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Terper posted:It wasn't the content itself, it was how it was presented and paced in the anime that I didn't like. I was OK with it because this episode was actually them pretty much hurrying through the super boring intro parts in order to hurry up and move towards the good stuff. There's basically no way to make the intro to this anything but boring and generic because the beginning of the manga was super duper boring and generic. There's not a lot to work with when your content is "Kuromine is a coward and Dumbpire is an idiot". I'm holding out for when they actually introduce the rest of the cast because it doesn't start getting good until everyone starts bouncing off each other.
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MrAptronym posted:I knew it was coming, but they always get me with the execution. The gender-swap character thing almost lost me at first (especially since its been done twice before here) but they really use each one differently and he is just presented so matter-of-factly without a word of the usual dumb baggage that comes along. Normally you'd expect a romantic comedy harem series to wind down or end when the protagonist picks a girl, but this hasn't lost any steam at all and the author is even using them being together as a new way to set stuff up. It's impressive.
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Oct 8, 2015 13:52
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God drat it, I knew it was coming and I still laughed like an idiot.
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Nov 26, 2015 12:08
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Holy poo poo Kuromine's sister is fantastic.
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Dec 17, 2015 21:51
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DrSunshine posted:Dude. He's a high schooler. Ain't nothing that says it can't happen a few years down the road. 
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Artificer posted:If anything, Youko will. Youko takes way too much after her father to be a scary threatening straight man under any circumstances.
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Jan 8, 2016 08:47
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Our demon principal isn't scared of Youko in that scene.
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Jan 8, 2016 09:39
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Oh my god, the wedding panel. 
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Feb 18, 2016 08:37
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Wittgen posted:They're cold but they're not soggy. It's a pretty refreshing treat in the summer. This is definitely one of those cultural things that I don't get because it's outside my experience. Just the thought of eating a bunch of cold noodles sounds  to me.
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Apr 21, 2016 13:25
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Cathair posted:Nah, this is just a matter of taste rather than some major cultural divide. There's plenty of delicious western recipes for cold pasta salad with various kinds of noodles. I can attest that even plain spaghetti noodles, freshly cooked and then chilled, have a gratifying texture, although rather bland of course until mixed with a sauce. Oh, I didn't mean to imply that cold noodles are only a Japanese thing. It's just not something I've ever personally been exposed to.
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Apr 21, 2016 23:08
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AfroSquirrel posted:I'm still sticking with my Schrodinger's kids theory. This entire manga is basically a collection of amazing reaction faces.
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May 5, 2016 06:23
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Chrono Trigger: Jitsu Wa Edition. I'm loving dying.
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May 12, 2016 08:25
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Wittgen posted:Could that mean Shima's female side is the second great charismatic pervert? The one that's ruined the future? It would be way funnier if , given how different Shiho's two sides were, if Shima's other side was actually a super nice, kind, and selfless girl.
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Jun 2, 2016 07:02
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Mirage posted:Mikan still doesn't know about Youko and vice versa (I, er, think). Otherwise, yes. He was trying really hard because up until relatively recently in the manga letting Mikan know anyone's dirty secrets was lethal.
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Jun 3, 2016 09:00
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Holy  , the crowd of kids doing the "ugh" expression.
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Jun 16, 2016 03:15
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How do the expressions keep topping themselves? I thought we'd hit peak goofy expression ages ago, but it keeps happening.
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Jul 14, 2016 06:21
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CommissarMega posted:Shimada's secret is that he's the first male pervert, and all the poo poo he's going through right now will harden (ahaha) him into the Charismatic Pervert 2, strengthening his powers in a way that 'natural' perverts like Shiho couldn't hope to match. I'm pretty sure the word "charismatic" and Shimada are directly opposed like magnets of the same polarity.
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Oct 28, 2016 00:49
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DrSunshine posted:
I don't think this is a fair way to frame it. This manga is absolutely chock full of people who are simply not going to be able to hook up with their first loves under any circumstances and it's a lot healthier and better in the long term for everyone involved to attempt to find happiness with someone else than it is to sit and pine and stew endlessly about how you weren't able to hook up with your ~true love~. Oka took a shot with Mikan and was totally and unambiguously rejected with no room for interpretation. That sucks for him and it hurts a lot, but that kind of thing happens, and given how forceful her rejection was it's probably better that he gives it up rather than potentially poisoning the friendship they have with unwanted advances. There's nothing wrong with him at least attempting a relationship with Mei to see how it works out, especially since he's already got a pretty deep and personal understanding of her feelings and emotions out of the gate due to his mind reading ability when that kind of thing normally takes a long time to develop. Obviously you can't build the foundation of a relationship on pity, but the very fact that he cares enough about Mei that doesn't want her to have to suffer like he is already speaks well about his intentions, since it would be just as easy for him to walk off without a word and continue brooding. tldr Oka is a good person if the first thing that comes to mind after a rejection as harsh as the one that he just went through is empathy for someone else.
