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| Friendly reminder Gojo and Marin still go to school and there are guys other than them in their school. Though it’s almost impossible to catch anyone’s name, much less actually remembering them, so do that at your own risk xD Real stuff aside, I don’t remember this cultural festival part at all. Though I mean they’d need something like this right? Two people who are still in school can’t just go and roam around taking interviews of guys who cosplay as girls or such stuff, every day, RIGHT? Btw, talking about guy cosplaying as a girl, of course, the school cultural festival would have a beauty pageant contest as well where girls need to dress as guys and vice versa. They need reasons for letting Marin cosplay, so whatever lol. Also fret not, only Gojo is going to make the dress. |
Softhenic03Jul 26, 8:29 AM
| The cultural festival season has arrived. Marin is chosen to represent her class in the Miss Contest. In this contest, male students dress as women, and female students dress as men. Upon hearing this, Marin decides to cosplay as Rei Kōgami, a popular character from The Student Council President is the No. 1 Host. She begins making the costume together with Gojo, but...!? |
| A new character introduction and this time it's for the school festival. The characters going all out again and they have the support of the class tho it seems Marin isn't trusted with getting stuff from the shop. For now tho it will be interesting to see how the school festival will turn out because i have a feeling that the outfit will be going a bit overboard in what's expected at a school festival. Gojou will be able to show the rest of the school what he is able to do tho which is nice. |
| That awkward moment when the parody anime within the anime is more interesting than the main show.. I NEED that crossdressing host series to be a real thing. Rei’s design is so pretty and that would actually be such a fun harem lol. Back in the real world, it’s school festival time and that means beauty pageant . I LOVE how their entire class sees Gojo and Marin as their Crown Jewels/power couple and rallies behind them to win, that’s so sweet. There was zero hesitation in who to pick when they found out what the festival entailed. Gojo casually saying he has Marin’s measurements memorized is so sweet. It’s like he knows every little intimate detail about her, that’s enough to make a girl pass out! The way the boys in class knew Gojo had a lot on his plate and wouldn’t complain about it so they volunteered to help out is so nice too. We love when guys are emotionally intelligent and can pick up on stuff like this! Great episode |
Marinate1016Jul 26, 10:50 AM
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| Good for Marin that Amane isn't at their school. If he entered the cross dressing beauty pageant he would surely smoke her since it's like his speciality xD |
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| MY GOD I LOVE THIS ARCH, cute cute cute cute I love you, Marin Gojo my loves |
| hello, just a brazilian boy who likes anime |
| Russian Roulette Takoyaki? I thin I will pass. "I wonder if it's popular." Not much in Texas, not even under alternate title: Ouran High School Host Club. Get Marin and industrial strength b-holder like the one Shinju used, and she will be fine. 'A woman, pretending to be a woman, pretending to be a man' Not quite the Victor, Victoria tagline. "Really?! I'm the same as usual." Nope, visible character growth in self image, confidence, and social skill, ongoing. Are we also going to get Gojo cross dressing? The bunny outfit I saw him wear in one of the OP or ED? And I am reminded of a question by Marin's contacts. Do the Japanese have a thing for red eyes? I see then all over anime. |
LordCrueltyVJul 26, 10:20 AM
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Another cute episode Really been looking forward to the school festival arc and can't wait to see the costume that Gojo and Marin make. |
| aw i love how excited he was after he realized that his classmates really care about his wellbeing |
| In all honesty, I skipped those 6 minutes of the cosplay contextualization. When you know the baseline shoujo harem, you know all. That was the only bad part of the episode. Marin suffering from success. Too nice bod. |
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| It's always fun to watch Gojo showcase the sheer depth of his appreciation for his outfits' source material whenever he goes over the blueprints for the costumes, especially when it's a title he never heard of before. Lmao at the class erupting at the choice to let Marin be in charge of shopping |
| I'm feeling a bit disappointed. Half of the episode was about something unrelated to the Marin anime — I mean, the in-show series they aired — and I’m honestly not interested in it at all, so I couldn’t fully enjoy the episode. But I did like that the episode focused on highlighting Gojo! It seems like he’s starting to make friends at school now, and I’m happy for him — all thanks to Marin, of course. As for Marin, she's still the most adorable part of every Saturday! But I’m honestly frustrated that the gender-swap theme keeps popping up in this anime. It's getting repetitive — enough already. Let’s just go back to the usual cosplay setups after this one. Anyway, see you all next week! |
