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| The finale episode, and an anime-original epilogue at that. Kyouji gets jail time after the harrowing incident, though it's been awhile since his yakuza gang has seen him having quite a change in appearance. However, it's the group's annual karaoke concert that got postponed because their boss got sick, though he pays a visit to the group, which Kyouji tries to suck up to the boss to pursue the event as planned. Too bad, suck it up boys. The "concert", however, just gets hilariously worse with the "unique" taste that everyone chose...except Kyouji, of course. And...he's the ABSOLUTE worst of them all to be ranked the sucky-song king. Kyouji's punishment to be tattooed poop all over his body from his boss, it's karma from Satomi, if there's anything worth remembering him by for his boss to have a change of heart tattooing his teacher's name instead on his arm. And for the yakuza's right-hand man who thinks that his life isn't derailed enough, meeting Satomi, changed his life for the better. What a short, but great show. |
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| Favourite episode for sure! And it's an anime-original episode as well...! I loved the double meaning of Kyōji's monologue. Fundamentally, he is a person struggling to find a place where he feels like he can belong, and that's exactly what the double meaning implies. He knew he wouldn't be satisfied with a quite life. He experienced what was considered normal for someone like him, but he still wasn't satisfied, which led him to joining a yakuza. He knew he wouldn't be satisfied with a life in the yakuza. He experienced what was considered normal for someone like him, but he still wasn't satisfied, which led him to... something new. It's still only the beginning of his second change of lifestyle, but, wherever it leads him, he will forever remember that it was thanks to Satomi. Much like the first time was thanks to the Boss. And it seems like the Boss has realised Kyōji's situation, knowing him for so long. It's like he intentionally sent him to Tokyo, to give him a chance to figure out who he wants to be. I wouldn't even be surprised if he knew that Satomi was taking that flight and found the perfect opportunity to push him in the right direction. My opinion on the Boss has just changes completely. In other news... Loved the karaoke contest in this episode! Whoever the guy that tried to sing Usseewa was, something tells me he loves the Live version... I think either him or Shaved Head should have been King (but I will admit, Kyōji wasn't far behind...) Finally, I think the Boss has improved significantly in the last 3 years; at the Kanji look clean. 10/10 episode 7.59/10 anime Edit: It's also possible the Boss faked a cold to make Kyōji's release line up with the contest. (I could find a good place to add this comment...) Edit2: I know the manga is over, but I would love an anime-original second season! Edit3: Correction to Edit2: There is a sequel manga, Famiresu Iko., that is still publishing. It only has 17 chapters so far though, so I don't expect a sequel soon. I'd still love it if they made one eventually! (Just don't rush it, wait for as much material as you need.) |
gorkthe134thSep 25, 7:36 AM
| Really nice finale It was great seeing why Kyouji wasn't able to meet with Satomi for the last three years. This was a really fun show I would love to see it get more content. |
| I love that they gave us context for Kyouji's 3 year disappearance. I wanted Kyouji to say the boss he hated Satomi because he liked him but oh well, I think the boss knew he likes Satomi. Also, he gave him the chance to tattoo something he likes, not just random stuff like for the others. Also, I hugged myself when he saw Satomi and this beautiful angelic song started, omg. He saw an angel, that's for sure!! 🥹🥹 I'm sad this anime finished, but I'll keep reading Famiresu. I love these 2 way too much 😭😭. |
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| My guy needs to learn to sing, at first i didn't even recognice it's Ados song, because he was just screaming lmao. |
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| @ciel_sebastian live stream? you can watch on CR or AP. |
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The finale episode, and an anime-original epilogue at that.
Kyouji gets jail time after the harrowing incident, though it's been awhile since his yakuza gang has seen him having quite a change in appearance. However, it's the group's annual karaoke concert that got postponed because their boss got sick, though he pays a visit to the group, which Kyouji tries to suck up to the boss to pursue the event as planned. Too bad, suck it up boys. The "concert", however, just gets hilariously worse with the "unique" taste that everyone chose...except Kyouji, of course. And...he's the ABSOLUTE worst of them all to be ranked the sucky-song king.
Kyouji's punishment to be tattooed poop all over his body from his boss, it's karma from Satomi, if there's anything worth remembering him by for his boss to have a change of heart tattooing his teacher's name instead on his arm. And for the yakuza's right-hand man who thinks that his life isn't derailed enough, meeting Satomi, changed his life for the better.
What a short, but great show.
Kyouji gets jail time after the harrowing incident, though it's been awhile since his yakuza gang has seen him having quite a change in appearance. However, it's the group's annual karaoke concert that got postponed because their boss got sick, though he pays a visit to the group, which Kyouji tries to suck up to the boss to pursue the event as planned. Too bad, suck it up boys. The "concert", however, just gets hilariously worse with the "unique" taste that everyone chose...except Kyouji, of course. And...he's the ABSOLUTE worst of them all to be ranked the sucky-song king.
