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Feb 2, 2024 9:22 AM
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Finally, Haneru Emi becomes more public and more open to the group. I think she'll fit in the group well despite bit more of a stoic personality.

Happy to see the girl going outdoors eating and hanging out together, breaking away from the recent game loop episodes. Haneru also seems like a nice person even if she's more stoic than others.
Feb 2, 2024 10:22 AM
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Honestly their reaction when Haneru couldn't find the entrance was funny.
Still the where certainly trying hard not to have her play mahjong but i guess she can't be stopped forever.
It was also nice to see an episode where they didn't play mahjong.
Feb 2, 2024 10:23 AM
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The dreams within Riche...it sure makes for wonderful hands.

About time that the last of the 5 girls had their arrival: 17-year-old Hanaru Emi, which she comes in from the parlor's back door, and that Nashiko wanted to just check on it. The girls confirm that they're playing with her in the online match, which she demands another game of revenge against Riche. Being out of the blue on a sunset's day, they ask her to come another time to have a bout...or rather, have a time of conversation interrogation.

Of course, intimidation is part of the friendship circle, and the mahjong parlor is more than just playing mahjong. Instead, asking her to hang out with them is the only way to lure her into their situation...to spend the summer vacation together by having a warm-up BBQ party in Mukaishima. The outdoor expert is Pai, and with all the food, they have more than enough: meat, fish, even beef, because Riche is rich. At least Hanaru has an interest in bands (which explains her ludicrious outfit), which is something else to connect with her other than mahjong.

Hanaru, you'll have to wait to have your fill of fun first before mahjong.
Feb 2, 2024 10:27 AM
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Five main characters went camping together, and one of them is named Nadeshiko. huh!? πŸ˜›

Location: Mukaishima Marine Youth Center
And, the temple in the preview of the next episode is Senkoji
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Feb 2, 2024 11:35 AM
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Haneru seems a nice girl and am sure she will fit right in with the rest of the girls now and it looks like they all had a great time having a barbecue and taking a break from Mahjong
Feb 2, 2024 11:49 AM
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Expected Haneru to be extremely salty because she stalked the location, but she was surprisingly pretty chill and I like her design.

A barbeque episode? Hell yeah I'm always in for it, the switch between Mahjong and focus on other things like cooking is something I appreciate. And it allowed Haneru to bond with the group. But man how can those girls eat so much.

Next episode preview a temple it seems, nice that we're going to see lots different locations.
Feb 2, 2024 12:22 PM
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I enjoy episodes like this. Just the characters hanging out. Haneru is the reason I wanted to watch this show because I love her design. She is already best girl.

Hopefully they have more fun adventures outside.
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Feb 2, 2024 2:34 PM
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EP 5

Well after the uh, events of last ep
The funny thing is i think i took like 100 screenshots of last ep

The op is like im still i dunno, its like ok i guess but a bit weird



aaand thats the whole ep. yes. 0 mahjong
Looks like next ep they're going uhm. To an inn or something. The table they are using also looks likes its not automatic for once

Emi haneru, I'm still gonna call her emi because im lazy and I think emi sounds better. So I already saw that she's voiced by yamamura hibiku, but her voice is not something I would have recognized by herself normally.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, what happened to emi's suitcase she was carrying? Shrug
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Feb 2, 2024 4:30 PM
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Another very good episode! Nashiko, Pai, Izumi, Riche and Haneru are together.

