Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie
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| So there's a cafe event and damn, Shikimori looked adorable in her casual outfit with braids. Couldn't take Yuu seriously with that thing on his head though. And there was also Izumi and Kamiya. This is like the first time in this anime that she showed that much of emotion towards another character. Kamiya is usually stoic and cool but with Izumi seems different. |
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| Sir you please stop acting like a 2 year old girl who’s still in her mother’s arms. No, I bet even they don’t make a fuss this often. And wow him explaining that whole story behind the confession felt like something straight out of an indian bollywood drama lol. |
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| Kamiya is so damn hot lol. Something about that voice, hair and personality.. would love to see a little love triangle and some drama here. Sorry I love my trashy harems. Looking forward to the rest of the festival arc! Fun Fact: The Couple Number event is based on the Keigo Maki (the mangaka) real-life experience according to the old interview. ─ ─ The "Couple Number" (※An event in which each student is assigned a number and searches for the opposite sex with the same number. It is said that if you take a picture with that person, you will be in love with both of them). It sounds strangely realistic, but was this your actual experience? Maki: Yes, my school had a similar event. We only got prizes for taking pictures together, and there was no jinx that we would get together with that person, but the kids who were active in relationships voluntarily exchanged contact information with each other. ─ ─ By the way sensei, did you take a picture with someone......? Maki: Oh no. I wasn't really interested in that event, and the name tag with my number on it had gone somewhere before I knew it. ─ ─ Just like Izumi-kun in his first year. Maki: Indeed (Laughs). Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/uriryf/full_translation_comicspaces_interview_with_maki/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf |
Marinate1016May 28, 2022 11:52 AM
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| So 2 weeks have passed by, and it's a new term with the typical cultural festival at the ready. Even at the cultural festival, Izumi's bad luck still rolls, but Shikimori's bunny animal costume is alluring against the mismatched lion costume being a kitty cat. To have volleyball team ace Kamiya be on the library committee with Izumi, their friendship was certainly a lot better now through their backstory that has her starting to have a crush on Izumi (it's not mentioned, but is apparent). Of course, Kamiya would know of Shikimori, but to ask him of how they both met and got together, it was certainly out of the blue in a forceful moment. And this is linked to the number that was handled out at the beginning of the episode, this "Couple Number" low-key Student Council-held event that jinxes couples if their significant other meet up with a complete rando with a matching number. And this is how both Izumi and Shikimori met the year before, albeit not in their right minds to complete a "quest", the bad luck just starts off from there. Down, but not out, Izumi at least tried and was given an exception case in secret. At least the Student Council President wasn't a rules guy, but someone whom understands to the point of a good wingman, and as they say, the rest is history. Izumi will not know this, but he has competition incoming for him because Kamiya is his pairing number. A love triangle incoming? |
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| Aww the story of how they got together is actually so cute. |
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Chairman is definitely the MVP of this episode. He literally allowed for this whole story to happen. LOL AH MY GAH!!  My reaction: BULLS**T!! And apparently, Kamiya likes Shikimori. What’s up with that? Two anime (Shikimori and Love After World Domination) have a female side character like the main female character. Coincidences? I THINK NOT. JK.  So now we know where Izumi’s LAST luck went. Well spent? Anyway, a decent episode. See ya next week Edit: I made it into a loop. LOL  |
Joey-XD19202May 28, 2022 12:11 PM
Graduated High School in May of 2022. Summer vacation has finally arrived. I have once again regained the power of a new anime fan, being able to watch multiple anime episodes in a day. Time to binge-watch every single anime I can into the night until college arrives. SADGE. SUPER SADGE... College has begun as of Monday, August 30, 2022, so you won't be seeing me much around these parks. See you on weekends, I guess... School me is back. Sigh! I'll at least try for one anime a day with all this course load. |
| It's back??!!! I was really expecting there to be a multiple-week delay at least... glad that they've come back so quickly. And so A NEW FIGHTER HAS ENTERED THE RING aka kanbaru and while she just started to have some proper screentime, she already has twice as much character as anyone else  |
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| Getting more and more "backstory" on how they came to be. The numbers thing is cute I guess, but I can feel myself being awkward about such a system the same way Shikimori was here thinking back about how I was in highschool with my gf. Kamiya gets number 44 to no ones surprise, but there's no way this show actually gets deep into love triangle shenanigans. |
