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Hakai · 2017-01-20, 05:11

So little happened in the first 3 episodes, really hope the next arcs don't have the same horrible pacing.

Ulin · 2017-01-20, 06:38

Sorry but I can't stand the MC at all... so you freak out because she is eating the bowl of ramen you have left? but it is okay to spend much time with her in your room all alone, going to take a bath in a bikini and you even suggest to show you the bikini in the shower? Come on!

I don't care about any of them, and there is only one episode left... I don't know, I'll see how it concludes and then decide if I continue with the next girl

DragoonKain3 · 2017-01-20, 11:19

I'm actually pissed off... slow-moving romances is a hallmark of childhood friend couples (think Rihoko in Amagami who only really got into a relationship in 2nd season), and Tsuneki stealing that from Tohno is eating me alive. I guess one can see that the MC's relationship with Tsuneki is being built up like childhood friends, so I should be happy, but I can't help but feel that they're leaving nothing for Tohno.

@scififan
Sorry man, didn't think anyone would take my comment seriously. It was just a light hearted reply to a light hearted joke. No need to over think it.

To be fair though, it was Enzo who started it...

Stark700 · 2017-01-20, 11:21

The romance doesn't feel evident or at least really tame at the moment. I guess they'll really have to push the relationship of the two main leads of this arc soon.

AB079 · 2017-01-20, 11:48

Hmmm it was a pretty boring episode despite the fanservice and how every situation put the MC closer to this girl, well there is one episode left for this arc but so far it isn't that good is we compare it with the first arc of Amagami SS.

Yamada II · 2017-01-20, 18:12

Episode 3

I really love Tsuneki's teasing. She started with the high temperature thing right after people said that she's here to flirt. She's not effected by everyone thinking of her as a slut bitch. She just ends up having fun with that. Tsuneki's playful, teasing side would be best complemented by someone who's not a loser like Kamita.

And it seems that Araki-senpai has been taken while Tsuneki was studying during summer vacations. Though it never really felt that much to me that Tsuneki had something for Araki-senpai. Or it could be just me. Anyway, we're reaching the climax for this girl and her stuff should end next week after which we'll move on to the next girl and I kinda doubt the new girl will be as fun as Tsuneki.

Also, that nekoing foot and belly button fetishist of an MC. It's kinda different with how they give things like this some weird focus. Kamita didn't stare at Tsuneki's boobs of all the things there to gawk at. He looked at her belly button. Kinda nice... I guess.

Blueknight78 · 2017-01-20, 22:28

i gonna say i honestely prefer the mc from Amagami SS, here the mc is the typical loser protakun, this get annoying very fast, while i like all of the tsuneki teasing the mc, his reactions stop very fast to be funny and more annoying how he look too much cliche even more than the girls by being the typical peniless looser the guy in Amagami SS was much better and actually "manly" instead of this fail guy, excluding it so far is funny tsuneki arc next episode will be the last and we gonna get the next girl and i really hope he can be a litte different with next girl and less ultra shy.

RX-78GP04G Gerbera · 2017-01-20, 23:24

Yeah, sadly, Hikari is the only good thing so far.

As it was mentioned in other places, one of the the things that made Amagami SS interesting was that it was BOTH Junichi AND the main girl of the arc, both individually and mutually, that made it fun to watch since, of course, it takes BOTH parties to make a relationship work. Junichi actually had a personality and an established baseline "problem" with his being stood up for a Christmas date, so you actually have a reason to root for him in winning the girl over as he tries to overcome the fear of it possibly happening again and such.

There's nothing like that with Shouichi. He has no real personality aside from the typical "nice" male MC cliches nor is there any reason to root for him besides JUST being the MC, which isn't good. Sure, they clearly TRIED to make him seem more Junichi like with the fetish attention and a couple hijinks, but unlike Junichi, who actually manned up and did stuff (and usually resulted in funny, endearing, and enjoyable moments between him and the girl), Shouichi just comes off a bit creepy as a result...

