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| This episode introduce us to a new character: Kaga Karin. Her red hair and tomboy-ish attitude makes her quite an interesting addition. Turns out that Renji was the main source of her devotion to fighting games and she is locked in to defeat him to regain her lost pride all those years ago. Naturally Lily intervenes and thus a new friendship was born. This is also the episode where Aoi founds out that cool arcade guy is actually her brother, she even admits later on how stupid was for her not to see trough that disguise. But thankfully there was not so big drama over that as Aoi understands that it was Lily who start the things in motion and it is nothing as serious as Renji actually perusing her romantically. So they had a game together and made up like true siblings should. Overall one more nice and calm episode, that in the end threw us a hint what might next week's episode be. |
| Nice episode New girl Kaga seems fun. It was nice seeing Aoi and her brother make up with each other and not be awkward around each other. |
| Spiky red hair she devil gamer girl, game rival to Renji. Will she become affections rival to Lily? Aoi imaging Renji and Glasses Renji in her mind at the same time and still does not get it. Lily's puppy dog eyes tame the spitfire. Koga putting on the shades and blowing a bubble was the perfect end to the Renji's disguise scene. Why the hell did a little fairy fly across the screen during the make up by gaming scene? Is that some sort of trope/symbol for awkwardness? Lily and Koga tiptoeing around Aoi not seeing through the lame disguise. |
LordCrueltyVAug 10, 6:11 PM
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| It totally slipped my mind that Aoi didn’t know her brother was the arcade dude and that Lily had a crush on him. I could’ve sworn we’d gone over that before, but about damn time they cleared the air on that. Pretty embarassing for Kaga to see thru Renji’s disguise before his own little sister lmao. Lily’s parents might not care about him having an inappropriate relationship with a middle schooler, but I wonder what the class rep will make of and do with this information. |
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| Curious how an episode about introducing one character ended up being focused on another. Yes, while Karin was the newcomer seeking beating Renji after he beat her while still in school and being a sore loser about it, she was able to unveil the "disguise" he used as sunglasses to seem like a different person to Aoi (seriously, the mask was just sunglasses, it's like the Clark Kent situation all over again). Regardless, despite of that the anime was able to portray not only bonding between them but a funny animated representation of Space Invaders (side note: they are actually producing a movie about that game, no idea why). Next up will come the class representative I assume. |
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Curious how an episode about introducing one character ended up being focused on another. Yes, while Karin was the newcomer seeking beating Renji after he beat her while still in school and being a sore loser about it, she was able to unveil the "disguise" he used as sunglasses to seem like a different person to Aoi (seriously, the mask was just sunglasses, it's like the Clark Kent situation all over again).
Regardless, despite of that the anime was able to portray not only bonding between them but a funny animated representation of Space Invaders (side note: they are actually producing a movie about that game, no idea why). Next up will come the class representative I assume.
Regardless, despite of that the anime was able to portray not only bonding between them but a funny animated representation of Space Invaders (side note: they are actually producing a movie about that game, no idea why). Next up will come the class representative I assume.
| @rasterman7 They're doing WHAT now? A Space Invaders Movie? That was NOT anywhere in my expectations, I swear I thought we'd get Naruto 3 (or whatever they wanna call what comes after Baruto) the anime before something like that would happen. I guess you never know, I for one am glad to see some old stuff get a resurgence of a sort. Urusei Yatsura and Spice & Wolf were both unexpected returns that I am glad we got, Yaiba is proving to be a semi interesting remake also. I'm interested in seeing how well a Space Invaders Movie goes, but I gotta keep expectations in check. |
| I like to watch some anime, I like to talk about some anime, I dislike wars over some anime, but more than anything I love to live my life, anime is an enjoyable and entertaining addition onto my life but it's not my whole life. |
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@rasterman7 They're doing WHAT now? A Space Invaders Movie? That was NOT anywhere in my expectations, I swear I thought we'd get Naruto 3 (or whatever they wanna call what comes after Baruto) the anime before something like that would happen. I guess you never know, I for one am glad to see some old stuff get a resurgence of a sort. Urusei Yatsura and Spice & Wolf were both unexpected returns that I am glad we got, Yaiba is proving to be a semi interesting remake also.
