Handa-kun
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| WELL THAT WAS AN INTERESTING START. Right off the bat, this anime got me laughing. I knew I was going to enjoy this, but I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did. Though, it did also seem strange, and now in a good way, like something felt off. Took nearly half the episode for Handa to actually show up, and then he manage to misunderstand EVERYTHING EVER. HOW CAN ONE PERSON MESS UP SO MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. Anyway, a great first episode, and I love the outro. |
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| The breaking the 4th wall at the beginning made me laugh. OP theme is great and the ending theme is pretty catchy. |
| The beginning was just a waste of time. The rest of it was ok, I wasn't really impressed. |
| Decided to give it a try cause was reading manga and it was quite good. But the first couple minutes (mb even 1st minute only) made me stop watching the episode and want to drop it immediatly. Skimmed through the episode to give it at least last chance but wasn't impressed at all. Still holding on Barakamon (and feel like i'm missing a lot as so many people like it), but considering about whether watching or reading (i guess maybe it will be both in the end (one day)). |
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| I need to go and re-watch Barakamon to get this garbage out of my head. |
| The beginning was a bit too long, but i loved the show when it started, gave me the Gintama vibe just in a school setting |
 Oshii is probably the only director that loves dogs. He thinks he's a dog himself. That's right, its slime! It will dissolve your clothing slowly before my eyes! |
| It's Okay....... Hoping get more better next episode Loved OP song |
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| The great Seishuu Handa-sama from Barakamon returns ＼| ￣ヘ￣|／ LOL the Handa Force made an anime about him. Love how they broke the 4th wall and the Handa Wall. Overall this was a very funny first episode, and Handa-kun was so clueless but in a good way not like your typical dense MC. I cracked several times at the love letter part, can't wait for next episode. Truly this is one of the gem for this season （b^ｰﾟ) |
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| They wasted first half with anime original content. It was so lame.. The second half was good though, hopefully they don't break 4th walls again (It wasn't funny). God I miss Naru |
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| First 9 minutes were so bad i fall asleep twice...Rest of the episode was quite good tho...Sakamoto of the season... |
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| I'm kinda disappointed that Ono Daisuke isn't voicing Handa... and Suwabe isn't voicing his character either... not really a fan of the first half. It was too self aware and none of the characters stood out except for Kakki's (the pretty boy) Yeah huh. Guess I cant treat this as a spinoff as it was completely different. Its nice by itself but nowhere near good as Barakamon. On the bright side, Suzuken ED! ♡♡♡ |
| Are those guys going to be friends with him?? |
| Goddamn, they spend one third of the episode with self parody. I wonder if they gonna continue with this format for later episodes. The OP is over the top and the ED is soothing. |
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Mayuka said: I'm glad I'm not the only one who misses OnoD's voice as Handa.I'm kinda disappointed that Ono Daisuke isn't voicing Handa... |
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| That first half was pretty fucking awful. I miss the original VA for Handa :(. |
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| LOL, why I expected something serious >.<. The first part was so random and it became quickly boring, fortunately the second part was better. I like how the teachers are afraid of Handa |
| humourous??? not quite, reuses gags seen elsewhere. Would have taken Barakamon 2 anytime over this, but still wishing it to be better in the coming episodes... |
| God, that first half was incredibly cringeworthy, I ended up skipping it after five minutes just because of how stupid it was The second half was bland AF I really miss Daisuke Ono, Nobunaga Shimazaki is OK as Handa but he's nowhere as good as OnoD 4/10 so far |
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| really disappointed :/ |
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| I didn't liek the first part and ended up skipping some parts. The second part was okay though I did laugh hard when Handa began writing his answer with ink instead of chalk. xD I hope Kawafuji will show up at some point since I did like their friendship in Barakamon. |
| So Handa-kun is the prequel of Bakaramon! This is definitely a keeper! since I watched Bakaramon and was definitely thumbs-up to it! OP & ED were great also! 5/5. |
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| It was a lot of fun to watch even if the comedy didn't hit all the times. Still, it kinda makes me sad this is just using Barakamon and Handa's name to sell when the series all entirely different. All the emotional charm of the series is lost and this seems like it won't be much more than a highschool comedy. |
| Gonna be my fav this season. Period. |
| Pretty weird in first few minutes lol, hope they didn't continue that joke but after Handa appeared ,he became my favorite boy in this season... so adorable!. Hope this got better like the manga, the manga is pretty hilarious. |
| That 1st part of "Handa" force was unnecessary...the other half about the love confessions letters was great! |
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| That was funny! Handa's fans making an anime for him was hilarious. OP and ED are cool. |
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| The first 9 minutes was a complete waste of time. |
| MAL: A community that thinks every anime is bad, but rates everything a 7/10. |
| This looks like it could be an actually funny Sakamoto. |
| the beginning with the 4 guys really didnt like it but the handa part when the series really starts it was nice so as long as its less of those 4 guys and more handa and his life this will be a nice watch but this first ep yeah it was ok because the amount of those 4 guys was just to much and not enough handa anyway really hoping after is over we can get a Barakamon S2 |
| "one step at a time" |
| Ehm, that was definitely.. an episode of Handa-kun.. I get that it's trying to be funny, but I find the "dilemma" with whole confession thing more frustrating than funny. |
