Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Discussion Thread [Archive]

TheGreenMan

09-21-2011, 06:09 AM

What, why are they acting all nice to each other? Why are Yozura and Sena not ripping each other new assholes? What is going on here?
Good, they kept Kobato's "kukuku" chuckle.
Hotpot? Why do they keep showing a hotpot?
Yukimura sure has a SOFT voice. His VA is quite new, but that voice makes him even more trapilicous. I'd hit it.
Karaoke!
Hotpot...

Oh, here are the characters we all know and love. And they have eaten a poison hotpot! Oh noes.
Rika has an interesting way of waking people up.
Yukimura is eating air. haha.
Yozura and Sena are trying to out eat each other or something?
Rika makes ahegao face???
PROJECTILE VOMIT!
Dude, seeing Yozura and Sena on the table with barf coming out of their mouths is REALLY disgusting...but very funny.
Kodoka is the only one left in the hot pot's bloody aftermath!

And now the ED...

And then another trailer (which I posted a few hours ago).

Draneor

09-21-2011, 07:00 PM

I like what they did here. Expanding certain parts really worked well.

But yeah. Reading about something disgusting is completely different from viewing it. ^^;

I wonder if the real ending will use art from the novels in it? I like the song anyway...

And I agree with Sena about the opening. :) She wasn't voted the fourth best female character in light novels for nothing (after Misaka, Alice, and Index).

Sly05

09-21-2011, 08:46 PM

Bouncy beach scenes and Monster Hunter marathons shift to all the characters passed out in a pile of their own vomit. Yozora has a much more husky voice than I imagined, but it works for her personality.

Fencedude

10-06-2011, 07:26 PM

When a girl with long black hair and no friends suddenly smiles, stands up and goes "of course, a club!", run

Anyway, Yozora's pretty entertaining, and her chemistry with Kodaka is pretty good.

Of course, her chemistry with Sena is fantastic, if you define "fantastic" as "wanting to kill each other"

Quite entertaining all in all.

Draneor

10-06-2011, 08:44 PM

The opening is godly. This will be another song I endlessly listen to on loop.

Favorite Scene #1: Yozora's air friend. They really do make great friends!

Favorite Scene #2: Yorora's stunning recruitment poster that puts even Nagisa's to shame.

Favorite Scene #3: Even those without friends have standards.

And Yorora. The conversion to anime helped you in that department!

I was very happy with the first episode. I also really like how they flushed out the first three chapters. I especially appreciated some of the little cameos they put in. For example, in the opening bit, you can see Sena checking the board where she will eventually read Yozora's poster. This, of course, occurs later in the episode. In any case, it's definitely off to a great start.

superdry

10-06-2011, 08:57 PM

The opening is godly. This will be another song I endlessly listen to on loop.

The OP is really good. The ED is also really good.

And Yorora. The conversion to anime helped you in that department!

Ms. Surly (as I like to call her) actually can be pretty cute sometimes. I do have to say listening to Maria Inoue doing such a deep voice is a little weird since I can hear a little bit of Kana Minami in Yozora's dialogue.

I was very happy with the first episode. I also really like how they flushed out the first three chapters.

That was three chapters? I haven't gone back to re-read the novels or summaries (I still know enough of the series for me to either enjoy an episode or lambast it), but it felt like a decent amount of stuff was condensed in a nice pace.

Oh, how it's so fun to listen to Sena and Yozora banter back and forth. Definitely much more fun listening to it than reading it sometimes.

I also really like how they flushed out the first three chapters. I especially appreciated some of the little cameos they put in.

Also, there were a bunch of future character cameos in the episode too. I think that was a nice touch putting them in the background or making them some what non-descript (at least the novel readers could easily pick them out).

Also, is the light novel Kodaka read in the beginning any type of reference to something else?

Draneor

10-06-2011, 09:05 PM

Also, is the light novel Kodaka read in the beginning any type of reference to something else?

Not one that I'm familiar with at least.

Fencedude

10-06-2011, 09:06 PM

Also, is the light novel Kodaka read in the beginning any type of reference to something else?

Other than hilariously generic light novel plotlines?

strangefour

10-06-2011, 09:18 PM

-Scared science teacher and tiny loli faculty nun. Okay.
-Gofu (http://gofu-web.deviantart.com/) drawn Shana doodles that come to life!
-I didn't know what this show was. But the OP is telling me this is hardcore Eroge.
-The girls have cute little Denpa Onna like lips! Let's hope they can keep up the attention to detail that show had about close ups.
-Air friend... this girl is insane. Sexy voice though.
-These are two sad lonely little kids. But the promised harem of the OP will ruin that drama.

-He has a live in maid who watches flaming horse porn?
-"Religion is simple" Uh... sure if you say so.
-A poster made to attract word search nerds...
-Luise Meyrink (http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Luise_Meyrink) wants to joning the club?
-Nice fluid animation at the table talk/argument.
-Hooray a chiptunes ending... Oh nevermind. It turned into nunsploitation rock.
-Chitose cameo in the preview? *nosebleed*

I have no idea how I feel about this show. Wasn't boring but somehow it didn't grab me either. The facial animation is great, but I don't think that alone can keep me watching. Maybe some secondary characters will keep me watching.

When a girl with long black hair and no friends suddenly smiles, stands up and goes "of course, a club!", run

That did kind of give me a nightmarish flashback. *shiver*

HitokiriShadow

10-06-2011, 09:35 PM

I was a little worried that my expectations for this were too high and expecting something great might just make me less likely to enjoy something good. That was a non-issue, this completely met my expectations and was an excellent first episode.

Yozora gets the bulk of the attention this episode and she's a ton of fun. It's pretty easy to see why she struggles to make friends. I loved her comment about exploiting religion to get the club made.

Sena only got a tiny bit of screentime in this episode, but boy did she make use of the ~2 minutes she had. Her and Yozora's antagonistic relationship looks like its going to be legendary.

We don't get to meet her, or even fully see her, yet but it seems heterochromatic twin-tails is Kodaka's little sister.

Speaking of Kodaka, he seems like he'll be a good lead, simply because he feels like an actual character with some actual personality, rather than a cardboard cutout with "nice guy" stamped on his face.

Yozora and Sena's song outfits in the ED are slightly odd, but its a pretty fun ED. And this show has the kind of "preview" that I can actually watch.

Sly05

10-06-2011, 10:00 PM

That's some glorious breast press in the opening.

The episode was really good. Yozora and Sena, for being two pretty awful people, are absolutely entertaining when paired against each other.

TheGreenMan

10-06-2011, 10:02 PM

Heh. The beginning has almost of characters' cameos. Kukuku is not pleased.
OP is awesome. I not into Yozura's swimsuit though.
Oh look, another misunderstood delinquent.
Imaginary friends are awesome. "She won't betray me." Foreshadowing?
A club...run, Kodaka, RUN!
Time for MEEEEAAAAAAAATTTTTTT!
Zero to fighting in 2 seconds flat.
"And then the heroine finds out that her friends were really not her friends." Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. *snort*
ED. Meat can shred...and she stole Mio's hoodie! I really like Yozura's outfit. I don't get Yozura being a nun and Sena being Mary and both of them ascending.
Still sniping in the preview? Damn.

MelancholicMariya

10-06-2011, 10:15 PM

OP is awesome. I not into Yozura's swimsuit though.

I'm not into the whole swimsuit stuff so my opinion on this doesn't matter at all, but I thought Yozura's was the only acceptable one there. Though yes the OP is pretty fantastic.

I'm way into the BGM for this series, everything is very video gamey, which is what you'd probably expect for this series.

So far I like all three characters and I like that two girls hate each others guts, I feel like girls may have gotten a bit too friendly in recent anime so seeing two female characters who absolutely hate each other is great.

I also like during the "boob-conversation" how Kodaka did not react at all, not a blush, not a flinch, just frozen. And seriously, thank God he didn't blush or start freaking out.

Suwako Moriya

10-06-2011, 10:39 PM

So we're now calling imaginary friends, air friends? Also, maybe it's just me, but a ghost sounds more plausible.

In any case, thanks to the way the three leads were handled, the series is off to a good start.

Yozora vs Sena, the battle of the century. With only one proper conclusion!

Fencedude

10-06-2011, 10:42 PM

With only one proper conclusion!

Rough, sweaty, curse-laiden lesbian sex.

superdry

10-07-2011, 01:29 AM

Fencedude

10-07-2011, 03:01 AM

So, food for thought.

Are Kodaka and Yozora friends now? And if so, when precisely did it happen?

Fencedude

10-07-2011, 04:51 AM

OP is awesome. I not into Yozura's swimsuit though.

Yozora's swimsuit is awesome.

Though not nearly as awesome as the knowledge that Sena's top comes off one second after that shot cuts away.

superdry

10-07-2011, 12:09 PM

So, food for thought.

Are Kodaka and Yozora friends now? And if so, when precisely did it happen?

Are they friends or still in the introductory phase of being friends? Anyway, it's like how Kyon became friends with Haruhi...he was roped into this mess.

Draneor

10-07-2011, 03:34 PM

Are they friends or still in the introductory phase of being friends?

Are they using nicknames yet? I'd argue they are not friends, at the present. More like acquaintances. It's like Kodoka's former school "friends." Sure, he was around people at his old school. But after he left, they never contacted him. Thus, they were more acquaintances than friends. Similarly, Sena has plenty of people hanging around here--so it looks like she's popular. And yet, she says she doesn't actually have any friends.

It's certainly an interesting question to ask, but I also suppose it depends on what it means to be "a friend. I think friends are more than just people hanging around you.

superdry

10-07-2011, 03:42 PM

Are they friends or still in the introductory phase of being friends?

Are they using nicknames yet? I'd argue they are not friends, at the present. More like acquaintances.

Yozora did say that she wasn't going to tell him her nickname (or nickname she was given previously). But, they are on a first name basis, right? (at least Kodaka was a little reluctant to call her by her first name).

So, does that mean they are past the point of acquaintance, then?

Draneor

10-07-2011, 04:02 PM

But, they are on a first name basis, right? (at least Kodaka was a little reluctant to call her by her first name).

So, does that mean they are past the point of acquaintance, then?

Usually. But in this case, I'd say no. Note that it's extremely unusual for two strangers to, upon meeting, immediately use first names and drop honorifics. So why did Yozora insist on it?

My interpretation is you have an extremely lonely person who, upon seeing someone else in a similar situation, wants and doesn't want a friend (other than, Tomo-chan). Yozora said she was perfectly happy "just having a fake friend at school," but obviously she's not truly happy. That she does not consider Kodoka a friend is reinforced by her later comment about nicknames.

I think making friends for someone who has not actually had one is rather difficult. So part of Yozora wants to be friends with Kodoka and part of her puts up a barrier that clearly says "we're not friends--this is an alliance of convenience." Thus, no honorifics but nicknames are off limits. She's overreaching out of desperation and yet alienating at the same time.

bear

10-07-2011, 09:00 PM

-The girls have cute little Denpa Onna like lips! Let's hope they can keep up the attention to detail that show had about close ups.

Yea, hopefully AIC can keep the lip detail. I think it is a must for any anime adaptation from Buriki's art that the delicious lips must be kept.

So that's why I kept thinking of Meme when I was looking at Yozora. same artist?

HitokiriShadow

10-07-2011, 09:03 PM

something

10-09-2011, 04:13 PM

Episode 1:

- I should probably watch Ep 0 but didn't feel like watching a low resolution episode right now and besides it's supposed to take place later in the series. I can watch 0 another time. On to ep 1.
- Okay, Yozora up against the glass in the OP is delicious. If you ask me, Yozora is hotter than Sena (not that Sena isn't damn hot).

- Huh. Inoue Marina for Yozora. All I had was her design to go on, but that's totally not the voice I expected. Could be interesting though.
- I love her already. And her zettai ryouiki. I never ever get tired of zettai ryouiki.
- She's sure talkative for someone with no friends. I guess she feels immediately comfortable around someone who she knows is just like her.
- Heh, yeah, with a scene like that ("That's it, a club!") it's inevitable there would be Haruhi comparisons. But one scene does not a clone make, and far be it from me to ever complain about a story possibly taking inspiration from my favorite show ever.

- Hahha, Kodaka is trying the air friend thing now too. Or was he doing that in a flashback?
- Ouch. Bad first impression, Kodaka. :sd: So far I like him. I really really hope that holds, as it's crucial to me liking the show.

- Itou Kanae for Sena? o_O Yet another voice that I never ever ever would have paired with the design, but like Inoue it'll surely work.
- And hahaha, Yozora immediately slams the door, locks it, and escapes into fantasy mode. :sd:
- Awwwwwwwww, she's got tears in her eyes. I have a feeling she's actually really badly hurt by being so summarily rejected. Yozora needs to realize that being popular and having real friends is not the same thing. What Sena needs is someone who likes her for who she is, not her social standing (or boobs).

- Huh, well that's actually really refreshing. Girl with huge boobs called a girl with perfectly nice and sizable (just not huge) boobs "flat", and the latter actually defended herself for once. Usually they won't, and the viewers are left thinking the show is telling us that the latter girl with her really damn good figure is considered "flat" in the story world. That always annoys me.
- Oh god Sena is a riot. "The boys in my class love it when I step on them." Girl, you've got a lot to learn. :sd:

The ED is pretty awesome.

The whole episode was awesome really. Kodaka is looking like a perfectly acceptable male lead and both Sena and Yozora are amazing. Definitely one of the top shows for first impression this season.

Suwako Moriya

10-13-2011, 02:21 PM

Thanks to the power of RPGs on the PSP, we get to see Sena as a Pixy girl or whatever. What matters is her outfit is hot and the wings make her sexier than before.

That eye catch was of Sena was great for two reasons.

So now we have a segment dedicated to a dating sim game. Sena really gets into the whole thing.

Oh, and the part where they show the three imagined into the game was just err wow.

Funny thing is during the commercials, I saw what looked to be a commercial for the very game they were playing? Not really sure since like the show it was in Japanese.

In any case, this series is confirmed as awesome and is a contender for one of the stronger series this season.

Draneor

10-13-2011, 05:25 PM

Funny thing is during the commercials, I saw what looked to be a commercial for the very game they were playing? Not really sure since like the show it was in Japanese.

A version of the game comes with the PSP game.

Fencedude

10-13-2011, 08:35 PM

Oh god Sena and Yozora, I don't even need my goggles with you two.

The Monster Hunter part was pretty good, especially the girl's armors. And of course we got to see them kill each other multiple times, which was hilarious.

But the best part was Sena Plays Galge. Absolutely hilarious. They couldn't have written it more perfectly for me if they'd actually called me up for advice. Loved every single moment of it.

SENA! YOU WILL BECOME THE CAPTURING GODDESS!

bear

10-13-2011, 09:29 PM

Every time I see Yozora I think of Meme and I wish Denpa Onna was still on.

Draneor

10-13-2011, 10:07 PM

Good. They added the scene at the tail end of chapter three to the second episode as I hoped would be the case.

Favorite Scene #4: Yozora casually mentions she went to a family restaurant alone. If you do it enough, you get used to it.

Favorite Scene #5: Sena, who's clearly not interested in Monster Hunter, spends the entire weekend playing it.

Favorite Scene #6: Kodoka gathers items while Sena and Yozora PK each other. The novel actually explained why he was doing this (even if the missions fails, he still gets to keep the items). I didn't like the added scene with him dying since it detracts from his "I don't care what they're doing" attitude.

Favorite Scene #7: Games shouldn't have multiplayer. Have to agree with Yozora here. While I don't play Monster Hunter, it's fairly impossible to find someone to trade Pokemon.

Favorite Scene #8: Sena learns to make friends via galge. Just like Kirino, this sealed the deal and is why she's my favorite character.

Other than what I mentioned before, the only other issue I had was I pictured more of a classic style for the galge whereas they used more of a modern one. Otherwise, I continue to be very pleased with the adaption, and I definitely appreciate how they keep slipping in little things that only novel readers would notice.

superdry

10-13-2011, 11:25 PM

Oh, boy was this episode a riot. The bickering between Yozora and Sena is just so fun to watch as it is to read.

It was a good move to have the characters actually play the characters in the games they were playing. I liked how in the galge, Sena was the guy (boy does she look damn good in the boys uniform) while Kodaka was the girl. The name that Yozora randomly entered was hilarious. Semoponume - I need use that the next time I play a VN or maybe Idolmaster (Semoponume-P san!).

Other than what I mentioned before, the only other issue I had was I pictured more of a classic style for the galge whereas they used more of a modern one. Otherwise, I continue to be very pleased with the adaption, and I definitely appreciate how they keep slipping in little things that only novel readers would notice.

Wasn't the name of the galge mentioned in the novel? It's a total nod to Tokimeki Memorial - Konami's seminal dating sim. It's an old game (PS1 era), but maybe the anime adapted the nod to more of the fourth one which is a little more modern. The font for Kirameki is the Tokimeki font which I found to be perfect as the parody.

I don't 100% of what happened in this episode compared to the novel, but it seemed very well adapted and all the major points were brought up and some minor points, like you mentioned, that novel reads will notice.

Overall, I am loving the series. I just can't for the other characters to show up.

Draneor

10-13-2011, 11:34 PM

Wasn't the name of the galge mentioned in the novel? It's a total nod to Tokimeki Memorial - Konami's seminal dating sim. It's an old game (PS1 era), but maybe the anime adapted the nod to more of the fourth one which is a little more modern. The font for Kirameki is the Tokimeki font which I found to be perfect as the parody.

