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| It's ok Mika. I feel like her feelings were natural especially at the zoo. It's natural human instinct that she'd feel uneasy. On the other hand, it was kinda nice to see the female cast gather together and discuss their feelings. Sousuke is still probably as ever and so easy to get along with. |
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| The part in the zoo was funny with Mika and Nao stalking the couple like that, Mitsima and Sham had a lot of fun tho. And the study session was nice as well. Towards the end tho it got a bit darker Rurika has some issues. I also liked the horror movie part. |
| pops to Fun zoo trip, it's so relaxing to see the two interact. Egashira-san and Mitsumi's aunt stalking them was hilarious, the aunt did really well to play the uncle role here, xD. "Shimasuke" though, it's totally understandable why she'd have doubts over him, lol. Didn't think Shima was an elder brother, he totally gave single child vibes. Yuzuki-san's past was sad but it's good to see that she can finally be herself with this group. Props to Egashira-san for mustering up the courage and going back. Meanwhile, Ririka-san seems like trouble... Hope to see more of the incident with Shima to really gauge out what that's all about. |
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| Skip to loafer Mondays lets go! Wow a really good episode as usual. Shima being so considerate of Mitsumi’s nerves and the temperature at the zoo was really sweet. I really do feel bad for Mika tho. How’s she’s behaving is really not healthy at all. It’s good she’s starting to realise it, but she’s gotta let go of these insecurities. Nao sees a lot of herself in Mika so that could be a nice healthy mentorship going forward. The Shima and Ririka stuff looks really toxic and manipulative. Was kinda hard to watch her guilt trip him like that |
Marinate1016May 23, 2023 8:58 AM
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| Hmm asking a stylist to help with outfits was a good choice. Ririka's entry sure intrduced an interesting complication. Funny seeing Mitsu and Shima get stalkers though during their visit to the zoo. Though i guess the aut would be wary of Shima given that he's the first boy Mitsu's got close to. The fashion talk segment was amusing. Trying to fit in is one of the hardest things in any setting be be it high school or workplace. Still Yuzuki sure had it tough in her last school for sure. Looks like Shima has a debt to Ririka that he can never repay. |
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| Nao mentoring Mika was cute to see. My favorite part of the episode was when the girls were in Mitsumi house and talking about stuff. Nao saw right through Mika, but tbh that was to be expected given how she is behaving. Love when the episode focuses on her. We are now also beginning to learn more about Shima, looking forward to it. |
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| Shima and Mitsumi looked so cute as a couple on their date at the zoo |
| Lmao I absolutely love these title screens and how they stylize the characters How Nao-chan calls Mitsumi, "Omitsu" means "honey" in japanese. I love her. Blue base and yellow base huh... I'll keep this in mind. The end was very ominous. We're getting into some pretty heavy drama here. Still really excited for what's next. |
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| Honestly the outfit that Mitsumi chose is much better than the supposed stylist, that is Nao, coordinated. |
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| So Mika changed her mind at the last minute and decided to sleep over for the night. Happy to see that she and Nao made a connection. Yuzu also opened up about herself a little. Their friendship is growing stronger. The music at the end sounded a bit eerie, but it helped accentuate the mysteriousness of Shima's past. |
| Wait, so Egashira came back?? What drama queen she is lol. If following Mitsumi and Shima all the way to the zoo wasn't already embarrassing enough, she for some reason came back with that same face she lamely excused herself with just a moment ago. Don't like her at all. Also Ririka is just here to create se drama, isn't it? Keep her atleast a mile away from any of these characters. |
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| Wow, Nao-chan is a male? I didn't see that coming... "LGBT propaganda" some of you said I see. You haven't watched many anime I guess. Gender-bender was a thing in this sub-culture (mostly because of fetishes and other cultural reasons) way before the west made it to have a political overtone over there. To put it bluntly the japanese don't give a shit about LGBT in hte sense you mean. She is just an interesting quirky character, definitely wasn't put there for "representation". |
IshitatesoMay 23, 2023 10:08 AM
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| great episode, we saw a lot of new facets from the characters. sinnerNoWinner said: Fictional stories are full of one in a million scenarios.but you gotta be aware of how statistics work It always comes down to execution and I think they're doing it really tastefully and natural here. And it worked perfectly for this episodes plotline too, being able to change her appearence so drastically in order to follow Mitsumis zoo-date undetected. That was great writing in my opinion. And even after Nao revealed her identity to Mika, they didn't make a fuss about it. Same with the scene where Nao told Mitsumi to tell her friends that Nao is biologically seen a men. There was no dramatization involved. |
