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Jul 12, 2022 8:29 AM
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Lettuce is such a sweet person. I think she can make a good friend for Ichigo. Looks like Ichigo also took on a part time job.

Ichigo and Mint are once again caught into trouble but this time against Lettuce in her magical form. The episode shows her vulnerable side, and looks like Ichigo want sto help her in any way possible. Glad they managed to bring Lettuce to their side in the end.
Jul 12, 2022 9:26 AM
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Ichigo being formally introduced to the Tokyo Mew Mew base of operations, and the weird animal-alien Chimera Anima fusions, with the Mews being one each of 5 genetic animals to save the Earth, pretty typical Mahou Shoujo stuff back in the day.

So far there's Ichigo and Mint, and the former is already acting strange with her DNA infused with the Iriomote cat, and getting flustered with Aoyama is the least of her worries with her tail and cat ears appearing when they're worked up. Of course, their side business is still a café, but with the green-haired Lettuce Midorikawa being the next prominent character who's kind, but can be helpless and naïve.

Just nice, there's a school pool drowning incident, and this is the perfect chance to activate Lettuce's powers and get it controlled down from her isolation state. She needs friends, and in this case, it's comrades, and I'm glad that they have her on their side as the 3rd of 5 Mew Mew girls.

Lettuce is a good inclusion, though the plot itself is also slowly starting to manifest as well.
Jul 12, 2022 9:43 AM
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Nice! Interesting that they kept Lettuce's introduction very similar to the old anime's while they changed Mint's completely. And Lettuce is such a sweet girl! I'm glad she's got real friends now.

I can't wait for the next episode to see my fave girl...
Jul 12, 2022 10:01 AM
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Something things become strange depending your age. Like they getting access to a great number of DNA samples.
Other is know the reason why Lettuce's parents named her Lettuce. Well, at least isn't cabbage.
Jul 12, 2022 10:26 AM
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woah, purin already so soon?
Jul 12, 2022 10:31 AM
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This is giving me the nostalgia i needed.. even though i much prefer the old artstyle




Nobuhiko Okamoto at the end as Kisshu though, best boy is here
Jul 12, 2022 10:32 AM
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So happy for Lettuce, she really deserved better than those girls. Finally Kisshu next episode! im very excited
Jul 12, 2022 11:19 AM
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Yep! She's definitely a catgirl. 😊

Jul 12, 2022 11:26 AM
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Momomiya’s becoming more cat than girl lol. Seems pretty inconvenient if it happens every time she gets worked up considering how easily she’s flustered haha.

I figured Lettuce was the “ghost”. Luckily she was saved by the power of friendship! Lol. That’s 3 girls assembled. There should be 2 more according to the ending credits.

I like this series so far. I dig the old school feel and the characters are all very adorable. I also like that each girl has a food name like Ichigo, Lettuce, Mint lol. The transformations are pretty cute too. Plus, cute animal girls in maid outfits? Yeah, I’m pretty much sold.
Jul 12, 2022 12:02 PM
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I gonna say the using a maid cafe as a cover to gather information made more sense 20 years ago when the Internet wasn't as prevalent
Jul 12, 2022 12:03 PM

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Alright the third girl Lettuce has joined the team and Kisshu makes an apperance, I'm looking forward to see him in the next ep
Jul 12, 2022 12:33 PM

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Ciphra-XIII said:
I gonna say the using a maid cafe as a cover to gather information made more sense 20 years ago when the Internet wasn't as prevalent


yea but keiichiro gotta pay those bills somehow

anyway this episode was pretty good! i never really cared for lettuce, but i like the way they handled her introduction.
Jul 12, 2022 12:55 PM
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all i gotta say is that i have added lettuce onto my kin list.
Jul 12, 2022 2:04 PM

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LaceyKuroki said:
So happy for Lettuce, she really deserved better than those girls. Finally Kisshu next episode! im very excited


I'm waiting for my babe Kisshu ;_;
  
Jul 12, 2022 2:05 PM

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Alright the third girl Lettuce has joined the team and Kisshu makes an apperance, I'm looking forward to see him in the next ep

JUST GIVE US THE ALIEN FOR GOD'S SAKE
  
Jul 12, 2022 2:28 PM

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yanderela said:
RedChrome said:
Alright the third girl Lettuce has joined the team and Kisshu makes an apperance, I'm looking forward to see him in the next ep

JUST GIVE US THE ALIEN FOR GOD'S SAKE


Oh hell yes, I'm with you on that ^^
Jul 12, 2022 2:52 PM

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Loved the comedy and how wholesome this episode was towards the end
Jul 12, 2022 3:02 PM

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Just watched it now, and I loved it! Mint is back with her personality and the whole Mew Project seems to be more profound and reasonable. Ryou being Ryou, Keiichiro making the girls go crazy, Lettuce being so cute waaa I just love everyone so much. Can't wait for Pudding and Zakuro.

