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Jul 23, 2023 7:28 AM
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Hitting the machine is not always the solution, Yohane. lol
When Yohane and Mari confronted and argued, I even thought that Yohane will slap Mari. btw, finally, Mari is looking Shiny.
It was a cliffhanger ending again, let's see what will happen next.
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Jul 23, 2023 7:34 AM
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Aww, don't fight my sweethearts! :C

It felt good to see Mari so happy in this episode. :)

Ruby is simply adorable. <3

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Jul 23, 2023 8:30 AM
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It was nice to see Mari start to come out of her shell and join Yohane on a trip into town and once again Fairy Ruby is just so cute
Jul 23, 2023 9:23 AM
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Yohane and Mari are cute together. I am happy to see Mari be more happy
Jul 23, 2023 9:55 AM
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Mari is not alone. But she is just to scared to go out of her safe place.

But she wants to change and I think they managed that part really good.
I wanted to hear Yohane sing, but I guess someone had other ideas.. :⁠'⁠(
Jul 23, 2023 10:08 AM
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This time the plot revolves mostly around Mari, and her fear of others.
It does have a positive and heartwarming conclusion, and now Yohane has one more good friend.
Also loved that we got to see a bit more of Ruby.
Last but not least, we get quite the scary/ominous ending. I can't wait to see what's next!
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Jul 23, 2023 10:10 AM
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what a great episode; yohane is the kind of person i would love to be friends with
 



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Jul 23, 2023 10:38 AM
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Me encanta este anime.

Jul 23, 2023 10:44 AM
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I missed Yohane's poses and better yet she got Mari to do it, Mari is just so pretty~
Jul 23, 2023 12:08 PM

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Cutest Yohane episode so far!

After getting emotional support from Mari a few weeks ago, Yohane was able to pay her back in kind and get her out that house.

Really wild to see Mari so insecure and anxious compared to her sunshine counterpart, but there was no better person to help her than Yohane since she’s been through that exact type of thing.
Jul 23, 2023 12:34 PM
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this was such a good episode i think it’s my fav one so far!! love mari <3
Jul 23, 2023 2:27 PM

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Happy for Mari in this one, a good episode for her, Yoshiko really helped out.
The ending definitely shows the start of something nefarious.
Jul 23, 2023 2:33 PM
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finally kanan and you-chan meet ruby
Jul 23, 2023 3:24 PM
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An episode all about Mari, really liked it. I found her situation to be pretty relatable and it’s one Yohane herself could relate to, it is really hard to leave your safe place and take the first step forward with all the anxiety and fear that comes with it, and Mari nearly broke down but Yohane turned on handle with care mode and brought her back brighter than ever, loved those up close shots of Mari there too, very nice expressions.

Mari may not be her usual self from sunshine still but at least she’s overcome her rough spot, and personally I do really like this more low key personality a lot, of course I still love her classic self too lol. And damn man, every time they go into the forest some shit happens lol, the universe pretty much denied us a Love Live performance there, but I’m interested in seeing what happens now with Mari on our side.
Jul 23, 2023 4:21 PM
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this is still the same mari from sunshine. except she's more lonely and insecure about her appearance. she's a lot more confident in sunshine because she had kanan and dia break her out of her shell.
Jul 23, 2023 6:34 PM

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i feel mari sometimes. i know that feeling of just assuming people think of you in a bad way, so you'd rather just be alone, safe from the world "hurting" you. but yohane is a good girl, and manages to help mari come out of her shell, and see that the world isnt so bad after all.
i was so ready for a 2nd yohane solo or something towards the end, but cursed things are about to happen...
i wonder if mari will ever reach that shiny version as time goes on, or will she perhaps be a more moderate version of shiny mari.
good episode! looking forward to the next one with riko-chan
Jul 23, 2023 6:35 PM
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MARI IS SO CUTE IM GOING TO CRY
Jul 23, 2023 11:01 PM

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Another nice episode.
I'm really impressed with Mari, she is a total contrast to her Sunshine counterpart, and I absolutely love her, the best character by far ❤️


And I got to see more of my little Ruby and I love her as much as always ❤️
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~
Btw, cry about it.

