Tokimeki Memorial ~ Only Love ~

[monir]

Originally Posted by relentlessflame

Okay, I pretty much never ever do this, but... [

Spoiler for Episode 4's "best scene":

Episode 4 features what has to be one of the cutest "romantic crush" encounters I've seen in a long time, replete with cute smiles, blushing, and a sudden step of boldness from the otherwise shy girl. Riku is a pretty smooth talker without realizing it.

Spoiler for Screenshots:

(Riku just said she looked really pretty when she was swimming.)


(Riku said she swam like a dolphin; good memory, Riku!)


(Riku's trying to be an encouragement.)


(Mina building up her courage...)


(He said yes! Success!)

Way way way too cute. Mina rules.

Yayoi deserves the outburst! She is ultra cute which is almost as cute as Shoukou from Asatte no Houkou. In the end it balances out since Shoukou has the advantage of being a middle-school'er loli while Mina is still so cute despite of her being a joshi.

Btw, I'm having trouble spelling her name in according to the pronounciation. I noticed you spelled her name with a "y" in the middle while I spelled her name in the previous post as Yaoi and later realized that Yaoi usually represents the shounen-ai genre. Any official mention of how her name should be spelled in English?

Spoiler for The rest of the plot of episode 4:

Donning a sort "invisibility suit" from the bread lady (who Ichiro calls "onee-san"), Ichiro and Yusuke infiltrate the pool. A chance encounter with (the swim team captain) Koayu's... um... breasts... causes a panic and provides the opportunity for Riku to finally return the hankerchief to Mina... and have that nice "alone together" moment above.

Spoiler:

Pink camouflaged rubber/spandex suit!? They should have suspected from the color alone that these suits were defective. Those suits need to be returned. Wonder if they saved their receipt?

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by monir

Btw, I'm having trouble spelling her name in according to the pronounciation. I noticed you spelled her name with a "y" in the middle while I spelled her name in the previous post as Yaoi and later realized that Yaoi usually represents the shounen-ai genre. Any official mention of how her name should be spelled in English?

Well, her family name really is (and is pronounced) "Yayoi" - see the furi on top of her name on the official anime character page. Would hearing "Yaoi" instead be a Freudian slip?

Spoiler:

And yeah... that camouflage suit certainly didn't function as advertised.

P.S. Not that it's a killer spoiler, but you might want to add the [ /spoiler] to the first quote, just in case someone really wants to keep it a secret.

[Vexx]

For a show with such "old" material ... I'm getting my entertainment value out of this one so far. The comedy is much more integrated. Mina very cute (Shinobu/Nodoka's ancestor I guess and I loved that little scene watching the rain ) ---

--- fear the lunch lady

[ryaken]

Episodes 3 and 4 were really pleasing. The show takes a nice stand and I feel settled in and ready for the next 20 or so. Can't wait for subs to clear up the little details I may have missed also.

It may come off that Amamiya is the num1 girl for Riku, but I have to say that he works really really well with Mina. TsukasaXRiku is good, but the cuteness romance isn't there. Out of the 3, Mina is number 1 for now. She loves dolphins!! That's fabulous.

Comedy is on par as well, lots of laughs. good good *is happy*

[Skane]

Well... from the 3 girls, based on their archetypes and my history of preferences; it is most likely that I will end up liking Mina the best.

Narf.

[monir]

Originally Posted by relentlessflame

Well, her family name really is (and is pronounced) "Yayoi" - see the furi on top of her name on the official anime character page. Would hearing "Yaoi" instead be a Freudian slip?

I swear I spelled it as I heard it, but realized later the other meaning associated with Yaoi and questioned my spelling since there is no way the animators would want to associate a character as cute as Mina with Yaoi. Mina may have a thing for Shounen-ai, but those are private matter to begin with that shouldn't taint her name and nor the listeners. Thanks for the confirmation.

Spoiler:

And yeah... that camouflage suit certainly didn't function as advertised.

P.S. Not that it's a killer spoiler, but you might want to add the [ /spoiler] to the first quote, just in case someone really wants to keep it a secret.

Woopsie! Absolutely right.

[Sinestra]

Originally Posted by Skane

Well... from the 3 girls, based on their archetypes and my history of preferences; it is most likely that I will end up liking Mina the best.

Narf.

Agreed her personality is just so fun to watch found my self drawn to her the min she stepped on screen. I hope her charcter doesnt get over shadowed by others

[Vexx]

It is just very mentally calming to watch Mina onscreen

[Cyz]

Seen episode 4....

Spoiler:

Even if it was a Mina episode, we don't get to see her often except when she's on swimming class. Basically, it's like how Riku can get close to Mina episode Mina looks much cuter when she's embarassed and blushing in front of Riku....like that last scenes. Oh! and the little chick beat the crap out of Doujima again Let me see what else...there's that scary but cute lunch lady and Utsumi who don't want someone harassing her breasts. Lol! it's pretty funny how she was emotionally attacked Hm, you think she might fall for Riku too?

