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Aug 20, 2014 6:51 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Okay, well I guess I am glad that I watched this, but I can't say that I loved seeing
it. I will give it a solid "like". I like the character designs. I'll re-watch it for sure.

One thing that concerns me is that the person who created this series entry has
called it "Nozo x Kimi" when I am wondering whether in fact it should have been
called "Nozo x Kimi OVA". After all, this is an OVA series. Perhaps in the future
there will be a TV anime series, which would correctly be called "Nozo x Kimi".
One precedent is "Kiss x Siss" where they first began the OVA series in December
2008 but then later produced a TV series starting in April 2010. So perhaps some
moderator should make a decision about this before too many people comment
on this episode thread.

Here is the Wikipedia article, in Japanese:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%82%BE%C3%97%E3%82%AD%E3%83%9F
Here is the official website for the OVA series, in Japanese:
http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/pr/anisun/nozokimi/
okanaganAug 20, 2014 7:29 PM
Aug 20, 2014 8:13 PM
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Pretty standard stuff....

Boob grabs and whatnot. Easily forgettable. Seems like that glasses girl got teased a bit. This was as bad as I had thought since the manga actually made me laugh a bit but this didn't. Oh well.
Stark700Aug 20, 2014 8:21 PM
Aug 20, 2014 9:39 PM
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Not much to say really....

This exposure thing, yeah not my thing...
Aug 23, 2014 6:40 AM
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This was an okay episode. Poor guy having to deal with her after being caught in the girls' locker room.
Aug 23, 2014 8:54 AM
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Typical main characters. Gets involved in other guys and gets in trouble. Made a deal with the neighbor. Too much skin is expected from this.
Aug 23, 2014 1:11 PM
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ECCHI!!!!
Aug 23, 2014 4:01 PM
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well there's not much to say about this one.....
it was normal... with skin exposed...

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Aug 23, 2014 4:39 PM
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The boing sound effects are comical. It's not like I was going to take the series seriously anyway.

I was wondering how this is related to Nozoki Ana. I haven't read much of the Nozoki Ana manga though.
Aug 23, 2014 6:45 PM
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I liked this much more after watching it several times. Yes, it is easy to dismiss
"Nozo x Kimi" (ノゾ×キミ) as just one more Ecchi anime OVA. And of course it
crosses the line into Hentai because of the nudity. In fact, it took me a while
before I started to see anything memorable in the story.

In anime, a very common trope is "the big-boobed girl". And of course, this gets
exaggerated to the point where we see G and H cups. Note that, in Japan, their
bra size system is different from North America and Europe. So in Japan they go
from D to E to F, not from D to DD to DDD.

What is almost never explored are the psychological aspects of being so well-
endowed. One exception is Sakaki (榊) in "Azumanga Daioh" (2002) who felt
self-conscious when the topic came up one time in the girls' changing room, but
her self-consciousness was mostly about her height. Also, in "School Days" (2007),
Kotonoha Katsura (桂 言葉) had long felt uncomfortable with the attention that
people paid to her large breasts, but she had lots of other things to worry about.

By contrast, anime series constantly bring up the feelings of inferiority of the
ubiquitous "small-boobed girl". The tacit assumption in anime is that a girl's
happiness increases with her bra cup size. In real life, however, there are some
practical downsides to having large breasts.

In this OVA, we meet Yuuki Makino (牧野 ユウキ). Everybody always calls her by
her surname "Makino". She herself says that she has a complex about her large
breasts.

I don't get the impression that Yuuki Makino's case is extreme. But in real life
there are a few people with more severe problems to the point where it becomes
a mental illness. In "Social Anxiety Disorder" (formerly called "Social Phobia") a
person fears negative appraisal by others. This is one kind of Anxiety Disorder. To
reduce the anxiety, the person tries to avoid the problem. Often, the attempts to
escape the problem actually make the problem worse, which is called "Maladaptive
Safety Behavior". Yuuki Makino hunches her back to try to make her breasts appear
smaller. However, the impression that she makes by walking with her head down
and her back bent over is as bad or worse than if she walked with her head held
up high. Part of Psychotherapy for people with Social Anxiety Disorder is to apply
"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" in which the "Maladaptive Safety Behaviors" are
first identified and then stopped.

Yuuki Makino would have attracted a lot less taunting from the boys while jogging
around the track if she had worn a sports bra rather than an ordinary bra. Doing
this would be an "Adaptive Coping Strategy", which is a good thing. In fact,
possibly Yuuki Makino should look at the option of wearing a sports bra all of the
time. Besides that, there are many kinds of bras and women extremely often wear
bras that simply don't fit.

