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| natsuko looks likes she misses a bit of her humanity. but what is that damn bird. |
 Maybe watching, maybe reading, probably living |
| It's so frustrating, the episode was so good... why can't this be a normal drama? A story about a prodigy and her life in the animation industry and how it's slowly breaking her? Why is this an isekai... |
| What a lovely episode that focused on Natsuko's life and its clearly that her first love is animation after watching Tales of Perishing for the fist time. Her passion for animation has turned into an obsession of becoming an animation virtuoso(prodigy) that she completely ignores the experiences of her youth such as experiencing her first love. By the time she given the task of directing a romcom she had no experiences to draw from because she never been in love before due to not having friends or a social life. If Natsuko didn't have animation in her life she would have been shut in based on her appearance alone not being able to see her face, but she's also shut in emotionally as well thinking that she can do anything by herself and not wanting to ask for help due to her lack of social skills when interacting with others. Are we finally going to know what's up with creepy bird giving ominous vibes? |
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| Show me your "SQUEE!" :D This was a fun episode. Natsuko stealing hearts and breaking them to pieces. She's a rare beast. Dat end though. "Is Madoka Magica supposed to be happy?" EP 3, "NOPE!" (vibe) Can't wait to see what horrors await. |
| Best episode by far, was waiting for Natsuko being an animator to actually become relevant to the plot. My suspicion is that the bird is the reincarnated director of A Tale of Perishing, I've forgotten their name. iirc Natsuko heard the news of their death shortly before her own death in the first episode. |
Adizcool said: Easily the best episode so far. Seeing all the different kinds of first love that was around Natsuko but she never realized it was amazing. We also got to see Natsuko retreating into her animation shell with each time jump, giving us the context around her character. And Mappa went above and beyond making the real world more beautiful and exciting than any scene in the fantasy world. The ending got me really hype since I feel the anime might touch on the difference between fan and creator intent. With how Natsuko has been changing the story of ToP, the current thing cannot be called anything other than a fanfiction. While she has helped all the characters she liked like a fan would want to, that has completely stripped the story of the director's original intentions. As happy as the story is now, it is nothing like the story Natsuko fell in love with when she was young and if the original story was what we are watching right now, there is a big possibility she would never have in the first place. ToP was always meant to be a bleak tragedy, and with messing with the story and characters like she has, can it even be called ToP anymore? It really reminds me of those god-awful fanfictions people create whenever a big anime ends. Think of all the dogshit 'alternate endings' people create for AoT and JJK. All fans want is for their favorite characters to have a happy ever after at the end, and when that does not happen, they create their own endings and claim it to be better, not realizing that a happy ending for all the characters and the world spits in the face of the themes and messages the original creator wanted to express. Natsuko's condition is a bit different than these, but I still wonder if the anime will harken to these themes of original vs fan intent. Also, the closer we get to the end, the more I feel like Natsuko isn't really dead and is just in a coma, dreaming about ToP. Maybe she already had an inkling that she needed to change and is speaking to her own subconscious self in the coma in this way to help her fully realize that. Its a long shot, but for some reason, I feel like the anime could go down this or a similar route. Anyway, I'm so much more excited for the ending after this episode than I was before it. With the passion the team put in this episode, I feel like there is a high chance the anime lands the ending. I like your take and I hope you're right about the show delving into artistic intent versus audience enjoyment. If the bird is the director like I suspect then it could get very interesting. |
Reply to Sigmar-Unberogen
Show me your "SQUEE!" :D
This was a fun episode.
Natsuko stealing hearts and breaking them to pieces. She's a rare beast.
Dat end though. "Is Madoka Magica supposed to be happy?" EP 3, "NOPE!" (vibe)
Can't wait to see what horrors await.
This was a fun episode.
Natsuko stealing hearts and breaking them to pieces. She's a rare beast.
Dat end though. "Is Madoka Magica supposed to be happy?" EP 3, "NOPE!" (vibe)
Can't wait to see what horrors await.
