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Oct 6, 2018 11:57 AM
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This is fun! Special agency girls as action heroes!

The character designs all look a bit of the same but the personalities of the characters are diverse. There's some slight yuri-tones in this (that licking...) but I don't think it's surprising. Pretty much an introductory episode but the mixture of the comedy, drama, and character personaliites has my attention.

Oct 6, 2018 12:03 PM
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The first episode was entertaining. To be honest, I wasn't expecting too much from this series but has some potential





Oct 6, 2018 1:18 PM
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Did I just find a well-animated cute girls interactions action anime???!

The first episode was pretty good, pretty much a prequel to everything and I think they did a pretty good job setting the series up, introducing all the girls and their personality.

Animation and music were a pretty strong part of me enjoying the episode, cute character acting and unique music got the job done, hopefully, it will stay like that for the whole series.
Also, the character designs by Namori are incredibly cute, they are pretty similar though.

Thumbs up from me.

Oct 6, 2018 1:22 PM
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Decent start, i like the main girl, she's licking people Kappa

Nice ressolve at the end, also i really like the ED.
Oct 6, 2018 1:27 PM
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That was amazing I loved everything about this ep and the OST is so damn good.
I hope it will stay like this and it was really nice animated especially the action scenes.
Oct 6, 2018 2:18 PM
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A good episode. I'm liking the characters so far, especially the main. Guess her licking ability can be of use.

Oct 6, 2018 2:18 PM
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Good first episode, nice animation and cute girls. Takahiro + Namori = potential AOTS.
Oct 6, 2018 2:23 PM
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Was better than expected I suppose, the 2nd half got things going which was nice.
Oct 6, 2018 2:36 PM
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So uh, they bite into weed to get a power boost :D


great start so far!
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Oct 6, 2018 2:37 PM

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So...Toji no Miko meets Princess Principal to produce this love child. Hoping it's not gonna be all about the moeshit with cutesy dialogue the entire time. Soundtrack was pretty good though. I'll stick with it for now.
Don't believe the hype.
Oct 6, 2018 2:59 PM

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It was alright. It was nowhere near as interesting as Princess Principal for me, but it was fine nonetheless. Soundtrack was really good.
Oct 6, 2018 3:41 PM

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Quite a good start! Didn't plan to watch this at first, but I had some spare time and giving it a go, not disappointed so far. Action scenes were really nice, hoping they can keep that up.
Oct 6, 2018 3:47 PM

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She's a licker.

This kinda has the PP vibe. Neat start.

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Oct 6, 2018 3:56 PM

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I liked it, the action was good and the girls were cute.
The licking and kiss were funny but hope they don't abuse too much of yuri.
Oct 6, 2018 3:56 PM
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i really really hope the majority of the bad guys are girls
Oct 6, 2018 4:09 PM

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This feels even more like Totally Spies than Princess Principal did.

Pretty promising overall I'd say, a mixture of moe with seriousness is a genre that almost always manages to surprise me. I like how they made that licking thing a plot device just so they can use it as an excuse for occasional fanservice.

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Oct 6, 2018 5:15 PM

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I'm down for another Princess Principal-esque series. Decent first episode
Oct 6, 2018 5:28 PM

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DedPanda said:
So...Toji no Miko meets Princess Principal to produce this love child. Hoping it's not gonna be all about the moeshit with cutesy dialogue the entire time. Soundtrack was pretty good though. I'll stick with it for now.


What? This is a pure YuruYuri meets PriPri, what miko?
Oct 6, 2018 6:00 PM

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Chinatsu is a Spyce Girl now. I'll stay for more licking.
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Oct 6, 2018 6:50 PM

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I'm sticking to it, I like the one eyed blue haired girl. I just love badass anime girls and she fits that bill. I liked how she sliced that truck.
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Oct 6, 2018 6:55 PM

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Chinatsu is a Spyce Girl now. I'll stay for more licking.


A little more yuri content and this show can be viewed as a spin-off to the YuruYuri franchise. Of course, at the moment it isn't as yuri-ish as I expected, but the Namori and Takahiro vibes are already felt everywhere.

P.S What odd Princess Principal's reference was in the prologue, lol.


Oct 6, 2018 7:01 PM
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hmm.. cute and adorable ninja girls with yuri-undertones.. yum.

