No.19386
>>19383I somewhat like it as well. Nothing unexpected would probably ever happen, but there is some charm to its purity.
No.19430
>>19413But is the show good.
No.19431
>>19430It is okay. If you like dumb/silly mahou shoujo, but not too dumb, nor too silly, then it is okay.
No.19519
>>19405I'm catching up tonight. I've only watched the first pisode, and though I fucking hate kabuki, I love me some CLAMP designs. Hopefully the show will grow on me.
So if nothing else, note that at least another human being is watching too.
No.19520
>>19519What reason do you have to hate kabuki? I mean, the average person would have not even seen a full minute of kabuki, even less be able to hate it.
It is definitely not about eating cakes, but aren't burying us with kabuki either as the characters have been mostly just figuring stuff out, which seems to be one of the main points of the series - how to make kabuki more appealing to the modern audience. It is also kind of interesting to see how something that was for common people is now consider high-art that plebs can't understand.
Generally the characters are likeable, so I would say I am enjoying it and learning a thing or two. It is basically Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, but in high school and less tragic.
No.19528
>>19520I am actually counting on this show having the same effect that Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu had on me. I hated Rakugo too. I'm an oldfag long past the honeymoon phase with Japanese culture, during which I tried the full japanese experience of kabuki, rakugo, sumo, temples and so on. And holy fuck did I not feel japanese enough for Rakugo and kabuki.
But my love for Akira Ishida's voice was stronger than my disdain for extremely japanese stories, so I decided to "put up" with the show, only to end up crying bitch tears at the end of it, because goddamnit, I'm so glad Yakumo died a happy man.
I can now also pronounce the entirety of Jugemu's goddamn name.
In the case of kabuki, it's the pronounciation. You know what I mean. But I'm keeping my mind open, and hoping that the CLAMP designs will lead me to new frontiers the same way Ishida monologuing for an entire season did.
>>19526Am also watching this show. It's fucking cute!
No.19529
>>19528>In the case of kabuki, it's the pronounciation.After watching the first episode of Kabukibu I tried looking up why kabuki has them speak in such a bizarre and exaggerated manner, particularly in regards to the tones and inflections of the voice, but I couldn't find a damn thing.
I certainly like rakugo a lot more as an art form since it doesn't do that, at least as far as I've seen.
No.19531
>>19529Most probably tradition.
>>19528>It's fucking cute!Yep. However, it doesn't have extraordinarily good writing, you don't get too attached to the characters, and, most importantly, I'm still afraid of the edgy backstory of the Mary Sue teacher. He's tailor made to not be taken seriously, and that works perfectly (see pic related). Then why did the author feel the need to hint at srsbsns drama?
No.19534
>>19531>Most probably tradition.Well that's obviously why they still do it now, but how did it even come about in the first place? It's not like all Japanese people used to speak like that all the time.
No.19536
>>19534Exaggeration, like everything else in kabuki. I doubt that there is any special reason beyond that. I would be more interest to hear if it started with the woman that created it or it was added by the male-only performers later. If anything the woman might have used it to not sound meek if she did ever male roles herself.
Also the fact that they have a very popular female actor in the club is kind of ironic, because as I have heard one of the main reasons for the prohibitions of women actors was that they were gathering a lot of violent fans. Though later the same happened with the young man that were playing the female roles.
No.19541
>>19536So idolfags and trapfags have been around since forever?
No.19573
>>19572I watched One Room so I have no excuse to not watch this one too.
No.19587
This is a triple distillation of the harem genre.
1) Every episode could have used enough fluffing to make at least two episodes out of it.
2) Who needs a huge harem? You want to go through the checklist of harem archetypes, not something else
- tsundere
- yandere
- genki
- baka
- meddlesome
- ojou-sama
- imouto
- yuri
- fujoshi
- "don't understand love"
- incest
- sports girl
- tomboy
- flat
- big tits
and so on… why use 15 characters, one for each archetype? Make three characters, each combining as many cliches as possible!
