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| That was an improvement definitely. Though I really don't want this to be a clone of Sakurako-san. The genders seem to be swapped though (and the Sakurako is also gay). Ironically enough that too had a heartwarming (at least to a lot of people) 2nd episode. If that much is known I'm predicting this will have no real ending to its conflicts as well. (Sakurako was a LN, this is just a regular novel, so maybe not) |
| This episode was better than the first episode, Haruta showed that actually has a different vision mode from others, and to solve mysteries will be the focus of the plot, as well as get more members to the club, I'm curious to see the development of this anime .. |
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| It was an okay episode. There always has to be a know-it-all and the "mystery" was not as exciting or unique. However, they got me when they solved the puzzle containing that message. That was heartwarming and sweet qwq |
| That was deep and quite nice. The mystery was more emotional and that's how it was intended to be. I liked how this ended like. And I still like both characters. Haruta is not very athletic but smart to no end, not to mention blunt. Chika is still cute likeable and puts athletes to shame (I mean who the heck does sit-ups on a Music Room '-' Haruta's got some real thoughts for our sensei, but I still cannot help but still ship HaruChuka better '-' |
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| that was a way deeper backstory than i thought we would get in the 2nd episode for a new character while i don't mind Haruta hes a little OD on the smarts homie making my brain hurt dropping all this knowledge hopefully it keeps it up it's growing on me,also ED is nice |
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| This episode was maybe a little too melodramatic, but I thought the ending(solution to the puzzle) was heartwarming at least. Also, damn, Haruta's a pretty rough and blunt guy. |
| I think I liked this better than the first episode. I just hope this series doesn't get too episodic |
| Nice casual violence, I guess kicking and hitting the gay guy is fine with everyone. I like puzzles, but these have been awful. On top of that the characters are as unbelievable as the main character design is bad. Tedious, couldn't wait for it to end. With over 30 better anime this season... dropped. |
Takuan_Soho said: That is sort of a meme. The theory is that the pressure they build up to play the instrument can cause brain damage (or the lack of oxygen and CO2 does the same trick). The theory has been around for about 150 years. That oboe players are all a little bit nuts is also a running gag in most symphonies. Ah I see, I didn't know this, thanks! :) |
| Objectively that was noticeably better than EP1 but for some reason I'm not being entertained. At all. Haruta is progressively, extremely annoying...maybe that's the reason. Moving this to On-hold. |
LanzJan 13, 2016 8:04 PM
| Now this was a good episode First half was meh but the second half and the reveal was just beautiful and I love Narushima as a character Haruta is OP tho lol |
| Narushima >>> Chika |
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| They struck a chord this time, topics about characters who can't move on due to the death of someone they loved, always squeezes my heart. And so did this episode. Really, it wasn't hard to deduct where did that bitchiness came from. Poor Narushima. Emotional episode. Made me feel sad a little. |
| Definitely better pacing and audience captivation from the first episode. Wasn't so sure about it then. This episode was a bit better, and had some powerful stuff at the end. I see there's some controversy around this show, but I'll stick with it. |
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naki13 said: Cookies said: This is technically a harem as well. The teacher already has 3 people who like him. Compare this to every other potential harem this season, only this one has the harem candidates' feelings actually confirmed.Can't believe there's so much generic harem bullshit that gets rated far higher then this + agree u have point |
| OMG Cried my eyes when the puzzle was solved T______T She was able to move on and play the Oboe. |
Cookies said: Can't believe there's so much generic harem bullshit that gets rated far higher then this, the solution and the reason behind it was glorious and I love the eyes, the creative characters and the unique story, I've loved the puzzle-solving parts in both episodes. By far my favourite show of the season. My short experience in MAL taught me to disregard the scores...while most of the time eights are better than sixes there's no more relevance to the scores IMO |
| well a decent episode and no Gayness |
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| So the piont of this episode is that if you cnat solve a rubic cube you should just paint over it |
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| Can anybody explain to me why the rubik cube thing detached after being painted over? Thanks. |
