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May 28, 2022 9:58 AM
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Lol, Erika in that cupid outfit.

Nagi acting like an idiot and going nude in the house was face palm worthy. Seems he didn't calculate on Hiro and Erika coming over. At least he was being a good guy and kept some punks from seeing Erika.

Oh and Nagi can actually kick some ass when he tries.

May 28, 2022 9:59 AM
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The naked Nagi and the scenes where he was trying to hide from Erika and Hiro were top-notch.
Hiro in miko outfit is the best of this episode.
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May 28, 2022 10:02 AM
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Some strange fetish this guy has, though we call them exhibitionists too and it won’t be wrong to include him under that column I guess.

Anyways I really doubt Hiro’s intellect sometimes, still can’t even take a clue when almost everything was there for her to lol. Anyways we got that Miko outfit, so that’s something to take out from this episode.
May 28, 2022 10:57 AM
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May 28, 2022 11:19 AM
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Lol Erika is a great wingman. Was really cool to see her try and help Nagi out with Hiro. Didn’t work for now.l, but definitely laid the groundwork.

I was wondering what Hiro meant with the fiancé thing, makes a lot more sense now. Must be really hard to live with a predetermined relationship like that.

Solid episode as usual
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May 28, 2022 11:20 AM
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Is it just me, or Hiro likes Erika, not Nagi? It looks like she just sees him as a rival.
May 28, 2022 11:23 AM
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Polvo_Aranha said:
Is it just me, or Hiro likes Erika, not Nagi? It looks like she just sees him as a rival.


She likes Erika because she's a fan, there's nothing romantic there as far as we can see at this point.

As for liking Nagi, well... I mean, she barely knows the guy? It's not like Nagi's confession is gonna make her fall in love with him immediately or anything, right now she probably just thinks of him as a rival and a confidant. In spite of her supposed popularity it doesn't look like she has many close friends.
May 28, 2022 11:25 AM
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Erika knowing Nagi's confession to Hiro that went awry wrong, obviously he couldn't tell her that Hiro is betrothed to someone, and that Erika will only take things the way she sees it.

For now, their commute to school is still separate, but reaching together is just deja vu in Hiro's sight. And in order to help Nagi be acquainted to Hiro in the morning study session, Erika has to be in a cupid outfit of all things, that the plan just foiled quick ad switched to plain ol' tutoring. But in of all of these, arguments truly show the closeness of people, and that's the case for Nagi and Erika, and Hiro wanting to be a part of it as well.

HAHA, Nagi wants to live the buck naked life, forgetting that both him and Erika share the same common house. And if Hiro were to notice any semblance of their living together, he would end his life in embarrassment. That's not only the case for Nagi, but the same for Erika's stalkers to come back for their sleuthing work that he can handle seamlessly. It was certainly a good time spent, but not for one crucial thing: Nagi's shrine stamp book that's left in the open, but a good save from Erika.

Hiro repaying the favor by inviting both Nagi and Erika to her family shrine, and the study session commences, not without some stares from her mother to Nagi. This is the reason why Hiro's fiancé would be an heir to inherit the family business, and is something that Nagi could handle since both of their interests align with each other.

At this point, Nagi is more closer to both girls in different ways.
May 28, 2022 11:39 AM
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Well looks like despite the walls Nagi's facing him Nagi's still pretty determine to face it. Damm tricky balancing their relationship out to others. But Erika's attempt to showcase Nagi's pro's sure proved fun. Hiro sure is proficient in quite a lot of things. Still quite the weird thing that Nagi wanted when living by himself. Never figured that they would end up getting trespassers though. Impressive as Erika and Nagi's shared house Hiro's family run shrine was equally impressive. Damm the miko outfit suits Hiro perfectly. Looks like her mother is pretty protective of her daughter when it comes to male friends huh. Still i guess in a way inheriting the shrine is very much an engagement because once taken its not something that can be given up easily. Overall a quiet ep but one that did an excellent job of expanding upon Hiro as a character.
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May 28, 2022 11:44 AM
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Man's living the dream right here

This series has turned out to be quite solid actually imo. You kind of know what to expect every time: just some a simple, dumb, turn-your-brain off sort of good time. Putting this side by side with Nisekoi which it is often getting compared to, I'm liking this way more, simply because our main girl here isn't as much of an annoying tsundere as Chitoge. I mean from what I remember, Chitoge was punching the dude in typical tsundere fashion every other scene she was in. Erika is far more subdued and thus more likeable imo. As a whole it's still dumber than Nisekoi was, but I'll take dumb over annoying any day.

On a side note, the only things I remember liking about Nisekoi was the first episode which was a great set up with lots of potential, and of course the restaurant scene lol


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May 28, 2022 12:01 PM

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Erika and Nagi actually seem to be getting closer, I can see what Hiro was talking about. Those two have pretty good chemistry actually. Though he and Hiro did have a little moment at the shrine.