Kyouji's punishment to be tattooed poop all over his body from his boss, it's karma from Satomi, if there's anything worth remembering him by for his boss to have a change of heart tattooing his teacher's name instead on his arm. And for the yakuza's right-hand man who thinks that his life isn't derailed enough, meeting Satomi, changed his life for the better.
What a short, but great show.
| @KANLen09 final rating score 0/10 thank you very much 👏 |
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The finale episode, and an anime-original epilogue at that.
Kyouji gets jail time after the harrowing incident, though it's been awhile since his yakuza gang has seen him having quite a change in appearance. However, it's the group's annual karaoke concert that got postponed because their boss got sick, though he pays a visit to the group, which Kyouji tries to suck up to the boss to pursue the event as planned. Too bad, suck it up boys. The "concert", however, just gets hilariously worse with the "unique" taste that everyone chose...except Kyouji, of course. And...he's the ABSOLUTE worst of them all to be ranked the sucky-song king.
Kyouji's punishment to be tattooed poop all over his body from his boss, it's karma from Satomi, if there's anything worth remembering him by for his boss to have a change of heart tattooing his teacher's name instead on his arm. And for the yakuza's right-hand man who thinks that his life isn't derailed enough, meeting Satomi, changed his life for the better.
What a short, but great show.
Kyouji gets jail time after the harrowing incident, though it's been awhile since his yakuza gang has seen him having quite a change in appearance. However, it's the group's annual karaoke concert that got postponed because their boss got sick, though he pays a visit to the group, which Kyouji tries to suck up to the boss to pursue the event as planned. Too bad, suck it up boys. The "concert", however, just gets hilariously worse with the "unique" taste that everyone chose...except Kyouji, of course. And...he's the ABSOLUTE worst of them all to be ranked the sucky-song king.
Kyouji's punishment to be tattooed poop all over his body from his boss, it's karma from Satomi, if there's anything worth remembering him by for his boss to have a change of heart tattooing his teacher's name instead on his arm. And for the yakuza's right-hand man who thinks that his life isn't derailed enough, meeting Satomi, changed his life for the better.
What a short, but great show.
| @KANLen09 final rating score 0/10 thank you very much 👏 |
| I enjoyed the last episode so he went to prison... he came back the wrong day lol it was a very good show. I was just expecting something about karaoke and it was more than that. 8/10 |
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| I've got conflicting feelings about this episode and it's leaning towards not favorable. This episode filled in some gaps of knowledge that the manga and follow-up sequel hadn't given us before (at least to my recollection), primarily changing what I had assumed about three things: what Kyouji was doing during Satomi's remaining high school years, how he got the tattoo, and why he was at the airport that same day as Satomi. Does anyone know if Wayama Yama wrote this episode? Or is this all anime original content? EDIT: I did catch this in the anime background: "Episode 5 is an anime original addition that aired five weeks after episodes 1-4." I still wonder if Wayama Yama was involved at all, since this episode was weaker than what I usually expect from her writing. Wish I could read the Japanese for the ending credits... |
bucciestSep 25, 1:31 PM
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bucciest said: I've got conflicting feelings about this episode and it's leaning towards not favorable. This episode filled in some gaps of knowledge that the manga and follow-up sequel hadn't given us before (at least to my recollection), primarily changing what I had assumed about three things: what Kyouji was doing during Satomi's remaining high school years, how he got the tattoo, and why he was at the airport that same day as Satomi. Does anyone know if Wayama Yama wrote this episode? Or is this all anime original content? EDIT: I did catch this in the anime background: "Episode 5 is an anime original addition that aired five weeks after episodes 1-4." I still wonder if Wayama Yama was involved at all, since this episode was weaker than what I usually expect from her writing. Wish I could read the Japanese for the ending credits... Wayama-sensei did not write this episode, but according to some Japanese magazine interviews with the anime staff, it's based on/inspired by things she told them during production when they were quizzing her about the characters and background info etc and they apparently ran everything in the anime past her too, so nothing should be too far off base. The anime staff are also self-proclaimed huge fans of her work so they were very careful to protect her unique worldview. Wayama-sensei had also mentioned in an interview ages ago that she originally planned to include Kyouji being shown going to prison in the manga, but ran out of time when she was drawing it (the doujin version) then just left it as it. So most of the fandom have long accepted Kyouji Jail Arc as canon lmao |
| nice to know what happened to kouji after satomi sang that heartfelt rendition of CRIMSON during his final year of middle school. guess they're stuck with each other for life lol |