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| This show is damn good so far. Love the atmosphere and the "everyday mysteries" kind of deal. Also homophobes got rekt again via pretty much direct confirmation of Haruta's sexual orientation. Why is this rated lower than kitschy kitsch like Phantom World? aikaflip said: I'm not sure what to think about this show. I love smart characters, but Haruta is a little too smart. It's anticlimactic how easily he figures things out. He has yet to do anything that your average tryhard highschooler could not. |
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Sonata said: The cube had an "original" form, which was placed with some shit and then painted white completely with some special kind of substance. By using another kind of oil for painting over that one, the "cover" weakens and you can detach it.Can anybody explain to me why the rubik cube thing detached after being painted over? Thanks. |
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Fai said: This show is damn good so far. Love the atmosphere and the "everyday mysteries" kind of deal. Also homophobes got rekt again via pretty much direct confirmation of Haruta's sexual orientation. Why is this rated lower than kitschy kitsch like Phantom World? aikaflip said: I'm not sure what to think about this show. I love smart characters, but Haruta is a little too smart. It's anticlimactic how easily he figures things out. To put it simply: Phantom World knows what it is, and does it in the best way possible: its a run-of-the-mill LN series, given wayyyy too much production value than its worth, story-wise. Haruchika's still flawed in what it's trying to do: a mystery and music drama, but the shows still lacks gravitas, the characters are either too comedic (Chika), or too self-pretentious and sprouts logic jumps way too much (Haruta). To me, it failed what Hyouka succeeded at in the SOL mystery genre, it also failed what Hibike! had perfected in the music ensemble drama genre. |
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| So far, the best thing going for this series is the music: the oboe's subtle but symbolically significant entry into the track, as the puzzle was finally solved was emotionally enriching in every way. |
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| What do you people see in this? Whats happening P.A. Works? I think this might end up being even worse than Glasslip. |
| You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me |
Bakken said: What do you people see in this? Whats happening P.A. Works? I think this might end up being even worse than Glasslip. I 've repeatedly wrote .. but some people still deny it... |
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| Ah yes, I liked this. One thing that only disturbs me: I hope not every episode will be like that there is a musical term ie. "con amore" being somewhat a "definite" clue and solving the case. Haruta talks (AND knows) too much, lol. I want moar Chika ;A; |
BGMaxie said: Sonata said: The cube had an "original" form, which was placed with some shit and then painted white completely with some special kind of substance. By using another kind of oil for painting over that one, the "cover" weakens and you can detach it.Can anybody explain to me why the rubik cube thing detached after being painted over? Thanks. Yeah but why? I mean, whats the principle that makes that happen? I've tried looking it up but I can't find anything related. |
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Fai said: aikaflip said: I'm not sure what to think about this show. I love smart characters, but Haruta is a little too smart. It's anticlimactic how easily he figures things out. He has yet to do anything that your average tryhard highschooler could not. Good thing he's not anything like Sakurato (no highschooler) from last season, she's just casually breaking every rule to solving a good mystery. OT: This series is on point so far but I wouldn't mind smaller mysteries later on. The musical term being attached to this episode is something only a music student would be able to come up with. |
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I3rawler said: Ah yes, I liked this. One thing that only disturbs me: I hope not every episode will be like that there is a musical term ie. "con amore" being somewhat a "definite" clue and solving the case. Haruta talks (AND knows) too much, lol. I want moar Chika ;A; Same here, I hope they won't use the same conclusion every time. |
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gembelela said: Bakken said: What do you people see in this? Whats happening P.A. Works? I think this might end up being even worse than Glasslip. I 've repeatedly wrote .. but some people still deny it... Sadly agree with this. Kinda liked the 1st episode and so had some hopes for this work. The pace seems like even slower, maybe the ending was nice, but the story of the episode was so generic and the mystery stuff is rather boring. Still will probably continue watching and at least try finishing it. |