| an anime within another anime Oda is a genius 🔥  |
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| Can't get over just how cute, fun, and strikingly well-animated every damn episode is. Easy personal fave this season and probably this entire year. The alt-style scenes depicting fictional, in-universe manga/anime/games are hilarious. It's also funny to me how they look better than most actual anime adaptations. As with the first season, I LOVE how understanding and accepting everyone is. They just get it. I wish more characters behaved this way, instead of assuming blatantly unrealistic bs for the transparent purpose of pushing drama. Top-tier stuff.  |
eksratuJul 26, 10:56 AM
| The reaction of everyone when Gojo said, "Oh, Marin went to buy the stuff." EVERYONE FREAKIN' LOSES IT! ARE YOU CRAZY, GOJO?! |
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| I'll admit I didn't feel too invested in Rei-sama's tragic shojo anime backstory, but I'm glad to see Gojo becoming more sociable in school. He seems happy that his classmates are relying on him, which is very heartwarming. |
| The anime is really committed to showing off its in-world shows in depth, not something unique or interesting per say but rate the commitment (even if visually, nothing special for the series). Will say, this at least was a little better to me than the previous couple, which I found to be more of a drag than anything. Kind of like Marin, her friends and his other classmates are pretty supportive of what Gojo does once they found out he's helped her with outfits before. Would probably be even more if they actually see what all he's actually done. At least he's finally not just hiding his presence in class and others are starting to notice him and be supportive. |
| Having Marin cosplay at her school is a very good idea imo, she'll get to show her classmates a part of her they don't know very well yet. The show who inspires her cosplay is pretty interesting to be honest: if it was an actual anime or drama, I'd give it a try. Ahah, Marin dropped so casually in front of their classmates that Gojo was doing all her costumes: this was his biggest fear and yet no one is making fun of him, they even encourage him to embrace his role as Marin's costume maker and (some of them at least) are aware that it is a lot of work. Gojo's confidence and self assurance keep growing little by little, and that's nice to see. Loved the Gojo/Marin moments when they're sitting at the top of the stairs, but also Gojo silly/happy face at the end of the episode because he gets to help Marin once again after all. Another very good episode. So far, I'm really enjoying this season a lot :) |
MeguSae38Jul 26, 11:09 AM
| Aw man, this duo is really wholesome fr. Even their friends were so supportive! It just made my kokoro feel so flowerful. Another banger eps! When yah? |
 me and who? |
| Ah, a culture fest episode. What the hell is Russian Roulette Takoyaki? Maybe it's better if I don't know. A school beauty pageant where the guy has to dress up like a girl and a girl has to dress up like a girl? That's, uh... novel. I think the author really likes crossdressers... That girl from the fake anime kinda looks like the girl from Fruits Basket and the concept seems like it's probably a parody of Ouran High School Host Club. Didn't watch either but maybe I should at some point. Making a cosplay outfit in a tighter deadline than when he made Shizuku-tan sounded like hell. But apparently leaving it all up to Marin would've been way worse lol. I really liked how Gojo's classmates were understanding and gave him the pass to work on the outfit. They're actually great people. It's interesting how Gojo feels weird when everyone gives him attention and Marin feels worried when she's alone. The ending was wholesome. |
0451Jul 26, 11:49 AM
| The rainbow rose kept changing color, which was a bit annoying but the rest of the ep was OK. And it's a really important one for Gojo's development as he can see that the whole class values him. The scene where Marin was thinking about Gojo knowing all her measurements was good too (OMG he even knows the distance between my nipples asdfasdwefds) |
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| Cloverworks using filler in inventive ways, i.e. the host/student council president anime. |
| "Genki is Life, Genki is Love" |
0451 said: I would guess a small portion of them are super spicy.What the hell is Russian Roulette Takoyaki? |
LordCrueltyVJul 26, 6:36 PM