Jul 24, 2023 1:49 AM

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that abrupt ending...


otherwise, this episode was extremely sweet. Mari speaking about loneliness and fear of socializing in the middle was like looking in a mirror, and again i was like "i know how it feels" when anxiety hits her hard during the visit to Numazu... even if she's not thinking about her good deeds the population is aware of. Nice to see Tsuki even if her presence was already "spoiled" by Myanimelist voice cast, now i'm asking if Saint Snow will make a cameo as well.
Jul 24, 2023 7:27 AM

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I didn't think I could love Yoshiko/Yohane even more but this spin off is proving me wrong. The girls are all too precious. 
Jul 24, 2023 7:57 AM

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Good to see they helped Mari out with her loneliness, also the Ed probably my favorite for this season.
Jul 24, 2023 11:55 AM

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to be honest im more enjoying this rather than original series !!

the OP song is banger !!
Jul 24, 2023 1:49 PM
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This is my favourite episode so far. An episode with a very moving message/moral despite its simplicity.

Since I watched Sunshine, I do get taken back a bit from time to time regarding the characters' relationships with each other in this anime. Not only that, but the change in their personalities too.

The Demon King, Mari is quite aloof 'cause of her fear of being judged for being different. Yohane wanted to be someone who could help break the walls she put around herself. People aren't as scary as you make 'em out to be, y'know? And if Mari has no friends, Yohane is more than happy to be one for her.

I was ready for Yohane to sing again, but alas!
Jul 24, 2023 3:58 PM

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Yohane x Mari was the true ship all along!

Lovely episode. This spin-off sure made me see both Yohane and Mari with other eyes.
Jul 25, 2023 3:18 AM

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nice to see Mari finally able to socialize with people. Yohane keeping calm during the tension, allow Mari to regain some courage.. see that there is nothing to fear from the friendly people there.

looking forward to next week. :)
Jul 25, 2023 7:52 AM
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YohaNico said:
this is still the same mari from sunshine. except she's more lonely and insecure about her appearance. she's a lot more confident in sunshine because she had kanan and dia break her out of her shell.


Not exactly, according to the official info this world is a "Mirror world"/Parallel world if u will where things are different from what we had in Sunshine.

Mari here is the complete opposite of the Sunshine Mari, here she's shy and reserved and friendless. Something she would've become if she never met Dia and Kanan when they were kids.

Mari's mom was right to blame Dia and Kanan in Sunshine for Mari growing up into such a wild child... Honestly i prefer the Mari here in Yohane the Parhelion, i'm loving every bit of Ainya using the deeper register of her voice it fit Mari so much. Also Mari was implied to be FAR older than the rest of the cast, possible a few centuries older since she's a Demon Lord in this world.
Jul 25, 2023 7:56 AM
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Starchaser said:
This is my favourite episode so far. An episode with a very moving message/moral despite its simplicity.

Since I watched Sunshine, I do get taken back a bit from time to time regarding the characters' relationships with each other in this anime. Not only that, but the change in their personalities too.

The Demon King, Mari is quite aloof 'cause of her fear of being judged for being different. Yohane wanted to be someone who could help break the walls she put around herself. People aren't as scary as you make 'em out to be, y'know? And if Mari has no friends, Yohane is more than happy to be one for her.

I was ready for Yohane to sing again, but alas!


Starchaser said:
This is my favourite episode so far. An episode with a very moving message/moral despite its simplicity.

Since I watched Sunshine, I do get taken back a bit from time to time regarding the characters' relationships with each other in this anime. Not only that, but the change in their personalities too.

The Demon King, Mari is quite aloof 'cause of her fear of being judged for being different. Yohane wanted to be someone who could help break the walls she put around herself. People aren't as scary as you make 'em out to be, y'know? And if Mari has no friends, Yohane is more than happy to be one for her.

I was ready for Yohane to sing again, but alas!
Starchaser said:
This is my favourite episode so far. An episode with a very moving message/moral despite its simplicity.

Since I watched Sunshine, I do get taken back a bit from time to time regarding the characters' relationships with each other in this anime. Not only that, but the change in their personalities too.

The Demon King, Mari is quite aloof 'cause of her fear of being judged for being different. Yohane wanted to be someone who could help break the walls she put around herself. People aren't as scary as you make 'em out to be, y'know? And if Mari has no friends, Yohane is more than happy to be one for her.

