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| Certainly the worst show with the best cast ever. And literally no Gaikokujin ever speaks like Chloe. Hana from Hanayamata and Karen from Kin'iro Mosaic are much better foreigners lol. Also the animation is awful, and they spent the first 5 minutes of the episode with nothing but 「おはようございます、＿＿＿＿さん！」 1/10 Dropped. I'd rather have audio dramas. Don't kid yourself, it's a glorified advertisement for the mobile game. |
| barely watchable~ cant stand how some girl speak~ Chloe is fine, but the others... uggh~ |
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| Cute characters but I was expecting there to be a male MC... and the story seems bland and tedious to watch, in my opinion. |
You can just be yourself. Do things your own way, one step at a time. You'll get there. Just be yourself, you'll be fine." ~Fruit Basket |
| Too much waifu candidates and story is going nowhere. Cannot comprehend. 3/5 Time to bury this in my list. |
rederoin said: All I'm saying that you're not using it correctly, the literal meaning of shoujo-ai is love for little girls. Yuri stands for girl love, which included all kinds of girl x girl love. You have the rigth to use it, but I have to rigth to point out its not the correct definition Yuri iincludes romantic love between 2 girls. You're confusing it with ecchi and hentai yuri series. http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=759295&show=0 okanagan said: Yes, that is correct. There is an excellent detailed discussion here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_%28genre%29 For a number of good reasons, the genre name "Shoujo-ai" is obsolete, and has been widely replaced by the word "Yuri". Serious fans of the genre have been predominantly calling it "Yuri" (and not "Shoujo-ai") in recent years. The former definition of the "Yuri" genre (which said that it implied that sexually- explicit (i.e. "Hentai") content is included) is no longer being widely-used among serious discussions of these stories. But it is certainly true that this old distinction is still frequently seen online, most notably in MAL's official list of genres. To keep the peace on MAL threads, I suggest that we should not criticize those people who wish to continue to use the term "Shoujo-ai", since it has such a long tradition among anime fans. But just alert them that "Yuri" is now the preferred term. In addition to that, the old term "Shoujo-ai" is strongly deprecated because it sounds identical to a Japanese phrase which means "pedophilia for little girls". Fair enough.. So Shoujo-Ai is something like the concept behind being a Loli-con.. ok then I'll try to use the correct term. |
| Chloe's manner of speech was... uncomfortable. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| It's nice and cute. From the 5.9 score I'd expect much of a worse anime, but it was a nice first episode overall. |
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| 3/5 Here's another pearl of Japanese animation that I could not miss this! XD What I remember at the end of the episode? Almost nothing, a very generic SOL call it, where girls and moe is "released" in every frame! X°°D Drawings not just ugly, even the animations are so painful, but in the end it says almost nothing in terms of history and involvement is like the flame of a match, damn low low! For now, my vote is 5/10! |
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| Such stellar casts of VAs yet at the same time nothing really happened in this episode. I expected something more bubbly like Kiniro Mosaic yet it's one of those mellow SoL. That French girl was the only real highlight on this opening episode, her broken Japanese was lovely. That being said I'm also glad to hear Satomi Sato on a leading role once again and she's using her adorable Wendy voice. |
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| oh MAN! look at those VA line-up! so many~ :3 |
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| Being a player of the game, I'm glad there's no male MC in the anime, the roster is way too huge (though not as huge as all the idols in Cinderella Girls) and a considerable amount of the game's characters are being left out. There's no way a harem or omnibus could work with all these girls, especially with only 12 episodes. Moe slice of life is the best option in this case and though I'm sad to see some are left out, quite a few characters I adore are in it! |
| Don't know what to say about this x.x Aside from Kokomi and Chloe, the other characters just seem to have that similar anime trait, I don't know how to put it nicely so I won't say it xD Awesome seiyuus though, probably that'll be the reason for me to keep watching. Well, gonna wait until episode 2, if it's pretty much the same, I think I'm gonna stop watching this. |
| Not sure what to say o.O It sure has a lot of cute girls, and boys don't have much of a presence. Well let's see how it will turn out. |
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| - artwork is pretty good, animations seem fluid - OP is okay, super young girly though- ditto for the ED - a lot of potential characters right at the start eh? - the VA's all seem a bit high pitched or "airy" imo - dat french blonde girl - all female cast is okay, been through a few similiar anime might watch for the easy eye-candy to chillax to. |
| Kinda surprised that this is the lowest rated anime this season (as of 10/16/14). |
