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Jan 6, 2016 4:10 PM
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Wow might continue watching for the kirby girl :o
Jan 6, 2016 4:19 PM

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Not bad, but to be honest I mainly like it because of Mai fan service....
Jan 6, 2016 4:23 PM

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I'm biased towards ecchi.

Fanservice was really nice, it was subtle and clever, the animation and style of the show is also really nice, MC actually has a personality, +Mai and Reina look kawaii af(bonus points for Reina being best character of all time, Kirby. doujins when.)

Only complaint is that the fairy is pretty annoying.
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Jan 6, 2016 4:23 PM

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Chuunibyou season 3 :D:D:D.......
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Jan 6, 2016 4:25 PM

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RainyRai said:
I'm biased towards ecchi.

Fanservice was really nice, it was subtle and clever, the animation and style of the show is also really nice, MC actually has a personality, +Mai and Reina look kawaii af(bonus points for Reina being best character of all time, Kirby. doujins when.)

Only complaint is that the fairy is pretty annoying.


I agree about the good looking part but...subtle.....??????
Jan 6, 2016 4:26 PM

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I came for the fanservice and great animation/art.

I got what I came for.

10/10 Kyoani fanservice best fanservice
Jan 6, 2016 4:27 PM

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Those boob physics, lol. Decent start I guess but a little overwhelming with the fanservice.
Jan 6, 2016 4:37 PM
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Fanservice in limbo. xD

Well, I like it. It was a good first episode. It doesn't stand out, but it's still alright. Mai-senpai is gonna be Miss Fanservice of this series and I thought MC was the edgy type of character, but he's not. I have a feeling that vore fans would love Reina.

And that's Venera-sama's voice I've been hearing from Kurumi-chan! I'm a happy follower. <3
Jan 6, 2016 4:41 PM
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Average first episode sets the bar (get it?) for an average show imo. Worth watching for Saori Hayami.
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Jan 6, 2016 4:42 PM

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Thread Cleaned

Please stop name-calling and getting into stupid arguments that're going to go nowhere.
Jan 6, 2016 4:43 PM

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That was an empty experience. Not even high quality art and animation can save magical highschool light novel anime from being mediocre at best.
I got absolutely nothing out of this.
At least our main character didn't walk in on a girl in underwear and had to duel her afterwards. But fret not! There's one of those this season. Bahamut something something.
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Jan 6, 2016 4:48 PM

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i love izumi reina. sasuga kyoani as always top notch animation and art haruhiko is so hot.
Jan 6, 2016 4:56 PM

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This is gonna be a fun timekiller on wednesday.

http://i.4cdn.org/a/1452116002675.webm

And leave it to KyoAni for finding a new way
Jan 6, 2016 4:57 PM

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The animation looks like every second anime and reminds me of SAO or Gate and the bouncing and touching boobs fanservice sucks. Mai reminds me of Sento from Amagi Brilliant Park and Reina of Ayumi from Charlotte. I'm not really sure what to except from this anime.

Jan 6, 2016 5:00 PM

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Very good, love the first 6 mins of setup. Will be in the running for aots for sure, I can feel it. Look forward to the weeks to come.
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Jan 6, 2016 5:03 PM

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I dont care about the fanservice - I just enjoyed it for what it was and honestly the world building wasn't to bad at all - visual were good. and seemed fun overall. I am looking forward to seeing where they take this.
Jan 6, 2016 5:10 PM
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i didnt like . removal of the brain
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Jan 6, 2016 5:14 PM

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Boring as fck !
Why "kyo ani" make shit anime? Only DT enjoy this !
Jan 6, 2016 5:19 PM

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Nice first episode. I guess I'll keep watching.
Wow! Mai-chan! I didn't prepare myself to fall in love so soon in this season. :3
Jan 6, 2016 5:22 PM
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Let's see if it's going to be boring like Kyokai no Kanata or if they will manage to make it average.
Jan 6, 2016 5:22 PM

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This seems like a really nice anime, just my type. I wonder what other types of phantom there'll be. Looking forward to next week! :)


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Jan 6, 2016 5:26 PM

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I enjoyed the first episode, it had a good opening and ending, good animation and a interesting plot. This episode started with a good introduction of the whole world and then introduced the characters without taking the whole episode to do so and gave us some pretty good action for a first episode and come on that fanservice was on point! lol I love Mai so far and can't wait to learn more about her and everyone else and see them introduce that girl at the end. So I enjoyed the first episode and i can't wait to see what will the rest of this season will be like.