I was ready for Yohane to sing again, but alas!


According to the official info this world is a "Mirror world"/Parallel world if u will where things are different from what we had in Sunshine. That's why their personalities differ from their Sunshine counterparts.

Mari here is the complete opposite of the Sunshine Mari, here she's shy and reserved and friendless. Something she would've become if she never met Dia and Kanan when they were kids.
Jul 25, 2023 7:58 AM
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Starchaser said:
This is my favourite episode so far. An episode with a very moving message/moral despite its simplicity.

Since I watched Sunshine, I do get taken back a bit from time to time regarding the characters' relationships with each other in this anime. Not only that, but the change in their personalities too.

The Demon King, Mari is quite aloof 'cause of her fear of being judged for being different. Yohane wanted to be someone who could help break the walls she put around herself. People aren't as scary as you make 'em out to be, y'know? And if Mari has no friends, Yohane is more than happy to be one for her.

I was ready for Yohane to sing again, but alas!


I was actually hoping for Mari to sing this episode because that's how it went in the past episodes where the episode's focused characters get to be the ones to sing.

But with the next episode's title i'm thinking Yohane x Mari would have a duet song or maybe Mari x Riko.
Jul 25, 2023 8:07 AM
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i feel mari sometimes. i know that feeling of just assuming people think of you in a bad way, so you'd rather just be alone, safe from the world "hurting" you. but yohane is a good girl, and manages to help mari come out of her shell, and see that the world isnt so bad after all.
i was so ready for a 2nd yohane solo or something towards the end, but cursed things are about to happen...
i wonder if mari will ever reach that shiny version as time goes on, or will she perhaps be a more moderate version of shiny mari.
good episode! looking forward to the next one with riko-chan


I don't think they'll go as far as making Mari go Shiny like her Sunshine counterpart since this world was meant to be a "Mirror" world. Mari was meant to be shy and reserved in this world while the Sunshine Mari is a loose canon if u get what i mean.

I'm liking the fact that Ainya is using the lower/deeper register of her voice in this anime, fits Mari so much. Wish she sticks with that voice to differentiate Parhelion Mari from Sunshine Mari. I don't really like Mari's high pitched voice in Sunshine that much.
Jul 25, 2023 8:09 AM
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misaka-9982 said:
i feel mari sometimes. i know that feeling of just assuming people think of you in a bad way, so you'd rather just be alone, safe from the world "hurting" you. but yohane is a good girl, and manages to help mari come out of her shell, and see that the world isnt so bad after all.
i was so ready for a 2nd yohane solo or something towards the end, but cursed things are about to happen...
i wonder if mari will ever reach that shiny version as time goes on, or will she perhaps be a more moderate version of shiny mari.
good episode! looking forward to the next one with riko-chan


I was hoping for a Mari song this episode tbh, hope we'll at least get Mari x Yohane song next episode.
Jul 25, 2023 8:12 AM

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It's fun how Mari is more interesting in this spin-off than in the original Sunshine anime.
Jul 25, 2023 8:36 AM
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Mari is not alone. But she is just to scared to go out of her safe place.

But she wants to change and I think they managed that part really good.
I wanted to hear Yohane sing, but I guess someone had other ideas.. :⁠'⁠(


Waiting for Mari x Yohane duet, hopefully next episode we'll get that.
Jul 25, 2023 2:54 PM

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so so cute. love how we got see lots of mari this ep.


Jul 25, 2023 5:29 PM
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YohaNico said:
this is still the same mari from sunshine. except she's more lonely and insecure about her appearance. she's a lot more confident in sunshine because she had kanan and dia break her out of her shell.


Not exactly, according to the official info this world is a "Mirror world"/Parallel world if u will where things are different from what we had in Sunshine.

Mari here is the complete opposite of the Sunshine Mari, here she's shy and reserved and friendless. Something she would've become if she never met Dia and Kanan when they were kids.

Mari's mom was right to blame Dia and Kanan in Sunshine for Mari growing up into such a wild child... Honestly i prefer the Mari here in Yohane the Parhelion, i'm loving every bit of Ainya using the deeper register of her voice it fit Mari so much. Also Mari was implied to be FAR older than the rest of the cast, possible a few centuries older since she's a Demon Lord in this world.