| @Sigmar-Unberogen Sigmar-Unberogen said: Show me your "SQUEE!" :D Sure  |
| Got bored halfway through this episode. This anime in general is not catching me, I expected to love it since it feels like a middle point between Re:Creators and Eizouken, but it feels derivative instead of a homage. |
| Well I finally got to enjoy another episode of this. I seem to like it whenever we are not in the fantasy world. Maybe it's because the fantasy aspect of this show is so generic and boring. The world building is uninspiring. But boy, they really knew how to write a compelling story for Natsuko with this one. They should stick to real life. |
| It's lovely how Zenshuu always makes us expect something and than completely twists that. The next episode is definitely not going to be the type of confession you first think of hearing that word. Or is it? At this point, that would be double twist so that would work too. Anyway, I am just going to repeat myself but this show continues to be absolutely incredible, with each episode out-performing the previous one. This ep gave us a very important piece of the puzzle by showing us fragments of Natsuko's past and it once again successfully combined top notch comedy (many laugh out loud moments), romance, drama and bits of other genres and sub-genres without stumbling for even a second. One of the most enjoyable 20 minutes spent in a long time, even if I judged it just by how much I didn't want it to end. |
| Wonderful episode. Part of me thinks this episode could've (should've?) been Episode 1. I'm really not sure where the story will go from here, and that's exciting. Looking back, Episode 6's big battle might've been the final battle against the Void. Now Natsuko might be facing a completely different kind of struggle... What do you do after you save the world and watch the ending? And you can't leave? Adizcool said: Also, the closer we get to the end, the more I feel like Natsuko isn't really dead and is just in a coma, dreaming about ToP. Maybe she already had an inkling that she needed to change and is speaking to her own subconscious self in the coma in this way to help her fully realize that. Its a long shot, but for some reason, I feel like the anime could go down this or a similar route. I like this theory. Maybe like The Wizard of Oz, ending with Natsuko "going back home" a slightly-changed person. Corny, maybe, and derivative, maybe. But I wouldn't mind seeing that happen to an animator character. |
| Srsly not a single comment about how that whole animation club was a Haruhi Suzumiya reference? I mean, even the club president's VA was Tomokazu Sugita, aka Kyon from Haruhi. |
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| Great episode, and I like how they had enough attention to detail to change the drawing scene as her legs were bare |
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| Okay I kinda liked this episode, Natsuko out here attracting both genders was fun to watch |
| The many admirers of Natsuko! I'm a huge fan of Natsuko's background. Truly a well written character. She truly brought shame to the other animator lmao. I'm starting to believe the pres is the owl/bird. Nah but seriously, why is Justice kinda attractive lmao Relevance to real life: people not reaching out to others for help |
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"  |
| Personally, I think this was a really cute and creative direction. Interrupting the isekai/fantasy-esque story to have an episode centered on the MC's past. The slice-of-life growing up. But through the LENS of OTHER new characters. The schoolgirl, track runner, and college studentโall being profoundly affected by the MC, who is actually just living in her own little world. This was an incredible episode, both in a vacuum, and in the ongoing context of the overarching plotline. So much appreciation for the direction of this episode. |
| natsuko is really kawaiii |
| "Justy-bunch" lol it quickly stuck & now Justice can't shake it off lol But Natsuko, that momentary bliss you just experienced was the calm before the storm, and that mysterious bird brought you some ominous news. |
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| Going back to Natsuko's childhood, her dream of creating A Tale of Perishing is as fervent as she is her ideas bright, but a classmate of hers, Midori Ichihashi, sees the passion burning within Natsuko, enough to be her first love (but a crush from near). Times progressively change into middle school, and yet another boy of Shu Ninomiya gets sucked into intrigue stalking Natsuko from afar, even getting as close as watching her draw his Adam's apple and requesting him to run so that she could produce an afterimage, enough for him to win his own track and field prefecturals. Alas, his first love...didn't quite work out. Times change again into high school, and wannabe director Saburo Aoi needs all the help he could for the school festival. With Natsuko already well aware of animation techniques, not even Aoi is prepared to see the changes to his own work, thereby leaving all directorial duties of the Anime Research Club to her. And Natsuko's debut movie project, exceeds and defies all imagination in her spirit to become a virtuoso, even the rising stars to become an affluent director...while Aoi just lacks behind. Forward to the current day, and the studio that employs her, Studio Konkon and its president Naomi Fukushima, has high hopes for her because everything she touches, turns into gold. But the hurdle of first love...that's where Natsuko finally hit a writer's block trying to understand the term, which is a challenge from Naomi herself to overcome, which leads to the very beginning of the series and expands the relationship of her fellow animators towards her. The dream itself can be scary, and as Unio realizes her horn is being used as Natsuko's hair accessory, Justice gets roped into the group again being given a new nickname. The bird being the centerpiece of reality, its words are stark reality to Natsuko, thinking that A Tale of Perishing can be fun. It's not...and maybe it's in the name? |
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| Okay, this episode was hilarious. SHOW ME THE BA BUMP! It was cute seeing all the people crushing on Natsuko. It was nice to see her actually enjoying herself even if it is after death(?). JUSCHAN! I wonder if the creator showing up at the end is bad news. |
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| It was nice to see some of Natsuko's backstory and how she developed her animation/art skills but unfortunately she did not develop many people skills as especially shown when she was in the Animation Research Club and decided to pretty much do the entire project herself. |
| Best episode by a long shot. Special mention to the segment with Aoi. Replace him with Gintoki and it's indistinguishable from a Gintama episode. |
| A very kind and sweet episode, it was interesting to learn about Natsuko's past. |
| A episode focused on Natsuko's background and loveless life. Considering how she have always been in the reality, there was no chance for her to understand what love is like but even so isn't her favorite childhood anime movie "A Tale of Perishing" also like love?! It's funny how others fall for her but she never cared about them in any way. |
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| I actually enjoyed this episodeโฆ the most entertaining part of the anime so far. |
I love slice-of-life works. |
| Another fine episode |
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