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Jul 7, 2014 10:30 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Tbh, I like this new OP song better. For some reason, the old OP song from season 1 never stuck out to me.

Some of the characters are back. This girl seems interesting though somewhat:


The dating sim or whatever gimmick it was trying to play at made lol. Eh, there were some action but I wasn't too into it. The ending was quite something though.
Jul 7, 2014 11:49 AM
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That opening song was very good, it was nice seeing all of the members together again. Art is back again as well.
Jul 7, 2014 11:56 AM
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Hmm still wondering what truly happend on last season ep ><

Jul 7, 2014 11:58 AM
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Cafe Nowhere is nowhere near lively without Nice.
Members of Team Hamatora trying to cheer up in the gloomy atmosphere was actually a bit depressing..

Hajime's burger trap to lure out the stalker was perfect. Too bad, Hikaru didn't fall for it.

That visual novel though, depicting Hikaru's typical daily life..
He indirectly just expressed his desire of keeping a harem. "I don't want anyone to get hurt." -- Yeah right!
I bet Murasaki is a bit jealous..

Honey describing her "made up" sex life with Hikaru was hilarious!

While Murasaki and Hajime duo cleans up YKH84 pretty good, Nice suddenly appears with the Toranker-kun costume and explains what going on behind the scene.
Damn. Looks like he improved a lot with his fighting style! That was awesome!

Art looked pretty epic at the end. He's recruiting Hikaru? O.o

Nice start with Nice's return. Opening was nice as well!

Jul 7, 2014 12:00 PM
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I don't know why I'm watching this anymore.. I should drop it already, but I want to see how the main plot line from last season will be resolved.

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Jul 7, 2014 12:03 PM
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Sourire said:
I don't know why I'm watching this anymore.. I should drop it already, but I want to see how the main plot line from last season will be resolved.

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Me too
The main plot is really good but they keep throwing in so much shit.

Also Honey was hilarious xD
Jul 7, 2014 12:05 PM
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almost downloaded it but then i remembered that i didnt made it past ep 9 on the first show.
Jul 7, 2014 12:14 PM
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i wonder why i watch that but hey it's kinda entertaining
Jul 7, 2014 12:16 PM
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Went to the ending to make to make sure he lived if not i would had dropped it. So the jealous boy Art is the new Moral.
Jul 7, 2014 12:20 PM

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I see now. I was trolled heavily. Give me back my hype I had for this. :( Well other then that it was an ok ep but I guess I'll just stick around to see how far Art goes. Maybe I dunno give me more development for him?

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Jul 7, 2014 12:32 PM

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Hamatora would be bad without Nice.
I kind of knew it that he is alive.

New enemy: Art but why?

Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho

Jul 7, 2014 12:33 PM

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Of course he's alive.. I kind of had a feeling because the whole funeral act at the start was weak - I'd have thought if he was dead they'd be much more depressed than that. Hajime finally getting some time and cute as always but I'm afraid she's going to lose the spotlight.

Hamatora has a LOT of explaining to do, and knowing them they're going to keep throwing curve balls. I really loved the OP, and you can tell they've refined their animation: Murasaki's minimum looks a lot more fluid and realistic. The episode itself in respect to plot development was 0, but hey, welcome back Hamatora.

Hoping to see good things from this interesting plot.


Also I hope to God they don't keep the scene transitions (with the annoying guitar screech...) or at least change the sound..

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Jul 7, 2014 12:35 PM
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Well that was a most anti-climatic way to reveal Nice.
I'm more interested in Art and he's the only reason why i'm actually watching.
I can't say i'm happy that he's Moral 2.0, or maybe it actually is Moral...

Visuals improved a great deal and it seems they got rid of those dreadful bright, dizzying filters except now they've added those weird transitions between certain scenes. Hmmm.

I'm going to watch this under the assumption that this won't be worse than the first season.
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Jul 7, 2014 12:36 PM

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I said "I bet Nice was the mascot the entire time" because I thought it was so unbelievably stupid that even the shitty writers couldn't come up with it.

I should stop expecting too much out of this trash.
Jul 7, 2014 12:38 PM

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Well, since Lerche is now mainly in charge of animation, the biggest problem I had with the first season (and one of the only ones), the consistency in animation should be dealt with.

Really good first episode, fantastic opening.
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Jul 7, 2014 12:41 PM

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Men I knew Nice was still there. That "ceremony" for him wasn't much of a serious thing, lol.
I'm so happy right now I almost can't explain.
The opening song is quite good, I'm already stuck with it.
I feel like this season could be better. What happened with Art makes me kinda sad tho... but I guess this will trigger a more interesting plot. Well, let's see what happens, I'm looking forward to the next episode.
Jul 7, 2014 12:43 PM

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Nice alive,no surprise there.