Yes, the name was mentioned and it was an obvious parody. Over on the other forum, manga readers were saying the art style was a nod to the manga adaptation. I sort of envisioned it looking like Tokimeki Memorial, but it doesn't really matter.

superdry

10-14-2011, 12:11 AM

HitokiriShadow

10-14-2011, 12:14 AM

"High school girls are slutty bitches, the internet says so!" .... says a high school girl.

Sena and Yozora playing the visual novel was a riot. Sena was really, really into Yukiko (I'll take this as confirmation she's gay, thankyouverymuch!) and her crying and Yozora vowing to kill Akari (and their general trashing of her when she first appeared) was hilarious. And then Sena falls in love with every girl in the game and can't stop gushing about them. <3 Sena.

Sena and Yozora "accidentally" killing each other repeatedly was pretty funny too. I especially liked how Yozora made sure to do it while completing the objective at the same time.

Some guy overheard Sena gushing about the game, so it looks like she's about to lose her personal slaves.

Fencedude

10-14-2011, 12:17 AM

Some guy overheard Sena gushing about the game, so it looks like she's about to lose her personal slaves.

That boy was in episode 1, I don't think he's stalking Sena.

HitokiriShadow

10-14-2011, 12:20 AM

Some guy overheard Sena gushing about the game, so it looks like she's about to lose her personal slaves.

That boy was in episode 1, I don't think he's stalking Sena.

I wasn't thinking he was stalking her, just that he happened to walk by and then creeped up to eavesdrop either just because of who she was or because he heard enough to realize it was "interesting" information. I was assuming he was just some random student or maybe part of her harem.

strangefour

10-14-2011, 02:47 AM

-To get friends you must play games. Segata Sanshiro would be so proud. Where ever he is. *sniffle*
-Holy shirt gif!
-Pi, Delta, Omega, Plus!
-Oh god. Monster Hunter (http://youcanplaythis.com/ycpt-monster-hunter-portable-3rd-how-to-play/). One of them is going to become addicted to this crack.
-Pink. *cough*
-Meat is our designated crack addict for the day.
-Oh sweet they go full on into the game world. Not just a few snippets or some 8-bit chibi cheapness.
-Come back kitties!
-Heh. Punking each other. This is what .hack//SIGN should have been. Actual MMO gaming. Stupid pranks and all.
-*hums (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpvLCptAHT8)* Whoops~
-"I only feel alive when I'm killing someone." This series could turn dark at the drop of a hat.

-Welcome back to the Playing States Era, HD edition.
-ABSOLUTE TERRITORY CAMERA!
-This series could turn epic lesbian hate fucking at the drop of a hat.
- OPTION 3! OPTION 3!
-Chitose in the Library with the Book.
-No game! Her name is Chitose Pink Custom.

Man these two girls are super bitchy. That's kind of refreshing. To have two psycho women at each others throats and NOT over a man.

TheGreenMan

10-14-2011, 10:37 AM

Yozura and Sena need to have epic hate sex.
Okay, who put OreImo in my anime? Sena is just Kirino...with huge tits.
Somebody is watching Kodaka and Sena...
...but it looks like the character won't show up next episode.

Westlo

10-16-2011, 08:55 AM

...but it looks like the character won't show up next episode.

Which is cool by me since next episode is going to be awesome.

superdry

10-17-2011, 11:42 PM

Saw this at yaraon - http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-4634.html

I found that to be quite interesting that Steve Jobs was quoted in the back of the Kirameki game.

HitokiriShadow

10-21-2011, 12:25 AM

Hahaha, Sena is now an eroge addict. She's going to become the capturing goddess (Kirino with less specific tastes, basically)! Starting with Sacred Blacksmith eroge. That was... not a subtle reference.

So Yozora is a forgotten childhood friend of Kodaka's, though she very clearly remembers. It's pretty much guaranteed that Kodaka is the source of her "betrayal".

Yay, Kobato gets her proper introduction and actual lines. She's a lot of fun, and voiced by Hanazawa Kana, who I can never get enough of. And she wears a goth loli outfit and talks about things like servants of darkness and sacrifices because of an anime she really, really likes. She's a blonde twintailed Kuroneko with a heterochromia upgrade and class changed to Imouto. And still voiced by Hanazawa Kana. How can she be anything but awesome?

Suwako Moriya

10-21-2011, 01:16 AM

The Sacred Blacksmith stuff was amusing, but also a depressing reminder that we never got past the set up season. *Tempted to read spoilers on the novels*

Ah, so Kodoka and Yozora do have a history together. I suppose this also tells us what the true route would be if there a visual novel.

Oh, and since Sena seems to be into eroge now, I am going to imaging her playing such a game. Ok, that felt weird.

Sena is a bit of an idiot. Yeah, she has issues to work on. *Referencing the argument with the boys*

I have decided we should all declare Kobato as our new Queen because she's that amazing. She has so many valuable points to her. Which were pointed out by Hitokiri.

Looks like we'll be introduced to more characters soon. Yay!

Fencedude

10-21-2011, 01:35 AM

...why is that Eroge based on Seiken no Blacksmith?

Anyway, Sena and Kobato need to hook up with Kirino and Kuroneko. They'd get along SMASHINGLY.

I kinda wish they'd cast someone other than Hanazawa as Kobato though, she's a bit too obviously Kuroneko.

What else...oh Sena really is egregiously hot, and I'll bet after enduring Yozora's verbal assaults, nothing those guys were going to call Sena would have any real effect.

And damn, I was not expecting the boy in the flashback to be Yozora. That was pretty surprising. And dammit Yozora, tell him already.

TheGreenMan

10-21-2011, 10:28 AM

Sacred Blacksmith, the eroge!
Kukuku arrives!
Kobato's got back.
What's with Sena's stomach. In. Out. In.
Sena needs to tone it down.
Suddenly, a naked loli appears!
Kodaka makes a friend...
...and it's Yozura. So, she remembers.

So, the rest of the characters are going to be introduced next episode.

superdry

10-21-2011, 08:28 PM

I think Sena has a warped sense of reality from playing the dating sims and eroge now - like Kodoka, the girl from the game doesn't care if know how to swim. I loved it when Yozora had her read the scene out loud from the eroge.

Sena - damn, she looks amazing in her bikini.

Kobato is so damn adorable.

Who would have known that Yozora and Kodaka were friends as kids.

I kinda wish they'd cast someone other than Hanazawa as Kobato though, she's a bit too obviously Kuroneko.

Except when she's not acting like the character from the anime she likes.

something

10-22-2011, 10:46 PM

Episode 2:

- Hahahah what the FUCK was that in the sponsor screen? Stop-motion animation using t-shirts worn by a girl in her panties. That's... that's definitely a first for me. XD

- Nice pink PSP, Kodaka.
- Oh my god Sena is adorable. Yozora suggests playing a game - Sena puts 53 hours into it in preparation. And then tries to hide it and arrrrrrrrrrgh she's SO CUTE.
- Heh, poor Kodaka, these girls won't let him indulge in fantasy even a little.
- I love Sena's silly pink butterfly outfit.
- PK! Bad Meat!
- HAHAHA, this is hands down one of the best "in-game" skits I've ever seen an anime do.
- The battle rages. Meanwhile, Kodaka happily mines away. =D
- Gaming as a bondiog activity: Failed. Or did it?

- Hahahaha, Kodaka, you're hilarious. And hilariously bad at interacting with other people. Of course he's comfortable (in a way) around Yozora and Sena, which says a lot.
- Oh wow eyecatch.

- Yozora zettai ryouiki camera.
- Now they're using galge to develop communication skills. This is going to be spectacularly disastrous.
- YOZORA ASS CAMERA HOLY SHIT. Did you, uh, forget something important today, Yozora? Maybe she's been watching Saki.
- Kashiwazaki Semoponume! XD
- Bwhaha, watching Sena and Yozora play this game completely wrong is awesome.
- ...I start to lose it every time I hear "Semoponume". That is such an amazing name.
- Woooooow, Sena is seriously into Yukiko. Mmm, more of Sena wiggling around on the ground in ecstacy please.

- Oh hell yeah it went in-game. With... lol Sena in a boy's uniform.
- ...And Kodaka... in... >_>
- BAD END. Poor Sena. ;_;
- Sena is crestfallen. Yozora is out for blood. GALGE IS NOT JUST A GAME.

- Sena has recovered! Sena loves galge!
- Someone please get Sena and Kirino together, they need to start a girls' visual novel club.

There are waaaay too many amazing shows this season. I would absolutely import this one if every episode were this good. If there weren't like 5 other shows I already wanted to import. Damnit.

something

10-22-2011, 11:54 PM

Episode 3:

- Amazing. Sena is hardcore into galge now.
- ...Make that eroge. HELL YES! Sena = best character.

- lol Blacksmith.
- Woah woah woah what? So much for Sena worrying about hiding her hobby. she flat out asked the boys in her class to get her the eroge. HAH.
- Oh man. Sena is completely in the eroge world now. "It's better than regular literature! It's not for the sex!" Which even when true, nobody will believe. :sd:
- Sena... I'm in love. I am completely in love with Sena. SHE'S ADORABLE. Excluding sequels/prequels/remakes (come to think of it, wow, there's a lot of those this season) she is the best character of the season, hands down.

- "Try reading that scene out loud." Yozora you are a genius.
- YES. She's doing it. Fuck yes.
- You know, I was cracking up at first but I quickly started feeling... kind of depressed? I mean, like, Sena is really into this game and I actally do believe her that it's not just for the porn (she got started on all-ages console ports after all!) but jeeze, the tears in her eyes just made me suddenly really sad. Tell them it's not fair, Sena! Visual novel writing always seems to go down the toilet once the sex scenes start. And now she knows the thing she's so passionate about is going to be written off by others as perverted garbage. ...I know it's just a silly comedic scene, but I'm feeling very protective of Sena now. I don't want her to be upset. ;_; Damnit, I have fallen for Sena so hard.
- ...Yozora recorded it. That is so mean. But so hilarious. But, Yozora, go a little easy on poor Sena, please. :sd:
- Okay she didn't really. But I dunno, I bet she would have if she'd thought of it.

- Oh god, Kobato has a serious case of chuuni-byou. XD
- ...I think she's even more far gone than Kuroneko. :sd:
- And Kobato is already my second favorite of this show. The way she tries to "correct" herself when she slips back into normal person speech is too fucking cute. Seriously, what is it with blond girls this year? From Tomoe Mami to Victorique to Hoshii Miki to Toshinou Kyouko to Sena and now Kobato, blonds are kicking ass (relative to their infrequency in anime).

- Sena wants to learn to swim because a girl in her eroge can swim...
- That bikini... well there goes my cognitive abilities for the rest of the night. Mind blown.
- It's so weird seeing Sena with nothing in her hair, but I like it. Not that I dislike her butterfly at all.
- Hey, Kodaka's hair actually looks wet and slicked back. Anime rarely pays attention to that.
- I definitely like Kodaka, way way way better than most male protags would be in a show like this. Sena misinterprets this as a "date" and he doesn't stammer himself into oblivion, he actually explains the situation. If only that were normal.
- Oh jeeze, Sena even responds to "niku" when it's not coming from Yozora. Yozora has imprinted it in her brain.
- Heh, Kodaka notices it too.
- Sena is happy to get a nickname. Even if it's MEAT. =D

- Get away from Sena, you bastards! (Even if she probably started it by overreacting. :sd: )
- Haha oh jeeze, Kodaka smoothly gets her out of the situation but she won't let it go.
- Okay, Kodaka is increasingly awesome. But I'm curious to see if he consciously used his "scary" looks or if he's as oblivious of his power to freak people out here as he is when he's trying to be friendly.
- Reallllllllly liked this scene. Kodaka was stern with her to exactly the right degree, and she also recognized that she had really stepped over the line and was lucky he still cares about her at all. In so many ways this show is just doing everything right with its characters. I really hope that doesn't change.

- Beat up because of your hair. Jeeze, you know, if one takes anime at face value then having anything other than blond hair in Japan is as dangerous as being, I dunno, an albino in some backwards superstitious African village where you'll be cast out as an agent of he devil. :sd: (or kill you for your organs)
- NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO!

- Can't help but think Kodaka's childhood friend is a crossdressing Yozora. Looks too girly, and the eye color matches.
- Well. Okay. I guess I was supposed to feel that way. So Yozora feels betrayed by Kodaka... presumably just your average "we missed each other the day you moved away and I felt abandoned" reason, but maybe there's more to it.

Need mooooooooore.

Fencedude

10-23-2011, 12:06 AM

- Sena... I'm in love. I am completely in love with Sena. SHE'S ADORABLE. Excluding sequels/prequels/remakes (come to think of it, wow, there's a lot of those this season) she is the best character of the season, hands down.

I'm liking her a lot too. I wasn't really expecting to either, just from...I dunno what, but I wasn't.

Couple characters like that this season, (Kimi~~)

superdry

10-23-2011, 01:15 AM

- Sena... I'm in love. I am completely in love with Sena. SHE'S ADORABLE. Excluding sequels/prequels/remakes (come to think of it, wow, there's a lot of those this season) she is the best character of the season, hands down.

She is pretty awesome. Then again, she's into dating sims and eroge - how can you not like her? I loved how she thought she could talk down to the guys hitting on her thinking it would work on all boys. That was rather amusing because is wasn't working.

- I definitely like Kodaka, way way way better than most male protags would be in a show like this. Sena misinterprets this as a "date" and he doesn't stammer himself into oblivion, he actually explains the situation. If only that were normal.

I think it's because he currently doesn't have an attraction towards her. No need to react if he only thinks of her as a friend. The opposite might not be so true though.

- NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO NAKED KOBATO!

With her hair down, she almost looks like a younger version of Sena.

something

10-23-2011, 01:20 AM

I think it's because he currently doesn't have an attraction towards her. No need to react if he only thinks of her as a friend. The opposite might not be so true though.
Probably, but most male protagonists don't seem to need a reason to stammer like imbeciles and perpetuate stupid misunderstandings, so Kodaka still gets major points from me anyway for just being a guy I actually actively enjoy watching.

Westlo

10-23-2011, 09:22 AM

I knew Sena was the hands down English fandom favorite of the LN/Manga readers.. and while some initial impressions of her from Episode 1 wasn't positive Episode 2/3 of the anime changed that.

Was kinda curious too see how the Japanese fandom viewed it.. and well...

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8052/oo20111022234223.jpg

Also Sena by Yabuki Kentaro of To Love Ru fame.

http://s4.postimage.org/gioka0oiq/yabuki_kentaro_a.jpg

I think it's because he currently doesn't have an attraction towards her. No need to react if he only thinks of her as a friend. The opposite might not be so true though.

Yeah the opposite certainly isn't true... the sucking in stomach part, how quick she "learnt" to swim etc Before I started reading this I thought Yozora was going to be right up my alley but I liked Sena a lot more than I expected, but these pool chapters certainly put me firmly into her camp.

I still like Yozora quite a bit, which is more than I can say most Sena fans feel about her... quite a bit of venom out their for Yozora... Anyway her character type is something I generally gravitate too and her complete bitchiness with Sena is a riot...

TheGreenMan

10-23-2011, 10:01 AM

It looks like they're going to introduce the rest of the characters next episode. I wants Yukimura. I can't wait until Kobato meets Maria. Hahahahahaha.

superdry

10-23-2011, 07:40 PM

I still like Yozora quite a bit, which is more than I can say most Sena fans feel about her... quite a bit of venom out their for Yozora... Anyway her character type is something I generally gravitate too and her complete bitchiness with Sena is a riot...

I pretty much like all the characters in the show...maybe besides one or two due to not really remembering them (so, I am currently indifferent to them). I guess Yozora is on the lowest tier for me mainly because she's not much without Sena, but I don't strongly dislike her though.

Fencedude

10-24-2011, 06:48 AM

bear

10-25-2011, 08:02 PM

Soo...when do you think Yozora realized who Kodaka is?

When he first transferred in? After they started the club?

If she remembered his name from the beginning, imagine how she must have felt when she realized he had no idea who she was? And of course she didn't even begin to have the ability to approach him and tell him...
This was a really good episode.

Kodaka's problem making friends is obvious but the girls are incredibly shy when it comes to making friends.

I think Sena reacted to Kodaka's comment about visiting her father was because she was afraid he wanted to date her which put him in the same situation as all the other boys she knows. She really wants (needs) friends not boyfriends.

Finding out that Yozora knew Kodaka was a major shock. When I was watching the flashback scene I was thinking it might have been her but her "you remembered" really touched me. Lord knows she didn't seem to show any recognition of him that I could see. Maybe that was the impetus for the club since he didn't seem to recognize her. She might have never intended for the club to have any other members too, so Sena (of all people) showing up must have been really upsetting.

Kodaka now has two friends even though he probably doesn't realize it and the girls can't quite bring themselves to openly tell him.

pathos

10-26-2011, 08:12 AM

I think Sena reacted to Kodaka's comment about visiting her father was because she was afraid he wanted to date her which put him in the same situation as all the other boys she knows. She really wants (needs) friends not boyfriends.

I'm pretty sure she said in a previous episode that she wants female friends, and has no interest in making male friends. What she needs might be a whole other issue though.

