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Jul 24, 5:16 PM
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Nice ep , alya,s sister is so funny
Jul 24, 5:18 PM

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I loved it. Alya is way too cute confessing her love in Russian! Also bonus points for Haruhi's ED, almost brought tears to my eyes and obviously i singed to it.

They have been waiting, waiting for so long.. they are gonna break the rules POWER FOR THE STRONG! BURSTING! BURSTING! BURSTING OUT!

Jul 24, 5:27 PM
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Easy to guess what gonna happen next.
Jul 24, 5:33 PM
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The game was rigged from the start when it comes to Kuze joining the student council, the OP said it all, man couldn’t avoid his fate lol, and since Alya wants to become the president, I imagine a lot of the plot going forward will heavily involve the student council stuff, not the most excited about that but I’m sure it’ll be entertaining. And Kuze’s little save on Alya was nice to see, he knew just what to say to get the baseball bros to agree to move, the sex appeal cannot be denied lol, and of course there was also the insider info of the baseball player and soccer manager romance that helped.

And afterward not only did Kuze agree to help Alya become president, he also took a massive slap to the face for thinking about that childhood crush, and moments later got a kiss on the cheek, Alya is a babe of many moods lol. And the after credits scene was cute with Alya getting flustered in the bed, and it’s not surprising Masha could tell what’s going on right away, maybe she’ll be a potential troll like Suou. And the ED this week was pretty nice, the girls’ outfits were cute, and it’s apparently used in Haruhi which of course I’ve known about for a very long time, I just never have sat down and watched it, a crime I know lol, it will happen one day.
Jul 24, 5:38 PM
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That was great! Masachika finally decided to join the Student Council. Alya-chan still isn't being honest that she likes Masachika, ahaha. That kiss at the cheek tho.

The ending song is HARE HARE YUKAI?! 🤯 That caught me off-guard. Really cool! :D I like the girls' boyish outfits in the ED visuals. And here I thought Haruhi Suzumiya would make a random cameo at the ED, haha! 😂
Jul 24, 5:42 PM

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Gotta respect the Prez's grind of changing himself, even if it wasn't because of a "good" reason. He did change for the better I'd say.

Despite being reluctant about joining the student council, Masachika just went on with it anyways lol.

Masachika telling Alya to take his hand feels like a bit of a cheesy scene lol. Wow, he does see himself as a rom-com protag too lmao.

Never ending plan to watch list...

Jul 24, 5:50 PM

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honestly, nothing too special happened this episode (aside from the confession, which he understood perfectly lolll)
Jul 24, 6:07 PM
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It's so refreshing having a relatively realistically competent male lead. Especially one who's actually comfortable around female characters, including theove interest. Though I haven't watched many romance series, so I don't know if that's normal in this genre or not, though I think the isekais have just lowered the bar to the floor as far as protags are concerned.

I also appreciate how, even though Alya is extremely competent, intelligent and hardworking, she's not shown to be perfect and really struggles with social situations, especially where conflict is involved. Which is exactly where Kuze seems to excell, while satisfyingly smashing the "socially awkward and oblivious" Otaku trope to pieces.

I was definitely not expecting Alya to straight up tell him she loves him! In Russian, of course, so she obviously thinks he doesn't understand. But still! That really caught me by surprise. And him immediately thinking back to his "first love" and realizing that he can feel that way again (about Alya, this time) was really sweet. Though Alya obviously took something different from this as evidenced by exercising her pimp hand.

The cheek kiss was adorable, though I'm curious why Kuze was so desperate to know what it meant. The way she did it, does that have some specific meaning in Russian culture?

Masha's comment about someone stealing Masachika away from Alya at the end was interesting. I wonder what she meant by that? I'm really enjoying this series so far and looking forward to next Wednesday! Also that ED was pure nostalgia. That took me wayyy back.
@semaj1992 Depending on who you ask, a kiss on the cheek is a form of greeting or farewell between family and really close friends. So he could be confused as to if it's a goodbye kiss or a kiss-kiss.
Jul 24, 6:20 PM
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Yoo!!! Isn't that ED from the legendary Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi's ED?!!!
MarkGohJul 24, 6:28 PM
Jul 24, 6:23 PM
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Another very good episode! Masachika is so neat... Alya, Masha and Yuki are made from cuteness and dreams.