[raideralan]

Is it just me or is the screen size of episode 2 bigger then epsidoe 1? I think it was call aspect ratio.

[martino]

Originally Posted by raideralan

Is it just me or is the screen size of episode 2 bigger then epsidoe 1? I think it was call aspect ratio.

It depends who's release you are getting. If it's C1, then yes, their second episode has got a bigger resolution.

Episode 1: 704x396 (16:9 AR) (1.77778)
Episode 2: 856x480 (~16:9 AR) (1.78333)

I'm not sure as to why the resolution changed, maybe their RAW provider changed his/her source of the video for a one with a higher resolution or it was upsized by C1. You'd have to ask them to get a final answer...

[Cyz]

You can always adjust the resolution settings on your screen and put it back to your liking once your done watching. Still, I think I prefer the episode 1 resolution though (since my screen isn't built for high resolution stuffs).

[Jerseykid]

At the end of episode 3 when the second lunch scene was coming up I was sure something bad was going to happen but it never did.

[Deathkillz]

lol ep 3 was quite nice...
riku getting hate mail made me laugh i was expecting his locker to get bombed lol
riku being pestered by tsukasa was to be expected...but shes soo talkative
the killer obentou was also expected...but it also killed off the chick >.< nooo!
with that said im glad to see her trying hard to learn how to make good lunches...especially when she doesnt even know riku that well...
oh and another cute shy silent moe charather i the form of mina ^__^
i like amamiya and all but imo she way overrated...

oki looking at the screen caps i think ill have to skip ahead and watch ep4 raw to catch up *hops off*

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Jerseykid

At the end of episode 3 when the second lunch scene was coming up I was sure something bad was going to happen but it never did.

Yeah, i got the feeling she'd drop the food or something - though i'm glad nothing like that happened, it turned out to be such an amazing/cute scene.

Anyway.. i want the pair of socks Tsukasa wears. <3

[Matt Soulblade]

Episode 3 was a good one after those crazy sport incidents at ep 3. Tsukasa was pretty cute I wonder where the relationship with Aoba will get.
Looking forward to ep 4, Im really enjoying this series

BTW, Amamiya reminds me A LOT of Trixie from The Fairly Oddparents (hilarious shit). Perfect popular girls FTW!.

[Jerseykid]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Yeah, i got the feeling she'd drop the food or something - though i'm glad nothing like that happened, it turned out to be such an amazing/cute scene.

Anyway.. i want the pair of socks Tsukasa wears. <3

I thought for sure that she was going to walk in while Aoba was drinking tea with the nurse and storm out crying jealous or something. It's used so much in Anime.

[myopius]

This series is like a pleasant surprise. From the description it seems like it won't be much special, just another high school love comedy or what have you, but now that I'm three episodes in it's clear that it's more than that.

Well, in art, voice acting, characters, and in storyline, it's above average, but the most distinct part is just the overall feel of the series. It has all the elements of a quality school love comedy, such as the efforts of sincere characters to reach what they desire and the stereotypical hijinx/drama that often accompanies these characters' efforts, but also has an absurdist tinge which almost kind of critiques that. Kinda.

That is, the whole situation in the school, where everyone and everything is bizarre and overdone. That he's in the most eccentric high school in Japan puts a definite spin on all that happens. Most animes which are the high school love comedy type embody the theme of "ordinary" youth (of course, anime is never reality) but this show definitely can't claim that. Hmm... actually, on that note, I didn't really notice too much out of the ordinary in episode #3, so I just hope that later episodes are as bizarre like #1 and #2.

Of course, even if it didn't have that edge, Tokimeki is quality enough to watch as is, since like I said earlier on, it's above average quality in every area. Another excellent show this season which I can look forward to every week.

[Vexx]

Agreed.... I dropped into it from the curiousity of this being such an "old property" but the anime itself is just kind of a happy little odd discovery (much like Lamune was though they're nothing alike). (goes back to hoping for more Mina).

[Deathkillz]

this series is turning out to be really enjoyable
ep4...

Spoiler:

wow an ep featuring mina
she may be 1 year younger than riku but they make a good couple ^_^
seeing the chick kick some ass again was unexpected but dam was it funny XD
Ichiro and riku beging dragged around school by Yusuke to checks out the girls but this eventually leads to Ichiro and Yusuke as they try to infraltrate the swimming pool wearing "camouflage"...yea bright pink spandexs LOL! never trust the bread girl imo...
mina stole my heart at the end of this episode tho...shes shy but still has the guts to ask riku out on a date...soo cute! ^_^ shes quickly becomming me fav charather in this series