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Oct 21, 2011 10:09 PM

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Yeah, this is pretty fucking excellent.
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Nov 9, 2011 6:58 AM

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Ok that was a nice twist to the transformation sequence! I was already thinking "Again?" then Himari started drinking mil dressed AS A COW! Doesn't get crazier than that.

I love how the three penguins adopt their respective owner's personalities! And I especially love the recurring "insect-spraying" scene!
Jan 11, 2012 4:53 AM

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it's been a while since i felt an anime this deeply - every episode moves me to happiness and tears, sometimes at once - the feeling of "if only we could change fate, just this once, everything could be perfect" is something i've felt so many times.........
Jan 14, 2012 7:38 AM

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OMG

It was so hard holding back my laughter so bad when Ringo made "that" face. Massive ownage.

pretty interesting show so far. Why didn't I pick this up earlier?
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Mar 31, 2012 2:13 PM
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Mawaru Penguindrum episode 3 running commentary
SURVIVAL STRATEGY!
IMAGIIIIIIIIIIIIINE~

I just look like that and go haaah?

LOL the penguins are so kawaaaaiii. Though shouldn't have eaten so many plums *shakes head*
Curry? I don't like curry all that much. But she makes it sound so good. hrrrmmm... such a creepy stalker. Meh. LOL THIS IS SO AWKWERD. Meeting the girlfriend of the person you like. Feel so bad for her. Oooooh and then having hot curry spilled on her face. :( but then she got to meet the hottie Kanba LOL FATE AHAHAHA.
Curry is destiny :P
Now, I still wonder what the Penguindrum is.
Apr 11, 2012 9:38 PM

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Ahaha, enter Mamiko Noto!
She is extremely superior to triple lace; that girl should just give up.
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Apr 14, 2012 2:28 AM

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Why does this "Imagine-World" feel like a game show?
Apr 20, 2012 11:31 PM

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This episode wasn't too bad, much better than the previous ones in my opinion. xD

Himari in the cow costume was a nice treat. :D
Jul 17, 2012 5:01 AM

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fabulous max

10/10
Sep 19, 2012 11:46 AM

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Penguin #2 has a future as an exterminator.
Oct 24, 2012 11:16 PM
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We don't see crazy girls like Ringo often nowadays.
I am enjoying her character, although I am not a big fan of the "yandere" archetype.

Anyway, I am enjoying thus far. I shouldn't have dropped this the first time I tried to watch :(

5/5
Feb 8, 2013 8:17 PM

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Looks like things are starting to get really interesting now. Girl getting pushed down the escalator huh.. Well now i'm a bit more interested in the series.
Mar 7, 2013 4:15 PM

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I like how the propaganda on the train is relevant to the plot of the episode
Mar 28, 2013 6:53 AM

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Ringo is pretty creepy, but I still really like her.
Ha " Then Devour me Currageously"
Curry puns!
Mar 31, 2013 4:29 PM

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Haha just great development love it so far! Ringo has some competition and well it seems rather a nice character as well! I wonder when they'll finally find out that the diary is what they're looking for!

Lets see what happens next!
Apr 1, 2013 11:34 PM

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4.85/5
I love Himari's voice
Apr 21, 2013 4:43 PM
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Ugh this stalking girl gets on my nerves. When is this arc over?
Like the penguins.
Getting the same thing over and over again? Where is something different now?
1/5
Apr 21, 2013 4:45 PM
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Blind_Guardian said:
I actually disliked this episode after enjoying the first two. Ringo's really annoying and I'm bothered she's joining the regular cast so we'll see a lot more of her creepy yandere ass. If I drop this series it'll probably be because of Ringo, the worst Beetle and one annoying stalker bitch. I got really tired of her going on and on about curry this episode. I laughed when she got a faceful of cold, nasty brown glop.

2/5


This! That bitch deserved it. Nice job penguin 1 or 2
Apr 23, 2013 9:14 PM
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We still have to go through that Survival Strategy sequence? A bear sticks its pole into another bear, the end. Then she walks down said shaft, stripping along the way.

Ringo was surprisingly not as yandere as I thought. She didn't go berserk when she saw Tabuki's girlfriend.

