Nisekoi

Not in the manga, but apparently, she made an appearance in the intro of the anime.

Well we have seen her in the manga during the announcement for that crossover.

So they are famous school-wide for being a couple. This really escalated.

The censor bar jokes were hilarious.

Ah, you can't catch someone lying if they aren't lying. Chitoge's hertfelt declaration was super effective.

Now I wonder what will happen next. If Raku sees that video even his thick skull won't be able to stop the obvious... will it?

Raku will assume she was covering for them of course and compliment Chitoge on her acting skills. "You were just as good as you were in the play."

I just noticed...Onodera actually had to be revealed or we won't be able to tell who she was.

edited 12th Jul '14 6:26:42 AM by Styryder

"Was that some random classmate?"

Sadly, I could see him doing that. that.

edited 12th Jul '14 5:53:25 PM by Shlugo_the_great

Even if he asked her flat out, she'd only deny it, and probably hit him. Because that's the kind of manga it is.

Rewatching bits of the anime, I really liked the end of episode 18 and all of episode 19. It had actual moments of genuine tension and intrigue. While the comedic feel of the whole series is okay, I just really like how the whole thing was played out with neither Chitoge nor Raku entirely understanding each other and making poor decisions out of impulse. I also really liked how they got back together at the end. The whole little arc was just really well done. And episode 20 was a blast.

New Chapter: Wow, Chitoge and Raku really are famous.

Meh. Lots of Onodera, which is a minus, balanced by lots of Haru, who is basically null value. Well, unless the author shows the same fashion sense as with those Tsugumi chapters next week probably won't be that bad.

It was kind of neat to see several references to previous chapters. But meh, Onodera doing her usual cute schtick which really only works when paired with Kana Hanazawa's voice.

Eh, at least scheming Haru is significantly less annoying than her old I-don't-trust-you trait. Marika in a mascot suit is a nice change from her usual antics (in other words: dress as audacious as possible), but given that she's slipping Out of Focus....

Forcibly entered into beauty contest, why I didn't see that coming?

So Kiki is out of the story as fast as she was in.

The cosplay costumes are indeed very cute. Except Marika. Lol Marika.

Oh god, another silly plan of Haru that amounted to nothing.

Raku and Onodera interactions were as painful to watch as ever.

Yes we know that you are not over him Haru. Geez.

Oh next chapter looks like it could be interesting. At least putting Chitoge as a judge instead of a contestant means it's not immediately obvious who'll win.

That's probably why she is a judge. Anyone want to bet Ruri entered Onodera also?

Pffft! Like Onodera can take action on her own. Well, there is a first time for everything I guess.

edited 19th Jul '14 1:44:28 AM by kiukiuclk

Fool! It was Onodera who entered Ruri!

L-lewd.

Ruri was merely giving her a pity fuck.

I really liked this chapter, a good vehicle for the Onodera sisters. I just hope we get an explanation for konnyaku at some point.

Wait, I'm looking at the poll results from around chapter 110 or so and not only were the votes stacked, but the people counting the votes knew they were stacked? Why did they even include them? The author makes it sounds like the guy that sent in 1500 Marika votes for the first poll sent in even more on that one. What kind of worthless poll are they running anyway?

You know, rereading the chapters from that time, I guess Haru is alright. At least she has decent chemistry with Raku.

edited 19th Jul '14 2:40:50 PM by Arha

There was no rule against ballot stuffing, because the rule was each vote had to be handwritten and individually mailed in. How times could you expect someone to do that? Well, as it turns out, quite a few. I'm sure the local post office thanks them, or possibly hates them, or some combination thereof.

It also netted them a bit of publicity.

Never underestimate how crazy can the crazy fanboys be.

But... it happened twice. Why didn't they change the rules after the first time when one crazy fan sent in 1500 votes for a character who still didn't do very well? Bleh.

We don't want to know what happens if you don't give the crazy Marika fanboy some way to vent.

But if you let him vent, he spawns a crazy Onodera fan and a slightly less crazy but still bad Ruri fan!

You act as if this sort of thing is, in any way, unique to Nisekoi.

And, if I'm not mistaken, votes for these polls are bundled in with the ToC postcards in each issue. If that's correct, then Shueisha has monetary incentive to not stop the votes from being manipulated like that. Kinda like how the entire idol industry over in Japan is supported by fans buying hundreds of the same product to get a handshake or whatever.

edited 19th Jul '14 11:00:13 PM by burnpsy