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Sep 15, 2018 9:03 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Finally we see the 2nd episode! And I finally get to make an episode discussion thread woo

Alternative feels a lot more grounded than Progressive so far
Sep 15, 2018 9:15 PM
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Is Haruko a canon futa now?
"No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!"
Sep 15, 2018 11:46 PM
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I like this. The cast is really fun.
And Haruko is great as always
Sep 16, 2018 12:15 AM
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I liked the little "references" to the original. "Over already??" "Photo, photo" "'Necklace' 'Neko-lace?'"
Sep 16, 2018 12:24 AM
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This series is really, really great so far. Much more so than progressive. Pets is best girl.
Sep 16, 2018 6:38 AM
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Not a bad episode at all. It definitely looks more interesting than Progressive so far.
Sep 17, 2018 4:24 AM
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I think they messed up the sound because the voices were a bit louder than all the sound effects and the songs. This was also something similar to what I felt in Progressive.
Sep 17, 2018 5:17 AM
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Haruko with that BIG DICK ENERGY
Sep 17, 2018 5:18 AM
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That episode was a blast
Sep 17, 2018 6:03 AM

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This was a lot of fun. I liked it was focused on Fujini, my favourite out of our girls so far
Sep 17, 2018 8:24 AM
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This episode had the same feeling of the Progressive(at least the early episodes), trying to make the viewers touched by/relate to the message about growing up yet failed & ended up feeling forced. Unfortunate, since the 1st episode was quite decent & the best out of all the new FLCL series(though it's not saying much).


OG_Gattsu said:
This was a lot of fun. I liked it was focused on Fujini, my favourite out of our girls so far

Who's Fujini?
Sep 17, 2018 11:33 AM

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TheServant said:
This episode had the same feeling of the Progressive(at least the early episodes), trying to make the viewers touched by/relate to the message about growing up yet failed & ended up feeling forced. Unfortunate, since the 1st episode was quite decent & the best out of all the new FLCL series(though it's not saying much).


OG_Gattsu said:
This was a lot of fun. I liked it was focused on Fujini, my favourite out of our girls so far

Who's Fujini?


Auto correct, I meant Hijiri (the beautiful model girl) xD
Sep 17, 2018 2:49 PM

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will probably never understand why people dislike Progressive so much tbh. it's fine. this one is...less fine but still like a gentleman's 6 y'know. glad we were at least introduced to another character besides The Annoying Girl, the Girl Who's Defined by Being Overweight, and the Girl Who Isn't the Other Two Girls.
Sep 18, 2018 7:20 AM

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Haruko is really a crazy wacky character!
This episode made me start to appreciate English dubbed animu...only for a little bit!
5/5.


Sep 19, 2018 4:47 PM
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if they got rid of the forced flcl battle bullshit this would be a really good show
Sep 20, 2018 7:00 PM

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Hmmm... Seems watered down in every area. It's like this season was made for normies or something.
Sep 22, 2018 3:22 AM

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Haruko's big penis joke was the highlight. Oh and Hijiri is still worst girl. Still more sensible than Progressive.
Don't believe the hype.
Sep 22, 2018 7:01 PM

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Shaping up much better than the spring series.

They're getting into the same discussions as the original series.
- What is an adult?
- What does "growing up" mean?
- Is spicy food meant to be enjoyed or endured? ("You didn't know? Well now you do. I don't like it spicy.")
Atomsk102Sep 22, 2018 7:58 PM
"I am not a Mochi Monster" - Nyanko Sensei
Mar 23, 2020 3:20 PM

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Wow, what's that, some actual character progression after a terrible sequel with no interesting characters whatsoever? It was kinda predictable (Toshio turned out to be an asshole and Hijiri was acting cool and grown-up, it was obvious from a mile away), but fun nevertheless. At least Alternative is not even trying to shamelessly copy the original, it feels like a SOL anime with FLCL vibes and occasional references (like that scene when Haruko hit Kana on the head, same style as ep. 1 of FLCL). I also lol'd at the Bumblebee robot.
Design-wise, this sequel is also better than Progressive. I have my objections (don't like makeup and all that), and it looks a bit cringe at times, but that's the point...I guess? Girls acting grown-up look cringe and that's supposed to be so. And they seem to be pretty attentive to nails, the girls kinda look at them all the time and evolve as characters, lol.
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