Mene, mene, tekel, parsin
Jul 24, 6:27 PM
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I guess we're even now, huh? 🙏 (just kidding!) i love this series <3 by the way, the ED is great, it has pretty good animations and is relaxing.
kitohaJul 24, 6:36 PM
Jul 24, 6:29 PM
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alya mengungkapkan rasa wkwkwk
My Candies :
Jul 24, 7:04 PM
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14:44 all according to keikaku

17:56 so he's aware he's a rom-com MC.

21:44 Literally confessed to him in russian and is still in denial stage lol how?

22:34 she's totally a tsundere now.

Ok Masha is rooting for Alya but also threatens to take him away if she takes too long basically at the end there.

WE GOT A HARE HARE YUKAI ED IN 2024! HARUHI FANS RISE UP! I'm kinda salty we didn't get to see the characters dance though.

We get to see the VA's dance though which is very cool.

Good episode. Only reason it's not a 10 though is because we didn't get more of the best sister Yuki. PLZ JUST GIVE ME 1 MY BROTHER! Well I guess seeing that Yuki Drip in the ed will have to do. We also got middle school Yuki too so at least something.


The student council president is a Chad, he completely changed himself to get his girlfriend and even planned to get Kuze in the student council. We got Alya confession in russian and tsudere style denial. Kuze finally in the student council now so maybe we'll finally see everyone interact now and maybe see the other 4th girl in the key visual? I also kinda want to see a student council dynamic like in Love is war.

Honestly though the President could have his whole own Rom-com story with how he changes himself to become a man worthy of his girlfriend. I wonder if we'll get a spinoff about him one day. AUTHOR PLZ!
@Rexnihilo There is. It's covered in V4.5. They'll probably release it as an OVA eventually.
Jul 24, 7:08 PM
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HARE HARE YUKAI!! It's like I'm 1 year old again. (Suzumiya was past my time lol)
Jul 24, 7:16 PM
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@Rexnihilo There is. It's covered in V4.5. They'll probably release it as an OVA eventually.
@aurora_yuuki LETS GOOOOO!!!! I really hope we get that. Thanks for the information
Jul 24, 7:17 PM
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HARE HARE YUKAI!! It's like I'm 1 year old again. (Suzumiya was past my time lol)
@st3pn Same lol. It came out when I was a baby/toddler lol but still a fan of it.
Jul 24, 7:26 PM

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no fucking way did we get the ED from haruhi suzumiya! this show doesn't miss. but it felt too short to me, the kiss was cute and we love to see the realization haha. masha is right, alya better up her game.
Jul 24, 7:28 PM
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Oh wow, Kuze joins the student council AND Alya confesses her love in Russian? Didn't expect it to move quite that quick, but this was so fun to watch.

Also, the whole childhood friend thing is getting very confusing to be honest. I know they'll reveal it all soon enough though.
Jul 24, 7:39 PM

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Meh. Pretty bad episode compared to any of the previous ones.

It feels like the author is good at writing comedic and lighthearted scenes, but sucks big time at crafting a good conflict and proper drama.

For starters, the very long and excruciating scene with the school prez only provided 2 worthwhile bits. That he was a fat loser 2 years ago and that Kuze was part of the student council back in middle school, everything else (cept for Masha's fluff) was just long padding.

Then there's the scene where Alya is meant to shine as the diplomat sent to deal with the baseball and soccer club problem about who's going to take dibs on the play field. Despite Alya being previously infodumped in the early episodes as being among the most reknown 3 girls in the school (top dog prima donnas), not a single character in that room acknowledged her presence, it's like she wasn't even there. Kuze had to jump in to save the situation turning the arrogant but smart heroine into a worthless damsel in distress. Her whole background story of regrets with her elementary school peers doesn't add up properly, it should had been used as a stepping stone for her current self, not to be a drag to her current self and her ambitious aspirations as being part of the student council.

There's also the part where the sport jocks know that Kuze (the most unnimportant guy in school who sleeps between classes because he watches anime late night) was part of student council back in middle school and now somehow his words are more resonant in that room than the actual diplomat from the student council from their own school (it's terrible writing that only makes the main character being the most important person in that room for the most contrived reasons). His solution to the field dispute also feels very out of the left field because neither of these characters were properly established prior to this point. It's just cheap writing for the sake of making him act as a flawless problem solver.

