Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun 2nd Stage Episode 13 Discussion

Sorry Mimimi, but you have blue hair. She's second once again :(. I also heard that blue hair is just how Tomozaki sees her, and in reality she has black hair. Can LN readers confirm?
They really just made me like Kikuchi in season 1, then change teams in a couple episodes in season 2, then made Tomozaki choose Kikuchi xD. But thinking about it, she knew him the whole time, while Mimimi didn't even know he existed before events of season 1, so I guess it makes sense.
Yes I'm a bit bitter about the ending, but overall I'm satisfied.

9/10, same as season 1.
Really enjoyed this. The first half with Tama was cool, but the second half was where the juice is at. Would love a sequel.

@Embient Yeah, both Mimimi and Kikuchi have black hair in reality. If you google around a bit, you can find some images of them both with their natural hair. I think Konno is the only girl who genuinely dyes her hair blonde. Some of the guys maybe dye theirs too, I'm not sure it ever confirms this either way in the novels. It's set in real-world Japan though, so every one of them will have naturally dark hair.

@The_Wicker_Man Oh, so they dye their hair? I thought it was how Tomozaki perceives Mimimi, like a symbolic thing or something.

@Embient No no, Konno dyes hers and the guys might, but I'm not sure. For all the other girls, it is indeed Tomozaki's inner perception like you thought.

for me, he choose the wrong girl, minami was a better and coherent choice with the charactres development

Man I seriously couldn't care less about this play which is like one of those badly written script by some noob which makes sense as Kikuchi is no pro but damn that was boring af. The only thing I liked about it was how it portrayed Aoi.

Mimimi giving Tomozaki the final push though, I was mostly only interested in Aoi in s1 and while that's still the case they made me like Mimimi quite a bit in these last few episodes but alas it was the one girl I couldn't care less about that he ended up with.

Okay/meh season, which was quite annoying with all the blonde bitch stuff at the begining too. I think s1 was better? but atleast there weren't as much cringe dialogues this time. I prolly will still watch if it gets s3 as it might finally focus on Aoi? It will right?

The result kind of felt insincere for me for following reasons:
1) I never saw any glimpses of Tomozaki having romantic feelings towards Kikuchi. I remember in first season when Aoi was teasing him and I still think he is more romantically inclined towards Aoi
2) Did Tomozaki promote the ending with Kikuchi because it felt more right with her story? I mean dude you could give her advice about the story but that doesn't mean you have to ask her out..
3) Did Tomozaki promote the ending with Kikuchi because his task was to ask someone out? That's what I will always end up feeling. That he just keeps on doing tasks given by Aoi.

I mean of course he cares for Kikuchi but.. Having doubts about Tomozaki's real feelings. Kikuchi is definitely a really nice girl and a real keeper. But i still feel Aoi and Tomozaki are the ideal couple and should be.. I mean the whole show was supposed to be game-theme but now it ended up with novel-theme out of the blue. I want the game-theme!

End of my ramble. I don't feel this series has ended, or has it.. ? Is there more to the story in the light novel?

lost its entire emotional connection, plot direction, character development, and overriding concept to become a harem trope anime where the character - AS ALWAYS - picks the most bland, unoriginal, soulless and mindless peon of a choice.

IT'S OVER!!! :((((((((((((((((((

Damn, this wonderful story is over with a somewhat bittersweet ending, on the one hand, I'm glad that Fuuka and Fumiya started dating, but on the other hand, it makes me sad about Mimimi; and of course Aoi's background was not explored.

Knowing Project 9, it is unlikely that there will be a continuation, but if there were, I would be the happiest human being in the world.

Clearly I'm thinking about reading the light novel and I would like to buy it in physical form too, does anyone know where I should start reading to follow the story?

PS: Fumiya TomozakiCHAD maintained his ideals until the end, no matter if the situation went against him, for me that makes him one of the best male protagonists of this type of stories.

@tmunee I have to agree... I've always felt that this show was trying to be "gamer Oregairu" but it missed on just about everything it was trying to do and was ultimately another cookie-cutter, run-of-the-mill high school rom com. I was losing interest with every episode about half way through this season and it was quickly becoming more and more generic. I usually root for the shy girl, but Kikuchi and Tomozaki had the chemistry of inert gases together... Kind of a shame, but eh, it is what it is

@LuisSV23

Season 2 ends with volume 7. If you want to read ahead you can start with volume 8. There is also a side story volume 6.5 that wasn't adapted this season that are a series of short stories mostly involving the side characters. It has one of my 2 favorite short stories among the 2 side volumes "Fast enough to leave it all behind", that focuses on Mimimi.

There is also a side story manga with Mimimi as the main love interest "Minami Nanami wants to shine." It focuses on her trying to shine by doing modeling after she quits track instead of running for student council president. She's also Tomozaki's primary love interest in it too.

MAL has copies of the LN available for purchase, but you can find it in lots of places when you Google it. The free preview you get from the MAL link under the discussion thread will give you a good idea of the writing style and what to expect.

There are currently 11 volumes so far with the LN still ongoing, so a 3rd, and maybe even 4th season are possible depending on the commercial success of season 2.

@Seansy Nice, I'm going to give the side story a chance and of course, start reading the LN, thanks!

Brain just ran off leaving Mimimi in tears w/o even acknowledging what it took for her to come to him. Shit move. I always thought Mimimi was a better friend than he deserved.

I didn't particularly like this season. The last few episodes failed to keep my attention for the most part. I really thought it was going to get interesting after Mizusawa (I think it was him) basically stated he knew Hinami wasn't how everyone thought she was and after the whole thing with Tama. I hoped he'd realize he didn't need Hinami and call an end to her assignments or the class would recognize she was a liar. What was the point in finding out she lied about having a sister and then drop it? Many aspects of Jaku chara remind me of Nobuta wo Produce except the class puppet master and the Mimimi type character are males and the project is female.

@dragynfaerie

I also hated how the anime showed Tomozaki's interaction with Mimimi. Here is what I said in another thread about it:

In the light novel since Tomozaki is cognizant of Mimimi's feelings for him, he doesn't want to lean on her kindess because he is worried that he will fall for her if she comforts him, kind of like a rebound girl, which isn't fair to her. Despite that, his emotions start going haywire when she grabs hold of him and he can feel his emotions taking control over his logical side when she interrupts his train of thought by blurting out that Kikuchi is in the library. Mimimi might even recognize that herself, although it is based off of Tomozaki's perspective, so we could be reading into something being there that isn't.
 
There is only so much they can fit into a 13-episode cour. The author left the sister issue to be addressed later once the cultural festival is over. If you read ahead in the LN, or if a 3rd season gets made, the issues you bring up will be addressed.