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Nov 20, 2019 9:34 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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A new foreign girl entered the show :o

Looks like we got an unusual board game mixed with cards. Tbh, this episode's game seemed more complex than some of the others. The maid outfits were very adorable! I think it's nice they managed to have a maid-game cafe at school.
Nov 20, 2019 10:47 AM
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They just missed perfect opportunity to make Ayaya joke during the introductions.



So i reckon the kendo dude is now in.
Nov 20, 2019 10:53 AM
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The new girl is cool, and wow they're playing dobble, I know this game !
Nov 20, 2019 10:57 AM
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Don't underestimate the power of maid cosplay.
Nov 20, 2019 11:06 AM
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The new girl, Emmy is an interesting character. They even added her in the OP.

The first game was complex tbh but the maid cafe was interesting. The girls in those maid outfits, 10/10.

Nov 20, 2019 11:15 AM
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When I think it can't get any worse then this anime sure proved me wrong!!! That male are deformed,, and he cant even put on a pair of socks,,,Great!!!

Its more fucking males then females now!! Why even have the females there from the start!! Why not go all males and at least then my stupid ass would keep a million miles away from it!

Defiantly the worse anime this season!! Impure filth




Nov 20, 2019 11:19 AM
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In case Reiner Knizia rings a bell to someone, he might be the most productive board game designer of all time, and Keltis was his first time of winning the prestigious Spiel des Jahres award after many years in the industry. A game the expands on the card principle of Lost Cities, another of his games that is one of the most popular 2player board games.
Dobble, ahaha, I played that in both the original and in a pocket version that got offered as advertisement a few times. Intriguing to find out that any two cards indeed only share one symbol, and the anime showed that well too.

Finally we get to see the fourth girl and even more group dynamics! This series keeps giving, and the amount of plot progression always feels super nice, such as the school festival content this time.
Nov 20, 2019 11:24 AM
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Yuri-Crusader said:
When I think it can't get any worse then this anime sure proved me wrong!!! That male are deformed,, and he cant even put on a pair of socks,,,Great!!!

Its more fucking males then females now!! Why even have the females there from the start!! Why not go all males and at least then my stupid ass would keep a million miles away from it!

Defiantly the worse anime this season!! Impure filth


Yeah and for some reason he has his left trouser leg rolled up. Also don't worry, the girls aren't interested or don't notice them at all.
Nov 20, 2019 12:15 PM
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Emmy os very cool, that board game café was cute, the maid cosplay was a great idea !
Dobble is a fun game
Nov 20, 2019 12:22 PM

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MrAwesome2018 said:
Yuri-Crusader said:
When I think it can't get any worse then this anime sure proved me wrong!!! That male are deformed,, and he cant even put on a pair of socks,,,Great!!!

Its more fucking males then females now!! Why even have the females there from the start!! Why not go all males and at least then my stupid ass would keep a million miles away from it!

Defiantly the worse anime this season!! Impure filth


Yeah and for some reason he has his left trouser leg rolled up. Also don't worry, the girls aren't interested or don't notice them at all.



Its a goddamn miracle he understand that he needs to wear fucking pants at all!! And by god Im glad for that!!!

He is not the only one that looks weird!! Almost all the males except the student president? I dont know the name,,Even if he is ugly, he Is still properly animated,, Some of the other are uneven and missing lines and shit,,Its a mess

But you actually do have a good point there!! The females haven't done anything wrong ,They are still pure,, That is a positive aspect, at least there are something good from this nightmare

Nov 20, 2019 12:37 PM

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Yuri-Crusader said:
When I think it can't get any worse then this anime sure proved me wrong!!! That male are deformed,, and he cant even put on a pair of socks,,,Great!!!

Its more fucking males then females now!! Why even have the females there from the start!! Why not go all males and at least then my stupid ass would keep a million miles away from it!

Defiantly the worse anime this season!! Impure filth






I don't understand what you're saying... Like, on a "are we even watching the same show?" level
Nov 20, 2019 1:38 PM

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Don't feed the obvious troll please.