A related mental illness is excessive self-consciousness with one aspect of one's
body which is a kind of "Somatoform Disorder" called "Body Dysmorphic Disorder"
(also known as "Body Dysmorphia", "Dysmorphic Syndrome" or Dysmorphophobia").
It takes the form of invasive or intrusive thoughts and can even be delusional. It is
basically an "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder".
okanaganAug 23, 2014 6:52 PM
Aug 23, 2014 9:24 PM

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That is the dumbest way to get trapped in a girl's locker room thank God I'm watching this for the fanservice because my head is rolling for how dumb this show is
Aug 23, 2014 11:52 PM

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So.. Bad.....
I knew if would be bad, but I didn't think it would be that bad. The plot (though cliche) sounds like it could be fun, but it was just awful.

If you wanna see some poorly animated boobs and panties than this is the anime for you.
Aug 24, 2014 8:58 AM

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My god, to much fanservice in here, though its not that bad. Looked okay for me I guess.

Aug 24, 2014 2:38 PM

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Wow. This was just... awful. I will say though, I am a gigantic fan of the Nozoki Ana manga (it is my favorite smut manga by far) so I was probably expecting a bit more from this coming from the same mangaka. I wasn't a fan of the Nozoki Ana OVA as it didn't really do the manga enough justice imo so my expectations were relatively tempered. However, I wasn't expecting the Nozo x Kimi OVA to be this terrible.

Honestly, it may also have a bit to do with the manga as well. I haven't read it (was considering starting if what I saw in the OVA was ok) but the setup, characters, high school setting and the "peeping" dynamtic just don't seem very original or fresh especially when compared with Nozoki Ana. In just looking at the OVA, animation was not good, art was a bit weird, terrible dialogue, etc. Maybe I'm comparing this too much to my beloved Nozoki Ana but all I see in front of me is just pure garbage.
Aug 24, 2014 2:54 PM

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the nipple x breast ratio seems odd to me
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Aug 24, 2014 5:03 PM
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Hated the breast bouncing and sound effects, not a fan of ecchi but this was pretty boring and awful.
Aug 24, 2014 6:32 PM

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Eh manga is better, and looks like the other OVA will be the ghost arc.
Aug 24, 2014 6:57 PM

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I despise breast bouncing sound effects (boing), but besides this was a great episode.

Great episode!!!
Aug 24, 2014 7:35 PM

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Whoever was in charge of the music either trolled us or just plain sucks.
Other than that the actual adaptation of the manga was fine... but art was bad (no surprise here really).
Still a better adaptation than Nozoki Ana IMHO.

5/10.
Aug 25, 2014 7:32 AM

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Dat "good boy" shirt ._.

Decent OVA, awesome animation imo.

So kawaii :o
Aug 25, 2014 10:06 PM

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Hope this gets a TV series in the future.
Aug 25, 2014 11:06 PM

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That was surprisingly tame.

Makino should consider buying new bras. -__-
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Sep 25, 2014 10:09 AM

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Pretty much the same what Nozoki Ana is about...
Wasn't that bad, pretty standard. Boob bouncing sounds and movement are always weird in anime...
Sep 29, 2014 11:57 AM

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The first OVA of that was really mindfuckin' me o.O
Holy...what i was watching?
Nov 16, 2014 10:03 PM

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I admit I liked this episode. But the guy's really unfortunate to be woken up every morning like that.


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Jan 25, 2015 1:03 PM

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Gotta love that ridiculous over the top ecchi ^^
Jul 9, 2015 9:30 AM

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Hah this was pretty fun actually, lovely boob shots in the end :3
Aug 27, 2015 11:02 AM

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Oppai~
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Sep 16, 2015 2:13 PM
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Predictable, but watchable.
Feb 3, 2016 9:49 PM
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weird anime, non hentai anime with a hentai like plot? anyway, both the girls are great and the animation, superb!
Jun 3, 2016 10:15 AM

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I was expecting something more ecchi than this. Closer to Nozoki Ana. But it was fine anyway...
Jan 22, 2017 1:55 PM

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Nothing special as I thought, bad story but at least hot girls.
Mar 2, 2018 10:22 PM

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I have to say, that people who think that Nozo x Kimi is particularly explicit or even call it Hentai, are quite funny.

After all, it is pretty tame.
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Jan 1, 2021 2:39 PM
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I thought it would be like Nozoki Ana kinda disappointed.
Apr 22, 2022 7:26 AM

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Low self-esteem is never a good thing.... I liked those breasts.
Aug 8, 2023 11:37 PM
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I am enjoying the romance subplot, and I wish we could get a full season to flesh out the main characters and watch their relationship grow. Also: panty shots for the win.
Apr 6, 10:06 AM
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Kinda sad that they wouldn't do anything about the other kids picking on her and bullying. The only choice shouldn't be to endure it and get confident. Enjoyed the episode nonetheless

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