Seems to be way more interesting that PP was. Im in, looking forward to more peropero.
Oct 6, 2018 7:04 PM

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SPYCE! SPYCE! SPYCE!
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Oct 6, 2018 7:08 PM

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hmm the licking scenes might turn me off but either way i will watch bloom into you b4 this :)
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Oct 6, 2018 7:18 PM
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Spy ninjas, wait, spy ninja girls ... interesting, also the girl protagonist has incredible skills, good sense of sight and smell and a sensitive tongue capable of knowing the physical state of the person mmm ... very well I liked the idea.
Well, again charismatic and very beautiful girls, with physical combat skills and experts in firearms.
Personally the girl in glasses and Goe caught my attention and Hanzoumon reminds me of Ripple from "Magical Girl Raising Project".
Very good first episode, the action was decent, that slight, but necessary touch of yuri and the characters design was a good job, I just hope they do not abuse certain elements ... like the excess of the yuri element or something else .. The last detail the OST is great.
Oct 6, 2018 7:59 PM

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This is interesting! Exposition for characters, their powers and the like!

"Sugar, spice, and everything nice" is the game of the girls!

What a good 1st impression and the action scenes were nice, clean and wholesome, looks like Lay-Duce didn't gimp out on it, which is good.

And of coz the licking reference to YuruYuri haha xD
Oct 6, 2018 8:06 PM

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this is a close contender to being like Princess Principal but i had a far more enjoyable time with that however the balance between serious drama and lighthearted stuff was way harder to manage in PP,but this seems to being going mainly silly but still action packed

really looks like if some of the girls from Yuru Yuri turned to ninja/spies

unexpected beats for the BGM lol it's good
Oct 6, 2018 8:08 PM

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Hmm, no comparisons to Bruno Bucciarati's ability to taste a liar? :) The licking power could well have been Jojo-inspired, given how popular the Part 5 manga is in Japan (up there with Stardust Crusaders for top spot, I'm told).

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Personally the girl in glasses and Goe caught my attention

Me too, Aoba (blonde megane) made me think of Felicia from Sora no Woto. Perhaps she'll also be the nurturing mother of the group as complement to the more stoic blue-haired "father" (Rio in that case, one-eyed Yuki here).

One-line bios: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-01/release-the-spyce-original-anime-reveals-character-designs/.132360

Glad to see others enjoying the music.
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It seems to be the first credit on MAL for composer and DJ Ryohei Sataka 佐高陵平 / y0c1e:
https://myanimelist.net/people/48451/Ryouhei_Sataka

But he has a lot of credits on VGMDB:
https://vgmdb.net/artist/29289

Nice diversity of sounds in this episode alone. The opening mission brought to mind the track "Morpheus Is Fighting Neo!" by Don Davis from The Matrix (Complete Score). Then he switched to more contemporary beats for the dockyards fight, and ended with standard feels-strings.

Here's some of his older output as a DJ:

"Heiju-Do [Japanese Glitchstep]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bww1xBSaKZU
"Blogger [Japanese D & B]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwbq6pEL_HI

Dubstep:
Amoeba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW1OKVOFKQ4
Raitsu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxHTz3Te0aU
No Buts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu7nAHiuDXc

A couple of chill tracks:
Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5-TE_fW2o
無題の音楽00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWgviQZQZhg

Remix of the intro to the Non Non Biyori ED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxoiJ8ORlfE

Remix of "Lost My Pieces" from Toradora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiCVDnJIrd0

Remix of Chobits OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfl4m8ouUVM

Remix of Anohana ED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UZLRDSFGLE
Oct 6, 2018 9:13 PM
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I know Namori is involved but this surprised me cuz it's gayer than I thought to be. Not to mention this has already more peropero scenes than the part 5 first ep. So gay
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Oct 6, 2018 9:48 PM

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Cute girls being heroes and beating down bad guys




The policewoman kinda reminds of the one from Jashin-chan DropKick, except isn't crazy

Imma keep watching this just for the loli
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Oct 6, 2018 10:09 PM

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I really liked Princess Principal last summer 2017, and this one's kinda similar to it so I'm also liking it.
Oct 6, 2018 11:19 PM

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this was pretty much as i expected i guess. i don't expect a big hit out of this one but it could be entertaining. i like the soundtrack too.
Oct 7, 2018 12:17 AM

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Better than what I expected, it's like a less stressful Princess Principal. The girls are cute and the action is good. Have not memorized the ir names yet, but I assume the girl who licks people... her dad was killed in the line of duty? The story might turn serious heavy later, but for now... I enjoyed episode 1. Oh, and I was surprised those two tough looking guys who littered cigarettes are actually nice.. I thought grandma would be in trouble, but they listened to her.

