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Apr 30, 2011 6:19 PM

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Great episode. This has become my favorite anime this season so far. ^^b
Apr 30, 2011 8:38 PM

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Did she die?
May 1, 2011 1:54 PM

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I liked this episode. It had sweet moments and funny moments.
May 1, 2011 7:19 PM

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I love how Ohana always manage to ruin someone's day even though she meant well :D. i tink if a person was like Ohana in real life alot of people might hate her also...

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May 2, 2011 4:21 AM
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i don't really like ohana x ko :/ nothing against ko, but he seems just so plain (i know, we don't know much about him yet but still..) :s i feel like they should just stay best friends..
i'd rather have ohana x tooru - would be a lot more interesting imo.. =/
May 2, 2011 6:14 AM

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Loved it. Poor Minko. Kinda saw it coming that she liked him, but.. didn't see that coming.
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May 2, 2011 2:38 PM

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Bit slow coming into this anime. Just watched first 4 episodes, and I'm really liking it. I Feel bad for Minko T.T
May 3, 2011 9:31 AM
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The drama, the drama ! Direction is really slick, Masahiro Ando improved a lot since Sword of the Stranger.

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May 6, 2011 6:29 PM

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Grey Heron is my new favorite character of the season.
May 8, 2011 8:39 AM
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RoyalStranger said:
Grey Heron is my new favorite character of the season.


LOL he was the best! : D
I think I fell in love with Ohana with this episode. ;_; What a cutie.
May 8, 2011 12:05 PM

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Lovely episode! Quite dramatic at the end there, too! Looking forward to the next!
May 9, 2011 10:35 PM

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I want more Ko. :O

In the meantime, poor Minchi.
May 15, 2011 4:38 AM

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Minko went wayyy too far strangling Ohana, she needs a boot to the face!
May 16, 2011 9:14 AM
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Good episode!!! we finally begin to skonw more on Minko...
Ohana is very funny in certain moments... I'm curious for next episode and Yuina...

next to 5th ep
May 22, 2011 12:13 AM

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Ohana's fear with the heron was hilarious. xD

Yuina's character seems pretty nice.

And the one Minchi like is Tohru!
Geez. I always think of Ohana-Tohru-Minchi love triangle.
But Yuina entered.


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May 22, 2011 9:35 PM

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Casteil said:
taterhead said:
So, is Tohru dating Yuina just to do something about the older inn?

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Oh thank god. Now we can continue to cheer for Tohru x Minko yay! xD
Sep 10, 2011 1:35 AM
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Damn, Minko really has serious issues. I mean, you can be angry at someone, but strangling her, lifting her from the ground, even? Just for *suggesting* she likes Tooru? That's just fucked up in the head. There's a limit to how much you can be tsuntsun.
The "Ohanaaaaaa~" was hilarious and freaking cute, as was the part where she's been spotted by Minko when adjusting her skirt. :D I'm in love.
Nov 6, 2011 11:49 AM

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Good episode :) Poor Minchi, I feel really bad for her. Hey, I would like Tohru too xD I think he's awesome (And because of Fruits Basket :O)

Ya' know, Ohana means family in Hawaiian. Yes, I got that from Lilo and Stitch XD
Nov 28, 2011 3:40 AM

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Dat pacing. Love it. Love it.

Grey Heron haha.
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Dec 12, 2011 11:18 PM

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Maybe due to the yuri effect in previous episode, I seriously thought Minko was talking about Ohana when she rejected that boy.

For some reason that Grey Heron hates Ohana =) Can't wait to see what Ohana gonna due next~
Feb 12, 2012 8:50 PM

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Meh don't like tohru x minko :(

more like OHANA X TOHRU. defenitely q11111
Feb 26, 2012 6:59 AM

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New Nickname:

Hana-Chi
Apr 22, 2012 6:48 PM

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haha Ohana is pretty awesome.

"I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika
Sep 9, 2012 9:59 PM
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Hopefully Minko comes around and opens up a bit lol.
Oct 13, 2012 10:15 AM

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I'm slowly starting to dislike Minko. I mean, geez, no matter what Ohana does to try and be nice to her, Minko just insults her and act all violent! And Tohru is such an ass to everyone around him, so I guess they're quite a good match. I don't like the pairing though... one jerk is enough by himself/herself.

