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| I'm done. So disappointing. The drama was only 4 eps (plus a special) and it told the story much better. I can't imagine what they'll do for 12 episodes aside from switch to another team. There are unanswered questions, but I don't care enough to keep watching. |
| Damn they already revealed the traitor? Tbh I was liking the thought that it could genuinely be anyone. |
| Tenji is a creep wtf. I didn't think it would be revealed so early lol |
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| I don't like the reveal, really not the appropriate time to reveal the culprit here. The whole point of this kind of show is to keep the viewer hooked, make them think and even play them. This reveal is too early, I liked it much better when I was running through all the possibilities in my head. They basically started a good buildup just to cut it short in the first 1/4 of the show instead of leading it to an interesting climax. What a bummer. |
| I sometimes forget to finish my sentences. |
| The moment the commentators declared Kokorogi the least suspicious, she immediately shot at the top of my suspect list. But I guess it was glasses-kun after all (unless he has an accomplice). Also culprit or not, Shibe is kind of a jerk uh. First his reaction to the surgery and now the conpensated dating. Maindenless behaviour 101. Picked up this show recently and it's more fun than I initially thought. |
| I may be so fuckin late. But, bruh what the hell? Turns out Kokorogi just like Saki-chan, was one of an emergence! Well that was truly a hella nostalgic vibe for me. But anyway, a cool backstory i'd say. Thanks to this i suddenly remember my little dark memory toward, eh, forget that! Still, the suspense continued, even though its a bit weird with the direction to, out of blue, revealed the real culprit of a stolen 2 million yen money. I mean, i fuckin understand there's someone really wanted to break their shitty friendship. But, really? Already in just three episode? Intriguing! Really looking forward to see whats comes next! Girls kinda slightly done with their backstory. The rest are the boys. Tenji, a true real culprit, or just another red herring? Or big brain Yuuichi moment revealed next? What about his impurity, i wanna know! Or Shibe with his fake sad wealthy? I dunno, so its also interesting to know! Alright, lets see next, then! |
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| I can't believe that it took me 3 episodes to realise that this is the Second Time I am watching an anime with OP by Mizuki Nana and ED by Saji. They even sang for Shaman King (2021). |
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| I doubted Tenji from the start since he's smart and seems capable of manipulating situations in his will. Now, manga readers say he isn't the real traitor. As an anime only, my bet for that would be either Shibe or MC itself, Yuuichi. |
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TaTuy said: Adizcool said: I'm not going to spoil it, so what I can say is that it's not boring because this mc is crazy and brutal. And the other thing I'm going to say is that anime fools you, people who look bad, the truth is probably the purest.I feel pretty conflicted about the episode. I really liked it until the end, when they suddenly revealed the traitor. And the reasoning behind the betrayal is very weak to say the least. I can only hope that the show has some more twists up its sleeves, or it might become tedious just waiting for the MC to realize who the traitor is when the audience got that revealed in episode 3. That does make me a bit more excited for future episodes. To be honest, I thought the show might have some more tricks given how highly praised the manga is. |
| OH?? tenji been suspicious all along and when he shut down shibe without a follow up, my suspicion was raised even more. i mean yeah shibe wasn't right to say that but i dont think he meant any harm with it? his character is literally that. "dude who'll say anything without thinking, may be rude but he doesn't mean it". tenji could've shut him down but confronted shibe abt how what he said was wrong. what an ass. i dont think he's the traitor tho. well, i don't think any of them are lol good on yuichi for staying by kokorogi's side and not belittling her |
| Gosh let me guess. The MC and the screaming crying girl are traitors. This dude is obviously a mislead. It's freakin episode 3, not 12. The show shot itself in the face by having these two random girls watching the group think about who the traitor might be and completely rule out the MC and screaming girl. That is... so freakin obvious, isn't it. I have NOT read the manga btw so I am making predictions purely based on watching this show as a first time viewer. Please do not reply to my statements above as I don't want myself (and others) to know the actual truth. I just have to complain about how obvious the show already is. If I am somehow wrong; praise for the show and I will acknowledge my mistake. Anyhow I am going to repeat myself in every discussion here I think but: WHY are these people friends? Why should I believe they are friends? There are NO interactions that makes me think these people could be friends. Maybe individual friends, but as a group? Hell nah I don't buy it the slightest. This problem is stinging me so much. For something called "Tomodachi game" these people don't seem to be tomodachi very much. |
