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May 16, 2013 10:24 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Lmao, what's with the flower and cat outfit?...

Lol, this episode made me laugh a little. So many cats. The date was okay I guess. This must of looked 'fun':


Oh and the black&white story was weird imo. Aliens The swimsuit shots were kinda hot.
May 16, 2013 11:17 AM
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So this arc is only one episode long ?! And we have not even known this girl very well yet... I guess there is a reason that Haruka is main heroine, as her arc is so much longer. And the next episode we are already on to the senpai student council president...

Anyway, my fetish this week:

I SAID: LICK IT !! :-p
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
May 16, 2013 1:46 PM
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Well I guess this anime is like Amagami SS even the main character from it are somehow similar but yet not.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho

May 16, 2013 3:06 PM
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lol at Kazuya doing the Michael Jackson Thriller dance in the cat suit.
May 17, 2013 3:59 AM
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Is it the same Maeda? What a sudden character change...
May 17, 2013 5:14 AM
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mizugi
Fun things are fun.
May 17, 2013 5:32 AM
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Meh, don't really like this girl that much. I'd love to see Nonoka's episode.

Still a very good show.
May 17, 2013 5:40 AM
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Makoto, is that you?
Kellhus said:

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there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
May 17, 2013 5:42 AM
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Hilarious episode. Though kinda sad if all the rest of the girls are only going to get what little bits of development we saw in episodes one thru five and only get one episode arc.
May 17, 2013 5:50 AM

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I guess rest of episodes is one per girl. Outfits were just too dumb and embarrassing to watch but overall this episode was quite nice. Really nice after than out of place drama from the end of Haruka's route.
Ii tenki desu ne...
May 17, 2013 6:16 AM

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One episode he kissing and hugging the next he doesnt even think about her. lol
May 17, 2013 6:31 AM

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bonifide said:
One episode he kissing and hugging the next he doesnt even think about her. lol
Precisely what you would do when you play a game like PhotoKano...
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
May 17, 2013 7:05 AM

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Quality burger eating animation

Sanehara was pretty reserved at the beginning but once Maeda cracked through, she's actually pretty cute. Has that homey feeling about her. The thing about these kinds of shows is usually the protagonist is as good as the heroine. Maeda was definitely more lively and outgoing than Haruka's arc but don't think we've seen the best of him yet

Dying to see Muroto-senpai though with her beautiful flat chest according to the preview lol
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May 17, 2013 7:30 AM

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So it was different route ending? I hope for Yuuko episode.
May 17, 2013 8:01 AM

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Nanda kono chaban wa...
May 17, 2013 8:06 AM
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Just one episode for the rest of the girls? You don't even have the chance to know the girls. You know Amagami SS, the same kind of anime, has 25 episodes plus second season plus OVA plus specials.
May 17, 2013 8:43 AM

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Well.. kinda expected them to do one girl per ep after the Haruka route.

The art/animation seems to have gone down this ep and it looks like it will continue on in the next judging by the preview.

I hope there's a sensei route lol ;D
May 17, 2013 8:47 AM

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What the fuck was with this episode. What happened to Niimi ?

And what the hell is with Maeda his character changed like hell .
May 17, 2013 9:20 AM

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Maeda is horrid.
thank god, there's Uchida.
講廢話,被撞到.
May 17, 2013 9:32 AM
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What the fuck was with this episode. What happened to Niimi ?

And what the hell is with Maeda his character changed like hell .


This is the "new" kind of anime, mostly adaptations of gal games, that shows all the possible endings of the story (=different heroines). Two anime that I know with the same structure are Amagami SS and Yosuga no Sora.
May 17, 2013 9:39 AM

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I felt that the art and animation got worse. -1. But then they had really cute romance-y moments towards the end. +1.

