(L) Dagashi Kashi

[Triple_R]

I'm with Yamada II. After Episode 2, I'm still loving the show. Hotaru is loads of fun, highly amusing character. I continue to love how she mixes chuuni-style ham/"cool" style with a genuinely bubbly and friendly genki girl heart. The clever Gundam references also really tickled my funny bone.

Now, I get the criticisms. A pure comedy show relying very heavily on two characters alone - That's an awful lot to ask of those two characters. But honestly, I think that Hotaru and Coconuts are doing a pretty good job of it so far.

Is this sort of content better-suited for a short?

Probably, yeah, but then in my experience, shorts rarely get the level of exposure and fandom discussion that your more conventional 20-something-minute show does. So I'm fine with Dagashi Kashi being the way it is, as it's probably better off overall being the way it is.

[FlareKnight]

Will certainly admit that some of the puns didn't quite hit me. But it is a pretty specific topic that they are working with here. Plus comedy is pretty hit or miss depending on the individual. The only thing I'd say is that it somewhat felt like the whistle candy skit went on for a bit too long. Even if it was in order to try to teach Coconuts a lesson .

But overall it was fairly funny. Saya being a genius competitor at the end there was awesome. Just pure talent .

So far so good. Hotaru is pretty nuts, but entertaining. Coconuts does a good job as the straight man in this combo.

All in all pretty solid.

[DragoonKain3]

Lol Saya just shooting herself in the foot there. The only way Coconuts is going to stay as the next owner of the Dagashi store is if Hotaru becomes his wife to help run it. Well at least for supposed rivals-in-love they're pretty darn friendly. Them not knowing it yet just makes it even more amusing.

Can't complain about the anime. I was bored the heck out of the manga since Saya doesn't appear very often, but it's pretty darn obvious they're giving her a big share of the screentime in the anime (half of each episode she appears so far). Like sure, she still isn't as prominent as Hotaru, but as a Saya fan, it's a big improvement over the manga.

[frodonk]

I know we're not the target audience for this but I'm starting to get bored. I still find hotaru cute though so I'll give it another episode or two before deciding whether to pick this up or not.

The second part though took me back to my childhood when we were playing what we call teks I'm sure that I still have 500 or so of those cards around here somewhere, I counted all of them back in 2000 or 2001 before I entered high school

We played it differently though, they way they played it in this episode was too hard, we just flicked the cards and the owner of the card that lands upside down is the loser.

I'd be very surprised if kids are still playing with those cards in japan in this day and age

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

Lol Saya just shooting herself in the foot there. The only way Coconuts is going to stay as the next owner of the Dagashi store is if Hotaru becomes his wife to help run it. Well at least for supposed rivals-in-love they're pretty darn friendly. Them not knowing it yet just makes it even more amusing.

What if he marries Saya instead? Then he's less likely to want to leave the town, and he might decide that working in town (ergo, keeping a job as, say, owner of a local dagashi store) is the way to go.

[James Rye]

Saya-shi is a real gamer girl! 3 at first try! 8D

[blakstealth]

I still love the trio, especially Saya. They can keep me entertained for 20 minutes no prob. :P

[HandofFate]

lol @ the candy beer for kids

[~Yami~]

I just hope the show would never end.. it is entertaining
for the first candy problem, I think only Hotaru would faced that "the crumbs are falling on my chest" stuff... It won't happened at least for... uhm... Saya.. uhm..

Saya-shi is awesome though I'm pretty lame at that game
and that moment when she asked Kokonotsu to take over the shop nice move!
I don't think Hotaru would stay as his wife to handle the shop.. rather than that, it would keep Kokonotsu in the town so he and Saya would stay together forever

I enjoy the comedy especially at that whistling arc... Senpai~~
it's so disgusting but also amusing

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by HandofFate

lol @ the candy beer for kids

Very much a real thing.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Very much a real thing.

Not exactly the same thing, but I remember being a kid and drinking sparkling apple cider and thinking it was champagne. So, I can see how this could over great with kids.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Being a Gundam-fan that I am, I was actually laughing at the Gundam reference in the beginning where they copy the exact scenes from MS Gundam but replacing all the mechas and Amuro in the desert with snacks and was peaked by the “stick-colony drop”-scene . And strangely enough, I can connect with the whistle-candy snack joke cause we have them back when I was a kid. First, I went “WTH?” during the whistle-candy-“arc” but after realizing that it was Hotaru’s version of Coconuts & his dad, I was chuckling some more. And then the card game makes me smile coz I did play those similar games with my friends waaaaay back then. Ah, the nostalgia. And Saya being the prodigy of it (beating a certain someone who has trained for two years) makes it even more hilarious. All in all, the gags in this episode are good for me.

[s07195]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

It's like if we aren't familiar with Typemoon works going into Carnival Phantasm, the whole series will just be one big "WTF?!" (in a bad way). Do we blame the show for our lack of familiarity with its joke material?

I agree completely and understand personally the weirdness of watching Carnival Phantasm as a non-fan.

[Benigmatica]

Episode 2:
Damn, making and eating candy is serious business for Hotaru-chan, that it's resembled the One-Year War!

On the other hand, Saya becomes a Menko master after flipping three cards at once! #PogChamp

[whitecloud]

do anyone here have eat those japanese candies?

[Cosmic Eagle]

Lol!! Is Hotaru implying that one of the marks of a legendary dagashi shop is....selling bootleg stuff?! XDD

[Ultima_Rasengan05]

After seeing this episode, I've officially added this show as a permanent resident on my watch list for 2016!! That last scene was tugging at my childhood! I remember playing pogs! Although our version wasn't with thick cards like what they had. It was round and they were sometimes called "milk caps". And we had to stack them up. The harder you hit, the more you flip over. Although sometimes strength doesn't always guarantee you a win. Oh man Dagashi Kashi, you just won me over!

[MeoTwister5]

I'm guessing Kamaiki Beer is like flavored Alkaseltzer...

[Kuroageha]

I want to know how fake beer taste like.

[DragoonKain3]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

What if he marries Saya instead? Then he's less likely to want to leave the town, and he might decide that working in town (ergo, keeping a job as, say, owner of a local dagashi store) is the way to go.

Nah, if he marries Saya I think he'll work on being a mangaka more. There's nothing tying Saya to dagashi, so even if they don't leave town, I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts MC will be anything BUT the next owner of the dagashi store considering how dead-set against he is being one.

Also, Saya only wants him to be the next owner so that he is still close by, which is really a flimsy reason to convince MC to become one. He can still be close by without being the next owner, or heck, if Saya really likes him, she can just follow him to Tokyo or something when he studies to become a mangaka. XD

Hotaru, his dream girl from even before he met her, on the other hand can easily say "I'll only go out with you if you become the next owner" and this anime is done and over with. Not to say she will be 'prostituting' herself just to get Tou-san to work for her company; she clearly already respects MC from the first episode so that turning to love wouldn't be a stretch. (dammit what am I saying, I'm supposed to be team Saya here )