Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (light novel)
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| This episode played like a social experiment to see how Tomozaki can "pick up girls". It's a not game considering it happens in real life and at a festival. Still, I find it funny how the show wants to see how much communication skills Tomozaki really has. Amusing episode putting him on the spot. |
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| Mizusawa is the epitome of a best bro. Invited by Mizusawa, Tomozaki decides to attend the cultural festival of a girls' high school. First, let's try some pick-up lines, says Mizusawa casually, effortlessly obtaining the contact information of girls from other schools who were just there to have fun. Tomozaki is overwhelmed by Mizusawa's conversational skills and charisma. On their way back, Mizusawa jokes about how he wanted to see how he would do with pick-up lines, to which Tomozaki says that with his current level... don't be so negative, Mizusawa advises Tomozaki. Mizusawa had been carefully observing Tomozaki's efforts to become more sociable and to strive for a fulfilling life, even if Tomozaki himself didn't realize it. So, Mizusawa is like a phone number wizard, snagging two digits in under two minutes. Meanwhile, Tomozaki's social game is a bit hit or miss. If you're tight with him, he's chatty, but if not, it's a struggle. At least Tomozaki completed his tasks finally. Regarding the love triangle, I'm leaning towards Kikuchi because it seems Minami's just a pal to Tomozaki... or so I thought until that plot twist at the end. Now, with Tomozaki's first love confession on the table, how's he gonna handle it? |
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| Mizusawa is a player lmao. Not sure if I'd want to be like him, but he's cool. Idk how realistic this is, but it's honestly so amazing how they are doing all of that management and control by themselves in high school. Damn, he's really putting himself down... Gotta work more on self-confidence. Nooooo waaaaayyyy this ending! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh I had to rewatch that a couple times I was in Fuuka camp up to this point, but I might actually switch now. Mimimi was extra cute this episode I'm enjoying this so much rn |
EmbientFeb 21, 5:41 AM
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| Visiting Narita's school's culture fes sure was an enlightening experience. Fighting the war on your terms huh smart move. Kinda a shame that Narita isn't one of the girls that Tomo could go choose though. The selfie with Fuka sure was easier than imagined. Change unfortunately is not something thats instant and does take time and effort. Just like Minimi to be direct with both her questions and her feelings. |
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| Hard to believe that 3 volumes have already been adapted in this 8 episode-span. Pacing-wise, this season definitely just feels too quick compared to the first season since that adapted 3 volumes in 12 episodes. This series just keeps on rolling at its pace. I did like the content here in the books, the anime version did feel too brief but at least there were still decent moments here. Mizusawa's character was someone I had zero expectations for when I started the series but he has probably been the most surprising one to me. Liked his interactions with Tomozaki and showing more support and advice considering Tomozaki has come a long way with his 'self-help books' to change himself for the better, must be nice for Tomozaki have his efforts be recognized in a positive manner. Also, the ending was something else too with Minami confessing to Tomozaki there out of nowhere. In a way, it is good seeing one spontaneously happen without having to wait way too long for once. Just hearing Tomozaki be associated with another girl (or girls from Tsugumi's school) potentially raised some alarm bells, and with how much she cared for him already, it makes sense for her to pull the trigger on this in a pretty good cliffhanger. Even Kikuchi's been asking if he's into someone so Tomozaki's romance routes are beginning to make some sort of progress here. Episode content was one of the better ones of this season despite being fairly straightforward. I understand why they want to finish at the end of Volume 7 since it makes sense for an end point to a season but it feels like some potential that was there was sacrificed with some of the pacing in general (especially in the earlier episodes). It was still an alright episode with some good moments so I'll take what good I can get here. |
| I can tell this is leading up to him wanting to get with aoi but I really think minami is better for him or even fuuka. Minami and tomozaki have such a good dynamic imo I seriously hope this takes the quintessential quintuplets route and goes with the character which is less expected as tomozaki’s love interest. And after minami basically confessed I really hope he chooses her, there so good together |
Phantom_Siren652Feb 21, 7:01 AM
| Lots of developments in this episode. Mizusawa shows off his power by picking up girls at the other school, and gains some depth with his own views on popularity. The question is if he's going to leverage that popularity to win Aoi, and if he sees Tomozaki as a obstacle to him doing that. Next we have Aoi's motive for wanting to make Tomozaki popular: she wanted to prove her philosophy correct. Yeah, I don't buy it either. Tomozaki puts himself slightly above other anime protagonists by giving a reason why he doesn't chase girls: he sees himself as having no value and being impossible to love. Thankfully, his self deprecation was interrupted by an unexpected actual confession from best girl Mimimi! How will Tomozaki react? Will he change his way of thinking? How will Fuuka's play and Mimimi's manzai act turn out? Just like in School Days, all roads lead to the culture festival. |
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| THE FINAL PART OF THIS EPISODE... HOLY! |
| Yo! I did not see that confession coming. I found Minami getting jealous lately really cute but didn't think she'd go for the confession. Love her, so what's his answer gonna be? Also waiting to see what Hinami's reaction will be. Mizusawa's a good guy and friend. It was nice seeing Tomozaki's effort being recognised. I do wonder if what Aoi said was the truth, doubt it. I can understand how Tomozaki felt about thinking he doesn't deserve to choose. The bottom tier character has been ingrained in himself and while he has come far it's still not enough to make that decision. Anyway found some of the dialogues of this episode cringe again but otherwise was fine. |
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| Mizusawa again being perceptive. His interactions with Tomozaki are always the most interesting for me, I kinda want to see him more with Aoi too. Mimimi confessed! Girl went for it after being anxious about Tomozaki with an another girl, glad she didn't back out at the end said "haha joking". |
