Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie
DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
| Week #4 of people expecting way too much from a simple SoL/Rom-Com smh... Anyways, wholesome episode as usual. Pretty sure my sugar levels got restored with that night talk between Shikimori and Izumi. They are just so cute. And also, what's up with moms this season? I swear, there is so much potential wherever I look. |
| I enjoyed seeing how Shikimori became friends with Nekozaki. I can't blame Nekozaki from admiring Shikimori so much, but that game of basketball got the competitive side of both girls out in full force and thus, a new friendship was born. =) I'm interested to see how well this trip to the riverbank will go. At least the girls brought some new swimsuits for their trip, although Shikimori only got spurred on thanks to a sexy advert that had Izumi's full attention. Eventually, we got a nice and wholesome call between the two as they spoke about the constellations in the night sky. However, the best part of the episode arrived after the earlier than expected credits, where Shikimori was invited by Izumi's mother to a cooking class and that led to many amusing moments between the two of them, huh? XD |
| Good they're all going to the river together! Well of course they need a swimsuit and Shikimori was the one who was interested, and not for the common one xD At least that was a nice backstory, but it looks like Shikimori is the one who got dominated in this episode lol |
 |
ProofByColor said: Another wholesome episode. It baffles me how much hate this simple SoL romcom is getting. The same people probably praise MDD in comparison. But let's be honest here... that only because MDD made their dicks hard. It's 100% because of how worthless Izumi is lol. It just makes you feel bad for Shikimori. I was going to drop this last episode per the 3 episode rule, but something made me come back for another one, and yup, don't know why I did that. I've said it before, but it would make more sense if they retooled it to be a Yaoi anime with Izumi dating Inuzuka lol, or turned it into a Yuri anime by going the last 5% and fully making Izumi a girl. |
| tfw brain crowe |
| Fr, I'd rather ship Shikimori and Yuu's mom. |
   |
Aluminum_ said: That's what hentai is for your horny bastard.Fr, I'd rather ship Shikimori and Yuu's mom. Tardman said: Then fucking drop the show, you don't want to become like these masochists who finish shows they hate, while bitching the entire time. Saying it would make more sense for it to be a yaoi anime is just stupid, it's like people who say "hey this fanservice anime would be better without all the fanservice" when fanservice is the main premise, it's the fucking point that he's more on the feminine side, the anime just has all the nuance of a truck smashing into Izumi's house. It's 100% because of how worthless Izumi is lol. It just makes you feel bad for Shikimori. I was going to drop this last episode per the 3 episode rule, but something made me come back for another one, and yup, don't know why I did that. I've said it before, but it would make more sense if they retooled it to be a Yaoi anime with Izumi dating Inuzuka lol, or turned it into a Yuri anime by going the last 5% and fully making Izumi a girl. ProofByColor said: It got so much hate because it was immensely popular, even more so than Komi S2, and then it ended up being very average, and people are petty and don't know how to process disappointment. What isn't helping is this idiotic feud between this and MDUD, it's such a completely reductive take that people only like Marin for her tits, when she's a solid and likable character, there's no rule that says a show can't be horny AND wholesome.Another wholesome episode. It baffles me how much hate this simple SoL romcom is getting. The same people probably praise MDD in comparison. But let's be honest here... that only because MDD made their dicks hard. |
LostSpectreMay 2, 2022 10:26 AM
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| Izumi likes abs, man of culture. It was nice watching Shikimori getting flustered. |
 |
| If they turned the ED into a mobile game, I bet it would bring more enjoyment. |
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp!  |
LostSpectre said: -snip- Yeah I feel you, the problem is that this show is like a durian fruit. It's so stinky, but there's something there that keeps you coming back. But yeah I really am going to drop it now. I feel really bad for Shikimori even though she's not real, I've had friends and family members marry/date absolute losers before, and that's the same feeling I'm getting from watching this anime. I'm looking forward to seeing what doujins and fanfiction come out of this though, Izumi has to be the shortlist for most NTRable character ever created. |
| tfw brain crowe |
Tardman said: You don't need to feel sorry for her, there's absolutely no issue here in the source material, this adaptation is just horrible. The pacing, sequencing, direction, music, and overall feel of the show is just flat out wrong. The same simple scenes that work just fine in the manga feel painfully drawn out in the anime, and the humor is just non-existent when translated to the anime. The simple dialogue also ends up feeling completely unnatural with the pacing/directing, and it honestly makes the characters look slow or stupid, especially Izumi. The art is a bit on the generic side, but the colorful animation is really pretty in certain scenes, but overall this is some of the worst directing I have ever seen in an anime. LostSpectre said: -snip- Yeah I feel you, the problem is that this show is like a durian fruit. It's so stinky, but there's something there that keeps you coming back. But yeah I really am going to drop it now. I feel really bad for Shikimori even though she's not real, I've had friends and family members marry/date absolute losers before, and that's the same feeling I'm getting from watching this anime. I'm looking forward to seeing what doujins and fanfiction come out of this though, Izumi has to be the shortlist for most NTRable character ever created. |
