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Jan 12, 2017 6:54 AM
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Pretty standard idol theme show. We got introduction of the main characters in their fancy uniforms. Although imo, the main guys' personalities all feel pretty much similar in this.

Seems like the guys have decent experience with their work already. They even got a manager that seems to know what she's doing. Outside of their work, they are like ordinary people. I thought the episode felt meh, wasn't anything too special yet.
Jan 12, 2017 9:11 AM
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Basically only watching this for L but atleast there aren't an absurd amount of characters and the names are easy to remember.
The comedy was funny but other than that there doesn't seem to be much of a plot... but as long as its fun to watch i'm in.
Jan 12, 2017 9:49 AM
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I give it another 2 episodes for a chance but I have the feeling I won't see this until the end. The "cheap UtaPri copy" vibe is strong with this one. Maybe I'm mistaken that#s why I'll wait - but I'm not really impressed until now XD
Jan 12, 2017 11:59 AM
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Love my Rejet/IFI otome adaptions! Love the twins! Can't wait to see how they adapt this.

Fun start and the music is good!
So glad that I'm not a huge manga reader, because the manga readers WHINE WAY TOO MUCH and have to RUIN every adapted anime for the ANIME ONLY WATCHERS!
Jan 12, 2017 12:02 PM
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My first idol anime! It's a bit cringey here and there lol, I'm not expecting a good plot or anything. I'll just keep watching for the pretty boys and catchy music, I loved the song at the beginning! Now I just need some ship material.
Jan 12, 2017 12:22 PM
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Is this a pure sausage fest or is there a girl dressing up as a boy in the cast? ^^ If 1st, I think I wont even start watching this - no offence, just not my genre. ^^
Jan 12, 2017 12:48 PM
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I'm watching this to see how Unico fairs since all of the voice actors are pretty new.
There doesn't seem to be much plot so far but the art and the music are nice. Utapri's most recent season made me cringe at the art, so with this, it has restored my faith in idol anime a bit.
I'll probably somehow watch this till the end.
Jan 12, 2017 12:52 PM
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it was fun to watch so far, also totally adore Rui's character. giving it a chance basically :)
Jan 12, 2017 1:36 PM
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pretty average but i've been following their cds and i like their music

kenn ahhhh
Jan 12, 2017 4:34 PM

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We've been getting a lot of these lately. Not really impressed.

Jan 12, 2017 4:51 PM

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about as good as I expected, aka good enough to pass the time. I like the songs and the seiyuu ^^

PiratDunkelbart said:
Is this a pure sausage fest or is there a girl dressing up as a boy in the cast? ^^ If 1st, I think I wont even start watching this - no offence, just not my genre. ^^

it's an idol show, so of course not... does love live have bishounen?
Jan 12, 2017 5:59 PM
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I enjoyed it more than I thought I would really liked the first song, will be sticking around to see how this turns out and how newer songs sound when they come out. Also I hope to see more of Shy and Kira (Even though I think we prob won't)
Jan 12, 2017 7:27 PM

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Omg more idol and their songs yes!!!!!๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
Jan 12, 2017 9:23 PM

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lol MAL when are you gonna add the rest of the characters in the database? xD

Anyways, I absolutely loved it. Quite surprised I did too because I usually find idol shows a bit slow at first. Even with one of my favourites, Tsukiuta and Shounen Hollywood, I wasn't that invested until later on into it. But this one? I'm like. So. Immersed already. How?!

I've been following the music for around... Mid 2015? But I really got into it in late September-ish when I watched Rejet Fes 2016. When I watched the four seiyuus sing live and interact, as well with the LagPoint and Unicorn Jr seiyuus, I got invested.

Anyways, thoughts on the characters! I've never listened to drama CDs yet so I'm quite surprised how likeable they are already. I've always been a fan of Shy and Alto because of their seiyuu and design but...

Aru - Actually my favourite right off the bat, out of all four of the main boys. He's so cute.
Eru - KENN sounds really cute as usual. I love his interactions with his brother!
Rui - The most interesting. I like his design the most! Naozumi really sounds precious. I'm curious whether the "previous unit" he was referring to is

Atom - So many cute "XD" faces. Massu is funny and really fits.
Shy - Tosshi really did justice and he really sounds princely.
Kira - Okawa did a great job and made him have senpai vibes.

Looking forward to hearing Alto, Teruma and Tsubasa!!
Jan 13, 2017 1:26 AM

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i enjoyed this episode, it was really funny! and calling it now, R/aru is going to be best boy.
kind of disappointed that they used CGI for the performance, but oh well :v
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Jan 13, 2017 2:51 AM

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An idol anime that doesn't feel idol-y because of high school shenanigans. Will continue watching.
Jan 13, 2017 3:56 AM
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It was very...mediocre. It's not bad....but it's not that good either. I mean, the little comedy about that guy being in an elite school had me giggle a bit. Will watch when I'm bored or something....
Jan 13, 2017 6:03 AM
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I'm rather glad they not focusing on love story like their original game.Because I'll be love to see M#4's ordinary days.

But it's rather strange, the staff decided to not showed Yue's face as their manager.She is hidden in some place too,that makes me laugh though.

