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Jul 21, 2011 9:55 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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I knew that Yukiho wasn't going to make it through this anime without crying. Her reactions were priceless. Scared of everything and running away from the stage. The part with Producer giving her confidence was pretty nice though. The song Yukiho sang was ALRIGHT*. This is the version by Yukiho's old seiyuu, it's a little sad since it was the last song she recorded. The version used in the anime is a new one by Yukiho's new seiyuu, which hasn't been released on any CDs yet.

The ED this ep is First Stage, Yukiho's image song. Pretty obvious choice for a Yukiho episode. I was hoping this episode would have Kosmos, Cosmos in it, but I guess they're saving it for later.

LOL @ Hibiki riding the cow, and her having to leave it.

Some other random songs - instrumental version of "shiny smile" was playing while they were driving in the van, and the song Yukiho couldn't sing at first was "My Best Friend".

Takane narrating the preview, next ep looks interesting.
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Jul 21, 2011 11:08 AM
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Poor Yukiho, I was fearful for her life throughout the episode since men are always near and she could have died because of it, even the wimpiest man can scare her to death and look at how she pictures men they seem to be demons to her. Digging holes gag was there too.


Jul 21, 2011 12:09 PM
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Hoppy said:
Poor Yukiho, I was fearful for her life throughout the episode since men are always near and she could have died because of it, even the wimpiest man can scare her to death and look at how she pictures men they seem to be demons to her.
Is it that death threatening of a fear?

That does bother me now because I want to know more of the circumstances of Yuhiko of why this fear of males and don't tell me it's like with that girl in Working! Cause that would totally suck.

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Jul 21, 2011 2:30 PM
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Yumekichi11 said:
That does bother me now because I want to know more of the circumstances of Yuhiko of why this fear of males and don't tell me it's like with that girl in Working! Cause that would totally suck.


There's not much to talk about how she got the fear, but it might be related to the fact that her father is a very strict person.

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Jul 21, 2011 2:52 PM
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Yumekichi11 said:
That does bother me now because I want to know more of the circumstances of Yuhiko of why this fear of males and don't tell me it's like with that girl in Working! Cause that would totally suck.


There's not much to talk about how she got the fear, but it might be related to the fact that her father is a very strict person.

Background spoiler, might be or not revealed in the anime
There was someone that mentioned snake and it relating to her father possible occupation. I believe in what you say that her father being strict may have caused her that but that means it's the same way as that girl from working! Her:
http://myanimelist.net/character/24419/Mahiru_Inami

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Jul 21, 2011 4:58 PM
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I believe in what you say that her father being strict may have caused her that but that means it's the same way as that girl from working! Her:
http://myanimelist.net/character/24419/Mahiru_Inami


Lol the difference is for Mahiru's case, her father tells lies about Males, in result her androphobia.
While in Yukiho's case, she's more likely scared of her father personality.

so, the cause is probably different, because Mahiru is not afraid of her Father, but Yukiho is. But this is just some speculations due to scarce background info.

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Jul 21, 2011 8:11 PM
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Awesome episode. Hibiki taming the farm animals, Ami and Mami bringing the wrong case, Miki sleeping everywhere, Iori still with her bunny, and Yayoi acting cute (I focus on those 7 b/c they're my favorite).
Jul 21, 2011 8:14 PM
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So whats that girls problem with men? Was she raped or something?

Jul 21, 2011 8:33 PM
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This is pure win.
Jul 21, 2011 9:56 PM

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I wonder if they'll say why she's scared of men. It seems that every Idol will have their ED. I think.

Jul 21, 2011 10:02 PM

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So whats that girls problem with men? Was she raped or something?


Not explained, even in the game. Read the speculations on my previous post.

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Jul 21, 2011 10:16 PM

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The Yaying made my ears bleed...
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Jul 22, 2011 12:45 AM

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Another good episode as always, I don't see why this show is receiving so much hate..
Miki, I don't know why, but her, Yukiho and Makoto are my most favourites.
I guess it's because of their strong voices.
In the meantime, I can't wait to see Ritsuko make her debut.
Jul 22, 2011 1:40 AM

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Another good episode as always, I don't see why this show is receiving so much hate...


Moe shows like this are a lightning rod for hatred, just like K-on. Don't let the low score bug you... it'll go up a lot more once its over, since it won't count all the people who watch an episode or two and dropped it with a low score. Same thing happened with K-on

Jul 22, 2011 3:12 AM

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I wonder what's the real reason why Yukiho is scared of men and dogs.
Jul 22, 2011 4:19 AM

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Good episode. Yukiho and Makoto are two of my favourite idols and we had a lot of them this episode.

Next one seems to be centered in Takane and a cooking show. My guess is that the ED will be "Flower Girl". But crap, I want my Jupiter and 876 Pro. I NEED an ED with "HELLO!" and Ai singing "ALIVE"/Jupiter concert with "Alice or Guilty"/Eri singing "Crossword".
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Jul 22, 2011 5:28 AM

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Good episode. Yukiho and Makoto are two of my favourite idols and we had a lot of them this episode.

