(CR) Watashi ga Motete Dousunda (Kiss Him, Not Me)

[Benigmatica]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Nana and Whatshisface are still assholes, though.

If you're talking about Shinomiya, yeah he's into the looks! Heck, he got tackled very hard by Serinuma that the pillar got broken.

[PreSage]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

I really hope so. I'd hate it to skip volumes 4-6.5... those are pretty important character development stories. (For what counts as "important" and "character development" in this story, anyway. But these character focus stories do make us know more about the characters and help making them likeable.)

So far I expected the anime to end with the big revelation in volume 6, but now I wouldn't rule out volume 9 either... they'd have to skip a lot for that, though.

Btw, if they're already introducing KachuRabu I hope they'll at least do the cursed island arc, too... that was hilarious.

I really hope they don't skip Mutsumi's part. So far, he's the best guy but they're making him look like a wallflower and not the better man. I want him to get more spotlight than the other 3 idiots. Despite Igarashi realizing that he truly loves her and not just her look, I still don't like him as much as Mutsumi.

[kuromitsu]

Episode 6...

PAIRING SET-UP IS IMPORTANT, OKAY? (It's my subjective thing but I tend to share Shima's opinion. The opposite is just not beautiful. Hey, nobody said it had to make any logical sense. )

Anyway inside jokes aside (so, so on-point XD), this whole story is so cute and it goes a long way to show what makes Shima and her relationship with Kae tick. Also I love how it confirms that Shima is a legit suitor herself, with legit romantic feelings for Kae, instead of dismissing her as just a friend who is playing an ultimately "harmless" joke.

But... going by the preview, they're really skipping the intro arcs. WHY. :/ Mutsumi's arc is perfect. Nana's and Shinomiya's arcs are cute. And they all help rounding them out as characters and making them more likeable, and showing how their feelings are not shallow either. It's especially ridiculous since it appears they went out of their way to give Igarashi his episode, but then skipped the rest... Mutsumi's arc was supposed to be important, damn it, and they just blew it right aside and used only its punchline. -_-)

I guess they're really trying to make Igarashi the preferred guy... poor Mutsumi.

[Konja9]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Episode 6...

PAIRING SET-UP IS IMPORTANT, OKAY? (It's my subjective thing but I tend to share Shima's opinion. The opposite is just not beautiful. Hey, nobody said it had to make any logical sense. )

Anyway inside jokes aside (so, so on-point XD), this whole story is so cute and it goes a long way to show what makes Shima and her relationship with Kae tick. Also I love how it confirms that Shima is a legit suitor herself, with legit romantic feelings for Kae, instead of dismissing her as just a friend who is playing an ultimately "harmless" joke.

But... going by the preview, they're really skipping the intro arcs. WHY. :/ Mutsumi's arc is perfect. Nana's and Shinomiya's arcs are cute. And they all help rounding them out as characters and making them more likeable, and showing how their feelings are not shallow either. It's especially ridiculous since it appears they went out of their way to give Igarashi his episode, but then skipped the rest... Mutsumi's arc was supposed to be important, damn it, and they just blew it right aside and used only its punchline. -_-)

I guess they're really trying to make Igarashi the preferred guy... poor Mutsumi.

Well, it's still posible they use Mutsumi arc for the end. After all, Kazuma Mutsumi will appear at some point (his seiyuu has been announced).

In theory, they can handle the next episode without this interfering with Mutsumi's arc.

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by Konja9

Well, it's still posible they use Mutsumi arc for the end. After all, Kazuma Mutsumi will appear at some point (his seiyuu has been announced).

Oh, really? I missed that info. That's good news, although I have no idea how they could finish that arc, given that they pretty much used up its punchline in this episode... Then again, what with how half-assed the production seems to be, maybe they'll just reuse it.

[Konja9]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Oh, really? I missed that info. That's good news, although I have no idea how they could finish that arc, given that they pretty much used up its punchline in this episode... Then again, what with how half-assed the production seems to be, maybe they'll just reuse it.

Here it was mentioned Kazuma Mutsumi's voice actor: https://myanimelist.net/news/47828459

I have read manga chapters that Episode 7 is likely to cover. It does not seem difficult for them to locate this episode before Asuma Mutsumi arc.

Asuma Mutsumi discovered a lot of things during his arc, which complement what happens in this episode. However, he would probably behave pretty similar in episode 7 even without all that he discovered in his arc.

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by Konja9

Here it was mentioned Kazuma Mutsumi's voice actor: https://myanimelist.net/news/47828459

Thanks! Nakamura Yuuichi, thank you anime gods. xD

Originally Posted by Konja9

Asuma Mutsumi discovered a lot of things during his arc, which complement what happens in this episode. However, he would probably behave pretty similar in episode 7 even without all that he discovered in his arc.

I was thinking more about the aftermath, which I can't go into here because of spoilers. Kae's revelation about her "special person" in this episode was supposed to go there.

[Stark700]

Glad to see Kae and Shima making up in the end.


