was being strangled, I was thinking "he should report this to the police".
Mar 28, 2020 1:56 PM

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Seems like a fun and light hearted martial arts-sports-shounen. Yay, pretty much right up my alley.

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Jun 29, 2020 8:33 AM

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Really good first episode. I like the promise that a real weakling will get stronger by having strong teachers. The characters also seem really fun so far as well. It's nice to see a non-tsundere female lead :3
Aug 12, 2020 11:00 PM

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Is that normal for karate clubs in Japan? Like you join and a bunch of senpais just beat the crap outta you? Sounds rough XD
Apr 1, 2022 6:52 PM

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Yeah... this was a pretty middle of the road first episode.
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Dec 26, 2022 1:54 PM

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Great first episode,and Miu-san is beautiful.
Jul 10, 2023 6:21 AM

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LOVED IT!!!!! 

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