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Apr 9, 2011 1:24 PM

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not as much as i expected
but still
nice episode
i hope it better in next ep
Apr 9, 2011 1:36 PM

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Siva said:
Omniknight said:
And I just hate characters that have stuff dripping from their nose all the time... like the one in Nichijou...
Kanako wants to have a word with you, sir. By the way, by the name Omniknight, I believe that you know Dota, right?


Yes to DOTA.
Kanoka = Kanoka from Maria Holic? If that's the case, then I'll have to clarify my statement. Nosebleeds = OK. Snot and nasal mucous = No, Thank You!

Run = Tsukasa 2.0 = Awesome
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Apr 9, 2011 2:16 PM
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Nice anime, but does the yuri thing have to be present?
Apr 9, 2011 2:25 PM

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I believe I was right looking forward to this anime. Tooru and Yuuko together are just hilarious with Tooru's boobuppercuts. I hope to see more as the series progresses. Oh, megane <3
Apr 9, 2011 3:53 PM

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I'm looking forward of this show, it gives warmth to my heart XDD

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Apr 9, 2011 4:13 PM

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Cute first episode. Love the art, it's awesome :3
Pretty funny as well. I really like Nagi and Yuuko, I personally find Tooru quite annoying. Run is all right so far, so ... :P
OP and ED (well, both of them? XD) were both awesome as well
Hope it gets better though, but interesting so far :P
Apr 9, 2011 4:58 PM

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I wasn't expecting much from the MAL summary and from what I've heard other people saying about it on blogs and whatever, but I thought it was an okay episode. Nothing really stood out for me though, maybe because I couldn't help but compare it to other shows while I watched. :b
Apr 9, 2011 5:01 PM

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Not a bad first episode. I hope they don't overuse the boob slap like they did in this episode. Though the way Tooru walks toward Yuuko afterwards is pretty funny.
Apr 9, 2011 6:28 PM

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Okay episode; boob slappage + lil' slugger impersonation = >_>
Apr 9, 2011 7:41 PM

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one of my fav anime. i like it they don't overdo the tsundere chara. LOL @ Tooru hitting/slapping Yuuko's boob XD
Tooru is my fav!! *hugs~*
Apr 9, 2011 7:51 PM

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Not funny at all, but oh my god.... Tooru. Her alone will force me to watch this every week.
Apr 9, 2011 8:07 PM

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It was good, I think, nothing much to say for now.
Apr 9, 2011 8:11 PM

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cunt said:
flawless first ep, tooru is my new waifu omg how cute is she?;A; can't wait for ep 2!!

X) she kinda reminds me of nagato. and hii-chan in hanamaru
Apr 9, 2011 8:29 PM

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A Slice of Life where a character (Tooru) feels insecure and even jealous as a result from being away from her best friend (Run) for a whole year is very rare in my eyes. Rarely has a Slice of Life show ever felt so serious to me on the very first episode. (And boy does that sound contradicting. Seriousness in MY Slice of Life?) Of course there were lots of not-so-serious and humourous moments as well which didn't really make me laugh, but brought a smile upon my face. C:

Tooru has really grown on me throughout the episode. She seemed to be feeling somewhat melancholic and lonely due to being one year younger than Run and thus, unable to be in the same class as her. On top of that, she realizes that Run has also made new friends and seemed to believe that she wasn't as important to Run as she was before. However, Run assures Tooru that "nothing has changed" between them implying that Tooru is still just as special as she was before. Soon after, Nagi and Yuuko join in and start hugging Tooru to show how much they also want to be friends with her. It was this scene that completely won me over and made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside~

All in all, I loved the first episode and enjoyed every bit of it. As a side note, I felt this was totally different from the other Slice of Life show airing this season, Nichijou. While Nichijou seems to focus primarily on the gags and making its audience laugh, A-channel didn't seem to ONLY go for the humor. (Of course, this is only my impression based on the first episode. This is subject to change.)


Apr 9, 2011 8:32 PM

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otakuhime said:
cunt said:
flawless first ep, tooru is my new waifu omg how cute is she?;A; can't wait for ep 2!!