I'll say up to that point, she didn't seem interested in him in any particular way, good or bad. Now, the question is, how does she feel about him after he got pissed off at her and scolded him? Friend? Possible love interest? No change? It seemed significant since it got her an inner monologue on the bus ride home. But, I guess we'll have to wait and see.

something

10-26-2011, 08:56 AM

I'll say up to that point, she didn't seem interested in him in any particular way, good or bad. Now, the question is, how does she feel about him after he got pissed off at her and scolded him? Friend? Possible love interest? No change?
I think as soon as we see even the most miniscule hint of interest from a female towards a male in anime it's 99.9% safe to just throw all other options out the window and assume she's a love interest. Not that there I'd expect there was any chance of it being different in a mega-popular high school romcom light novel adaptation... Well, granted, you knew that and are just asking about this moment in time. But given where this will obviously go (prove me wrong, Japan!) I'd say she started to fall for him hard the moment he stood up to her.

In this case it's okay since I like them both, though whether they're an interesting couple is another question - I'd say "no, not yet", and that Yozora and Kodaka are much more interesting together even if Sena is my favorite. Reunion with forgotten mysterious friend + girl on the cover of Vol. 1 = game over anyway, choice is made no matter what the characters think. (Again, prove me wrong, Japan, I wouldn't mind.)

I can't help but sound really cynical about it but that doesn't mean it's always bad, I did put this show as tentatively my #1 of Fall after all. Either a Yozora end or a Sena end (er, I should also mention the no-end-wow-this-sold-a-lot-SEQUEL! end, which is fine too) will probably satisfy me well enough if the show maintains its current level of fuckingawesomeness.

Westlo

10-26-2011, 10:26 AM

I think Sena reacted to Kodaka's comment about visiting her father was because she was afraid he wanted to date her which put him in the same situation as all the other boys she knows. She really wants (needs) friends not boyfriends.

Sena heavily blushed, was stammering and was clearly flustered, clearly not the same situation as all the other boys she knows who are her "slaves". Let's also not ignore that tsundere like response after Kodaka clarified why he wanted to see her father.

Westlo

10-26-2011, 10:45 AM

I'm pretty sure she said in a previous episode that she wants female friends, and has no interest in making male friends. What she needs might be a whole other issue though.

I'll say up to that point, she didn't seem interested in him in any particular way, good or bad. Now, the question is, how does she feel about him after he got pissed off at her and scolded him? Friend? Possible love interest? No change? It seemed significant since it got her an inner monologue on the bus ride home. But, I guess we'll have to wait and see.

I think she somewhat liked him before that incident, she demanded to be on a first name basis to be equal to Yozora with him, she pulled out an equivalent of a guy asking a girl to help him with his homework when he already knows it... "I learned this faster than normal even for me!" Sure you did Sena, sure you did. She was sucking her stomach in when around Kodaka in that bikini and she blushed and was completely flustered when she misunderstood why Kodaka wanted to meet her father.

She probably wasn't aware she liked him in that manner but that scolding and the "Of course it's my business!!" line has now got her actually thinking about it. But romance isn't the main focus of Hagani as far as I can see (well to now at any point) so I wouldn't be surprised if they don't even come back to that until another season and I'll be even more surprised if she changed her interactions with him that much from before.

I'm sure they'll build up to it eventually but considering the 7th LN just came out and this is going to be the second biggest LN property behind Haruhi I doubt they'll move @ a rapid pace in regards to this. This can go 20 novels long easy if the author wanted it too...

Westlo

10-26-2011, 10:57 AM

In this case it's okay since I like them both, though whether they're an interesting couple is another question - I'd say "no, not yet", and that Yozora and Kodaka are much more interesting together even if Sena is my favorite. Reunion with forgotten mysterious friend + girl on the cover of Vol. 1 = game over anyway, choice is made no matter what the characters think. (Again, prove me wrong, Japan, I wouldn't mind.)

Well the spin here is that childhood Yozora had a dick as far as Kodaka knew so it's not like they'll be some bullshit romantic promise to kill Sena's chances. The promise is more about being friends which doesn't mean they have to hook up together.

But yeah first girl, cover girl + childhood friend.. and Sena's no magical girl so the odds are stacked against Sena. But she is definitely the fanbase favorite and this seems more like a 2 horse race (Sena looks more like an equal lead as opposed to "lets throw this girl from the harem a bone this episode") as opposed to a full blown harem, so you never know. Sena would get way better odds than Char in IS imo... and both have similar dominating fan bases in their properties.

Draneor

10-26-2011, 11:43 AM

It may have been a bit clearer in the novel, but Sena starting viewing Kodoka as different from the other men she knew (i.e., her followers) shortly after they met. Mainly, I think, because Kodoka neither expressed interest in her nor was willing to follow her "orders" like every other male her age she knew. It's also somewhat complicated by her rivalry with Yozora.

But yeah first girl, cover girl + childhood friend.. and Sena's no magical girl so the odds are stacked against Sena.

She also has her own manga "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai+," which covers what would have happened had Kodoka met Sena first. There would be no reason to offer an alternative if the main story line were not going for the default ending.

On the other hand, technically, Yozora is not in the title. The novel series is not about her (unlike 99% of other light novels which are about the heroine). Thus, I still have hope.

pathos

10-26-2011, 05:55 PM

But yeah first girl, cover girl + childhood friend.. and Sena's no magical girl so the odds are stacked against Sena.

She also has her own manga "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai+," which covers what would have happened had Kodoka met Sena first. There would be no reason to offer an alternative if the main story line were not going for the default ending.

On the other hand, technically, Yozora is not in the title. The novel series is not about her (unlike 99% of other light novels which are about the heroine). Thus, I still have hope.

Hrm, I was actually thinking on where I'd like the show to go (setting aside where it WILL actually go, or where the source material took/is taking it)

I'm not averse at all to Yozora and Sena both coming to like him (already liking him?). But, I'd actually like for it not be resolved. Or, at least, not anytime soon, which is the opposite of my wishes for most of the shows of that kind.

My reasoning is...well, you have 2 girls who really don't seem to like each other very much. And, they are at each others throats....alot. And it's damn good tv. Perhaps they will actually become friends one day. Perhaps they are already headed down that road. But, I don't think either one would ever actually admit it. Nor would it cause them to call a truce with each other either.

Having them both start liking the same person would only add fuel to the flames. This could be worth hours of entertainment :P

bear

10-26-2011, 06:08 PM

After reflecting on the episode a little more, I'm wondering whether Sena was telling the truth about not being able to swim. They've stated that she's tops in academics and sports so, while it's possible, her lack of swimming ability seems out of character. I think it was her way of doing something with Kodoka without turning it into a date. Even though she's stated she was only interested in female friends, the fact that she doesn't have any friends, male or female, has me leaning towards this interpretation. She's still lonely and at odds with Yozora and the club doesn't have any other members so Kokoka is the only person available. She doesn't even have an air friend like Yozora does.:)

Whether the two girls end up liking him romantically or not, there is bound to be fireworks because they're so competitive with each other. He's liable to be "collateral damage" in the competition when they fight over him whether it's as friend or boyfriend.

Yeah, it may be different in the novels (didn't know about them, thought there was just the manga), but normally spoiler info from other media aren't discussed on the anime forums.

superdry

10-26-2011, 07:39 PM

Even though she's stated she was only interested in female friends, the fact that she doesn't have any friends, male or female, has me leaning towards this interpretation. She's still lonely and at odds with Yozora and the club doesn't have any other members so Kokoka is the only person available. She doesn't even have an air friend like Yozora does.:)

I think Sena is definitely happy, contrary to what she said even if she's not being truthful, that Kodaka is her first real male friend...not a doormat. I think she might be a little confused right now since it seems she never (or hasn't had one in a long while) had a male friend like Kodaka. With the whole swim thing and then having him fend off the guys hitting on her, she was sizing him up as a potential mate after already knowing that he's not a doormat. Now, he's a good, reliable man.

Whether the two girls end up liking him romantically or not, there is bound to be fireworks because they're so competitive with each other. He's liable to be "collateral damage" in the competition when they fight over him whether it's as friend or boyfriend.

And, we have yet to meet everyone else...

Suwako Moriya

10-27-2011, 01:14 PM

The cast suddenly expands. More girls and another guy! Yeah, that's a guy. I have no idea what to think. Especially with the maid outfit.

I like the fact so far each eye catch focuses on a different part. Yozora's thigh, Sena's breasts, Kobato's back, and now Maria's forehead.

I like the new additions to the series. Should create more fun and increase variety.

Oh, the preview is promising. I'm already feeling like shipping Maria and Kobato together. Make of that what you will.

Fencedude

10-27-2011, 08:59 PM

Kusunoki Yukimura. Gender...indeterminate.

Probably doesn't help that when I think "Yukimura" the first thing that pops into my head isn't a guy.

Also we meet the loli nun teacher, who's...easy to manipulate.

And last, but certainly not least, Rika. Who's...something else.

Yozora's quite the troll isn't she? I'm actually somewhat impressed at the depths she'll fall to. Her reaction to Rika's comment about men and women not being able to be real friends though...wow.

bear

10-27-2011, 09:29 PM

Yozora's quite the troll isn't she? I'm actually somewhat impressed at the depths she'll fall to. Her reaction to Rika's comment about men and women not being able to be real friends though...wow.
Oh, she definitly didn't intend for anybody but Kodaka to join the club! She's hoping that he remembers her and they can pick up where they left off as friends. She's got an evil streak in her a mile wide but it must be killing her that Kodaka doesn't remember her, her plan is blowing up in her face and that really makes me feel sorry for her.

Rika, on the other hand..... Ecchi Mecha?!

TheGreenMan

10-27-2011, 09:39 PM

A loli nun appears! Who wars a heart for some reason. Did she just agree to Yozura taking nude pictures of her and posting them on the Internet?
A trap appears! I know I said this before, but DAMN, Yukimura's voice is quiet and soft. I put his trapilicousness up their with Hideyoshi. Yukimura's trap powers are too great, even for his classmates.
Kobato doesn't like you spending all your time at the club, Kodaka. She wants you ALL TO HERSELF.
A HORNEY Rika appears! And she's Sena to the exponent of 10.

Everyone wants Kodaka to themselves! Even Yukimura!

superdry

10-27-2011, 09:41 PM

That was hilarious. Even though we were introduced to three characters in one episode, it was rather well done and not forced or fast.

I love how everything is a misunderstanding with Kodaka. In a way, the running gag doesn't get old.

Yukimura - He has to stay in that maid outfit. It just suits him perfectly.

Maria - So weird to hear Yuka Iguchi with that high pitch voice after watching Mayo Chiki. While smart, she seems naive and falls into Yozora's traps easily (oh man is Yozora evil).

Rika - Mecha BL? And, wanting to have sex with Kodaka after he "saved" her. What a riot.

The preview at the end is pretty fun...Kobato vs. Maria? Nice. People who read the novels would understand.

Westlo

10-28-2011, 10:28 AM

And, we have yet to meet everyone else...

They might as well be non factors, it's a two horse race. (no not spoiling, I haven't read enough of the manga to do that since I only read upto the end of the swimming pool part, just common sense!)

superdry

10-28-2011, 01:48 PM

EmperorBrandon

10-28-2011, 04:00 PM

- Oh my god Sena is adorable. Yozora suggests playing a game - Sena puts 53 hours into it in preparation. And then tries to hide it and arrrrrrrrrrgh she's SO CUTE.

Heh, I love that both times (later on when she goes on galge binge too), the bags under her eyes make it obvious she's lost a lot of sleep doing it... So CUTE indeed. :)

ilmaestro

10-28-2011, 05:30 PM

Mini-Index is a better piece of casting than I thought it would be!

Also, Yukimuraaaaaa~~

Show is being handled so well.

something

10-30-2011, 08:50 PM

Episode 4:

- Mad scientist doesn't sound like how I expected either. Fukuen Misato!

- There's an adorable little nun on the couch! Yay!
- I guess there's nothing unexpected about Iguchi Yuuka voicing a loli nun. So we have Sena and Yozora who were cast nothing like I expected, and Maria and Kobato who are just way too obvious. :sd: Not that I object to any of them.
- Hahahahahaha! "When I looked it up afterward, that's not written anywhere in the bible" XD Brilliant. Yozora is evil. She slaps ten year old nuns without remorse.
- ...Yozora is blatantly manipulating this little nun. Heh.

- Kodaka is being stalked! Yozora and Sena wonder how he tells a stalker from the usual glares he gets. :sd:
- Stalked by a very girly little boy. You know, I kinda figured the bondage maid in the OP was a trap.
- Bullying discussion. Damn, Yozora sure reacts violently to that topic. Really though, what else can you call her handling of Maria? :sd:
- Hahah, Yukimura kinda cracks me up. I love his completely ridiculous impression of Kodaka.
- Kodaka-aniki! XD And Yozora ropes another unsuspecting schmuck into joining.

- Kobato!! Her pouting makes me so happy.

- Ohhh. Rika is a student. I saw the lab coat and somehow completely missed the uniform... And she's a first year at that.
- Uh, wow. Rika reads intresting books. >_>
- Rika is adorable. Er, minus the violand gang rape fantasies. Fukuen Misato has an even cuter voice than usual for her.

- There goes maid boy. ...Yozora, do you really not see what you're doing as bullying? :sd:
- Ooh, Rika read the hidden message.
- ...HOLY FUCK what just happened? Wow. Just, wow, Fukuen Misato. I would pay to see that scene getting recorded. And hah, she totally has Sena beat on reading dirty lines.
- And then she turns around and asks Kodaka to be her sex friend what is this I don't even

...Yeah, wow. :sd: This show, it's sure something else.

Can't wait for more Kobato next time. =D

strangefour

11-01-2011, 07:06 PM

-"Let go of me!" "It feels so good!" Bam, now you have a nun fetish.
-Yozura can curse like a sailor.
-Come on. Use "turgid!" It's the best word for this situation.
-Blackmail material! I like how Yozura plans ahead.
-Oh great, uh-whatever-guy's-name-is's sister is a vampire fangirl. Your mutilated bunny and blood talk just makes you a pale shadow of the gothic lolita perfection that was Kuroneko.
-Cut back to that! I want to know how that monkey got on that pig? Is it part of an elaborate monkey escape plan? I must know!

-A beach trip so soon?
-This sin't a swimming lesson. This is an anatomy lesson.
-Swimming is easier when you have built in floatation devices. It seems.
-Damn it surprise named crying loli. Away with thee!
-Toddler Kombat! See this is how you really make friends. With the fist!
-Well that was a fast reveal of who was obviously Kodaka's childhood friend.

Predictable cliches of loli and childhood friend. But not boring. Far too much focus on meat boobs though. Yeah they are there and huge. But too blatant focus on them at the pool. Also I think Sena makes too much eye contact with people for being a strange kind of shy. She should have shifted her gaze when Kodaka was yelling at her at least.

something

11-01-2011, 08:39 PM

strangefour

11-01-2011, 09:34 PM

-Jellyfish obsessed little mad scientist? MOAR PLZ!
-Ten year old loli nun teacher...
-Yozora is a bully. Nun-loli Does not know her scripture very well.
-Nun-loli will have her revenge. Revenge (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/strangefour/icons/Nun-Loli.jpg)!
-Yozora is a horribly mean person. Blackmail is one thing. But bullying a little girl and threatening child pornography is just mean. Yozura is turning into Haruhi.
-Yozora admits to flaming people on line and hurting small animals. She is a monster.

-Does his sister just wear contacts all the time?
-SCIENCE!
-Kodaka needs to learn to stop shouting the worst part of any conversation.
-How can anyone take Kodaka seriously as a delinquent with his stupid rolled up dutch boy pants?
-"This is the first time I've ever been interested in a mammal." Well that sounds n-- WHAT!?
-Damn it Yukimura what gender are you?
-Rika is the first person to enrole in the club completely of their own free will.
-Dirty Gundam magazine!
-Rika has a mecha fetish... Somehow this doesn't bother me. High Mega Cannon HASHA!
-UNIVERSE!!!

I was considering dropping this at the beginning of this episode. Not anymore! Rika's a great addition. Not so sure about nun-loli or he-she.

strangefour

11-01-2011, 09:42 PM

Also I think Sena makes too much eye contact with people for being a strange kind of shy. She should have shifted her gaze when Kodaka was yelling at her at least.
She's not shy at all, but being outgoing and talkative is not the same as being able to make real friends.

Okay shy isn't the right word. But in that situation it seems odd for her to be staring him straight in the eye and not wavering. Kodaka is good at looking threatening.

ilmaestro

11-01-2011, 11:30 PM

-Damn it Yukimura what gender are you?
C'mon, you know you don't really care~

HitokiriShadow

11-01-2011, 11:51 PM

So this episode was a string of new character introductions.

Maria is easily manipulated, and Yozora is more than happy to take advantage of that, nevermind that she's 10.

Yukimura is allegedly male, but very girly and wants to learn how to be manly from Kodaka. So naturally, Yozora makes him become Kodaka's underling. He doesn't need much convincing though. Then she has him don the maid outfit as special training. For becoming manly. Anyway, he's fairly amusing.

And then there's Rika, the scientist girl. Robots impaling each other with energy beams make her horny. She also seems to get off on imagining being gang raped while she's unconscious. Yozora calls her broken and her response is "Yeah, I know that." Then she asks Kodaka to have sex with her. Right in front of all of the other club members. Definitely my favorite of the new characters.

In short, Yozora gets two new toys and a rival, even if she doesn't quite realize that's what the latter is yet.