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| That was pretty bad, guess I was expecting too much after watching the masterpiece that is Barakamon. |
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| Personally, I thought most of the jokes were awkwardly executed. |
| The breaking of the 4th wall was interestingly done. Decent OP and ED. Art style is okay, weird at times. For me, this show is easily overshadowed by Saiki Kusou airing in the same season. |
| The first episode was okay. I'm liking the OP a little, not much. I hope Handa-kun improves. The first half with four of Handa's fans was really cringe-worthy. Super forced comedy and made me roll my eyes. Second half was okay, nothing special. I haven't read the Barakamon manga and I'm sure it's much better than the Anime, it always is. I don't know if I'm ever going to read it though since I'd rather take a class in calligraphy than read a manga about it. I might change my mind, who knows. Who cares about my two cents anyways. I'm going to be in the minority here and have some butthurt fans who have highly rated Barakamon attacking me and calling me all sorts of names for not agreeing with the obvious popular opinion. I love slice-of-life series that are comedic but there were episodes in Barakamon that were painfully mundane and I couldn't understand any of the comments that said it was hilarious. Different folks, different strokes. |
| 臭い- |
| This episode was fabulous!! The nature of Handa-kun was brought out so well, I give it a 10/10!! LOL, it was nice to see our Handa Gang break the fourth wall; they actually complained about not being in the anime. :P Their own anime creation was SUPER cute. <3 The images in the opening theme song can be misleading, but they were ridiculously funny, and again, displayed the nature of the characters perfectly! LOL at the misunderstandings that took place just from one confession.... That was a nice cliff-hanger on episode 1. Even our Handa Gang is looking forward to more. :) VERY HAPPY that Kenichi Suzumura sings the ending theme song!! I could hear Masa from UtaPri in it... ^^ LOL at Handa's reaction to that song Nise-kun wrote the lyrics too... :P Lot of character and joy watching this <33 I was very satisfied :) |
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| I'm really starting to like these types of comedy anime. First Sakamoto, then Saiki, and now Handa. . . . :) |
| "Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." ~Einstein (~.~)  |
| I... didn't find this funny at all? I cringed so bad all throughout the episode. Where is my Barakamon charm? |
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| I skimmed this thread and found the response to the humor interestingly divided between extremes. Here's a Rotten Tomatoes style quote collection from Barakamon fans: RediceRyan said: Nothing like Barakamon, it's set in some alternate universe. Ryuugamono said: A Barakamon spin-off just spin-offed everything that was Barakamon. Grimmbae said: I need to go and re-watch Barakamon to get this garbage out of my head. striderzz said: ...barakamon level comedy is missing... orchidork said: it also seems like this handa is a complete downgrade from barakamon's handa. Fried-Rice said: ...this is kinda a disgrace to Barakamon. Why not just let Barakamon end with Barakamon Soul-Master said: Still, it kinda makes me sad this is just using Barakamon and Handa's name to sell when the series all entirely different. straggy said: Literally the only connection this has with Barakamon is calligraphy too so why didn't they just take this bad comedy and pump it into something original to avoid the comparison to something so much better? Fruitpie said: I guess, the ones who moaning about Barakamon actually never read it. Because it's nothing like the anime. Barakamon manga is funny and makes fun of Handa. In the anime they cut like 80% of jokes and put moralisation in every corner. So it's not because the prequel is too different, but because studios have a different view on things. Spade said: I remember when I started the Manga and expected something related to Barakamon... it was so weird. But ultimately, I like Handa-kun more. And the first episode makes me excited to see more of the adaption. I started watching Barakamon last year and am currently 2/3 through it.* I think it's a great show, I've recommended it to friends. But I laughed at this a lot more than the smarter comedy in any Barakamon episode so far. Maybe it's just that I haven't seen large amounts of comedy anime already, and am therefore easier to please? Guess I should prioritize giving Gintama another chance, I got four episodes in last year and was barely amused. *I was unsubscribed from Funimation for a long time and was like nah, rather than pirating the rest, it's a good show that I can wait to however insignificantly "support" by watching as a subscriber |
nDroae said: I skimmed this thread and found the response to the humor interestingly divided between extremes. Here's a Rotten Tomatoes style quote collection from Barakamon fans: The comedy wasn't what made Barakamon so great |
Fried-Rice said: The comedy wasn't what made Barakamon so great Yep, that's why I said "I think [Barakamon is] a great show, I've recommended it to friends" even though I don't even think of it as a comedy. Which is apparently because, as Fruitpie said, "In the anime they cut like 80% of jokes and put moralisation in every corner." Anyway, for fans of the Barakamon anime, this season has Sweetness and Lightning :) |
| Yeah, this looks like it'll be polarzing, lol. Misunderstanding-kun just isn't doing it for me. But to those who thought it was funny, go for it! Fried-Rice said: The comedy wasn't what made Barakamon so great Rather, I'd say comedy is one of many things that made Barakamon so great. For anyone wondering about Barakmon's comedy chops, may I direct you to Episode 3. (You'll never guess where my forum avatar came from.) |
| Definitely wasn't expecting anything like this. It's unusual, but not very funny and hardly had any of the charm Barakamon had. Will evaluate the next episode before dropping.. |
| Like most people here, I also did not like the first half a lot. However, it may be dumb but what bummed me out the most was that Ono Daisuke did not voice Seishuu. Don't get me wrong, I love Nobunaga Shimazaki, but Ono Daisuke is Sei for me. Does someone know why he didn't voice Sei? Anyway, I'll stay tuned and keep watching since it wasn't too bad. |
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