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| Ok I love it, witht the kinda yuri thing, hell yes, this is my thing. |
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| Short loli-level tier chars ftw! Really nice ep lol. Ren-chan reminds me a bit of http://myanimelist.net/character/22743/Saki_Amano appearance-wise. |
| "Don't call me Koma-chan!" Now I know why they chose Asumi Kana as her voice actor. |
Undim said: eldest said: why is this show so good? http://s22.postimg.org/px7bpbnq9/Why_does_this_make_me_so_happy.jpg LOL xD Hotaru looks so mature in those clothes.Too bad Koma-chan didn't notice that girl is Hotaru. |
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| Man, the second half of the episode was so funny. Really enjoying this series so far, I just love how relaxing it is. |
| Fun episode! I was grinning like a idiot the whole time ^_^, all the girls in this are so cute! I hope we see more of that brother as well. Koma-chan kawaiii, well i suppose Hotaru is more an adult compared to the rest of them XD But i need more Ren-chon! |
DannyREN said: Fun episode! I was grinning like a idiot the whole time ^_^, all the girls in this are so cute! I hope we see more of that brother as well. Koma-chan kawaiii, well i suppose Hotaru is more an adult compared to the rest of them XD Not really at all xD She just looks more like one. All that she's done has been pretty childish. Think if she had a proper fifth grader body and tried to dress up like that? She'd look ridiculous xD She's just able to pull it off because her body is so much more mature. I wonder how she'd look next to a foreigner though? Being from Tokyo makes it more likely she's been exposed to the same sort of things that have been slowly raising the average height/size of Japanese. While the other girls living in the country-side, likely haven't been exposed to much at all of that. I wonder if they're going to keep it from Hotarun's perspective from now on? Or if they're going to switch perspectives each episode until they've gone through the main cast? |
| Better than the first episode. I also get used to the relaxing setting :3 |
| I don't like the way they call the older sister "Koma-chan". Basically, it is the same as calling her "shorty". "Koma" is copying the sound of the English word "compact". Teasing Komari about her height seems like a cheap shot. In fact, the Japanese translation of the English word "compact" is "konpakuto" (コンパクト). The part where Komari was standing by the phone booth and failed to recognize Toharun was messed up somehow. Yes, it would be so funny if Komari-chan somehow happened to see Toharun at some random place and didn't recognize her. However, in this case, Komari had so many strong clues that it was Toharun. I believe it was a mistake not to somehow fix up the dialog in the script to make that part plausible. I can imagine changing just a few lines to correct the problem. The same flaw is in the manga. See Chapter 8. Kids probably shouldn't be ordering the green tea flavored shaved ice since green tea in Japan contains radioactive things like Cesium and Strontium. It's okay when you are talking about an older adult mixing a few tea leaves with hot water. For kids, nobody really knows the health implications of eating that much radioactive shaved ice. I'd go with lemon flavor. Or strawberry. Toharu definitely has a very strong ... thing ... for Komari. It seems like a full blown girl-on-girl crush. There is a bit of a grey area of precisely where a girl-girl relationship can be called "yuri". Based on what we have seen so far, and based on other examples of anime series with yuri elements, I think that their relationship can be called "yuri". Furthermore, this is confirmed a bit more explicitly in the manga. See Chapters 3 and 8. In "Cute Girls Doing Cute Things" (CGDCT) anime series, it is very, very common to include such story elements, even if the series as a whole is not a yuri love story. See here for a comprehensive list of anime series that include yuri elements: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_%28genre%29 Let's see what other romantic relationships blossom. I can see a lot of possible pairings given all of the farm animals. |
okanaganOct 16, 2013 3:22 AM
okanagan said: I don't like the way they call the older sister "Koma-chan". Basically, it is the same as calling her "shorty". "Koma" is copying the sound of the English word "compact". Teasing her about her height seems like a cheap shot. It's something so widespread, though, that it would be unrealistic for them not to. Especially when it sort of fits her name as well. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| ^ Agreed. That is Komari's nickname and she is stuck with it forever. |
| This show is an ice-cold beverage on a warm sunny day. |
