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I want to share this since the anime did include the extra panel with Shirogane’s friends (phone posting, so if the image is massive I’m sorry!)
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# ? May 18, 2022 18:21 |
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 10:04 |
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Carlosologist posted:I want to share this since the anime did include the extra panel with Shirogane’s friends (phone posting, so if the image is massive I’m sorry!) Lmao these two are basically anime protagonists themselves.
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# ? May 18, 2022 19:15 |
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Carlosologist posted:I want to share this since the anime did include the extra panel with Shirogane’s friends (phone posting, so if the image is massive I’m sorry!) They show up quite a bit in the spinoff about the newspaper club girls (because they have crushes on those girls)
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# ? May 18, 2022 22:01 |
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are the newspaper club girls the ones that get struck by lightning in the OP
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# ? May 18, 2022 23:23 |
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wolfs posted:are the newspaper club girls the ones that get struck by lightning in the OP Yes. They're basically this thread personified and split into 2 anime girls.
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# ? May 19, 2022 02:23 |
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https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/1527723847230935050?t=tEqNOYa5uD_wmrH_I0gipw&s=19
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# ? May 20, 2022 20:52 |
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Fujiwara throwing shade at Kashiwagi got a good laugh out of me That thread explaining why the middle of the episode looked like something out of 1998 made it even funnier for me. Fujiwara putting the headband on again was good too
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# ? May 20, 2022 22:26 |
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Ishigami doing a surprisingly good job at looking dependable. I like how Kaguya's archery explanation is basically in spirit the same as Shirou's. "I dunno, I just shoot the bow and it hits ."
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# ? May 21, 2022 00:44 |
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I wonder if they'll make it to the second mass media vs. TTG chapter this season. This chapter doesn't even have time to get into Karen being shiptrash. Shirogane and the balloons is an even better bit right after the previous segment, where he made an entire papier-mache dragon on his own, in his spare time.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:00 |
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MikeSevigny posted:I wonder if they'll make it to the second mass media vs. TTG chapter this season. This chapter doesn't even have time to get into Karen being shiptrash. Shirogane is like the guy who can do anything but can't wiggle his ears.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:11 |
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Raenir Salazar posted:Shirogane is like the guy who can do anything but can't wiggle his ears. Shirogane is either amazing at something or an unbelievable disaster. There is very little middle ground.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:12 |
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I mean I haven't read the manga yet so maybe I'm wrong, but the vibe I get from the anime is that Shirogane is by default bad at basically everything, but is also willing to put in an insane amount of effort to drag himself up when it matters to him. Like I don't get the feeling that he's first in his class because he's naturally book smart, it's because he somehow finds a way to cram 25 hours of studying into a 24 hour day so he can stand out academically to Kaguya. He's a pretty ordinary dude from pretty ordinary circumstances absolutely busting his balls to eek out an edge over a bunch of naturally talented and materially better off peers.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:17 |
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Diligence is it's own skill.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:19 |
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lmao new favorite face dropped:Gaius Marius posted:Diligence is it's own skill. I didn't mean any of that in a way to poo poo talk Shirogane, I think he stands out because he's so driven to make up for his shortcomings when most would just be disheartened and quit. And if nothing else if he does have one natural "talent", it's his empathy and desire to do good. He constantly goes out of his way to help others and it leads to some of the best moments in the series so far, like him getting up on stage with Iino to engage her in a genuine debate so she can save face in her campaign, or clearing Ishigami's name.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:26 |
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Gaius Marius posted:Diligence is it's own skill. That's one of the central themes in Blue Period! The protagonist thinks of himself as just an ordinary guy who has to bust his rear end to compete with all of these brilliant natural talents, but it's pointed out that being able to work like that is also an unusual ability, something that some of his peers envy since they have to rely on more mercurial natural ability rather than being able to knuckle down and get things done.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:28 |
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chiasaur11 posted:That's one of the central themes in Blue Period! One of my favourite expressions is "Hard work beats talent when talent stops working hard." Or something to that effect.
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:35 |
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Or more importantly History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, where a dude goes from a lamer to the strongest in the world out of sheer desire to get a girl. Chad move fr
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# ? May 21, 2022 05:36 |
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This episode did show Iino's growth in getting something for the festival despite pushback.
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# ? May 21, 2022 06:58 |
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So what is Kyoto University's long slogan then?