The coupling war drama thing was priceless this week LOL

[DragoonKain3]

FINALLY! My other ship has finally shown its roots. Yeah, that's IgarashiXShima... as this episode has shown, Igarashi really understands Shima. Like I could understand how Senpai got Serinuma to go out shopping with him, but Igarashi asking Shima? That was like magic. Can't help that the spiesl Igarashi laid on Shima both after the 'meeting' and Serinuma's loss really affected Shima. They should just forget about Serinuma and just hang out together.


Honestly though, as a het shipper, this 'who is on top' business is WAY beyond my league. Like for me, AxB and BxA is such a tiny difference that I welcome both; at least both sides understand the pairing, unlike all the other heretical infidels who can't see the light XD. I think it's also confined to eastern fujoshis, as I personally never encountered 'shipping civil war' like this with western slashers. Or maybe I just don't hang out with them as much as I used to...

[Benigmatica]

Episode 6:
I learned a valuable lesson today... Fujoshis are scary when it comes of choosing which character is the seme and/or the uke. At least Kae-chan and Nishina are still friends though!

[Gan_HOPE326]

My girlfriend this episode: "Ahahaha, this comedy is so exaggerated and absurd, they're fighting over something so silly!"
Me: "No, actually I think that is pretty realistic."

[Stark700]

Episode 8:

Well, this kid sure has her own taste of favorite anime.

[Benigmatica]

Episodes 7 and 8:
Glad that both Asuma Mutsumi and Nozomu Nanashima got their chance to shine for Kae Serinuma on their respective episodes.

Still, I feel that she's leaning towards Yuusuke Igarashi but I feel that Kae's fujoshi tendencies is holding her feelings back.

[PreSage]

It will just be sad if they go down the cliché route of having Kae fall for Igarashi, who is too stereotypical shoujo bishie - and for some reason I just don't like him. He comes off as too superficial to me. I still vote for Matsumi. I'd give the producers/mangaka a pat on the back if they went the less typical route and have Kae fall for Matsumi - the only good guy from start to finish.

I wonder if Japanese taste for guys differ from the West? I know in certain cases it appears to be different - wonder about the guys in this series?

[Anh_Minh]

Mutsumi even has his occasional badass moments. I would not have called that at the start.

[Benigmatica]

Episode 9:
Hats off to Hayato Shinomiya from protecting Kae Serinuma, but standing up towards the thugs before his friends arrived to beat them off!

Good job towards Shinomiya, but he's still treated as an uke.

[Psyco Diver]

Originally Posted by PreSage

It will just be sad if they go down the cliché route of having Kae fall for Igarashi, who is too stereotypical shoujo bishie - and for some reason I just don't like him. He comes off as too superficial to me. I still vote for Matsumi. I'd give the producers/mangaka a pat on the back if they went the less typical route and have Kae fall for Matsumi - the only good guy from start to finish.

I wonder if Japanese taste for guys differ from the West? I know in certain cases it appears to be different - wonder about the guys in this series?

It won't though, this anime will end like so many have done before it and that's with no ending so your forced to read the manga

[kuromitsu]

So I'm catching up with the anime, and... well... as much as I appreciate finally seeing the Mutsumi story, and enjoy hearing Nakamura Yuuichi in this role, I just feel kind of bitter.

So many things just make no sense if you start paying attention.
- Why would Mutsumi, who only a few episodes ago undressed Kae and cuddled her (in a platonic way or not) be now embarrassed to hold her hand? "Suddenly realizing the depth of his feelings" is not a good explanation, not after all that went down before.
- Why would Nana, who only a few episodes ago assaulted (while not being fully conscious, but still) Kae, then felt like crap about it, suddenly be all "ohoho I'll hug you to make you feel safe"?
- Why would Kae, totally into KachuRabu since the early episodes, suddenly go gaga over merch for MiraSaga, a show she's not into anymore - to the point where Nana even felt disadvantaged because she no longer cared about the character he resembled.
- Why is the gang starting to wonder about Mutsumi's feelings for Kae now, instead of at the time when Mutsumi and Kae were in fact separated from them, in a situation where, for all they know, all sorts of stuff (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, etc.) could have happened?
Etc.

The reason being, of course, that this story is supposed to have happened a LOT earlier than all those other stories, when the characters were still at a different point in their life, both in characterization and their relationship with Kae.

What I'm trying to say is, sure, this is not a story with deep and nuanced characterization and character arcs. But this sort of blatant disregard of it, the disrespect for and apparent non-interest in the source material, and the apparent "eh, it will be good enough" attitude just really rubs me the wrong way.

[Benigmatica]

Episode 10:
Damn, seems that Asuma's brother is gonna take Kae Serinuma away from the boys and Nishina.

Let's hope that Kazuma won't take Kae-chan or I'll be very mad!

[erneiz_hyde]

Just caught up with this. It's a nice comedy. But something is reaaaally nagging me. CMIIW, the show started in spring/summer, then the comiket the cast went was in winter, and then we have another summer so WHY THE HELL IS SENPAI STILL THERE .