3) What's this? Harems often have slapstick? But it's bothersome to explain away the bodily harm each and every time. Make all the characters immortal! Similar in implementation are also the other tangentially related cliches, like other couples happening actual romance.
It's quite the shitty adaptation anyway: the start especially could have used to be a lot smarter. The premise went from zero to awesome in the first twelve minutes, yeah, but it was quite the awful first episode, and I feel the blame is squarely on the director. That being said, I have the feeling the source material isn't significantly better. Though if we go by
>>19227 , at least the source has more cosplay in it.
No.19595
>>19572I'm watching it too, just too embarrassed to admit it most days.
No.19626
>>19624How is this even a question?
No.19627
>>19626He's still a kid. He has much to learn about the superiority of DFC.
No.19653
>>19652I don't even recognize most of the characters, but who needs anyone else than Miracle Hoshitani.
No.19700
>>19699Do you have more?
Looks good anon.
No.19703
>>19699They do look tasty. Too bad I don't know what half the ingredients are for most of them. Maybe I have them near me or not, without subs, that random white powder could be anything from starch to cocaine.
No.19706
>>19700I didn't, but I made this one now. I haven't webm'd any recipe that I really didn't see myself making.
>>19703Well, aren't you the lucky guy then, because it just so happens I have a project that I want to procrastinate from so I went ahead and translated all the recipes so far.
https://p.teknik.io/pnRsm No.19713
>>19706You beautiful procrastinating bastard.
May the deer God bless you with a plentiful harvest.>>19706
No.19841
Been meaning to post about this anime for a while.
One thing you have to admit, it delivers on its promise. If you want to see a girl beating boys, well, yeah, you'll see that alright. I also must say that something about the writing or direction must be well done, because the episodes always draw me in and feel shorter than they are. I've watched some 4-minute anime that felt 8-minute long, and this is the opposite. I'm also reminded of Tantei Team KZ - I liked that one but every episode felt longer than it was, in the bad sense I mean.
Another thing: like any sane man, I enjoy my dose of shoujo romance once in a while. The more teenage/adult-oriented "smorgasbord of handsome boys" type of anime, like those recent idol shows, do nothing to me, however. I just can't be interested in any of the boys.
Well, this is an exception. This green male Koitus-kun does things to my heart.
All in all, not too bad. A moderate amount of dokidoki, oddly combined with small amounts of quite watchable action.
No.19842
>>19841Well it is not really a romance anime, even if it with the idea of girls liking the boys in it. Most of the interactions are on the level of bromance with (female) Hikaru feeling embarrassed on her own.
But while we are talking about shoujo series with male casts I should name a few.
Kimi to Boku is pretty good, though the characters are not nearly as manly as in Kenka Banchou, but probably not too far form the regular faggish Japanese boys either. It is a little slow in the beginning, but it gets to some very interesting stories and interactions (with girls). It has a very shoujo slow atmospheric animation and a great OST with it.
Then there is the Nijiiro Days. It has even more interactions between boys and girls with some very legit couples going on. It has a more comedic nature and the characters are more energetic than Kimi to Boku, so it is not as "comfy" perhaps.
And then there is Shounen Hollywood. Despite being about a male idol group and written by a woman it probably has the most realistic portrayal of teenage boys I have ever seen. It is a little slow with the character introduction episodes, but even they have their moments. It is very philosophic, in the sense it lets the characters question what they are doing a lot, without it coming as annoying drama, but proper character growth. In other words, young man finding their place in society. It is very unique in that sense. It also has some very nice and somewhat unique idol elements including some episodes where the whole episode is talk show, or a play or something without dealing with behind the scene events, but just letting us see them in action.
No.19879
>>19706>>19703>>19700Season over, here's the updated version with all recipes.
https://p.teknik.io/TB3SiBy the way, I ended up dropping that project.