I liked this arc better than Haruka's. Looking forward to Mai's, and Nonoka's as well. If this series had more episodes and better development like Amagami SS, I may have given it a better score.
May 17, 2013 10:15 AM

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good episode. i noticed maeda doing part of the thriller dance in that cat suit he's was wearing lol.
May 17, 2013 10:28 AM

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Why do I even like this corny shit?
May 17, 2013 11:08 AM

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The art was really inconsistent in this episode, and they really rushed the story. Don't know how Sanehara could trust MC's perverted smile.
May 17, 2013 11:17 AM

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I'm surprised by the amount of animation and full body movement this episode. The artstyle has always been inconsistent with this anime, but I don't mind. A lot of people complain any time it changes.
Also, there were some pretty weird moments this episode.

Hikari Sanehara voice at the stargazing scene was different, unique, you could hear the uncomfortableness/nerviousness in her voice.
May 17, 2013 11:25 AM

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so to me it feltl ike last episode didnt matter. its like he never got with haruka at all. honestly that arc shouldve been last if this is the case cause it would make more sense to me it feels like it never happened and that there not together or confessed there love for eachother
May 17, 2013 11:37 AM

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so to me it feltl ike last episode didnt matter. its like he never got with haruka at all. honestly that arc shouldve been last if this is the case cause it would make more sense to me it feels like it never happened and that there not together or confessed there love for eachother

Seems like you don't understand how anime like this works out. For the case of this episode he never got together with Haruka and he never confessed. And when episode 8 comes out next week he wouldn't have gotten close to Hikari Sanehara. It's basically alternate routes showing what would happen if Maeda got close to this girl or this girl.

If you watched Amagami SS you would understand the basic premise for Photokano because its basically a spiritual successor to the latter. For that anime they had a four episode arc for each girl and then after it basically reset and showed a different girl. The setup is pretty similar to Photokano where I think the first couple of episodes was setup to show the various heroines and then the routes differ after the scene where Maeda helps the girl take out the trash. In Amagami SS it reset to the point where the MC got rejected 2 years prior on Christmas whereas Photokano resets to the trash scene or around that point in time. Hope that helps.
May 17, 2013 11:42 AM

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Well i still enjoy this anime, but i was kinda hoping it wouldnt turn out like a visual novel with all the different arcs :/ not even tried to find a way to remove Niimi they just dismiss her as if she was never there lol, well a reset is kind of annoying but whatever.

The music for this anime is top notch if anything else though.
May 17, 2013 11:42 AM

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bonifide said:
One episode he kissing and hugging the next he doesnt even think about her. lol


World reset.
May 17, 2013 11:50 AM

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Meh...
Still 7/10 cose it was kinda cute.
But I dont think it will last. There is that big problem with this kind of shows - no character besides the main can grow on you - even more so with the short arcs. Supports irrelevant too. Well, whatever, not that I had any big hopes for this anyway.
May 17, 2013 12:14 PM

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Am i the only one who got reminded of Evangelion?



May 17, 2013 12:15 PM

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Amagami provides several episodes per heroines. Only one here, this is a pure rush.
But what an awesome rush. All the boring moment of this anime disappeared in an avalanche of gags and references.

It's a pity we didn't get to know Sanehara more than this but I prefer this anime this way.
May 17, 2013 12:18 PM

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ONLY ONE EP?!?!? T_T Sanehara is soooo cute <3 I loved her during this whole ep!

DAT Confession scene under the stars was really nice :)

And DAT BODY!!!!!! So friggin perfect!!! <3

Nxt up Aki!! Can't wait ><
May 17, 2013 12:22 PM

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dchoy said:
Wingzx said:
so to me it feltl ike last episode didnt matter. its like he never got with haruka at all. honestly that arc shouldve been last if this is the case cause it would make more sense to me it feels like it never happened and that there not together or confessed there love for eachother

Seems like you don't understand how anime like this works out. For the case of this episode he never got together with Haruka and he never confessed. And when episode 8 comes out next week he wouldn't have gotten close to Hikari Sanehara. It's basically alternate routes showing what would happen if Maeda got close to this girl or this girl.