okanagan said: I thought it was an allusion to the perfectly Japanese word 駒, which means "piece" (as in "chess piece" or "shogi piece"). It also seems to have an older meaning of "small horse" (foal or pony; probably etymologically related to 小馬). All of those still count as teases on the subject of her size, so your overall point still stands I guess."Koma" is copying the sound of the English word "compact" |
| Loving this show Aho moe overload! :3 |
Aclos said: "Don't call me Koma-chan!" Now I know why they chose Asumi Kana as her voice actor. Lol, perhaps so. But I could imagine a more comedic play if they use Yoshino Nanjo instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUY9LFlYh0 |
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Madcat6204 said: I can't do stuff with the moon runes, but didn't they say in the episode that Komari's nickname comes from "Komai?" A bit of searching in a romaji dictionary gives one possible definition as "small; fine; minute." There's no need to go looking for other origins of the nickname when the one they've given us explains it all right there. komakai, yes, but I've not heard komai before. Then again Hotaru does say "komai" quite clearly at 5:20. Does anyone have a copy of the manga to hand to confirm? |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| vonPeterhof said: I thought it was an allusion to the perfectly Japanese word 駒, which means "piece" (as in "chess piece" or "shogi piece"). It also seems to have an older meaning of "small horse" (foal or pony; probably etymologically related to 小馬). I don't know. But I can point you to the original source of the information, which is the manga. Look at Page 30. In other words, Page 4 of Chapter 3 in one online scan translation. It's the second page of Chapter 3. Here is what the narrator is saying as the characters are being introduced. The upper case is from the lettering in the translated manga, not because I am shouting. THE NICKNAME KOMA-CHAN WAS OF COURSE DERIVED FROM HER NAME ... COM-PACT! ... NOT! IT'S BECAUSE HER SIZE IS TINY. So the idea that "Koma-chan" comes from "compact" is direct from the author. Since we have no other way to confirm what was in the author's mind, all of your ideas sound plausible. But I'll mention again that the actual translation of the English word "compact" into Japanese is "konpakuto". - - - - - - For people who aren't used to working with the Japanese "kanji" characters, which are the ones which look very complicated, you can make use of the free online translation tool here: http://translate.google.com/#ja/en With the mouse, click in the box on the left. Type the following: k o m a [spacebar] Then a menu will pop up giving you a selection of possible kanji characters, kanji phrases and some other things. You simply press some number key, such as "3", and a Japanese character will appear in the box. In this case, it would be 駒 which is the character that vonPeterhofmentioned. After that, look on the right half of the screen. It gives you the English translation of the Japanese. In this case, it is "piece". This translation tool is quite good, as long as you don't ask too much of it. It is quite intelligent, and automatically recognizes a wide variety of common English phrases. Don't expect it to translate a paragraph. It is able to handle one phrase of a sentence fairly well. It is even better if you can learn how to break it into even smaller pieces. Practice makes perfect. You can click to hear the pronunciation. Also, the "romaji" spelling appears at the bottom of the screen. Lots of other features as well. |
okanaganOct 16, 2013 11:19 AM
| The "COM-PACT!" was created by the scanlator though. Raw of the manga: もちろんその由来は名前から...... ではなく細いからである (written in the background: こじんまり) 細い would usually be pronounced ほそい but the furigana reads こまい Seems like it is (sort of) a contraption of 細かい after all. The background text just says "small", and isn't really connected to the nickname. Nothing to do with horses, chess pieces or コンパクト. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| kuuderes_shadow said: 細い would usually be pronounced ほそい but the furigana reads こまい Thank you. Now everything is clear. The fact that the author provided the furigana こまい seems to be the key point. A challenging feature of the Japanese written language is that a given kanji can be read in at least two ways. In the case of 細, it can be pronounced as sai, hoso or koma. Depending on the context, it can mean a dozen different things. I used this: http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html |
okanaganOct 16, 2013 11:34 AM
| I wasn't really expecting yuri subtext in this show, but Houtaru...you are one humongous raging lesbian. +10 points for that. The second segment was funny in it's own right, a perfect way to unwind after all the stress today. 5/5. |