Tomoe's comments were hilarious haha! I'm hoping she'll get some romance~ I'd be thrilled if it was a girl, but she seems set on guys :<

Speaking of that! I've heard some rumors that there's supposedly yuri/shoujo-ai in this anime, but I've yet to see anything solid proof (bath-scene not included). Anyone who can tell me if it's true or not?
Nov 22, 2012 1:14 PM

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Quite a nice episode, first day of school already much new character development and some love/emotional part in it what was actually quite nice put in to motion! But damn that ending was quite sad tbh :(
Dec 12, 2012 6:52 PM

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GRAY HERON FTW!!!

It's nice to see Noto Mamiko raging about boyfriend. Very interesting there.
Feb 26, 2013 10:03 PM

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Heated face-to-face arguments while standing around butt naked.
l ._.

Yuina = Kurumi
I mean seriously? So similar, ugh.

Grey Heron!
Mar 25, 2013 3:05 AM

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Good episode.
But now this is getting my hopes up that there will be a kiss scene with Ko and Ohana.
Hopefully there is at least a resolution to her feelings for him.
Jul 2, 2013 11:18 PM

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so.. ohana go to school he? she looks great! XD I like it! XD

btw new girl show up :3

it is getting interesting and interesting :3
Oct 13, 2013 1:01 PM

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I was hoping the show would go full-Nichijou when the heron appeared.
Minko sounds cuter than Minchi.
Nov 4, 2013 3:50 AM
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Really good episode. Ohana is the big city girl who (by Japanese standards) has a big mouth and an opinion on everything and is not afraid to say it, hence Minko telling her, "what you're doing now is innapropiate". Minko and Nako come from a different tradition to Ohana.

Having said that, Minko should really be more open to Ohana. It's a shame she's so closeminded, because she really has a lot of potential (and is hawwtt to boot).
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Sep 8, 2014 7:05 PM

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ahhhh, minko's love rival is here!
Mar 15, 2015 8:05 AM

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Might be my favorite episode so far!
Jul 8, 2015 1:28 PM

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For some reason, I kept picturing Yuina as a two-faced girl before this episode. But she looks like she'll be good friends with the rest of the cast in the OP and ED. I guess we'll see! I also didn't expect her voice to be so high pitched haha.

I like the addition of the grey heron. He pretty cool! I love Ohana's first reaction to it 😂

Nako's gotten a lot better now that she actually talks to Ohana :p
I wonder what Ohana's nickname will be :)

I love the sudden cut to Ohana saying oyasumi to Minko 😂


Hmm, this has to be some kind of misunderstanding seeing that they end up friends. Right? I sure hope so.
Jan 16, 2016 8:49 AM

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'Min-chi' what a cute little nickname. <3 I must admit japanese nicknames are the best.
Jun 27, 2016 3:44 PM
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uou. poor minchi. Very pensative people this pension.
Aug 23, 2016 11:10 AM

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Wew so Minchi likes that Tohru guy, just seeing her getting blushed is surprising though, too bad that Yuina chick got a hand of him now muhahahaha let the love triangle begin or not....... bet it's just a misunderstanding
Feb 24, 2017 6:43 PM

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i wouldn't date Minko even if i was offered money.. not with that psycho personality. hope she doesn't get that Tohru guy
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May 14, 2017 8:14 AM

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Wow. So this was possibly even worse than the previous episode. Well, not really, it was just plain boring and hollow. At least the previous one was a mess in a ways that was still entertaining to some degree.





You summed it up perfectly. It's basically soap-opera-tier romance, which also seems to drive Minko's character arc backwards instead of forwards. Well, maybe they'll throw a twist on it and I'll look like a cranky old man (if I don't already seem like one, amirite). Honestly, I want to be wrong about this show, I truly do.

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This episode was better than the last, but I liked the first the best. I liked in the first ep how Ohana's Grandma was like some old bitch lady that made her interesting, but now she just smiles and isn't even violent anymore.