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Cookies said: Can't believe there's so much generic harem bullshit that gets rated far higher then this, the solution and the reason behind it was glorious and I love the eyes, the creative characters and the unique story, I've loved the puzzle-solving parts in both episodes. By far my favourite show of the season. aikaflip said: I love smart characters, but Haruta is a little too smart. It's anticlimactic how easily he figures things out. My thoughts exactly. |
| Great episode. Made me more teary-eyed than Shigatsu (ok, just kidding. I just wanted to diss the straight people) But seriously, this was such a good episode! This puzzle was easier than last episode's and more interesting, too. This anime is definitely going to be awesome and it doesn't need to answer to the norm's expectations in order to be something amazing. I'm salty, bear with me. 8/10 now. Haruta is a bit like Sakurako-san, perhaps a little less eccentric. The cast is good so far even tho Haruta can get be too much of a smartass sometimes. Love Narushima and Chika, and I'm looking forward to the Chika/Haruta rivalry over the teacher. HaruChika is proof that men and women can be good friends, and gives me hope that this world will become more open-minded one day. |
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| so being smart is a bad thing according to you people... |
straggy said: Maybe now people can stop trying to deny Haruta's gay after a confirmation that he's not interested in Chika at all. The puzzle was pretty neat too, even if I did go a lil "lol wtf" when he started painting the colours back on. Reminded me of taking the stickers off and sticking them back on as a kid. dany565 said: cool ep, but can we get a yaoi tag? hahaha, because like 20+ of my friends got tricked and dropped after first ep. Having a gay character =/= yaoi. I'd recommend telling your 20+ friends they're homophobes instead. homophobe... Are you serious? No, I mean, whata fuck? because someone doesn't want to see homo relationships they are homophobes? Just, plz, try to refrain from posting this kind of bs. dany565 said: cool ep, but can we get a yaoi tag? hahaha, because like 20+ of my friends got tricked and dropped after first ep. This can't even be tagged shounen ai, yaoi would only be if they started to have a sexual relationship and for shounen ai would be a romantic one, not reaching a 18+ situation. So no tags for now. |
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| man I JUST loved it. reminded me somehow of detective conan(my all time fav anime and manga) |
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| Really medicore episode but better than first. Quite boring... and this puzzle was very easy. 2/5 |
| Quite liked the scene where the mystery was being solved. I was a little shocked at first that Haruta painted over the cube. I think it's cool that the author might have made Haruta gay so we don't spend time guessing/hoping Haruchika get together, but the story has to be more interesting if that's what the author wants us to focus on... I can't get with Chika's character design tbh the multicoloured eyes are unique but looks strange all the time. Her hair also looks very stiff and unnatural. The original novel illustrations look so much prettier... |
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| People who dropped it for Haruta being gay are homophobes. Yes, not everyone swings that way, hence not everyone will be happy with seeing gay people kissing/having sex. That's why they don't watch shounen-ai/yaoi anime. And that's fine. But this is a slice of life mystery anime about a musical band. We are not watching boys getting it on or exploring how Haruta gets a boner every time he sees sensei. Chika's and Haruta's love will never be requited because of it did, it'd be literally illegal, which means that there isn't even a point in rooting for any character to be with sensei. Just seeing a guy blushing when he sees another male from time to time should not stop anyone from liking or accepting a character for hundreds of other characteristics he has. 'Gay' is not a personality trait. And he could still be bisexual, who knows? It's called heuristic availability - people use intuitive thinking and recent memories (this being Haruta's confession of liking sensei) to judge something instead of being reflective and realizing truth, in this case that anime or any kind of story featuring a gay character doesn't mean we are going to see gay romance. In HaruChika, the love triangle is merely a subplot and an unrequited love that will never end up with any guy on girl or guy on guy action. Lastly, somehow people don't care about other high school student characters (Light, Lelouch) being incredibly smart, but Haruta being bright (but not genius as the mysteries are not that hard to work out) bothers them. Why? It's fine if you dislike Haruta for being blunt/arrogant/etc, but disliking him for being gay and smart baffles me. Homosexual people are no different from heterosexual people, so if you are not a homophobe then you should be able to watch this anime even if you don't enjoy seeing two guys or two girls kissing, since the likelihood of that happening is incredibly small for all the reasons I listed above. If you think this anime is bad and/or boring in general then fair enough, but Haruta's sexual orientation should have nothing to do with how good or bad this series is. |