AND GIVE US THAT ALIEN THAT'S ALL WE WANT, I'M GONNA SCREAM~~~

"My name is Kisshu, thanks for the kiss." ♥
  
Jul 12, 2022 3:05 PM

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Lettuce’s story made me cry. :’( I’m glad she made new (mew) friends with Ichigo! :3


Jul 12, 2022 4:05 PM

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I find it hilarious that Ichigio is going along with this simply because she can simp for Aoyama. lol
Jul 12, 2022 5:01 PM

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That selfie bit was utterly savage, Lettuce was legally allowed to kill them on a self defense basis, I don't remember much from the og series since it was so long ago but Mint has been a bit of a jobber.
Jul 12, 2022 5:09 PM
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Not much happened. Cute but boring. It's nice to see an old school magical girl show being done today though. I have only read the first volume of the manga and seen the first few episodes of the old anime, but I do hope this gets more intriguing later on. Right now it seems like it's mostly "cute magical girls do cute stuff", and not much more depth or plot to it.
Jul 12, 2022 5:32 PM

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Wow the second episode is good plus see Lettuce’s introduction and see some stuff change from the original manga and see Kishu plus his voice…man it get good plus see Mint’s transformation I like it but I like her original transformation better anyway can’t wait to see Lettuce and Pudding’s transformation
Jul 12, 2022 6:12 PM

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yanderela said:
LaceyKuroki said:
So happy for Lettuce, she really deserved better than those girls. Finally Kisshu next episode! im very excited


I'm waiting for my babe Kisshu ;_;


God ikr? I'm waiting for more Kisshu as well TwT
Jul 12, 2022 7:16 PM

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BTW, "The aliens using animals" so... why did they not "use Humans", Humans are technically also "animals" LOL.

Also, gathering info from Cafe was the go-to back when this series was first made, cause Social Network didn't exist yet.

Other thing, I thought they know who they "blasted beam" onto, especially with spy camera watching them the entire time from the van...
So... why did they just leave the magic girls without telling them they were infused with animal DNA... imagine this happening iRL... where you get randomly injected with a random drug without your consent regardless if it was good or bad for you...

If I gained a random power from being beam blasted, I would also go Hulk on everyone. (so Lettuce is not at wrong here, it's the beam-blasters that's in the wrong)

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In a way, the TokyoMew and the Aliens aren't that different... one infuse animals with enhanced DNA, while another infuse humans with animal DNA... same thing here, LOL.

(here's a thought, what happens if you infuse a animal with human DNA?)
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Jul 12, 2022 10:24 PM

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Alright Ichigo is now used to becoming a Mew Mew, but when time comes that Aoyama goes close to her, those ears and tail came out, yeah that is not a perk of being a Mew Mew.

The cafe is here and yep Ichigo is already complaining because Mint doesn't work, something that did happened in the original. Actually this is somewhat a 1 to 1 episode to the 2002's Episode 3 where they met Lettuce and eventually her becoming a Mew Mew, even down to the pool scene.

Glad it does because now they have a new Mew Mew on their side, 3 down 2 more to go. And ay Kisshu finally makes his appearance.
Jul 12, 2022 11:53 PM

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Quite a good shoujo anime. Mint is so elegant and graceful! I like the idea of saving endangered species. The plot loop reminds me of Sailor Moon and Gegege Kitaro so it's a good combo for me.
Jul 13, 2022 12:49 AM

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I am genuinely happy for the remake but if it does not get any better, I won't continue to watch it. I felt excited for the remake but the animation already disappointed me. The story is changed quite a bit and I can accept that. The episode is still fun to watch. Just sad bc I want to see this show with good animation. Can't wait to see Quiche my man


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Jul 13, 2022 12:52 AM

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I'm loving the fact that this fandom is active once again, omg! I remember being a child in 2006 and creating my Ichigo account in Orkut and MSN to play roleplays and stuff lol (it was a thing on internet at that time, including in my country Brazil, even though I didn't knew anyone in real life who liked those things)

  
Jul 13, 2022 12:54 AM

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Khunime said:
I am genuinely happy for the remake but if it does not get any better, I won't continue to watch it. I felt excited for the remake but the animation already disappointed me. The story is changed quite a bit and I can accept that. The episode is still fun to watch. Just sad bc I want to see this show with good animation. Can't wait to see Quiche my man


I want to make a video called 'Tokyo mew mew new but only the parts that Kisshu appeared" xD
  
Jul 13, 2022 12:58 AM

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Kyokorin said:
yanderela said:


I'm waiting for my babe Kisshu ;_;


God ikr? I'm waiting for more Kisshu as well TwT


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Jul 13, 2022 1:52 AM
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Wow, so the dudes are pretty brazen and open about the whole experimenting on unconsenting teenagers thing, with Ryou openly telling Ichigo she's a "bioweapon". The overexplaining of the science in the show kinda puts me off, I'm not sure if the original has that much justification when it comes to those details.

