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 16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Meguro River Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself! (Thanks, MAL) A Couple of Cuckoos is a romcom by Yoshikawa Miki (Yankee-kun and Megane-chan, Yamada and the Seven Witches) that has been running for a while now and given popularity and the creator's past work likely will for a while. As a romcom fan I've been enjoying it and like all the characters and art which has been clearly evolving over the artist's career. The protagonists become a pretty tight knit group with a fun dynamic between them. The adaptation has been good so far though it started later in the season, and it has a banger of an ED. Our boy  Nagi Umino Nagi is an earnest boy who is obsessed with studying both to get a good education on scholarship to help his parents (former delinquent working class restaurant owners) and prove himself to his crush, and as a result has no friends. He's not particularly keen on the engagement to Erika arranged by their parents or particularly on board with his birth parents. Select your fighter  Erika Amano Hotel heiress and popular instagrammer with as much cluelessness as you'd expect to come from that. She also doesn't really have any friends and isn't very close with her family because of those circumstances, so she's happy with getting to know a new family. She's spoiled and mostly just out to have fun. It cannot be overstated that she is a very dumb baby.  Sachi Umino Nagi's little sister* (technically Erika's), worried about losing her brother to a different family and concerned about the increasing number of girls around him. She and Erika get along quite well.  Hiro Segawa Nagi's crush and the heir to a major shrine with certain responsibilities that come with. Hyper competitive and #1 in everything she does. Part of Nagi's motivation for studying so hard is her offhand comment that she would only date someone smarter than she is. Comes off a bit psycho at times. There's definitely some background stuff going on with Erika's father/Nagi's birth father beyond just the romcom antics, but that's slower burning. You're mostly going to be here for the romcom fun.
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I like it OP.
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May 9, 2022 22:05
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I remember liking what I read of yankee&megane so I’ll give this a shot. Thanks for posting!
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May 9, 2022 22:16
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chumbler posted:Select your fighter This one is easy to solve by process of elimination: - The little sister character will never win - The character voiced by Touyama Nao will never win So congrats, Erika Tamba fucked around with this message at 03:33 on May 10, 2022 |
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May 10, 2022 03:06
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Shakespearean logic says that someone's gonna get switched again by the end of this
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May 10, 2022 03:25
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What I don't understand about the swap at birth is how neither family went "wait didn't we have a son/daughter"? Is this ever explained?
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May 10, 2022 03:31
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Centzon Totochtin posted:What I don't understand about the swap at birth is how neither family went "wait didn't we have a son/daughter"? Is this ever explained? Everyone in this manga is idiots real answer: hotel dad has said some things implying it may not have been an accident realer answer: everyone in this manga is idiots
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May 10, 2022 03:35
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Centzon Totochtin posted:What I don't understand about the swap at birth is how neither family went "wait didn't we have a son/daughter"? Is this ever explained? At least for the Uminos, the mom immediately passed out and the dad wasn't in the room at the time. Also yeah, hotel dad is shady as gently caress. Real answer: just run with it. Also Erika should win because she needs someone to take care of her. Sachi and Hiro are capable of being independent. chumbler fucked around with this message at 03:46 on May 10, 2022 |
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May 10, 2022 03:44
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Centzon Totochtin posted:What I don't understand about the swap at birth is how neither family went "wait didn't we have a son/daughter"? Is this ever explained? There's been at least two cases where a doctor amputated the wrong limb so I'm willing to suspend disbelief. EDIT: I'm provisionally on Team Erika because I've only seen the first episode. Also this whole "little sister with a crush on their brother" trend needs to stop. Please, please, please stop it. Siblings do not work that way. Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 04:36 on May 10, 2022 |
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May 10, 2022 04:30
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but if they did the realistic thing of 'erika looks just like my sister, no loving way I could marry her' there wouldn't be a story
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May 10, 2022 09:17
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Larry Parrish posted:but if they did the realistic thing of 'erika looks just like my sister, no loving way I could marry her' there wouldn't be a story I mean yeah but I'm talking about the little sister anime archetype as a whole.