Looking forward to next week.
Oct 7, 2018 1:40 AM
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Hmm Ninja's with powers as the main characters. Momo has quite the interesting ability though. To think that Momo would run into a bunch of smugglers when looking for her friend though. But the team sure made a timely entrance in saving her while making short work of those goons. A pretty strong first episode that did well in introducing the cast, team and setting. The combo of ninja's, powers and high school life is a interesting direction for the series. This series looks like it will be fun.
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Oct 7, 2018 1:44 AM

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Lol, they straight up murdered those gay guys at the start.
Pro-yuri, anti-yaoi.
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Oct 7, 2018 2:43 AM

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It was ok, but not as good as many series this season. it was of course not the worst of the season either.
I hope episode 2 will be as good!
1 ep 7/10
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Oct 7, 2018 5:18 AM

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Great episode

Good action
Cute girls with mini skirts
Girls beat bad criminal men
Enjoyable
Oct 7, 2018 9:09 AM

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Love Live girls with action scenes...pass

The best thing is the title.
Oct 7, 2018 9:37 AM

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Princess Principal did it better. This is a what if that show was a lower budget and more generic lol.
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Oct 7, 2018 9:57 AM

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eh, it was pretty dissapointing. while the premise is delightfully creative and dumb, the average action scenes and janky cg makes it not that enjoyable for me
Oct 7, 2018 10:59 AM

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I enjoyed this quite a bit as it just gets right into the action but leaves enough room for an obvious character development line. I watched Princess Principal but found it a bit hard to get through - I think maybe the setting and color palette didn't mesh well with me - so hopefully this is something a bit different and exciting.
Oct 7, 2018 11:57 AM

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Not sure what's wrong, I liked it.
Oct 7, 2018 1:53 PM
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Boring cliche.Bored me to death.
Oct 7, 2018 2:17 PM

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lol at the licking power.

Also, it's the season of muscle girls.
Oct 7, 2018 4:17 PM

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This guy reminded me of Subaru for some unknown reason.... 🤔

First thing that came to my mind was:

"Sorry, but I love Emilio"

I got a good laugh out of it, but it was the most remarkable thing of this episode for me...

good animation and OST, but the story and Characters fell flat so far...
Oct 7, 2018 9:31 PM

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Brandon2149 said:
Princess Principal did it better. This is a what if that show was a lower budget and more generic lol.
well i can agree on that PP was actually better than this :)
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Oct 7, 2018 11:04 PM

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Kunoichi on modern days?? it smells good....

- my first watch it would be yuri bait.. so i was right.
- there is gunblasting on this anime... then i'll give YESSS!!
- Cute Kunoichi doing action and gunblasting... doubleYESSSSS!!
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Oct 8, 2018 12:35 AM

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I like this show and most of all my hero, Minamoto Momo. I hope this show would have so many episodes like 24 and above or something like that. I wish to see her more in action with her teammates in spy missions and finally using the spice herself ♥♥♫♪

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Oct 8, 2018 2:00 AM

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A pretty unremarkable first episode for one of the Fall titles I've been looking forward to most. It wasn't bad, but I was left feeling a bit hollow by the time it ended. I'm hoping things evolve and progress beyond the linear path I feel like its being taken down.

I fear that the characters are already being placed into generic archetypes that will continue along paths we've already seen countless times.

That said, it's too early to tell. So I'm still pulling for this one, but I wasn't necessarily impressed by Ep1.

TLDR - "Holy shit did she just kill that guy?"
Oct 8, 2018 9:15 AM

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Takahiro+YuruYuri(bait)+ scantily clad ninja/spy girls+drug addition = Release the SPYce
Pretty boring and I facepalmed when they used low-res avatar photo to get eye iris identification. Too fucking stupid.
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