| @Paul: . You say that right now this is the lowest-rated anime series? Astounding. Just now I have been looking all over, and I can't find any evidence that they are going to be selling Blu-rays or DVDs. Is that even possible? Have I overlooked something? Normally, a useful but crude gauge of the popularity of a series, at least among fans in Japan, are the pre-order numbers of the Blu-rays and DVDs. These are expressed in "Amazon Stalker points". If they aren't selling them, that means that I have no way to get a sense of whether or not this series is doing well. On the other hand, they are marketing tons and tons of merchandise. There is an incredible variety. Which girl would you like as your bride? Here you can purchase a set of twelve large acrylic cards showing twelve of them wearing a wedding dress: http://girlfriend-kari-anime.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1412939547-1e2c0b70259b97a5803ae166da69b4f8.jpg Which girl would you like as your maid? Here is a set of acrylic cards where they are wearing maid outfits (some with kitty-cat ears): http://girlfriend-kari-anime.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1412939545-fa65ddfe2a5b26106dd1a07a7b7ceec0.jpg There are keychains, cellphone straps, fridge magnets and large wall hangings. You can purchase them online at many places, including here: http://dengekiya.com/feature/RNgirlfriend/?aid=topix_RNgirlfriend By the way, the official Twitter account for the series tweeted just two hours ago that this week's episode will be aired on TV Tokyo at 1:55 am rather than the normal 1:35 am. There is no explanation of why. |
okanaganOct 17, 2014 3:46 AM
| Meh this ish to sweet for my liking. c'mon I almost died while watching K-On. There's no way I can survive a show with over 50 moe characters. |
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okanagan said: @Paul: . You say that right now this is the lowest-rated anime series? Astounding. Just now I have been looking all over, and I can't find any evidence that they are going to be selling Blu-rays or DVDs. Is that even possible? Have I overlooked something? Normally, a useful but crude gauge of the popularity of a series, at least among fans in Japan, are the pre-order numbers of the Blu-rays and DVDs. These are expressed in "Amazon Stalker points". If they aren't selling them, that means that I have no way to get a sense of whether or not this series is doing well. On the other hand, they are marketing tons and tons of merchandise. There is an incredible variety. Which girl would you like as your bride? Here you can purchase a set of twelve large acrylic cards showing twelve of them wearing a wedding dress: http://girlfriend-kari-anime.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1412939547-1e2c0b70259b97a5803ae166da69b4f8.jpg Which girl would you like as your maid? Here is a set of acrylic cards where they are wearing maid outfits (some with kitty-cat ears): http://girlfriend-kari-anime.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1412939545-fa65ddfe2a5b26106dd1a07a7b7ceec0.jpg There are keychains, cellphone straps, fridge magnets and large wall hangings. You can purchase them online at many places, including here: http://dengekiya.com/feature/RNgirlfriend/?aid=topix_RNgirlfriend By the way, the official Twitter account for the series tweeted just two hours ago that this week's episode will be aired on TV Tokyo at 1:55 am rather than the normal 1:35 am. There is no explanation of why. I see no BDs/DVDs either on Amazon Japan, something is amiss maybe it's a super late release like Haitai Nanafa. I want one of those acrylic cards but my issue with merchandise for this series is picking a girl, I'm still in a very indecisive phase right now. That and I also want a character CD to bundle with it. |
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| Seems kine boring to my liking but Lamoire and her French accent are so kawaii :) |
| Rederoin said: Only the first episode is up and the following shows are also not on amazon yet. -Shingeki no Bahamut -Kiseijuu -SHIROBAKO -Akatsuki no Yona -Garo -World trigger -Karen Senki Thank you! Before I start an anime series, I make a regular habit of checking out the official website. As far as I can recall, even before the series airs, they normally have a link for information about the Blu-rays/DVDs, even if the link leads to a mostly-blank page. But just now I checked the official website for SHIROBAKO and found out that they don't have a link for BD/DVD information either. My memory could be failing me. |
| On the official website for the series, there is a very short hint about what will happen in Episode 2: Also, just in case you missed the preview for Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlBEhIrK0N4 |
okanaganOct 18, 2014 3:32 PM
| Wow, that was boringly bad ( ﾟдﾟ) My expectations were already set at the lowest level but it was still worse than that Oh and I think my ears will never recover from that awful OP song... |
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HatenaZubon said: 1/10 Dropped. I'd rather have audio dramas. Don't kid yourself, it's a glorified advertisement for the mobile game. Well to each his/her own, but.....if this IS a "glorified advertisement" for a game, I'll take THIS SERIES over Shuffle AND Mashiroiro Symphony.........ANY DAY!!!! (Besides, MOST anime ARE "advertisements"...whether for manga or some other form of Japanese media) |
FifthAveSenseiOct 19, 2014 8:10 PM
| Too Much ANIME......Not enough LIFETIME!!!!!! |
