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| This is fantastic, great episode. It was both super fun and hilarious to watch Haiji just casually blackmail everyone with that smug look on his face. XD Everyone is terrified of him and I can totally understand that, boy is that man scary. XD Kakeru seems to be the only one with the power to put up a fight. xD Soundtrack is fantastic, Yuki Hayashi showing his skills again. The ED is the best I've heard this season. |
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| Yeah I'm definitely liking this show so far, Production I.G and Sports anime are just a great combo |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
CapriciousTrout said: What do you mean? What makes this anime "seem gay"? Just because it features basically exclusively male cast? I haven't really gotten a gay vibe from the characters yet. At least not the the extent of a Banana Fish or Yuri on Ice. Anybody who refuses to give this show a chance because 'it seems gay' is truely missing out. From all the shows I checked out this season this one might be my favourite along with GioGio. Absolutely loving most of the characters so far and comedy scenes. Good thing it's 2-cour, I might have a chance of remembering their names. |
Brandon2149 said: CapriciousTrout said: What do you mean? What makes this anime "seem gay"? Just because it features basically exclusively male cast? I haven't really gotten a gay vibe from the characters yet. At least not the the extent of a Banana Fish or Yuri on Ice. Anybody who refuses to give this show a chance because 'it seems gay' is truely missing out. From all the shows I checked out this season this one might be my favourite along with GioGio. Absolutely loving most of the characters so far and comedy scenes. Good thing it's 2-cour, I might have a chance of remembering their names. Sadly, a lot of people on the internet have a hard time discerning bromance from romance. |
| That persuasion was dead on hilarious. XD |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| Haiji worst best boy or best worst boy? Delightfully evil. I'm loving this so far. Maybe this pushing 50 blob should get out and start running again. :) |
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| Very nice OST, I prefer the OP rather than the END. Haiji has a strong motivation, the faces he made when threatening Masa and Akane are awesome! |
| yes i love haiji if he asked me to run i would do it hurry up and run guys!!!!! |
| Haiji was really cunning, and manipulative in this episode, I loved it. lol I mean, normally I would dislike him for pushing his dreams on others, but I can see why he's desperate, with this being his last chance, and stuff. And though they were got by surprise, it's not like they are really against it, at least the majority of them isn't. Now I just want to know more about why Kurahara is so against running now, what happened on his past; and how Haiji got that scar. |
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| I'm not sure what to say to Kakeru, he seems like a scum to me in targeting the weakness of the other dorm mates just to get want he wants...maybe there's an important good reason for all of this... 3/5. |
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| Real nice episode this one it will be good to see some character background and I'm sure we'll get some. Also the ED is sooooo good |
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Brandon2149 said: CapriciousTrout said: What do you mean? What makes this anime "seem gay"? Just because it features basically exclusively male cast? I haven't really gotten a gay vibe from the characters yet. At least not the the extent of a Banana Fish or Yuri on Ice. Anybody who refuses to give this show a chance because 'it seems gay' is truely missing out. From all the shows I checked out this season this one might be my favourite along with GioGio. Absolutely loving most of the characters so far and comedy scenes. Good thing it's 2-cour, I might have a chance of remembering their names. While I enjoyed the first two episodes this Anime is pretty much fujoshi-bait/fanservice. They showed us basically naked cute guys 6 (?) times in two episodes, always conveniently in a bath setting and the character designs of the two main characters are: a carbon copy of Kageyama and someone who is probably Oikawa (?) inspired. So this might also be a serious sports anime but let's not kid ourselves why someone would think this is "gay". What I am surprised about is that some people negatively called out Haiji for his manipulation. It's clearly played for laughs and none of what he does seems meanspirited or out of line. |
BVerfG said: the character designs of the two main characters are: a carbon copy of Kageyama and someone who is probably Oikawa (?) inspired. Not sure if this is relevant, they look more or less like standard realistic-leaning anime guys to me. Fair episode. Solid. |
| Really liking this anime so far. Haiji trying to bribe and blackmail everyone to run with him was pretty funny. Seems Kakeru has a good reason for not wanting to run with others. Somehow I'm kinda salty that only one episode airs a week as I'm curious to see how it progresses. |
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| This is my second anime that I'm very invested in after the Slime anime. Haiji is one cool character and a bit manipulative, I kinda like him and the rest of the gang. I see in the preview they are going to start training. I'm very sure this will prove to be better than last season's free! All the characters are interesting and the plot is developing great, the plot also seems to have substance. I see it going down as one of the best anime of the season. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| Haiji is kind of a magnificent bastard. Gotta love him. 2 episodes in. Still a very strong show. |
| I thought about the joke of Masa being fast because of his skin color but it took me off guard that they actually said it xD That aside, I like his character, he seems to be too nice of a guy. Also, his reactions are pretty funny. Good episode, very funny and it helped to know the cast better. Some of the interactions between them were nice to see as well. And also it seems the next episode, the training will begin... yeah, surely the next ep. will be as funny as this one was. And as an aside note, I really wonder, will Haiji really be able to run for a long period of time despite the injury he has? I mean, his knee has some scars from stitches so I assume his injury was really serious. I'm kind of curious about that, to be honest. P.S.: The ED song is great, btw. |
