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Sep 1, 2013 3:51 PM

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Marvelous! Definitely the best episode so far, even better and more funnier than in manga! Keep it coming! :D
Jan 23, 2014 6:51 PM

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One of the best episodes yet!

I really like Madarame's seiyu Hiyama, Nobuyuk. He does a great job carrying here, and in the series as a whole. My favorite Character along with Saki, so its a dream episode with just the two of them.

A bit sad though.. Can't blame him for liking Saki, she is a really cool girl.
Sep 22, 2014 6:31 PM

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This episode was full of awkwardness! Madarame and Saki alone in a room. And damn Madarame had a big of a tough past. Why'd he have to say that she was on her period. So fucking awkward! Good episode.
Jan 7, 2015 5:16 AM
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bakaboy said:
And thus began Madarame's downward spiral into his one-sided obsession, i mean, love with Saki...though I am to wonder: why exactly was Saki alone in the clubroom? And who else here thought the girl from Madarame's past flashback that slapped him may have been a younger Saki? (go ahead, throw that into your fan fictions lol)


Late reply, but the classroom flashback, iirc, is not part of the manga, and the girl doesn't reappear later in the anime. But I do like how the anime adds to the manga, especially with the over-the-top visual novel game and such.

Saki's being in the room originally bugged me too, but we see she can read a fair amount of manga in one sitting, so she's not a *total* outsider.

I loved hearing the voice actors use different voices in an anime during the fantasy sequences!
Feb 8, 2015 8:29 AM

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Episode who depends on Saki and Madarame, although I would say: What the hell do Madarame?
Narrative that compares in a truly exquisite the reasoning of a kind raised on bread and manga, with a character unintuitive and with little tact, and the true reality, or Saki.
At times it's almost boring, in other really funny story.
May 4, 2015 7:52 AM

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One of my top favorite episodes in all of anime
Jun 2, 2015 10:32 PM

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A+

Gold star

10/10

I'm calling it, that was the best usage of awkward silences in anime. Not only that, but it was a two person comedy the whole time. Holy crap that was amazing.
Jul 15, 2015 1:07 AM

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I can see how some can say that this is a boring episode, but this was freaking brilliant. Mainly because I think almost everyone can relate to this situation. We've all been there.
Dec 13, 2015 7:42 PM

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The well-worn scars of social suicide, and its long lasting impairments on socialization with the opposite sex, and development of irrational assumption and expectation.
Something like that.
This was incredibly NHK lol.
Dec 27, 2015 1:09 PM
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Feb 2013
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Really liked this episode, the premise was simple yet really entertaining. Madarame is hilarious :D
Oct 8, 2016 8:18 AM

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meneope said:
This was officially the most boring ep of this series. I can't believe its the same series.
For the last 2 eps Kousaka is hardly even seen anymore and the new members have been forgotten completely. The series now seems to focus on Saki's naggings!?! She seems to have become the main character.

This is truly an ep where "NOTHING" truly happened! I don't know how some people are finding this "glorious" or even remotely "hilarious"... I lost you here people!


Agree with above. It took me two YEARS to get past this episode. Made me almost drop the anime.
Oct 25, 2016 3:40 AM
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Although it's based around Madarme's cringy awkward mannerisms I still really like this episode.
Nov 23, 2016 3:06 AM

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Mar 2015
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It was a creative episode just for the two of them but it could be executed better. Not average, not boring but it was okay.

3.1/5
Dec 6, 2016 2:41 PM

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Feb 2013
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This was one tense episode.
Jan 15, 2017 2:40 AM

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Wow, the writers had some real talent to pull this episode off. The whole show took place in the confines of one single (small) room and only had two characters (one of whom did not want to speak). Still, they managed to keep it interesting and funny. Well done!!!

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Jul 29, 2017 6:39 AM

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Is this how Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou looked like in 2004? xD

What a sad real life he have.. kinda :(
Tbh he didn't deserve that slap, I think it's because of his "friend" provoked him to do that
Don't worry Madarame, you're still my favorite character! xD
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Jan 19, 2018 4:48 PM

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Aug 2013
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that was awkward as hell but fun episode nonetheless

English is my second language
Apr 22, 2020 11:40 PM
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Dec 2018
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Jesus Christ, dude.
Jun 3, 2020 12:54 PM

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Aug 2017
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Least favorite episode so far, where were the other members?
Nov 8, 2021 4:32 PM
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this was a pretty fun episode.

Apr 21, 2022 9:22 AM

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I wanted to start posting some thoughts I had about this show earlier but I kept chickening out, but I loved this episode so much that I decided to go ahead and do it.

Favorite episode by far, Madarame and Saki have such interesting interactions, so seeing an entire episode based around it was just what I needed. Dating-game delusions and silent awkward humor is hilarious and incredibly relatable. Very rarely do I see how awkward it is doing your typical hobbies around other people in media. No matter how much you love something, the moment you watch it in front of others you realize how ridiculous it is. Madarame also had some incredible facial expressions and animation this episode, really selling it for me.
May 6, 2022 12:02 AM

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That was a hilarious episode, might be my favourite of the whole series lol...
Dec 3, 2022 10:08 PM

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me talking to women:
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This episode reminded me of my junior high school days, because I was very shy about talking to girls. especially if she is beautiful
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