| Love Mika's continuous development, she's getting there now. |
| What a cute episode. Nao-chan is so cool when dressed masculine! She isn't so against referring to herself as Mitsumi's uncle when needed and open about her biological gender so the girls won't panic. Nao-chan and the girls getting along so well is so cute! Kurumi is so me fr we just nomming and doesn't understand what the others be talking about, just joining randomly. Mika-chan is conflicted like a teenager should be, it can be easy to dislike her but she's trying her best, I hope she can find her resolve soon! So Shima messed up by being so friendly to everyone that they started taking advantage of him and that girl was also dragged into it, ruining her career... This can be a plot in Oshi no Ko |
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| Nao-chan is such a cool character. The interactions with Mika and the advise made me love her even more. Further introspective of Mika as the show goes on is also very nice. |
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| Hah, Aunt Nao thinking that Mitsumi's trip to the zoo is a date with the popular kid Shima, it's certainly not that. On the topic of Ririka Saijou, like Shima, she got her start in the fashion industry, which irks Egashira that she's more than just a friend of his. The "date" of Mitsumi and Shma to the zoo, and it's not only Egashira stalking her, but including Aunt Nao as well, disguising as her uncle as well to see their progress...which goes rather nicely. While Mitsumi's uncle properly pinpoints Egashira's in Shima, the "date" continues but in concern about Mitsumi's health, which Shima notices and cares for her, and is willing to come another day when she is well. The real high-spec boyfriend clout chaser being Egashira herself, her ego got the better of her, and purchasing souvenirs that could be mistaken for them being a couple, Shima bought a pet souvenir that reminded him of his younger brother Kei, which she vehemently rejets from him to pass it to his younger brother. The girls' pajama party ar Mitsumi's place for summer break, and Aunt Nao could easily be mistaken for a male in disguise. Both Mika and Yuzuki suddenly on fashion talk, and Mitsumi chaps in so suddenly, she feels like she has more knowledge being a fashionista than Mika herself. Yuzuki realizing the ways that she tries to fit in but couldn't from the start, it's good on her that she realized that to be herself is how she would gain friends like Mitsumi, but also being picked on due to her foreign traits. Hah, Mukai getting pissed off at where Shima is even in cram school of his fame, what a jealousy. Aunt Nao clearly understanding of Mika's struggle whenever Mitsumi talks about Shima, it's so abstract how Nao is like her being not confident and a try-hard at the same time. Mukai getting deserted by Shima while Ririka summons him out of a sudden, it's clear that she has a vendetta against Shima, enough to criticize Mitsumi, against the backdrop of her controversy with Shima making a comeback into modeling thereafter. The pajama party aside, it's Shima's life that somehow has been put to shackles, being that overly friendly guy that could even be friends with bad company. That should give it some thought. |
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| It still surprises me how fleshed out the characters are. Even if they have some minutes of screen time, in this case Ririka, they have a amount of depth to them. |
| The zoo date was really cute despite being too warm outside :( But seeing Mika and Nao together spying on them was really funny xD Also I like that small talk Nao had with Mika boosting her to go back to the pajama party. Meanwhile Shima parts are really mysterious... |
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| Mitsumi doesn't know what to wear to the zoo so she asks Nao-chan. Mika doing research on Ririka. Mitsumi arriving at the zoo and meeting with Shima but who's lurking behind the tree? Mika & Nao lmao. Mitsumi & Shima have a great time at the zoo but its too hot and Mitsumi feels light headed because of the heat so Shima says to call it a day and come back another time but not before buying a souvenir. Then a flashback hits from Shima and he wants to give the keychain to Mitsumi but Mitsumi says that there's nothing wrong with giving the keychain. Makoto, Mika & Yuzuki come over for a sleepover for girls only. Mika trying to sum up a lie to say that she needs to eat with family but Nao sees through it and gives a pep talk and Mika joins back with the group. Shima meets up with Tsukasa for summer school. Shima tells Tsukasa to grab something to eat but then gets interrupted by a text from Ririka and he cancels on the last second, awkward. Ririka thinks she's mighty or something, really beginning to dislike that character. Shima went through a lot in the past it seems like, apparently he dragged Ririka around to parties and whatnot. Ririka then says that Shima hangs out with weird people and mentions Mitsumi, bruh. Shima tries to defend himself but gets the heat back from Ririka. At least the girls are having fun with the sleepover. |
