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| Mint is becoming my favorite character in the show, for she always wants to prove herself. Zakuro had quite a performance this episode too. The two fought like champs with their abilites. Very impressive imo, especially with how Zakuro fought. |
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| The disguise plan being a total bust only because a bunch of baby chicks popped out of nowhere was unexpected lol. Mint’s face though, loved that -_- look lol. That second plan would have worked, if Lettuce had more confidence! Bu-Ling’s plan worked too well, she hypnotized herself too haha. I guess Mint was trying to prove herself to Zakuro by rejecting her like that? Seems like what Mint said got Zakuro’s attention though. That’s a start. Zakuro’s song was actually kinda catchy, I dig it. I’m glad Mint got through to Zakuro in the end. Her transformed form is pretty tough! I love how Ichigo and the rest of the girls had a pose ready to go for the press haha. Nice to have Zakuro join the team. Even though she’s the rookie, I kind of like how all the girls immediately look up to her. Guess the teams got a new leader. |
| It was a fun episode! The first time I heard Zakuro's voice on episode 4, something was off, I felt like Momoka was forcing too much to do a deep voice but this time, it was actually quite good! Now that Zakuro joined the group, I wonder when we will see Tart and Pie since Quiche is still alone after 6 episodes x) |
 Sorry, my english may not be the best, I am french. |
| The last member of the Mew Mew family to convince to their side: the celebrity Zakuro, by hook or by crook, it must be done. At least for Mint, it's done with a heavy heart. Whatever tricks do the other Mew Mews come about to disguise their way into the TV station, the comedy...would've worked back in the day. Instead, relying on the resources is their best bet thanks to Zakuro, and what comes after is just a normally progressive plan...except when they're called onto the scene with their idol-centric costumes. But there's no time to waste, for Kish would strike at anytime, and the Mew Mews are on high alert to find Zakuro first before he does. The police chase gag I find to be repetitive, but kinda funny though. And in the midst, Ichigo would find Zakuro, but the latter's decision still stands unless the former can really convince her enough, which Kish and the Mew Mews' interference would forcibly show her the truth. Small Chimera ones are possible, but big Parasite Animas are worst, and Zakuro eventually transformed to do away at the Parasite Anima...only except that all their actions were caught on live broadcast, which gave them too much attention thanks to Ichigo's loose tongue-in-cheek "marketing". Of all the Metamorphose transformations, I was SO looking forward to Zakuro's having the classic Sailor Moon effect, and it delivered beautifully with maturity. Nevertheless, a chance is a chance given, and Zakuro will be a big addition to the crew: the rookie that's strong. The team is altogether now at the half-way point, and let's see how they'll tackle Kish and the Animas. Prolly the best episode so far. |
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| I honestly loved this episode through and through! I didn't notice the issues from previous episodes at all. The way they've restructured this fight to have them protect Zakuro as she sings was such an incredible idea. Minto's character is so much better in the anime. I remember kinda hating her as a kid but here they've fully fleshed out her character and the moment when she yells that she wants to become stronger and Zakuro relates to her was done beautifully. All of the VA was also way better this episode! Yuuki still has her struggles, but Mirai and Momoka shone in this one, Mirai especially. I've been doubtful until now but no more! I am so hype for coming episodes, let's gooooooooooooooo!! |
| The 2002 Tokyo Mew Mew adaptation is not as great as you remember it being. |
| Finally Zakuro joins the bunch! In the original she was one of my favorites so I hope she gets to pull her weight here too. With Mint being developed further and being given some material to work with, she's a lot higher on my character rankings this time around. I hope Purin/Pudding/Bu-Ling gets an episode as well in these remaining 6. Lettuce is already fine as she is. Same with Ichigo. I also wonder if they'll get around to Kish' motivations... |
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| Zakuro being the total mvp this eps. But that media drop. They aint a secret organization anymore. Im thinking they like the power rangers but without the robots! Love it!! |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| Zakuro's voice got wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy (with a LOT of Y) better this time. Sounds way less forced than before. I guess the VA found her voice |
TigreDemonAug 9, 2022 1:52 PM
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| Mint surely is the MVP today, glad her maturity managed to rope in Zakuro Bu-Ling's disguises were hilarious The girls being caught on live tv along with their reactions too was pretty fun, especially since Ichigo almost messed up haha Pretty sure Aoyama-kun recognised Ichigo though Can't wait for next episode~ |
| I liked so much that simple old school comedy with the guard, they don't make it like this anymore, there are so many onesama lines and implied yuri that I feel I'm watching Assault Lilly every once in a while. |
