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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- A man failed doing gymnastic. Not sure if he's optimistic or too air-headed, though. His coach told him to retire (or rather, he's been telling him to). He has a daughter who is into ninja, it seems. She thinks gymnastic is like ninja (so her father is sort of like ninja). Ninja show w. MiB? The performer seems to caught an eye on the main guy and followed them back home!! Oh, the MiB is not part of the show. He was targetted to bring back to his country. He's going to stay w. them. Then the training. The ninja actor also followed them there and showed his skill. He's been wanting to tell his daughter about his retirement, but got disrupted by ninja actor. She seems to sense what he's been wanting to say? Main guy decided not to get retired thinking about his dead wife and daughter. Rap song (?) for OP aired as ED. "Shanghai Honey (上海ハニー)" by Joutarou Aragaki (CV: Daisuke Namikawa), Leonardo (CV: Kensho Ono), Tetsuo Minamino (CV: Yuki Kaji) https://twitter.com/taiso_samurai/status/1314974977456701441 Edit: It's cover song of ORANGE RANGE's song https://natalie.mu/comic/news/400148 |
tsubasaloverOct 10, 2020 9:44 PM
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| Cool episode and it has serious vibe in terms of competitive storytelling and comedy. We got Joutarou Aragaki introduced from the first episode and he seems like a pretty normal guy. There's also a bird introduced, which turned out to be way bigger than I had thought! Tomoyo is pretty cute, fun to watch her interact with others. Seems they're going slow with the anime so far by just introducing the cast and some concepts. The part with the samurai skills display caught my attention. The theme is also pretty catchy imo. |
Stark700Oct 10, 2020 10:51 AM
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| Another great premiere, damn. So many good shows this season. I really like the setting with the Joutarou on the verge of retiring due to previous injuries, struggling to find traction in competitions after his incidents and tries to move on. However, the passion of his own daughter saying that she like watching him perform stopped him. The press conference was a very well directed scene with Joutaro declaring that he wasn't going to retire at the very last second after remembering his family. Gymnastics is a pretty unique premise that I haven't seen in anime before, so very interested in it. The ninja guy is hilarious and it sounds like he has some history with Jootarou even though the latter has forgotten about it. All of his scene were great though, I can't believe this guy has some real ninja skills. Curious to see what kind of role he'll play in the story but judging from the ED, is he going to be a competitor for Joutarou? Goes without saying that Rei is an absolute delight. Also, big thumbs up for the bird, I don't know who's idea it was to have an exotic talking bird, but mega props to whoever that guy was. |
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| Okay, this was certainly more bizarre than I imagined it'd be but I enjoyed it. What's the deal with the bird though xD? I see some resemblance to Yuri on Ice!! for the points @tailor31415 pointed out. I don't think this'll turn out to be as successful as the former but here's to hoping this won't go unnoticed. MAPPA again, I really hope they don't start to implode one day. Animation for the episode was fairly good, I felt. Final scene right before the ED when the Taisou Zamurai decided to not retire after all was touching. The daughter is a real sweetheart as well. Not really feeling for the foreigner yet but the ED hints a triple-team or something along those lines so hopefully they'll manage to get me invested in the trio soon. Damn, the Grandma though lol. Pretty cool rap song for the Op, by the way. |
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| i.... i'm not sure what to think about this one. I like the story itself, the serious moments on it and the father/daughter dynamic but it's mixed with bizarre moments and cringy characters.... idk. |
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| Get the hint Joutarou xD This was a pretty great with a lot to like, whether it was the comedy or the mildly dramatic sequences. Overall a promising package. A bit unorthodox, but in a good way. Don't think I've seen anything quite like this before and imo the dark horse of the season. |
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| I have no idea what I just watched, but I like it??? Not your typical sports anime that's for sure. |
| Pretty cool sports anime, looks like we'll see gymnastics. Another disabled parrot... toradora reference? |
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| Pretty good episode Loved the mc |
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| Well that was quite....interesting. Not entirely sure what to expect from this one going forward but just from the premiere, it seems like it'll be wacky and fun. And just like the other MAPPA show from this season, Jujutsu Kaisen, this one also has a very colorful and stylish ED (unless that was the OP used as the ED). This is pretty decent so far. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| The type of comedy on the show felt familiar.. Something you'd see in the kodomos.. Like Medarot.. |
| Ngl, that bird was adorable. XD I haven't watched that many sports anime tbh but this was okay. I wonder what Joutarou next steps will be. Will he be able to continue being a gymnast? Highly likely but it's still something I'm looking forward to. |
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| He couldn’t announce his retirement after all. Rei is adorable. I don’t know where this show is going but it looks interesting. |
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| The first episode gave me ZERO understanding of what this anime is about, and the ending song video made me even more confused :D |
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| i.. have no idea what's going on |
   ❝☆ 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿, 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 ☆ 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶...❞ |
| The way the story is going looks like Joutarou never retire lol. The animation from the ninja doing all his tricks was great, I loved it. Bird was nice and fat and eats like a monster. Well I'm gonna see how long Joutarou will last until he retires........might be never......will see |
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| I didn't expect this to be so silly, but I like it so far XD Ngl, I teared up when Rei was watching the conference with a serious face, she knew all along about him planning to retire, even if Joutarou wasn't able to tell her. But yeah, other than that, it was mostly just funny and random :') That OP though, I'm so shocked at how comedic it is LOL |