Houkago Saikoro Club was never advertised as a cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime, and both the initial trailer and the cover have males on them, so if anything, it's Yuri-Crusader that had very wrong expectations and now can't stop complaining.
The males in this anime are completely normal.
Nov 20, 2019 4:50 PM
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Afterschool Dice Club delivers yet another fine episode! The girls meet a new friend who shares their love for board games and who provides the help they need to succeed at the school festival. M.A.O. is one of my favorite voice actresses right now and she acquits herself well as Emilia. I really enjoyed the interactions between the girls and it's good to see that Emilia will become a staple character in future episodes. Even if this show lacks deeply-layered characters or an intricate storyline, it still delivers a pleasant and wholesome experience. Afterschool Dice Club is one of the best shows in the season and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Nov 20, 2019 5:28 PM

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Emmy is such a sweet thing, I like her already!

Keltis looked like fun, I would definitely want to play it than Dobble. Like Yoshioka I didn't find it that fun, but it's a cool game nevertheless. Speaking of Yoshioka, I see the boy has caught some feelings in Miki, finally someone notices her beautiful self.

I guess Ren's sabotaging plan of assigning them that lame building didn't work after all.
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Nov 20, 2019 7:05 PM
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Nice new character, funny, and like Aya, but good at games.
Miki also apparently had someone to have a crush on her, that's nice!
Wish I saw their afterparty tho :(
Nov 20, 2019 8:57 PM

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Cool the german girl is finally here

And the café for the festival did pretty well too. Miki got herself a fan ^^

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Nov 20, 2019 9:08 PM

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Here we go again...


Nov 20, 2019 10:25 PM

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Xiaraith said:
Don't feed the obvious troll please.

Houkago Saikoro Club was never advertised as a cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime, and both the initial trailer and the cover have males on them, so if anything, it's Yuri-Crusader that had very wrong expectations and now can't stop complaining.
The males in this anime are completely normal.


And as always as soon someone come with criticism the person is a troll =P

I haven't even watch the trailer before I decide to give it a chance =P I rarely do

Wrong expectations you mean different from yours? You seen to have a hard time when people dont share your opinions!!! This anime have a lot of more problems then the males .The animation is uneven the story is all over the place and its damn boring. Noting unique with the characters and they feel extremely flat!! And the problems males wasn't even pronounce until a couple of episodes in! If they have been more clear from the start I haven't picked this one up to begin with! They more then less dressed it as cute girls show and then did this, For me its at the same level as Yuri bait, Its trash!!

And If i wanna complain I damn do so, Even if you cant handle it!!



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Nov 21, 2019 12:26 AM

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Yuri-Crusader said:
Xiaraith said:
Don't feed the obvious troll please.

Houkago Saikoro Club was never advertised as a cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime, and both the initial trailer and the cover have males on them, so if anything, it's Yuri-Crusader that had very wrong expectations and now can't stop complaining.
The males in this anime are completely normal.


And as always as soon someone come with criticism the person is a troll =P

I haven't even watch the trailer before I decide to give it a chance =P I rarely do

Wrong expectations you mean different from yours? You seen to have a hard time when people dont share your opinions!!! This anime have a lot of more problems then the males .The animation is uneven the story is all over the place and its damn boring. Noting unique with the characters and they feel extremely flat!! And the problems males wasn't even pronounce until a couple of episodes in! If they have been more clear from the start I haven't picked this one up to begin with! They more then less dressed it as cute girls show and then did this, For me its at the same level as Yuri bait, Its trash!!

And If i wanna complain I damn do so, Even if you cant handle it!!




I've seen you complain in other episode threads too, and that "review" of yours further proves my point that you must be gravely mistaken about this anime. You are constantly calling the male characters trash or filthy and other people might start thinking that this is actually true. But as you can see from basically all other comments, no one else is having trouble with both genders being represented.
And no, the shop owner appeared in episode 1 already, so you got to see males from very early on.

If I was in your position, I'd simply drop the anime and ignore it for the rest of my anime lifetime.
Nov 21, 2019 1:06 AM

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Xiaraith said:
Yuri-Crusader said:


And as always as soon someone come with criticism the person is a troll =P

I haven't even watch the trailer before I decide to give it a chance =P I rarely do

Wrong expectations you mean different from yours? You seen to have a hard time when people dont share your opinions!!! This anime have a lot of more problems then the males .The animation is uneven the story is all over the place and its damn boring. Noting unique with the characters and they feel extremely flat!! And the problems males wasn't even pronounce until a couple of episodes in! If they have been more clear from the start I haven't picked this one up to begin with! They more then less dressed it as cute girls show and then did this, For me its at the same level as Yuri bait, Its trash!!