If you watched Amagami SS you would understand the basic premise for Photokano because its basically a spiritual successor to the latter. For that anime they had a four episode arc for each girl and then after it basically reset and showed a different girl. The setup is pretty similar to Photokano where I think the first couple of episodes was setup to show the various heroines and then the routes differ after the scene where Maeda helps the girl take out the trash. In Amagami SS it reset to the point where the MC got rejected 2 years prior on Christmas whereas Photokano resets to the trash scene or around that point in time. Hope that helps.


thanks ^_^ that made sense to me now
May 17, 2013 12:46 PM

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I enjoyed the show up till this point at this point it did a flip flop to bad
May 17, 2013 12:51 PM
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What the heck I wanted to see haruka and maeda character changed way to much. SHOW HARUKA & MAEDA TOGETHER!!!!!!!!
May 17, 2013 1:04 PM

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Am i the only one who got reminded of Evangelion?


Of course not, that was the fucking point.
May 17, 2013 1:08 PM

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ckberserker said:
UnbornMVs said:
What the fuck was with this episode. What happened to Niimi ?

And what the hell is with Maeda his character changed like hell .


This is the "new" kind of anime, mostly adaptations of gal games, that shows all the possible endings of the story (=different heroines). Two anime that I know with the same structure are Amagami SS and Yosuga no Sora.
Yeah, only Amagami and YnS did it better about three years ago.
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Am i the only one who got reminded of Evangelion?
Don't worry, you're not the only one.

This inconsistency in art is absolutely blatant in this episode... Sanehara is cute but now I wish that they decided to spend around two episodes for each girl while shortening the opening arc instead of making the opening arc long and making it about one episode of each girl.
May 17, 2013 3:37 PM

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So they do one arc one episode from now on, this episode answers my question.
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May 17, 2013 3:38 PM

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Wow. Somehow the girl went from -_- to :)) in 5 seconds. And for some reason MC grew a spine. They raced past this arc. Funny if nothing else, but man, one episode per girl now? That's, well...Kinda disappointing.
May 17, 2013 3:50 PM

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Da hell is this?
May 17, 2013 3:58 PM

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WTF?!
What the hell happened?! He was with Haruka, kissing her just last episode!

May 17, 2013 4:15 PM

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And that's how another girl passes by, arcs flying everywhere.

Next week is the president girl again, I thought we were done with her, but w/e.
May 17, 2013 4:24 PM

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WTF?!
What the hell happened?! He was with Haruka, kissing her just last episode!


Omnibus format

The show "resets" to after episode 4 when a route is completed

Episodes 1-4 = Focus on Maeda getting into photography and setting up all the girls routes/premises

Episodes 5-6 = Haruka Route

Episodes 7-12 = Seems 1 ep per girl now with Sanehara this week and Muroto senpai next week
May 17, 2013 4:24 PM

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Maeda's personality was totally different from the last arc, pretty unrealistic. And what's with them stuffing this whole arc into one episode.

I liked Sunohara's personality though, but it just didn't really feel right. Her whole background as to why she doesn't like fake smiles was pretty good though. Poor girl.

May 17, 2013 4:24 PM

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They should've at least given it a title like Sanehara episode or something. But when I saw Maeda dislocate his jaw to eat a hamburger... *facepalm*
May 17, 2013 4:26 PM

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Even though this arc was rushed I liked it better than the previous one. Looking forward to the next episode and the president's arc.
May 17, 2013 4:34 PM

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This means Nonoka only get 1 eps.. Nooo..!!
Keep moving forward
May 17, 2013 4:35 PM

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Maeda isn't the same MC as last episode...did they think no one would notice since everyone is ogling the girls?

^ Why isn't this updating...
May 17, 2013 4:39 PM

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Maeda's personality was totally different from the last arc, pretty unrealistic.

It's like an other player play the game. But actually like this, more reasonable that he go after different girl.

"There's no such thing as a coma. He is surly previewing the afterlife." by
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