Himouto! Umaru-chan Episode 5 Discussion

raveninthemuddle said:

Yeah, because no matter how well elaborated your opinion is, if it's opposite to mine then you have shit taste, end of story.

You think I don't get what that scene is trying to say, don't you? If she is 12 then I'll probably cut her some slack, but she is already 16, she should be helping out with some of the housework, it's not like she doesn't know how busy her brother is all the time trying to put food on the table and what she is doing is plain exploitation both mentally and financially, we have 4 episodes of material to show what a spoiled brat she is, maybe Taihei is one bad mother fucker who can tolerate all these behavior just because Umaru is his little sister, and that's the what a "family's bond" to him, but for a comedy that needs to work by provoking my sympathy for both characters, I can't, I guess I could say I pity Taihei for being a considerate, hardworking and thoughtful brother yet receives little to no respect from Umaru. Even the three trouble makers in Mitsudomoe have some kind of redeemable traits, and they are just grade schooler.

neptoonime said:
I died when she slipped. (It was so funny!!!)

Jonesy974 said:


Well elaborated? Your opinion is "oh, I don't find this show funny because a fictional character doesn't do housework".

You're goddamn right I'm going to say you have shit taste when you're "argument" consists of whining about a fucking fake character's laziness.

raveninthemuddle said:
From what I've known about the show if I was Umaru's brother I would definitely not having this expression when I just came home from a long hard and unsatisfying labour and seeing my "cute" sister who had shown no signs of actually family bond laying down on the floor sleeping when she had made a mess of the apartment,


It's really simply, have her washes the dishes, that's it, but again I have to remind myself the show is either made by someone who has no idea what's like to live with an actually sibling or work in an office, or they just don't care because the target audience of this anime don't care neither. I was hoping having Masahiko Oota to direct the show would at least give it some comedic value, but I guess it's just proven having no expectations is the best way to enjoy anything.

Dreams_of_Neko said:


Decided to quote this to avoid the arguing.

Yes, Umaru chan in her himouto persona is very bratty towards her brother. However, and I might go a little spoilery here



The anime started showing us the worst characteristic of each character, but as the story progresses, we see more sides of them that explains their strange behaviour and so.

In conclusion, this show won't stay on the himouto gags only, it will progress into something better.

Vindstot said:
Best part of this episode.

raveninthemuddle said:


If only someone in the production team realized that they could have started the character development, especially Umaru's, right from the first episode. After a whole day of misbehaving, have her voluntarily help Onii-chan to carry some of the groceries after the flashback, as a "generous" compensation for what he has done for her or whatever, showing she is not a total self-absorbed and inconsiderate sister, but an annoying yet adorable sister who can be thankful not just with words but also with actions. It's a really simple characterization trick that I thought anyone would have made the changes when they just take a look at Umaru's perfect, even self-gratified character.

zipohik said:
if this doesnt turn out to be a yuri imma be disapointed

raveninthemuddle said:

It's really simply, have her washes the dishes, that's it, but again I have to remind myself the show is either made by someone who has no idea what's like to live with an actually sibling or work in an office

ichii_1 said:

I pity your slaves children, adults shoving all their housework on kids, typical entitled generation.

Merkk said:
I want to have a sleeping koala/bear/hamster thing climbing me too...

DoubleMangekyo said:

Exactly! At least give Umaru SOME redeeming qualities! We're 5 episodes in and still nothing!

Dreams_of_Neko said:


Eh...well, if I were to explain in detail, we would go deep into the psychological part of the story...and i'm not a psychologist ^__^;

But to put it simple: For unknown reasons, Umaru has a certain kind of image in her high school and she keeps playing it in order to be liked by all, but this makes also her lonely since no many people are really close to her, and by this I mean friends.

Once at home, she can be her real self and feel more relaxed, she actually loves her oniichan because he knows who she really is and still accept her. But then, Umaru wants to spend more time with Taihei, yet he has work and neglects her in the companionship department.

This all I took from the first 2 episodes.

raveninthemuddle said:
What about the way Umaru tricked onii-chan into entering the contest to win a plushie for her by making him feel guilty for not spending quality time with her in the second episode? To me that's the breaking point, before that I got the idea that Umaru is an attention-seeker in front of her brother, okay I rolled with that, but after that when she exhibited the manipulative side of her coupled with what I've seen before like begging onii-chan to play with video game her on Sunday morning, it's hard not to dismiss any kind of character development is just an afterthought.

Vindstot said:
Best part of this episode.

That aside, looks like one of Taihei colleague is crushing on him. She somewhat reminds me of Kirie.

raveninthemuddle said:
It's really simply, have her washes the dishes, that's it, but again I have to remind myself the show is either made by someone who has no idea what's like to live with an actually sibling or work in an office, or they just don't care because the target audience of this anime don't care neither. I was hoping having Masahiko Oota to direct the show would at least give it some comedic value, but I guess it's just proven having no expectations is the best way to enjoy anything.