And apparently the "Haganai" title is official, since it was used in the eyecatch.

HitokiriShadow

11-01-2011, 11:56 PM

- Stalked by a very girly little boy. You know, I kinda figured the bondage maid in the OP was a trap.

I was spoiled on it. Though I don't remember if I was actually spoiled on the maid being a trap, or if I was just spoiled on the show having a trap and instantly assumed it was the maid.

strangefour

11-02-2011, 12:18 AM

-Damn it Yukimura what gender are you?
C'mon, you know you don't really care~

If he was hotter I wouldn't. But he's the least remarkable crossdresser of the year.

ilmaestro

11-02-2011, 01:11 AM

And apparently the "Haganai" title is official, since it was used in the eyecatch.
Hirasaka Yomi himself was the first one to start using it, after all. :)

-Damn it Yukimura what gender are you?
C'mon, you know you don't really care~

If he was hotter I wouldn't. But he's the least remarkable crossdresser of the year.
Fair, it has been a pretty strong year.

MelancholicMariya

11-02-2011, 08:22 AM

-Damn it Yukimura what gender are you?
C'mon, you know you don't really care~

If he was hotter I wouldn't. But he's the least remarkable crossdresser of the year.
Fair, it has been a pretty strong year.

His Light Novel art makes him look even better. Buriki is really good at what he does.

superdry

11-02-2011, 12:33 PM

Suwako Moriya

11-03-2011, 12:26 PM

That's not fair, I'm still waiting for Romancing SaGa IV and they're playing Romancing Saga XIV!

Too bad they missed a chance to play off the whole eating meat thing. Ah, well. I'm sure they threw in references from other games too.

This is the downside to playing with others. Especially when Yozora and Sena are involved.

Maria meets Kobato and sparks fly. Kobato has issues.

Great this episode has me tempted to kill a random final boss from SaGa later.

TheGreenMan

11-03-2011, 09:41 PM

What happened to my heterochromic loli?
She looks damn sexy in her sleepwear. Which makes a bad person for thinking that.
Jealous Kobato.
Along sponsor shirt animation. So awesome.
Another game world, another chance for Sena and Yozura to kill each other.
Another Sacred Blacksmith reference.
I don't get the wizard sex 30 years old thing.
"The game is unbalanced."
Kobato to the rescue...not.
Oh her eyes are back again. I guess she uses contacts to change her eye color.
Yep...a OreImo reference.
Kobato vs. Maria...FIGHT.
Kobato loves her an-chan. LOVES him!
Alright, Kobato and Maria do the preview..."Count the stains on the ceiling." Oh my.

pathos

11-03-2011, 10:39 PM

I don't get the wizard sex 30 years old thing.

It's a 2chan thing apparently. A 30 year old virgin gets magical powers was the saying I guess. Stereotypical Otaku garb. Must be a virgin :P

Or something

Fencedude

11-03-2011, 11:16 PM

Oh wow. That outfit. Damn. Lookin' good, Meat. Very, very good. Rika wasn't bad either.

Anyway, lolz the references. Though the best one was Sena title-dropping OreImo.

Kobato vs. Maria is pretty hilarious, and Rika is still the only person actually in the "Kodaka" race.

strangefour

11-04-2011, 02:37 AM

-The Ko- siblings are eating ben-to. How good do they taste? Did they earn their meals in combat?
-Heterochromia-ko is a lie!
-Are you sure it's okay to keep a nun-loli as a pet? Has she had her shots?
-Slab Largehard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHlJ2voJHY)!
-Virtualboy 2.0?
-That's alot of free controller/headsets for a beta testing prototype.
-Gunner Rika. *drool*

-Rika's charm point is her inner thigh. *drool*
-Nun-loli has become nun-loli...
-Damn white mage falling asleep when the party pulls a big mob. >_<
-Surprise gothic lolita is unsurprising cause she was in the preview.
-Gothic lolita has joined the party- err joined the club. Gain 350exp.

Just realised this show is Haruhi vs Kirino. But there are some amusing characters inbetween them.

strangefour

11-04-2011, 02:40 AM

Kobato vs. Maria is pretty hilarious, and Rika is still the only person actually in the "Kodaka" race.

If Rika hasn't slept with Kodaka yet, she will after next week's "performance" I'm sure.

bear

11-04-2011, 08:22 AM

Anyway, lolz the references. Though the best one was Sena title-dropping OreImo.

Just having Kobato in the show is a great reference but the title drop shows the writers have no shame. :laugh:

The Index reference was a great too. I mean, who else could Maria have been?

superdry

11-05-2011, 01:21 PM

Fun episode besides the middle part when the gang was playing the game. That was pretty boring.

Kobato vs. Maria was a riot and the best part of episode.

HitokiriShadow

11-06-2011, 01:43 AM

Yay, Kobato finally joins the club! And we learn something very important: that she has amazing taste in sleepwear.

Maria had a decent amount of focus this episode as well, and she was consistently highly amusing. I love Maria's laugh. And she has a rather disturbing misunderstanding of what sex is.

Maria and Kobato's rivalry will probably never reach the epic hate-sex levels of Yozora/Sena, but its quite amusing in its own way.

Sena's rapid ascent/descent into game addiction is impressive. At the rate she's going, she's about one week away from openly bitching about "the Real" sucking and how games are so much better.

HitokiriShadow

11-06-2011, 01:49 AM

Yep...a OreImo reference.

Anyway, lolz the references. Though the best one was Sena title-dropping OreImo.

Wait, what? *Goes and re-watches scene* Oh geez, I can't believe I didn't catch that.

HitokiriShadow

11-06-2011, 01:59 AM

but the title drop shows the writers have no shame. :laugh:

We've known that since the Sacred Blacksmith eroge scene.

Fencedude

11-06-2011, 01:07 AM

HitokiriShadow

11-06-2011, 01:14 AM

Yay, Kobato finally joins the club! And we learn something very important: that she has amazing taste in sleepwear.

Its the garter. I mean seriously, the negligee is one thing, but to wear a freaking GARTER?!

Oh yeah, that was definitely a major factor in why I thought it was so amazing.

Though until she wears one with a swimsuit, she only has the second best random garter ever in anime.

Who was it that did that again? I'm pretty sure I've seen it, but I can't remember where.

Fencedude

11-06-2011, 01:28 AM

HitokiriShadow

11-06-2011, 01:35 AM

Though until she wears one with a swimsuit, she only has the second best random garter ever in anime.Who was it that did that again? I'm pretty sure I've seen it, but I can't remember where.

Big-boob onee-sama in Hoshizora.

Oh. I must have been thinking of something else then, because I don't think I watched enough of that to see a swimsuit episode.

something

11-06-2011, 05:33 PM

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-5092.html

- Inoue Marina's Yozora
- Yamamoto Nozomi's Yukimura
- Itou Kanae's Sena
- Fukuen Misato's Rika
- Hanazawa Kana's Kobato

Inoue's Yozora is adorable. But, HanaKana... :sd: Too bad there's no Maria from Iguchi Yuka.

I guess we should be glad Kobayashi Yuu doesn't have a role in this show.

HitokiriShadow

11-06-2011, 06:02 PM

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-5092.html

- Inoue Marina's Yozora
- Yamamoto Nozomi's Yukimura
- Itou Kanae's Sena
- Fukuen Misato's Rika
- Hanazawa Kana's Kobato

Inoue's Yozora is adorable. But, HanaKana... :sd: Too bad there's no Maria from Iguchi Yuka.

Itou Kanae's Sena is my favorite. And the lack of Maria makes me sad.

something

11-06-2011, 08:52 PM

Episode 5:

- ...Kobato's sleepwear is epic. <3 <3 <3
- Kobato's contact is missing. Kobato with two blue eyes... I'm not used to this!
- She is so cute. So jealous. <3 <3 <3 Kobato.

- Uh oh. Maria is calling Kodaka "onii-chan". Kobato is going to kill her.
- Unko unko unko!
- Meanwhile Sena is still obsessed with her galge. <3
- Hahah, she realizes she's speaking out loud. SO CUTE.

- Virtual Reality Time! "Largehard" >_>
- Don't skip the opening cinematic! Sena is sad. ;_;
- Holy shit, Rika. Nice outfit. Can we have closeups of her adjusting her top some more? Please? I liked that. A lot.
- "There's a legend on the Internet that if you stay a virgin until you're 30, you become a wizard." o_O
- Mmmm, Sena looks nice too.
- Yozora, uh... :sd: So cute as she's hopping upa nd down though. She likes it!
- And Maria's outfit is, um, appropriate.

- Oh god. Kodaka is sympathizing with the enemies. :sd:
- Of course the others murder them all anyway.
- This game segment was good, but the other one was better.
- Kobatooooooo! Sena likes her immediately. =D
- Looooool OreImo joke.
- Oh shit. Kobato sees Maria hanging on Kodaka. LET THE BLOODBATH COMENCE!
- Kobato joins! Yozora is okay with it but only because she's just Kodaka's sister... not a potential rival.

Awww... Kobato was too cute at the end there. Don't take her An-chan away from her!

ndm

11-06-2011, 09:31 PM

I guess we should be glad Kobayashi Yuu doesn't have a role in this show.

It took me a moment to get that, but yes, black and red scary Haganai characters = do not want. :P Though I'd love to see an artbook of Kobayashi Yuu's art just because it'd be the scariest thing ever published. I can just imagine people in stores reacting like Akari did to Chinatsu's drawings in Yuruyuri.

Of those drawings I like Itou Kanae and Inoue Marina's drawings the best.

Fencedude

11-10-2011, 07:51 PM

Karaoke!

More on the Yozora and Kodaka were friends as children subplot, but Kodaka still has memory issues.

Yozora reduced Sena to a crying wreck twice this episode, but Sena finally got her back good. More than she knows, actually. Good for her, Yozora deserves to get kicked in the ass a bit, metaphorically at least.

Kodaka, Rika and Yukimura's reactions to the squabbling were pretty funny, and Kobato was just absolutely adorable the entire time. BEST YOUNGER SISTER EVER.

superdry

11-11-2011, 01:38 AM

The episode seemed so familiar until I remember that I saw this part in the manga in the November 2011 issue of Comic Alive that I bought last week for the Haganai clear folder that came with it. So, I guess the anime is current with the manga.

Past history is whatever...not super interested in that. Yozora continues to be mean towards Sena and their bickering never get's old.

Kobato was really cute the whole time and I found it pretty adorable she was playing with her stuffed rabbit in the whole in the club room. Also, Kodaka is not cut from the same cloth as Kyousuke from OreImo as he didn't kick his little sister out of bed in the morning. =D

The karaoke bit was pretty fun. Yozora couldn't understand the pricing since she's been doing it alone the whole time and the plan to save money was just bizarre since everyone could have chipped in.

In other news, Sena and Yozora looked wonderful in their casual clothes. But, no Maria in sight.

Suwako Moriya

11-11-2011, 10:44 AM

Whenever an episode focused on Karaoke comes up, part of me hopes for an extended version so we can actually hear more of the songs.

I hate to say it, but Yozora was really pushing it this episode. She was crossing the line from being "awesome evil" to essentially being just "plain evil" or dare I say it "awful evil"? Seriously, you can only go so far before it becomes too much.

Kobato was awesome. Like the special effects she gets.

Yukimura needs to stop wearing that outfit because it makes me forget sometimes. Wait, I said too much.

bear

11-11-2011, 03:16 PM

I hate to say it, but Yozora was really pushing it this episode. She was crossing the line from being "awesome evil" to essentially being just "plain evil" or dare I say it "awful evil"? Seriously, you can only go so far before it becomes too much.

Even though she started the club I wish Kodaka would lay into her and tell her off. I can imagine how she got to be the way she is though. Given her childhood friendship with Kodaka, she was friendly at one time. If she's been isolated since then I could see where she would want to take it out on others. She obviously still cares deeply for Kodaka, and given Sena's ability to make men fawn over her, probably is terrified that she's going to lose him to her. That would explain why she is so cruel. She's desperate to drive Sena away so she won't be a threat.

It was painful to watch the Sena and Yozora sitting by themselves even if it was their own fault. They didn't quite grasp the idea of Karaoke :depressed:.

EmperorBrandon

11-11-2011, 03:23 PM

...why is that Eroge based on Seiken no Blacksmith?

Seiken no Blacksmith was also published by Media Factory, so it's an instance of throwing in a reference to one of their other series, I'd think, and wow, was I amused by that too (hah, Cecilia and Lucas...).

A few seasons ago it kind of felt like HanaKana was just getting cast in the same kind of roles (more of the genki cute type), but to me it feels like she really has a better variety with her prominent roles this season, and Kobato is particularly awesome and so perfect. She's very amusing so far and looking forward to more of her.

EmperorBrandon

11-11-2011, 04:11 PM

Interesting that we all of the sudden get a massive cast expansion in one episode. Definitely quite curious to see more of how the expanded group's intereactions will turn out. Rika is much weirder than expected, but I liked that.

strangefour

11-11-2011, 11:29 PM

-Kodaka and Yozora were friends for yours. Yet he can't remember her or the fact she was a girl.
-Oh right. I'd forgotten all about the air friend.
-Hah! I love Rika. She just flat out asks Kodaka on a kareoke date. While everyone else is sputtering like a sinking ship.
-Yozora. Meat. Stop the S&M foreplay infront of the rest of the club.
-It's always the right time for labcoats and gothic lolitas. However why is he still in the maid outfit?
-Curse you word problem.

-Kareoke is over priced. But the two bitches plan is sad and lonely.
-LOVE MIC FINISHER!
-Everyone just leaves Yozora and Meat arguing in the street. Rika is the only one in this show getting it on with Kodaka.

I have the urge to kareoke old robot theme songs now.

Kodaka, Rika and Yukimura's reactions to the squabbling were pretty funny, and Kobato was just absolutely adorable the entire time. BEST YOUNGER SISTER EVER.

Somewhere Kuroneko's imouto is crying right now.

HitokiriShadow

11-12-2011, 12:21 AM

Kobato is easily distracted by math problems. Her excitement when she figured out the answer was adorable. Kobato's "Ku-ku-ku" amuses me greatly. It's a shame we didn't get to hear any of her Karaoke song.

Rika wasn't joking when she said she wanted to have sex with Kodaka. She's pretty open in her advances. And she continues to have no shame at all, shouting out comments like "That made me wet" and "Did you come?" She sounds so sweet, almost innocent, when she's saying it too.

And Sena has finally found something she can rub in Yozora's face.

Damius

11-13-2011, 04:55 PM

- The PSP game was hilarious.
- So Sena puts 53 hours in preparation and she thought she could hide it?
- Well, the in "game portion" of the episode was so fun and WOW the outfits are so awesome!!
- Yukiko I have to thank you for making possible that kind of scene with Sena. How can I thank you!
- So how many hours did she play the games in the end?

So, this was quite an episode. This confirm that I want to import this! I really like how it develop and this only after 2 episodes.

bear

11-17-2011, 10:40 PM

Well, the gang is totally out of it when it comes to social networking so they decide on using cell phones to keep in touch. Of course this is just asking for trouble.

Their lack of friends has them totally inexperienced with using them. Somehow that was one of the saddest scenes in the show for me. They were so excited about finally having someone to call. Surprisingly Sena didn't even have a phone! Yozora and Kodaka talking about the "younger generation" like they were old codgers was funny though.

Yozora messing with Sena's phone winds up backfiring on her and gives Sena a reason to interact with Kodaka. I felt sorry for her as she realized what she had done, but it's her own fault. Sena and Yozora are their own worst enemies. Sena trying to cover up her issues with her haughtiness, and Yozora using her cruelty are traits that are getting to be painful to watch.

Sena does need to meet Kirino. Either they'd get along famously or they would wind up arguing like Kirino and Kuronecko do. :D

Fencedude

11-17-2011, 11:17 PM

Yes Rika! THE WORLD OF YURI WELCOMES YOU!

Anyway, it seems both Yozora and Sena have a history of trolling online, unsurprisingly.

Yozora is getting crueler and crueler (though its still pretty funny), but it seems she may have realized a side-effect of her actions...

Sena's just too cute though.

Suwako Moriya

11-18-2011, 12:57 AM

I'd comment on the lack of knowledge in terms of cellphones, but I'm the only person on that planet left without one. Might as well be.

Yozora is reaching the point where she might actually have to learn that you can't do whatever you want and expect nothing to happen as a result.

Yukimura is actually starting to scare me and not just because being dressed as a maid is confusing.

TheGreenMan

11-18-2011, 01:03 PM

OMG...what is thing called a CELL PHONE? And you call other places other than home with one?
Rika and Yukimura know all about the CELL PHONES.
Good episode, but the cell phone bit is annoying. Were they talking about infrared, or Bluetooth?
Smartphones? Yes, Yozora and Sena, they exist...but not in the world of anime where everyone has a flip-phones.

superdry

11-18-2011, 08:21 PM

I'm getting a little pissed off at Yozora going too far with Sena. It's just not cool. Toying with her is fine, but being that mean two episodes in a row is...ugh even though the phone conversation she was having with Kodaka was funny.

The cell phone bit, while humorous, I just couldn't see it. I guess the comedy factor wouldn't be there without some of the people being pretty clueless about their cellphone (I give a pass to Sena since she never had one).