Basically, Hikari is the one who has been carrying this whole arc so far while Shouichi barely registers as even a side character, much less the MC.

novalysis · 2017-01-20, 23:38

I still cannot figure out how we are going to get from the friendzone to actual romance three episodes in. Because, as much as Hikari is teasing Shouichi, from his perspective, Hikari's actions at the camp are perfectly self-consistent with a gad-flyish trolling self in school, only transposed to the context of a camp where she is bored out of her mind. For all we know, Hikari's forwardness to Shouichi was not the result of any romantic affection (though the genre demands that it has to be), but rather the result of being bored, utterly out of place in the camp, and Shouichi being the only one from Hikari's social circle to mess around with.

Also, Shouichi is a very boring and inconsistently written protagonist, that slides from an utterly useless and indecisive wimp to somewhat competent as the plot demands. He comes off as a flat one-dimensional hormonal nice guy..... and to be honest, I don't care what happens to him at this stage. This is not the case with Hikari.

In-fact, I'd rather see more reverse harem Shoujo protagonist be like Hikari. And on that topic, Shouichi is basically the male equivalent of one of the cliche Shoujo reverse harem protagonists who are utterly passive doormats.

Arturia Polaris · 2017-01-21, 01:32

I love a girl that knows she's hot stuff and fakes ignorance. It certainly is better than having one that is totally oblivious to half the room looking at her.

That said, can the snitch be more obvious?

Incest Emblem · 2017-01-21, 03:47

Does it really need to build toward a romantic conclusion? Given that we have not gotten any unambiguous romantic development and that there is but only one episode left, perhaps this arc with end with a platonic relationship between the pairing? It did happen in Amagami SS, after all, so it can happen here.

Ulin · 2017-01-21, 04:11

The saddest thing is that I was more interested in Tsuneki's friend and sensei's relationship with just a 30 seconds interaction than in the main couple's...

FlareKnight · 2017-01-21, 04:26

Yeah does seem a given that Tsuneki was basically ratted out to keep her from being able to attend the trip. Hard to say if she was really a threat, but that seems to be the reason that girl likely ratted her out.

As a whole I'd still say Tsuneki has been a fun character and not a bad person to start out with. Definitely brings a lot of personality and energy.

Though will say that I agree with the slow build overall. Considering each arc is 4 episodes it feels like they should have ramped things up a bit faster than this. Maybe if they had 6 episodes for each girl I could see this one ending on a decent point. Not that things aren't moving in a positive direction with these two. With enough time I could see something happening there. If they compressed the first 3 episodes into 2 episodes somehow I think this would be a bit smoother.

Feels like it will be on Tsuneki to help her arc reach a satisfactory end. Presumably she'll deal with the snitching. Maybe Shoichi will do something dramatic thinking she still suspects him of snitching on her and that will push things forward between them in a hurry.

In the end I'm still enjoying the arc. Might mostly be thanks to Tsuneki's pure energy. Still, hasn't been a bad ride. Was mostly fun last episode especially having her mess with all those people who were basically judging and making presumptions about her anyways. They'll all go their separate ways after that camp anyways so might as well mess with them.

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Originally Posted by Incest Emblem

Does it really need to build toward a romantic conclusion? Given that we have not gotten any unambiguous romantic development and that there is but only one episode left, perhaps this arc with end with a platonic relationship between the pairing? It did happen in Amagami SS, after all, so it can happen here.

True, though I'd be surprised if they started out with the platonic one. Would be a surprising start. Though I didn't really care for how S1 for Amagami did that since it just felt...unresolved.

Hakai · 2017-01-21, 05:26

At this point I'm expecting this arc to end with just confirming strong mutual interest between them rather than full-blown romance.

Julio C · 2017-01-21, 17:16

At this point, no way they can wrapped this up with a full romance. It's going to be more like Rihoko's end. MC still kinda sucks, and I hope the next two arcs helps him improved.

Tsuneki needs some self control, she is almost at a slut level. I don't know how the next two girls will top her because so far she is just amazing, but not Haruka amazing.

npal · 2017-01-21, 17:28

And here I thought I was the only one who thought the MC kinda sucks.

