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Jul 8, 11:40 PM

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That ending was like the most bewildering genre switch since Hajime Kindaichi tried to mix Vanilla latte with wasabi. One moment it's all cozy cute girls playing sports and fingerless gloves, and the next—bam! Welcome to Edo-era carnage with a side of samurai seppuku head flying
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I've been playing bowling for years. Though at an amateur level, I even used to play serious tournaments annually, before covid-19.

When Turkey! was announced, I was so glad that we finally would have a bowling spokon, which I was wishing for for years. And, the cherry on top of the cake, with CGDCT.

I don't have enough words to describe my disappointment about what this anime turned out to be at the end. I feel scammed. I feel betrayed.
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Jul 9, 2:17 AM
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It's sad to see this get bombarded with low ratings right off the rip just because of the twist at the end of episode 1. Sheesh! Let them cook. >:(
Jul 9, 2:39 AM
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The music composed by Yuki Hayashi is as great as usual.

I'm not gonna join a debate on whether a surprise element is appropriate or not. I'd rather use my time to watch even more anime instead.
Jul 9, 3:04 AM
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I went into this absolutely blind and ended up skipped the last part where they had their fight and inter club bowling match because I honestly started to kind of hate everyone by the end of the episode, so seeing that they get sucked into some random world was something to behold when I went from skimming through a boring part to seeing the whole bowling lane fly through time and space while they all did a human centipede-esque hug to the new world. I hope its still somehow about bowling because why not, lets get weird.
Jul 9, 3:49 AM
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Bait and switch isekai (sorry tImE-sLiP, like it makes a difference) garbage.

I just wanted CGDCBowlingT, it was nice to see the whole cast together at the start for once in this sort of series
Jul 9, 4:03 AM

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This episode was nice even without the ending. The drama at the start put it above the fluff CGDCT we get every season 😂 For the people saying they've been betrayed, there will always be CGDCT every season, it's not that deep.
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I am a great fan of spokon anime, but I usually reject girls spokon stories because I cannot bear the kawaii attitude of the whole cast, very common in those ones. So that's why I wasn't suppose to give Turkey a chance... But I had second thoughts, so finally I watched the first episode. Ok, that girls don't seem too kawaii-coded, but... Oh, wow, what was that end???
I'm going to keep watching... I guess. I'm just curious of what it's all of this about. Let's see.
Jul 9, 5:40 AM

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This episode was nice even without the ending. The drama at the start put it above the fluff CGDCT we get every season 😂 For the people saying they've been betrayed, there will always be CGDCT every season, it's not that deep.
@Cestlavie_ It's not about it just being CGDCT, people added it to their list because it advertised itself as an anime about bowling. People have every right to be annoyed about the creators being deceptive. I'm still going to watch because I want to see how they're going to mix the warring states period with bowling of all things but I'm also very annoyed about being Zenshuu'd again.
Jul 9, 5:58 AM

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This is the third time since starting to watch anime in 2016 that I've strongly felt a particular anime had a disgustingly deceptive and flat out dishonest marketing campaign behind it, rooted in full and complete deliberate deception, in a way utterly insulting to and disrespectful of their audience. To the point of inducing pure incredulity.

First Higurashi Gou in 2020, then Zenshuu earlier this very year, and now this.

I sincerely hope that it isn't a trend others look to for inspiration, which catches on like wildfire and that we get an accelerated rate of production of these, essentially, mass organized lying campaigns.

WatchTillTandava said:
I sincerely hope that it isn't a trend others look to for inspiration, which catches on like wildfire and that we get an accelerated rate of production of these, essentially, mass organized lying campaigns.

@WatchTillTandava
I feel you. At first, I was happy that the show I wanted finally appeared, but it was all supernatural nonsense...?

I expect a CGDCT and quality bowling show because I love bowling. But what the hell is this?

If anything, this show just reminds me of Mono the bait and switch troll show(+shameless self insert).
Jul 9, 6:21 AM

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kotadotzip said:
Personally, I like it when a surprise is allowed to be a surprise. I can't imagine being so weirdly hurt by a creative decision. "Lying campaigns" lmfao, Christ, is it that serious bro??