Lol at Kanba's direct method of asking her and her giving a ridiculously more direct response.
Jun 3, 2013 6:41 AM

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at the beginning.. its kinda happy when seeing ringo past.. but after that kinda sad when seeing kari day is skipped by her mother..

but still creepy when seeing ringo.. even though she is good looking girl, her act is so creepy..

oh the kari she made is making me so hungry btw.. looks so delicious lol XD


my favorite scene is in ringo home, when the penguin walking here and there.. then penguin no 1 or 2 found some pants that I thought it was a gum and it was a pants trap for mouse lol.. its so stupid using pants as a trap lol XD

this anime just getting better and better :D LOVE IT! :d
Jul 22, 2013 8:30 PM

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Haha, he was acting like the room would have bras hanging all over the place. But seriously, that girl be a stalker.

So she knew the teacher when she was younger.

Tabuki's voice is totally the same as Hakkai's from Saiyuki.

But she didn't actually eat with Tabuki/he didn't smile, so that wasn't 'fate as it was written'...
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Sep 13, 2013 1:42 AM
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Surely it's "fate" that brought them all together, right?

I'm really digging this show.
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Apr 15, 2014 3:18 AM

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This anime just keeps getting better! The brothers are contrasting finely.

I sort of feel bad for himari, would like to see more ringo though as it seems she has a bit of a complex going on as well as the brothers.
Apr 19, 2014 8:04 PM

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This is like a happy version of Mirai Nikki XD
Wonder where she got her "future diary" from
Aug 30, 2014 2:30 AM

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Himari cow! LOL! That was so cute haha.

So Himari's diary...did she write the entries or does she only 'execute' what's written there?
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness."

"May those who defy their fate be granted glory."
Jan 13, 2015 7:44 AM

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Finally picked this back up after a month-long hiatus from anime. Was a little confused that the brothers were suddenly skeptical of Himari's penguin hat, but that's hardly the weirdest thing to have happened so far so whatever.

Still digging this show immensely. Now that I have a little more time I'll probably eat it up like a fine curry.
Feb 17, 2015 4:07 PM
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Another good episode. I can't emphasise enough how cute and funny the penguins are. Most unique anime I've ever seen
Apr 10, 2015 4:52 PM

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It seems pretty obvious that the penguin drum is the diary. And it seems highly possible it's a diary that predicts the future maybe? It seems like the entry for the that day was already entered and future days were already written ahead of it. Even the bit about a mean cat popping up.
Apr 21, 2015 5:45 PM

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Jun 17, 2015 8:11 PM

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ihusmal1234 said:
It seems pretty obvious that the penguin drum is the diary...

maybe it's just incidental because of whims and therefore effort of the girl, so, I'm not very sure yet :/
Jul 23, 2015 1:30 AM

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This show is so off the wall but I love it so far.
Oct 7, 2015 4:15 PM

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The "Survival Strategy" theme song is starting to get annoying as fuck.
The real OP on the other hand is amazingly clean looking and I dont get tired of it.

lmao @ Ringo's face when she meets Tabuki's girlfriend
lol how does Ringo have the exact same cooking pot as Tabuki? ohhhh
Jan 30, 2016 5:42 PM

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I guess fate brought Ringo together with the Takakura family. Things didn't work out exactly as Ringo had hoped, but maybe they worked out in a way that they needed to. Interesting episode.

4/5
Aug 20, 2016 8:33 AM

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Ringo could have used the cloth she wrapped her curry to hold that hot pot without burning her hands...
Sep 2, 2016 2:00 PM
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If I have to hear that bitches song every episode I'm going to kill someone :<
Sep 21, 2016 10:49 PM

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The "Survival Strategy" skits were thowing me a off a bit, but I'll admit it's starting to grow on me lol.

And once again, the penguin w/ the cockroach spray wtf haha


Feb 9, 2017 11:17 AM

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Penguins at it with the obnoxiousness, Ringo vs Tabuki's woman. Diary sounds like Penguin Drum.
Apr 17, 2017 2:11 PM

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ugh, kare. <3
this left me so hungry and i can't eat anything spicy.
please kill me.
Nov 12, 2017 6:48 AM

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creepy creepy creepy!!!