LadyNightmareJan 14, 2016 10:41 AM
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| The puzzle is deep :o |
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LadyNightmare said: People who dropped it for Haruta being gay are homophobes. And where is problem? If people dropped this becouse MC is a gay that is their choise. We have freedom, yes? They don't want to see a gay, they dropped. Simple... |
Smudy said: The solution was heartwarming, nice moment. But the lead up was boring. this. i felt it that way too. well, i guess, it was an okay episode 3/5. it was a waste that haruka is a gay. he is so smart, but gay -_-" < just saying. will keep tune in to the next episode. and i don't thik the msytery was too hard to solve. i thought it from the beginning "her brother painted it all white, right? then why don't you paint it back to normal again" and he really did it. well, i didn't expected the message though. i thought behide the white color was the normal color. i thought he placed a white colored paper and glue it on top of the normal color. |
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| Better than the first episode thankfully. Not only that, but the art seems to be sharper and better detailed as well. Good job P.A. Works! =D Haruta is the Sakurako-san of this show, having the knowledge and intellect to understand one person's problems and figuring out the most effective way to solve the issue, even if others might frown at it first. Miyo might've acted like a brat at first, but she did open up to Haruta and co, giving them a chance to solving the puzzle she challenge the group to complete and thus, helping her to finally move on from her brother's tragic passing. I doubt the series will be episodic like this for most of it's run, but as long as the story of the characters, mystery and drama remain good and not have any asspulls whatsoever, then the show should do well. And yes, I don't see this show becoming worse than Glasslip. That show started okay, but it spent most of it's entire running time on a romance that seemed to go at a snail's pace and that made it dull and boring. So far, HaruChika is on a better direction and I'm hoping that it stays that way right to the end. =D |
Fai said: Why is this rated lower than kitschy kitsch like Phantom World? Because Phantom World is quite good and Haruchika is just garbage in comparison? |
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LadyNightmare said: People who dropped it for Haruta being gay are homophobes. Yes, not everyone swings that way, hence not everyone will be happy with seeing gay people kissing/having sex. That's why they don't watch shounen-ai/yaoi anime. And that's fine. But this is a slice of life mystery anime about a musical band. We are not watching boys getting it on or exploring how Haruta gets a boner every time he sees sensei. Chika's and Haruta's love will never be requited because of it did, it'd be literally illegal, which means that there isn't even a point in rooting for any character to be with sensei. Just seeing a guy blushing when he sees another male from time to time should not stop anyone from liking or accepting a character for hundreds of other characteristics he has. 'Gay' is not a personality trait. And he could still be bisexual, who knows? It's called heuristic availability - people use intuitive thinking and recent memories (this being Haruta's confession of liking sensei) to judge something instead of being reflective and realizing truth, in this case that anime or any kind of story featuring a gay character doesn't mean we are going to see gay romance. In HaruChika, the love triangle is merely a subplot and an unrequited love that will never end up with any guy on girl or guy on guy action. Lastly, somehow people don't care about other high school student characters (Light, Lelouch) being incredibly smart, but Haruta being bright (but not genius as the mysteries are not that hard to work out) bothers them. Why? It's fine if you dislike Haruta for being blunt/arrogant/etc, but disliking him for being gay and smart baffles me. Homosexual people are no different from heterosexual people, so if you are not a homophobe then you should be able to watch this anime even if you don't enjoy seeing two guys or two girls kissing, since the likelihood of that happening is incredibly small for all the reasons I listed above. If you think this anime is bad and/or boring in general then fair enough, but Haruta's sexual orientation should have nothing to do with how good or bad this series is. Exactly. I am not gay. But i dont care if he is gay. Him being gay doesnt hurt the anime. There are people like that in the real world |
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