Mogami-kunOct 16, 2013 12:24 PM
| Mogami_kun said: I wasn't really expecting yuri subtext in this show . . . The "yuri" aspect is clarified even more in the manga. See Chapters 3 and 8. This is the best "yuri" couple that I have seen in an anime series for a long, long time. More often, "yuri" pairs are totally slapstick, symbolic rather than real, or else done poorly from a dramatic point of view. That is why Sasameki Koto and Aoi Hana crashed and burned in late 2009. We have to go back to Maria-sama Ga Miteru in 2004 to see something as good. By the way, the closing scene where Hotaru is making the cute stuffed doll of Komari is not in the manga. Another difference in the manga is that the crushed ice lemon and strawberry flavor only cost 100 Yen. But they cost 200 Yen in the anime. In both cases, the tea+bean flavor costs 700 Yen per bowl, which is outrageous. If the "yuri" interpretation really is correct, which it might not be, then some fans here might want to take careful note that there are legal issues with the promotion of homosexuality to minors in certain parts of the world. Each fan is responsible to comply with the laws of his/her own country. I don't know much about the "yuri" genre of anime, books and movies. But here is a very good starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_%28genre%29 Roughly speaking, the societal attitudes in Japan are different than in the West. There is not a stigma attached. So "A" can fall in love with "B", and the gender does not matter. There seems to be resistance towards "yuri" anime in the West, which could explain why no primarily yuri-themed anime series has ever been dubbed into English. However, in Japan, it needs to be added that the traditional rigid societal expectation is that young people will grow up and get married to appropriate partners, quite often selected by their parents. So you can be in love with anybody that you want. On the other hand, you are obligated to get married to some person irrespective of love. I am simplifying and over-generalizing, so please follow-up on your own for better explanations. |
okanaganOct 16, 2013 1:57 PM
| Well, don't know what to say. Excellent. |
| Beginning: "Why is this cat square eheh" LOL wtf XD "Why does this make me so happy?" Took the words right out of my mouth, Hotaru. Although it's like the typical "cute girls doing cute things," I'm really enjoying this series for its art, for its petty adventures, and for its characters. |
| This anime is so much fun! I love every second of it! |
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| I...I.. I can't stand it, too moe for this episode, especially Komari and Renge. 5/5. Well it was funny from the first half, and getting some yuri dialogue in the half of it, pretty relaxing episode though :D. |
| I'm going to have to start keeping track of how many times I watch each episode. Just watched this one for the second time, and watched the first episode 7 times now too. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Nano.Ripe's female singer has such a mysterious voice, it captivates you strangely when you don't expect her to, I really love her songs. Ren-chan is so cute! Lol, there are two families in the classroom xD I didn't expect Koma-chan to be loud but she is so cute xD I am really loving this show now, it has improved a lot, it looked so bland in first episode and now it's gotten so unbelievably colorful and cute. Even Hotaru is cute as hell, everyone in this show is so cute. Is Hotaru really in 5th grade coz she doesn't seem at all; look-wise I mean. Lol she really didn't know it was Hotaru, haha. The might be one of the cutest things I have ever seen! She never got to know it was Hotaru xD 9/10, relaxing anime are always the best! |
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| If you look here http://nonnontv.com/story/s03.html you can see five still images from Episode 3. Also, the three-line synopsis indicates that this episode will be based, at least in part, on Chapter . . . . . . in the manga. I have been reading ahead in the manga, and this is one of the parts that I have been really looking forward to. In fact, an official tweet went out a couple of days ago about the still images having been posted, so maybe they are going to be doing this every week. |
| LOL This is GOLD! Highlight of the episode, Koma-chan <3 She totally mistaken Hotaru with that "Grown up woman" lol ^^ Does Hotaru actually have a slight crush on Koma-chan? Some shoujo ai as a side dish plox XD I am really loving everything about this show! Really really good SoL ^^ |