You're entitled to feel that way. I feel quite differently on the subject, as I already expressed. A "lying campaign", as in a marketing campaign with a dishonest approach, is precisely what it was. No more, no less.

As for your question of whether it is that serious or not, it depends on what you mean. It's not serious enough to launch a street protest, start a war, enter into crying fits and a years-long clinical depression, or commit suicide over. Is it serious enough to dislike and disagree with the decision and a write a comment on an internet forum to that effect, expressing such a view, which took me all of a minute or two to write and in the exact venue and place for such comments and discussion? Yes, I'd surely say so.

Now, how "serious" that is is impossible to quantify, but it's no doubt up to each individual person how to feel about it and to what extent, like anything else.
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Oh, hey! Another all-female cast show that I can enjoy as a CGDCT shpw airing this season. So that's 4 shows now this season that I can enjoy as a CGDCT show. Nice.
Jul 9, 9:12 AM

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WHAT ARE THEY COOKING
Jul 9, 9:29 AM
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Ah yes, the old "poster and title bait" to think you're watching a CGDCT but in reality it's another isekai.
Jul 9, 9:33 AM

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TALK ABOUT A BAIT N SWITCH WTF!!!????? THAT WAS GOOD!!! Bowling and now we are TIME TRAVELIN!!! Best girl is Mai, easily.
Jul 9, 9:34 AM

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All-female sports anime are usually way too underrated, if you don't count Girls und Panzer, Keijo!!!!!!!, Uma Musume, etc.

So, this time the girls are up for some bowling. Quite a unique case, like Iwa-Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls, Kandagawa Jet Girls, and Puraore! Pride of Orange (ice hockey) for example.

Entertaining and also a very surprising start. I expected this to be more like an ordinary sports anime. I definitely didn't expect a time travel story.

@Serafos DOES THIS SERIES GET THE TOMATO SEAL OF APPROVAL SO FAR?!?! ;O will this top momentary lily?!
Jul 9, 9:41 AM
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@Serafos DOES THIS SERIES GET THE TOMATO SEAL OF APPROVAL SO FAR?!?! ;O will this top momentary lily?!
@bboy_OatsnRice Tomato has officially approved this show.

Jul 9, 9:55 AM

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@bboy_OatsnRice Tomato has officially approved this show.

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YATTA, I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAYYYYY!! 💪😭🔥Enjoy the series!!! ;D

Jul 9, 10:14 AM
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Was looking forward to a bowling anime and then we got THIS!!!

Then again, didn't like any of the characters (all whiny or bitchy and annoying), so it might be interesting to see them in a different world. Will give it a couple more episodes to decide. Might turn out to be something cool.
Jul 9, 10:24 AM

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Empanadanime said:
False advertising, deceptive advertising and marketing, complete lie. These creators thought they were clever, but no. I am sorry but stop. You do weeks of promo for this anime about bowling, and then you completely change everything this was being promoted to by the end? I subbed to CR mainly because I was excited for this show. After I finished, I don't think I have ever been this mad at a piece of media like this. 90% of this episode was great, but doesn't matter, because Turkey! isn't about anything. And I fear more of this show will more than likely be the same. I won't spoil the details but honestly, save yourself from this if you were hyped. Please.


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I've been playing bowling for years. Though at an amateur level, I even used to play serious tournaments annually, before covid-19.

When Turkey! was announced, I was so glad that we finally would have a bowling spokon, which I was wishing for for years. And, the cherry on top of the cake, with CGDCT.

I don't have enough words to describe my disappointment about what this anime turned out to be at the end. I feel scammed. I feel betrayed.

I was also looking forward to watching this anime, since it was going to be about bowling but since I saw a forum on here yesterday mentioning the time travel part I just lost interest in wanting to watch the anime. I also did watch the second trailer first and the first trailer second on YouTube yesterday as well to see how vastly different the anime turned out to be.
Jul 9, 10:32 AM
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🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 turkey mentioned
Jul 9, 12:01 PM

