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Jul 11, 2023 8:24 PM
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Ah yes, the Otori Girls' High school arc where Nasa teaches students in an all-girls school, with Yanagi-sensei's assistance! A special OST to accompany the ONA.

A programming class for IT-focused curriculums, and Yanagi-sensei spearheads this department, though she's putting him on arrears of handling the entire school instead to teach them about coding and the like, though in an all-girls' high school...which is where Nasa is now, standing in front of an all-girls' class. The cheek of the young Nasa in rile of the young girls like class rep Yaiba Shirogane and classmates of Hakase Inukai, Haru Myako and Mishio Usa alike, they're in awe of the 18-year-old married shortie. And one particular girl of Hotaru Kurenai asking Nasa for advice on her boyfriend who's a hardcore otaku, Hotaru just needs to learn to adjust her expectations, though his sharpness doesn't go discounted by her wits. The girls being thirsty to know his given name, and it's really been a while he's got that reception. Kaguya Gekko, whom they call the Princess, however, is a peculiarity that her personality remains hidden for now. Tsukasa, wanting to hear of her reputation in school, and Nasa sure chocked up a good one.

Kaname sure wants to make Nasa feel jealous, being understanding of Tsukasa's position, she sure is a joker through and through lols. It's hard to picture Tsukasa being jealous, but whatever, and the school skipper Aya wants to make her feel a pinch of that jealousy, being just like Kaname. Anyways, Tsukasa trying to ask Nasa of his experience in school, and hoping to get the tsundere expression out of her, it's all calculated that he only has her in his sights. And that simulation, being overheard by both Hotaru and Jessie Nikotama, it's a killer. But back to school, and the results...are less than ideal, regardless of students or staff. Everything was done by Nasa himself, and even the school's principal Azumamiya is also shocked by his calibre, that he helped Yanagi-sensei relieve the burden and focus on her wedding more.

The formula for the moon and the stars, someone was intelligent enough to chalk it up on the blackboard, though Nasa adds a formula on the trip back to Earth. Indeed, it was Kaguya, though Nasa's troubles at home aren't over with Tsukasa being sweet moments, and Hotaru coming with a message from Kaguya, she's a real one to look out for.

Nice ONA that adds more to the allure of the main series.
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Jul 11, 2023 9:05 PM
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Nice ep to start this arc, glad we didn't have to wait long for more.
Jul 11, 2023 10:33 PM
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Tonikawa returns once again, and it's a nice new setting in the girls' high school, which made for some fun comedy, and honestly, I liked it more than some of the Season 2 episodes, as it felt a bit more fresh. A lot of new characters as well, and I don't know why, but Kurenai's design kind of reminded me of Kana from Oshi no Ko. Found it pretty funny that there's a Kaguya and a Shirogane in the class as well, and Kaguya has red eyes as well. If that's a reference to something, that's kinda cool.
Jul 12, 2023 12:04 AM
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Didn't expect a sequel so soon at all
I love the animation in this lol
I really enjoyed this. And Kaguya is really interesting too (we got both Shirogane and Kaguya in here lol). Always happy to have more Tonikawa.
Hopefully the third season will be announced once this ends!
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If that's a reference to something, that's kinda cool.

Kaguya is a reference to Kaguya-hime from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. The girls were referring to her when they said "We've got someone with a pretty wild name, too!"
Jul 12, 2023 12:59 AM
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Tonikaku Kawaii is back again! I wasn't expecting a new series just a few weeks after Season 2 ended. Although it only has 4 episodes I'm not complaining at all. I'm just surprised they didn't just include it as a part of Season 2.

It's cool this even has a new OP and ED of its own. But I think Season 2's OP was the best.

A High School arc is something I never expected to see in Tonikaku Kawaii. It's something I never knew I needed.

My all-time favorite rom-com Maison Ikkoku also had a similar high school arc with the mc as a teacher so seeing a similar story in another show is awesome. Cause it's not exactly a common trope in romcoms these days.

The video game references are getting out of hand lol.