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# ? May 21, 2022 07:19 |
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MikeSevigny posted:where he made an entire papier-mache dragon on his own, in his spare time. Speaking of which, that whole scene was a reference to the original Kaguya folktale, where the character Shirogane is named after - one of Kaguya's suitors - was given the impossible task of retrieving a dragon's jewel/orb. Obviously Shirogane was making a paper-mache orb entwined by a dragon so that's clearly a reference, but the yakuza girl taking a nap next to him is also the character named after the orb (in the same way that Tsubame is named after Ishigami's treasure). Clarste fucked around with this message at 07:24 on May 21, 2022 |
# ? May 21, 2022 07:20 |
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I still delight in all the Kaguya folktale stuff that's sprinkled throughout the manga and anime. It kind of blew my mind when I first had it explained to me. I don't mind that there was some obvious budget-saving stuff in the animation of this episode, because clearly they put heaps of effort into the rap episode and I have to imagine everything for the festival itself is going to be all-time Kaguya anime great.
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# ? May 21, 2022 08:46 |
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Arbite posted:So what is Kyoto University's long slogan then?
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# ? May 21, 2022 09:07 |
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Arbite posted:So what is Kyoto University's long slogan then? Sindai posted:I also really want to know this now japanese blog explaining it: https://web.archive.org/web/20160702003523/https://eicear.hatenablog.com/entry/2016/06/21/212134 for the record, this is what the scanlators localized it as when the chapter first came out: and this is what i assume is closer to a more literal translation from viz:
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# ? May 21, 2022 12:28 |
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Yeah, I figured in the manga and anime it's not a literal copy of the slogan Kyoto U used, but more something that gets across the general vibe. And is probably equally as gibberish if you try to translate it, so pretty much every translation just kind of does their own thing with trying to convey what's going on there.
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# ? May 21, 2022 13:26 |
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I assumed the joke was that the nerdy guy wrote something equally as dumb, he just had to justify why it might be clever.
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# ? May 21, 2022 19:53 |
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Carlosologist posted:Fujiwara throwing shade at Kashiwagi got a good laugh out of me Which thread was this?
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# ? May 21, 2022 21:09 |
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Electric Phantasm posted:Which thread was this? Right above my post! Also, anime only people you should also read the manga because it’s somehow just as funny even without being animated
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# ? May 21, 2022 23:01 |
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I'm someone who is very much of the belief that since this is a romcom with great characters it really doesn't matter if the two lead idiots actually manage to get together anytime soon, the episode to episode journey is great. but god drat it I'm going to have to figure out how to leap into the TV and make them figure it out aaaag
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# ? May 21, 2022 23:32 |
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Carlosologist posted:Right above my post! Didn't realize that was a whole thread about the episode lol thank you.
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# ? May 21, 2022 23:34 |
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Electric Phantasm posted:Didn't realize that was a whole thread about the episode lol thank you. Yeah I had to scroll up I think to get it.
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# ? May 21, 2022 23:39 |
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by the way the dub of the rap episode is as amazing as you think it is
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# ? May 22, 2022 00:25 |
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Is it wrong to think that this week was one of the weaker episodes? And it was still perfectly watchable.
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# ? May 22, 2022 03:41 |
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It probably wasn't quite as funny as some of the others this season, but thats just because this season has been amazing so far
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# ? May 22, 2022 03:51 |
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This episode was necessary to set up the culture festival, a big flag event in most of these stories
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# ? May 22, 2022 03:57 |
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It definitely felt fillerish overall but it had its moments. I really like Iino's development so far and her coming out of her shell just a bit to stan for a bonfire was nice. I particularly liked the bit where Ishigami offered to bail her out with (presumably) some kind of loophole to get what she wanted and instead she stuck her neck out to make a legitimate case for it and went around the neighborhood soliciting approval.
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# ? May 22, 2022 04:45 |
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A very important element of the cultural festival got mentioned (the heart). This episode will also be a great one to go back to after the arc is over because there are a lot of easter eggs in every scene.
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# ? May 22, 2022 04:55 |
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I see people talking about Bamboo Cutter references in Kaguya and I'm compelled to post this video again
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# ? May 22, 2022 05:58 |
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Shirogane going to Kaguya when he's worried about being bad at something instead of desperately hiding it from her was a nice piece of development.
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# ? May 25, 2022 23:16 |
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Well it will save Chika some grief.
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# ? May 26, 2022 00:13 |
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 10:04 |
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Dragon Style is far too powerful in an animated format.
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# ? May 27, 2022 18:03 |