LostSpectreMay 2, 2022 2:53 PM
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| That scene at the end isn't just great because it's fucking adorable, it has excellent directing, just look at the pacing, angles, and flow of that one scene up against the rest of the episode, the show itself is so unnecessarily static and drawn out, that emotional scene on the phone is one of the only parts that feels natural with that type of directing, but in the other scenes it makes the simple dialogue stand out so unnaturally. It's not just the pacing, the overall directing of the anime is failing to capture the feel and charm of the manga. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
LostSpectre said: Aluminum_ said: That's what hentai is for your horny bastard.Fr, I'd rather ship Shikimori and Yuu's mom. Yuri is completely different from hentai. |
|
| i liked this episode a lot more than the previous ones!! it felt better paced and not as slow :)) |
| Firstly, what the fuck was that post-credit lmao, whatever it was, it was hilarious af. This was a pretty good episode as well, leaving some hard to watch scenes. The swim suit ad part was so really funny. We have been seeing and hearing about how unlucky Ijumi is but when he told the constellation bit, that did some emotional damage, that was just sad. The conversation at the end was pretty cute, need more of that in romcoms. Shikimori's reactions are really fun to watch. 5/5. |
TsutanaiFuunMay 3, 2022 2:26 AM
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| If anyone liked the yuri mother undertones I recommend checking out this very short manga: Jk-chan and her Classmate's Mom It's quite funny and wholesome, nothing deep obviously |
 |
| Dang Izumi just was being a man of culture and looking at those hot asf abs and Shikimori just thought he was being a normie swimsuit lover |
 My biggest regret: Reading all 200+ chapters of Kanojo, Okarishimasu |
| The phone call scene was really cute aaaa, I love flustered Shikimori |
 |
Kahirama said: If anyone liked the yuri mother undertones I recommend checking out this very short manga: Jk-chan and her Classmate's Mom It's quite funny and wholesome, nothing deep obviously Thanks! That was a fun and wholesome read |
| Shikimori almost got shanked there |
 |
| Gotta love people who say "just drop if you don't like it" , when we all know that after they'll say "you didn't watch everything so your opinion is invalid" Reviews are reviews, if you don't like someone else's opinion, ignore it, it's internet, you can't stop anyone |
Kuroimi said: Dropping a show you don't enjoy is perfectly reasonable, and I don't know why the convo would even continue after said person drops it?Gotta love people who say "just drop if you don't like it" , when we all know that after they'll say "you didn't watch everything so your opinion is invalid" Reviews are reviews, if you don't like someone else's opinion, ignore it, it's internet, you can't stop anyone |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
LostSpectre said: Kuroimi said: Dropping a show you don't enjoy is perfectly reasonable, and I don't know why the convo would even continue after said person drops it?Gotta love people who say "just drop if you don't like it" , when we all know that after they'll say "you didn't watch everything so your opinion is invalid" Reviews are reviews, if you don't like someone else's opinion, ignore it, it's internet, you can't stop anyone Yes, it's reasonable, but you can say that watching a series until the end even if you don't like it is understandable, some people might want to just hate it until the end, but others might have hope for it to get "better", or have a surprise The "3 episode rules", as I call it, is common, but not a real rule, no one has to follow it, most people use it as a way to give a fair chance to most animes, but watching every episodes of an anime until the end is also giving a fair chance Also, would you listen to a review of a guy who only watched 3 episodes, or a guy who watched until the end? I know that some people are pure haters, but you can just ignore them, haters will keep talking if you keep responding to them after all |
Kuroimi said: Personally, no, I can't understand people who continue watching a show they don't enjoy, but reviewers would be an exception if they want to be honest about completing the show. I can also understand hate watching if it's genuinely enjoyable, you can still be entertained by a bad show. I can't relate to a "completionist" whatsoever, never dropping a show that I start just sounds like torture. I also wouldn't keep watching something in the hope that it might get better, there's plenty of better ways to spend my time. LostSpectre said: Dropping a show you don't enjoy is perfectly reasonable, and I don't know why the convo would even continue after said person drops it? Yes, it's reasonable, but you can say that watching a series until the end even if you don't like it is understandable, some people might want to just hate it until the end, but others might have hope for it to get "better", or have a surprise The "3 episode rules", as I call it, is common, but not a real rule, no one has to follow it, most people use it as a way to give a fair chance to most animes, but watching every episodes of an anime until the end is also giving a fair chance Also, would you listen to a review of a guy who only watched 3 episodes, or a guy who watched until the end? I know that some people are pure haters, but you can just ignore them, haters will keep talking if you keep responding to them after all |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