Ichigo feels like a bag of tropes (boy crazy, typical kind-hearted and over-extroverted magical girl protagonist at the moment she's confronted with over-powered Lettuce) but not necessarily a character that's woven together. Like hm I'm not really sure her personality as someone who is extremely kind is really established in time before then in the remake, since the first episode is mainly about her being obsessed with boys. I guess I'm saying it feels somewhat forced?

Mint doesn't really say anything, why did her intro episode get cut? Hope they'll explain why she was the first Mew and how she came to be okay with it. Miss her old personality.

Lettuce having an Evangelion-style breakdown was unexpected, but I appreciate the psychological depth given to her character. She was my favourite characters as a child, but it hits differently now. I do feel like the school haunting plot was sped through and resolved a bit too quickly after the original.

I feel more positively about the remake after the second episode, but it still feels like a bit of a mixed bag.
Jul 13, 2022 6:06 AM

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We get to see lettuce also lol with the namings. The elf guy at the end seems interesting
Jul 13, 2022 10:53 AM
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This episode was actually really close to how it was done in the 2002 version. I liked that. I do have to say... I feel like there's an overarching problem, though. The fact that Ryo and Keiichiro already know who all the other Mews are... If the Earth is really in such dire trouble... why aren't they being more proactive about sharing that info with Ichigo? Giving her clear directions about who her team mates are and where to find them?

And wow, they're really pushing the Ryo/Ichigo vibes in this version. I remember it taking a while to build up in the original.
Jul 13, 2022 10:55 AM
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yanderela said:
Khunime said:
I am genuinely happy for the remake but if it does not get any better, I won't continue to watch it. I felt excited for the remake but the animation already disappointed me. The story is changed quite a bit and I can accept that. The episode is still fun to watch. Just sad bc I want to see this show with good animation. Can't wait to see Quiche my man


I want to make a video called 'Tokyo mew mew new but only the parts that Kisshu appeared" xD


Oh my god... XD 20 years later... And it was only this post that made me realize Kisshu was supposed to be a food name all along too.
Jul 13, 2022 5:50 PM
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This episode was actually really close to how it was done in the 2002 version. I liked that. I do have to say... I feel like there's an overarching problem, though. The fact that Ryo and Keiichiro already know who all the other Mews are... If the Earth is really in such dire trouble... why aren't they being more proactive about sharing that info with Ichigo? Giving her clear directions about who her team mates are and where to find them?

And wow, they're really pushing the Ryo/Ichigo vibes in this version. I remember it taking a while to build up in the original.
next episode will be really intresting since kissu finally will make the first move on ichigo. i hope they wont go too far with their interactions in this version
Jul 13, 2022 11:10 PM

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Not gonna lie, I didn't like this episode very much. Something about the whole thing felt kind of "flat" for lack of a better word- both in the visual and cinematography department. I couldn't help but notice a handful of off-model shots, and the backgrounds are really starting to bother my eyes. There were definitely a lot of moments where the animation looked pretty stiff as well.

Even the content of the episode itself felt a little rushed, and I know that's a word a lot of people like to throw out there, but the events just happened way too quickly with little time to soak in any of the emotion. I liked Lettuce's (Still never going to get over that name) arc, but everything just flew by too quickly for me to care as much as I might otherwise. When Ichigo says for the first time she wants to be Lettuce's friend it just comes off as super corny (even by Tokyo Mew Mew standards) because she literally saw her get treated like shit by her friends twice for 5 seconds each time. Really would have benefitted from some more buildup. Also was a little odd how there was no transformation scene for Lettuce, she just kind of... turned into her Mew Mew form.

This is a bit of a nitpick but if this adaptation is going to take liberties then I hope it's not just Ichigo whose animal-traits come out in their day to day life. It always stood out to me as strange that it was only her and not, say, Mint's wings appearing. A woman can dream.
Jul 14, 2022 7:08 AM

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I really liked the way they did Retasu's introduction as a mew mew!
Very dramatic and the three lead voice actors all did really well!

