(CR) Comic Girls

[Liddo-kun]

Watched episode 2:

Kaos holding a kitten that looks like her is just too cute!

[Wandering_Youth]

Aww that little kitten and Kaos are just unbearable cute together that it hurts. I hope they adopt it or something.

[Liddo-kun]

Yeah, hopefully she adopts the frightened kitteh. ><

[SamCurt]

Originally Posted by Liddo-kun

Yeah, hopefully she adopts the frightened kitteh. ><

Well, the cast list lists a role for "Nyasu" which shares the same seiyuu as Kaos. I guess it's that cat.
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Have anyone noticed that Kaos's hobbies looks more like that for a man than for a teenage girl? I don't usually see women having their desks full of figurines.

Tsubasa is nearly the most boyish character in Kirara's history, rivaled only by GA's Tomokane.

[FlareKnight]

Have to say I'm liking this show so far. The main cast are pretty likable. Kaos is a pretty fun lead. She has the shy/confidence issues, but also a bit of dark humor. That bit with the terrified cat was pretty entertaining.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by SamCurt

Well, the cast list lists a role for "Nyasu" which shares the same seiyuu as Kaos. I guess it's that cat.
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Have anyone noticed that Kaos's hobbies looks more like that for a man than for a teenage girl? I don't usually see women having their desks full of figurines.

Tsubasa is nearly the most boyish character in Kirara's history, rivaled only by GA's Tomokane.

Plenty of women collect figurines. Myself included.

[4th Dimension]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

She has the shy/confidence issues, but also a bit of dark humor.

She makes Hana, of Slow Start, look like a social butterfly...

[SamCurt]

Originally Posted by Requiem-x

What? Come on, when have we seen a colorful SoL featuring a shy, insecure, small sized MC, a genki blonde best friend who goes at her own pace and a cool tomboy pro riddled with deadlines?

Sure, this series has that distinctive Hidamari Sketch vibe. Although I'd say Yuno more insecure than shy, while Kaos is both.

Originally Posted by alex_drian

It was good. Yep, you need future sight for calling your daughter Moeta that some day will be the incarnation of moe.

Moeta is her surname.

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

Basically she can't write. Her jokes fall flat. Her characters are uninteresting. Her stories have no appeal.

Well, one of the comments says "the characters aren't moe." (CR translates to "the characters do nothing for me") Assuming Kaos's art is at least par for moe, her storywriting probably has a negative effect.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

Plenty of women collect figurines. Myself included.

I don't think they were trying to say women don't or shouldn't collect figurines, just that it's unusual. There's plenty of things like that. Liking shows with lots of boobs and butts, or shows filled with blood and guts, for example. These are far more "boy" things and while there are certainly plenty of girls who do it too, it's still comparatively unusual and gives an impression of a "boyish" or "odd" personality that generally contrasts with others. That said, it's not very effective here since not only does she choose a format and style that's very low in sexiness, she's placed right next to a girl who writes porn for a living. Then again, maybe they're supposed to be somewhat opposite, with Chaos liking slightly boyish things like fanservice but unable to draw or conceive of anything that's not cute and innocent, while her senpai likes cute and innocent stuff but can't help but draw stuff filled with fanservice and pornographic situations.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

I don't think they were trying to say women don't or shouldn't collect figurines, just that it's unusual. There's plenty of things like that. Liking shows with lots of boobs and butts, or shows filled with blood and guts, for example. These are far more "boy" things and while there are certainly plenty of girls who do it too, it's still comparatively unusual and gives an impression of a "boyish" or "odd" personality that generally contrasts with others. That said, it's not very effective here since not only does she choose a format and style that's very low in sexiness, she's placed right next to a girl who writes porn for a living. Then again, maybe they're supposed to be somewhat opposite, with Chaos liking slightly boyish things like fanservice but unable to draw or conceive of anything that's not cute and innocent, while her senpai likes cute and innocent stuff but can't help but draw stuff filled with fanservice and pornographic situations.

I know that, my point was that it's not really unusual anymore within the anime/otaku community. AKA I wouldn't consider it a boyish hobby anymore. Just look at the increase in the number of figures that are specifically targeting women, and the shows geared towards them. Hell just the increase in male figures in general. Because companies finally realized that women have money to, and we're OK on spending it on things we like. Now the types of figures she predominately collects is another thing.