Sena totally wants to get into Kodaka's pants.

ilmaestro

11-19-2011, 01:22 AM

I heard there was a really funny second half to this episode, with some nice character development especially for Yozora, but for some reason when I'm watching it, it keeps on pausing at the eyecatch and I just can't get past it...

strangefour

11-19-2011, 04:00 PM

-Kobato: "Curse you day star!"
-Sponsored by Orgasomecha.
-Seppuke maid is kind of unsettling. Who will clean up the mess when he dies?
-Sister Maria has been promoted to imouto. With this great honor come many perks. Not the least of which is a steady diet for a starving nun-loli.
-Yozora raises a good point. It might be a bad idea to let a pet nun-loli eat table scraps. She will expect them all the time from now on.

-Damn it seppuku-maid-boy, do not force feed the nun-loli. Her stomache will explode.

-Tozora has done things she would rather forget on the internet. Get to drawing doujin artists!
-Meat troll. I Can only hope she was trolling Kirino.
-My god. Rika is the only one with any intelligence in the room. Talos bless mad scientists.

-Damn you nearly naked imouto.
-Phones that communicate by touching is kinda creepy.
-Yozora & Kodaka share their "first time."
-Meat. Meat. Meaty meat.
-Is Kodaka sitting behind Nabeshin on that bus? Well Nabeshin after a haircut.
-*really wants Rika's cellphone number*
-RIKA HAS AWOKEN TO THE WORLD OF YURI!

Yozora is a hateful bitch. Sena is gullibly emotional. Yukimura is kind of frightening. Thank goodness Rika is here to save us. With mad science and now yuri!

something

11-19-2011, 06:44 PM

Episode 6:

- I like how nobody in the club realizes that they have made friends. They're sitting together in a room right now.
- Sena timidly asking about karaoke... <3
- And of course her embarrassment kicks in and she says something she doesn't mean. Oh Sena.
- Just as predictably, Yozora is going to make it as humiliating as possible for Sena to change her mind. Yozora you're such a sadist.
- As. Humiliating. As. Possible. Man, I do like Yozora, and think I understand her as a character, but it's like the author wanted her to have a lot of haters. I have to admit I'm having a slightly harder time accepting her behavior than I did for, say, Haruhi or Kirino. I do think her backstory will help when we get more of her side of it though.
- And nobody helps Sena. ;_;
- And she runs off crying again. Yozora, so evil. :sd: But it's still an amusing evil. Even if I love Sena.

Art is a little off model at times in this ep.

- Kobato fears not the weak flames of the sun. She says while sweating.
- Oooh, Yozora looks very nice in her casual clothes. Sena too. Yukimura and Rika are the same.
- Well that's one way to keep Kobato busy. :sd:

- I like this bit here. Yozora is so confident that she knows everything about a karaoke box. What she isn't used to is being with others. For six? ¥5400? Oh right...
- Yozora objects to this pricing system!
- ...Uhhh Yozora, Sena, you're doing it wrong. :sd:
- Hahaha Kodaka just goes ahead and does the remaining four.

- How can Yozora and Sena hear them? Aren't they supposed to be more soundproof than that?
- Silly girls. So lonely. Not thinking before you act.
- Awww, they start singing the same sad song at the same time.
- And then competing with each other remotely, hah.

- Off they go. Man, Sena really cannot compete with Yozora when it comes to being mean. They insult each other back and forth for a bit but then Yozora just steamrolls her and Sena runs off crying again. :sd:
- Oooh but Sena unexpectedly manages to score one on Yozora in the end.

Kobato was fantastic in this episode. I like her chuunibyou roleplaying better than Kuroneko's, actually. I think it's the laugh. Fucking love her little "kukuku" laugh. <3 Hanazawa.

something

11-19-2011, 07:25 PM

Episode 7:

- Alright Kodaka, put some socks on and roll down the pantlegs. You look so god damn goofy. You do not live on a farm.
- Evil sun. Kobato will withdraw for now. But she'll be back, with the powers of the night!

- "I came at 8. I would have to commit seppuku if i were to arrive later than you." Hahaha.
- ...What the fuck? Where did those boobs (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/anon09876/BokuwaTomodachigaSukunai-07Mazui19-53-11.png) come from? lol animation consistency?
- Yukimura is pretty damn funny when he's being overly serious.
- ...Yukimura food raped Maria. o_O

- Yozora and Sena have not had good internet experiences.
- "You can use a cell phone to call places other than home?" XD
- This is a momentous moment for Kodaka. He'll have someone on his contact list besides Kobato.
- AMAZING KOBATO EYECATCH (though I already saw it on danbooru)

- Sena doesn't have a cell phone? Huh.
- Hahahahah, Kodaka and Yozora seem to understand cell phones about as well as I do.
- "eternalfriendship2" ...Yozora, that's depressing. :sd:
- Awww... Yozora is so happy to be Kodaka's first. Er, first cell address that is.

- Sena is at it again. Every time she feels uncomfortable about a situation she resorts to acting pompous, even though it rings so hollow. Silly girl, be honest!
- And as usual, this prompts Yozora into taking action. They really are two people who fundamentally cannot stand each other.
- Heh phone conversation 3 feet apart.
- And of course it ends with... you guessed it, Sena running away in tears. :sd: You can't say Sena is entirely blameless in these interactions, but Yozora sure knows how to exploit it to maximum effect.

- Hahaha so Sena calls at 2am from a landline. WHY IS SHE SO CUTE?

- Rika is sexting! The depravity of today's youth!
- Hahahah, Rika is hilarious. She's worn Yozora out.
- "I just awoke to the world of yuri." Rika is omnisexual.

- Sena arrives with the same phone as Kodaka. Totally a coincidence!
- Heh, Sena totally deserved that one. Yozora didn't have to put much effort into being mean there.
- ...But with a little more prodding, evil Yozora is back. :sd: Sena, will you ever learn not to kick hornet nests?

Man, those two are back and forth like crazy aren't they? Backfiring into backfiring into backfiring. This time Yozora gets the short end of the stick, just like last week.

Next week, wet Kobato!

bear

11-19-2011, 08:14 PM

Episode 7:

- Alright Kodaka, put some socks on and roll down the pantlegs. You look so god damn goofy. You do not live on a farm.

His outfit has bothered me from the get-go. He doesn't want to be thought of as a Yankee, but then he refuses to wear the uniform properly. Granted this episode is when school is out, but he wears this all the time.

TheGreenMan

11-19-2011, 08:24 PM

ilmaestro

11-19-2011, 08:44 PM

That was the way it was at my (UK) high school - if you were on school grounds, or engaging in school-related activities, you were representing the school and unless otherwise stated wore the school uniform, regardless of whether school was "in session" or not.

HitokiriShadow

11-20-2011, 12:13 AM

Rika has awakened the wonderfulness of yuri! Congratulations, Rika, please make good use of this enlightenment. She apparently has already been doing some sort of "experimenting" with Yozora.

And Yozora and Kodaka acknowledge that she's a true genius thanks to her brilliant suggestion to... use their cell phones if they want to contact each other about club activities. "You can use cell phones to call places other than home!?" That whole scene was fantastic, but especially Kodaka and Yozora's reaction to adding their first (with the possible exception of family) phone numbers and e-mail addresses, and Rika's poignant comment about feeling like they're the ones missing out.

Meanwhile, Yozora's abuse of Sena finally backfires on her. Which is nice to see, as she's crossed the line several times and its just so one-sided at this point.

Damius

11-20-2011, 01:16 AM

- Sena, maybe you should not play this game at school… But, I loved your reaction, so you should continue in the end! ;)
- Sena, did Yozora got you? Will you be able to read it out loud?
- Poor Sena she have to read it out loud… This may be a comedic scene, but it’s still really emotional… My poor Sena…
- Yozora, recorded it? Nah, it was a joke…but is it really???
- Another lovely character…Kobato… My favorite is Sena, but my second favorite is now harder to choose…
- Sena want to learn how to swim for obvious reasons… this will end up with great scenes, I’m sure! I can’t wait already!
- So here we are at the pool…That bikini wow just wow!
- Sena end up being happy to get her first nickname ever, even if it’s Meat… well she probably see it as a beginning of a new friendship, which is so important for her.
- Yeah Kodaka you have THE face to protect Sena from those guys…
- Wow Kodaka, you sure handle the situation perfectly, is he my favorite male character ever???
- Kodaka, I hope you will find out soon that, “that kid” is Yozora

I LOVE this anime! This is definitely the one I wanna import!

TheGreenMan

11-24-2011, 09:10 PM

Fencedude

11-24-2011, 11:11 PM

Uhh...that ended up kinda depressing, actually.

Sena cutegasming over Kobato was adorable. And lol at Kobato's face beingin Sena's boobs during the bus ride.

And uhh...Yukimura...ahh...well...

superdry

11-25-2011, 12:54 AM

Best episode of the series yet. Too bad the budget dropped in this episode and the ending had to be depressing.

Kobato was all sorts of cute this time around, but I loved Sena fawning over her. She totally needs to set the flags for the Kobato route asap!

Kobato vs. Maria is always funny. Kobato vs. Sena's boobs was extremely humorous.

bear

11-25-2011, 10:16 AM

Kobato outfit...CHANGE! Why is she so cute?
Maira gets naked! Uhh...did the nun who saw scratch her butt?
Sena = lolicon. Rika = SUPER LOLICON. Rika now has the holy trifecta.
Don't worry, Kobato, Yozura is there to protect you with her hentai destroying flyswatter.
Kobato, meet Sena's boobs. Sena's boobs, meet Kobato. Sena was enjoying it, too.
And Maria gets bitchslapped.
And the episode ends on a major downer.
Yeah, the nun scratched her butt and what was she drinking?

Rika and Yozora leave so everyone else does too. God, they just can't get the fact that they have friends: each other!. It wasn't going to be fun because their friends had to leave. Yeah, I know that's one of the plot lines but it still drives me crazy that they can't see it. It's like the horror movie with the monster standing right behind the main characters and they don't realize it's there. You just want to shout at them to look behind themselves.

It almost sounded like Kodaka remembered his former friendship with Yozora. Right at the end when she was leaving on the bus he said she still can't handle groups of people. Was that just a general comment or a memory from before?

Kodaka is doing the one thing Sena can't handle. He's treating her like a person and not a sex object. It's really messing with her emotions.

HitokiriShadow

11-27-2011, 12:50 AM

ZOMG Kobato wears normal clothes! Lots of Kobato this episode.

Sena really, really likes Kobato (and Rika really, really wants to get in Kobato's panties). I want Sena to get the Kobato route too. And Kobato's (very annoyed) face getting stuck in Sena's boobs on the bus was pretty funny.

Maria's gullibility continues to amuse me greatly. We got a little bit more of the amusing Maria/Kobato rivalry too.

Sadly, the episode avoided confirming Yukimura's sex, though it gave a lot of ammunition for the "Yukimura is actually a girl" theory.

Damius

11-27-2011, 06:59 PM

- That is how every rumor starts; will this be one?
- Maria sure is adorable!
- So that is how Yozora got the room!
- Yozora sure knows how to manipulate Maria
- They are now on a mission. Let’s catch Kodaka’s stalker!
- So in the end he was stalked by a little boy!
- The way Yozora reacts on the bullying subject may mean she had to deal with it before or??
- You want us to help you little boy? You will have to join the club. He sure accept real fast.
- We are back with Kobato! Awesome! It was great but too short!
- We meet another character, her name is Rika! Wanna know more about her!
- Rika sure is adorable, but she will give another false impression to Kodaka’s class!
- Rika is a new member!
- What did we just witness??? Rika’s reading was just…How can we describe it? How can we describe it? WOW!!!!

This show sure still my favorite one of the season!

something

11-27-2011, 09:02 PM

Episode 8:

- An-chan! That's one of the cutest variations I've heard an imouto use.
- Kobato is in danger! Air conditions has given out! Disaster!

- All will bow before Reisis V. Felicity Sumeragi, kukuku!
- Haha, Kobato saw a new costume for her favorite character. She's totally going to be making it right now. How convenient that it'd be a lot cooler.
- Kobato henshin! Naked Kobato! Yaaaaaay!
- Oh okay not the actual outfit (well... it would take a lot of time to make), but a conveniently cooler "true form" of her own. AND IT IS CUTE.
- Kobato isn't growing! ...That's okay Kobato. We have Sena for that. We need ones like you too. =D

- Hahaha, nobody recognized Kobato at first.
- Bwhahah oh god Yozora. She really does know how to exploit any situation. Poor Maria.
- I approve so fucking hard of Sena x Kobato. SO. HARD.
- And Rika just outright wants to strip her naked. XD
- Ahaha, Maria running around naked. And seen by... an older Maria?

- Does Yozora take visual novel writing tips from Urobuchi? >_>
- HAHHAHA IT HAPPENED! Bad end indeed. >_>
- Another pool episode? Yes please.
- ...Poor Maria. :sd:

- Crowded bus is bad for Yozora and Rika.
- Meanwhile, Kobato is consumed by Sena's breasts. =D ...I really want a good Sena x Kobato doujin...
- Hahah, oh Yukimura. You make guys feel so uncomfortable.
- Kobato bikini! And Sena is just godly as always.

Aww... Rika and Yozora go home. Mood killer. Leaving early also means less bikini time. ;_;

something

11-27-2011, 09:06 PM

Fencedude

11-27-2011, 10:03 PM

Huh... is that a common assumption? It seems incredibly unlikely to me.

There is certainly something very strange about Yukimura.

HitokiriShadow

11-27-2011, 10:41 PM

Sadly, the episode avoided confirming Yukimura's sex, though it gave a lot of ammunition for the "Yukimura is actually a girl" theory.
Huh... is that a common assumption? It seems incredibly unlikely to me.

I don't know how common it is, but a decent number of people at one blog seem to think so. Some people already thought it was highly probable that Yukimura was a double trap even before this episode. I could see it going either way, but if "he" is actually a girl, that would certainly explain Kodaka's instinctive reaction in the locker room, even though he "knew" Yukimura was a guy.

superdry

11-28-2011, 12:51 AM

I don't know how common it is, but a decent number of people at one blog seem to think so. Some people already thought it was highly probable that Yukimura was a double trap even before this episode. I could see it going either way, but if "he" is actually a girl, that would certainly explain Kodaka's instinctive reaction in the locker room, even though he "knew" Yukimura was a guy.

I was a little puzzled when Kodaka freaked out, but maybe he thinks of "him" as a girl so he instinctively reacted that way?

Double trap does sounds possible. But, Yukimura's extremely flat chest seems to be too convenient, though. The swimsuit Yukimura wears also continues with the ambiguity.

bear

11-28-2011, 06:42 AM

something

11-28-2011, 11:56 AM

I was a little puzzled when Kodaka freaked out, but maybe he thinks of "him" as a girl so he instinctively reacted that way?
Having guys get embarrassed around an undressing trap (see also Hideyoshi) is one of the basics of trap comedy. I didn't take it as evidence that Kodaka actually thought he was female.

I don't get the impression Yukimura is important enough a character to warrant that kind of twist, I guess.

strangefour

11-29-2011, 09:02 PM

-Summer the season of popular people. And couples getting together.
-This gothic loli of mine, she is burning hot. He plaintiff cries tell me the air conditioner is broken.
-True form skimpy bikini just in time for a sweltering summer. I guess they don't have internet or Kobato doesn't buy magazines. Because an anime outfit change would have been shown off weeks or months ago.
-Why is loli stripping in the living room!?
-Um... is it normal for siblings in Japan to see each other naked after the age of 5? Cause this does not seem like a typical sibling relationship now. But I guess Kobato is insane. Before her Fate Testerossa infatuation she could have been a nudist.
-Kobato is for ever chibi. I think I hear the stampeding footsteps of a certain restaurant employee.
-Beware. Nun-loli is a biter.
-Running vamipre-nun-loli is going to be naked... Uh could we have some of the girls over age 16 naked instead anime? Just giving me a topless Rika. That's all I ask.
-No Rika. Bad Rika. No loli pantsu for you.
-More bikini beach episodes need shark attacks.
-PRIDE-O!!

-Kobato's personal space is being violated by meat.
-Rika's nearly passing out from close quarters eroticism.
-Yukimura will never be a man. Damn you Yozora.
-I'm bored. When does the bento go on discount?
-No Rika. Don't leave. I haven't seen your swimsuit yet!

Friends club fail.

strangefour

11-29-2011, 09:06 PM

superdry

11-30-2011, 01:19 AM

Yeah but while Yukimura is draw totally flat they gave Kobato a slight cleavage contour line. Yukimura is totally a guy. A sad little forced cosplay guy.

Kobato is a growing, healthy young girl - middle school; the age when a girl's body starts to change.

Now, regarding Yukimura, I know a girl can have a chest that is completely flat, but it just seems too convenient if it does turn out it is a double trap (I wonder what a triple trap would be...haha) - they're just fucking with us!

strangefour

11-30-2011, 02:08 AM

I wonder what a triple trap would be...haha

Urushibara Luka (http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=630781), the quantum trap!

Fencedude

12-02-2011, 01:42 AM

UUUUNNNNIIIIVVVVEEERRRRRSSSSEEEE!!!!!

Made the episode.

Actually, really good episode overall. Sena's so HHHNNNGGGGG. GIVE IN KOBATO!

superdry

12-02-2011, 01:52 AM

So, Kodaka gets to see heaven in the episode and then is good person for conveniently forgetting what happened last night.

I can only imagine what Sena was doing to Kobato during the bath. I guess I'll have to wait for some doujin to actually see what happened...hehe. But, I love how obsessed Sena is with Kobato - it's really cute and Kobato's reactions are even cuter. I do wonder how Kirino would react towards Kobato, though.

