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| I thought that mangaka Rasuko Ookuma's 4-koma Manga Time Kirara series is very similar to Winter 2020's Koisuru Asteroid, though it adds the aspect of the rather Yuri-esque nature between the MCs. Miku Itou and SoundOrion's OST is just about what I expected from a show like this. The story about a literate Bocchi social anxiety type girl who can only communicate with the stars, 15-year-old Umika Konohashi is one, and wishing for an alien, a girl literally came down from space onto Earth, not knowing how she got here. The usual entrance ceremony for new students, Umika has always been fascinated with all things outer space, and wanting an alien to talk to, she's the social butterfly Yu Akeuchi. But Umika got her hopes up, and thinking that Akeuchi would not open up to her, she did anyways, and got a forehead-pathy telepathy reading that proves that she's an alien through and through that Umika wants to be her friend so badly. The entrance ceremony, also has a class-only scavenger hunt, something which Umika hates as a loner, which Akeuchi ceremoniously picked two of the same number and reeled her in. Umika, still wanting to introduce herself to her, she gets nervous but gets the job done on the roof, and Akeuchi praised her for her courage. And the demand meets supply since Akeuchi has to return to outer space, and Umika wants to go there, it's a bargain. Umika is thinking too much into why Akeuchi is on Earth for and stalks her for any secret that she can thrive out of. But rather than finding the lost, she ended being the lost that Akeuchi has to locate her using her antennas, and her temporary place being an abandoned lighthouse, she doesn't really remember anything afterwards. Thereby, Umika communicated with her forehead to Akeuchi to tell her she's fine and all. A Yuri relationship where a kiss is touching each other's foreheads? That's kinda sweet. |
KANLen09Oct 16, 2023 6:13 AM
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| What at nice yuri season. This feels like Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure and Koisuru Asteroid. Pretty cute and wholesome start. I love Umika's reactions and her interactions with Akeuchi. Hoping for a great and fluffy show. :3 |
SerafosOct 9, 2023 12:01 PM
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| Really cute and wholesome premise. This is gonna be fun watch. Kino stuff. |
ARK-13Oct 9, 2023 8:09 AM
Simply lovely to see. |
| Main character is shy to an extreme hopefully she will get a bit more open to others over the course of this anime. The other character is all over the place but that was expected her personality is really lively. Hopefully the others in the class will open up to them. |
AversaOct 9, 2023 6:58 AM
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TheLibrarian400 said:
We are blessed with another great shoujo ai this season. This one is in particular caught my attention. Umiko and Akeuchi are so cute!
We are blessed with another great shoujo ai this season. This one is in particular caught my attention. Umiko and Akeuchi are so cute!
isn't this seinen?
| @MrHunterxHunter Seinen is a demographic shoujo ai is a genre, one is about age and gender the other just tells you what it is |
| As someone who loves the manga, I’m so glad to see my favourite scenes be animated, and so beautifully at that! |
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| This was such a sweet and cute episode Umika and Akeuchi are so cute together |
| The weird color of hair, weird lines of the protagonist at the beginning, and there came the credits: "serialized on Manga Time Kirara". oh, I see. |
Atsunome said: As someone who loves the manga, I’m so glad to see my favourite scenes be animated, and so beautifully at that! This. I was hyped to see that this was airing fall 2023, although I'm behind in the manga. Can't wait for the other girls to appear! :] |
 ❝Only you can save yourself.❞ I only know what I know, I guess? Yuri enjoyer and El Cazador de la Bruja fan |
| This show has otherworldly amounts of wholesomeness I love it. It reminds me a bit of asteroid in love. Umika might be the most pure and wholesome mc I’ve ever seen |
| Meh found it boring, they pushing the timid girl thing too much, Pass |
| An adorable start! The premise is quite fun, though I do wonder how much emphasis there will be on aliens going forward, or if this will just be a conventional CGDCT. Not that being a CGDCT is a problem at all, I quite like the genre. If it does something interesting with its premise, cool, if it doesn't, I'll at least still have fun with this comfy show. The art was really solid, production overall was better than I expected, so that's a plus. |
| Wow, it was so incredibly cute and sweet! I love how close they got already and how unique their relationship is. The show seems to be a fine mix between comedy, cgdct and mystery: constantly making us wonder if Akeuchi is really an alien or not, all the while making us smile at its sheer adorableness and giving us some chuckles. I got some Hitori Bocchi vibes from Umika and some slight Erio Touwa ('Ground control to pyschoelectric girl') vibes from Akeuchi :) A very strong start for what seems to be a pretty unique show :) |
MeguSae38Oct 9, 2023 9:50 AM
| Loner girl and hyper girl but she's also an alien lol. Seemed fun enough, alien girl is quite amusing. Like the character designs, they are really cute. Liked the OP song, ED was nice too. |
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| So much good Yuri this season we’re feasting. Such a cute and hilarious premiere. We have the cutest MC of the season wrapped up already. Umika is absolutely adorable and makes this the sweetest watch of the season too. Entire episode feels like a nonstop sugar rush. Just pure and unadulterated wholesome entertainment. I love the telepathy gimmick that Yuu uses. It’s such an intimate and intense way of communicating and removing all barriers between Umika and Yuu The art is beyond beautiful, the designs are stellar(pun intended) and there’s just an overwhelming feeling of joy that I got from these first 23 minutes. I love getting 4koma adaptations. There’s just a certain level of energy and dynamism they bring and this didn’t let me down at all. The theme of both girls being aliens and not truly fitting in on earth also makes things really interesting. Of course, you can view that as an analogy for loners and outsiders in general who just don’t feel like they belong as well. Reminds me of a mix between koisuru asteroid and Teppen. I’m looking forward to seeing this one play out. It will definitely be comfy watch of the season. |
Marinate1016Oct 9, 2023 10:10 AM