Blueknight78 · 2017-01-21, 17:59

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Originally Posted by npal

And here I thought I was the only one who thought the MC kinda sucks.

yeah so far at last on this arc looks like the problem is the mc and all the arc being carried solely by the girl and i really hope is just this arc, if all the others girls arc gonna be like that gonna be really annoying have a too "passive" mc where he looks more like a "background" character and everything must be worked by the girls otherwise "nothing gonna happen" from mc side, the amagami mc was much, really a lot better than this one he had a strong personality and worked to move the plot while here the mc just "wait the girl" pop-up and do everything otherwise he is just a "boring" and annyoing pervert character.

npal · 2017-01-21, 18:07

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Originally Posted by Blueknight78

yeah so far at last on this arc looks like the problem is the mc and all the arc being carried solely by the girl and i really hope is just this arc, if all the others girls arc gonna be like that gonna be really annoying have a too "passive" mc where he looks more like a "background" character and everything must be worked by the girls otherwise "nothing gonna happen" from mc side, the amagami mc was much, really a lot better than this one he had a strong personality and worked to move the plot while here the mc just "wait the girl" pop-up and do everything otherwise he is just a "boring" and annyoing pervert character.

His friend looking more robust doesn't really help his case either. I wouldn't mind if they switched :P

germanturkey · 2017-01-21, 19:18

so we're going to ignore the part where he had a raging boner when talking to the sensei. gotcha.

Blueknight78 · 2017-01-21, 19:22

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Originally Posted by germanturkey

so we're going to ignore the part where he had a raging boner when talking to the sensei. gotcha.

this say something when in the "whole arc" the only thing he did was "get a hard boner".

, that is really "something

, specially when is in front of other "male"

2017-01-20, 05:11	Link #81
Hakai Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Age: 25	So little happened in the first 3 episodes, really hope the next arcs don't have the same horrible pacing. __________________

2017-01-20, 11:19	Link #83
DragoonKain3 Osana-Najimi Shipper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mt. Ordeals	I'm actually pissed off... slow-moving romances is a hallmark of childhood friend couples (think Rihoko in Amagami who only really got into a relationship in 2nd season), and Tsuneki stealing that from Tohno is eating me alive. I guess one can see that the MC's relationship with Tsuneki is being built up like childhood friends, so I should be happy, but I can't help but feel that they're leaving nothing for Tohno. @scififan Sorry man, didn't think anyone would take my comment seriously. It was just a light hearted reply to a light hearted joke. No need to over think it. To be fair though, it was Enzo who started it... __________________ Yes its YOU childhood friend - source of BERZERKER RAGE since forever Childhood Friend couple STATISTICS(spoilers abound though)

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Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	The romance doesn't feel evident or at least really tame at the moment. I guess they'll really have to push the relationship of the two main leads of this arc soon. __________________

2017-01-20, 22:28	Link #87
Blueknight78 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014	i gonna say i honestely prefer the mc from Amagami SS, here the mc is the typical loser protakun, this get annoying very fast, while i like all of the tsuneki teasing the mc, his reactions stop very fast to be funny and more annoying how he look too much cliche even more than the girls by being the typical peniless looser the guy in Amagami SS was much better and actually "manly" instead of this fail guy, excluding it so far is funny tsuneki arc next episode will be the last and we gonna get the next girl and i really hope he can be a litte different with next girl and less ultra shy. __________________

2017-01-20, 23:24	Link #88
RX-78GP04G Gerbera Whoosh! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Albany Age: 38	reply Yeah, sadly, Hikari is the only good thing so far. As it was mentioned in other places, one of the the things that made Amagami SS interesting was that it was BOTH Junichi AND the main girl of the arc, both individually and mutually, that made it fun to watch since, of course, it takes BOTH parties to make a relationship work. Junichi actually had a personality and an established baseline "problem" with his being stood up for a Christmas date, so you actually have a reason to root for him in winning the girl over as he tries to overcome the fear of it possibly happening again and such. There's nothing like that with Shouichi. He has no real personality aside from the typical "nice" male MC cliches nor is there any reason to root for him besides JUST being the MC, which isn't good. Sure, they clearly TRIED to make him seem more Junichi like with the fetish attention and a couple hijinks, but unlike Junichi, who actually manned up and did stuff (and usually resulted in funny, endearing, and enjoyable moments between him and the girl), Shouichi just comes off a bit creepy as a result... Basically, Hikari is the one who has been carrying this whole arc so far while Shouichi barely registers as even a side character, much less the MC. __________________ "I'll show you that a superior mobile suit has its limits when it goes up against a superior pilot!" - Char Aznable, The Red Comet "Come on! I don't feel like losing!" - Johnny Ridden, The Crimson Lightning "Hatred is the root of all war! That's common sense, boy!" - Anavel Gato, The Nightmare of Solomon