And If i wanna complain I damn do so, Even if you cant handle it!!




I've seen you complain in other episode threads too, and that "review" of yours further proves my point that you must be gravely mistaken about this anime. You are constantly calling the male characters trash or filthy and other people might start thinking that this is actually true. But as you can see from basically all other comments, no one else is having trouble with both genders being represented.
And no, the shop owner appeared in episode 1 already, so you got to see males from very early on.

If I was in your position, I'd simply drop the anime and ignore it for the rest of my anime lifetime.


I clearly say in my review

"One support male is ok! The bigger and scarier a male look in a cute girl show, the nicer and more well-behaved he is!!"

The shop owner was never a problem! There rest of the males are! I have a very refined taste when it come to this kind of shows and dont eat whatever trash Japan serves to me!! I have other criticism then the impure problem like I said above the animation are very sloppy,, And characters feels flat and not very interesting!!! And I was mistaken ,, The anime wasn't clear and bait it as a Cute Girl Doing Cute Things .But its more males are being loud irritating and trying to climb the cute girls show ,, And I dont like that!!

Why do you care If other people may agreeing with me or not? Is that stopping you from enjoying this? I can criticise this if I wish!! If you cant handle that dont read my posts!! But have a nice day!!



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Nov 21, 2019 1:55 AM

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Well okay then.
Just telling you that if you consider the males of this anime as "loud irritating and trying to climb the cute girls show", you might also be irritated by at least 90% of all other anime that feature both females and males.
Nov 21, 2019 2:15 AM

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Genuinely the most underrated series of the year. I am really happy to see the threads for discussion gradually growing for the series, I really don't know why it doesn't have a subreddit.
But, this is my absolute favourite series right now, picked up the manga a couple months ago and I've been really enjoying it. It's so fucking wholesome, but I guess if there's not any tiddies or explosions, people don't wanna watch this stuff. Miki must be protected at all costs.
Nov 21, 2019 6:14 AM
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Aya! Put down Terraforming Mars! That game is too complex for you!

Also Midori's face in the cafe promo pic was priceless!
Nov 21, 2019 12:11 PM

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OOoooo looks like someones getting a crush on Miki
Nov 21, 2019 4:31 PM

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First half's Celtic board game confused me... tried rewatching the explanation of the rules, still can't get it... that game's WAY too complicated.

Second half's Maid is awesome, if all else fail, go for Maid Cosplay.

But it looks like pretty much 100% of the males are there for the cute girls, they don't give a fuck about Board Games, LUL

So the vice-pres is technically right, the school doesn't need a Board Game club... no one is really interested in it, what they want is a "Maid Cafe club" instead.

(without the cosplay posted on the school sns, no one would even bother going to their club)
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Nov 21, 2019 7:27 PM

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Nonka said:
Here we go again...




That was the glorious godlike montage I needed to enlight my watching
Nov 21, 2019 10:32 PM

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Emmy! So cute. This episode was fun. The costumes were sweet.
Nov 22, 2019 7:53 PM
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They just missed perfect opportunity to make Ayaya joke during the introductions.



So i reckon the kendo dude is now in.


thanks now its impossible to watch the show without a hunting song earworm...
Nov 23, 2019 11:00 AM
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the festival was a success thanks to the new girl and SNS
Nov 23, 2019 9:13 PM

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That game was more complex than usual, and honestly I wasn't very interested in this.

But I loved this episode because they finally introduced Emmy. She's so pretty and cute lol
Nov 24, 2019 1:48 AM

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Good for Miki chan, she made a new friend and had fun in her first high school festival.
Nov 24, 2019 1:46 PM

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Finally, Emmy is now introduced! and of course she immediately became friends with the three girls! nice!
oh! looks like we now have 2 pairs i think...
Aya x Tanoue (1 sided)
and Yoshioka x Miki (not even sure but there's a blush from the dude)
Their first festival was a success! that vice-press Ren Shibusawa almost ruin things against the board game girls! hopefully we get some closure with her against the board game girls...
5/5.


Nov 25, 2019 4:49 AM

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The German girl Emmy, last seen momentarily in Episode 6, makes her debut into the boardgames scene! And of course, all 3 girls are happy to be of acquaintance to their fourth friend.

