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Jul 4, 2014 5:47 AM

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I stopped around the 15 minutes point. I was bored through most of the episode, and I just didn't really like the awkwardness. This is not my kind of show, so this is my first drop of the season. I hope the people who'll keep watching this will enjoy it, though.
Jul 4, 2014 6:13 AM

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well is this another k-on?
still early to know what's this gonna be like, but yea i think it has potential
Jul 4, 2014 8:05 AM

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Well, that was fuwa fuwa
It's a light story yet the sense of purpose was clear
I've been dropping every idol show I watched so far
This could be the first one I'll stick around with
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Jul 4, 2014 8:41 AM

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At least it is better than Glasslip. The girls look cute in their swimsuit
Jul 4, 2014 11:35 AM

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Hmm this's better than Glasslip, the ending is good too ^^
Jul 4, 2014 12:10 PM
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Yukarin best girl!
Quite good replacement of Love Live, not so awesome of course, but i'll give it a try.
Jul 4, 2014 12:27 PM
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It's rather interesting
I'll leave it on watching list
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It's not trying to be more than it is, unlike the first episodes of the other new anime I've started watching. It could be good for a few laughs, we'll see.

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Jul 4, 2014 3:04 PM

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Boring slice of life fluff without any drama, tension or anything engaging at all *falls asleep*

Oh, were trying to be dramatic here, MC downfall, bam, redeeming song. I like it, but ultimately forgettable.
Wouldn't it be nicer if our heroines weren't in damn swimsuits for fanservice?
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Never mind, may the yuri shipping commence!

Better than Bakumatsu Rock as a pop idol show, however that isn't saying much. Probably won't follow, because I'll forget about this.
Jul 4, 2014 3:19 PM

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was a tad bland but i'll give it a shot...
Jul 4, 2014 3:49 PM

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Am I the only one who cringed when they started singing and everyone started clapping and singing along with them? Also how can the uncle expect Nyanako to sing and perform perfectly when she didn't even know about it? What a stupid fuck. This episode was so bad it was good. At least the girls are somewhat cute... I guess.
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Jul 4, 2014 5:08 PM

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Well it looks like an average idol anime, not the best but not the worst just ordinary. Let's see how this develops.
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Jul 4, 2014 6:24 PM

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This show is a test for my patience, I didn't even know something this bland exists.
Jul 4, 2014 9:01 PM

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Well that was interesting to say the least for a first episode.

Our main character, she is funny and I love her uncle who will most likely become her manager.

Great episode!!!
Jul 4, 2014 9:05 PM
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Knight_Artorias said:
... Also how can the uncle expect Nyanako to sing and perform perfectly when she didn't even know about it? What a stupid fuck...


Um, I don't think he expected her to perform perfectly... It's just that he probably wanted her to give her a try on her dream, though his method is still unreasonable

Unexpectedly good first episode, nothing too exciting though. I guess I'll give it a shot.. for now.
Jul 4, 2014 9:41 PM

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maxiliban said:
Knight_Artorias said:
... Also how can the uncle expect Nyanako to sing and perform perfectly when she didn't even know about it? What a stupid fuck...


Um, I don't think he expected her to perform perfectly... It's just that he probably wanted her to give her a try on her dream, though his method is still unreasonable

Unexpectedly good first episode, nothing too exciting though. I guess I'll give it a shot.. for now.
The thing about her former dream and what she wrote years back in the past was just used by her uncle to get her to perfom on the show, I think helping her and give her a try weren't his intentions at all. This guy is overall shady as hell in my opinion.
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Jul 4, 2014 11:13 PM

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I'm not sure what I just watched, but ok.

I think it was moe.
Jul 5, 2014 2:26 AM

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It's not that bad. Characters are kinda cute.

Maybe a good change of pace after watching psycho and mecha anime.
Jul 5, 2014 5:56 AM

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It's even harder to believe people in Japan would stay up to 2:16am to watch this xD
Jul 5, 2014 6:08 AM

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Solid start to a relaxing anime
It's good to have these kind of animes to just sit back and enjoy !
Jul 5, 2014 6:30 AM

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not a fan of idol anime; but it's cute so I suppose I'll keep watching
Jul 5, 2014 6:48 AM

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The episode was ok but I'm not sure if I'm liking the anime or will drop it eventually.



