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| The only thing bothering me are the CGI NPC players. Its unsettling. What Taiki fails to realize is he just recently decided to get serious about nationals because of Chii, while Haryu has devoted most of his time to nationals. The sunsets are really pretty though! I'm absolutely loving this anime so far. |
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"  |
| The love triangle has just been dismantled, the sempai already had a girlfriend! kekeke |
| The animation was good from the start. But now after 3 episodes I can say is really good anime~. Gives me some feels of Orange, even tough is different. The characters acts as real for their age. Really well made. |
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| That match-up against Haryu Senpai was much closer to what I thought it would end at. Other than that. like I said, it was actually a misunderstanding on Taiki's end and Haryu just exploited it to make Taiki work hard at Badminton. Taiki works really hard tho and never gives up. Haryu also has a girlfriend and he seems like such a nice Senpai teasing and helping Taiki at the same time. It was pretty sweet. Loving everything about the show so far. All the characters are super fun. |
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Reply to nathh
@PokefanPT I think he said he was frustrated because Taiki started gaining momentum on him in second half
nathh said: I think he said he was frustrated because Taiki started gaining momentum on him in second half At the beginning he said that, but after that he made another remark, that even his friend didn't quite understand and asked him to tell him what he meant, and then we moved on to another scene, so I was wondering about that in particular, but it might be me just overlooking, and the idea was just the one you said! |
| Poor Taiki, Haryuu made him look like a fool by making it seem like he was dating Chinatsu when he already had a girlfriend. But I liked that despite thinking that, Taiki didn’t focus on it and wanted to improve his badminton game. |
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| Badminton scene was ABSOLUTE CINEMA 🙌 The misleading from Haryuu lol What a relief. |
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| My weekly dose of romcom, yet another beautiful episode, I just love those shots of Chinatsu and Taiki under the sunset. I really like the animation for the badminton rally, they moving moving. |
| THAT WAS A RELIEF! |
PokefanPT said: Well, I had written a giant post about how this anime is good, how much I'm loving it, how much I loved the tension they did between Haryuu and Taiki, just to make that reveal at the end, even showing that Haryuu and starting to help Taiki getting closer to Chinatsu, but MAL decided do eliminate all the things I wrote, and I don't have the patience to write it again. So, just going to say that I was having kind of a bad day today, but while I was watching this episode I had always a smile, and this episode made my day much better honestly, really loving this anime. The cast of characters is amazing, this episode we got another one, Haryuu, and I already like him, and I'm sure we are going to see a big friendship grow between Haryuu and Taiki, and going from the last season, where I watched Wistoria, in which one of my main complaints was how the characters were boring, this anime is completely the opposite and the characters make the story even better! Also, the opening and ending have both grown a lot on me this past week, and I must say I especially love the opening, it just feels you with determination, which perfectly fits the anime. One thing that made me wonder this episode was what Haryuu was referring to when he said he should be the one jealous, after his match against Taiki. At the start, I had 2 ideas: it was either how Taiki was already quite good, considering his experience (he is one year younger than Haryuu), or how Chinatsu was living with Taiki. But since it was revealed he actually had a girlfriend, I suppose that it might be the first idea, or something that we still don't know about, maybe something personal about Haryuu. Anyways, super excited for the next episode of this anime! if I wrong I wrong, but the reason Haryu was frustrated was that in a sense he lost a battle to Taiki tho Haryu won the war overall in the first half, score was 11-4 (Haryu - Taiki) but by the end of the second half the score was 21 - 15 Meaning Taiki scored 11 points and Haryu scored 10 point in the 2nd half So in a sense Taiki beat Haryu by 1 point for a little bit    |
Reply to Jtbrother
PokefanPT said:
Well, I had written a giant post about how this anime is good, how much I'm loving it, how much I loved the tension they did between Haryuu and Taiki, just to make that reveal at the end, even showing that Haryuu and starting to help Taiki getting closer to Chinatsu, but MAL decided do eliminate all the things I wrote, and I don't have the patience to write it again.
So, just going to say that I was having kind of a bad day today, but while I was watching this episode I had always a smile, and this episode made my day much better honestly, really loving this anime. The cast of characters is amazing, this episode we got another one, Haryuu, and I already like him, and I'm sure we are going to see a big friendship grow between Haryuu and Taiki, and going from the last season, where I watched Wistoria, in which one of my main complaints was how the characters were boring, this anime is completely the opposite and the characters make the story even better!
Also, the opening and ending have both grown a lot on me this past week, and I must say I especially love the opening, it just feels you with determination, which perfectly fits the anime.
One thing that made me wonder this episode was what Haryuu was referring to when he said he should be the one jealous, after his match against Taiki. At the start, I had 2 ideas: it was either how Taiki was already quite good, considering his experience (he is one year younger than Haryuu), or how Chinatsu was living with Taiki. But since it was revealed he actually had a girlfriend, I suppose that it might be the first idea, or something that we still don't know about, maybe something personal about Haryuu.
Anyways, super excited for the next episode of this anime!
Well, I had written a giant post about how this anime is good, how much I'm loving it, how much I loved the tension they did between Haryuu and Taiki, just to make that reveal at the end, even showing that Haryuu and starting to help Taiki getting closer to Chinatsu, but MAL decided do eliminate all the things I wrote, and I don't have the patience to write it again.