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| omg bro was really singing ussewa lol |
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| Does anyone know/have a (youtube link, probably) to the ending credit song? It's seriously beautiful, and that lone solo voice reminds me of Satomi. |
PinkRandoseru said: @anacrusis The anime new content directly contradicts the manga canon, though. Famiresu Iko reveals that Kyouji has been out of jail for at least two years and not three months like in the anime. Also, I have seen several Japanese fans mention that Wayama explained years ago at a fan event that Kyouji went to the airport because he knew Satomi would be there and he couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to see him that much. Secondary sources aren't always accurate, but this version makes more sense than the anime events. The anime original plot turns everything Kyouji said to Satomi at the airport into lies. Anime Kyouji didn't get the Satomi tattoo by tricking the boss; hell, he didn't even choose the tattoo himself. He never purposely avoided Satomi to protect his youth, as he was in jail all that time. Why would he lie, then? It makes no sense to me. I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I don't think people should take it as canon to the manga. Like someone said on Twitter, better to think of it as a high-budget doujinshi. Yeah I never gave my personal opinion on whether it should be considered canon or not, or if it contradicts the manga/what Wayama-Sensei has reportedly privately said to fans at signing events etc, was just answering that person's questions about how the episode reportedly came to be, as per interviews with the anime staff lmao But for what it's worth, I don't think the outline of events was *that* incongruent (the tattoo choice aside) with what Kyouji ended up saying. (Though I agree they definitely could have made it more in line with his explanation...) I do kinda like the theory that Kyouji himself didn't even realise his true feelings until he actually saw Satomi again in person and then bam, the floodgates opened. |
anacrusisSep 25, 10:21 PM
Jellyf said: Does anyone know/have a (youtube link, probably) to the ending credit song? It's seriously beautiful, and that lone solo voice reminds me of Satomi. You'll probably have to wait until they release the soundtrack next week (30th September) as it's an original choral arrangement recorded and sung for the anime I believe. |
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Jellyf said:
Does anyone know/have a (youtube link, probably) to the ending credit song? It's seriously beautiful, and that lone solo voice reminds me of Satomi.
Does anyone know/have a (youtube link, probably) to the ending credit song? It's seriously beautiful, and that lone solo voice reminds me of Satomi.
You'll probably have to wait until they release the soundtrack next week (30th September) as it's an original choral arrangement recorded and sung for the anime I believe.
| @anacrusis Well, that saves me going through random Japanese millennials' personal high school choir nostalgia playlists. Actually I'll probably still go through them, they're nice to listen to. Thanks for the info! |
| I was expecting some more of our boys together, but yeah, Famiresu Iko! exists so I guess they had to fill the gaps in Karaoke Iko! instead. Prison arc is a great excuse for Kyouji being away and I actually liked it. Expected a liiiittle more of the tattoo situation, but that's fine. Just got a little sad that the final scene was the same as the last episode. At least we saw Kyoji seeing Satomi and that angelic music playing. Didn't LOVE this episode or anything, but it was okay and I did love the others, so I'll keep my score as 9/10. Hahh, can we get more after Famiresu Iko? I already read it and I want more *sobs*. Guess I'll watch the Muchuu sa, kimi ni, which I skipped in favour of this last episode. Useewa was absolutely awful and made me smile. And Kurenai is forever on my playlist from now on |
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| Gotta be honest, it's a bit of a letdown after the long wait...if there hadn't have been the gap, it would have been fine. |
Jellyf said: @anacrusis Well, that saves me going through random Japanese millennials' personal high school choir nostalgia playlists. Actually I'll probably still go through them, they're nice to listen to. Thanks for the info! Ok I checked the credits and it's listed as 混声合唱をピアノのための「ガラスの小箱」 if you wanna look it up! Not sure how helpful that'll be though since the first part of it appears to just be a description since it literally means "mixed chorus for piano", but the part in brackets (which I assume is the actual name of the specific song/movement/verse?? idk anything about Japanese choral arrangements lmao) assumedly has original lyrics/music written for the anime since it's credited to the composer and I couldn't find anything else that matched it exactly, except for in the context of the anime lmao |
anacrusisSep 25, 10:45 PM
| The choir starting when Kyoji sees Satomi speaks a thousand words 😇 So sad this pure absolute sweetness is over, but so glad we got a bonus. Can't wait for Famiresu to be animated. Wayama's works are the most feel-good, well-written, BL-esque SoL stuff I've seen/read in a long while. |
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@anacrusis The anime new content directly contradicts the manga canon, though. Famiresu Iko reveals that Kyouji has been out of jail for at least two years and not three months like in the anime.
