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taotruths Live Jet Reaction (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
Live Jet Reaction
#301: Nov 18th 2024 at 9:57:53 AM

Ch 175: Wow, can't believe Aira and Yukishiro were connected all along. I also love the little Pygmies: emotional support Pygmies.

Also, gotta love how they reveal Kinta just lying in bed all bandaged up — almost like a Something We Forgot kinda moment.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#302: Nov 18th 2024 at 2:13:41 PM

IIRC, you could see Aira in the flashback to the competition.

Edited by Cross on Nov 18th 2024 at 5:19:10 AM

Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#303: Nov 18th 2024 at 2:40:41 PM

You are correct. in chapter 170 a girl with Aira's hairstyle can be seen to the side, face mostly hidden. Nice catch.

Shadow-Whisperer Comedy guy from Tacoland Since: Jun, 2022
Comedy guy
#304: Nov 18th 2024 at 7:18:37 PM

And with this new chapter the gnomes are officially friends. Woo grin. I know they are being called pygmies, but they have little hats and mustaches, so I will keep calling them gnomes. Or you know, I could use the fact the Spanish version is calling them "duendecillos", so instead I could refer to them as lil' duendes tongue .

Also, this chapter had some nice timing, since it meant that in a week we got 2 Aira flashbacks, even if they have very different tones.

dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#305: Nov 18th 2024 at 8:45:32 PM

I'm definitely all for Kouki joining the main cast of characters. I'd love to see both her and Rin's reactions to the next time the group has to deal with aliens.

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
drac0blade Since: Jan, 2015
#306: Nov 19th 2024 at 1:06:43 AM

I like the little twist about the Pigmies; They're not a Stand being created by Kouki, and they're not her minions. All she can do is see and talk to them — they're helping her of their own accord.

Edited by drac0blade on Nov 19th 2024 at 1:08:32 AM

Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#307: Nov 21st 2024 at 4:53:00 PM

Anime episode eight. After the emotional equivalent of an atomic bomb that was last week's episode this one is a bit of a breather even with the standard "worst possible way a scene could've unfolded" joke. Aira's crushing on Okarun and expressing it in the most main character way possible, Momo strolls by at the worst possible time and isn't really in the mood for an explanation. And on top of all that a couple more periods into the school day the three of them are abducted into dark space by the Serpoians and a gig worker that's a boxing singing shrimp guy. As Okarun and Aira deal with that Momo in the meantime is stalked by ... the Loch Ness Monster? That can shoot lasers ... (well water jets but I mean lasers sound cooler).

Aira's Silky super mode is what the episode ends on; her voice going from more of a Medb vocal range down to where she usually has Nightfall from Spy X Family.

Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#308: Nov 28th 2024 at 7:06:19 PM

Sorry about the double post.

Manga is on a two week break, this week and next week, returning on December 9th so nothing to speak about on that front. However. New episode of the anime was out today.

Episode Nine. Aira's acro-silky mode catches the aliens off guard but not so much that they can't combine their psychic powers into the AWESOME ZONE to suppress both her and Okarun; at least until Momo shows up to counteract the psychic trap ... at least when she's not pratfalling over Okarun and Aira being too close or Okarun being an awkward fellow. The gig-worker in the meantime gets an upgrade and becomes even more mantis-shrimp-like.

Things are going okay for the group, until Nessie, who was apparently the other gig worker (and also not the sharpest tool in the shed) shows up and starts attacking everyone. The last standing Serpoian is tired of both gig workers incompetence and merges with the two of them to create a real monstrosity. It's touch and go for a while with the creature being able to cover both long and short range, but Momo takes advantage of what she learned about mantis shrimp in class to cripple its' arms, and Okarun lands the final bow with Aira giving him a path to follow.

The three of them make it out of the dark space alive ... only to realize that oh right they're still in school, Okarun is naked as the day he was born, and Momo and Aira are both in their skivvies. They might have lived, but their social reputations won't.

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#309: Nov 28th 2024 at 7:57:30 PM

I know we say this every episode but the direction and shot composition were insane. Even just the sequence of Momo and Okarun swimming away from Mantis Shrimp was so kinetic.

drac0blade Since: Jan, 2015
#310: Nov 28th 2024 at 9:51:25 PM

I was wondering how they'd animate, not just the fight scene, but also the aftermath. And I wasn't disappointed.

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#311: Nov 28th 2024 at 10:05:37 PM

The goofy cartoonisms made that scenes so much funnier.

dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#312: Nov 28th 2024 at 10:13:42 PM

Given what the latest chapters have told us, I sometimes find myself wondering how things might have turned out if the protagonists had told Queen Sensei about the alien attack, given that she's pretty serious in hearing students out and ended up being able to see spirits because she actually accompanied students during exorcisms and whatnot.