And this time, a legit German (Celtic) game, and the rules as just as complex, but confusing this time around. Sure is a lot to digest...as is with strategy games, lots of hooks to make sure you think twice about what are your moves!

Of course, the girls are hard to get on new games, but long as they get the hook, they get going, with the usual losers and winners. For Emmy to lose to Midori isn't quite expected but well, a game's a game well played!

And so, the school festival begins...with the boardgame club wasted so far because of vice-president Ren, who are we kidding. Despite that, they managed to be a good sport to facet on maid outfits (because of transfer student Emmy). Sure, sure, girls are cute, let them be. Another thanks to the Student Council President for getting things going.

Hopefully all these will see Ren Shibusawa have a change of heart...and more adventures of these 4 girls.

Wholesome episode? You'd betcha!
Nov 29, 2019 7:56 AM

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So the foreigner we saw on I forgot what episode, is finally introduced. They even change the OP animation to accomodate this girl. The game they play looks very complex, maybe require longer time to play.

Ahh, seeing Miki in Maid uniform is a miracle, and looks like this kendo guy agree with me. The second game they play, I loved this kind. Very simple and made many interaction between player. Such a good game to play with your close friends.
Nov 29, 2019 12:56 PM

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internet imagenes

I love Emilia!
Dec 4, 2019 11:02 PM

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Well, if everything fails, Maid outfits are always the answer. Seriously, Emmy sure knows what's the deal regarding what male students want.

Good episode overall. Really liking Emmy's character so far. Such a sweet girl with some really good ideas to attract clientele and though in a sense, she's basically Aya but good at board games, I still find her personality enjoyable enough.

As for the episode, the first half was nice but I think I liked the second one a bit more. Only wish Midori had received a bit more focus during the Maid Cafe segment but oh well.

And on a side note, Tanoue... dude, please put some socks and get a hair cut. You're not gonna bang Aya with those looks.
Dec 18, 2019 5:31 AM

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Not bad, get to see Emmy finally and learn more about her. The Celtic game seems like fun? whoever visited Ireland most recently goes first :D
I liked second half much more, most of the characters were there. I liked the introduction of a new character as well, the kendo boy :D oya-oya, looks like someone took a liking to Miki, huh? She really is sweet, so that's no surprise. The game itself was pretty interesting. And more Inoue + Aya scenes, yay.

President seems happy that he put his trust in saikoro club and vice pres realizes that pres also has the best judgement :D that's sweet.
Also quick thinking on Emmy to get everyone in maid outfits and post it on sns, she is the real carry this festival lol
Dec 20, 2019 5:29 PM

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I KNEW THE DRAGON SEEMED OFF IN THE OP BEFORE EMMY APPEARED.

I thought it was only those 3 for the main characters. Emmy is adorable.
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I don't get why the foreigner character must have a typical foreigner accent but understand all the vocab/grammar,etc. Their Japanese is perfect but can't pronounce properly? Where did they even learn Japanese?
Apr 13, 2020 1:51 PM

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Finally the german girl Emilia joins the team

Maid cafe + board games deadly combo

Aug 5, 2020 12:13 AM

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I don't like the Celtic game much. I think the French game is much more fun.
Finally Emmy is there, but i'm kinda dissapointed that she has joined the group only in 8th episode. I waited for her way too long and now the show is almost over.
Vice-prez loli is getting more and more annoying and i don't like her anymore. She's just selfish and jealous bitch.
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A bit unusual to see so many males incorporated in CGDCT anime.. But it works, I think.. ;P
Feb 26, 2023 6:03 AM

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Emmy is a nice addition to the group.
What a wonderful anime this is
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Sep 19, 2023 4:57 PM
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The fourth main girl Emmy is finally here, and she’s German which is fitting giving the board game theme of the show, and the school festival finally happened which had the girls in some cute maid outfits and Miki also met her potential love interest, cute stuff, the girls having a bit of romance was one of the things i remembered really liking about this show even tho it doesn’t get much focus, I’m rooting for Yoshioka tho lol.
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I knew Emmy was German from the previous episode ending she was in owing to the fact she knew what term for game designer was called in Germany, thou I wish she popped up sooner than that less than a minute pop in from before. It seems to me that either they did not have a lot of source material from the Manga never read it but that they combined two different story's or issues into one episode the part at her father's cafe and the festive.

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