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The weird ending didn't bother me so much as all the girls, save Mai, sucked. They were all the CGDCT tropes, just done very poorly.
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Jul 9, 2:57 PM
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I really liked the 1st episode a good start
Jul 9, 4:42 PM
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I'm giving it half of the next episode to convince me I shouldn't drop this.
I came here for a girls sports anime, and came out with whatever the hell was that?
Nah bruh.
Jul 9, 6:48 PM
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I can tell this is going to be a brand new sensation!
Jul 9, 6:55 PM
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I got spoiled by the updated tags (and description). The characters feel copy-pasted from elsewhere but it could be interesting. Based on first impressions, blonde girl can eat shit though.
Jul 9, 8:53 PM

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I thought that this is going to be a normal sports anime. Seems like it blended with time travel magical thing...
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Jul 9, 10:20 PM
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"Nobody expects to be time travelled to the Sengoku era!"
But what has this got to do with the love-hate relationship between Reina and Mai?
Jul 10, 2:58 AM
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Bu güzel animenin puanını düşürdüğünüz için sizleri tebrik ederim APTALR.
fragmanında bile Türkiye'yeyle ile ilgili olmaı bariz ortadaydı o zaman neden Türkiye'yle alakalı olmadığını bildiğiniz halde neden bu animenin puanını düşürüyorsunuz. (Gerçekten bizim topluluğumuzda böyle insanların olması beni üzüyor.)
Jul 10, 6:21 AM

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Based on first impressions, blonde girl can eat shit though.


Why? She is the sexiest one. Just because she is vapid? Every group needs one of those.
Jul 10, 7:31 AM
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WatchTillTandava said:
CottonModem said:
Based on first impressions, blonde girl can eat shit though.


Why? She is the sexiest one. Just because she is vapid? Every group needs one of those.

Vanity and vain character motivations annoy me. I get the feeling she's going to be grating, but we'll see.
Jul 10, 8:25 AM
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LOL people are actually mad that this anime is not about bowling ,anime can't not be this serious the CGDCT bros got tricked.
Jul 10, 12:36 PM
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Good golly that was something, even more after watching the 2nd (Or final) trailer.

Looks like this will be about life and death game in the end HOWEVER, the first scene is 100% the present time and this is just the flashback, at the very least I THINK we could expect they return back, though everyone survives or not, that's up to us to find out.

But too bad I actually want to watch some tournament slop, I would expect an actual sports anime like Ippon Michi but instead I got Birdie Wing with far, far bigger shock factor.
Jul 10, 1:10 PM
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It's very risky for the producer to promote this anime as a bowling anime to enjoy and relax and then change it and turn it into "berserk bowling" and I say this because of the second trailer where decapitations have been seen, a lot of blood, making it clear that this is not a chill anime. I'm not going to give it a rating for now and I'll wait at least three episodes, but I admit that I feel disappointed because I wanted to see a chill bowling anime, if I want to see blood there are dozens of anime to watch in each season
Jul 11, 2:44 AM

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Nico, it's time to bowl! Pretty original for sure, I see a lot of potential in this one so I expect to not be disappointed at the end!
Jul 11, 4:39 PM
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I thought it would be the usual familiar, niche sports anime, but there's a weird trick at the end of the first episode.Looking at the key visual, there is a possibility that it is not a sports anime to begin with.It is said to be an original work by Tatsunoko Productions and Pony Canyon, but I have a bad feeling about it.

いつものおなじみの、ニッチなスポーツアニメかと思ったけど、1話の最後に変な仕掛けが。キービジュアルを見ると、そもそもスポーツアニメではない可能性もある。タツノコプロとポニーキャニオンのオリジナル作品とのことだが、嫌な予感がする。
Jul 12, 6:03 AM
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Really interesting anf funny twist at the end. I was not expecting that hahahaha
Jul 12, 1:43 PM

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So they play bowling only in the 1st episode... wtf!? AHAHAHAH XD
Jul 12, 7:40 PM
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I was loving the sports serious drama but that time travel you turn was so unexpected. Will follow for more drama not some slapstick antics.
Jul 12, 11:21 PM
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I like it so far, but the pacing was a bit slow, but great cliffhanger!! 8/10 so far!!
Jul 15, 6:51 AM

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Bruh what the actual f- ?! O_o

I went into this expecting a sports anime about bowling, you know, with a tournament arc and all.