Overall a really fun episode.

Fencedude

12-02-2011, 01:54 AM

I do wonder how Kirino would react towards Kobato, though.

Get ready to have your mind blown.

Kobato and Kirino are the same age

superdry

12-02-2011, 02:02 AM

I do wonder how Kirino would react towards Kobato, though.

Get ready to have your mind blown.

Kobato and Kirino are the same age

Not totally surprised considering the ages of both of them couldn't be more than 2 years apart since they are in middle school in their respective shows.

It's something I've been pondering for a while - how Kirino would react even though Kobato is chuuni-byou, but such a cute imouto.

Suwako Moriya

12-02-2011, 07:27 AM

Yozora, your mind is more warped than I thought.

I'm conflicted. Should I desire the idea of Kobato giving or fear for her? Sena's behavior is making it complicated.

bear

12-02-2011, 09:38 AM

I can only imagine what Sena was doing to Kobato during the bath. I guess I'll have to wait for some doujin to actually see what happened...hehe. But, I love how obsessed Sena is with Kobato - it's really cute and Kobato's reactions are even cuter. I do wonder how Kirino would react towards Kobato, though.

Imagine if Kobato met both Kuroneko and Kirino at the same time.

TheGreenMan

12-02-2011, 12:12 PM

Kobato in a sleeveless hoodie! Why is she so cute?
Horses...of courses.
Showing skin is bad, Yozura? You're on to talk. You did it on several occasions! And later on in the episode too.
I like the butler--oh it's a woman.
Kodaka--so GAR he can impregnate woman by looking at them.
Kobato...you GONNA GET...bathed.
Sean's father gets drunk very quickly.
Why aren't we seeing anything of the bath scene...
...saw that one coming.
UUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNIVVVVVVVVVVVVERRRRSSSSSEEEEEEEE!
What's with that song the butler woman was humming? Funny though.

strangefour

12-02-2011, 11:22 PM

-Swimming again?
-Kobato: "Meat sense... tingling."
-Cinema Snob (http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/10/19/bat-pussy.aspx). What are you doing here? It's Halloween again so soon?
-Meat being molested by a horse. If it's so wrong why does it feel to right?
-Yes Rika! YES! Show me!
-NAKED LABCOAT!
-Oh... that's a very childhood friend kind of swim suit. :(
-Rika is Brazilian.
-Nun-loli and vampire are holding hands. Aww.
-Mobile Suit Gungasm.
-Lady Butler! Ooh teasing one at that.
-Maximillian Pegasus is tsundere?
-*licks eyecatch* ... What? Like I'm the first to fondle an eyecatch.

-Stella is secretly Kobato's mother.
-Meat should not bath Kobato unsupervised.
-Nakwed crying wet loli. I warned you! Just a harmless looking little Meat ya said, but I warned you.
-From happy sparkles to nightmare in 5 seconds.
-Universe... wasn't that the catchphrase of some other show?
-NAKED STELLA!
-Yozora still goes to that playground. Sad. Too bad she's still bitchy.

Sena's so HHHNNNGGGGG. GIVE IN KOBATO!

No. Bad Sena. Bad touch is bad.

HitokiriShadow

12-04-2011, 12:00 AM

So many great moments in this episode.

Yozora being downright weird with the whole horse head thing.

The teeth marks on Sena's face.

Kobato taking advantage of Yozora terrorizing Maria to get her own digs in, and then sabotaging her efforts to terrorize Maria more directly.

Her pause when trying to figure out how to respond to Maria's newfound confidence and insults was adorable. "Eto eto...... AHOOOOOO!!!"

All sorts of Sena/Kobato scens. I feel a bit cheated that we didn't get to see more of Sena trying to feed Kobato. Naked blissful Sena chasing after naked Kobato mostly made up for it.

And then Sena's laughter turning into horror. "Univeeeeerse!"

Oh, and Stella in general.

HitokiriShadow

12-04-2011, 12:05 AM

So, Kodaka gets to see heaven in the episode and then is good person for conveniently forgetting what happened last night.

I so want to see him reveal that he actually does remember someday.... by saying or texing "Univeeeeerse!" to her.

But, I love how obsessed Sena is with Kobato - it's really cute and Kobato's reactions are even cuter. I do wonder how Kirino would react towards Kobato, though.
I really shouldn't take pleasure in someone's complete and utter terror, particularly of a sexual predator*, but yeah, I love Kobato's reactions to Sena. Also, judging by her preemptive reaction to Sena's first appearance, Kobato seems to have developed an internal Sena radar.

*And yes, I am fully aware that I am applying a double standard and am being hypocritical because I would be completely appalled if a show was doing the same thing but made the Sena character a male. I don't care. Edit: Actually, its not entirely true that I don't care. It's.... complicated and situational.

William K

12-04-2011, 12:54 AM

What's with that song the butler woman was humming? Funny though.

It was the Wedding March

something

12-04-2011, 09:43 PM

Episode 9:

- Swimsuits! Again!
- Haha, Kobato can sense Sena coming. Sena gets off on being ignored.
- That... that is a horse head. And a prison swimsuit. Yozora, what is wrong with you?
- Hahaha, horse slap.
- Rika's swimsuit is really cute. And sexy.
- Maria goes for which sukumizu!
- Hahaha, Yozora's Maria-teasing is cuter when Kobato is going along with it.
- Kobato x Maria <3 <3 So cute on the ground together holding hands. Even if it's actually a death match.
- Training camp! Sort of.

- Yozora knows Sena is with Kobato and Kodaka.
- ...How far does Sena live from school? Jeeze.
- Kashiwazaki Pegasus! XD
- Oooh, delicious Rika eyecatch.

- Stella is wonderfully blunt.
- HAHAHA! Sena is practically drooling over Kobato. I love it. BEST COUPLE!!! She totally tricks Koabto into bathing together too. :sd:
- Dad is sure drunk.
- !! Oh god, that's one of the best "realizing you've just been seen naked" gags ever. Sena's laugh just trails off into horror.
- And then she runs out of the house. o_O
- Kodaka needs to sleep with a drunk man. Fun.

Awww, Yozora in a playground by herself at night checking her phone repeatedly for messages.

Already down to just a few episodes. ;_; But holy shit swimsuits next time too! This is the most swimsuity show ever (that isnt about a swimming club anyway).

Oooooooooh, Sena x Kobato ending image!!

njchobitsfan

12-05-2011, 07:11 AM

Kobato outfit...CHANGE! Why is she so cute?
Maira gets naked! Uhh...did the nun who saw scratch her butt?
Sena = lolicon. Rika = SUPER LOLICON. Rika now has the holy trifecta.
Don't worry, Kobato, Yozura is there to protect you with her hentai destroying flyswatter.
Kobato, meet Sena's boobs. Sena's boobs, meet Kobato. Sena was enjoying it, too.
And Maria gets bitchslapped.
And the episode ends on a major downer.

Kobato is ultra cute in her normal outdoors clothes and I'd love to see her and Kogarashi from Kamen no Maid Guy have a Ku-Ku-KU battle sometime soon :laugh:. Although the locker room scene with Kodaka and Yukimura was squirm worthy it had me LMAO! As wacky as this troupe-full series is, it was a nice change of pace to see it end on a downer. It can so easily cross the line into full blown parody, but they continue to ground the show with the under the surface love triangle and I'm hopeing there's some kind of resolution before it ends, but if I had to bet money I'd say there won't be. Still, this show is topping my list for the season, just now edging out Chihayafuru.

ndm

12-05-2011, 08:21 PM

What's with that song the butler woman was humming? Funny though.

I'm pretty sure it was the wedding march.

Edit: I see someone else already answered this. :)

Fencedude

12-08-2011, 07:20 PM

Beach trip!

Uhh...Sena, Yozora, maybe you should go back to your room, I don't think the kids should see that.

And dammit Yozora, just tell him already.

strangefour

12-08-2011, 11:54 PM

-Damn it Yukimura. You aren't even a reasonable trap. Your sexy maid outfit is no fun mister.
-Rika is also a train fetishist.
-Lolis fail at old maid.
-Yozora's fashion sense is from the 90s. Not a complaint. Just an observation.
-Rika is literally powered by erotic thoughts. Is this feeling... love?
-God damn it Yukimura! And damn Kodaka. You should have planned ahead and brought spare swim trunks for the trap.
-Double damn it Kobato! Tie your swim suit before the camera man shows up. Also how could a brother let his 12 year old sister wear that.
-Is it weird that I think Yozora's "swimsuit" might be the sexiest?
-Now everyone line up according to height. You will line up in bust order later.
-WTF! That sound was not human Rika. So that's what a yaoigasm sounds like.
-Rika reads Muscle Cop's work. *nod*
-Well that a new definition of "Excalibur face."
-Whoa what? Meat asked for Yozora to put sunscreen on her? I guess she's discovered her own sexuality after playing all those dating sims.
-*utters an otherworldly screech and passes out*
-UNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVERSE!

-Bad Yozora! Rika has the right idea. Do not punish her. Unless she asks for it.
-You threw Rika out you horrible man! Could have let her snuggle with ya.

Everything turns Rika on. EVERYTHING. Shouldn't Meat have been fawning over Kobato atleast once.

And dammit Yozora, just tell him already.

She can't. Because she is a bitch. Partially because of what he may or may not have done as a kid. But she's still a hard bitter woman who gets off on any and all power trips.

EmperorBrandon

12-09-2011, 05:11 PM

- Maria goes for which sukumizu!

Did you mean "white sukumizu"?

Oooooooooh, Sena x Kobato ending image!!

Uh... need to find some way of seeing these I guess. The variability in official simulcasts getting endcards annoys me. I believe Guilty Crown and C3 include them (and some of those have been wonderful), but Haganai and Mashiroiro Symphony do not. Boohoo...

bear

12-09-2011, 07:03 PM

-Rika is also a train fetishist.

I think she's just turned on by "couplings". I wonder what else gets her excited? Jackhammers?

-Yozora's fashion sense is from the 90s. Not a complaint. Just an observation.
.......
-Is it weird that I think Yozora's "swimsuit" might be the sexiest?
Sometimes it's what you don't show that's the turn on.

Everything turns Rika on. EVERYTHING. Shouldn't Meat have been fawning over Kobato atleast once.

Hmmm, maybe that exposure in the last episode dampened her ardor since Kodaka could squeal on her if he gets mad enough.

And dammit Yozora, just tell him already.

She can't. Because she is a bitch. Partially because of what he may or may not have done as a kid. But she's still a hard bitter woman who gets off on any and all power trips.

I can't believe that of her. There's a lot of dere there underneath, I just know it.

superdry

12-09-2011, 08:35 PM

Rika is seriously broken beyond repair.

Sena was lovely as always. I'm surprised she wasn't fawning over Kobato - maybe she learned her lesson?

Half me finds Yozora's abuse of Sena amusing, the other half me thinks that she could cut it out as it's getting out of hand. ::sigh::

Hmmm...no UNIVERSE! exclamation this time around. Again, Kodaka being the nice guy he is denies seeing her naked, again - smooth move. At this point, I just want to see Sena jump into Kodaka's pants - just get it over with, it's obvious she likes him. I am not going to be surprised if she confesses her feelings to him at some summer festival right as the fireworks go off.

The bathroom bit was highly amusing especially what Rika wanted. Does Kobato really need to bring her stuffed rabbit everywhere including the bathroom?

something

12-11-2011, 08:39 PM

Episode 10:

- Rika and Yozora still fail at trains.
- Heh. Kodaka is quickly surrounded by the little ones. Yozora and Sena and left with each other (and Rika).
- Maira and Kobato are bad at card games. :sd:

- Rika has discovered a new fetish.
- >_> Yozora is still in that swimsuit >_>
- Bikini Kobato is <3 <3 <3 and I make no apologies for saying so! I HAVE NO REGRETS!
- Hahahaha hoooooly shit that screamsqueal from Rika when Yukimura touches Kodaka's back...
- And the look on Yozora's face is fantastic. XD
- EXCALIBURRRRRR!!!!! ::faints:: Holy shit that was epic.

- Meanwhile... woooooooooooooow, Yozora. :sd:
- Even when Sena fights back, she still ends up running away crying. Heh.

- Really, I think Sena is just happy that Kodaka says he didn't see. There's no way she really believes he hasn't after all this.
- ...Okay, given this (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/anon09876/BokuwaTomodachigaSukunai-07Mazui19-53-11.png) and now this (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/anon09876/BokuwaTomodachigaSukunai-10Mazui21-22-26.png), there's no way that's just character model inconsistency. Someone on the animation staff is totally doing this on purpose. No way in hell is that an "accident". :sd:
- Haha, jeeze, this is totally what Kodaka was meant to be doing. Kodaka biking home groceries with his straw hat and sunflowers in the background makes his stupid pants look appropriate for once.

- So few anime characters have any skill at telling scary stories. :sd:
- But leave it to Yozora to be the one. Hah, blowing out the candle was a perfect touch. Yukimura it completely unfazed though.
- Goddamn, Sena in her sleepwear... amazing.
- Kobato is amazing too. <3
- Blond girls like taking Kodaka to the bathroom with them.
- Ohh shit, Rika is looking amazing too.
- A docile Yozora is such a rare thing to see.

A good end for Yozora is kind of rare too.

Kobato x Maria end card!

Looks like the past might be remembered next episode. Wow, how are we almost done already? It feels like it's barely started. Man, we better get a second season, 1 cour hardly even scratches the surface it seems. To be expected with 7 novels out.

something

12-11-2011, 08:53 PM

Also how could a brother let his 12 year old sister wear that.
For the greater good of mankind. <3

She can't. Because she is a bitch. Partially because of what he may or may not have done as a kid. But she's still a hard bitter woman who gets off on any and all power trips.
Of course she wants to tell him. The fact that she remembers and he seems not to is painful for her. She's not doing it as a power trip, she's doing it because she's really insecure about opening herself up, emotionally. That's different from wanting to exert power, like she does do in some other cases.

HitokiriShadow

12-15-2011, 12:37 AM

Wow, Sena, you actually thought asking Yozora for help with that was a good idea? You really should have known that she would use that situation to take advantage of you like that. Or maybe you did know and you asked her anyway because you're actually a masochist.

The highlights of the episode were the Kobato/Maria spats and arguments and Rika's perversion hitting new heights.

They skipped Kobato's scary story. :(

The Kobato/Maria endcard was really cute.

Fencedude

12-15-2011, 05:41 PM

lol. The Oreimo cast was at Comiket.

Rika sure looked good in her Yukata, and both Maria and Kobato were great in their short Yukatas.

But oh god, Yozora's hair. WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Its a tragedy beyond words.

TheGreenMan

12-15-2011, 06:45 PM

But oh god, Yozora's hair. WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Its a tragedy beyond words.

I think she looks very cute and adorable with short hair.

bear

12-15-2011, 08:15 PM

But oh god, Yozora's hair. WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Its a tragedy beyond words.

It was a sacrifice for the greater good.

Wow, what an episode. The girls looked fabulous. Rika was outrageously cute.

Kodaka explaining why he wouldn't dye his hair brought a tear to my eye. The ending.... I've been waiting for this since the beginning and the meeting was wonderfully done even if it was at a high cost(sob).

strangefour

12-16-2011, 12:24 AM

-What if Kodaka's little childhood friend isn't Yozora? That'd be funny.
-I want some fo the artwork the staff has in that office. Those weird Katamari robots are neat designs.
-OTAKU MATSURI!
-I can't believe Kuroneko has such a small cute cameo.
-Dirty jokes are the true Rika!
-Takoyaki can summon demons and priestesses.
-Rika is beautiful in a Yukata.
-Well a yukata is an improvement towards manliness for Yukimura, but pink?
-Meat is back to drooling over Kobato. All is right with the world?
-Nunloli is double fisting tonight.

-I. Love. Rika. Is this heaven?
-Zettai ryouiki yukata. Curse you Maria.
-Huh. I don't think I've ever seen that method of cheating at goldfishing before. Good one Meat.
-Rika is a trained sniper.
-"Treat this console like it was me. Play it all day." "Why don't we make it club property. We can all play it." Rika is now the metaphorical club whore. Her dreams tonight will be glorious.
-Kodaka and Rika are having a lovely date. If only it wasn't such a noisy festival.
-Lighting fireworks on public property. Japan is weird.
-Yozora's a man! Err has a manly haircut.
-Aww happy years.

Wow a revelation we knew was coming that Kodaka actually figured out on his own before the last episode. Haganai plays up tropes like crazy, but it likes pulling away from most of the annoying ones.

But oh god, Yozora's hair. WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Its a tragedy beyond words.

I kinda like it short. Probably because there hasn't been a girl with short hair in this show. She's the most tomboyish so it works.

William K

12-16-2011, 12:16 PM

Love the butterfly-shaped Ha in "Haganai" during the eyecatch. Of course the placement of the text was great too :drools:

EmperorBrandon

12-16-2011, 05:03 PM

Looks like the past might be remembered next episode. Wow, how are we almost done already? It feels like it's barely started. Man, we better get a second season, 1 cour hardly even scratches the surface it seems.