There are some minor details that are starting to pop up that I really like. For example, when Minto is using her weapon it evolves into a bow, and when it's not in use it stays in the small form that was used in the original. It's a small detail but I'm a sucker for that sort of thing.

I also really like how they don't use the full attack animation everytime they use their weapons, it gives the fighting scenes a more realistic feel and fast pace.

With the exception of having Minto be the first Mew Mew they've been sticking really close to the original pace and story, I was hoping they'd make more major changes, but there is still a lot of time so we'll just have to wait and see.

Hyping the next episode already~!
The 2002 Tokyo Mew Mew adaptation is not as great as you remember it being.
Jul 14, 2022 11:45 PM
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Momomiya’s became more cat than girl lol. Seems pretty inconvenient if it happens every time she gets worked up considering how easily she’s flustered haha.

I figured Lettuce was the “ghost”. Luckily she was saved by the power of friendship! Lol. That’s 3 girls assembled. There should be 2 more according to the ending credits.

I like this series so far. I dig the fact the remake has kept the old school feel and the characters are all very adorable. I also like to mention each girl has a food name like Ichigo, Lettuce, Mint lol. The transformations are pretty cute too. Plus, cute animal girls in maid outfits.
 

Jul 18, 2022 7:21 AM

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Really enjoyed this episode especially the introduction of the new character, the first episode felt rushed but this one feels a bit more well paced.

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Jul 18, 2022 9:05 AM

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The "Convincing a person with words to get them to come down" never gets old. Although overused, it's still kinda hits and this wasn't any different. I'm glad Lettuce broke out of that toxic environment, friendship shouldn't be bought with yourself or money. Prioritise yourself and never sell your soul to friends or anyone unless they've given theirs to you.
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Jul 18, 2022 10:12 AM

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I get the feeling this isn't going to be even close to 52 episodes.

Still loving their new looks, especially Mew Mew versions, but sadly Mint's transformation was plain and boring.

Ah, can't wait to see and especially hear more of Kisshu. His voice actor is Nobuhiko Okamoto who also voices Katsuki Bakugou. <3

Jul 19, 2022 4:14 PM

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yanderela said:
I'm loving the fact that this fandom is active once again, omg! I remember being a child in 2006 and creating my Ichigo account in Orkut and MSN to play roleplays and stuff lol (it was a thing on internet at that time, including in my country Brazil, even though I didn't knew anyone in real life who liked those things)



Yeahh I totally feel you! I wish I could talk about TMM more as well. Here in Italy is actually pretty well known, but it's the classic thing most people know about but don't really discuss it anymore.
Jul 20, 2022 2:19 AM

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I swear lettuce awakened at beach or am I misrembering
Jul 20, 2022 1:59 PM

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ToonAndy said:
yanderela said:
I'm loving the fact that this fandom is active once again, omg! I remember being a child in 2006 and creating my Ichigo account in Orkut and MSN to play roleplays and stuff lol (it was a thing on internet at that time, including in my country Brazil, even though I didn't knew anyone in real life who liked those things)



Yeahh I totally feel you! I wish I could talk about TMM more as well. Here in Italy is actually pretty well known, but it's the classic thing most people know about but don't really discuss it anymore.


Yeahhh, I know how you feel! (> ;-;)>
  
Jul 23, 2022 1:59 AM

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This episode didn't hit as well as the first one for me. Idk, it feels like it's rushing things? Considering this anime's only gonna be one cour according to MAL I wonder how much they're planning on getting through.

Mint's new transformation is genuinely awful compared to the original. I kept sitting there waiting for the fluid ballet elements of the original to come out and was shocked when it never happened. Going back and rewatching the original transformation just confirms how lifeless and stiff the new one is...
Aug 3, 2022 3:18 AM
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Well sure the alien's hunting will be some hard work for them though we're still in the introduction state and now the green haired shy one is done, at least she'll finally get genuine friends with the mew mew cast, and working at the café as well
Aug 26, 2022 3:18 AM

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Didn't like Mint's transformation that much, it's not even close to sakuga Ichigo's transformation scene was. Other than that, even though I was never fan of Lettuce as character, it was quite a sweet lesson about friendship.
Sep 21, 2022 1:17 PM

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They are really doing these transformation sequences dirty. The transformations were my favourite part of the original to see them reduced to these low impact scenes is sad.

I'm praying they don't mess up Lettuce's cause she was my 2nd favourite.
Sep 25, 2022 7:07 PM
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Dang Ichigo and Lettuce kinda had the same hairstyle in the cafe. Thank goodness for the glasses and green hair vs red.
But aww, I'm glad Lettuce was able to overcome that and get away from those cruddy friends. But here we go, Kish and co. are coming. Ooo.

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