X) she kinda reminds me of nagato. and hii-chan in hanamaru


ekeke yes a bit like yuki but way cuter :) i really really liked tooru, she's so lovely wow i think a channel is my new fav of this season.
Apr 9, 2011 8:58 PM

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Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame!

God her little noises are so cute.

Need gif of Run's head flopping everywhere :3

Lol, Tooru's getting the Azunyan treatment.

Still loling @ the boob smack.

"We've talked too much, maybe we'll appear next week."
Don't forget.
Always, somewhere,
someone is fighting for you.
As long as you remember her,
you are not alone.
Apr 9, 2011 10:00 PM
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Tooru looks/acts like a bigger version of Hitoha from Mitsudomoe :o
Apr 9, 2011 10:15 PM

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Great substitute for my K-On fix. Loving it so far.
Apr 10, 2011 12:35 AM

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Cuteness overload.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
Apr 10, 2011 12:37 AM

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Tooru is so cute~~~ >w<

I'm definitely liking this XDD
Apr 10, 2011 1:10 AM
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xCooki3s said:
Great summary and it did seemed like they were aiming for that tiny bit of serious mood between all the moe. That said, it was a wee too slow paced which is what turned a lot of people off. Hopefully they'll catch their groove soon. Slice of Life tends to take some episodes to truly pick up so I'd say people should give it a 2-3 episodes first, if you're interested in slice of life to begin with. It seems to me most just saw it for the hell of it. I mean, complaining about moe-blobs and slow-pace in a slice-of-life it's like complaining about giant mechas in Gundam, or super-powered main protagonist in action shonen.

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Leon-Gun said:
xCooki3s said:
Great summary and it did seemed like they were aiming for that tiny bit of serious mood between all the moe. That said, it was a wee too slow paced which is what turned a lot of people off. Hopefully they'll catch their groove soon. Slice of Life tends to take some episodes to truly pick up so I'd say people should give it a 2-3 episodes first, if you're interested in slice of life to begin with. It seems to me most just saw it for the hell of it. I mean, complaining about moe-blobs and slow-pace in a slice-of-life it's like complaining about giant mechas in Gundam, or super-powered main protagonist in action shonen.


Couldn't agree more with your post. Especially that last statement. :>


Apr 10, 2011 3:04 AM
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looking really good, I needed another show like this love it.
Apr 10, 2011 3:22 AM

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it's cute but why does everyone look so shiny? lol
Apr 10, 2011 4:02 AM

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Ah finally, my moe levels were getting dangerously low.
Apr 10, 2011 4:16 AM

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I think I'm gonna like this :)

reminded me a lot of Lucky Star

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Tooru is mine <3


I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Sorry. All mine :D

If you don't remember something, it never happened. If you aren't remembered, you never existed. <3
Apr 10, 2011 5:41 AM

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Meronpan_Chan said:
I think I'm gonna like this :)

reminded me a lot of Lucky Star

QysteiN said:

Tooru is mine <3


I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Sorry. All mine :D


oh wow everybody back off :D
tooru is my waifu she belongs to me~
Apr 10, 2011 7:40 AM

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That was.. bad. Just really, really bad.
Apr 10, 2011 9:09 AM

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Everytime I look at Tooru, I think of Nagato Yuki even though their personalities are entirely different. It must be that hairstyle and cardigan.

Anyway cute anime. Not very entertaining though.
Apr 10, 2011 10:40 AM

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Sort of like K-on, just without the music...
Apr 10, 2011 12:26 PM

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darkerealm said:
Everytime I look at Tooru, I think of Nagato Yuki even though their personalities are entirely different. It must be that hairstyle and cardigan.

Anyway cute anime. Not very entertaining though.


^ I thought of Yuki as well. There must be some uncertain connection. And it's true; Cute, but not that entertaining..
Apr 10, 2011 3:06 PM

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I don't know if I enjoyed this or not. Tooru kinda ticked me off in the whole episode. The other characters seem okay, but I like Yuuko more.