Yeah, I'm really enjoying this series a lot (this episode really stood out), but I'm feeling the same way. Without being familiar with any of the source material, it still feels to me that there is a lot left to cover with all of these characters. Really hoping it ultimately won't be just one cour because I have a feeling I'll want more at the end.

bear

12-16-2011, 05:13 PM

HitokiriShadow

12-18-2011, 11:42 AM

Noooooooo, Yozora cut her hair. ;_;

And its not like she needed to cut anywhere near that much of it off to deal with the fire damage, she clearly only needed to cut off a few inches.

At least it finally got Kodaka to figure out who she was. Kinda wish it didn't happen in the middle of the classroom like that though.

Kobato's white yukata was adorable, and Maria's black short yukata with white thighhighs was cute, proving zettai ryouiki is possible with yukatas. Though its a bit odd.

And the main OreImo group being at Comiket was an amusing touch.

I can only partially understand the "buy the BD/DVD" text that comes up at the bottom, but its kind of amusing since its supposed be some of the show's characters saying it. Since I don't normally pay attention to them (though I noticed this in a previous Haganai episode) I'm not sure if this is normal or not. This episode was clearly Maria speaking. "People who don't buy them are poop! Ahahahahahaha!" I'd say I wish these would get translated, but scrolling subtitles like that make my video player try to kill itself.

HitokiriShadow

12-18-2011, 11:57 AM

But oh god, Yozora's hair. WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Its a tragedy beyond words.

I think she looks very cute and adorable with short hair.

She fairs better than some girls, but its still a definite downgrade. It works a bit better when its 100% Buriki though. (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4840142211/) I didn't look close enough when I got the book to realize that her hair was shorter and it wasn't just blowing back.

On that note... *checks novels* This episode is the end of the third novel. The color images at the front show them in yukata at night (and its all the same clothes, including Maria's thigh highs; also, it has Rika erotically eating a banana), the end has a black and white picture of short haired Yozora, and the very last spoken line is Yozora's "Hisashiburi, Taka".

Edit: Here's the festival image. (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/646231/boku_wa_tomodachi_ga_sukunai-buriki-chocolate_bana) As a bonus, Kobato and Kirino (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/1042997/2boys-2girls-o-blonde_hair-blue_eyes-boku_wa_tomod) and epic Buriki bunnygirl Kobato/Maria. (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/799494/2girls-animal_ears-ass-blonde_hair-blue_eyes-boku_) Pictures are safe (well, the last one is arguable) but its Danbooru, so the site is very NSFW.

So this season will cover roughly three novels and there's already four more volumes of material available. Edit: .... As bear already mentioned.

DiGiKerot

12-18-2011, 12:53 PM

I can only partially understand the "buy the BD/DVD" text that comes up at the bottom, but its kind of amusing since its supposed be some of the show's characters saying it. Since I don't normally pay attention to them (though I noticed this in a previous Haganai episode) I'm not sure if this is normal or not.

It's pretty normal for those to be written in the style of a (changing) member of the cast for most shows, not just Haganai. I don't think anyone ever translates them, but most of them aren't particularly interesting beyond it being slightly cute to see how many ways they can come up with to essentially write the same thing.

HitokiriShadow

12-18-2011, 01:12 PM

It's pretty normal for those to be written in the style of a (changing) member of the cast for most shows, not just Haganai. I don't think anyone ever translates them, but most of them aren't particularly interesting beyond it being slightly cute to see how many ways they can come up with to essentially write the same thing.

I've never ever seen them translated. I figured they were completely insubstantial (which would be the main reason no one bothers translating them), but the cuteness is reason enough to want to understand them for me.

strangefour

12-18-2011, 03:26 PM

At least it finally got Kodaka to figure out who she was. Kinda wish it didn't happen in the middle of the classroom like that though.

"Omg did you hear what Kodaka did today? He called the creepy quiet girl 'sore ass' and she broke down in tears. He must have bullied her into amateur porn. He is the worst kid in the entire school."

I can only partially understand the "buy the BD/DVD" text that comes up at the bottom, but its kind of amusing since its supposed be some of the show's characters saying it. Since I don't normally pay attention to them (though I noticed this in a previous Haganai episode) I'm not sure if this is normal or not. This episode was clearly Maria speaking. "People who don't buy them are poop! Ahahahahahaha!"

Hah. So that's what those silly scrolls are about when it's not an earthquake alert. Wish they'd do little pop ups like US tv instead of the scrolling though. Scrolling text is always obtrusive.

MelancholicMariya

12-18-2011, 03:39 PM

strangefour

12-18-2011, 03:54 PM

Hah. So that's what those silly scrolls are about when it's not an earthquake alert. Wish they'd do little pop ups like US tv instead of the scrolling though. Scrolling text is always obtrusive.

And pop up advertisements are not obtrusive? These days pop ups have images in them from what I've seen, this is a bit better than that.

Well they tend to take up less space at the bottom of the screen and usually don't last as long. Admittedly some of the more "animated" ones are fucking annoying as hell. But the scrolling text bothers me more for some reason. Like it's a news ticker without any news. Just a hollow automaton slowly marching to it's death at the left side of the screen.

superdry

12-18-2011, 10:13 PM

Just damn...Sena continues to be looks amazing no matter what she wears. Kobato was extremely cute. Sena fawning over Kobato never get's old...but, it's weird she'll go ga-ga over Kobato for one minute and then she'll stop for the rest of the time.

The awesome competitiveness between Sena and Yozora was highly amusing. Rika continues to be broken, but looked really cute.

Kodaka explaining why he wouldn't dye his hair brought a tear to my eye. The ending.... I've been waiting for this since the beginning and the meeting was wonderfully done even if it was at a high cost(sob).

His explanation was really nice and something that made sense. But, I wonder if there is no other memento he could have held on to from his mother.

With the ending, I hope now that Yozora becomes less surly a little more fun.

something

12-19-2011, 08:43 PM

Episode 11:

- Aww, Sena's twinge of disappointment when Yozora says she wasn't inviting everyone to the festival is ;_;
- "If you take dirty jokes away from me, what's left?" lol Rika.
- Heeeeey I see some familiar faces... well, backs of heads.

- Takoyaki. Very very serious business for Kodaka.
- And once again, Yozora has brought up a potential activity, only to express disinterest in it herself, then get outmaneuvered as the others set it up without her.
- Though at least this time she doesn't get too stubborn and hold out.

- Rika really does look lovely in a kimono with her hair down.
- Sena looks lovely too. Silly Yozora, you missed a golden opportunity.
- I'm sad Kobato isn't in a yukata. ;_;
- Hahahahaha, I type that, unpause, and Sena immediately rages about the same thing. XD Should I be flattered or disturbed that we're on the same wavelength? II'm going with flattered.
- Yaaaaaaay, Kobato is getting a yukata too!
- Oh Yozora, stop being so stubborn! Sena and Kodaka both just praised your good looks. Go for the yukata! Blushing ears was cute though.
- Kobato yukata!! And it's a short yukata! So cute...
- Aww... really nice scene in the yukata rental shop. Kobato holding her brother's hand was a nice touch.
- Boooooooooooooobs.

- Rika and the banana. No surprise.
- Jeeze Yozora. It's episode 11 of 12 and you're still planing to leave events early.
- Goldfish scooping battle, start!
- Hahaha, Sena you dirty cheater you.

- Rika totally rigged her popgun. And win a 360. She looks rather sad when Kodaka says it should to to the club, not to him.
- Fireworks! This was a nice festival fireworks scene. Getting some genuine, unguarded smiles from Yozora is nice.
- ...Oh. Figures. Yozora smiles, then catches on fire and gets doused with a dirty water bucket. >_> That'll kill a mood.

- Huh. I... am really, really surprised I've never come across fanart of short-haired Yozora before. I had no idea this was coming.
- ...It does not look terribly good on her. Ouch. Maybe I'll get used to it, but that's going to be really hard. Her hair was fucking beautiful before.
- And I really wish Kodaka didn't come to his big revelation in the middle of class. Can't wait until a break? At least the episode ends before anything really awkward happens.

Nice smile on her face though. And she's already got long hair again in the preview. Biiiiiig jump? That has to take at least a few months.

I hope they're not writing a sequel off with the ending. It's not looking to be one of the top sellers of the year, but sales still look solid, with a reasonable chance at 10k first volume, at least lifetime.

The show has been weird for me in that sense. I really like it, enough that I've already ordered it and made it my #3 of the season so far, but it doesn't particularly feel like it's accomplished a lot. The characters have developed a little, but only just, and until the fireworks, this episode felt like it could have been episode 4 or 5 and the character dynamics would have played out nearly the same.

It feel like we just finished the opening storyline prologue. Like, imagine if the first three episodes of OreImo were covered in 11 episodes and it ended there. And depending on how fast the novels have been adapted, that might not be too far off.

I really, really hope we get a sequel... I suppose with the massive and consistent novel sales it's getting, plus fairly strong BD sales, it should be a given.

something

12-19-2011, 08:51 PM

So this season will cover roughly three novels and there's already four more volumes of material available. Edit: .... As bear already mentioned.
So unless they do something stupid and skip a whole lot of material in the final episode, we've covered about half the material. I'll be pretty surprised if we don't have a sequel by next Fall season.

Hah. So that's what those silly scrolls are about when it's not an earthquake alert. Wish they'd do little pop ups like US tv instead of the scrolling though. Scrolling text is always obtrusive.
I'm used to the scrolling to the point where I automatically tune it out. If they switched to some kind of popup I'd go crazy.

HitokiriShadow

12-19-2011, 10:58 PM

- Huh. I... am really, really surprised I've never come across fanart of short-haired Yozora before. I had no idea this was coming.

I own a goddamned book with short haired Yozora and I somehow had no idea that was coming.

And she's already got long hair again in the preview. Biiiiiig jump? That has to take at least a few months.
I'm not sure what to make of that. At first I thought the same thing, but then I checked my novel covers, and its volume 7 that has short haired Yozora on it. I don't feel like tempting fate by checking the insides of any of the books to see if she has short hair in the pictures in them. I guess she could grow back her hair and then cut it again down the line, but I'm wondering if what we saw in the next episode preview is actually something from before this incident. It would be really weird for the entire episode to take place before this one, but I could easily see one scene taking place before that for some reason.

something

12-19-2011, 11:40 PM

I guess she could grow back her hair and then cut it again down the line, but I'm wondering if what we saw in the next episode preview is actually something from before this incident. It would be really weird for the entire episode to take place before this one, but I could easily see one scene taking place before that for some reason.
I was thinking much of the episode could occur from Yozora's point of view, showing how she'd been watching Kodaka for a long time, or something. They are talking in one scene though, so I dunno.

Of course they also showed us Yozora in a yukata in the preview last week when she's the only one who didn't get into one, so everything needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

superdry

12-20-2011, 01:33 AM

I own a goddamned book with short haired Yozora and I somehow had no idea that was coming.

Now I think about it, I never really noticed that too. Then again I don't care much for Yozora, bought vol. 7 solely for the DVD, and haven't followed the light novels at all besides the first volume.

I'm not sure what to make of that. At first I thought the same thing, but then I checked my novel covers, and its volume 7 that has short haired Yozora on it. I don't feel like tempting fate by checking the insides of any of the books to see if she has short hair in the pictures in them.

Now, you have me curious. I usually flip through light novels I buy, but never thought about it with volume 7.

Fencedude

12-22-2011, 10:20 PM

Ah, so the stuff with long-haired Yozora is a flashback. We get to see the first episode from her perspective.

She's actually pretty adorable the entire episode, even if the situation is entirely her fault.

Rika goes absolutely nuts over short-haired Yozora, and Sena gets a chance to get a few good barbs in. Though she takes a flyswatter to the face for her trouble.

Really good episode, and a great ending. NEEDS A SECOND SEASON!

superdry

12-22-2011, 10:27 PM

The first half I liked. Everything makes a lot of sense from Yozora's perspective.

So, Yozora and Kodaka finally reconnect, but continue on with their live since knowing each other in high school instead of thinking about the past.

The rest of the episode was the typical good fun.

I particularly loved it when Sena proclaimed that she wants to eat Kobato. <3

Eye-catch had Yozora in her swimsuit from episode 0 and the cover of vol. 7 of the light novel. Nice.

bear

12-22-2011, 10:31 PM

Damn took to long writing so didn't get in first.

Yes! So Yozora confirms what I thought. She started the club just for her and Kodaka.

In the past there have been a couple of scenes where you could see how upset she was that others were getting in the way of her a Kodaka's relationship, and how happy she was with sharing phone numbers with him. They gave us even more background of her trying to get him to recognize her and we now know that the conversation with her air friend was about him!

Her abuse of Maria turns out to be earned by how Maria treats her when she tries to start the club. She's not as much of a sadist as she appears, but she's got a really bad temper if you cross her.

Rika thinking Yozora was a guy was over the top. She definitely has her mind in a yaoi gutter. And how does she get Yozora to cosplay like that?

Those other nuns have really done a number on Maria. So cute the strange hunk is going to eat her up. And Meat did deserved to get smacked when she started lusting after Kobato.

The eye catch of Yozora....

Kodaka was right though, they aren't Sora and Taka anymore and they have to make a new relationship. I wonder what it will be. Will Yozora ease up a bit ? Will she let her hair grow? Will they.... you know....?

Hope they do at least another cour.

superdry

12-22-2011, 10:37 PM

And Meat did deserved to get smacked when she started lusting after Kobato.

She did not deserved to get smacked. =p Those two need to end up in a room by themselves...hehe.

strangefour

12-23-2011, 02:57 AM

-New improved OP with 300% more sound effects. Kind of like it better with the sounds.
-Aww we get Yozora's side of flashbacks but we don't get to see or hear Tomo-chan. Boo.
-Maria, you deserved that.
-Yozora is a bitch because she's just giving back what life gives her.

-This class always jumps to the worst conclusions. In this case Yozora bukakke party.
-Yeah Kodaka. Why aren't you reaction more to finding Sora? Dumbass.
-You are so wonderfully energetic Rika. Being trapped by Yozora's hunkiness only gives you more power.
-Did Rika just run away to masterbate?
-PUT ON THE JACKET!
-Vampires are delicious!

An anime that realises people change? That childhood friends are not eternal? *GASP* That just makes it all the easier for Kodaka to end up dating Rika. Kodaka and Yozora can still be friends forever, just not that way. Maybe if she wears the uniform she can join them... *cough*

something

12-24-2011, 04:12 AM

Episode 12:

- I still have no idea why anyone, anywhere, ever, under any circumstances, got it in their head that adding sound effects to an OP does anything other than make it sound really, really annoying. It's even more bewildering when it's thrown into the last episode as if it's something special.

- Okay, yeah, long-haired Yozora in the preview last week is indeed a flashback.
- Looks like she recognized him immediately. Granted it's a whole lot easier to remember a Japanese boy with dirty blond hair than a girl who dressed like a boy and later grew her hair long.
- I'm in love with this episode already. Yozora's point of view? Fucking yes please!
- Hah! So when she was talking to Tomo-chan, it was to complain about how Kodaka didn't recognize her. :sd:
- ...AIC, you know what you must do. Go back and reanimate the entire series from Yozora's point of view! I would watch it again! I would buy it again!
- "This was my first conversation with Taka in 10 years." :sd:

- ...Yozora is such a nice person, in her own head. What went wrong? :sd:
- Suspiciously nice. None of this is real, is it? I'm waiting for Yozora to stand up at the end of the episode wearing an ULTRA DIRECTOR armband while Kodaka facepalms.
- Or maybe it breaks off right before she truly snaps. :sd:
- Nice insert song montage, and then a much less awkward and much more realistic ending to the classroom scene than I expected. If they'd done something drastic like rushed up and hugged each other I would have cringed, so kudos to AIC for this.
- OH GOD AMAZING YOZORA EYECATCH! Probably the hottest eyecatch. The hair looks vastly better on her here. Maybe the classroom scene just feels off.

- :sd: Kodaka can't win. His classmates immediately leap to the conclusion that Kodaka raped her. Woooooow, guys. Jeeze.
- Hm no, hair still doesn't look at good on her now as it did in the eyecatch, but I think I can accept it. I mean, jeeze, after seeing how nervous she is I can't find any part of her less than adorable.
- This deredere explosion is bad for my heart. Oh god, Yozora~~ I know she's getting an unfair advantage, but she's really catching up on Sena right now.

- Ummmmm Rika, I think you need to check your glasses prescription.
- ...Guys, she has boobs, stop being dumb. Now granted, they probably don't see a guy dressed in girls' clothing with Kodaka as a strange thing thanks to Yukimura, but come on, I'm rolling my eyes right now.
- Jeeze at least Sena knows right away.

- Heh! Sena was totally getting into teasing Yozora instead of the reverse for once, then Yozora makes her feel bad about it anyway. :sd:
- Hhahahaha, Maria is gonna get eaten. Yozora never misses an opportunity to torture her.
- "You're going to eat me?" Soooo cuuuute! Sena will oblige!
- That shot at the end did her hair nicely too. I think this style on her is just very very very dependent upon how well it's drawn. Animators can't do the usual and get away with it like long hair allows. It's all in the exact length, how close it holds to the head, where it curls and in what direction... it's tricky. It can look lovely, but it can also look not so much.

Man. I am dead serious when I say I'd watch this entire show again, animated from Yozora's point of view. I've really wanted to know what was going through her head not just during those unguarded emotional moments where she's remembering Kodaka, but all the times when she really went overboard bullying Sena, or bailed on club activities before they even started. There's such a wealth of material in that, and it's such a shame not to get it.