So, just going to say that I was having kind of a bad day today, but while I was watching this episode I had always a smile, and this episode made my day much better honestly, really loving this anime. The cast of characters is amazing, this episode we got another one, Haryuu, and I already like him, and I'm sure we are going to see a big friendship grow between Haryuu and Taiki, and going from the last season, where I watched Wistoria, in which one of my main complaints was how the characters were boring, this anime is completely the opposite and the characters make the story even better!
Also, the opening and ending have both grown a lot on me this past week, and I must say I especially love the opening, it just feels you with determination, which perfectly fits the anime.
One thing that made me wonder this episode was what Haryuu was referring to when he said he should be the one jealous, after his match against Taiki. At the start, I had 2 ideas: it was either how Taiki was already quite good, considering his experience (he is one year younger than Haryuu), or how Chinatsu was living with Taiki. But since it was revealed he actually had a girlfriend, I suppose that it might be the first idea, or something that we still don't know about, maybe something personal about Haryuu.
Anyways, super excited for the next episode of this anime!
if I wrong I wrong, but the reason Haryu was frustrated was that in a sense he lost a battle to Taiki
tho Haryu won the war overall
in the first half, score was 11-4 (Haryu - Taiki)
but by the end of the second half the score was 21 - 15
Meaning Taiki scored 11 points and Haryu scored 10 point in the 2nd half
So in a sense Taiki beat Haryu by 1 point for a little bit
Jtbrother said: if I wrong I wrong, but the reason Haryu was frustrated was that in a sense he lost a battle to Taiki tho Haryu won the war overall in the first half, score was 11-4 (Haryu - Taiki) but by the end of the second half the score was 21 - 15 Meaning Taiki scored 11 points and Haryu scored 10 point in the 2nd half So in a sense Taiki beat Haryu by 1 point for a little bit Ahh, Haryuu was referring to that "loss" that Chinatsu later points out! I understand it now! I was just overthinking xD Thank you for the explanation! |
| Very good episode again. |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| Taiki making so many assumptions. Chinatsu returns the favour from last time helps Taiki practice badminton. It all works out for the better in the end. Haryu walking with Chinatsu was to prepare for a date with his own girlfriend, and Chii is something all the classmates call her. |
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
Reply to Rayane-47
Forgot How Much Of A Friendly Dick Haryuu Was In His Introduction Chapter 😂😂
| @Rayane-47 I'm glad the voice actor did it justice too. I'm even more excited for the later stuff with him now lol |
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| Haryu Senpai is like a Male version of Hina, this is so hilarious. There's something between Chinatsu and Taiki. |
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| Haryu Senpai I owe you an apology I wasn't familiar with your game. This episode went perfectly for Taiki in everyway. Also Chinatsu said about looking that way, seems like feelings ain't that one-sided. Really enjoying it, so far sports are handled very well (extremely rare for an anime) also animation during matches and even practice is slick. Good consistent development between the duo as well. |
| I understand Taiki's feelings because I sometimes live the same. If you search a good romance and a good sport animes, why not having both. |
| Gah, Chinatsu is best girl, how can someone be so stinking cute😖? No wonder Taiki has the biggest crush on her, I would too! I loved seeing him all jealous and then being relieved that she isn't dating anyone right now. |
Born to shoujo, forced to shounen. |
| We're getting a break from the lovey dovey to get to the sport. It's a change of flavor, and at least he's giving his all for it. Suppose now, in both the sport and outside, he has to deal with more naturally skilled opponents. He does have the home field advantage though, so perhaps even against a sports star he can make his way to nationals (assuming he has to deal with a different one). I can maintain after these first three eps that Hina is best girl. Nothing like the homie that will have your back at the end of the day, and she does bring her own personality to the table. |
Twintail_DaemonOct 19, 8:03 PM
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| First potential drama avoided. Glad to see Haryuu isn't a douche and actually respects Taiki for his efforts. Hope Taiki can learn a lot from him in order to improve his badminton skills. Another 5/5 episode. |
| It took an entire episode but Taiki's misunderstanding about Haryu has been cleared up. Now he should be able to focus on getting better for his upcoming matches. |
| This episode was amazing! I respect the author for not dragging out the misunderstandings—he knows he can do better than that. I’ve grown to love the characters even more, especially Taiki. Even when he knows he’s not good enough, he doesn’t get discouraged. Quite the opposite, because he’s already set his goals, and that’s what both Haryuu and even Chinatsu believe in. I got my weekly dose of wholesomeness, and I’m going to do my best as well! |
| This.. This may actually be.. A GOOD ROMANCE ANIME?! It throws us thing that are typical for the genre, and twists and turns it in a completely different, much more realistic and dare i say wholesome manner. Like, the main plot line seems to actually be the typical "how to get the girl" stuff, but it develops into something much more, and i'm sure it will continue to build on that. I mean the first thing, the living together gimmick, which 99% of the time turns into something odd or gross, here is turned into another motivational factor for the male MC's growth into who he really wants to be. Everybody is just genuinely doing their best. Although Chinatsu seems a little flat right now, but i guess that that perfect and polished version of her is how the MC sees her, through his love-coloured glasses, and will change as they grow closer. If not, well shit Tho the Yuuji haired dude was so nasty lmao such a bully, but see how quick that confusion got cleared up? His rival is not actually his rival and has a girlfriend, and they didn't stretch that into 8 episodes, but resolved it quickly and now we're moving on. Do you know which shows do it like that? The ones that have substance. After 3 eps i can say that i am excited for what's to come |
| Love the character development even of side characters like Haryu, without him Taiki does not have someone pushing and guiding him in badminton to get to nationals! |
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