| Damn, he actually did it! Mimi’s confession in the end there, that was too sweet! He made great strides this episode and seeing the man himself doing his little mojo will surely guarantee a confession or two more at least, right? |
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| That last answer to Fuka was...bad. Very bad. And Mimimi's route is still ongoing huh...I wonder. |
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| Maybe best ep so far in this anime :D but still even with the hard work he done.. it goes way too easy for him.. like he is blessed with luck and people and situations... |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| “Attractive guys attract people” truer words have never been spoken. It’s hard to do a better job than Tomozaki has done in the last few months of making yourself attractive, not just physically, but becoming more attractive personality wise too. Everyone around him is noticing is growth. Coming from someone who “has it all figured out” like Misuzawa had to feel great for Tomozaki. Gumi’s school festival was a nice opportunity to test some skills Tomozaki has learnt and see how someone like Misuzawa moves in these scenarios. Plus, we got to see Gumi who’s one of the cutest and most underrated girls in the series lol. “If you had two or more special people in your life and could only choose one, how would you?” Fuuka’s question obviously applies to her deciding the ending of the play, but also to Tomozaki has he winds down his decision on who to date. Pretty much between Mimimi and Fuuka at this point. Honestly seeing this arc animated has made me like Fuuka a little more, but still Mimimi wins out for me. They’re just so natural whenever they’re together, the banter, the flow of conversation etc. when it’s meant to be, it should look like that. Conversations between Fuuka and Tomozaki just always seem so stiff to me and like both sides have to put in so much work for them to progress. Speaking of Mimimi, little jealousy arc from her there at the end? How did she even find out about Tomozaki being at the school festival lol. Pouting face Mimimi is sooooo cute. ANNNND THE CONFESSION LETS GOOOOO. Waited years to see this animated and project no.9 COOKED. 😭 she looked so beautiful during that scene. Could not ask for a better job. Great episode, things are starting to heat up relationship wise and I can’t wait for the next episode. This series is ridiculously underrated |
Marinate1016Feb 21, 3:04 PM
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| Actually really good advice about picking up girls. The author understands women, good job :) |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| Man that confession by Minami at the end!! Definitely best girl out there Hard to choose between her and Fuuka and just like the episode id feel bad for whoever gets leftout Wonder how they will interact next episode after dropping that bomb on him |
| Wow... what a fantastical development. Who could imagine Mimimi would fall for Tomozaki when the series began. |
| Ho-ho!!! Mimimi did it!! didnt expect her to confess! |
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| Mizusawa is a real player, he is not wrong that attracting guys attract people and other notice, like Mimimi. No way!! Did best girl Mimimi just confessed, for real?? I expected it to drag for much longer! She is my best girl since the very first episode (she was introduced) but there is no way the blue hair high energy girl will win, it's gonna be the shy (boring) short hair girl who was MC first love interest... |
| Tomozaki definitely has the borogodó... |
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| Well, damn, I didn't expect a confession at all. Those flashbacks to Season One Tomozaki really show how far he has come, both appearance-wise and personality-wise. It's great to see him develop. |
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| The all girls school festival ended up being quite the experience after seeing Mizusawa rizz up these random girls, that first conversation was kinda genius on his part but I’m not sure if this strategy would work irl, if I tried it would probably end up kinda like Tomozaki’s attempt with the convo stopping dead in the tracks lol. Gumi with the bunny ears was a cute sight as well, I was hoping we’d get more of her at her own school but I’ll take this much. And Mizusawa giving Tomozaki recognition for his progress was a nice moment, he might be the rizzler but he’s also a bro, it probably also feels good just to have your achievements be noticed. Later we had that nice moment with Kikuchi where we got an update on the play, as well as Tomozaki snagging that selfie, I’m glad he’s actually asking people for photos now than trying to sneak them lol, there was also that bit with her in the library which was pretty real actually, I know Tomozaki has come a long way but I get how he feels when it comes to choosing a girl. And that moment with Hinami went about as I expected, ain’t no way asking her straight up will get a completely honest answer when it comes to why she’s helping Tomozaki, I’m sure we got part of the true but that’s just it, a part lol. And then something I absolutely wasn’t expecting, we started with Mimimi simply asking for Tomozaki to be her partner in a comedy act, okay that’s cool, I can see these two knocking them dead. But near the end it seemed like we were just having another nice moment with Mimimi, and then it sounded like she confessed but then made a joke out of it, but then she actually confessed and ran way lol, my reaction was similar to Tomozaki’s there. I’m a big fan of Mimimi so I was really happy to see this, although it does have me worried this won’t go well for her, either way I really look forward to seeing where this goes from here! |
| Mimimi is such a winner. What makes me sad is, she will probably lose to the main girl. She totally sees through fake Tomo and knows the real him. It's a match. Oh, and Mizusawa is a God tier player.     |
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| YES! YES! Yessss!! I love Mimimi. I just don't want her to get hurt, man. |
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| Ah man, I like Minmi, too bad she’s the first confession, they never end up with the MC. That said, all the main cast of girls are sweet in this show there isn’t one I dislike so it’ll be daijoubu lol. Big fan of sweet Fuka-Chan! |
| "Do you want me to take you away... to a place in this city where wishes come true?" |
| We all don't want Mimimi to get crushed. But it seems inevitable. And I will hate it. It's not right. I've never seen romance/romcom anime where the MC ends up with a side girl. NeetYeet said: Damn actually expected the classic backtrack on what Mimimi said but she doubled down Yeah I loved that, she's such a keeper. |
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| Mimimi top girl, idc even if I know it's a doomed ship. |
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