| Ah yes the premier event of schools the cultural festival. Shikimori's outfit was adorable. Its nice to share your shift with someone that you know well. Kamiya sure proved to be an excellent mentor for Izumi back then. Still its curious seeing her be so curious about how Izumi met Shikimori. The tale was good though. A quiet ep but one that did well to introduce the character of Kamiya as well as showing how Izumi and Shikimori become a couple. Nice to see the series return after dealing with corvid. Always better to keep your employees safe than insist on meeting schedule while risking their lives. |
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| Everyone looked so cute in their animal outfits! Inuzuka and Nekozaki had the most fitting costumes considering their names lol. I really like Kamiya! It’s clear she likes Izumi. They would have made a cute couple too. She even had the number this time! In a way, Kamiya is a lot like Shikimori. For one, they’ve got that “cool beauty” thing going on. I feel bad for her honestly. If only she had made a move sooner, maybe she would have had a shot. The story of how Izumi asked out Shikimori was so freaking cute. Good lord can those two be anymore adorable? Lol. That’s probably the luckiest Izumi has ever been in his life, even including the few misfortunes he faced. Looking forward to next week’s ep. Shikimori and Kamiya are definitely gonna encounter one another. From what I remember in the manga, it’s gonna be kind of an interesting interaction. |
| We get to know how the mc and Shikimori originally got together, it's really nice~very great episode! |
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| Great episode! Shikimori was once again to the rescue for Izumi! And Kamiya... THE SHIKI RYOUGI LOOKALIKE! Shikimori was angry not to have the same number as Izumi... Kamiya wanted to know how Izumi and Shikimori met. Looking forward to the next episode! |
| AISHITERU...REM! |
| Nice that we got a backstory how shikimori and izumi came together. Lol that was so obvious that kamiya had the same number. |
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| I’m surprised that he was the one who confessed. I was absolutely sure that it was the other way around lmao |
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| ngl I never expected a bog standard love confession. Nice overall |
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| Some backstory as to how they got together. I hope there's more to this since it doesn't really explain how exactly those two came to love each other. We have another competitor for Shikimori from the looks of it. |
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| One of the most interesting episodes till now! |
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| Definitely the backstory adds in more depth and now it gives a clear vision on how they got together. |
| Kamiya is so fine. |
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| I’d much rather see Shikimori and Kamiya become a couple after Izumi gets run over by a bus. |
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| After a break last week, we’re finally back! Cool to see Kamiya back after she was briefly introduced earlier in the season, and if you ask me, her situation with Izumi and Shikimori is looking like a double bait lol. We’re being led to believe she likes Shikimori, but after that flashback she had with Izumi I’m thinking otherwise, too bad he’s already in a hot relationship lol. Also cute how she can make expressions similar to Shikimori, nice touch. The biggest highlight tho was Izumi and Shikimori’s tale of youth lol, seeing how they got together originally with the help of the couple’s numbers game was really cute and wholesome, it adds a lot more to their relationship and I think it’s some of the best content this show has to offer so far, I really loved it. And now that we know that Kamiya has Izumi’s number, I wonder what will occur next episode. I also liked the animal cafe, everyone in animal costumes was both cute and funny (cunny) and also Hachimitsu’s arm near the beginning lol, she’s from a different planet. |
| Shikimori is back and we get cultural festival this time.Well bunny is helping the lion 😄. And the story of how Izumi and Shikimori got together was pretty sweet. |
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| Finally, after half of the season already passed, Izumi and Shikimori's backstory has now been shown, and I am happy. Funny how this numbered hearts thing can be put in your high school and almost everybody will rave about it. But anyways, that chairman is the MVP of this show so far. And the way our girl hugged Izumi when he confessed is so heartwarming, even if his bad luck is still hung on his neck, Shikimori is willing to live with that and continue to love him at the same time, that's relationship goals! Now Kamiya has made a full-fledged entrance after her volleyball cameo, and hey she's hot don't get me wrong. I think Kamiya really likes Izumi, and if it wasn't for Shikimori, she would be her man right now since Izumi is one of the only people who can really understand her in an equal level. And since they have the same number this year, it is going to be a very spicy festival. Can't believe I'll be getting two banger cultural festivals, with Kaguya-sama being the other one. Spring 2022 is fun. |
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| I still enjoy this show but man the troupe of him always getting hurt or unlucky is pretty annoying lol How they got together was pretty cute tho |
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| Ngl that flashback was very wholesome. That worker guy was a chad Kamiya is pretty awesome too |
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| Great episode. Glad they showed how Shikimori and Izumi got together. I'd like similar episodes with how Izumi befriended Hachimitsu, Nekozaki and Inuzuka or how their friendship deepened. Seems pretty important to me. |