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| Yeahh Tenji feels like a red herring. I'd be very surprised if he was the true culprit. On that note it's nice to have a male yandere for once. Also I was totally betting on Kokorogi shittalking herself to throw Shiho under the bus. |
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| i trust kokorogi statement if she still virgin !! |
| honestly was anyone surprised that Tenji was the mastermind? Other than the recording device he had been giving out a slimy vibe from the very beginning imo. |
| It's always the smart guys who are behind the plot, overall a 0/5 episode. just 9 more episodes and I can finally be done with this. |
| August 6th 2023: Biggest upset ever, deception, selfishness, or scammed, manipulated. Heavy damage costs, and more. Days since: 15 Last updated: 8/21/2023 One Piece Episode 1041 & 1042 & 1047 & 1048 & 95.75%/1049 & 1053 were a mistake and Uta brought the salvation -AhriTheS3xyFox |
| Wasn't expecting them to reveal the thief so early, I thought that would've been closer to the end. I'm not too shocked it was Tenji who stole the money but I wasn't really expecting it either. I hope we get some more backstory on Shibe, I don't really like him but I feel all's we know about him is that he's rich. He seems so disconnected from the other four. |
| So Megane is the traitor...for now Kinda hard to believe they revealed the traitor this early... |
| Let there be light... |
| so many negative thoughts... i'm starting to think these five aren't friends in the first place... 4/5. |
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| As a manga fan i cant put into words how disappointed I've been with this adaptation. Just when i thought it can't get any worse, it did. Would it kill them to put some ost into this show so it's not just characters talking? |
| Ngl, other than that obnoxious mascot I’m enjoying this series. Not one of my faves of this stacked season, but it’s pretty good imo. |
FreedomGunz said: Well I just lost all interest in this series. They just couldn't keep it in their pants and had to announce the traitor this early. There must be a reason the manga is rated well. I think you should wait a couple more eps at least |
| so far this anime doesn't seem to be something I would recommend to people, it gives some of that B tier movie feel. But its enjoyable so I'll continue to watch it for now. I would have dropped it if not for the following spoiler tho ngl: |
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| The "impurity" shaming in this episode was extremely annoying on multiple levels. Firstly, their's Kokorogi's freakout upon being found out to not be a virgin. It's not that bad, really, who cares. But then there is no reassurance from her friends, and everyone acts like it's this horrific truth. The second level to this: The way the show implicitely agrees with this idea of non-virgin shaming. It HAS to ensure the viewers that she did not in fact go the whole way, so she is still pure. So in this way they are catering to impurity shamers. But then the viewing woman says the great line "the only people who care about this kind of thing are virgins themselves". Only to undermine it by immediately saying "I'm half joking". It's possible they undercut that line because it would offend the otaku core audience that this is pandering to, but more likely is that these are the real views of the author. Finally, Yuichi's attempt to reassure Kokorogi. It couldn't have been anything as sensible as "I don't care that you have had sex. I still like you". No, it must have been him saying "I'm not a virgin either" - because the show doesn't want to affirm that maybe slut shaming is wrong. So there you have it. The problem isn't that the show depicts the real shaming of "impure" females, it's in how it implicitely agrees with those views. |
| Shoot first, think never. |
DarkflamingPiS said: Haunt-bot said: The "impurity" shaming in this episode was extremely annoying on multiple levels. Firstly, their's Kokorogi's freakout upon being found out to not be a virgin. It's not that bad, really, who cares. But then there is no reassurance from her friends, and everyone acts like it's this horrific truth. The second level to this: The way the show implicitely agrees with this idea of non-virgin shaming. It HAS to ensure the viewers that she did not in fact go the whole way, so she is still pure. So in this way they are catering to impurity shamers. But then the viewing woman says the great line "the only people who care about this kind of thing are virgins themselves". Only to undermine it by immediately saying "I'm half joking". It's