Next one seems to be centered in Takane and a cooking show. My guess is that the ED will be "Flower Girl". But crap, I want my Jupiter and 876 Pro. I NEED an ED with "HELLO!" and Ai singing "ALIVE"/Jupiter concert with "Alice or Guilty"/Eri singing "Crossword".


Seconded on the Jupiter. XD I wanna see Shouta already. D: Seeing Touma in the last one got me all excited that they might be in the 3rd episode~ >.> Ah well, I'm sure the time'll come~ ^^

This episode was cute, though. :3 Lolol I loved Hibiki with the animals, and her crying with the cow/bull towards the end. XDD

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Jul 22, 2011 6:48 AM

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nice episode, im totally in love with the opening, im hoping for more great songs :D
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Jul 22, 2011 7:33 AM

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It was a pretty good episode. I did get rather annoyed with Yukiho's fear of men. I get that she had a strict father, but could that really cause someone to fear all men to that extent? She's scared of them as if she had a train ran on her on a regular basis before she got into the industry. :-/
Jul 22, 2011 7:39 AM

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It was a pretty good episode. I did get rather annoyed with Yukiho's fear of men. I get that she had a strict father, but could that really cause someone to fear all men to that extent? She's scared of them as if she had a train ran on her on a regular basis before she got into the industry. :-/


If her father is a Yakuza Boss, yeah it will, what if she made love to a man he didn't approve of, poor guy will be buried in the foundation of [insert company here] and Yukiho might be slapped silly.


Jul 22, 2011 7:43 AM

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Hoppy said:
GC9000 said:
It was a pretty good episode. I did get rather annoyed with Yukiho's fear of men. I get that she had a strict father, but could that really cause someone to fear all men to that extent? She's scared of them as if she had a train ran on her on a regular basis before she got into the industry. :-/


If her father is a Yakuza Boss, yeah it will, what if she made love to a man he didn't approve of, poor guy will be buried in the foundation of [insert company here] and Yukiho might be slapped silly.


Lol I suppose but could that really make her view all men as some kind of creepy goblin? =P
Jul 22, 2011 10:13 AM

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Yukiho is a little annoying with her fear but at least she didn't punch those guys like Mahiru XD
Jul 22, 2011 12:55 PM

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I didn't like this episode as much as the first two, probably because I'm not a big fan of Yukiho's type of character, but it was still pretty good and I loved the performance at the end. I was surprised though that Iori and Yukiho, the only two characters I didn't like from episode one, got their personal episodes finished first and second. Anyway, I put all my thoughts about the rest of the episode in my blog post, check it out if you feel like it! Also, next week's cooking episode looks really good, I wonder which girl it will focus on, though it seems like it will be Chihaya or Takane.
Jul 22, 2011 2:28 PM

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I didn't care much for this episode.
I found Yukiho's fear to be very annoying after a few minutes into the episode.
Jul 22, 2011 3:42 PM

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I hate androphobic characters. They always annoy me. Whether it is in Working, Hoshizora, or this. I can't stand them. Ugh. At least her episode is out of the way.
Jul 22, 2011 7:23 PM

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I dislike androphobic characters too, but at least she didn't hit any of the men. In fact, by the end of the episode, her character showed a lot of growth and made me like Yukiho more than I did in the previous episodes. She broke out of her shell, and is even talking to guys now. I wish there was an explanation for her androphobia though.

The animation was a bit cheap at times. (While Yukiho is performing with her back turned, its looks as if only the top half of her body is animated, and a lot of still frames are utilized.) But still nice to look at even with a few off-models.

Liked the insert and ED songs. Yukiho has a nice singing voice.

Yay! Next episode will be a Takane episode! She's my favorite! :D Extra points for the director of FLCL story boarding it. Plus I liked what I saw in the preview, their going to be on TV!?!
Jul 23, 2011 1:57 AM

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nice ep, even as a not yukiho lover.
The new song was pretty nice. And I was really happy that they put "First stage" as ED song. This show wont disappoint me ^^
Jul 23, 2011 10:52 AM
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I didn't care much for this episode.
I found Yukiho's fear to be very annoying after a few minutes into the episode.
Me too, I feel like I wasted all my patience on that with Working! I was at least able to like that show more because I found it funny...
Here's to the next ep!
Jul 23, 2011 11:51 AM

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Yukiho is being too moe.
This is the best episode so far and the ending was better too.
Jul 23, 2011 1:00 PM

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A very K-on-like episode.
Yukiho is a sort of Yui without self-confident.
I ask myself if there will be one episode by character then final episode, or if it will continue for more slice-of-life continuity.
Jul 23, 2011 8:41 PM

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Yukiho is the worst character.
Jul 23, 2011 11:48 PM
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The crying was pretty annoying. I kinda wished she DID punch someone just to see some conflict.