| Finally we get to know the backstory between Izumi/Shikomori's relationship! But there may still be more info to go because they already like each other at this point? Also yay for more Hachimitsu/Izumi interactions haha Kamiya is so pretty/cool ajksdkas and I really like her voice. Looking into her VA right now. What development will go with what we currently see hmmm |
| so now we know how they got together but we still dont know why she likes him so much and how she fell for him (or do we? i cant remember) and whats up with Kamiya? find out on the next episode of- |
| We're back! What an episode to return to, we finally find out how Izumi and Shikimori got together and it was cute and wholesome as fuck. Hachimitsu rotating her shoulders like that caught me so off guard lmao, that was hilarious. As if Hachimitsu wasn't great already, she goes ahead and breaks the fourth wall. We're also formally introduced to Kamiya, she's really cool, also really like her voice. Izumi is definitely the one she likes though, not Shikimori. Can't wait for more culture festival and to find out more about Kamiya. |
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| Well now we know how the couple was formed which was pretty cute. And it seems Shikimori has competition from someone, i wonder how she will react to this. The festival itself seems pretty nice to i wonder how they where able to hold the glasses with those stuffy gloves |
| ooof, Kamiya was too fcking cute tho, she's so very sus from the first time when she's show up, i hope Kamiya got more screen time later tho ~ |
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RioFS said: I presume they must be childhood friends to some extent, judging by the OP and how Izumi's parents already know Shikimori. Looks like the number game just gave them a kick to become an actual couple.Some backstory as to how they got together. I hope there's more to this since it doesn't really explain how exactly those two came to love each other. We have another competitor for Shikimori from the looks of it. sKyBlazer08 said: I like her voice too, although if I ignore the art, I feel like her voice could sometimes also pass for a boy's voice.We're also formally introduced to Kamiya, she's really cool, also really like her voice. Aside, 15 or so classes at 2 minutes per board... it shouldn't take Shikimori that long to find the girl holding number 44. |
| I’m surprised MAL didn’t add recap for this anime, usually they do. 👀🤔😮 |
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| That was a nice backstory. Is Kamiya really interested in Shikimori? Or is it...? The end of the episode was hinting that too. Kamiya has the same number as Izumi. |
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| Loving this anime more and more after each episode. |
| It's good to see this show again after a week's delay. =) Hachimitsu continues to impress me. Not only did she move her left arm a complete 360 degrees anti-clockwise (which sounded rather painful), but I do like how she "looked" at us and obliterates the fourth wall while explaining about how the couple number thing worked. She always puts a smile on my face. =D It was also thanks to this little event that was the basis of how Izumi and Shikimori got together in the first place. The chairman back then was the MVP for making an exception for Izumi after he lost his heart number. This episode finally gave the proper introduction to Kamiya and she was very interested in Shikimori at first, but I think she's far more interested in Izumi and hearing his backstory in how he first started dating Shikimori hasn't changed that one bit. Not only that, but both Izumi and Kamiya have the same number on their hearts, so it's most likely going to lead to something rather interesting scenarios once Shikimori finds out herself. |
| nice, ep, probably one of the better ones. I did not expect that twist from kamiya ngl I thought this anime would have 0 drama. The backstory of how they got together was nice |
| School festival time but Izumi and Shikimori are not together sadly this time :'( but we got a really heartwarming backstory of them during the previous school festival and how they confessed at the end, the guy from the student council that made him a new paper to take the picture with Shikimori is so kind :D |
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| This was a nice episode, we finally get how Shikimori and Izumi ended up together, that guy that gave the number again to Izumi is such a bro "ape does not kill ape" as they say. In the present tho, we have how Shikimori didn't get the same number as Izumi, I think she is exagerating a little by wanting to have the same numer but I guess she just wants to spend more time with her boyfriend. Meanwhile Kamiya seems very interested in how Izumi and Shikimori got together, since Izumi thought that Kamiya might have something for Shikimori that means she definitely has something for him, and it was kinda obvious that they got the same number once the number thing was mentioned heh. |
| Yo! Finally something Hachimitsu and I have in common: fucked up joints. Nice to have this series back. The story of how Shikimori and Izumi got together was indeed cute. No idea what to expect from Kamiya here tho. |
| Ironically Kamiya is a far cooler character without the power of the premise making her appear that way lol day i don't know of hoping something changes but i was naive at least we can get the cultural fest and the 3rd party love interest confession in one go |
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