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Nov 7, 2007 10:48 PM
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<3 Saki, she's my favorite character so far, its never a dull scene when shes there lol :P
I also like the cross-overs with games and anime, I'd kick Kousaka's butt in Guilty Gear tho :D
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Dec 6, 2007 1:42 AM
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New girl is cute, and so are those cat ears :D
Jul 18, 2008 2:23 PM
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This episode was really fun. Cosplay~ <3 I'm rather familiar with it, a bunch of my friends cosplay a lot on events, so it was nice to see something 'bout it.
Aug 21, 2008 2:48 AM
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The hell is that? Isuka? And using Sol of all characters... Well I'm kind of surprised they used the actual soundtrack. I don't think that sort of thing qualifies as a "parody".

Ohno's Jam costume sure is awesome, though. :-]
Feb 12, 2009 5:36 PM
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Good episode, I glad I understand cosplaying a little more.
Nov 7, 2009 3:02 PM
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cosplay, cosplay~!
oh, I really like Ohno, she's so cute. ^^
Apr 7, 2010 12:09 AM
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LOL Madarame and Saki. xD
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Apr 18, 2010 4:18 PM
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Why Isuka... ;___;

Sep 2, 2010 1:16 PM
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new cute girl+demon saki-chan=win :D

5/5

PS:may is the best guilty gear character ^^
cute and strong as ****
Sayonara,papa!


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Feb 7, 2011 11:14 AM

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Everyone seem to be bonding really well.

Saki admit it, you have to join the club. Look how much influence they have on you!!
Apr 22, 2011 8:36 AM

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Superb! Ohno has joined! Woooooooo!

Love how she has a thing for older bald men! Hahaha! And good old Saki for putting her at ease even though she doesn't understand sub-cultures!

Madarame continues to shine as the militant otaku he is!
Jun 13, 2011 9:54 PM

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i love madarame haha
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Aug 29, 2011 3:47 AM

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...wow Saki is pissing me off. I love this show so far, but she's just irritating me and I'm not even sure why. Thank god she's showing signs of improvement or I'd just drop this show here and now.

Yeah I don't even know. I just hate that character right now.
Oct 2, 2011 7:30 PM

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Saki looks great in the cat ears., but I hope she joins the club soon. More girls the merrier.

Man, I wish I didn't download the dub by mistake, because Ohno doesn't sound very good in it.
Feb 11, 2012 12:26 PM

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That scene with the girl touching the mushroom's head is a little bit...
Oct 9, 2012 3:22 PM

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Saki <3 Kawaii rage ;D
Jan 8, 2013 4:27 PM

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Lol them NekoMimi, Saki was epic xD Great episode loved it!
Jan 21, 2013 8:46 PM

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Ahhh, Ohno, def. one of my biggest anime crushes lol. But that aside, anyone notice how much more shy and toned down she is compared to how much more open and fangirly she is in Season 2 in regards to not only cosplay but with yaoi and other more "mature" parts of fandom? (Course, that could just be character development to show how she has grown up into more of a woman than a girl). Anyways, I always enjoyed that speech Saki gave to Ohno (after Ohno practically straggled her to death) in terms of how lonely she must be (which at that point is why, in my opinion, Ohno has always been so close to Saki). As for the second part of the ep, I never fully grasped the reaction that her ex-bf gave her after seeing her with cat ears on, but I guess its more than likely one of those "whatever, I don't even give a f---" reaction.

Feb 5, 2013 6:50 PM

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Lol, those hand chops :p reminds of Maka Chops from Soul Eater. Nice to see Ohno debut this episode even though I find her appearance a bit weird :P

I agree with the guys though..Saki looks cute with those neko ears; not sure on her personality there though lol
Apr 1, 2013 7:55 AM

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Saki is sickening.

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Jun 17, 2013 12:50 PM

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I like Ohno a lot. She's a good character to add into the mix with her personality.
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Jul 22, 2013 1:02 AM

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Love this episode.
I think I actually laughed out loud
Aug 16, 2013 3:25 PM

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Ohno's on stage, yay! She is my favorite character. And Saki on rage was hillarious.
Decent episode. Manga had those scenes better but anime did it good enough.
Aug 23, 2013 7:39 AM

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okay episode..
new character show up.. hmm this club getting crazier now XD its a cosplayer!
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Sep 22, 2014 2:20 PM

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A new character is introduced! And it's a girl! Awesome! Not as funny as the previous episode. I like how everyone was all bruised up during the ED. Alright episode.
Jan 31, 2015 8:15 AM

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Episode that sees our band of merry otaku struggling with the events really important for the future of their hobby.
Narration funny in certain situations, usable thanks to Madarame and Saki.
Too bad the quality of the drawings is horrible, though.
Jun 1, 2015 9:15 PM

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On top of the non-derogatory otaku and gaming jokes, we have jokes with something absurd happening followed by a long and awkward silence and a slow walk away. That's my favorite kind of joke too. I can't believe Genshiken exists. This is great.
Jul 14, 2015 12:04 AM

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Holy crap this show is awesome. Saki, range mode activated, I guess Madarame wants a short life.
Nov 22, 2016 7:31 PM

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Additional cosplayer in the club. Isnt it tiresome for cosplayer for the free picture taking?

3.3/5
Dec 6, 2016 6:02 AM

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A new girl, nice.
I guess that Saki didn't like those nekomimi.
Jan 13, 2017 12:36 AM

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I like the new girl. She's just so awkward and smiley all the time.

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Jul 28, 2017 9:36 PM

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I kinda want to play Guilty Gear now xD

You know, she can always put the "nekomimi" away first before chasing him out of the public view :P
Yukino-san just have perfect voice for violent girl characters xD
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Jun 26, 2019 7:02 AM

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Loved the Deedlit references.
May 23, 2020 5:33 PM

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Saki with those ears was too cute... And Madarame is the star of the show for me, never boring with that guy.
Nov 8, 2021 4:21 PM
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being a mangaka can really never be that easy huh

Nov 27, 2022 5:46 PM

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there was already a waifu missing in the group to form the scarewomen squad gogogogo
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May 8, 2023 5:58 AM
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Fun!

Is the keyword I would use to describe this episode. The more down-to-earth antics are the star but the subtle developments in the characters are great too. Definitely a slow-build kind of show.
May 9, 2023 9:32 PM
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Hage hage... hage yo... hage na no yo... antaga, hagede... hage hage yo!
Oct 25, 2023 3:00 PM

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She's soooooo CUTE especially her VA voice
May 31, 5:09 AM

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I'm actually a bit surprised with how explicit and numerous the Guilty Gear references were, beyond just the small clip in the OP. . I guess pop otaku culture was just different back then - I'm too used to the bleeping and "legaly distinct" method used in modern anime

So far I've catched references to:

- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Guilty Gear
- Lodoss War
- Star Wars? It was in this episode, according to a quick google search it might be it, but it might as well just be something invented for the show that just happened to have a princess with a name close to Amidala

I'm also liking how the ending screen is incorporated as an "afterstory" closing the events of the episode. The post-credit gags have been pretty funny so far aswell.
"A name... Toru Rikiishi"
Jul 28, 9:20 AM

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Cosplay is ok but old guy don't know about that!


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