2017-01-20, 06:38	Link #82
Ulin Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Spain	Sorry but I can't stand the MC at all... so you freak out because she is eating the bowl of ramen you have left? but it is okay to spend much time with her in your room all alone, going to take a bath in a bikini and you even suggest to show you the bikini in the shower? Come on! I don't care about any of them, and there is only one episode left... I don't know, I'll see how it concludes and then decide if I continue with the next girl

2017-01-20, 11:48	Link #85
AB079 Banned Join Date: Apr 2016	Hmmm it was a pretty boring episode despite the fanservice and how every situation put the MC closer to this girl, well there is one episode left for this arc but so far it isn't that good is we compare it with the first arc of Amagami SS.

2017-01-20, 18:12	Link #86
Yamada II Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Pakistan Age: 28	Episode 3 I really love Tsuneki's teasing. She started with the high temperature thing right after people said that she's here to flirt. She's not effected by everyone thinking of her as a slut bitch. She just ends up having fun with that. Tsuneki's playful, teasing side would be best complemented by someone who's not a loser like Kamita. And it seems that Araki-senpai has been taken while Tsuneki was studying during summer vacations. Though it never really felt that much to me that Tsuneki had something for Araki-senpai. Or it could be just me. Anyway, we're reaching the climax for this girl and her stuff should end next week after which we'll move on to the next girl and I kinda doubt the new girl will be as fun as Tsuneki. Also, that nekoing foot and belly button fetishist of an MC. It's kinda different with how they give things like this some weird focus. Kamita didn't stare at Tsuneki's boobs of all the things there to gawk at. He looked at her belly button. Kinda nice... I guess.

2017-01-20, 23:38	Link #89
novalysis Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011	I still cannot figure out how we are going to get from the friendzone to actual romance three episodes in. Because, as much as Hikari is teasing Shouichi, from his perspective, Hikari's actions at the camp are perfectly self-consistent with a gad-flyish trolling self in school, only transposed to the context of a camp where she is bored out of her mind. For all we know, Hikari's forwardness to Shouichi was not the result of any romantic affection (though the genre demands that it has to be), but rather the result of being bored, utterly out of place in the camp, and Shouichi being the only one from Hikari's social circle to mess around with. Also, Shouichi is a very boring and inconsistently written protagonist, that slides from an utterly useless and indecisive wimp to somewhat competent as the plot demands. He comes off as a flat one-dimensional hormonal nice guy..... and to be honest, I don't care what happens to him at this stage. This is not the case with Hikari. In-fact, I'd rather see more reverse harem Shoujo protagonist be like Hikari. And on that topic, Shouichi is basically the male equivalent of one of the cliche Shoujo reverse harem protagonists who are utterly passive doormats.

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Arturia Polaris Good OP Hunter Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Argentina	I love a girl that knows she's hot stuff and fakes ignorance. It certainly is better than having one that is totally oblivious to half the room looking at her. That said, can the snitch be more obvious? __________________ Arturia's Writing Den My fanfiction works include: Tari Tari: Past and Present, As the Gentle Breeze Blows Little Busters: Bird's Song Sword Art Online: Vanquishing of the Laughing Coffin My own works include: Social Fact

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Incest Emblem Onii-sama! Join Date: Jan 2015	Does it really need to build toward a romantic conclusion? Given that we have not gotten any unambiguous romantic development and that there is but only one episode left, perhaps this arc with end with a platonic relationship between the pairing? It did happen in Amagami SS, after all, so it can happen here.

2017-01-21, 04:11	Link #92
Ulin Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Spain	The saddest thing is that I was more interested in Tsuneki's friend and sensei's relationship with just a 30 seconds interaction than in the main couple's...

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Hakai Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Age: 25	At this point I'm expecting this arc to end with just confirming strong mutual interest between them rather than full-blown romance. __________________

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Julio C Bury My Shell Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara	At this point, no way they can wrapped this up with a full romance. It's going to be more like Rihoko's end. MC still kinda sucks, and I hope the next two arcs helps him improved. Tsuneki needs some self control, she is almost at a slut level. I don't know how the next two girls will top her because so far she is just amazing, but not Haruka amazing.

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