| Not sure how to feel about this... It's a little strange. Just a bunch of cute girls interacting with eachother and doing cute things together. If they were all male it'd probably give this an 11/10 though, so I can see the appeal.. Oh well. Nothing wrong with some light hearted anime to lighten the blows off the heavier ones. EDIT: Gotta say Chloes' voice actor is doing a great job. She sounds like a legitimate foreigner (maybe a bit extreme) and it's definitely interesting to see how we sound compared to someone who has Japanese as their first language. |
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| It felt like a smaller budget more boring version of Kiniro Mosaic. hentai_proxy said: There's anime talk, and then there's anime talk. It's as if the director was sitting in front of the VAs screaming EMOTE! The forced mannerisms and tone patterns are a little too much here. Indeed. |
| This is terrible. Nothing Happens. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| Is this a yuri? I have counted like 10 girls or something during first ep. Still don't know what's main appeal of this one. Slice of life about friendship of MC with Lumiere-san and other girls together with her gymnastics challenges? I have to say I don't like their voices at first but I guess one get used to it over time. I wonder what japanese dialect was that, it wasn't kansai-ben and french either. But in the end the girls are cute I think that's the main selling point of this show. |
| Agree with some people here, barely anything happened here in this pilot episode, it's just an introduction, well, not even a full introduction, of about 10+ girls. -_- There are 3 blonds so far, and if I don't pay full attention I couldn't even differentiate one from another. Christ. That 2 blonds' (brunette?) accent (broken Jap) is mad annoying. Well one is from France so it's understandable, but it's still annoying. OP and ED both sucked. Who sang them. The only moment I liked I guess is when the French senpai lightly kissed the protagonist on the cheek, so yea, bring on the yuri babe. Probably not though, it's just an advertisement for the game where you can get these 2D girlfriends. >_> |
ToG25thBaamOct 28, 2014 12:08 AM
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| Honestly very surprised it's not a harem with some male lead. Though I'm not complaining at all! The main reason why I picked this up was because it had so much yuri subtext, and I can say so far I'm impressed. Excited to see more <3 |
| This was pretty sweet :p and lol Chloe's nipponese is damn funny :p |
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| this shit right here is why Japanese's suicide rate is so high imagine you're the dad and walked in your beta ass son watching this shit day in and day out years after years.. fuckthisgayfuckingearth.gif |
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| That was slow and sweet, two primary traits of Slice of Life. The pretty simple little framing story of Kokomi trying to return a photo Chloe dropped was alright for what it was trying to do: introduce as many of the girls as possible...and trust me, there's lots. I know I'll never remember them all. :D I thought Chloe's kinda unnatural Japanese was done nicely and I don't even speak Japanese! :D Not much else to say. |
| So it's a boy's and girls school but the girls are the focus. I already love Chloe's accent, it's adorable to hear. Her personality is quite serene but she's also the bold type. She gives Kokomi a kiss on the cheek, although I thought it was closer to her lips. She literally spent all day looking for Chloe. A better option would have been to leave the picture in Chloe's locker but there's no guarantee it has a lock. The show itself is relaxing. It's like a mix of Tamayura and Sakura Trick. The relaxing touch of Tamayura and the Yuri stuff from Sakura Trick. My only complaint thus far is the vast amount of characters. I could only recall Mutsuki the girl in the green colored uniform. |
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| This is cute girls doing cute things done right. Nice leotard. :D Wow. She actually has a normal father and not a stereotypical goofy anime father. |
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| So many kawaii girls.. The cuteness... I can't take it... it's too much!!!  |
| too many characters introduced at once, that doesn't contribute to the plot, also plot what plot? even if it's a slice of life it gotta have a plot. very boring, dialogues are sleep-inducing, can't even sit through the entire episode, dropped about 3 minutes till the end, horrible edit: also the french accent is appalling to listen to |
| Well this is both relaxing and boring at the same time, the french character is interesting though |
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| A relaxing and wholesome start. My brains can't handle this cuteness overload. Soo many cute girls! I'm not even trying to remember their names because there's just too many of them. Or is there ever "too" many of them? |
SerafosApr 21, 2024 3:57 AM
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| After Canvas 2, I'm really seeing the appeal of cute blonde French girls, and Chloe continues to deliver in that department. The rest of this anime seems passable, but definitely looking forward to seeing more of her. |
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| Well that was incredibly boring. I might be dropping this one here right off the bat lol |
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| Woooo.. I think I just seen the most many adaptation 😯😯😯 |
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