LostSpectre said: Kuroimi said: Personally, no, I can't understand people who continue watching a show they don't enjoy, but reviewers would be an exception if they want to be honest about completing the show. I can also understand hate watching if it's genuinely enjoyable, you can still be entertained by a bad show. I can't relate to a "completionist" whatsoever, never dropping a show that I start just sounds like torture. I also wouldn't keep watching something in the hope that it might get better, there's plenty of better ways to spend my time. Yes, it's reasonable, but you can say that watching a series until the end even if you don't like it is understandable, some people might want to just hate it until the end, but others might have hope for it to get "better", or have a surprise The "3 episode rules", as I call it, is common, but not a real rule, no one has to follow it, most people use it as a way to give a fair chance to most animes, but watching every episodes of an anime until the end is also giving a fair chance Also, would you listen to a review of a guy who only watched 3 episodes, or a guy who watched until the end? I know that some people are pure haters, but you can just ignore them, haters will keep talking if you keep responding to them after all I guess I'll have to agree to disagree then |
| That last knife scene was no joke, like why would the author make kinda garbage scene? |
| lettuce<3 |
| This episode was ok but the post credits scene was great. I love seeing Yuu's parents. |
Accelise_ said: You mean the best scene of the episode? Weird take.That last knife scene was no joke, like why would the author make kinda garbage scene? |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
LostSpectre said: Accelise_ said: You mean the best scene of the episode? Weird take.That last knife scene was no joke, like why would the author make kinda garbage scene? So you enjoyed because that knife almost killed Shikimori. No one carries a knife like that. Weird take. |
| lettuce<3 |
| LMAO Shikimori getting flustered over sexy swimsuits. |
Accelise_ said: The knife was in a box you fool, and you're gravely underestimating Shikimori if you think that was even a challenge for her. LostSpectre said: You mean the best scene of the episode? Weird take. So you enjoyed because that knife almost killed Shikimori. No one carries a knife like that. Weird take. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
Accelise_ said: Generally, boxes are for carrying things, not throwing them across the room, and if you're worried about her, then you're underestimating her.LostSpectre said: The knife was in a box you fool, and you're gravely underestimating Shikimori if you think that was even a challenge for her. When did I say I underestimates her? Isn't it obvious that I'm worried about her when that fucking knife was hovering over her? If a knife box opens so easily, what's the point of having a box? Use your fucking brain. Oh, and it's called a comedic scene, that you're taking way too seriously for some reason, but better than whining about her and the mom, I guess. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
Accelise_ said: This was amusing at first, but your density is far too strong for me, I concede. LostSpectre said: Generally, boxes are for carrying things, not throwing them across the room, and if you're worried about her, then you're underestimating her. Oh, and it's called a comedic scene, that you're taking way too seriously for some reason, but better than whining about her and the mom, I guess. Underestimation and worry are completely different things. Now you are saying to me it's called a comedic scene. Was it even funny? Throwing a knife at someone is comedic scene, okay. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| Episode 4, and still nothing interesting. Just kinda pity that Izumi kinda smart looking but he might failed just because of his bad luck. |
 |
| well the cooking scene with yuu’s mother and shikimiro at the end was hot |
deep fried lettuce   ^i snitched this from a dude's forum signature^  |
| Summer vacations. But first, exams. They are going for a walk to the river, let's see what will happen. Good chapter. The post-credits scene...there was some tension xD |
| Fuck I honestly watched ep 5 first before this but It seems to be that there's not much progression But that was actually cute when they were going shopping and Shikimori just can't handle herself trying to impress Izumi and backstory when Shikimori and Neko along with Hachimitsu started hanging out lol Yuu's mom is really where he got his misfortune and what was that hint of Yuri. |
  |
| The whole swimsuit part was such a meme. But i am loving the vibe of this anime, very chill. Also the MC's mom is a beast xD |
AivanKMay 16, 2022 6:13 PM
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
| Nice episode! Shikimori is the perfect girlfriend |
| @Fatbarbiegirl280 What is this insane fucking rant towards an obviously unrealistic romcom with a silly premise, go back to Twitter. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| Oh man now I want to ship Shikimori with Izumi's mom. |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.  |
| Not funny, too basic, and honestly just boring asf lolz |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Hachimitsu might be my spirit animal. There is a surprising amount of yuri bait in this. Not that I'm complaining. If nothing else, if they choose to go to the river over the beach it could be a fun change of pace from most other "swimsuit" episodes of anime. |
 "...Is your mother worried? Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?" |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san Episode 11 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - Jul 2, 2022 |
107 |
by ad0rablegoat
»»
Apr 19, 4:34 PM |
|
Poll: » Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Apr 9, 2022 |
351 |
by HollowP03
»»
Apr 16, 10:55 AM |
|
Poll: » Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 )Stark700 - Jul 9, 2022 |
223 |
by Treyv0n
»»
Mar 31, 3:49 PM |
|
Poll: » Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san Episode 10 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - Jun 25, 2022 |
116 |
by Treyv0n
»»
Mar 30, 1:03 PM |
|
Poll: » Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san Episode 9 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - Jun 18, 2022 |
98 |
by Treyv0n
»»
Mar 30, 11:58 AM |