It was really cute to see Tsukasa as a jealous tsundere. Wonder what else we're gonna see in the next episodes. Can't wait!
Jul 12, 2023 1:51 AM
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This Time this Anime reminded me of "Ninja Hatori" famous kid Anime ( I used watch it a decade ago ) cuz of the Masked girl.
OMG!!! jealous Tsukasa-San Kawaiiii ๐Ÿ’˜
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Jul 12, 2023 3:24 AM
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My only complaint is why the heck they got Hayamin for OP? She is not even in the cast (or does she voice someone from the staff, I may miss it) and Akari Kito is a better singer. 
Nachtwandler_21Jul 12, 2023 7:46 AM
Jul 12, 2023 5:22 AM
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Nachtwandler_21 said:
My only complaint is why the heck they got Haymin for OP? She is ot even in the cast (or does she voice someone from the staff, I may miss it) and Akari Kito is a better singer. 
It's not the singer that's the issue, it's the song...

Maybe we got spoiled too much by the first two OPs, but still wth was that?
Jul 12, 2023 6:47 AM
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glad to see my fave no bs couple back on screen so soon. hayamin killed it with the OP too, was visually great and ED slapped as well.
tsukasa being a jealous tsundere? yes, please! bunny maid goes crazy too.
i thought usa sounded a bit too familiar, then i realized it's freakin yamada from bokuyabai lmaoo.
more moon references with the masked kaguya. her mask and hair color reminds me a lot of kousetsu and kurenai reminds of arima kana though.
Jul 12, 2023 7:12 AM
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The animation keeps getting better haha glad to see this series is a success and will probably continue to the end
Jul 12, 2023 7:43 AM
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It’s probably just because it’s 4 episodes, but this animation blows the rest of the series out of the water. I feel like it was getting more noticeable as time went on but this is a lot better. In general it was a very funny episode. If it keeps up I might actually like it more then season 2. Hope the eventual season 3 keeps up this quality of animation though.
Jul 12, 2023 10:19 AM
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Not long after Season 2 ended and we’re back with more Tonikawa! This school arc seems like it’ll be an interesting one so far, the girls are all pretty unique and we even have a Shirogane and Kaguya lol, as well as Kurenai who looks really similar to Kana from Oshi no Ko, and speaking of Kaguya there’s no question she is related to the moon, similarly to Tsukasa, so I’m guessing there’s gonna be some important plot stuff here.

And I’m ngl, screw programming lol, absolutely hated it when I went to college and I would have hated it even more if it was imposed on me in Highschool like what’s happening in the show, feel bad for all those girls but this is anime and most likely they’ll all get it eventually and I’ll feel stupid lol, but thankfully there will be more to enjoy about this arc than the teaching.

And I really liked Saori Hayami’s OP, I see some folks here didn’t like it tho but that’s music for you lol, and the ED by Tsukasa’s VA was a bop too, this short ONA getting such nice jams is awesome.
Jul 12, 2023 10:49 AM

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well i want to know whats the deal with the so called princess
Jul 12, 2023 3:43 PM

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Good start for this arc. Was honestly expecting all those new girls to be annoying asf but it's just the Kaguya brat so far.

Wait, so is Nasa just 18?! I thought he was 20 after all the events of these past two seasons. So not even a year has passed since he got married?
Jul 12, 2023 5:14 PM

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Isaka-senpai is bestgirl :-)


Jul 12, 2023 5:48 PM
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The ONA began very well! Cannot choose between catgirl Tsukasa and jealous Tsukasa -- both Nasa's wives are the cutest. Enter princess Kaguya, most relevant to the story.
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Jul 12, 2023 5:57 PM
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Jul 12, 2023 5:59 PM

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i can't enjoy it like i used to, yes it's cute but the rest...
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Jul 12, 2023 6:15 PM
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Finally, the next story you have been waiting for has been released
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Jul 12, 2023 11:08 PM
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Just finished the season and Tonikawa is back, let's goooo!!

The scoop is good, it really catches my attention to see Nasa's dynamics as a school teacher, in addition to seeing Tsukasa's reactions.

The students are what you would expect from any school anime xd, although very nosy in my opinion.