Liked Art's new design.So he's the new Moral this season.
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Jul 7, 2014 12:44 PM

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I actually believed that he died lol. Good to see him back. I want to know what Art is up to though.
Jul 7, 2014 12:51 PM

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The memorial service was serious at first, it got informal quickly xD
Talking about the DVDs being honour and life, also Hajime eating the offered food!
Minimum holders unable to find jobs. That recharging station and Three.
O.o First request being a hit job!
Job to protect Hikaru and get rid of the girls. One was to use money and Honey's way of trying to get rid of them!
Handshake tickets, the dark side of business! Hikaru turns out to look different.

Nice is back though :D The old gang back together! Kinda curious about Art and showing the blacken screen from season one. Hope we don't get another cliffhanger!
Jul 7, 2014 12:51 PM
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Great episode! Really love this show!
Jul 7, 2014 1:03 PM

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Don't know what to say XD I guess it was fun if u look at it from an enjoyment perspective but plot wise <_<

Was I supposed to take Nice's death seriously? Dat talk about porn DVDs was lololol XD

It was interesting seeing Hajime talk more and be more interactive :3 Kawaii <3

Lol'd at the VN style and Hikaru's harem style life XD How the girls in the VN look so different from reality was lol

Dat Honey trolling, telling them how she had sex with him in detail while flustered was kawaii :3

And Dat Nice ass kicking was quite awesome to see ^^

So Art is the antagonist of this season?
Jul 7, 2014 1:11 PM

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I almost believed that Nice died...
When they started talking about Nice's dvds...
I thought this is some of "what if..." moment...

Nice episode!

But what happen that day?!
I want know!
Art really shoot to him?

And what happen with him?
Art is Art, or this is his twin or something?
Jul 7, 2014 1:13 PM

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Nice episode.
LOL at the conversation about Nice kun' porn DVDs.
Hajime was interesting on this episode, hope she keeps acting a bit more like that.

ART looks awesome, can't wait to see what happened to him.
Jul 7, 2014 1:15 PM

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is it just me or does Nice have an different voice now?

and that troll at the end gave me an wtf moment for now x.x
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Jul 7, 2014 1:38 PM
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I thought Nice was dead at the beginning.

Lol at Hikaru's daily life of visual novel style dating sim and how the girls in the VN are different from reality.

Good to see Nice is back.
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Jul 7, 2014 1:38 PM

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The OP is pretty good. It sort of fits into the atmosphere of the show.

The whole Hajime- Murasaki partner thing didn't last as long as I hope.

But when Nice returns, My reaction was like:
(-_-) - wait a minute.....

(O_O)

(Q _Q)

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。・゚゚・(>д<)・゚゚・。 -NICEEEEEE!
So he wasn't in some life- threatening injury and he faked his death in some way. Well, that grabbed my attention.

So Art is really the bad guy? They have got to explain what happen in the last episode last season and how Art is alive.

I feel like Re: Hamatora improved on some things. I like the new animation and art. It fits into the seriousness that will come soon.
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Jul 7, 2014 1:47 PM

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Such trolls, so glad nice is back though. I remember the show being more colourful than what it was but it's better this way because it doesn't hurt your head trying to watch it. The OP was definitely much better than the last one, and i'm hoping the series in general is much better too
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Jul 7, 2014 1:58 PM

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new OP sounds better in comparison to the first season.
Lol at Honey XD
A few facepalm moments..
Overall it was an okay episode.
Jul 7, 2014 2:04 PM

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Eargasmic OP.Hopefully because of it i will be able to finish this season...so far start was on season's 1 level - and that means not very good.
Jul 7, 2014 2:11 PM
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Sourire said:
I don't know why I'm watching this anymore.. I should drop it already, but I want to see how the main plot line from last season will be resolved.

.l. writers
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almost downloaded it but then i remembered that i didnt made it past ep 9 on the first show.
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i wonder why i watch that but hey it's kinda entertaining

Pretty much all of this. But yeah, idk, it's still entertaining in some ways. I do like the characters, despite some of them not really getting any character development. That's probably what's keeping me here. Also very interested in Art's role in this season.

Those Re: Hamatora transitions are a little...annoying. Makes the flow of story choppy :/ I like the new OP, didn't expect another kz composition. I still liked the first one better though because Ozaki Yuuki. But still good.
Jul 7, 2014 2:11 PM
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For a while I started to think that he actually was dead lol

This episode was HILARIOUS and I really like the OP too

It's great to see that he's still alive...Really looking forward to this season :)

5/5 for me
Jul 7, 2014 2:13 PM
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It's Nice to see the show back (see what I did there? Ye?). The main thing I can't wait to find out is Art's motives and what he's been planning this entire time. I wonder what kind of bomb they'll drop on us when they reveal it.
Jul 7, 2014 2:13 PM

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Yamaya, Yoshitaka as Hikaru ♥
Jul 7, 2014 2:32 PM

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I wonder who got the porn dvds?