The game is friendship.
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Feb 2, 2024 4:33 PM

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A delicious barbecue never failed to start a good friendship πŸ˜‹ haha! At first the arrival of the emo girl was quite "impactful" both for Haneru (I lost everything at that door in her face lol 🀣🀣🀣) and for the girls, but I loved how receptive they were to the outsider, before the end of the EP she It was already Hanechi!πŸ₯° And I also loved that she's a good girl too, she just came for the mahjong, but I'm sure she'll stay for the girls' friendship!😍
Feb 2, 2024 5:06 PM

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I really liked the episode, I liked Emi style, this anime is one of the surprises of the season for me
Feb 2, 2024 5:19 PM
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So I actually went and bought Clubhouse 51 for the Switch to learn a bit about Mahjong for this show, and I’m understanding it little by little but they ended up not even playing any mahjong in this episode lol, but that’s fine tho, this one was great without it. The gamer girl Haneru from last episode got a proper introduction in this one and it was revealed that one of the reasons she found the girls was because Riche uses the same name everywhere lol, so I guess it wasn’t quite as weird a move as it seemed at first.

And it didn’t take long for Haneru to become one of the girls, there was a bit of a bumpy start with the fake interrogation and her initial struggle to find the entrance but when they all went outside to cook out she really started to enjoy herself, maybe besides when Nashiko invaded her sides lol. And near the end Haneru mentioned she likes going to concerts for bands she likes, well do I have the band for you lol, the Grateful Dead never did play Japan tho unfortunately for them.
Feb 2, 2024 5:30 PM

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Friends, don't pretend bully someone to see how they'll react. It's mean.

No Mahjong this episode but we got a new girl and a barbecue; silly Nashiko "forgetting" the set. I like Haneru's personality. Seems like she's as all-about Mahjong as Riche probably is. Looking forward to finding out more about her "group" though.
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Feb 2, 2024 9:30 PM
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Ppl keeps complaining abt the lack of mahjong.... When will ppl start to realize this is K-On but with mahjong? wwwww
But then again, it took ppl a year or two to finally get K-On, and how afterwards K-On smh became one of the most important anime in modern anime (and moe culture) landscape.
So, if OLM keeps this up and expand on it, there's a chance Pon no Michi might became the next K-On.... Well, most likely not, but... who knows!!?

PS:
I did say "most likely not", since K-On's biggest selling point is it's charming arrays or characters. So far, Pon no Michi is really quite flat in this aspect. But, then again, who knows what shall comes in the next few EPs. This is original, so nobody but OLM knows what shall happens next.
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Feb 3, 2024 1:59 AM

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I'm glad that at least one person, Nashiko, was skeptical of Emi. I mean, she literally found them by looking up Riche's name.

However, the group decides that she doesn't have evil intentions and hangs out with her. They don't play mahjong but I think it's fine as we get to know more about Emi.





Feb 3, 2024 2:17 PM
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Felt a little bit like a yuru camp episode
Feb 4, 2024 5:34 AM
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hmmm... a mahjong anime with an episode of no mahjong being played. Odd, but ok. I knew Haneru was going to be best girl just from her design alone. She's definitely the most standout as far as appearances go. She reminds of Azusa from K-On! A fifth member joining a group somewhat later on and is all about the hobby in the show and is quite passionate despite the lax behaviour of the other members.
Feb 4, 2024 11:26 AM

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Good slice of life.
Feb 6, 2024 8:36 AM
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Without the mahjong involved, the anime itself is quite entertaining, nice.
Feb 13, 2024 12:26 AM

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This time it was Riche with the mahjong dream.

The girls trying to intimidate Haneru lol, poor girl. Rest of the episode was fun with barbecue and stuff.
Feb 17, 2024 2:45 PM
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I'm so glad everyone was on Haneru's side for elbowing Nashiko in the gut. I'm also glad she didn't apologize. Like why are you touching people from behind like that? You just met this person yesterday. You don't even know her like that. You dragged her off to some place with some girls she doesn't know who previously did some weird up in her face shit just a little while earlier. I mean, not gonna lie, she was a bit too trusting of these girls in the first place, but yeah not a smart move to touch someone you just met like that.
...They really had to give each girl kinda large boobs, huh?

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Mar 24, 2024 11:59 PM

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Playing Mahjong is what is on their mind till dead XD
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Apr 17, 2024 5:57 AM
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Nice, I like Haneru and her style, it's nice that she's joining the group, it was especially good to see them doing outside activity this time, looked yummy

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