layla_pdf said: This is probably an unpopular opinion but I feel like the writers are moving way too fast and focusing on Zakuro too much. Like they're hyping Zakuro up but we haven't even gotten episodes centered around Mint or Purrin independently - if I remember in the OG show, Mint had some ballet conflict and Ichigo had to warm up to Purrin (Purrin was homeless I think). It feels like they've just dived right into Zakuro because she's a fan favourite, I mean I like her relationship with Mint and how it might go, but Mint should've had her own episode. Plus... I'm sorry... But I really wished Kish was less molest-y. I really wanted to ship him with Ichigo because Aoyama is so, so boring. We don't even know why Aoyama likes Ichigo and vice versa. I can't ship the two if Kish is deadass assaulting Ichigo everytime he's on screen lol. Sorry to say it, but this is very faithful to the manga on both the points you made. Save for Minto's introduction chapter that was skipped and merged into episode 5 the new adaptation is keeping pretty perfect pacing with the manga. You can really tell they're going the SM Crystal route of giving this adaptation a purpose by making it close to the original instead of doing a filler heavy four cour show like they did in 2002. Quiche being the king of sexual assault and harassment is also very faithful, I never understood why anyone shipped him and Ichigo for this very reason. Even as a kid I thought he was just incredibly creepy. |
| The 2002 Tokyo Mew Mew adaptation is not as great as you remember it being. |
| I guess this is the best episode in a while, I can say that. But if I take out my mask, I want to say this episode is just a plot device bro. Yeah Zakuro sings decent, and the part where they get surrounded by the media is funny, but yeah nothing to say much, atleast Zakuro is finally here... and that is the end of the first half of this series. The fact that we don't have Pai and Taruto yet in this reboot tells me that this series is really only having one big fight and that's it...yeah that will be a bummer. |
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| Mint finally gets her courage back! Yes Mew Mew team is here UwU |
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layla_pdf said: Crez said: Sorry to say it, but this is very faithful to the manga on both the points you made. Save for Minto's introduction chapter that was skipped and merged into episode 5 the new adaptation is keeping pretty perfect pacing with the manga. You can really tell they're going the SM Crystal route of giving this adaptation a purpose by making it close to the original instead of doing a filler heavy four cour show like they did in 2002. Quiche being the king of sexual assault and harassment is also very faithful, I never understood why anyone shipped him and Ichigo for this very reason. Even as a kid I thought he was just incredibly creepy. I'm all for less filler but I feel like here it's a detriment to the characters. Being faithful to the manga is good but I feel like you have to sacrifice some faithfulness when making an anime; maybe consider that fans of the original show are probably in their teens or 20s and don't remember everything, or remember some things that you're skipping. They could've probably fit Purrin's conflict in her episode without having it focus on Ichigo and Aoyama's date (which was so dumb btw how tf did they get seperated when they WERE like 3 FEET APART lolol). I think Aoyama was more bland in the original too, which is why people shipped Ichigo with Kishu, and that says a lot more about Aoyama tbh. I agree. The manga had awful pacing and really poor writing at times, so it's sad that these issues are being adapted and inherited by the new adaptation. In the manga none of the girls, save for Ichigo, got any real development. In that way I honestly think the new adaptation has improved on the original because Minto is way more of a human being here than she ever was in the manga. I also don't like how rushed the story is, but I honestly feel like the writers are doing what they can with the time and material they were given. This episode was way better than the previous ones, so I have high hopes that things will be looking up from now on~ |
| The 2002 Tokyo Mew Mew adaptation is not as great as you remember it being. |
LeeviAJ said: Quiche showing up, fighting for a bit and then just leaving. Hopefully he will actually do something or just really anything storywise. |
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| I don't think I've seen a Magical Girl series where the team got outed publically through the general act of fighting the villain of the week like this. |
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| anyone know why the subtitles say 'queen zakuro'? what honorific is mint using? |
aloradear said: anyone know why the subtitles say 'queen zakuro'? what honorific is mint using? She says "Zakuro onee-sama", onee-sama being a very polite way to address women older than yourself. Onee-san, -chan or in very rare cases -sama isn't necessarily limited to actual sisters, even total strangers can be addressed that way. I, too had the lovely experience of being called "onee-chan" myself when I was in Japan :) I guess the translation wanted to be as close to the English language as possible. I first thought "Queen Zakuro" sounded way too over the top, but localization-wise it's actually pretty solid. |
| Nice finally Zakuro is joining them after all this drama... also their battle was broadcast live lmao |
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| Finally, a good transformation sequence! All that's left is Lettuce's full transformation. Thank god I don't remember the original story (apart from Zoey/Ichigo's transformation lol) so I wonder what's gonna happen now the teams' been revealed to the world. |
iDensitySep 22, 2022 9:20 AM
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