Okay first episode. I really just wanted to know if Nice died or not. Already knew he didn't, but thought he would be missing if that makes sense. Those transitions got on my nerves. It happened like every ten seconds. Other than that pretty okay. It seems like they fix Murasaki powers. You can see him get stronger now. Nice seems more powerful imo. Wonder what Art is up?

3/5.
Jul 7, 2014 2:34 PM

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It was really good until Nice came back in a horrible anti-climatic fashion. It was really obvious he was alive, but they revealed it in a really poor way.
Jul 7, 2014 2:40 PM

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of course it was to be expected that nice would return..
I don't know the first half of the episode wasn't good at all, but that ending was pretty awesome.. hamatora you keep confusing me...
Art looked really nice by the way, I can't wait to find out more about what happened to him.
the OP was great, a lot better than the first one.
I'm really excited for this season, so don't disappoint me!
Jul 7, 2014 2:49 PM
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No doubt, Lerche's animation quality just can't compare to that of NAZ. Everything looked so much better than in the first season. Especially that gorgeous lighting.
NAZ are much better off supervising the animation, rather than doing it themselves.

The new OP is nice, I kinda miss the old one though. Glad that they kept most of the OST the same.

I missed the atmosphere of Nowhere Cafe, everybody appeared to be sad though.
I knew something was off when they started acting silly, especially Ratio.
Hajime is still eating like there's no tomorrow, it seems.

The new case they got was very silly. Not to mention how they played it off. I'm looking at you Honey, lol.

So Nice-kun is alive and OP as ever. I hope we get a proper explanation on how he got away from that scene. That and I really wonder what Art is up to now.
Jul 7, 2014 3:02 PM

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loving the new OP song, and the new art style
this episode was hilarious

lol hikaru's harem/galgame scenes
Nice's return was so predictable but it still surprised me
so happy he's back~ and powerful as always
omg hikaru's real face...
so that whole funeral thing was a joke xD

i like art's new design
is he gonna end up being a moral ver2?
i see more art in the preview for the next episode~
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Jul 7, 2014 3:16 PM

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That OP song. So Good.

It was a enjoyable episode the scene with honey and the fangirls was hilarious.
Jul 7, 2014 3:34 PM

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This show would suck even more without Nice Im not even mad
Jul 7, 2014 3:37 PM

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I really thought nice was dead with at the beginning but I'm glad he isn't because I would've dropped it.
Jul 7, 2014 3:37 PM

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the transitions were irritating and the lighting seemed dim too. also, writing wise i didn't see much improvement from last season.

but the comedy was good.

nice's entrance was anticlimactic lol
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OP song was quite good just like last seasons... The episode not so much.
Jul 7, 2014 3:58 PM

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I thougth the series was gonna continue were it left off in the first season seem like it dint tho
i hope next episode we get an explanation on what happen after art appear in the boat
overall am glad hamatora is back in business >:)
Jul 7, 2014 4:06 PM
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Sweet episode but no explanation for how nice is still alive is disappointing. Animation, story and music was pretty sweet but WTF is going on with all those splash screens it was quite disorientating and annoying
Jul 7, 2014 4:12 PM

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I laughed the whole "ceremony" scene, but from how they were behaving it was pretty obvious that Nice wasn't really dead. The first half of the episode was kind of...boring, especially because of that annoying transition thing (i pray they won't repeat it every single episode).

It was nice seeing Nice back right at the needed moment but couldn't they have worked more on that since many were waiting for his return? Oh well, the OP is amazing!

Art though...I hope they explain in the next episode what happened with Nice and him.
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Jul 7, 2014 4:15 PM

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I actually already like it more than Season 1.
Season 1 was lacking, but this just... feels better.

I want to know what happened to Nice, and how he survived. It seems that everyone faked his death, but why? If they already said why I must've not caught it.

Love the new opening, though. I'm not sure if I like the first or the second better.
Also I'm glad Hajime is playing more of a role. I like her.
Jul 7, 2014 4:20 PM

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Awaited Nice to comeback in the next two episodes with a better fashion, instead of a comedy-like re-appearece as a mascot.

Anyhow, glad that Hamatora is back eventhough I am not awaiting anything more than average.
Jul 7, 2014 4:42 PM

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Serious but not, random at times, moving in an out throughout all the characters, the cases being compromised of messed up stuff with unsuspected development?

Yes.......it is the Hamatora style alright. Nice that Nice is alive, though. Now Art has replaced Moral, the question being why? Or did Moral sort of transplant himself into Art? Not sure, but he and his gang look interesting.
Jul 7, 2014 5:09 PM

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In the PV it looks like Art's minimum is to take other minimums.
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