Last but not least, the slap scene feels also terribly contrived. Sure, Alya is a tsundere and she has provided good reasons in previous episodes to become physically abusive for good reasons, (like kicking Kuze when he was asked to help Alya put on her thighhighs and he saw her panties) but in here even if she's acting on pure jealousy the slap feels a bit forced and the outcome it's even far more contrived with Kuze just saying "I got xp as a man" and Alya didn't feel remorse or second thoughts on such unwarranted action. I get it that the slap was the foundation for the kiss on the cheek later on, but it still feels awfully forced.

I just hope the next episodes get back more to the comedic hijinx like the first 3 episodes that were better written/executed.
KimurahJul 24, 7:45 PM
Jul 24, 7:43 PM
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Easy to guess what gonna happen next.
@dratothegon Try guessing.
Jul 24, 8:08 PM
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I need more Yuki! Why is she AWOL?! Aside from that, a decent episode, however, CR did not translate all of the Russian today for me. I actually got subs in Russian alphabet which mean nyet to me!
Jul 24, 8:09 PM
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I need more Yuki! Why is she AWOL?! Aside from that, a decent episode, however, CR did not translate all of the Russian today for me. I actually got subs in Russian alphabet which mean nyet to me!
@Sheol01 Here's hoping you didn't miss her confession.
Jul 24, 8:13 PM
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@Sheol01 Here's hoping you didn't miss her confession.
@aurora_yuuki I got part of that at least, Thank God. But a line of Cyrillic letters meant nothing to me. They need to do better, hopefully it will get fixed.
Jul 24, 8:23 PM
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awesome and W stuff as always!
Jul 24, 8:35 PM

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Proposal and confession. 😆

Better Takagi-san series with different ED per episode!
CrazyButNot4UJul 24, 8:39 PM
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Jul 24, 9:05 PM
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Nice episode, the quality doesn't drop.
Are we going into a love triangle?. He deserved that slap for thinking about another girl hahaha. The kiss at the end :O!!
Jul 24, 9:21 PM
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Well, never mind my Yuki complaint. Episode 2 came out in Dub, so I caught that. Now I got all my favorite characters from the show. LOL
Jul 24, 9:33 PM
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All episodes are amazing
Jul 24, 9:38 PM
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Feb 2020
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holy shit i love this so much
Jul 24, 9:39 PM
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Easily the best episode so far. The interaction between Alya and Masachika was cute, comical and satisfying. Somehow I feel like this anime feels a bit like kaguya-sama.
Jul 24, 10:13 PM

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When Alya started squeezing his hand with that murderous look on her face, I actually thought she'd figured out that Kuze could understand what she was saying. Because, it was pretty damn obvious from his expression that he got the message.
Jul 24, 10:14 PM
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Our boi is tricked into helping Alya and joining the student council by the president As a result Alya confesses but neither will admit they like each other
Jul 24, 10:14 PM
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This episode was honestly kind of disappointing with how cliched everything was. I kept rolling my eyes repeatedly at how cringeworthy it was. It's like he was presented as a lazy otaku in the first episode just to reel in that specific demographic to read the LN but then it got flipped completely on its head to being a competent student council member (prodigy?) quickly afterwards to conveniently resolve Alya's issues as more self-insert wish fulfillment.

She just told him she likes him... but it seems like we're going to drag out them actually dating until the end of the season??? Dear lord don't do that.

It's also hard to take any of the drama seriously after rushing through the backstories of the characters. I'm not invested enough yet to care about the resolution of petty school dramas and how it impacts the characters.

I got a bad feeling that future episodes are only going to worsen my feelings on the issues I've seen thus far.

The people making jokes about this series being so cliched ChatGPT could of written it are sadly making more and more sense to me as things progress. Hope I'm wrong.