| I really like That although it is a sports anime It focuses a lot in the characters, like, 2 episodes has passed and there's still no running. The characters are really likeable and interesting too. I'm really liking this series |
| This is how large cast shows should be, it's only been two episodes and every character is unique and not hard to tell apart at all, not many shows pull that off. I'm already seeing this as being the best written show of the season and can't wait for more. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| So far, I like this show quite a bit. My only worry is that it'll devolve into the typical try-hard sports anime formula. Fingers crossed that won't happen. Honestly, I'd like the show even more if they cut out the running. |
| 2 episode and i already know this anime is a real deal. the progresion and development is so enjoy, not boring, not cringe, no bl |
 MAL score and most user-based rating system are all joke, Imagine trusting plebs and hivemind. Find users who have good sense and rating and use them as a reference. Check my guide to rate Your taste is trash. Cope, seethe, mald |
| Enjoying the pacing so far. It's just a nice anime to watch and relax. The comedy was good. I really love characters. Each of them is different and they seem realistic The best anime of this season for me so far |
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| Cute show so far.. |
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| damn the dude is relentless he's basically blackmailing them |
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| I'm impressed they've drawn some semblance of nipples on these dudes, you don't see that very often. F R E E T H E N I P P L E |
| Two episodes and I'm hyping already hahaha |
| I feel bad that it doesn't get much attention when other shitty shows get it. Haiji is so far the best character. |
| LOL poor Musa, "It's wrong to think someone can run fast just because they're black!" That's gonna suck, he has to maintain his grades because he's being supported by the government, he seems to be the smartest one anyway so I'm not worried but he also has to work at the croquette shop while participating in Haiji's marathon club. Haiji is high key creeping on everyone. I can't imagine Akane running. He looks like a boy version of Haruko Haruhara from FLCL. He's so skinny plus he spends most of his time doing non-strenuous activities such as reading manga and books. Even in the OP song he was left behind. In the preview, he's flat and dead. Both Haiji and Kakeru are hard-headed so they both passed out in the hot bath. That old man is a beast though, he spends every night in that hot bath. |
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| He is a Devil!!!! kekeke |
| Haiji you sly bastard :') |
| An admin's dickhead Soul banned me from MAL t('v't) |
| Really nice to watch this episode, not because it was original, after all the narrative has followed a predictable track with regard to the plot, but the merit is of the characters and Haji, excellent drawings and OST. |
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| Um... just what percentage of the show are these guys going to be naked? I get the creators are female and are sort of angling for that audience but man, a lot of naked dudes. |
| *Mourning the disappointment of The Promised Neverland season 2.* |
| This is getting really interesting. I feel bad for the Prince he looks so traumatized that he sees Haiji as ogre lmao. I wonder what Kakeru went through during college. Haiji so cheeky using their weaknesses lmao |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| Haiji can't be refused. |
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| Haiji <333333 Run with him already, baka Kakeru >.> Typical "something happened in my past that I can't do what I love now even though it keeps eating away at me" type of backstory hahahah ;P he'll cave soon enough ^.^ Poor manga boi lmao. He's gonna need a lot of werk done on his scrawny self xD they should prolly have him run first if all 10 members gotta run :3 |
| The manga nerd is funny! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| It's becoming better and better! =) |
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| Once again prefacing this with the fact that this is my fourth rewatch so I will be focusing on details. This is a buildup episode and we see Haiji's strategy to get the whole group to join the ekiden team through a series of humorous scenes. We are also given more insight into each character's personality and interests; in particular Kakeru's past. I really like how they differentiated past and present through the use of color by having his past be monochrome and faded colors except for the focus of his past trauma. Paired with this is ominous music. I also liked the Haiji is an oni joke, which is a repeating gag we see at the onsen scene and also when he gives Ouji the cardboard boxes which has a picture of an oni on it. I also particularly liked the line Nico-senpai said, about it being a change of pace (kibun ten kan). When I first watched kazetsuyo, this line stuck with me and I also wanted a change of pace. I think Nico-senpai was the first one to really want to join Haiji in running for the ekiden because of his past in track and field. We see that he is attempting to quit smoking by how Yuki couldn't smell the smoke. We also see he tried to see if he could still run like he used to by Yuki finding his sneakers in the shoe locker and when he ran into Kakeru at the park. I think a part of him longs to be who he was in the past, but he is afraid to meet it head on right now as he has not told Haiji he's interested in joining. But by the fact that Haiji has not talked to him out of everyone, perhaps Haiji knew he would be the easiest to sway out of the group. I would also like to note the details in the ED animation for the song "Reset". I love how it showed the passing of a year through the use of seasonal flowers (which hold value and is a part of the culture as Japan has four distinct seasons). In the beginning, we see Nira the dog with budded morning glories in the rain and it cuts to Haiji running and we see hydrangeas, so we can assume this is around June. Then we see yellow flowers which I am not too sure about but they might be canola flowers. Then we see Haiji running across the bridge past cosmos flowers, which bloom late August to early October. Then it cuts to him walking along the frozen riverbank in the winter while snow is everywhere. Finally, we see him running toward the sunrise. We realize it is summer again as he arrives at Aotake and the morning glories are in full bloom and there is hint of past rain with the rain puddles on the ground. (Note: morning glories bloom in summer). Till next time! |
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