Here is my full review and first impression of this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9NxrEJKgzc&feature=youtu.be
Jan 6, 2016 5:26 PM

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Tylaen said:
RainyRai said:
I'm biased towards ecchi.

Fanservice was really nice, it was subtle and clever, the animation and style of the show is also really nice, MC actually has a personality, +Mai and Reina look kawaii af(bonus points for Reina being best character of all time, Kirby. doujins when.)

Only complaint is that the fairy is pretty annoying.


I agree about the good looking part but...subtle.....??????

Not really subtle, but sort of tame. It's not overkill with fanservice appearing constantly to the same extent as the limbo scene, and any fanservice that appears behind the main fanservice scenes is actually subtle.
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Jan 6, 2016 5:27 PM

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Damn KyoAni giving zero fucks going all in! while i enjoy a decent amount of fanservice here and there this was really in your face (at least the limbo part was) for a first episode still i found it more funny then distasteful, but KyoAni + fanservice is a blessing.

also People raging about this but Giving Free an Pass "Okay" but i won't even start that.


seems serviceable doubt it'd be any better than this but it's kyoAni so just like PA works i'll watch it for the visuals.


still can't not think of all the Dojinshi's being made Thanks Mai
Jan 6, 2016 5:47 PM

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Oohh. I'm really loving it. Idc what other people say about this but I'm really enjoying the premise and the characters in here. Fanservice was nice too. Comedy was also great. I laughed so much when he met Reina
Jan 6, 2016 5:47 PM

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The animation was really good and I adore Hayami Saori,but that's pretty much it. I'm not a fan of fanservice for the sake of fanservice (ecchi series are another thing) but they were pretty clever and self-aware of the cliche tropes. Points for creativity, I can't remember the last time fan service was fun instead of boring or distasteful.

The plot and the world seem generic and I didn't warm up to characters. Surprisingly I might learn to like Mai, which is new since I don't usually care about characters like her.

I might drop this after three or four episodes, we'll see how it'll develop.

Tl;dr it was okay. I've seen worse chuuni/teenage-boys-wet-dream series.
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Jan 6, 2016 5:57 PM

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I really liked the art and animation in this show. I'm okay with fan service, but not too much. I'm meh with harems and it looks like this anime is taking the path to one. But hey, I'll wait and see, I kinda like where it's going. If this anime begins to have too much fan service, I'll probably still push through, I really don't want to drop this anime.
Jan 6, 2016 5:59 PM

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So far all I got from this show was ass and tits.

Tho when Izumi appeared and that Mai limbo scene had me dying. Gonna give this show 2 more episodes to decide if to drop.

Jan 6, 2016 6:10 PM

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Amazing Limbo dancing 0_____0
Jan 6, 2016 6:14 PM
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I can't stand this kind of crap.

dropped
Jan 6, 2016 6:16 PM

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It was different... I'll watch a few more episodes to see how it'll develop

But that limbo scene though xD

Jan 6, 2016 6:18 PM

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I can't stand this kind of crap.

dropped

There is Prince of Stride for you since yesterday
Jan 6, 2016 6:23 PM

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When I have time, I'm definitely going to watch a few episodes of this.
Jan 6, 2016 6:27 PM
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Great first episode. Beautiful animation, great characters, interesting story and of course glorious fanservice. So far it has everything to be my favorite show for the winter season.
Jan 6, 2016 6:33 PM

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I'm disappointed that such an interested world is going to be the setting for a freaking harem...
Jan 6, 2016 6:46 PM
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>no one complains about Free! fanservice
>this is being nonstop shitted on
Equality is a beautiful thing, is it not?