Why tf did it have to turn into an isekai of all things???? 😭😭😭😭 We got enough of those, give me my bowling anime baaaaaaack!!! 😭😭😭😭
Jul 15, 11:39 AM

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The name of the school is "Ikkokukan High School". The last names of the main characters are Otonashi, Nikaidou, Mitaka, Ichinose, and Godai. Yeah, even before the time travel twist it was blatantly obvious this was another Rumiko Takahashi tribute anime kinda like Astro Note from a while back. But whereas Astro Note was a more direct tribute to Maison Ikkoku and maybe also Urusei Yatsura, this one uses names from Maison Ikkoku but pits the characters in the Sengoku period like Inuyasha. That's pretty crazy. It's shocking that no one has mentioned it yet.

I was interested in Turkey when I first heard of it. But with so many other shows to watch this season, I wasn't sure if I was gonna watch it. Then came the news of the twist reveal and I knew I had to check it out. I kinda wish I wasn't spoiled about the twist. But without knowing about it, I probably wouldn't have given this show a chance.

Another interesting fact, other than the names of the main characters, is that many of the supporting characters are voiced by veteran Rumiko Takahashi VAs! Seriously. Shampoo's VA Sakuma Rei voices Natsume, Kasumi's VA Kikuko Inoue voices Suguri, and Akane's VA Hidaka Noriko voices Sumomo! The other VAs are also veterans who voiced many iconic characters. I bet there will be more.

This, alongside the recent announcement of Mao getting an anime, makes it truly feel like we're in a Rumic Renaissance. The first episode was pretty good. The production value was higher than expected. If this show has action then it might actually be good. But I honestly kinda would've preferred it if this were just a bowling anime. Idk if the rest of the series is going to be any good. Astro Note was a cool Maison Ikkoku tribute but I feel like it would've been better without the alien nonsense. I hope the Sengoku period setting isn't just for show. Anyway, it got me hooked enough to make me keep watching. I wish there were more "normal" anime that took inspiration from Maison Ikkoku. Sure, there are some that share a similar setting. But none quite feel the same as Takahashi's magnum opus.

Also, I just found out this anime was announced 3 years ago in late 2022. That's fucking crazy. I wonder if they planned this twist from the beginning.
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This is why you shouldn't judge an anime by its cover, I thought it would be an action anime because the cover was full of fire and someone riding a horse, but it turned out to be a bowling anime lol it's really far from the cover. That's what I thought when I watched the first part, until entering the second part I felt like I got a supernatural vibe. Maybe because the depiction was made cloudy. And sure enough, at the end they experienced a supernatural phenomenon and were sent to ancient Japan. I don't know if this is isekai or just time travel, but basically this is an opening in a very unique way lol because I never thought about this.

3/5
Jul 19, 11:58 PM
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I think this show ruined all potential it had. The first episode was very strong and the animation was great. I was already spoiled on the plot twist by doing research on the show. I think a bowling anime could have been a FANTASTIC idea. They had a good setup for the rest of the season. After the plot twist, I've dropped it. I didn't even watch episode 2. I can't really think of a logical reason to do a plot twist like this.
Jul 20, 9:23 PM
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Very normal ending
Jul 23, 12:15 AM

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As a fan of CGDCT, especially when it comes to sports, I was eager to watch Turkey, and it looked to be an emotional roller coaster....then came the time slip thing which pissed me off royally. I dropped the show after that because it felt like a bait and switch, and I have zero patience for that sort of thing!


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Aug 10, 3:18 PM
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For one, why did literally EVERYONE think this was a CGDCT in the first place, even disregarding the twist, the first trailer made it really clear it was going to be a drama.

Also two, the bait is SO drastic that I couldn't help it but laugh.
It's definitely piqued my interest but at the same time, two things.
1) I was really looking forward to how they're dramatizing bowling of all things. It's slightly (actually very) different than what I imagined.
2) Bait and switch like this is cool and all but there's a way to do this and not completely confusing the target audience. A simple foreshadowing works wonders (cases on point: Madoka Magica and
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Aug 13, 4:42 PM

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As usual with a lot of these anime that focus on a sport with cute girls, there's way too much talking about girly stuff. They spend more time talking than bowling. I only came here for the twist
The TWIST!!!
Sep 3, 5:21 AM

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I don't mind if it's isekai. The drama right at the beginning leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
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