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| 5/5 Cuteness to the nth degree! * _ * What fun this new episode, the plot introduces also the brother of the girls, so in the end you realize that they are all related! I was satisfied! LOL Narration nice, I could not smile thinking about how people today scanna to have more and more money while the girls ...! ROTFL Drawings and animations sublime, I have liked the description was based on what the nickname of ...! XD How much hilarity also see the great difference between the two girls ...! (: Too bad for the guy, but today all deserve the role of MC of the episode, even the teacher! |
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kuuderes_shadow said: Yeah, that does look like one of those slangy contractions (気持ち悪い->きもい、暖める->あっためる, etc). Now a part of me does suspect that there might be a primordial etymological link between 駒「こま」 and こまかな (細かな->細かい), but no Japanese etymological dictionary I've been able to plough thorough so far has confirmed that, so my etymological intuition shall have to concede defeat for now.The "COM-PACT!" was created by the scanlator though. Raw of the manga: もちろんその由来は名前から...... ではなく細いからである (written in the background: こじんまり) 細い would usually be pronounced ほそい but the furigana reads こまい Seems like it is (sort of) a contraption of 細かい after all. The background text just says "small", and isn't really connected to the nickname. Nothing to do with horses, chess pieces or コンパクト. |
terrablu2003 said: What fun this new episode, the plot introduces also the brother of the girls, so in the end you realize that they are all related! Natsumi did call him "nii-chan" in episode 1, but it's fairly easy to miss. What I think is new information from this episode is that the teacher is the older sister that Renge had previously mentioned. That's a serious age gap. And it puts you into a bit of perspective about the size of the village - all five of the main cast before Hotaru came along was from one of just two families. And the only person we've seen other than those who isn't elderly is the sweet shop owner. |
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| Such a good relaxing Anime, always puts a smile on my face. |
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pakoko said: Beginning: "Why is this cat square eheh" LOL wtf XD I'm happy I wasn't the only one that caught that, lol. One questions the economic viability of a candy store in a town with only 5 children... Unless the adults have a serious sweet tooth as well. |
PaleBlue said: pakoko said: Beginning: "Why is this cat square eheh" LOL wtf XD I'm happy I wasn't the only one that caught that, lol. One questions the economic viability of a candy store in a town with only 5 children... Unless the adults have a serious sweet tooth as well. Don't worry - you weren't the only one. Just there's so much worth commenting on in each of these episodes that to comment on all of it would make your post huge. Also, remember they said the candy store sold magazines in the first episode. There's also vending machines with drinks outside. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| I thought it's gonna be like the first episode, but good thing I was wrong. Cute, relaxing, and funny. A nice substitute for Kiniro Mosaic... Hotarou may turn out to be my favorite, since she's cute, pretty, and I like her voice. While Komachan is already my favorite. She's soooo adorable! I wanna hug her. |
MagitoOct 23, 2013 10:29 AM
| Another great episode, that confusion! :)) Now I like this series even more :) |
| Does the "Why is this cat square?" question at the beginning reference to the cat shorty with ~52 episodes IIRC? Whatever it was called, random orange cat lol. Very enjoyable episode again, and looks like the misunderstanding was cleared up too off-screen. This has the same effect as smoking weed. |
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| Oh so Suguru is actually a person in this anime.... thought he would've had zero mentions and the show would just go on without him.... Also @ 2nd half xDD |
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| Regarding Suguru, the older brother of Komari-chan and Nattsun . . . |
| Oh hey okanagan, haven't seen you since KKK. |
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| the part where Komari wanted to be act like an adult and was like 'like mummy and sister told me i can't talk to strangers' then was instantly like 'damn that wasn't very adult like xD was really cute, who would have thought two girls going to the shops and back could be a fun way to kill 20minutes of your time xD |
| Cute! |
| Koma-chan = Popura Who's agree with this? xD "Nan desu to?" Natsumi she's like Marii (Joshiraku), especially hair and voice.... Oh wait Lol @ Hotaru... She's a precocious child & Loli lover xD |
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