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| Another good episode, liked Mika's interactions with Nao throughout and Nao giving her advice to push forward and be more real with herself and have fun making friends with other girls, that would help open up her personality more and learn what truly counts to live a fulfilling high school life. The zoo date with Mitsumi and Shima was decent but I liked the sleepover portion more, and seeing Mitsumi bond with her friends more and more. Makes me feel sort of nostalgic in a way of high school just watching that part. More development/complicated portions are there too with Shima's character in this episode, his views on his family teased and his relationship with Ririka. Childhood friends potentially but given one incident, she was present in a scandal and is facing the repercussions for being involved there while Shima has managed to not face that level of scrutiny and is living his life and bonding with friends (especially Mitsumi) from her perspective, helps that he quit his acting career in the first place too. Overall, a good episode overall with some nice moments, some tense ones and some build to potential character arcs too for down the line, whether it is with Mika or Shima or Ririka to name a couple. Also, nice seeing Yuzuki open up to her friends about how much she is glad to have met them and joined their school, good to see her find a place where she can just be herself without worrying about anything else and having to play up to a certain image. Having someone like Mitsumi in her circle who embraces being herself to the max personality-wise definitely helped her in easing her in. Even someone like Makoto despite now having people to talk to, still is herself and is not playing up to any fake image of herself just to be popular. I just love the friendship dynamic between the four girls as a group. |
| so, i love that there is a lgbt+ character. I love her, the character is awesome, but there are some problems. before the pajama party, she says to Mitsumi that "Don't forget to tell them your aunt is biologically male". I see where this comes from (guessing), and this is just discrimination. The far right politics just need to have this labels, right? I hate it. Documents need your biological gender, and birth name. Why? Why can't people just officially be called what they want to? Why is there need to know other's biological sex when it's none of their business? I get it that "omg it is Japan", but i have had enough of this, this kind of wording is conniving with established patterns ruling society that just are unfair. Anyways. Mitsumi and Shima are so cute. |
| Squealer: My kind are neither slaves nor beasts. Judge: If you’re not beasts, then what are you? Squealer: WE ARE HUMANS!!! Watashitachi wa ningen da!!! |
| Lol at people calling it propaganda. On the contrary, I quite enjoyed the subtle inclusion. Nao-chan is a lovely character regardless. |
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| This Ririka chick seems like the type who'd physically hurt Mitsumi just to piss off Shima. Bad vibes from her. |
| Yet another fantastic episode, and the part that stood out the most besides the drama at the end was definitely Nao and Mika's bond. It was quite hilarious at times with them spying on Mitsumi and Sousuke, but I loved how Nao understood Mika's feelings almost immediately, and pushed her towards being more true to herself to make more fulfilling friendships. To be honest, I do relate to Mika to some extent, I've definitely been in that situation where I made up "plans" so I could leave a social gathering early. Mika's character is definitely growing on me with each passing episode. Seems like Sousuke's past was possibly even more twisted than I expected, with Ririka guilt-tripping him over a scandal that probably included some affair or something of the like, and I wonder if Sousuke thinking about his little brother and getting a bit out of sorts had anything to do with Ririka. Perhaps their families were involved in some way too, who knows. The part about people in the entertainment industry getting their lives put under a microscope did remind me a bit of the recent Oshi no Ko episode as well. I did notice how while Sousuke called Ririka his childhood friend, earlier in the season Sousuke called Mitsumi his first genuine female friend, which speaks volumes of how he wants genuine and meaningful relationships and to live a carefree life. I hope he can get to that point eventually. |
| Maybe just me but I found the ending to be so dark :( Can't believe Shima is getting controlled by his guilt and i'm curious to know what happened with his family. I think once Mika gets more confident, she'll probably realize her crush for Shima is just a crush and he would be a good friend too. |