Jul 24, 10:54 PM

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This anime is such a crazy win. Male lead that's not annoying and is normal around women? Check. Straight 10/10 waifu female lead? Check. Cast of supporting love interests that are also incredible 10/10 waifus too? Check. They may as well announce S2 right now.
Jul 24, 10:56 PM

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that ED was from Haruhi Suzumiya, anyways, great episode, Kuze kun joins the student council and decides to run as vice president for Alya chan
Jul 24, 11:38 PM

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It feels like a lot of people here have never watched Suzumiya Haruhi.
Pretend there's something flashy and cool here.
Jul 24, 11:44 PM
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Zero windcest Yuki in this episode.

Oh my cheek kiss?
God damn.

Seems like this episode ED was from Haruhi Suzumiya?
Sadly i never got a chance to watch the Anime back in the day, i kinda regret it now.
I need to find a free time to start Haruhi.
Jul 25, 12:02 AM

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I need more Yuki! Why is she AWOL?! Aside from that, a decent episode, however, CR did not translate all of the Russian today for me. I actually got subs in Russian alphabet which mean nyet to me!
@Sheol01 That was intentional...note how there wasn't any Japanese text on the scene mid-ep; you weren't meant to know what she said until she was stressing out about it in the last scene
Jul 25, 12:30 AM
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This anime is such a crazy win. Male lead that's not annoying and is normal around women? Check. Straight 10/10 waifu female lead? Check. Cast of supporting love interests that are also incredible 10/10 waifus too? Check. They may as well announce S2 right now.
@SleepingNinja15 There's more than enough content to do another season. Roshidere is one of the best-selling LN in Japan, only second to 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵 𝓝𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓓𝓸𝓸𝓻 𝓢𝓹𝓸𝓲𝓵𝓼 𝓜𝓮 𝓡𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷. A S2 seems inevitable. And as an LN reader, it's just as good if not even better. Best volumes: V4, V6, V8.
Jul 25, 12:31 AM
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@Sheol01 That was intentional...note how there wasn't any Japanese text on the scene mid-ep; you weren't meant to know what she said until she was stressing out about it in the last scene
@MiaAyende Depends on where you watch it from. It was for me.
Jul 25, 12:32 AM
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It feels like a lot of people here have never watched Suzumiya Haruhi.
@ImNotAnOtaku1 I haven't, though I have been planning to for years. Have you?
Jul 25, 1:03 AM

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I see some people disappointed with this episode, but wth. Alya confessed without knowing it.

She's such a simp.
Jul 25, 1:21 AM
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Daily reminder that russians torture people for speaking Ukrainian
Jul 25, 1:37 AM

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Quite an average episode, much weaker than the first three in terms of plot, but the visuals are still excellent.

The thing is the sports clubs moment wasnt really interesting to me, but its necessary for the plot, so ok.
But i liked Alya's confession "Я ТЕБЯ ЛЮБЛЮ 💗💗💗", it was cute, and then that cool slap in the face - a real tsundere moment.

And again a new ending. I realized that i knew this song, but i cant remember what anime it is from and my brain was keep saying that it was connected with Haruki - and so its really Haruhi ending.
But its a pity that there was no that legendary Haruhi-dance. With Roshidere characters it would look really good.

And my favorite moment in this episode is the scene after the ending. Its very cute how Alya tries to resist her feelings, and then Masha with Alya-nyan lol.
I can say for sure that this anime does romantic moments better than everyday ones.
Jul 25, 1:40 AM

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Such a nice episode. Too predictable but its aright I guess. Alya san is too bold giving her a cheek kiss like its nothing.

What surprises me is that the ending song., and I still remember the dance steps after all these years! Damn I miss Haruhi.

Jul 25, 3:15 AM

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Dec 2019
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another eps without yuki smh.
seriously bro this show is boring without her. I am done
Jul 25, 3:30 AM
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this is the end of their Haruhi
Jul 25, 4:05 AM

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That ED song.. that goddamn ED song... I think it just splashed a cold bucket of nostalgia on my face. I'm glad people still remember Hare Hare Yukai.
Gremlin Eris be like:
Jul 25, 5:04 AM

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Daily reminder that russians torture people for speaking Ukrainian
@huzlie who the fuck cares? Take your virtue signal bullshit elsewhere, we're here to talk about anime.
Pretend there's something flashy and cool here.
Jul 25, 5:08 AM
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This ep was great, I feel the same when I read the novel.
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