One of my favorite moments from the manga finally showed up in this ep: Nagi the nudist lol. I love that they had the little pastry surrounding his bits the entire time too, especially when he was moving behind the couch and the pastry kept getting squeezed lol.
May 28, 2022 12:38 PM

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Great episode! Cupid Erika! She tried to help praise him in front of Segawa xD. But instead it ended up with Segawa thinking Nagi and Erika are good together...
Nagi's dreams of a nude life were ruined by Segawa visiting with Erika...
Erika tried her best to hide the fact Nagi was living there...
The stalkers visited Erika's house...
And Shibata got beaten up again even though he said he been training lol.
She found his shrine stamp book but Erika's excuse worked well...apart from making her think they were closer than she thought. Segawa's family run a huge shrine.
Her mother is just as unfriendly to Nagi as in the manga...I really hate her.

That crossing music at the zebra crossing when Hiro was walking across made me have bad memories of the Chaos;Head VN phone call scene xD.

Looking forward to the next episode!
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May 28, 2022 1:34 PM
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I lived for the chibi yakisoba pan covering Nagi's parts, lmao. That's a top tier gag.

anyway, it's really hard to determine what Hiro is thinking, maybe she does like Nagi but knows she's almost certainly going to choose the shrine over him. Maybe she's going to try to set him up with Erika to dodge having to make that difficult choice. I feel like that might be the best explanation for her actions, that she likes him quite a bit but knows it's not going to work out unless she abandons her responsibilities. Maybe also she's excited to have a rival academically. Anyway, I like that she's got a lot going on outside of Nagi. she just casually dropped that she does karate lmao, this girl.

Erika's also consistently funny. The Cupid thing is like, oh no, why, girl, WHY. why u do this. Like, she must have packed that whole outfit in her bag, planned it out, thought that it was going to work. Kind of shows what a daft knucklehead she is, lol. Which also suggests why she might be a better match for Nagi than Hiro - he's also a goofball hiding behind a certain presentation of respectability.

Hiro clears Shikimori btw. as does this entire show, despite being a collection of harem and sitcom tropes, it executes them so well, and with just enough warmth and humanity that it doesn't seem like typical trash. I mean, the show has a lot of time to go down in flames, but so far I'm sold on it.
May 28, 2022 1:49 PM

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Better episode. Characters are somewhat nicer to each other now

Also naked Nagi UwU
May 28, 2022 2:08 PM

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Erika in these cute Ouftit nice.

Nagisa was nacked that was a funny scene. Also he can kick damn.
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May 28, 2022 3:23 PM

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More ridiculous fun this episode with Nagi running around naked in his house.




May 28, 2022 4:11 PM
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after watching the Liverpool vs real Madrid game i came to this episode and my happiness was continued as a saw a nigga naked in his house
May 28, 2022 4:34 PM
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I liked it because the episode shows Erika and Nagi trying to hide their engagement from everyone and a girl that Nagi likes goes to their house so Nagi had to take all his stuff to she does not suspect
May 28, 2022 6:15 PM

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For a girl who is trying hard to be a wingman for Nagi, Erika sure cock-blocked him pretty badly at the end there. Just when he was getting somewhere.
May 28, 2022 6:58 PM
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does anybody know which chapters they adapt in this episode? im curious with the cupid scene in the manga
May 28, 2022 7:59 PM
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Lol at Nagi creeping around the house butt naked while Erika and Hiro was around. Lucky for him that he lived in a big house otherwise he would have been caught. Erika looked super hot in that cupid outfit while trying to be the wingman for Nagi which doesn't go so well.
May 28, 2022 8:22 PM
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The girls have become frieinds
May 29, 2022 5:10 AM

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DelusionalWitFan said:
does anybody know which chapters they adapt in this episode? im curious with the cupid scene in the manga

2 or 3 chapters after chapter 10 (too lazy too check the actual numbers)
May 29, 2022 5:13 AM

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can someone explain what they meant by her fiancee being successor of the shrine?
do they mean she's marrying who ever inherits the shrine or does it mean she'll be the kne inheriting the shrine?
and how will that put a heavy load on anyone and put a heavy load on erika if she told her that she'd be marrying the person to inherit the shrine?
what does she mean by saying nagi can carry her? what load are they talking about in all this I can't comprehend why she has a fiancee and who it is and how is that a load

I’m not so sure but my guess is that only a male can inherit the shrine, so maybe someone marrying into the family solves that problem?
May 29, 2022 6:53 AM
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Looks like Erika tried playing Cupid too literally with that outfit lol, too bad Segawa is good at one-upping Nagi at everything for it to work. And the entire Segawa house visit was great, poor Nagi couldn’t live the naked life for long and had to sneak around hiding all his stuff from Segawa, that is until those creepy stalkers from before thought it was a good idea to waltz onto what they thought was Erika’s property, I’m glad Nagi threw the stealth aside to give them the ol’ one-two.