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Hmm, this episode felt off... Felt like it did a complete 180 with how friendly and supportive everyone in class was, most importantly how they were thoughtful of Gojo's workload when the very first ep had classmates pushing their share of the class chores onto him and highlighting Gojo letting people walk all over him. The class was also suddenly full of 'pretty' people, rather than the 2-4 'pretty' people and everyone else generic as was the case in the first few episodes of S1. I figured the simple solution where Marin does Gojo's share of the boy's work while he does her work of making the outfit was the way it would be going. You know.. in theme with the cross-dressing of the pageant.. Marin does boys work, Gojo does girls work... |
| The cosplay part was interesting as always, but other than that, it was a pretty meh episode. The focus the series gives to the works Marin cosplay characters from is something I usually enjoy; they help solidify the cosplay feeling and work as a nice vibe change, but this time it was boring. And I really didn't care for all the cliché class stuff. |
| Leave it to every school based romance anime to have a cultural festival arc, I mean not that im complaining I just swear its in every anime. Honestly the whole interactions Gojo had with the rest of the class this episode was pretty wholesome. Just shows as a introvert speaking up can be scary but often times you'll find people are actually really nice and want to help you. Most of the time |
| I like how Gojo is finding out over and over that people really do not have an issue with his profession and skills. Not only no issues, but they support and respect him for his expertise. |
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| nice to see that dude doesn't have to hide anything anymore |
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| Rei sama anime is basically yuri winning over a reverse harem. I didn't really liked this school festival arc at all it was very boring imo. Let's see how they adapt. Here comes the love rival Murakami ;) I don't remember that glasses girl nor the white haired girl they are giving npcs this much attention, wow. Everytime Gojo freaks out worries while the friends always being the nicest is cute but done way too much. |
| Really liked how they just straight up put us into the world of that host story. Reminds me of another certain romance anime that takes place in a prestigious high school where the student council president gets all the buzz... |
"Like rowing a boat, we enter the future backwards. All we see are scenes of the past, and no one can control the views of tomorrow" - Wit Studio  |
| great episode i enjoyed the episode, the anime in the anime was well done lol |
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| Great ep Holy yap fest in Part A Once again, nice to see Gojo realize that he doesn't have to do everything alone, he "can" confide in others. Not Marin's own friends not trusting her with being alone with a hard task lol. Time to get active and complete this cosplay. This ep adapted ch 51-53, somewhat less than a chapter bc of the extended Rei vid. Really though it would be 54, but its fine. 9.5/10 |
 "Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves" - Naruto Uzumaki |
| Another iffy episode this week. I'm disappointed just how much we're focusing on crossdressing this season. This is also the second time we've dedicated almost 5 minutes of run time to a non-existent series. I don't mind it if it's around 2 minutes or so, but it almost feels like they're using it to pad out the episode because they want to stop at a specific point. For a series that always felt fresh in a number of aspects, the focus on the tired old classroom clichés just felt out of place. I hate to say it, but so far, this season just isn't up to par with what we got last season. |
| That felt way too short T-T |
| Another nice episode. We have the school festival arc. Classes are getting ranked on pageant and their own themed creation outlet. Also everyone now knows whos behind marins wonderful cosplays. good to see my boy getting more recognition. Enjoyed the little snipper of rei sama and the host club anime and tbh wouldnt mind reading something like that as a manga. Maybe it was a reference to ouran host club. Anyways Gojou not only got down the outfit but also understood rei samas character so well. Hes observation skills just keep growing every time. Proud of him. Marin was so happy knowing Gojo knows all her measurements and gushing about it silently. For once it was nice seeing marin take charge of the outfit preparations as well cause she didnt want to put gojou through the shizuku tan incident. Best part for me was the end where everyone in class were so supportive of gojo, they understood the amount of work and effort it goes behind making outifits. Especially the guys who were like all pushing him to go and take care of the pageant work & leaving the heavy duty work to them for the class festival work. Also the reaction the gave after realizing gojou gave all the prep work to marin was hillarious knowing how goofy she and cant trust her with such responsibility. lol  Also Rare Gojo happy face getting back to what he loves is precious.  Good to see store manager usami san back as well. Hes a such great help to gojo and marin & knows his stuff too. Cant wait to see marins cosplay and gojos work of art next |
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