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| The "special" Tomodachi Game held by Manabu Kuroki with the kidnapped Kokorogi, Yuichi is in for a frenzy playing the Weak Win Game while not having his secrets be exposed through phases of torture. For the guy's 3 hits against the girl's 1, the first: a punching game, that was just the tip of the iceberg. The second: fingernail ripping, and this was tough to watch. For Yuichi to strike his instincts of being leader, the third is tougher: Kokorogi's humiliating naked dance, or stabbed daggers to Yuichi's hand. And Yuichi being a Stan to all of that, he's more than just your usual Devil, and this torture game is just normalcy to him for Kokorogi being the innocent victim. Instead, issuing a game to Kuroki for 10 million yen vs. amputating all fingers for a simple game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors Fingers", plus a million yen's bonus to all, it's all or nothing. Of course, how would Yuichi play this game differently to scare Kuroki's wits, and Yuichi played this game...wittingly and cleverly. And for the Tomodachi Game administrators to cut the game short with Tenji's call for help, Kuroki really earned the short end of the stick that he got lucky because Yuichi passed out from the pain inflicted, and losing his "friendship" in the process. What to do to save Yuichi? Participate in more Tomodachi Games where Shibe is at the trial pole without him. I'll admit, reading this section in the manga freaked me out, and I understand that the anime is toned down due to Japanese TV standards, which makes the pain easier to swallow. The ending cliffhanger definitely screams: "Go read the manga if you want to find out the story thereafter!" But still, this was the obligatory Squid Game show that's more like Kaiji (or Classroom of the Elite) that's the amalgamation of a wild trip. Season 2 perhaps? The story will be endless if it does adapt more of the manga. |
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| Great episode! Yuichi turned that game around on its head in a second! What a coward Kuroki is... I wish Yuichi didn't faint before he got to cut Kuroki's fingers off! I really loved this series but this didn't feel like a good stopping point. We need a season 2 and I really want it soon xD! |
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| Well that was as horrendous as I was expecting. Even if they decide to announce another season I'll skip that without a second thought. Just read the manga. |
| This was a very good game for the last chapter, it was very hard to watch, it was clearly somewhat censored regarding the manga but it was still very violent, the concept of the game was interesting according to who is the weak one. I loved this seasonal anime and I could say that it was my favorite of which I had not read the manga when it started, obviously around chapter 8 I could not stand it anymore and went to read the manga, even so it was my favorite anime of this season 10 /10 This was just the beginning of tomodachi game, and I hope a second season as what comes next gets better and better. |
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| What the fuck with these villains, acting all high and mighty for once and then as usual giving into Yuuichi-san's brilliance. Really watching them even uttering a single word is more than enough to make anyone laugh. Anyways as usual it ended up with the obvious result, also some real good time for him to fade from all that blood loss lmao. Pretty fast and furious last episode, though I guess that's how it works with these kind of shows. Overall series had its moments, but still too much edge for my health. |
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| The last episode had waaay to many dialogues and Edgy moments.. but it was a good episode.. Ofc the anime ends on a cliffhanger.. But i'm gonna jump straight into manga.. from the manga panels I saw on FB, the anime really failed to deliver true justice.. but it was good enough.. 9/10 even if the anime was a bit low end.. |
| Ngl as a manga reader I'm quite disappointed with how the adaptation turns out. What a potential show it could've been, sure it had some decent plot twists but it falls short on some parts of the story that I think could have been paced better (Because the pacing is ass in the adaptation) in order to create something that's for the better of the plot. 2/10 |
| "read the manga lol" |
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GangsterCat said: "read the manga lol" it can be applied to 90 % of anime, honestly XDD But TomoGame pacing is god-awful, as I said numerous times, they shoved too much material into 12 eps. And art is no-good, just mediocre. |
| Man what an insane finale. Again right when Yuchi looks like he’s done and has no way out, he finds a way to outsmart people. Seeing that loser Kuroki shaking in his boots at the end was beautiful. We definitely have to get a season 2 with that set up, and it’ll be cool to see Tenji and company actually save themselves for once instead of just Yuichi. |
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| An actual great anime for the average ongoings standard. Literally every single week has been entertaining, and the last episode is very thrilling imo |
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| yeah way too much was stuffed into this episode. Overall mostly good throughout (barring the first few episodes). I wish the torture scenes were more drawn out and less censored - after all that's the point of torture. If there ever is a second season I'm not sure how good it will be without Yuichi to carry the next game like this one. Maybe Tenji will save the show? A generous 6/10 |
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TheMangaManiac said: GangsterCat said: "read the manga lol" it can be applied to 90 % of anime, honestly XDD But TomoGame pacing is god-awful, as I said numerous times, they shoved too much material into 12 eps. And art is no-good, just mediocre. They could do more justice to the last two episode if they didn't decide to stretch the second game so much (especially episodes 3-4) for some retarded reason. |
| I couldn't get invested in the characters, because this all feels like sudden moments all thrown together. |
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| August 6th 2023: Biggest upset ever, deception, selfishness, or scammed, manipulated. Heavy damage costs, and more. Days since: 15 Last updated: 8/21/2023 One Piece Episode 1041 & 1042 & 1047 & 1048 & 95.75%/1049 & 1053 were a mistake and Uta brought the salvation -AhriTheS3xyFox |