I'm interested in seeing how well a Space Invaders Movie goes, but I gotta keep expectations in check.
I'm interested in seeing how well a Space Invaders Movie goes, but I gotta keep expectations in check.
| @MewsicMagic Yeah, at least according to this article the Space Invaders movie is not only a thing but has been in production for years with a recent change in scriptwriters. I presume it must be some kind of documentary: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-08-10/space-invaders-film-hires-new-scriptwriters/.227502 |
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| Cat's out of the bag for Renji. I'm glad they didn't try to keep that gag up the whole season. Is there a chance now for a Lily x Renji ship? Pretty cool sky fight animation sequence at the end. |
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@MewsicMagic Yeah, at least according to this article the Space Invaders movie is not only a thing but has been in production for years with a recent change in scriptwriters. I presume it must be some kind of documentary: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-08-10/space-invaders-film-hires-new-scriptwriters/.227502
| @rasterman7 Huh, a documentary is not what I would expect but I guess it doesn't really matter. I hope it turns out to be good, whatever it ends up being. |
| I like to watch some anime, I like to talk about some anime, I dislike wars over some anime, but more than anything I love to live my life, anime is an enjoyable and entertaining addition onto my life but it's not my whole life. |
| Karin is good, I thought this ridiculous disguise was going to last for the rest of the season, but thanks to her, the sis's stupidity problem is gone. |
| I like Karin already, cute tomboy girl lol I wonder if the class president will start appearing more too |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| They added Lily's father to the opening, that's such a nice touch! I adore when anime shows do stuff like that, it shows that the production team do care! I can't believe Aoi took 5 episodes to realize the truth, that's so dumb 🤣 I guess that can be real tho, they know each other so well that if one of them put on a disguise the other wouldn't be able to tell at first glance, that can happen between siblings but here it's over exaggerated of course 😂  I love her, she's my favorite by far ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it.  |
| So his disguise only worked on his sister. Figures. But yeah, at this point we are heading towards harem territory, arent't we. |
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@rasterman7 Huh, a documentary is not what I would expect but I guess it doesn't really matter. I hope it turns out to be good, whatever it ends up being.
| @MewsicMagic Wasn't Pixels already the Space Invaders movie basically? But I doubt it will be a documentary, Battleship also was a "real" movie. And to be fair, for as much as that movie sucks (although I guess it's fun in a braindead way), the way they integrated the Battleship mechanic I always kinda liked. |
| I like Karin even though she is a bit dumb getting that wrecked over losing a game when she was younger. I am glad the whole bit of Aoi being too dense to recognize her brother and him hiding from her bit is done. Was worried it would just keep dragging on. I wonder what the class president is thinking. I have a feeling it is something weirdly far from reality. |
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17:48 Was that a Resident Evil 7 Turret Locking in sound? |
| A new character appeared—around Lily’s age! And finally, Renji’s sister learned about his identity. The second half of the episode was so boring. Why did they even include that scene?! Other than that, the anime was great! See you next week! |
| Loved the episode! It started off hilarious, but then shifted into super adorably fluffy vibes. I loved the chemistry between the new redhead, Karin, and her two new friends, Lily and Aoi! Lily’s the cutie, Aoi’s like the tsundere, and Karin’s like their delinquent caretaker, haha. |
| The Clark Kent of the game center has fallen! Karin is a great sensei fighting and she looks cool! |
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| What was the OST this episode!? |
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| That red hair girl sure is bold, she didn't like the defeat back then lol. Also finally Renji's sister knows that it was just him wearing glasses lmao |
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| Lmao. Renji has been a chick magnet long before Lily showed up. Dude will actually build a harem at this rate. Kaga seems like an interesting type. Unlike Lily she's actually good at games. Actually, even after playing for so long why is Lily still bad at gaming? Would she even still show up to the game center if Renji wasn't there? Probably not. No way. The cat is finally out of the bag. It took a new character's appearance for Renji's cover to be blown. But the outcome wasn't as disastrous as I thought it'd be. The way Aoi told Renji not to make Lily upset makes it seem like she just gave him her blessing... Bruh. The space invaders parody was a bit weird. But it's probably the most high-effort scene in this anime so far. I feel bad for Lily's class president. She always has the right mindset but is always too slow to do anything. About time she made her proper debut. |
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