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May 11, 2022 06:28
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I mean yeah but I'm talking about the little sister anime archetype as a whole. i get you, i just think this is the one story ever where it (... Sort of, if you squint) makes sense in context instead of being a jack off thing
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May 11, 2022 07:26
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Frankly I'm just glad the creator of Yankee-kun and Megane-chan is still going strong. I've been reading the manga but I haven't caught an episode of the show yet. Maybe I'll give it a shot this weekend.
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May 11, 2022 07:38
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Started watching 'cause of this thread and it's fun so far. The second half of episode 2 was touching but I still have to say that I was a bit disappointed when a bunch of it turned out to just be in Nagi's imagination, his parents are hilarious. When he decked that guy in the first episode I knew things were gonna be all right.
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May 12, 2022 01:43
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Segawa is so awesome. I love her intensity. I just found out it's going to be a 24 episode season which should give plenty of time for things to develop.
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May 22, 2022 02:30
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 I assure you this is a romantic comedy
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May 22, 2022 07:58
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https://i.imgur.com/Lw4tY0B.gifv Everyone in this show is so god drat stupid. It's the best. Triggerhappypilot posted:
 Checks out. Coxswain Balls fucked around with this message at 01:25 on May 29, 2022 |
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May 29, 2022 01:23
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For some reason I could never get into Yamada or Yankee-kun/Megane-Chan. I'm not even sure why; there was just something weirdly "smooth" about their presentations. Like the drama never becomes significant enough to be interesting, but the comedy alone couldn't carry things. I'll still try this though, since both those series were still very well done.
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May 29, 2022 03:08
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Coxswain Balls posted:https://i.imgur.com/Lw4tY0B.gifv Glad to see this frequently used look showing up.
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May 30, 2022 04:01
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https://i.imgur.com/hpMJzsg.gifv Time for the bulldozer, biiiiiitch I started reading Yankee and Megane because of this thread and the mangaka has a knack for dumbasses that make me laugh. That's her first work, yeah? I'm looking forward to seeing how her art evolves into what it is now.
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May 30, 2022 06:37
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The first hundred or so chapters of Yankee & Megane are insanely good, it starts to lose its way a bit around the time he starts studying for college i think, but it's still well worth a read. Never got really far into the second one, Yamada & the seven witches, it felt like trying to copy Y&M except with harem and not as fun. Haven't seen much of this one yet, but it seems promising.
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May 30, 2022 18:24
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Hiro stocks on the rise
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Team Erika ride or die.
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Jun 22, 2022 07:09
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Segawa just keeps on proving that she's the coolest one on the cast.
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Jul 11, 2022 01:01
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To what chapter has the anime adapted the manga to thus far? I stopped reading at about chapter 40ish last year, so trying to judge if I should resume reading or just start on the series now.
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Jul 11, 2022 11:15
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Jomo posted:To what chapter has the anime adapted the manga to thus far? I stopped reading at about chapter 40ish last year, so trying to judge if I should resume reading or just start on the series now. 28
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Jul 11, 2022 13:30
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The animation looked rough this week. I'm hoping it's just because the budget's going into the next episodes because they're gonna be good after the way this episode ended.
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Jul 31, 2022 07:13
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What the gently caress is going on with the animation? Last week was fine so I was hoping it was just a one off, but it's all weird again this week. It's a bunch of little things like poses and proportions that are just slightly off, and when it's all put together it looks rough.
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Coxswain Balls posted:What the gently caress is going on with the animation? Last week was fine so I was hoping it was just a one off, but it's all weird again this week. It's a bunch of little things like poses and proportions that are just slightly off, and when it's all put together it looks rough. A low budget adaptation that somehow got 2 cours. Not really surprising, a lot of shows are animated messes nowadays.
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