| This episode really hurts to watch, which I commend them for nailing the whole torture scene Overall I'm okay with the first game, second game dragged a bit too long for my liking and third game was enjoyable along with Tenji's turnaround as a character Time to add this manga to my PTR list |
| Lol at Manabu reading a shonen magazine. Fitting since this show screams 'shonen' really hard and most certainly not in a good way. |
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| okay now its the long wait for season 2, or maybe i can find the manga second hand |
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| man this has been like the only good anime this season. it has been littered with garbage. |
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| In one game, Yuuichi made that piece of shit burn every single one of his bridges. Cold. Then again that “game” wasn’t shit. I mean 3 ripped nails? A hole in his hand? Punched 3 times and probably cracked a few ribs? Dude took it all like a champ. Seeing Yuuichi revert to that darker side of his personality is still pretty chilling. He honestly looked like he was having a blast in Rock, Paper, Fingers. When he was about to slice that dude’s fingers off, he looked like he was getting off watching that dude squirm. That idiot thought he was hot shit because he’s got “brains, guts, and never betrays his friends” haha. Well I guess he ain’t got shit now! Management about to wreck that fool I’m sure. One thing I’m curious about though is how did that idiot even know about the game? Who told him about Yuuichi? I kinda feel like Kokorogi is involved somehow. I know we’ve finished the series, but I still don’t trust that chick. Like not one bit. I never thought Tenji would be the real homie after everything that went down. I take back all the shit I said about him because he’s actually a bro. I hope Yuuichi is able to join this next game to save Shibe. I don’t trust Tenji with Kokorogi. She can’t be trusted, I’m telling y’all! Also, where tf is Shiho? Girl just vanished when her friends need her the most. Yeah, totally 100% not sus at all -_- With the way they ended on that cliffhanger, I hope we get another season! This series should have been 24 eps instead of 12. It’s too good. |
| Anime watcher here. As much as I enjoyed the series, this last episode was a bit disappointing. The sudden announcement of a special game on the previous episode made it sound big and exciting, but the way they handled it on this episode was terrible. I don't know how it went in the manga or how many chapters the studio attempted to fit on a last ditch effort, but I can tell that it didn't make justice to the manga considering its score compared to the adaptation. That being said, I'll read the manga because I don't want to wait for god knows how many months for a second season to be announced. |
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Andoni0199 said: Also, I haven’t read the manga, but unless the anime is completely different from it, I don’t see how the manga could be any better, because the only aspect that I’ve heard that claims to be good in there are the “facial expressions“, which could be one the most stupidest and non interesting things imaginable. I wish I enjoyed it as much as some people in this post do :( A 3/10 for me. I’m a nobody so for the “Tomodachi game” fans, don’t worry or get annoyed by a random like me, just enjoy the fucking show :) It is not just the facial expressions they skipped also some dialoges and other things. But the Manga is not much different than the anime. So I am VERY VERY sure you won´t like it too. Well it is nothing wrong to not like an anime others do. This Anime is just not your thing :) |
What the hell is this ending? The pacing was terribly fast that I thought I was watching at 2x speed, plus some dialogues skipping which literally destroyed the sense of suspense and thrill the original Manga has conveyed. No Game No Life also had that Rock-Paper-Scissor game but it did way better. Overall, this Anime is a bad adaption, just read the Manga if you got hooked. |
shash_king18 said: This final episode, even tho was quite rushed but still it was really painful especially when he had to lose 3 nails in the process. I liked this finale although I found that trick of using left hand really dumb, I mean it was quite cheap & easy trick which was quite predictable and yeah now let's see what's there in manga............ I think if you could loose all your fingers you don`t alway think rational (because you are frightened and panick a bit) So my guess would be that Yuuichi cornerd him so Kuroki could not think right (remember, Yuuichi is good in manupulating other people) |
| Hmm I really wish this show had ended right after the 3rd game. Using the finale to set up all this craziness with Shibe going on trial and Shiho going missing, without any concrete confirmation of a potential 2nd season, just feels messy. Not a fan of ending stuff on cliffhangers and then just leaving the audience in limbo like this. Obviously if the end is a cliffhanger and we know a 2nd season is on the way then that's different, but this definitely feels like a "ok go read the manga now" type of ending. Then again, from the jump this anime did always have that "simply an advertisement for the source" vibe. Complaints aside, the mind games were fun to watch sometimes. I'm sure it could get old seeing all of Yuichi's plans work out perfectly, even when it seemed like something was going south (aha! That was part of the plan too!), but I didn't really mind. It was an ok anime, decent enough for if you're looking for something to satisfy that psychological itch. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Wow I want season 2 so bad rn. I came in with 0 expectations and ended up being one of the most entertaining shows of the season, with the bad animation aside I really enjoyed this show. Hope they make a season 2. |
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| Dude people nowadays unironicilly expect God-tier colourful animation quality from each anime they watch lmao The animation was nothing special but it never bothered me, this anime was actually my favourite one this Spring season and is currently second place behind AOT Part 2 in my top 5 favourite animes this year, really enjoyable and full of unexpected and mind-blowing twists 💀 It had me at the edge of my seat every single week with no exceptions and no matter how busy I was I always made time for it 💀 it made me wanna read the manga cliffhanger after cliffhanger but now I'm definitely doing it, 9/10 🤪👍🏽  |
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