That's what I said lol. She's the exact same but without any friends, she acts the way she would in the main universe if kanan and dia wasn't there.
Jul 28, 2023 7:37 AM

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The episode explores an intriguing mystery: Yohane's inability to sing due to some mysterious dark magic. Wonder if this may be connected to her past mental scars or if she herself is somehow causing the strange occurrences in Numazu. 
Aug 2, 2023 5:13 AM
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Good episode between Yohane and how she helped Mari to socialize, though the ending was definitely scarry
Aug 3, 2023 3:16 PM
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Anime got me into watching love live, so I’ll see you guys when I’m caught up.
Aug 5, 2023 1:40 AM
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Feel good anime with great music. Awesome to see the Sunshine! girls again
Aug 7, 2023 10:13 PM

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Huh...

feels like in the past, Mari's "kind" gets stereotyped into being the "bad guy" and so Mari's family all separated themselves from other people and was afraid of Mari being killed when she went outside in the past. (even then, the family still tried to help others)

and then Mari gets a sort of PTSD of going back to the Town in fear that people would end up hunting her down. And it's the reason why everyone calls her Maou (Demon Lord, aka the bad guy)...

BTW, Mari can hear everyone that "fap" to Love Live girls...

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Mari's so cute with that smile tho...

Also, LOL @ Ruby. (I think the flying sea-slugs fell in love with Ruby...)
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Aug 15, 2023 1:04 PM

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I say Mari's confidence boost was what we all needed to see, thanks to Yohane's advice. I was preparing to hear another song, but now that the lighting has struck, it has created an ominous atmosphere!
P.S. ED is still so delightful.
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YohaNico said:
Shirowhite01 said:


Not exactly, according to the official info this world is a "Mirror world"/Parallel world if u will where things are different from what we had in Sunshine.

Mari here is the complete opposite of the Sunshine Mari, here she's shy and reserved and friendless. Something she would've become if she never met Dia and Kanan when they were kids.

Mari's mom was right to blame Dia and Kanan in Sunshine for Mari growing up into such a wild child... Honestly i prefer the Mari here in Yohane the Parhelion, i'm loving every bit of Ainya using the deeper register of her voice it fit Mari so much. Also Mari was implied to be FAR older than the rest of the cast, possible a few centuries older since she's a Demon Lord in this world.

That's what I said lol. She's the exact same but without any friends, she acts the way she would in the main universe if kanan and dia wasn't there.


She's not the exact same Mari from Sunshine, this isn't an isekai genre didn't u read my reply at all? It's a Parallel world or a Mirror world they didn't get toss/transported into this world...It was also implied that Mari's age is far older than the rest of the cast (a couple hundreds year old or maybe even a thousand since Demon race is different from humans)
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Shirowhite01 said:
YohaNico said:

That's what I said lol. She's the exact same but without any friends, she acts the way she would in the main universe if kanan and dia wasn't there.


She's not the exact same Mari from Sunshine, this isn't an isekai genre didn't u read my reply at all? It's a Parallel world or a Mirror world they didn't get toss/transported into this world...It was also implied that Mari's age is far older than the rest of the cast (a couple hundreds year old or maybe even a thousand since Demon race is different from humans)

I never said it was isekai tho? My point is they're all similar to their sunshine counterparts, I never said they're the exact same character lmao
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YohaNico said:
Shirowhite01 said:


She's not the exact same Mari from Sunshine, this isn't an isekai genre didn't u read my reply at all? It's a Parallel world or a Mirror world they didn't get toss/transported into this world...It was also implied that Mari's age is far older than the rest of the cast (a couple hundreds year old or maybe even a thousand since Demon race is different from humans)

I never said it was isekai tho? My point is they're all similar to their sunshine counterparts, I never said they're the exact same character lmao


I see, guess i misunderstood. My bad.
Aug 28, 2023 12:29 AM

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That was a really cute episode. I'm torn between finding this boring, and finding it mildly interesting and wholesome. maybe all of the above. Good for you, Mira
Oct 25, 2023 8:55 PM
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Mari's Dad is voiced by Big Boss!
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The gap between school idol Mari & this one is insanely adorable. Every time she blushes, I just think to myself "It's joke!" This was another heartwarming episode and I like how Yohane is now reciprocating the same amiability that she was shown when she returned to Numazu.

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