Apr 10, 2011 3:21 PM

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This SOOO reminds me of K-ON, except for the music. Pretty cute characters, will continue watching.
Apr 10, 2011 3:56 PM

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The music sounded a lot like "Lucky Star" to me - Checking the staff on ANN, I just figured out why.

The episode itself had - to me - a slighty too flat ending. Personally it didn't quite catch me, but I'm interested on how and when they're trying to change that and develop it further.
Apr 10, 2011 6:53 PM

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Some pretty harsh reviews we got for this anime :/.
Apr 10, 2011 10:07 PM

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The music sounded a lot like "Lucky Star" to me - Checking the staff on ANN, I just figured out why.

The episode itself had - to me - a slighty too flat ending. Personally it didn't quite catch me, but I'm interested on how and when they're trying to change that and develop it further.


The music did indeed remind me of Lucky Star, and even the character design with the whole loli look for highschoolers. A good first episode, ending was kind of meh but it seems like it'll turn out to be a great slice of life series. Btw Tooru is so cute
Apr 11, 2011 5:17 AM

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i was hoping for more then this, but it is a slice of life. i just hope things get more interesting, if not i might have to drop this, which i really don't want to do.
Apr 11, 2011 10:25 AM

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xCooki3s said:
All in all, I loved the first episode and enjoyed every bit of it. As a side note, I felt this was totally different from the other Slice of Life show airing this season, Nichijou. While Nichijou seems to focus primarily on the gags and making its audience laugh, A-channel didn't seem to ONLY go for the humor. (Of course, this is only my impression based on the first episode. This is subject to change.)

The big difference between the two is that Nichijou goes straight for the comedy, but A-Channel tries to get some characterization in. Actually, I'm kind of wondering more about Nagi and Yuuko, since they have the least personality so far. I think this series will start to kick in once they get developed a bit.
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Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame!

Hah, I thought I would be the only one to notice that similarity. Assuming that we're thinking of the same Ame, of course.
Apr 11, 2011 3:02 PM

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I liked the first episode.... I have good hopes too....

I liked the fact that wasn't too boring like the first episode of Lucky Star (ten minutes discussing about how to cook onions) or Azumanga Daioh (a little static)
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Apr 11, 2011 3:16 PM
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I don't know what I was expecting from this exactly, but this somehow seemed off the mark. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it, though. Still, am I the only one who finds Tooru incredibly annoying and not at all cute?
Apr 11, 2011 7:22 PM

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It was interesting I'll give it that but Run is waaaay too simple minded and I don't like obsessive characters like Tooru but other then that it was pretty good.
Apr 11, 2011 7:43 PM

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I wasn't really planning on watching this (Not a huge fan of series like Lucky Star or other series that are a group of four girls) but figured I would give this a go since I had some free time.

I actually wound up liking it quite a bit. A lot more then I thought I would.

There were some really cute characters and I loved the interaction between them, my early favorite turning out to be Yuuko, she seems like a nice character and I do feel a bit bad for her, she wants to be Tooru's friend so bad XD It's like seeing a puppy that really likes someone who doesn't like dogs.
Apr 11, 2011 7:50 PM
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I didn't lime Run, I usually don't mind dense or airheads, but she was a little too much, aside from her I liked the other three, well yuuko isnin last
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Apr 12, 2011 4:41 AM

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Randomly stumbled upon this one while searching for new animes to watch this season, and boy was this a good find.

Tooru's obsession towards Run leads to most of the funny moments in this seres. Lol at the boob slaps due to jealousy and chasing away the boys who try to approach Run with a bat she keep with the cleaning equipment.
Apr 12, 2011 4:24 PM

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A K-ON! copy????? Really not very impressed.
Apr 12, 2011 5:57 PM
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Good art and voice work wasted on a mediocre plot and characters, much like the manga it was based on.

Not that I was expecting much more with that in mind.
Apr 12, 2011 6:53 PM

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First episode wasn't great but it wasn't bad either. . . .will give it a couple more episodes to see whether or not i'll drop it.
Apr 12, 2011 10:37 PM
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Cute characters, run and tooru especially.

But boring and slow first episode.
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