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| I gonna missed Ono's voice, haha... Well, in this episode, I like the 2nd half more than the 1st half. Basically, Handa's presence is what I enjoy the most. |
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| That was a fun first episode for sure. I wasn't expecting it to be like Barakamon, so I have nothing to lose here. Really funny, and I loved how it broke the 4th wall. 5/5 |
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| Hachiman is back yo Sensei is baaaack! |
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| LOL That was extremely random. I didn't like the first half all too much, but it was a bit funny with all the 4th wall breaking. So due to Handa's anti social-ness, he's creating all these misunderstandings for himself? I can see how the rest of the anime's gonna play out lol Fun start though |
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| What is this shit?? the first half was just sooo cringe-worthy. It's trying to be funny but it's not. Why can't they just make an actual Barakamon sequel :( Handa voiced by someone other than Daisuke Ono also totally killed his charm SakurasouBusters said: I haven't watched barakemon yet (plan on it soon) but this seems funny, can you watch this without watching barakemon? Save your time and just watch Barakamon instead, that was the true masterpiece not this watered down prequel |
MoeGodJul 8, 2016 9:07 PM
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| First 10 minutes was weird. But it was worth seeing Handa watch it at the very end. That look of horror. Still those 10 minutes could have been reduced to like 5...or 2 and not leave it on a cliffhanger. |
| I'm so gonna like this lol The OP ROCKS! |
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| First half was boring, second half was decent. Wasn't expecting barakamon level of comedy or relaxing but was still disappointed. Will give it the next episode to decide if I want to keep watching. |
| I'm a fan of Barakamon so naturally I like Handa-kun with just the first episode already lol. I liked the intro of the Handa force but felt it ran a little too long. It had some good laughs, especially when they showed the anime they created, but still the rest of it ran a little long. The comedy is great, the animation is great (has that water color background look which I love). 4/5 for now. |
| This is officially a prequel to Barakamon, but it's so different that I'd rather think of it as a spinoff. Honestly it reminds me more of Sakamoto Desu Ga, and to my great surprise, the second half actually made me chuckle a few times. First half was not fun, but I do appreciate that their confusion over what Handa-kun could possibly be about mirrored my own thoughts. As it is, I'll definitely just watch this for the humor - Handa silently misinterpreting everything and being oblivious to everyone while being the center of attention is hilarious. It doesn't feel like the Handa of Barakamon really, but what the heck. |
| Edit: ^My thoughts exactly... Handa-kun, I apologize for having expectations. But you didn't have to destroy them so brutally... Didn't expect to drop this. :/ Comedy didn't work for me at all, overall boring and wasn't remotely amused... So I suppose I'll just patiently wait for S2 of Barakamon. |
| Diomedea nailed it this time! |
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| I still miss Barakamon but damn, that was hilarious. I love the humor in this; even the first half was funny to me, personally. |
| Am I smelling OP of the season? |
| That was a fun start, Nothing like Barakamon but still good in it's own right. Art Style is kinda simplistic compared to Barakamon but I guess it works well with comedic effect it's going for. Handa's misunderstandings and paranoia are on a different level xD Handa's face when he saw the anime XD |
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| They even bother to call the Diomedea studio. How thoughtful of them as Handa Force? LOL It even confuse me, who's the real "bad" girl here? Juri or Maiko? |
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| Okay... It's not Barakamon but... It was okay?? Doesn't feel like a prequel at all, actually. |
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| The first half was really weird, i don't even laughing.. Thankfully the second half was fun with the misunderstanding of Handa and those girls lol 3/5 |
| i feel like this is gonna be a hit or miss for everyone but it's nice to have something simple to watch. especially after reading the manga, you are just expecting your favorite parts to come up and laugh about it again. the first 10 minutes were unexpected but i did laugh because i love those characters already. probably is really weird and off putting for others who are just viewing this for the first time though. |
| I really liked it, except the tacky background art. I think this will be a promising series. |
Doctors want to check me  Poke me and dissect me What do they expect? Feelings from a wind-up toy? I don't think so |
Fruitpie said: And Handa-kun has a lot more popularuty in Japan than Barakamon. And sales better. Does it? Granted, I didn't look very hard but from what I found, Barakamon sells a bit better : http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.102637 66 342,903 Barakamon 13 75 310,834 Handa-kun 5 Anyway, I was very disappointed by this first episode. First half was awfully forced and not funny and second half was... meh... Barakamon left a much better impression on me (anime version since I didn't read the manga) |