In game,she is heroine,but in anime she is just like noone
Jan 13, 2017 8:28 AM

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Yesss I've been waiting for this! The animation is looking pretty good. Glad they didn't use too much CG. Hope it doesn't go severely downhill like B-pro
Jan 13, 2017 7:23 PM

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it was cute~ didnt expect it to be so cute~ i really like the art style too.

kinda glad that the heroine isnt too involved in the series and that its more concentrated on the boys rather than love.

really hoping itll end up descent like starmyu and not follow the b-pro path... x_x
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Jan 13, 2017 8:45 PM

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I like the less idol-y feel to it since a lot of the action seems to be in high school?

I don't like the designs that much though, they look too similar. I wish Atom had different hair (also the oresama sounds so forced xD). Liking Rui though.

Also really liked the debut. :3
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Jan 14, 2017 2:30 AM
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It's just your typical idol boys anime and although it's too be expected, the dialogues are really corny and painful to watch, especially Atom's. Overall, the first episode is kinda boring and I'm not sure i'll b continuing this..
Jan 14, 2017 4:52 AM
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I knew that the anime would have polar reactions but I think this was pretty good. I wonder how many people watches the PV..The PV clearly mentioned that the focus will be on their blooming high school life and idol debut....There are a lot more animes with less plot but you're giving this such a hard time. This have a simple plot but it delivers it well. I wonder how you guys are gonna react when Idolish7 and Ensemble Stars comes out this year. Tsukipro too.

Comedy is great and character dynamics work. Voice acting sounds good too. It's a very good episode.


Music is really good, different than normal idol shows. When Starmyu came out, not many people liked them music because it isn't really about idol music. But it's very beloved right now. Marginal#4 is already better than Bpro right now and the music and art was refreshingly different and enjoyable. I have their albums and they are about "personality" in their music style.
Jan 14, 2017 4:57 AM
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Annisa_Alfiani said:
I'm rather glad they not focusing on love story like their original game.Because I'll be love to see M#4's ordinary days.

But it's rather strange, the staff decided to not showed Yue's face as their manager.She is hidden in some place too,that makes me laugh though.

In game,she is heroine,but in anime she is just like noone


How much focus does the romance have in the game? I plan to buy PS Vita for it (and the upcoming Tsukiuta Vita game) but I dislike romance on my boys.

Yes, I was wondering what manager they are talking about and I just assumed it's the older woman. So it's really not huh. Really glad they didn't show her. Idolish7 will show Tsumugi so I'm pretty much disappointed.
Jan 14, 2017 9:53 AM

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"oresama"- Atom
He literally said that about 12 times. He's a little bit annoying isn't he? But I like the rest of the boys.

"Please stop talking about math when I'm eating."
Jan 15, 2017 8:07 AM

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It was not bad. The names of the characters are really easy to remember. I'll continue to watch it just to pass time.
Jan 15, 2017 9:31 AM

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I enjoyed this one quite a lot. The debut was great and had interesting camera action. Also the boys are cute to me which is yet another reason to continue watching this.
I haven't heard about Marginal#4 before so I'll probably check out what they've been up to before the anime. ^^
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Jan 16, 2017 6:04 AM

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My first idol anime! It's a bit cringey here and there lol, I'm not expecting a good plot or anything. I'll just keep watching for the pretty boys and catchy music, I loved the song at the beginning! Now I just need some ship material.


haha well if your looking for pretty boys, Idole anime is a good start! XD I'ld recommend Tsukiuta out of them all! I love love love the songs and the characters! plus the serie does not take itself seriously and you dont have the super cringy moments you have in UtaPuri!

I personally loved it! I'm in love with Atom(u!) already! Plus I looked up his seiyuu ( that i didnt know, but like his voice) just to find out he made a unit with Hosoya in the past!! I'm in heaven!!
Jan 18, 2017 8:36 AM

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How is it possible that im enjoying this show when im a BOY ??
I love their hair and eyes but i swear im not gay !
I just ... want to see them AGAIN !!!
Jan 19, 2017 10:41 AM
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You can tell it's shoujo
I'm not the right demographic target
Yet I thought it looked nice and made me chukle some times so I'll stick around someday maybe.



Jan 20, 2017 2:59 PM

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This is like those idol shows but in form of males! (since they are students)
Their CG performance was a bit good huh!
Veteran sempais are already criticising them already huh...
4/5.


Nov 9, 2017 5:48 PM

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Just watched the first ep and i found it super cute! I have high hopes. I know these type of anime tend to score low and be just bad overall (it's a guilty pleasure more often than not) but so far this seems actually good.

I like all the boys and don't even have a favourite yet. And I'm glad there's no cliche rivalry where two members have a love/hate relationship. I thought that would be Rui and Atom but they actually get along well.
Nov 9, 2017 5:50 PM

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Just watched the first ep and i found it super cute! I have high hopes. I know these type of anime tend to score low and be just bad overall (it's a guilty pleasure more often than not) but so far this seems actually good.

I like all the boys and don't even have a favourite yet. And I'm glad there's no cliche rivalry where two members have a love/hate relationship. I thought that would be Rui and Atom but they actually get along well.

And I liked their singing :)
Mar 28, 2022 2:36 AM
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Kinda basic male idol anime, but I like the characters.

I just don't like the fast dialogue. I think the characters are talking too fast.

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