I wanted that dog to jump on Mr. Producer. It kept staring at him throughout the performance.

Hibiki and the bull stole the scene for me.
Jul 24, 2011 1:14 AM

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Ok episode.
Jul 24, 2011 6:09 AM

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Yukiho is kinda cute even though she is scared with men or dogs lol
Jul 24, 2011 2:15 PM
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to the fans who know the game a lot, who is the girl that sings teh song that says tokachisukuchite which is in the nico nico douga ryuseigun song? im thinking is one of the twins sisters cause of teh ponitail but i do not know, and also, u guys thing the song will come out in the anime? thanks
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Jul 24, 2011 3:09 PM

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One more trouble girl get out of the way, phew.


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Jul 24, 2011 3:35 PM

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Pfff. Yukiho's fear of men is just so exaggerated. She must've had a bad experience with men in the past to develop such a phobia, but we don't see any of that explained at all. Same with the dog phobia. At least the producer had a reason for being bad with dogs because he was bitten when he was a kid.

Not that great of an episode this time around. Good thing she opened up a bit more to the producer though.

Jul 24, 2011 4:44 PM
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So whats that girls problem with men? Was she raped or something?


I don't know but I don't like it, Girls who are afraid of men annoy the hell outta me because they act all dramatic -_- it's stupid.
(Just like in Working!!...Inami...she got on my nerves lol )

but I didn't really like this episode, except for Producer-san he's cool as always. I can't wait for the episodes that focus on Miki, Chihaya, Takane, Azusa, the older girls are cooler. IMO
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to the fans who know the game a lot, who is the girl that sings teh song that says tokachisukuchite which is in the nico nico douga ryuseigun song? im thinking is one of the twins sisters cause of teh ponitail but i do not know, and also, u guys thing the song will come out in the anime? thanks

That song is called Agent Yoru o Yuku, and it's Ami/Mami who sings the song from that medley. (The twins don't have their own separate versions of songs, they're all just "Futami" versions, since the seiyuu for both is the same.) Here's a video of her version.

Agent Yoru o Yuku will definitely be in the anime, it's one of the more popular songs. It's actually Makoto's image song, so it could be in her episode.


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I can't wait for the episodes that focus on Miki, Chihaya, Takane, Azusa, the older girls are cooler. IMO

Miki is actually one of the younger ones, she's only 15, same age as Iori. Chihaya is 16. Yukiho, Haruka, and Makoto are 17, Takane is 18, Azusa is 21. I'm waiting patiently for an Azusa episode.
Jul 24, 2011 7:46 PM
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I can't wait for the episodes that focus on Miki, Chihaya, Takane, Azusa, the older girls are cooler. IMO

Miki is actually one of the younger ones, she's only 15, same age as Iori. Chihaya is 16. Yukiho, Haruka, and Makoto are 17, Takane is 18, Azusa is 21. I'm waiting patiently for an Azusa episode.

Oh really =o, they appear a lot older and more mature to me. lol Iori is 15 x_x! lol she looks likes she's 12.
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I think i won't drop this. I actually really enjoyed this episode. Mami was sort of funny before, but she finally got a chuckle out of me this episode. Yukiho is a mixed bag, she is annoying but at the same time i sort of like her.
Jul 26, 2011 2:56 PM

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I hated Yukiho in this episode. I have very little sympathy for androphobic characters in anime, their reactions are just too annoying for me to give a flip.
Jul 26, 2011 6:38 PM

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Miki was delightful in this episode as she always is XD
And I agree with kuroshi_nazo that Yukiho was kind of annoying.

Her and Makoto's ED don't impress me much
Jul 27, 2011 4:22 AM

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I love androphobic characters. They are always put in insane situations :3
Jul 28, 2011 12:14 AM

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wow a show where the rie kugimiya character is NOT the most annoying. I can't stand the annoying scared girl. this was boring enough as is..... dropped. I guess I didn't expect much but some of the characters are really annoying.
Jul 28, 2011 1:30 PM

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annoying yukiho is annoying :/ but thankfully she made up for it by actually manning up in the end.
Aug 1, 2011 11:55 PM

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A bit disappointed in this first 3 eps. It feels catering, didn't felt natural at all. Maybe I'm hoping for a wrong development? And the music is not that great either.
Aug 19, 2011 5:17 PM
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Not the best episode. After a few minutes I was like "sheesh Yukiho, get a grip already". Glad Producer managed to calm her down.
The yay part made me cringe so hard. x)
Aug 21, 2011 12:36 PM

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Guess this just isn't just my show. Will watch for Hibiki and Chihaya. 4/5.
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I hated Yukiho in this episode. I have very little sympathy for androphobic characters in anime, their reactions are just too annoying for me to give a flip.

This.
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