Thankfully the girls thought it was a good idea to take a shower after they thought they heard something so Nagi wasn’t found out lol. And as it turns out Segawa can’t marry because she’s set to inherit her family’s shrine where I believe there are rules about marrying keeping her restricted, sad but I’m excited to see the developments that come from this. Also Nagi being turned on by Segawa’s paintbrush writing lol, she really is his ideal girl.

There were also a lot of hilarious expressions this episode, all it takes for me is some funny faces and you got me lol.
May 29, 2022 9:05 AM

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Nagi the man of culture. It's a man's fantasy to run around the house naked, ain't it? Like hell it is, tf is wrong with him lol. He was cool when he kicked out those stalkers thou.

Cupid Erika and Miko Erika were cute. Her expressions when she was lying was hilarious.
May 29, 2022 6:34 PM

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The cupid outfit was really funny.


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May 29, 2022 10:23 PM

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Better episode, MC is racking up some harem points. Good that he kicked those guys' butts like a man

I want more screen time for the blonde sister.

Harem ending would be best, as always
May 30, 2022 3:17 AM
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I wanted her to find out just so that the plot would actually progress, This is going to be a hard show to get through
May 30, 2022 6:27 AM
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Erika in Cupid was Awesome.

My god this dude Naked in their sharing House lmao

Really enjoying this episode, their interaction was hilarious.
May 30, 2022 10:22 AM
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I think I get now why sometimes Hiro seems not so swift; she doesn't have her position academically due to that being the way her mind works, but due to school being her only activity allowed to her outside of the shrine.
So she'd going to get as much from it as she possibly can.
She's going to place as high as she can, to prove to herself that she is of value.
That there is more to herself than being the inheritor of a shrine.
It also explains why her mom wishes she didn't spend so much time on studying and such; OK, I may be thinking overly nasty here, but if Hiro has no options, she's less likely to act upon not wanting to inherit, upon wanting a life she decided upon herself.

Personally, I think it's a better thing if Hiro did have options, and chose to stay with the shrine, that doing so really was her own choice.

I don't have a good grasp of what all would be involved with inheriting a shrine in Japanese culture.
There is nothing in my cultural background that relates; nothing.
What a shrine is has no equivalent within my subculture.

The closest I can think of is a multigenerational service organization with a major focus on not changing anything concerning itself, except that has to be looking at it as more static than it actually is, but still, a very tradition-steeped institution, which has to present itself just right to the current outside populace so that folks come and contribute monies to be used for its upkeep and maintenance, and to provide for those associated with the institution.

The religious aspects differ greatly from any found within Christianity, as well as many branches of Christianity emphasizing a celibate priesthood so family isn't supposed to be able to inherit oversight in the first place; and those branches emphasizing a married priesthood tend to see dangers in oversight of a given congregation passing down a single family line.

The difference in just what religion is seems to mitigate that type of danger.
But there's still the problem of hereditary positions, what happens when the designated heir would rather do something else?
Or at least have a semblance of choice in the matter?
That's what I see Hiro as facing.

Associating with our cuckoos might prove a very good thing for her.

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As to the other things in this episode...
Cuckoo is right.
Nagi is impressive when he goes into defender mode.
The artwork makes it clear that the sleazy stalkers really are sleazy stalkers, trope-city here.
Erika is a very nice person, but at times maybe not so swift herself; OK, deceit isn't her strong point, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Nagi should know by now not to presume things will go as planned; don't get too relaxed, ever, OK?
May 31, 2022 6:18 AM

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There's just too many coincidences between Nagi and Erika that it made Hiro dumb af for not figuring this shit out

but hey we got naked Nagi House time so it balances it out
May 31, 2022 12:58 PM
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Lmao Nagi trying to escape Segawa when she visits Erika's house xD Well everything went well and he even beat those stalker guys.
Though Segawa's temple home is something else, especially her mother's behavior
May 31, 2022 11:34 PM

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this episode was so stupid and I love it. Nude Nagi was hilarious. My man was living the dream
Jun 2, 2022 8:25 AM

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Nagi stripping naked came out of nowhere, did not expect this show to make me laugh that much, I just couldn't stop.