| Handa is so easily misunderstood XD...no wonder he is so popular hahaha This will be a great comedy series...but I miss his deep voice >< and hiro |
| Did we really need to waste the entire first half on that unfunny destruction of the fourth wall? And did we really need to waste so much time with generically ugly and unattractive girl who for some reason is also a bobble-head? Does this show actually have any jokes that aren't going to be based on Handa being completely and utterly socially inept and unable to figure out that everyone likes him? Cos if not, this could well get boring real fast. Being by Diomedea though, I'm not surprised that it's disappointing me so far. Looks like they still can't make a good anime if this first episode is any indication. Definitely the worst premiere I've watched so far. I'm not convinced so far, but being a spin-off of Barakamon I'm willing to at least give it the benefit of the doubt for now. |
| OP was unexpected but the show itself looks to be fantastic.Absolutely hilarious first ep. |
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| enjoyable episode overall but those dense lever sure is fucking big that intro made me think that diomedaa wants anime fans to shit on them ? don't worry, i have a material to use. don't forget what you did last season diomedaa. put that aside, Handa..... my god he is so dense. i don't even know what kind of dense is thatl lol but regardless of that, this episode is enjoyable and i enjoyed it a lot xD the song in the ending sounds good too moreover the singer is my fav xD (the one who sing Kyousougiga ed song if i'm not wrong) looking foward for the next episode. |
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| what was that......... |
| One of the most unique episodes I've ever seen. The comedy is good, but nothing that made me really laugh. Handa thinks everyone hates him while they're just too shy to approach him, lol. Okay, that ending scene where Handa watched the anime was.... hilarious. :D |
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| My god was this a disappointing mess. I can't believe so many people like this. I was struggling to get through it and found myself checking the time only 5 minutes in because it was that excruciatingly bad. Even the main bulk of the show failed to be funny. 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? |
| destroying the fourth war in 1st half.Good job winter 2016 - It was Kazuma Spring 2016 - It was Tanaka-kun and now summer 2016 - It is Handa-kun |
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| I wasn't expecting much being events pre-Barakamon, but ffs this is kinda a disgrace to Barakamon Why not just let Barakamon end with Barakamon |
| I didn't laugh that much, but it was a good effort for this first episode nevertheless. |
| WHAAAAAT. How could Handa-kun be not Ono Daisuke :)) Well yeah, I accept the fact that Handa-kun is a high school boy in this setting so they probably wanted a "younger" voice so they chose Shimazaki Nobunaga :)) But yeah, I expected OnoD to be Handa-kun :( |
| That was a confusing episode for me.... overall I dont get the concept of this anime series |
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| meh I didn't like the first half of the episode at all. They tried too hard to do something like Gintama. And while the 2nd show is very funny with breaking the 4th wall, Handa-kun's attempt was just boring and too long. The second half is just as great as the manga. Everyone who is unhappy with the anime should give the manga a chance, it's much better. |
| I'm not sure if the first ten minutes and the ending of anime original content were necessary. They could've just adapted the whole of chapter 1 in this episode, lol. Oh well. Other than that, I liked the comedy during the second half. I still have to get used to the new voices, though. |
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| That was terribly bland. I was ready to drop it halfway through. Hell damn I'm not going to waste my time with Handa misunderstanding his surroundings for 12 episodes. |
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| So much comparison to Barakamon. Why not evaluate this one ep for its own worth, not by comparing it to the 12-episode Barakamon? It's impossible to be fair to this series when you keep thinking about how it's not Barakamon or how you would've preferred an S2. I thought it was good but not outstanding, actually didn't realize at first that it was a prequel. The first section immediately made me think of Osomatsu-san's ep 1, but I especially enjoyed how they took jabs at diomédia and TBS. In the beginning it was "that anime studio has good taste", which quickly changed to "what a terrible company!" I enjoyed it, both the first and main sections. In fact, I wouldn't mind if every episode opened with a (much shorter, like 30 seconds) section like this, maybe as a cold open, then go to OP, and on to main portion of the ep. a lot of anime do similar things after the ED, so why not before the OP? I really like the character design, especially Reo, Handa, and Junichi (Iincho). Sure, I miss Daisuke Ono's voice, but I don't think he would work so well for this particular Handa Sei. Wish we had met Kawafuji in this episode. samui26 said: Apparently you haven't seen the first episode of Thunderbolt Fantasy.That was the most painful 9 minutes for me this season. UGH. |
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