| We got a Shanghai Honey OP cover! That's pretty sick |
| Honestly that bird is so ugly and serves literally no purpose in the show so far. Also wtf is up with that ninja, why is he just following them around everywhere, that's creepy. |
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| I kinda regret watching this while slightly buzzed on booze, because i'm not sure wtf I just watched. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't very good either. "bizarre" is the best way I would describe it. from the PVs, I thought this would be a serious sports drama, but no? It stayed pretty comedic the entire time? Don't really like the mc. He's almost 30 years old, but he's a total airhead with the mentality of a teenage boy. Yet he did have a few serious moments here an there. It was just so jarring. The other secondary characters are really immature too? from the PVs, I thought that Leo kid was going to be some sort of prodigy gymnast? Maybe that'll still be the case, but his personality was overall really obnoxious. Same goes with that green-haired guy who rapped as he talked??? The talking giant bird is so cringey, WHY DOES IT EXIST. It adds nothing of value. Also, how would this child be that familiar with the Matrix movies lore??? The first Matrix movie would have technically existed in this world, with it being set in 2002(sequel didn't come out until 2003), yet that was a rated R movie??? did this child see this movie to understand all the references??? asdfgjakggfagfh... the animation was pretty bad. Gave me war flash backs to OPM s2. To watch this after watching Jujutsu Kaisen is a big "yikes". This had sooo many still frames, flappy mouths for dialogue, characters going off model all the time. I expect they'll rely heavily on the CG for the gymnastic action sequences, which also looked pretty bad. Will at least try to watch a couple more eps before deciding whether or not to drop it. But so far I'm just confused and not really impressed. |
| Lmao they even used as theme song a song released during that era (although rearranged) |
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| What the hell just happened? lol really weird start but I'm interested. That OP is a banger! |
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| That was enjoyable. The animation is average but the story and characters are really refreshing. To me this anime is like “when you blend Yuri on Ice and Kakushigoto together” Looking at the trailer I thought Joutaro would be the serious type but he's quite silly actually and Rei is so cute. That's some stylish grandma ๏_๏ That talking parrot makes it more funny XD When the Ninja was showing his skills, that was great. Really loved that OP, it increases the hype. |
| Liked it, fav part was when Rei went into the bathroom, and proceed to block the ninja breathing (bamboo?) hahaha, and topped with and op cover of Orange Range Shanghai Honey (took me few secs to jog my memory of the original song). |
| Hmm, you got me there while he was repeatedly announced his retirement. But always ended up in a failure. I should've known it! XD the storyline seemed pretty simple and already built up some interesting part: Rickydory123 said: That was enjoyable. The animation is average but the story and characters are really refreshing. To me this anime is like “when you blend Yuri on Ice and Kakushigoto together” . I aggree with this. Even though i think, the art and animation were just their style to stay with its eccentricsm. Seriously, its really brought back a nostalgic vibes to me with the two of it. I just hope its had the same calibre of them too, especially with Kakushigoto. XD Still, i don't even know the deal of that Ninja. But soon the plot might come up to told him too. Was he really a real ninja from an unknown country, or he was a gymnast too? Whats his role there? Idk. So far its an okay introduction, even my expectations is still low due to my lack of understanding. Lets see next, then. |
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| Pro tip; don't start your anime with an ugly cgi sequence. I already have my hands full this season, think I'm gonna skip out on this one unless it gets better... |
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| I see a lot of sports anime has been emerging lately and I'm all for it. As for the first episode, the episode was pretty good. Jotaro, a gymnast who wants to retire but can't since his daughter likes watching him do gymnastics. The ep had a little bit of comedy and serious moments. I'm looking forward to this anime. |
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| The first episode left a good impression on me with the mc’s stance on his passion and the reason for it during the press conference to announce his retirement. For myself in comparison, Kakushigoto when it comes to father-daughter dynamics is recent timeline-wise. So having watched this episode and noting how much of a pinnacle role the daughter might have, seeing how insightful she was at the end there, whereas in kaku the daughter is unaware obviously of her father’s work, makes me think that this potentially will be a roller coaster ride of emotions where all the characters come to be involved. The secret agents chasing after the foreigner ninja to “deport him” leaves much to be assumed so I’m anticipating the introduction to new characters and how they’ll tie into the home life of Shoutarou Aragaki. Taisou Zamurai will probably grow on me with the indulgence on any sentimental scenes. Overall I look forward to where this anime takes us. |
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| The first episode got my attention,and the opening is funny,I will keep watching! Amazing first episode~ |
| That was good and fun holy shit, it's so quirky I love it. I was for sure not expecting something like that, I was expecting some serious sports drama but this is even better. Damn, seeing that the mom has passed made me sad. Rei is awesome, what a bundle of sunshine and Leonardo is hilarious. Ora ora Jotaro is also a great MC, "I will retire not" "Eh?" And finally that OP was wacky as fuck, it's amazing. Well, let's see where this show goes so far it's really interesting. |
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| Loved it even though ninja guy was rather annoying. |
| What's up with that big bird lol |
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| I really liked it!! God I'm a sucker for cute MC's, but otherwise I have no idea where this is gonna go (and I personally liked the bird) |
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| The ninja was too plot devicy. |
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