Every time I watch an idol themed anime these days, I keep comparing it to Idolm@ster and Love Live!.
Jul 5, 2014 6:52 PM

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Please tell me it's gonna turn into yuri! Then it would be awesome. Now it's just very cute.

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Jul 5, 2014 10:39 PM

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FlamingYu said:
After reading that synopsis. I wonder why series like this exist?


You do understand that this is like a social phenomenon that's been occurring recently in Japan, what with all the world-class idols, and your AKBs and Johnny's and Morning Musume and stuff, Japan's music industry has been kinda clogged down by the big companies whereby anything connected to "idols" immediately garners an image of those specific groups. It's been hard for newly formed idol groups to make a big impact immediately on the national market. What they've sort of done is digress it further into regions and towns, hence you get these so called "Locodol" groups popping up. The gist of things is pretty much that if you want to make it big, you gotta start off somewhere, and starting small allows for more room for mistakes (as you see this episode) because less people really take you seriously for it.

In a sense, that other anime from Winter 13, "Wake Up Girls", was pretty much a similar setting to this, only for that show, the group was kinda regional-going-national, whereas this show seems to be studying the phenomenon even more microscopically.
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Jul 6, 2014 2:27 AM
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Jul 6, 2014 7:27 AM

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Made me laugh and smile. Yukari has talent.
Jul 6, 2014 5:35 PM

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Quite nice anime. i watched it on a whim since I am not into idols, expected a pretentious plot where "exciting" things just happened for no good reason, but found a quite reasonable characters:
the shady uncle "Mhh, where can I find a gullible teenager that will perform for $20 bucks?". Nyanko performed as expected, no Disney quality performance out of thin air. Yukari seems a bit too perfect (nice body, nice personality, meganeko, has obviously some prior experience on stage) but I expect one or two of her weakness along the way.
Jul 6, 2014 7:25 PM

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Yukari seems a bit too perfect (nice body, nice personality, meganeko, has obviously some prior experience on stage) but I expect one or two of her weakness along the way.

I wish her weakness was Nyanako-chan :3

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Jul 8, 2014 5:42 AM

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not bad
kinda cute though

the uncle is really shady, setting a trap like that. lol
yukari kinda nice, i like her. it's nice that she guide nanako like that. and she can play keyboard too! great.
nanako... a bit like me. if i was set up to be locodol suddenly, maybe i'll react like her. lol
the nagarekawa song... it's like a tipical local song from Japan, but the chords are interesting though, especially in the refrain.

not bad but need something more to make it interesting
i hope next episodes will be better than this.

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Jul 8, 2014 9:43 AM

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I like idols and I like anime so of course the two together is a win for me. However I hope the series does get more interesting then this.
Jul 8, 2014 5:05 PM

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Not usual a big fan for idols, but I'll give this show a chance. Looks like the skeezy uncle might bring in some humorous situations.
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Jul 9, 2014 6:46 PM
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Jun 2013
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I think this anime is quite cute...
hope to see the group get big.
Our main character is quite entertaining to watch
Jul 11, 2014 11:27 PM

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Not a big fan... The art is cute, but there's not much else I liked besides that.

The singing wasn't very good, the characters aren't very interesting yet, the pacing is really slow.. It's just one episode so it might get better, but I don't really plan on continuing. Ah well.
Jul 12, 2014 12:32 AM

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A decent start I suppose, "Nyanako" is clumsily cute and made for some funny moments. I can't put my finger on it, but this reminds me of Rinne no Lagrange a tiny bit. I liked their little debut, it had an air of awkwardness and portrayed a fairly bland opening ceremony that was a result of their inexperience rather than the show just being boring. I see they didn't wait to rush into the fan-service though.