I kinda wanna feel bad for the girl but i don't she's just too psycho! Totally creeps me out! She's talking babe Ishida Akira no no no no no
SEIZON SENRYAKU: Hungry 100% of the time.
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Oct 18, 2018 1:33 PM

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Ringo added apples to her curry. It's kind of funny cuz Ringo means apples.

The siblings' house is small. Not sure if they hadn't properly shown it in the previous episodes, or if I hadn't noticed it. I feel bad for these kids. Though, I do wonder how they're getting any money at all.

The little brother and his penguin are the cutest things in this anime.

As an older brother myself, I can definitely imagine myself pushing my brother's face with my foot.
Dec 16, 2018 1:09 AM

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The repetition and mystery of not knowing what the Penguin Drum is is starting to become off-putting for me ;/ hope we get a clue soon .-.

Is Himari going to tranform every episode...? ^^"

Hm.
Jan 4, 2019 7:19 PM
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So,
Ringo is the Japanese word for Apple, can't we assume something about all the imagery that revolves around the "apple" in the show?
Also, stars = Happiness or something like that, right?
Apr 19, 2019 8:18 PM

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No one talking about FABULOUS MAX? Best part of the episode.
Jul 30, 2019 1:20 AM

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Another awesome episode, I like the two-sided personality of Ringo. I'm still trying to figure out the meaning behind the choice of subway stations. They're all located on the Marunouchi line, where the sarin attack occured. At first I thought that there's a direct connection between the station number and the episode number (i.e. Ogikubo - ep.1, Minami-asagaya - ep.2, etc), but it doesn't seem to be the case. Some stations are skipped, and the setting swithes to stations 10 and 11 (Shinjuku-gyoemmae and Yotsuya-sanchome). Maybe we're not meant to progress linearly through the stations, after all. But the sarin attack subtext is still present.
Also, sensei seems to be an ornithologist, that's why Ringo was making a photo of a rare swallow nest for him.
The Ringo family recipe for curry includes an apple as a special ingredient, if I understood correctly. Pretty fitting.
We can also see how ocean is associated with Ringo and her dreaming. In the beginning of the episode everything in the room seems to be underwater, and Ringo is dreaming about her happy family life. In the curry cooking scene, she puts a seashell apron on and immediately starts dreaming of her perfect curry and a dinner with sensei.

What we have so far regarding the subway stations:
Ogikubo - Takakura house, Tabuki's house
Higashi-koenji - Ringo's house
Shinjuku-gyoemmae - school
Ikebukuro - oceanarium, underwear shop, swallow's nest, possibly Himari's hospital
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Aug 20, 2019 11:56 PM

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I don’t think Ringo is playing with a full toolbox. Lol
Apr 9, 2020 4:24 PM

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Okay episode i guess, didn't expect them to have a dinner with Ringo tho lol.
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Sep 20, 2020 3:04 PM
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Ringo is very weird.. looking at her obsessiveness, it is very probable that we're simply not seeing how truly messed in the head she is.

I also love how the studio skimps on the animation — they make it all look nice and animate it well despite clearly not having a colossal budget (bar the reused animation in the transformation).
Jul 15, 2021 7:12 AM

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It seems to be an episode around curry, but I think it's actually an episode around "eating". Survival strategy means literally what people do to live. People need to eat first, but eating is not enough, they also need to give meaning to their actions. However, simply seeking the meaning behind their actions will make the meaning disappear. Ringo felt dissatisfied with her mother for not accompanying her to eat curry, but in fact, it was the interaction between her and her mother in this matter that really reflected the love of family. The wonderful connection between eating and illusion also appeared in the illusion set by the Queen. It must be said that the problem Ringo is facing now isn't a big deal. Besides, Ringo actually could have just told them at the teacher's house that she brought curry and wanted to eat it together, and I don't think the teacher would have refused. This might have been because Ringo was too obsessed with the so-called destiny of action and ignored the reality, and the same thing happened to the Takakura brothers, who could have directly asked Ringo about Penguin Drum instead of following her. With Ringo's character, maybe she would have helped them find Penguin Drum.

Aug 31, 2021 11:56 AM

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It is going great for now. I hope it doesn't get screwed up near the end.
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