Yeah. I'm starting to suspect that the slapping was used as cheap shock value to trick us into believing that this show was going to be "realistic" and it's never going to be followed up on. Again, I'd love to be wrong.
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Jun 6, 2017 5:26 AM

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Inbefore, those two are just choosing a birthday present for Minko just kidding, that wouldn't make up for the drama we'd miss. A pretty good episode overall.
Jun 27, 2017 10:05 AM

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Definitely recovered from the last episode. Lot of amusing stuff in here. I like that while Minko is still just strangling Ohana by the end. Which was honestly too much. Ohana and Nako have become pals pretty quick. Having lunch together even after Ohana embarrasses her in the hallway. I just liked the school dynamics they introduced. All the girls believing Ohana's sophisticated for being from Tokyo. The guys all being obsessed with "Minko-hime." The rejection scene was too funny. And the last main character prominently in the OP finally showing up.

This episode introduces an older rival inn early on. And then goes right into the grand daughter of that inn's owner. Yuina seems interesting. I'm wary of her because characters with her personality and position are often framed as villains in slice of life high school anime. I think this series is if nothing else above such cheap characterizations though. No, trying to be subtle but actually painfully obvious hints that she's always scheming or something to be found. I don't even believe the bait that she's dating Tohru. Probably just a misunderstanding. It's always a misunderstanding.
Aug 26, 2017 4:46 PM

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Yuri dreams swiftly crushed! Internal shipping will continue regardless.

In other news, this is still one of the better SOL shows I've seen so far. I'm hoping as I always do this early into a 26-ep series that it doesn't get stale halfway through, because right now it's very enjoyable! Ohana is quickly becoming one of my favorite female characters; the way she handles various social situations is simultaneously honest, funny, and cute.

Sad that Minko's interest has been seemingly taken away by Yuina :( Well, Tohru may be a bit of prospector, since he's after the successor to Fukuya and all... hopefully that's not the case, though.

That bird (stork? heron? monster?) is scary af.
Sep 19, 2017 10:08 AM
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okay, was she really strangling her? what the hell is up with this min-chi, seriously.
Nov 17, 2017 7:16 AM

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Slightly better than the last episode. The appearance of a rival inn could make for some interesting conflict later on. Minko reacting so harshly to Ohana hasn't bothered me that much, but in this episode she was down right obnoxious, especially with the strangling on the bridge. This character arc should clear some things up though, so I'll cut Minko a bit of slack for now. It'd be nice to see a bit more of Tomoe, she seems fun.
Feb 14, 2018 2:53 AM

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Ohana is cute af with her school uniform



She still thinks a lot about Kouichi, he has always been there and it wasn't until his confession that she realized how much she appreciates him, I'm curious to see if we will have development on their relationship despite the distance.

Nako writing her ideas about a nickname for Minko was adorable, she reminds me to Hifumi from New Game.

"Girls get along the best when talking about a common enemy" proceeds to talk bad about Tooru in front of Minko, Ohana, you so innocent.

Yuina appeared for first time, she will become the heiress of the rival inn but she doesn't really seem to care much about that, I want to see more of her and it definitely looks like I will soon since Tooru took her for a bike ride, oh Minko...
Dec 15, 2018 1:15 PM

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Felt like I was watching for 5 minutes and the episode was already over.

Interesting development not just the fact that Minko is into Tohru, but also that he has some kind of relationship with the heir of the other inn.

Looking forward to see how things will play out.

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Feb 24, 2019 1:03 PM

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Kou will most likely die from uncertainty if Ohana doesn't call him soon xD I'm sure he has been quite nervous since he send that message.

That aside, I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed there will be some drama regarding a possible love triangle. Not to mention that since I dislike Minko, I couldn't care less about her feelings but maybe, this situation would give her some interesting character development or that's what I hope at least. Honestly, She has been quite annoying so far with that cold and hostile attitude of hers.
Oct 7, 2019 5:46 PM

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OHANA

This episode had be gasping so much.

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May 31, 2020 1:18 AM

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Ohana sooo cute on that new school uniform

jeez why Minko looks like she always has a menstruation xD

So the future 4th member on their group debuted in this ep.I smell an interesting love rival between her and Minko lol

Pretty good ep

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