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TheEventHoriz0n said: My Lord, what a way to start a season. Unlike the previous 2 yuri anime we have this season (I'm talking about "The Vexation of a Shut-In Vampire Princess" and "I'm in Love with the Villainess"), this one did not disappoint. There's no competition when you compare those 3 especially if you take into account the godlike OP and ED. Can't wait for another episode How could wataoshi and hikikomari disappoint they’re both great lol. We have 3 phenomenal Yuri shows this season |
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| I am so happy with how this first episode turned out. It seemed to really grasp the spirit of the manga. For anyone curious, this covered the first 3 chapters. The art was so pretty and matched up nicely with the few colour panels we got from the manga. Very excited to see the rest of the cast introduced. Cheering hard for all of the yuri shows this season, so we hopefully can keep getting more and more yuri adaptations in the future. |
KingYoshiOct 9, 2023 10:31 AM
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| Maybe I’m just a sucker for these really cute and comfy anime with adorable characters, I don’t know anymore. I’m digging the visuals, it looks really good and the characters designs are pure bliss to the two eyeballs that I happen to possess. The colors are very vibrant which I also quite like, but I’m also a fan of pink and purple so it’s probably that haha. Such fun and sweet interactions between Umika and Akeuchi, these two are cinnamon rolls, as in so terribly pure, and should be protected from all evil this world has to offer. Also I have no clue if it’s just me but I feel that this has a bit of a deeper message, something along the lines of overcoming alienation, isolation, and the meaning of friends. Am I off? Probably am, it is the first episode after all but that’s just my speculation. Regardless, I’m happy to get more comfy anime after last season since finishing Dekiru Neko and Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi left a mini hole in me. :,) With that being said, great premiere episode, let’s see how Umika overcomes her boundries and pushes towards her dream! |
 "You fought to the end. You survived. That's why you're here now. I think that's something you should be more proud of." - Vladilena Milizé |
| Absolute yuri diabetes. Inject this Kirara moe right into my veins for the next 10 years please. Animation is outstanding, even for Studio Gokumi, which I mostly know from Kiniro Mosaic and Tonari no Kyuuketsuki san. They definitely stepped up for this anime. I love their character designs, especially Umika's hair, which is absolute heaven, that blue and purple is just an awesome combination. |
| Incredible first episode, genuinely one of my favorites of this season, absolutely loved how cute this was. And the OP and the ED are also absolute bangers. This was a perfect first episode for me. |
| This show is so cute ahhhhhhhhh. But with some slightly serious undertones about loneliness and anxiety and trying to overcome it. Umika's hair is amazing too, I love it. |
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| Finally a good cgdct series. Great starting episode. Fukagawa Seria is phenomenal as Yuu. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Me gusto muchisimo este primer capitulo |
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| I wonder if she's actually an alien or just chuunibyou. |
| Every Season has its "Hidden Gem" (like Spring Season had "Insomniacs After School", which also aired Mondays) and "Hoshikuzu" is definitely the Gem Of Fall Season. The Music is great, the colours are impressive and the relationship between Umika and Akeuchi is worth pure gold. Umaki alone talking to her fantasy aliens, who say "Hello" to here is the most kawaii thing I've seen in a long time✨🌃🌌 This feels indeed like it will be a very special show. Can't wait to see how the journey will go. |
| Real anime is back! Been awhile since we've had a peak CGDCT. Getting Koisuru Asteroid vibes from this and I love that anime so I'll probably really enjoy this. |
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| So colorful and sweet, its been a while since the last anime season that I've been blessed by so many shows that are like a 10/10 from the first episode. |
| Strange show but seems cute and fun; I guess the foreheadpathy is how they're going to share since she can't speak outright. I hope she overcomes her shyness eventually because I think it's a bit extreme. I think we've all felt lately like we'd rather talk to aliens than regular people at some point so I get it. I'm an adventurous and curious sort anyways so yeah take me to outer space, at least it'd be quieter than here but than just let me bring along my anime blurays at least. I don't see how it's girls love at all, i thought it was a wholesome friendship but i guess we'll see how it develops. I'd prefer it not to be romantic though, it would ruin it for me. |
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| They're supposed to be 15 years old. They're voiced like they're 5. Japanese voice acting just keeps getting worse, and it was never very good to begin with. |
| c u t e lots of forehead kissing it might as well be yuri bait , i think this might be like the only CGDCT this season? will fully judge it once all the characters are mixing off our bocchi main character |
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| A really cute start. So far it's a show to work with atmosphere rather than plot, but that's ok and it does this well. But due to this nature, there's not much to say yet. I hope it won't be too much of the ">< Eyes" and the squeaky voices, cause that's overkill. |
| Manga Time Kirara anime for the win, I feel at home watching a Kirara series because its my favorite manga magazine ever bunch god tier level, anime from Hidamari Sketch, K-ON, Madoka Magica, A-Channel, Kin'iro Mosaic, Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu Ka, Yuru Camp, Bocchi The Rock, RPG Fudousan, Slow Start, Stella no Mahou, Slow Loop, etc. My favorite of all of them is Gochiusa from Manga Time Kirara MAX. |
KiraraFanOct 9, 2023 9:18 PM
| Finally! Japan you did it! Yuri should only have females in it. I'm so glad this anime gets it The first episode was very cute. And the little lesbians were all over each other,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES Also, the animation was much better than I thought it was going to be But. I get the feeling this is going to be slowburned. And if this is just going to go around for 12 episodes without lesbian kissing I probably going to be pissed off in the end  |
Yuri-CrusaderOct 9, 2023 11:28 PM
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