| I'm on board with pretty much everything this show is doing, but I'll be honest and say that I think Ririka and Shima's shared backstory is fucking stupid. I'm sure there's some sexism angle in it, but if Ririka was scandalised for apparent underage drinking then surely Shima was as well? I assume that's the case, as it would make sense for that to be the reason he decided to stop being an actor, but if it is then it's kind of stupid that Ririka holds that against him when she's got her modelling job back and he hasn't got back that which he once had. Also, while I appreciate the show clearing up one of the many mysteries that surround Shima at this point - rather than mostly just tiptoeing around them as has been the case so far (like that implication that Shima's younger brother is dead, for example) - I do feel like we needed to see more of Ririka first before revealing why she has such a strong hold over him that he drops everything in an instant to hang out with her. As it is, we haven't even had time to see Mitsumi being anxious about Shima's relationship with her, even though that would presumably be the primary driving force of drama here (i.e. the reason why this element of the narrative is here to begin with, to add some necessary conflict and tension to proceedings): we know from previous that Mitsumi would develop such concerns if given the chance to, but Mitsumi being Mitsumi that won't happen immediately and hasn't happened before this reveal (though I do like that Mika pretty clearly clued in on it immediately). That aside, another very strong episode from this show as has come to be expected at this point. |
| Damn man, after such a wholesome visit to the zoo and a chill sleepover with the babes we had to get hit with that Ririka drama at the end lol. So I ended up being close with my assumption last week on her relation with Shima, turns out she’s a childhood friend, and that’s fine and dandy but this situation regarding a controversy is definitely a bad time, we got a little bit of a hint as to what happened but no details yet, but I can confidently say that it probably doesn’t warrant Shima not being allowed to enjoy his school life, so as of rn I don’t like Ririka. Also the scenes with Nao were interesting to see, especially during the zoo part. I thought it was really clever that Nao used the advantage that she’s not a biological girl to disguise herself as Mitsumi’s uncle lol, a cool use of this type of character. And lastly I really liked Egashira’s bits in this one, she’s really growing to be one of my favorite characters. |
TheColonel76May 23, 2023 3:41 PM
| Aside from the idiot localizers using crap like "vibe" and "cringe" it was another fantastic episode as usual. |
| This series always heals my soul but there was definitely some drama this episode with Shima and his model friend. Seems like they have a pretty toxic thing going with Ririka holding Shima at fault for what happened with her. Assuming the scandal about drinking when she was 12 or whatever was about going to that party or whatever with Shima and his "bad" friends from the child acting days. |
| This was an enjoyable episode with lots of things going on. I recall some people saying Nao was biological male in previous episodes and it was made clear in this episode. Speaking of Nao, I liked the interactions with Mika as Nao gave some good advice to her (kind of glad Mika came back to the sleepover but I'm still a little leery of her). Regarding Ririka... I noticed that Sousuke said he had a 3 year old brother and some type of "incident" happened between him and Ririka 4 years ago. I may be way off but I was thinking that maybe they had sex and Ririka got pregnant so Sousuke's brother is actually his son?? Hopefully I'm way off but the years kind of match up, and perhaps it was something else like underage drinking and getting caught or something. |
| that ending gives me a bad feeling of what’s to come since there hasn’t been too much drama in this show lately despite this show having the tag for it, but I just hope it isn’t as bad as I think it’ll be |
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| Seems like Ririka can't move on and is holding Sousuke emotionally hostage. If I can't be happy, then you can't be happy. It'll be interesting to see where things go from there, seems she has complex feelings for him. |
| We got very intersting interaction between Mika and Nao-chan. This model friend of Shima is definitely a red flag. |
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| Don't know what the real deal is with Ririka, why she thinks Shima doesn't deserve to be happy or to have friends. What we know so far makes her seem really unreasonable. She seems so toxic and unlikable at the moment. Maybe she will be fleshed out more, but at this time I don't like her and I just get really bad vibes from her. I don't mind there being more serious tone in the story but I do hope it won't get too dark. So far I've really enjoyed how happy I always feel while watching this show. We probably will get more information of Shima's past and family life that seem to be quite serious and sad, which I'm excited to learn more about, but I just hope things don't escalate too far with Ririka and her guilt tripping Shima. Kinda interested how Shima will now act with his friends at school and with Mitsumi after this. If he will be more distant due to the guilt Ririka is pushing on him. |
| "Oh, I wasn't trying to be funny.. I would've put a 'Haha' at the end of it." |
| I hope Nao-chan can continue to be a mentor figure for Mika. They’re cute together and it can help Mika grow as a person. Good to see how she went back. |
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| Another great episode, Nao was very sweet, Ririka on the other hand kinda seems like a bitch rn, I don't see her getting the same redemption as Mika anytime soon. |
| I really like the relationship between Nao-chan and Mitsumi, it's really the highlight of the anime how adorable they are and care for each other. We did get some backstory about Shima and we got a flashback of Nao-chan's too. Cant wait for more episodes. |
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