Pretty much this. I don't really see the big deal that this has fanservice. I can only imagine all these people must hate 95% of anime, as a majority of them also have fanservice.

Jan 6, 2016 6:47 PM

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A shiny, golden turd from KyoAni. Sure, it looks great, but at the end of the day it's still a piece of shit.
Jan 6, 2016 6:57 PM

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Jan 6, 2016 7:09 PM

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I don't even care about fanservice in anime (in fact I often criticize it) but I couldn't stop smiling while watching this. The fanservice is so tongue-in-cheek and obviously played up for comedy that I'm concerned for the people who say the first episode is bad only because of it.

The premise has potential too. Sure, the episode wasn't perfect. The exposition was clumsy and the main male character is bland so far (basically the same problems that plague most LN adaptations.) Still, I don't see how it's generic at all since this episode spent a third of its runtime focusing on limbo dancing utility poles. That's the most original thing I've seen from an anime's first episode in a long time.
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Jan 6, 2016 7:26 PM

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FateHero said:
I'm disappointed that such an interested world is going to be the setting for a freaking harem...

I think the only harem element of the show will be the girl:guy ratio, don't think there's any romance.

Rarietty said:
I don't even care fanservice in anime (in fact I often criticize it) but I couldn't stop smiling while watching this. The fanservice is so tongue-in-cheek and obviously played up for comedy that I'm concerned for the people who say the first episode is bad only because of it.

The premise has potential too. Sure, the episode wasn't perfect. The exposition was clumsy and the main male character is bland so far (basically the same problems that plague most LN adaptations.) Still, I don't see how it's generic at all since this episode spent a third of its runtime focusing on limbo dancing utility poles. That's the most original thing I've seen from an anime's first episode in a long time.

Yea I thought the most of the fanservice in this episode served as comedy and that it was executed pretty well.
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Jan 6, 2016 7:26 PM

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Was funny and I enjoyed the fan service. I don't expect a good story though. Maybe it will be great lol
Jan 6, 2016 7:41 PM

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I haven't read the light novel of this series at all, completely new to it, I just hope the story picks up in the next few episodes and explains a little bit more. The animation is nice, it's very lighthearted and funny, missing the main story drive for me right now, but not a bad start.

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Jan 6, 2016 7:45 PM

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Oh man KyoAni finally moving to the bigger stuff. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Jan 6, 2016 7:48 PM

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That was really enjoyable!
8/10
Jan 6, 2016 7:56 PM

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Jan 6, 2016 7:56 PM

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Let me just say this...

If you incorporate physics logic into ANY anime, your not going to have a good time.

I'm a simple guy: I treat all anime physics the same manner: if its not real, I won't let real logic get in the way of my enjoyment.



As usual, KyoAni kills it with the self-awareness gags.
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Jan 6, 2016 8:05 PM

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Most beautiful visuals EVEEEEEEEEER. Disappearance was shit (compare the cafeteria scenes!!!)
Animation was top notch, and the directing... THE DIRECTING. Great editing too.
Characters are sooooo funny haha lol based kyoani chu2byou s3 ^^'
breasts animation so much than gainax's (gunbuster was shit)
interesting premise with interesting character with probably interesting back story ^^'
but DAT LIMBO SCENE was so epic
and i loved how she fondles her breasts before doing cool and interesting magical stuff
waiting for doujins ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Plot twist: self-awareness doesn't make this show less shitty if they do nothing with that.

Edit: of course the animation was really cool and pretty impressive at some times. But it was so uninspired. So random. Animation and visuals aren't everything, and you have to properly use it with other elements to make something good. And visuals aren't even *that* great overall.
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Jan 6, 2016 8:05 PM

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The animation was a treat to watch.
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Jan 6, 2016 8:07 PM

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Good OP and ED, great characters. Izumi's voice sounded a bit mature than she looks though. Ichijou avoided a cliche but later to fall into another. lol
Jan 6, 2016 8:20 PM

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It was fine.
The OP is catchy and the setting is interesting enough for me.

The thing is, since when did Kyoani make this blatant fanservice with boob physics? I am seriously surprised about that more than anything else...
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