Also, I have seen several Japanese fans mention that Wayama explained years ago at a fan event that Kyouji went to the airport because he knew Satomi would be there and he couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to see him that much. Secondary sources aren't always accurate, but this version makes more sense than the anime events. The anime original plot turns everything Kyouji said to Satomi at the airport into lies. Anime Kyouji didn't get the Satomi tattoo by tricking the boss; hell, he didn't even choose the tattoo himself. He never purposely avoided Satomi to protect his youth, as he was in jail all that time. Why would he lie, then? It makes no sense to me.
I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I don't think people should take it as canon to the manga. Like someone said on Twitter, better to think of it as a high-budget doujinshi.
Also, I have seen several Japanese fans mention that Wayama explained years ago at a fan event that Kyouji went to the airport because he knew Satomi would be there and he couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to see him that much. Secondary sources aren't always accurate, but this version makes more sense than the anime events. The anime original plot turns everything Kyouji said to Satomi at the airport into lies. Anime Kyouji didn't get the Satomi tattoo by tricking the boss; hell, he didn't even choose the tattoo himself. He never purposely avoided Satomi to protect his youth, as he was in jail all that time. Why would he lie, then? It makes no sense to me.
I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I don't think people should take it as canon to the manga. Like someone said on Twitter, better to think of it as a high-budget doujinshi.
| @PinkRandoseru I realize I didn't expand on my initial reservations in my original post, but it feels unnecessary since you echo a lot of why I was unenthused about this episode. It feels like whoever was responsible for the writing had questions they felt were important to address, but the answers were not satisfactory and/or contradicted what other information had been given as you mentioned. They certainly tried and that comes across, but it didn't click the way it should've and has soured with me the more I sit with it. Also, it made Kyouji more passive and made some events very serendipitous. I can give some things a pass (the jailtime), but other details have me hoping that they won't be canon to the manga series. I've gotten the impression that Wayama Yama has a different direction in mind. |
bucciestSep 26, 3:13 PM
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@anacrusis The anime new content directly contradicts the manga canon, though. Famiresu Iko reveals that Kyouji has been out of jail for at least two years and not three months like in the anime.
Also, I have seen several Japanese fans mention that Wayama explained years ago at a fan event that Kyouji went to the airport because he knew Satomi would be there and he couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to see him that much. Secondary sources aren't always accurate, but this version makes more sense than the anime events. The anime original plot turns everything Kyouji said to Satomi at the airport into lies. Anime Kyouji didn't get the Satomi tattoo by tricking the boss; hell, he didn't even choose the tattoo himself. He never purposely avoided Satomi to protect his youth, as he was in jail all that time. Why would he lie, then? It makes no sense to me.
I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I don't think people should take it as canon to the manga. Like someone said on Twitter, better to think of it as a high-budget doujinshi.
Also, I have seen several Japanese fans mention that Wayama explained years ago at a fan event that Kyouji went to the airport because he knew Satomi would be there and he couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to see him that much. Secondary sources aren't always accurate, but this version makes more sense than the anime events. The anime original plot turns everything Kyouji said to Satomi at the airport into lies. Anime Kyouji didn't get the Satomi tattoo by tricking the boss; hell, he didn't even choose the tattoo himself. He never purposely avoided Satomi to protect his youth, as he was in jail all that time. Why would he lie, then? It makes no sense to me.
I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I don't think people should take it as canon to the manga. Like someone said on Twitter, better to think of it as a high-budget doujinshi.
| @PinkRandoseru Could you remind me which chapter mentions that Kyouji has been out of jail for at least two years? I don’t recall it at all. In my opinion, him lying does make sense, he wants to be seen as cool, eccentric, and charismatic in front of Satomi. If he told him that he had just gotten out of jail, I don’t think Satomi would feel comfortable. He’d probably be even more weirded out if the first thing Kyouji did after leaving jail was meet up with him, especially after Kyouji appeared spontaneously. I think Episode 5 represented well the version of Kyouji we see in Famiresu iko, a depressed, kind of "lame" uncle (in an endearing way lol). |
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| What a good surprise! I love this little anime and the songs choice was super cool (when I hear God Knows... of Haruhi Suzumiya I was so surprised and so happy) I expect that Kyuji and Satomi never get separated again! |
TomuKunSep 27, 4:55 PM
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What a good surprise! I love this little anime and the songs choice was super cool (when I hear God Knows... of Haruhi Suzumiya I was so surprised and so happy) I expect that Kyuji and Satomi never get separated again!
| @TomuKun The real generational divide in this anime is between the people going 'what have they done to usseewa' and those of us going 'omg haruhi' |
| Thank you so much for this beautiful finale. Worth the wait! ❤️ I'm actually hoping for another season but, oh well. |
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