The girl called Kaguya is very interesting, I wonder what she has in mind; Anyway, just wait for the next episode.
Jul 12, 2023 11:10 PM

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It was cute and at the same time cgdct done right.
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Jul 13, 2023 7:18 AM

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This seems like it has a lot more movements than season 2? Looks better too.
Jul 13, 2023 8:01 AM
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Zaxphred said:
well i want to know whats the deal with the so called princess
Kaguaya-hime is the name of the Princess from the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

I'm up-to-date with the manga and I was impressed with the adaptation in and the quality of this first episode.
Jul 13, 2023 10:18 AM

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We're having more from this anime and I'm not complaining. Seems like Nasa-sensei will have to deal with these high school girls. Tsukasa-chan being jealous is so adorable.
Jul 13, 2023 10:50 AM

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Wow, this was great. NGL, season 2 was a bit stale and repetitive, but this special was very funny
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Jul 13, 2023 4:06 PM

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the episode was... insanely good? it feels way better than s2 start
Jul 13, 2023 10:56 PM
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They got Saori Hayami singing the OP but not voicing the new character? come on man.

This is actually a lot more fun than i expected, maybe because it was something new and refreshing from the previous season.

Jul 14, 2023 3:23 AM
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Outro is awesome and that kaguya , umm I think she is somewhat related to tsukasa . And I'm gonna complete that bamboo cutter tale as soon as possible
Jul 14, 2023 4:42 AM

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I don't know if I was tripping, but in terms of art/animation quality, this episode seemed so much better than season 2 lmao. Though to be honest, I enjoyed this episode a lot more than most of the episodes in season 2, probably because I sense plot and I didn't expect we'd get it in a school arc lmao. Really looking forward to the next episode.
Jul 14, 2023 9:25 AM
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I'm late... two fucking days late.... and I knew about this ahead of time.... anywho.

This is a very good start to the highschool arc, I had a blast watching this episode. I don't know if its just my eyes, but it seems like the art quality seems better compared to the previous season.
Overall, very fun and enjoyable episode. I'm happy to see Tsukasa and Nasa back after the end of season 2, and the OP/ED were bangers.

See you all next episode!



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Jul 15, 2023 4:18 AM

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Saw it yesterday, i didnt know that this was on air so it was a pretty nice surprise! Loved the first episode a lot and as a CS Engineer really laughed when the grades were out...that remembered me uni. Hope the 2º episode is available soon
Jul 15, 2023 11:40 PM

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the entire episode was so fun and chaotically awesome!
shame its only 4 eps...
5/5.


Jul 16, 2023 5:02 AM
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Considering how closely this came out to s2 I was expecting the quality to be the same or even worse but I never expected the animation would take a big step up. Like it’s nothing mind blowing but the little bits of character acting and super fluid animation look super good im really impressed! Cant wait for the remaining 3 episodes this one was really fun!
Jul 17, 2023 2:24 AM

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Nasa has a competition now with the moon trip girl. She has a good ost though, especially when she first appeared
Jul 19, 2023 6:52 PM

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Brooo this is 10000x Better than all the past episodes, the build up to this point wasn't really worth it but this at least has me thinking it wasn't all just a waste keke

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But my feels.
Jul 20, 2023 12:01 AM

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When's 2nd episode?
Jul 20, 2023 3:12 AM

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Jul 23, 2023 8:03 PM

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The ONA started off really good! I think the animation was better than S2, Aya's interaction with Tsukasa was really cute!
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Jul 28, 2023 3:58 PM
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The first episode was amazing. I liked it more than the second season tbh. 
But I can‘t believe Tonikaku already got a few more episodes. I guess the anime must be very successful. 
Aug 2, 2023 7:06 PM

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Nasa as a substitute teacher at a girl only school.
Interesting students, even the teachers are not bad.
But it's kinda rude for Kurenai to throw a paper directly at a teacher head....

The OP and ED song are actually... Bad...
May 19, 2024 4:40 AM

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Hayamin on vocals is usually always welcomed, but still would've preferred if they kept the OP unchanged

Tsukasa knows all too well that any of those school girls wouldn't have anything on her

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