But as an ending, whether for good or until a sequel, I thought this was exceptional. Definitely worthy of the rest of the show, and of being one of my top series of the season, and of course of being an import.

Second season where?!

something

12-24-2011, 04:19 AM

An anime that realises people change? That childhood friends are not eternal? *GASP* That just makes it all the easier for Kodaka to end up dating Rika. Kodaka and Yozora can still be friends forever, just not that way. Maybe if she wears the uniform she can join them... *cough*
Quite the opposite I'd say. As Taka and Sora, romance would never be an element of the relationship. As Kodaka and Yozora, it's quite a different story. Putting away the childhood nicknames doesn't just represent the fact that they changed as people, but the fact that a completely new type of relationship framework has formed between them. One on which a romantic relationship can be built, as more than friends.

HitokiriShadow

12-24-2011, 09:15 PM

So most of the first half of the episode is indeed a look at scenes from earlier in the series from Yozora's perspective. For the first time, she's actually pretty cute for the most part. And the episode confirms that Yozora only ever intended the club to be for her and Kodaka.

We get to see Yozora's first meeting with Maria. Somewhat surprisingly, Yozora's initial approach is a polite and normal one. Maria was being a horrible brat to begin with and actually really deserved what Yozora did to her.

Come to think of it, Maria is the only person other than Sena that Yozora is nasty to. She gives questionable advice to Yukimura, but that's really not the same thing. I don't think she's ever done anything remotely mean to Rika and Kobato, though in Kobato's case that could just be because she's the sister of the guy she likes.

Kodaka actually asked what I was wondering about after the previous episode. Naturally, she responds in such a way to make the entire class think he ejaculated on her hair.

Wow, Rika nearly orgasmed just imaging Kodaka's relationship with his "hunk".

I think Sena made it pretty clear that she really does see Yozora as a friend, even if she's not consciously aware of it. She likes to tease Yozora, but she doesn't dislike her. You can see this in how she acts after Yozora makes her realize how hurtful her teasing would have been if it was actually true. The same doesn't seem to be true for Yozora. When she does things to Sena, its not just teasing, she's being downright malicious. I don't get the impression that she even subconsciously sees Sena as a friend.

Edit: Oh, and this episode is from roughly the first two chapters of the fourth novel. Unlike the previous episode, this one didn't give me any lines that were nice and easy to find with my extremely limited Japanese. An in-chapter illustration during the second chapter was of Yozora in the boys uniform Rika gave her. I also noticed that there was a "Univeeeeeeeeeeeerse!" (presumably by Sena; Japanese books don't like to actually identify the person speaking a line most of the time, annoyingly) in there that we sadly did not get in this episode.

HitokiriShadow

12-24-2011, 09:24 PM

Those other nuns have really done a number on Maria. So cute the strange hunk is going to eat her up.

I have a feeling they told her this after she was found streaking through the school several episodes ago.

superdry

12-24-2011, 09:38 PM

Edit: Oh, and this episode is from roughly the first two chapters of the fourth novel.

Supposedly, the first half of the episode was adapted from a short story called "Haganai Connect" in the Haganai visual book.

I'm glad they threw in that short story then to explain the background of the beginning.

HitokiriShadow

12-24-2011, 09:46 PM

It's not a good thing when I enjoy the credits more than the actual episode content.

It was painfully obvious Kodaka was having some sort of dream the second you see Yozora and Sena playing together. I can see Kobato and Maria playing together a little bit before they start trying to cut each other's heads off, but as Rika said, Sena and Yozora behaving like that is completely impossible. Which isn't a problem in and of itself. The problem is that it kept going for about four more minutes. The hotpot scene was okay, but rather weak compared to anything that happened in the actual show.

And Sena and Yozora vomiting on Kodak was really, really gross and unnecessary.

The credits, on the other hand, showed off lots of sexy, sexy Buriki art. Mostly novel covers and illustrations I've already seen, but still.

HitokiriShadow

12-24-2011, 09:57 PM

Supposedly, the first half of the episode was adapted from a short story called "Haganai Connect" in the Haganai visual book.

There's a Haganai visual book? How did I not know about this. I've been specifically keeping an eye out for such a thing. Is it this (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4840143064/)? I've seen this but I never knew what it was and hadn't heard about any side-story novels being written, so I figured it was a collection of miscellaneous chapters from the novels. It doesn't look like a visual book. The only other thing I'm aware of is the Haganai + spin-off manga (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4088703375/), which seems to either be from Sena's perspective or an alternate story in which she's the lead girl. But I've seen nothing that looks like a visual book at either CDJ or Amazon.jp.

Maybe I'm confusing what you're talking about because it seems way too early for what I'm thinking of to be out and available to have something written in it. Novels don't usually get visual books like this (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4048706497/) (hmm, probably NSFW), they tend to be made of the anime and they tend to be made after the show is finished. The OreImo one only just came out at the end of September, which I think is longer than the norm. The Railgun book came out closer, I believe, but then that was also two cour, so it you look at it how long it took from when the shows *started*, they may be about the same.

superdry

12-25-2011, 01:13 AM

Supposedly, the first half of the episode was adapted from a short story called "Haganai Connect" in the Haganai visual book.

There's a Haganai visual book?

The only visual book I can find is this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOKU-HA-TOMODACHI-GA-SUKUNAI-buriki-VISUAL-BOOK-/280789728279?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41605f3c17) someone on ebay is selling. But, it can't be that book...I looked into it and its like 10 pages of sketches (really nice sketches, too).

I wonder which book the person who commented on a blog I read is talking about.

HitokiriShadow

12-25-2011, 01:21 AM

superdry

12-25-2011, 01:50 AM

The only visual book I can find is this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOKU-HA-TOMODACHI-GA-SUKUNAI-buriki-VISUAL-BOOK-/280789728279?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41605f3c17) someone on ebay is selling. But, it can't be that book...I looked into it and its like 10 pages of sketches (really nice sketches, too).

I think that came in one of the Comic Alive issues. Before the anime started, I at some point noticed that some of the manga magazines came with some nice Haganai related extras. Sadly, it happened at the time when I was trying to stop buying magazines.

I had the same feeling that the book was a freebie in an issue of Comic Alive when I saw it. And, the short story was bundled with that visual book.

After doing some investigative work - it came with the August 2011 issue of Comic Alive - Amazon Link (http://www.amazon.co.jp/comic-alive-%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A2%E3%8 3%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96-2011%E5%B9%B4-08%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B7/dp/B005500FFU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1324799048&sr=8-6).

Oh well...at this point it's going to be hard to find a new copy of that issue.

Fencedude

03-02-2012, 03:23 PM

Among other possible ends, the PSP game has a Sena/Yozora Yuri Wedding Ending (http://fencedude.com/Haganai/SenaYozoraWedding.jpg)

something

03-02-2012, 03:59 PM

Among other possible ends, the PSP game has a Sena/Yozora Yuri Wedding Ending (http://fencedude.com/Haganai/SenaYozoraWedding.jpg)
The only ending that matters! Is there a Rika x Gundam wedding ending?

Draneor

03-02-2012, 04:00 PM

Among other possible ends, the PSP game has a Sena/Yozora Yuri Wedding Ending (http://fencedude.com/Haganai/SenaYozoraWedding.jpg)

I don't know if it's wishful thinking on your part or if someone is just trolling, but the thread over on A-S indicated it was from an in-game cosplay event--not an ending.

There is a pregnancy ending (continue the trend that started with, at least, ToraDora).

Fencedude

03-02-2012, 04:20 PM

strangefour

03-02-2012, 04:39 PM

I don't know if it's wishful thinking on your part or if someone is just trolling, but the thread over on A-S indicated it was from an in-game cosplay event--not an ending.

There is a pregnancy ending (continue the trend that started with, at least, ToraDora).

I got my information from /u/, and 'Suki's been less than stellar on the "accepting of non-heteronormative lifestyles" front.

Stop hating on the gays sucky `Suki! Unless it's about Yukimura. Little guy always creeped me out. He is no Ruka.

Yuri wedding is neat but I'm with something. Where is Rika's robosexual ending?

HitokiriShadow

03-02-2012, 10:42 PM

There is a pregnancy ending (continue the trend that started with, at least, ToraDora).

I saw a picture from that. Apparently in this one, you can impregnate Yozora AND Sena.

As for the yuri ending, that's even better... if its actually an ending and isn't just a cosplay event like claimed in 'Suki. Not that it will matter either way until I'm actually able to play the game or someone subs the game like was done for OreImo; not that I've gotten around to watching those yet, but at least they exist.

Draneor

03-03-2012, 07:49 AM

Not that it will matter either way until I'm actually able to play the game or someone subs the game like was done for OreImo; not that I've gotten around to watching those yet, but at least they exist.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't translated. There was a fairly vibrant fan translations scene for Haganai before the anime aired... and it's picked up steam since. Better than OreImo at least (which I had to rely on summaries beyond the first volume). The other thing is, with most of anime covered by streams, translation of other works, like light novels and games, appears to be on an uptick.

OreImo is at 7% sadly. (http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=Ore_no_Imouto_ga_Konna_ni_Kawaii_W ake_ga_Nai_Portable)

Fencedude

07-29-2012, 01:42 AM

ARE YOU READY FOR MORE MEAT!? (https://twitter.com/haganai_anime/status/229465921192865792)

HitokiriShadow

07-29-2012, 02:04 AM

ARE YOU READY FOR MORE MEAT!? (https://twitter.com/haganai_anime/status/229465921192865792)

Awesomeness.

... I'm amused that there's the distinct possibility I could end up buying OreImo season 2 and Haganai 2 at the same time (probably not same season but possibly the seasons next to each other), mainly because of the Hanazawa character in each.

Damius

07-29-2012, 02:13 AM

ARE YOU READY FOR MORE MEAT!? (https://twitter.com/haganai_anime/status/229465921192865792)

Awesome! Looking forward to it!!

something

07-29-2012, 02:14 AM

ARE YOU READY FOR MORE MEAT!? (https://twitter.com/haganai_anime/status/229465921192865792)
Fuck yeah Haganai. Will totally be importing it, I have no doubt.

superdry

07-29-2012, 08:20 PM

Totally excited by this. The light novels after where the anime ended really gets more interesting - it's like the first three (or was it four or part of four) novels were all introductory stuff.

Damius

07-29-2012, 08:50 PM

tytan88

08-02-2012, 11:25 AM

I am expecting big a big surprise from the series this time. All is not as it seems to be, I am sure of it! I love this show and have watched it lots of times(while playing computer games), and you start to pick up on details about the 4th or 5th time through and put 2 and 2 together. This is going to be a real roller coaster ride!

pianocello

08-02-2012, 10:47 PM

Totally excited by this. The light novels after where the anime ended really gets more interesting - it's like the first three (or was it four or part of four) novels were all introductory stuff.

Will there be any actual romance in the 2nd season? The show kept hinting in the first season but they never got anywhere with that.

Damius

08-02-2012, 10:53 PM

tytan88

08-03-2012, 06:30 PM

If what I'm thinkin' is correct(I haven't read the books, but made a few conclusions), we really want this to be spoiler free. I keep my peace, anyway.

superdry

08-18-2012, 01:46 AM

ARE YOU READY FOR MORE MEAT!? (https://twitter.com/haganai_anime/status/229465921192865792)

And, according to the twitter account, it's going to air January 2013. Very exciting. Well, I now know I have an import locked already for winter season.

Does anyone know if AIC Build is still going to animate it? I was thinking that OreImo second season might air during winter since a re-run is happening during the Fall season. I guess maybe now its Spring 2013 the earliest.

Damius

08-18-2012, 02:06 AM

WTK

08-18-2012, 10:36 PM

LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRGxtqDj9Wg)

Fencedude

08-18-2012, 11:00 PM

LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRGxtqDj9Wg)

>That wig sniffing

Such terrible things being said in Nao's voice. I'm so conflicted.

something

08-18-2012, 11:10 PM

LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRGxtqDj9Wg)
What an appropriate trailer. I've really come to like Yozora's hair too. Cannot wait. <3

Damius

08-18-2012, 11:13 PM

LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRGxtqDj9Wg)
What an appropriate trailer. I've really come to like Yozora's hair too. Cannot wait. <3

I sure can't wait either. It's a show I'll import after all! Nice PV.

superdry

08-19-2012, 01:39 AM

LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRGxtqDj9Wg)

That was a good trailer. Noticed a few scenes I remember from the light novels. And, looks like a new character should appear in the upcoming season (redhead in the background in the beginning).

Fencedude

09-29-2012, 12:45 AM

Oh god. That was too funny. Funniest thing I've seen in ages.

If I could, I'd post my live-tweeting of it. But suffice to say, I was rolling the entire time.

MEEAAAT. WHY ARE YOU SO MEEEAAAAAT!?

And oh god RIIIIIKAAAAAAAAAA

HitokiriShadow

09-29-2012, 01:02 AM

Oh my god, that was hilarious. Almost certainly the best episode of the series yet in terms of comedy.

Univeeeeeeeeerse! Best yaoi porn ever. And then Rika announced that she was going to go masturbate, Code Geass-style.

Also, Sena being raped by monsters. Sometimes I can't believe the things that make it on-screen in this show. Or (I assume) onto the pages of the original novels.

Sena totally dropping the argument and getting all happy about Yozora calling her by name made me HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG hard.

Interesting that this episode completely lacked explicit nudity, after several of the TV series episodes had it added in for the home video release.

bear

09-29-2012, 05:08 PM

If what I'm thinkin' is correct(I haven't read the books, but made a few conclusions), we really want this to be spoiler free. I keep my peace, anyway.

I've read some of the translations and I've changed my opinion of who Kodaka should be with:

Rika, even as perverted and raunchy as she is

something

10-01-2012, 12:01 AM

Episode 13 OVA:

- Oh god I missed you so much Sena.
- I missed you too, Kobato. HanaKana is the official seiyuu of chuunibyou!
- And honestly I've come to really like Yozora's hair, even if I still miss her long hair.

- Relay novel. And ohhhhhhh god, the last three are Kobato, Maria, and Rika. This is going to be the most amazing novel ever.
- Thus begins the tale of the strong and noble samurai Aniki. Also, a serial rapist.
- "Yozora told me that you rape 100 girls every day." o_O
- Rika ships Kodaka x Yukimura with the force of an exploding volcano!

- Yozora's turn. Things are going to get messy.
- Ahahaha she starts right off with having Sena raped by... whatever those are. Oh god.
- "It's someone else with the same name." XD
- Sens is so happy to have someone call her by her full name that she seems ready to overlook that she's being raped by slug monster people. Sometimes, her desire to be loved is just heartbreaking to watch even when it's supposed to be funny (and is). :sd:

- Kodaka's turn. He'll set everything back on the right path, only to have it decimated by the rest.

- Sena's turn!
- Eyecatch is... short haired Sena? The boobs look to small.
- Goddess Sena saves Kodaka and defeats the evil Yozora.
- Sena, you're too fundamentally nice a girl to deal with Yozora. :sd: Every time you think you've scored a hit on her, you end up losing much worse.
- And there she goes, running off crying again. Heh, oh Sena...

- Kobato's turn!!
- Suddenly, Transylvania.
- Kobato's butt! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

- ...ho boy, Maria's turn.
- She promptly covers Kobato in shit and kills her off. Bwhahaha.

- Rika. Brace yourselves.
- Yes. Robot yaoi. And enough mecha references to drown you. Hah.
- And then she decides to go off and fuck a table.

Just end with a sex scene, and everything will be okay! Heh. Very amusing.

Fencedude

10-01-2012, 12:03 AM

- Eyecatch is... short haired Sena? The boobs look to small.

Took me forever to figure it out, first I thought it was <spoiler redacted>, but then I realized that its Sena's maid.

something

10-01-2012, 12:10 AM

Took me forever to figure it out, first I thought it was <spoiler redacted>, but then I realized that its Sena's maid.
::looks:: That it is, I picked an episode at random to look for her, and fortuitously landed right on the UNIVERSEEEEEEEEEE scene, and she's right after that.

strangefour

10-01-2012, 12:35 AM

-Everyday starts exactly like the last.
-"... and all the other bitches." Hehehe. Okay I've kinda missed you, ya Luise Meyrink (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/411089/) rip off.
-A relay story? Those always end strangely (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cb.asp).
-Really Yukimura? We start the crazy in the first paragraph?
-Sandal breasts...
-Rika you are to good for us. Your raw burning passion is dangerous to a 2 km range.
-Demon rape in the middle of a street... Yozora you are a horrible human being.
-Kodaka you're being a little bit too chuu--- DAMN IT! Now you people got me using that word! :\ Anyway yeah the reprehensible Yozora breaks him down.

-TACTICAL EVIL YOZORA! (No link included because HOLY SHIT Apoalypse Zero is crazy. But Yozora is totally wearing the outfit of the first Tactical Evil. Plus something covering her boobs and Naga the White Serpent's necklace.)
-Now foot fetish. Relay stories always end up insane but this goes way beyond the normal mix of bad & batshit.
-Just punch Yozora for once Meat. We'll all feel better.
-Vampie incest... *facepalm* This is trying it's damnedest to be worse than any real relay story ever written.
-AHAHAHAHA! Vampires are poopy.
-*prays to Rika to save us*
-Robot oral sexy with an Acguy and Breast Fire reference... GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
-FINAL FUSIOOOOOON APPROVED!
-Table freshening... We never should have let Rika watch Code Geass.

Best worst story ever. I still have issues with how the characters act but damn that was funny.