[jdennis007]

It does have a Hidamari Sketch vibe to me as well but not enough to be called a copy of it.

As far as anime goods geared towards females go there are more and more of it out there. I joke that my local Kinokuniya gets more and more rotten all the time.

[Stark700]

Tsubasa continues to impress me as the best girl in the show


She may be critical about Kaos' drawing skills but she's not wrong either.

[FlareKnight]

Kaos really is an impressive mix of hilarious and tragic. Is gaining a lot from spending time in that dorm, but wow she's taking some hits along the way. Taking shots on her fashion sense, art, high school girl mindset, proportions, etc. To be sure she's going to grow a lot from this and having friends that share her interests is key. Though it might be a rather painful process to get to the point where her manga can be serialized.

That girl is just hilariously dark. Though I did like how she was so protective of her hair. It's her one sign of growth and she can't bring herself to have it cut . And wow Kaos is on a tier of her own in terms of how she puts her self worth. She doesn't understand gourmet...so she doesn't deserve to eat!?

Another pretty amusing episode. A pretty fun bunch of characters.

[Infinite Zenith]

This show is heart meltingly adorable, the Slow Start of this season.

[Kakurin]

Kaos-chan is the highlight of the series up to that point. Oh, and I approve of her twintail style, looks good on her. As does the hat on Nyaos.

[mangamuscle]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

Now the types of figures she predominately collects is another thing.

After watching episode 3 I think it is not a stretch to say that Kaos buys figures that represent the female ideal she admires (and feels she will never be able to attain).

If this continues Kaos will fight with Kuroki (from Watamote) for the title of the girl everybody wants to hug and tell her everything will be alright.

[Infinite Zenith]

Originally Posted by mangamuscle

If this continues Kaos will fight with Kuroki (from Watamote) for the title of the girl everybody wants to hug and tell her everything will be alright.

Already has that spot in my books for me!

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

I know that, my point was that it's not really unusual anymore within the anime/otaku community. AKA I wouldn't consider it a boyish hobby anymore. Just look at the increase in the number of figures that are specifically targeting women, and the shows geared towards them. Hell just the increase in male figures in general. Because companies finally realized that women have money to, and we're OK on spending it on things we like. Now the types of figures she predominately collects is another thing.

Her figures don't look entirely "girl-oriented" though. I know fully well that there are figures aimed at girls. Just like there's girl-oriented fanservice. It'd be unusual for a boy to have lines of figures of athletic guys in swimsuits, just like it'd be unusual for a girl to have a big collection of cute girls in skimpy attire.

Anyway, this episode seems to have confirmed Kaos as an antithesis to Ruki, with the way she's so quick to get fired up over erotic things. Seriously, the last character I saw thank God for feeling a big pair was Hyoudou Issei of High School DxD.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by mangamuscle

After watching episode 3 I think it is not a stretch to say that Kaos buys figures that represent the female ideal she admires (and feels she will never be able to attain).

If this continues Kaos will fight with Kuroki (from Watamote) for the title of the girl everybody wants to hug and tell her everything will be alright.

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

Her figures don't look entirely "girl-oriented" though. I know fully well that there are figures aimed at girls. Just like there's girl-oriented fanservice. It'd be unusual for a boy to have lines of figures of athletic guys in swimsuits, just like it'd be unusual for a girl to have a big collection of cute girls in skimpy attire.

Anyway, this episode seems to have confirmed Kaos as an antithesis to Ruki, with the way she's so quick to get fired up over erotic things. Seriously, the last character I saw thank God for feeling a big pair was Hyoudou Issei of High School DxD.

As mangamuscle pointed out most of her figures appear to be of cute girls. At the time I wrote my last comment I hadn't paid to much attention to what types of figures she had in the first episode, but after the last one where we get another shot of her collection I'm inclined to agree with mangamuscle's assessment. None of her figures so far appear to be very fanservicey. They look to consist of the cute girl variety.

[SamCurt]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

As mangamuscle pointed out most of her figures appear to be of cute girls. At the time I wrote my last comment I hadn't paid to much attention to what types of figures she had in the first episode, but after the last one where we get another shot of her collection I'm inclined to agree with mangamuscle's assessment. None of her figures so far appear to be very fanservicey. They look to consist of the cute girl variety.

Well, there's another possibility: she's interested in girls. The thing is, we can't refute either theory, and they can overlap.