Probably could have done without it this season, but no harm in seeing what it has to offer now.
Jul 12, 2014 3:41 AM

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Out of Love Lab, Chronicles of Going Home Club and Locodol, this was the most boring series yet. Relied too much on fanservice in a non-funny way and the story was pushed way too fast. I would like to get introduced properly to the main char, before meeting every character that is featured.
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Jul 12, 2014 10:42 AM

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That was sweet! :) Those mistakes on the stage though, Nanako must have been pretty embarrased.

I like them. Gotta keep watching this further, just wonder what this show will be about.
Jul 16, 2014 4:16 AM

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I'm new to anime, so I don't really care about pacing and what. I really like the anime for now.
Jul 23, 2014 6:16 AM
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I enjoyed this a LOT more than expected, sure it's fluff, but heck if it didn't have my smiling the whole way through. It's a nice break from all these psychologically complex anime with this enjoyable simple calm anime. A surprisingly nice lack of fanservice to boot. Sure they were in swimsuits, but we weren't getting panty shots every 5 seconds like a lot of other shows have.

Don't even know what to say as I don't really have anything I disliked about it. Them being in swimsuits didn't even feel unnecessary (I mean it WAS an opening for a pool, it seems logical enough.) The humor didn't make me laugh but it did have me smiling, all I can say is that I thoroughly enjoyed it.

PS Dang that's one awesome Anthem.
Jul 27, 2014 1:19 PM
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Just watching so far makes me despise the Uncle.

Wouldn't surprise me if the reason the parents let him stay around is because he helps them with money sometimes.
Aug 6, 2014 9:01 AM

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i could see reference[1] to K-ON, Love Live, Wake Up Girls (maybe), Super Sonico
the references to k-on was by far the most obvious

i kinda feel bad for Nanako for messing up so badly on stage, but then again, who the heck picks a job w/o knowing anything about it..? >.>

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Sep 12, 2014 10:25 AM

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4/5

I'm already inspired by the trailer, but I did not think the first episode went beyond my expectations, starting from the clean design, the cute character design, the setting of the story and the plot that slopes from the usually seen with Love Live.
Opening and ending nice, very good drawings of the backdrops.
For now I'll give the vote as 6/10!
Sep 12, 2014 2:09 PM

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Surprisingly boring, who would've guessed. The only good thing in this episode was the "Oh, Nagarekawa" tune.
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Sep 14, 2014 6:00 AM

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Yes, I love that song. It is called 「あぁ流川」. It is wonderful and here are some
versions you can hear:

From the sound track of Episode 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPe5LvFDWZk
Karaoke version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-YzIviQD4
Hard rock-n-roll version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5mDNA3Vvws
Vocaloid version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC9Ho6igqQ0

All of the CDs for their music are listed here:
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/locodol/music/

The CD you want is titled:
「普通の女子校生が【ろこどる】やってみた。」ヴォーカル・アルバム~ろこどる課外活動報告~
The date it went on sale was August 27th: 発売日: 2014年8月27日
There are versions of the song on track 5 and track 10.
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Sep 23, 2014 1:34 PM

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That was pretty cute :)
Oct 5, 2014 11:45 AM

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Pretty decent start, but I do wonder how the anime will develop though... Let's see what's next!
Oct 7, 2014 3:05 PM

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Their perfomance was not so bad. Loved the music they sang.

Not bad.
Oct 13, 2014 9:02 PM
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Nanako being tricked by her uncle, xD.

Ok episode,

Jan 16, 2015 3:28 AM

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this retarded shit makes me fall asleep faster than watching golf and late night infomercials

will save for future use...
May 30, 2015 3:53 PM

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Can I ask whether this has any questionable scenes in it or not? Like panty shots or boob grabbing? I'm thinking about checking it out, but if it has any of those in it, then I'm crossing it off my list.
Dec 16, 2017 5:38 PM

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I felt sorry for Nanako and her first time on stage. I blame one who hired her, didn't know Nanako hasn't any experience at all or stuff related to pool :/

She was pretty much forced, but I hope she start enjoy to do what she does.

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