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Nov 3, 2016 08:35
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DrSunshine posted:That's a charitable way to interpret it, but that doesn't mitigate the fact that he's attempting to initiate a relationship under false pretenses. He's doing it out of pity for Mei, and not because he actually loves her, and she has no idea. It's not being truthful, it's something he does acting with superior knowledge, which is really unfair to her. Think about it: you've been going out with your crush, and later they drop on you that you were a second option. That'd feel like poo poo! He literally just says "Mei, if you're okay with it, how about we go out together?". He doesn't say "Mei, I truly love you thiiiiiis much and want to be with you forever". There's no false pretenses there at all; it's completely and totally normal for people to try going out to see if chemistry develops without feelings of Deep True Love, despite how this Romantic Comedy manga frames relationships. This is how things like blind dates and dating sites exist and work. It's very rare that people just see each other and instantly fall in love storybook style. Don't forget that Oka started off not liking Mikan, either, but spent a lot of time with her and Asahi and came to love her as he did. He didn't have an automagical connection at first sight. My interpretation of this could change if it turns out he's trying to use their relationship in a poisonous or malicious way("hey, Mikan, look, I don't need you anymore!"), but I don't think Oka has ever been presented as that spiteful or angry.
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DrSunshine posted:Well... I mean. Yeah, okay, that's a fair enough point. I've binge-read the "r/relationships" thread recently so I guess I'm a bit primed to see " Rodenthar Drothman posted:Basically what kanos said, except as someone who has gone out with someone explicitly because "I just want to go out with someone, doesn't matter who" without having a "let's see where this goes and if it develops into something more" mentality, that can be a ... bad thing. Oh, it most definitely could sour pretty badly in a lot of ways. I just feel like Mei has been presented as level-headed enough and Oka has been presented as not dickish enough to let it go horribly. Oka just took a big emotional body blow and he's pretty torn up, but I feel like he's seen enough of lovely relationships with his parents that he wouldn't willingly inflict an awful relationship on someone. Basically the only characters in this series who has been presented as unambiguously terrible are Shimada and Ryou so I'm giving Oka the benefit of the doubt. 
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CATASTROPHIC RELATIONSHIP MELTDOWN
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Nov 17, 2016 06:24
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Zeruel posted:The whole "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU KUROMINE" was kinda lovely/dumb. Ain't his fault people fall for him Yeah it's not really his fault that he's in a relationship but other people are crushing all over him.
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Mar 12, 2017 13:44
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The Sandman posted:What did Genjirou do that makes you feel the need to libel him so? While not as disgusting as Shimada, Genjirou definitely displays a pretty snotty attitude towards actually having a girlfriend here. It's pretty easy to imagine Shimada acting like that if he found a girl who could somehow tolerate his presence without money.
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May 26, 2017 02:51
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There Bias Two posted:Via stealing Youko's mom from right under Genjirou's nose! Maybe it's like some kind of late vampire puberty or something.
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Jun 22, 2017 12:16
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Zore posted:I feel like maybe this enormous cabal of in-the-know people should uh clue Youko in about what's going on. I'm hoping people explain to Youko roughly what's going on, because one of the best ways to make sure she doesn't repeat what happened to Genjuro is to know what happened to Genjuro and why.
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Jul 20, 2017 05:11
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chumbler posted:Yeah but they probably don't want her to feel like she's a time bomb and will ruin everyone's lives. Also she's very dumb. As long as she's in the dark she kind of is! Genjuro only exploded due to hating what he is and denying it utterly. I don't think Kuromine's target endgame here should be "Youko makes it through graduation without anyone else finding out her secret"; that's pretty much impossible now that Shirayuki is here and knows exactly who she is and what's going on and can easily trap and expose Youko pretty much at her leisure. I think Kuromine's endgame should be "Youko's friends all find out her secret and realize that despite being a vampire she's still Youko and is their friend".
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I'll always be a fan of the author's ability to convey emotion.
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