Jun 3, 2022 2:29 PM

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I'm surprised this anime isn't doing well. I picked it up because of boredom but I like it a looooot more than Shikimori. This actually has something to work with. I am a little confused as to why Hiro is engaged because she's going to inherit the shrine. Why is telling Erika about inheriting the shrine a heavy burden? Did I miss something? When Erika said, "I thought you'd be willing to take on the burden," is that alluding to the fact that she also likes him????
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Jun 3, 2022 5:46 PM

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Now that Nagi said it Erika's reaction is like seeing Santa and after that I realized Erika is like Marin kind of a gyaru vibe going on I'm surprised no one has mentioned it probably missed it

Even Hiro's mad at the morning, Okay now I see clearly this is Marin 2.0 with all the cosplay and shit makes sense, I was expecting Erika to fire that arrow on Hiro's head would have been funny missed a comedic timing there god damn it author write harder this is clearly a joke

This bozo thinks he's safe at home and goes commando, Holy shit these guys again are these like 4channers "weakest 4chan detectives", If that book gave it away I would rofl, Well now we know her mom hates him and it's hilarious.
Jun 4, 2022 8:22 AM
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cooldogmom said:
I'm surprised this anime isn't doing well. I picked it up because of boredom but I like it a looooot more than Shikimori. This actually has something to work with. I am a little confused as to why Hiro is engaged because she's going to inherit the shrine. Why is telling Erika about inheriting the shrine a heavy burden? Did I miss something? When Erika said, "I thought you'd be willing to take on the burden," is that alluding to the fact that she also likes him????


Bluntly put, Erika is an idiot with low emotional intelligence. If Hiro told her about her fiance issue, it's likely that Erika would get upset but not really be able to discuss it seriously because of that. Her solution would probably be a superficial "Just tell your folks you don't want to get engaged!" that wouldn't help at all.

On the other hand, Nagi's perceptive enough to understand the weight of the matter at hand and discuss it with consideration for Hiro's position and what she's going through, which makes him the better confidant of the two. It could also be a sign that she's slowly starting to trust him more, which is a good first step for romance.

Also, the reason this show isn't more popular is twofold. One, it started later in the season than most other shows, and two, a lot of manga fans (myself included) know how it's going to go (and go downhill) and thus don't feel like checking it out.
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MugenNoShirayuki said:
cooldogmom said:
I'm surprised this anime isn't doing well. I picked it up because of boredom but I like it a looooot more than Shikimori. This actually has something to work with. I am a little confused as to why Hiro is engaged because she's going to inherit the shrine. Why is telling Erika about inheriting the shrine a heavy burden? Did I miss something? When Erika said, "I thought you'd be willing to take on the burden," is that alluding to the fact that she also likes him????


Bluntly put, Erika is an idiot with low emotional intelligence. If Hiro told her about her fiance issue, it's likely that Erika would get upset but not really be able to discuss it seriously because of that. Her solution would probably be a superficial "Just tell your folks you don't want to get engaged!" that wouldn't help at all.

On the other hand, Nagi's perceptive enough to understand the weight of the matter at hand and discuss it with consideration for Hiro's position and what she's going through, which makes him the better confidant of the two. It could also be a sign that she's slowly starting to trust him more, which is a good first step for romance.

Also, the reason this show isn't more popular is twofold. One, it started later in the season than most other shows, and two, a lot of manga fans (myself included) know how it's going to go (and go downhill) and thus don't feel like checking it out.


Thank you so much for the explanation! That cleared up all my questions
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Jun 6, 2022 11:13 PM

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Such an annoying episode filled with dumb leads and annoying side characters. The humor is way too flat for these outlandish gags to land so it strikes this lame middle ground not hitting on comedy or on the relationships.
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Aug 1, 2022 5:40 PM

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Hiro wants to be closer to Erika and went to her house. The thing, Nagi also lives there. He thought she was going to take him to her main house, they went to the current one. Erika by the reflection saw him that he was naked xD.
But hey, he was able to go unnoticed. Although that guy had come, but Nagi was able to stop him.
And now they both went to Hiro's house, things are going well.
Good chapter, Hiro and Erika with Miko's outfit <3









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Aug 24, 2022 2:08 AM
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Good episode, I like it.
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Sep 21, 2022 8:45 AM

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Him being naked but quickly hide because of them coming over is very funny, she looks really great in the miko suit!
Oct 15, 2022 4:23 AM

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Nagi going naked is so hilarious. Why he even think about that XD
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great episode, why don't Nagi kun just tell her that he's also engaged and maybe they can work something out, not sure who to root for though, Erika or Hiro
Oct 23, 2022 12:55 PM

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Jorovie said:
great episode, why don't Nagi kun just tell her that he's also engaged and maybe they can work something out, not sure who to root for though, Erika or Hiro


u seem to miss the point, by engaged she meant has to inherit this place and stay single, parents want her to be priestess meaning virgin for life, so hes engagement doesn't matter cause its not the same

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Him being naked but quickly hide because of them coming over is very funny, she looks really great in the miko suit!


both of them should have seen him NUDE, would have been hilarious lol
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Best episode so far very funny and romantic
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