possible they undercut that line because it would offend the otaku core audience that this is pandering to, but more likely is that these are the real views of the author. Finally, Yuichi's attempt to reassure Kokorogi. It couldn't have been anything as sensible as "I don't care that you have had sex. I still like you". No, it must have been him saying "I'm not a virgin either" - because the show doesn't want to affirm that maybe slut shaming is wrong. So there you have it. The problem isn't that the show depicts the real shaming of "impure" females, it's in how it implicitely agrees with those views. It's annoying and uncultural for sure but bro imo you missed a tad of the point. I think it's safe to assume that the gods which are paying to watch this shady game live can not be normal, honest or good ppl. Shibe has also been being depicted as a jerk. Yes the author has totally shamed virgin and even emphasized it with the observers' talk but rmb it's those audience jerks and Shibe who berated Kokorogi when the content was released. Btw, ngl, there might be circumstances for the prostitution but I srsly don't think a high school brat and some jerks can not be starled by a girl who SOLD her body to old men in her early purbety, it's just abnormal and illegal in many ways. I specifically addressed the point that you said I missed. So far the commentary from the spectators has been presented as matter of factly true and neutral. None of the main characters are shown to disagree with the same idea, and the show feels the need to say "don't worry otakus, she didn't really go that far" which is implying that the criticism is warranted. All in all the commentary of the spectators goes completely unchallenged. The idea is normalized, taken as true, and the show even presents arguements in its favor. That the showrunners agree with the used-goods idea is not suprising given how ubiquitous that idea is in otaku pandering anime, although most of them just avoid the subject of sex completely. If in the next episode even one character says they genuinely don't care about her being impure then I will eat my words, but I doubt that will happen. Most likely what will happen is the words Yuichi said to Kokorogi will be "I'm not a virgin too" or some other dirty secret and the used-goods idea will go unchallenged forever. Characters being shocked at learning their friend once possibly slept with a guy is fine. Having some immature/bad people think less of her is fine too. But having all her friends and everyone else including God being horrified and thinking less of her is not. |
| Shoot first, think never. |
| the commentators are reminding me of eua from higurashi sotsu. i'm not retarded, tomodachi game, i don't need you to explain what literally just happened/tell me how i'm supposed to react. incidentally, higurashi sotsu also had the issue of blowing its load too early, ruining the "suspense". i'll continue watching, but my hopes are not high. |
| People act like it's second Ex Arm or smth, it's so damn hillarious... Just drop it, why are you torturing yourself like that? Stop watching the show. I will never understand people who rate shows low, call it garbage and STILL comment every single week, is that some sort of kink or something?... Or just attention seeking? You want to justify your hate so you willingly spend HOURS just to say "told ya"? I dropped dozens of shows and I am not planning to pick them back, I assure you, it's not that hard to do. People nowadays just want to hate everything and scream about it as loud as they can. There is a critique (pacing, animation etc) and then there's just blind hate (the story is dumb, the reveal is dumb, everything is dumb). It's like hating Harry Potter for Dumbledore's death and then acting like 7th book just doesn't exist. I mean, you do you. But that's pretty idiotic to me fam. Director is already rushing through material like crazy, I don't know how they can make people stay A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT. The game didn't even end but everyone ALREADY decided that the story is garbage XD well okay. Keep thinking like that. |
| As i said after first ep, this anime will be cliche as fuck at the start and quite predictable, but the essence and core of this series will start around ep 5-6, at the end of second game. |
| I don’t know why they would build up who the traitor is so much if they were just going to reveal it in the 3rd episode. Glasses guy always seemed like a tool, but I thought that it would be too obvious for it to be him. This studio just is not doing a good job with this material. The tortured faces look bad, the CGI fire looks bad, the falling crow feathers in one scene unintentionally disappear before a cut, and much more. I’m still interested in where the story goes, but man, idk if I’m going to make it to the end with how these first 3 episodes have looked. |
| Its giving 'try hard to be psychological and edgy' and I'm getting annoyed... hope it picks up and FLESHES out soon. |
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