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
BigMadDraco Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#313: Nov 30th 2024 at 2:53:04 AM

[up][up]it feels like a bit out of Ed, Eddie n' Eddy

cyzja922 Since: Jul, 2021
#314: Nov 30th 2024 at 10:03:30 AM

"Your things are my things, and my things are my things" is probably one of the most selfish, scummy quotes of all time and I love the way it paints its speaker as a genuine threat and not a genital-obsessed weirdo like the Serpos.

TomWithoutJerry Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good. from Where Might Makes Right and I have no Might. Since: Dec, 2023
Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good.
#315: Nov 30th 2024 at 11:27:06 AM

[up]It sounds like a Gilgamesh quote from Carnival Phantasm.

Please remember that, ultimately, fictional works of entertainment are just that.
BigMadDraco Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#316: Dec 3rd 2024 at 1:39:53 AM

[up][up]It's exactly the kind of childishness that becomes terrifying when you have the power to back it up.

drac0blade Since: Jan, 2015
#317: Dec 4th 2024 at 11:33:48 PM

[up] And can also loop right around to comedy when the invading murderous space alien is yelling about how his giant robot suit is way cooler than a 15-year-old boy's.

Edited by drac0blade on Dec 4th 2024 at 11:34:09 AM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#318: Dec 5th 2024 at 1:01:58 PM

Episode 10:

Awww dad finally came back home with the milk.

Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#319: Dec 5th 2024 at 3:24:53 PM

With this episode there should be two left until the mid season break or in this case a break between cours. With the way the pacing has been I'm guessing that they'll get to Jiji's house and have the looming shot of the Kito family as the last scene of the season.

I do find it really funny - oh and I need to preface this for anime onlys that I'm about to talk about spoilers for an arc that occurs significantly later in the manga - Okarun's theorizing regarding why aliens can't full scale invade Earth is pretty much spot on. Just one of his family jewels ends up being enough to power a warp gate esque device to bring through an entire attack fleet; said attack fleet is then utterly annihilated by one yokai. Granted it's a particularly powerful yokai that's even more of a threat than Turbo Granny, but still.

As for this episode itself, it's nice to continue confirming that Aira isn't heartless, she's just weird and has a really bad case of main-character syndrome. Also turns out that not all the aliens are bad guys, some just have bills to pay and children to take care of.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#320: Dec 5th 2024 at 3:28:06 PM

Was the dub not released today?

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#321: Dec 5th 2024 at 4:03:42 PM

[up]It was released. Just watched it myself a few hours ago.

WhirlRX Since: Jan, 2015
#322: Dec 5th 2024 at 4:28:02 PM

Considering the current manga arc deals with Yuuki being afraid of her nudes being leak, it's kind of "funny" that Aira, Momo and Okarun reps weren't really damaged from being seen nude. I mean, I know the circumstances are different, but still.

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#323: Dec 5th 2024 at 7:32:32 PM

This episode reminded me of how much I loved this manga’s take on the cow abduction thing.

Shadow-Whisperer Comedy guy from Tacoland Since: Jun, 2022
Comedy guy
#324: Dec 5th 2024 at 7:48:59 PM

[up]x2 Well, let's consider that Okarun has no reputation to speak of, so if roumor goes out 2 girl were fighting over him, he would actually improve his reputation. Momo doesn't care, as long as her friends still trust her and are there for her, which we see they do. Finally, Aira imploded her popularity, but since ends up having better firends in the future, it's an alright situation. Plus I feel that Kouki's problem is more about her family finding out (and treating her worse) than others in school she barely interacts with

Speaking off, I feel that is something missing from the story since we don't see the reaction from Aira's dad and Okarun's parents (Sekio probably found out while explaining the kappa). And that is something I have been wondering about: What's up with Okarun's family? Do they not care that their son started going missing for days, getting hurt while also progressively getting muscular? He is likely poor, since he didn't have money for a phone, but it's really curious we know nothing about the Takakuras.

Edit: [up] I loved the UFO and it's little eyes.

Edited by Shadow-Whisperer on Dec 5th 2024 at 7:49:37 AM

Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#325: Dec 5th 2024 at 8:03:29 PM

I can only assume that Okarun's home life is being kept vague deliberately for some future plot or arc. iirc we've never even seen where he lives or heard mention of any of his family. It's gotten to a point where it's way stranger that nothing has been mentioned, even offhandedly.


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