You wouldn't fuck a kappa
Sarazanmai
I would fuck everybody in this show
Does Keppi smoke?
I don't get it. What the shit was this all about? And why does everyone seem to have exactly one single super embarrassing dirty secret? Is that normal? Just one?
Reposting from last thread
This show is trying way too hard to be Mawaru Penguindrum or Excel Saga. Instead it's just a pile of LOL RANDUMB xDD wacky shit happening LOLOL BUTTHOELS
No likeable characters, no compelling worldbuilding or plot, lazy 3rd-grade humor. At least the art production is good.
The audience reactions to episode two look even more wild than one.
I wonder how next week's image will look. Hopefully, more boxes.
Perfect
We have the Cat Zombie to deal with.
I would.
So the next enemy boss is a Nekomancer?
STAND BY ME
Mappa kappa
ONEGAI
I wish the whole show looked like the outro. Going by that early PV I kind of expected it to...
I know it'd be expensive as fuck but they did it right there and it looks amazing.
The prostate is a metaphor for your sexual fantasies.
excellent bait user
Has some interesting bits inbetween
Expensive why? It's just character animation slapped onto live action background.
>LOL RANDUMB xDD wacky shit happening LOLOL BUTTHOELS
I think you have to be literally retarded not to see the very obvious boxes->hidden desires-> butts connection. This episode was actually the most standalone ikuhara has ever done. Maybe you should watch it again.
well what is yours?
If that's what a furry is, then yes.
I agree. The metaphors are too on the nose and uncreative even for an ikuhara show. It's just trying to be wacky and random but coming off as unfunny, dumb and gross.
>You wouldn't fuck a kappa
You don't know me.
That's some deep symbolism bro.
Is it really the prostate, though? The subs said everyone has the organ, and women don't have prostates
oyasumi, Sara-kun
True, that part was really cool. Maybe I shouldn't hold out all hope.
does that mean when I use my dildo the orgasm is metaphorical?
I would a Kappa with my country grown cucumber.
perfect.
As long as there's some dumb metaphors and symbolism, every pretentious dude gonna latch onto it to assert their "intelligence", without realizing the lazy storytelling in the show.
The lighting in the ED looks really good. Not sure how hard it is to do but i'd argue making 2d animation and live backgrounds mesh well together isn't that straightforward
To be fair you have to have a very high IQ to understand Sarazanmai
I don't think I'm ready for a cat abuser in the next episode.
I don't care about any metaphors, I'm just happy for more crossdressing shotas.
>tracking
>lighting
>filming
>creating in-world shadows, fake or otherwise
shit costs money man
Psychoanalysis teach about the anal stage, the period when little kids learn to repress the feces and how it's very symbolic of repressing primal urges for socialization. For example very repressed people tend to suffer from constipation, also it's a common symptom in stress.
I'm confused. Who was the person he was sending the cross dressing selfies to? The glasses boy, the idol, or that girl at the end?
maybe we're not looking into it hard enough and there's something deeper going on
Given the talk of the message on the blackboard in the last thread, the lyrics of "Afterschool Kappa" a few months back with the flowers being placed on the desk, and the entire "you are as dead as you are alive" thing, I wonder if we're being given hints about suicide.
I fear for these cats. On the other hand, the box man wasn't doing anything harmful.
Haruka(ppa), the child at the end. Notice the "oyasumi Sara-chan" at the end and the "oyasumi" message Kazuki gets on his phone at the beginning of the episode.
The brother is dead all along and the guy was crossdressing as tribute/representation of the brother because reasons and he was actually texting himself to another phone pretending to be his brother. It's Samurai Flamenco all over again.
You are boring and have terminal shut taste.
I didn't get that part. Is blue the idol as a secret identity or he's a waifufag cosplaying as his waifu like pic related?
Thanks for clearing that up. Everything happened so fast I got kinda lost. And the way glasses boy was talking in that scene made me think he was doing it for him.
Guys.
Hey, guys.
I think this show might be gay.
Dumb frogposter.
Considering a certain demographic's suicide rate, I don't think it's too big of a stretch to assume that Ikuhara would bring it up in this anime.
>not Venus
shit taste, Ikuhara
It's only gae if you uke shabadado
can't believe there are people falling for shitty bait like this
Is he a lolicon?
>uke
The correct, modern term is "neko."
>show contains ANY sort of metaphors and symbolism
>REEE SYMBOLISM IS LAZY AND YOU ARE ALL PRETENTIOUS FOR TRYING TO INTERPRET IT MEANING
Have you considered the fact that maybe you are the pretentious dude here
Aren't kappas in folklore just grungy rapists that live under bridges?
I hope we get a gay kissu just so people don't get confused
Just like centaurs are the drunk rapist of the west.
It's just sibling love
doesn't rhyme with gay
Nonsense. Now why don't you come over to this nice bridge over here.
If there are mainly cute girls, it's moeshit
If it's got at least 2 guys, it's fujoshit
If it's got at least 2 girls, it's yurishit
If it's got at least 2 girls but 1 guy, it's haremshit
If it's got fighting, it's shounenshit
If it's got romance, it's shoujoshit
If it's got emotional conflict, it's forced drama
If it's got people dying, it's edgy tryhard shit
If there's references and/or imagery to other literary works, it's pretentious shit
If there's pop cultural references, then it's lol so random xd
If there's plot twists, then it's a trainwreck
If it's not anime, then it's 500 posts and 242 images omitted, click reply to view.
>waifufag cosplaying as his waifu
that
Seems very safe for my ass.
pottery
show still sucks though
Sara is a girl that the cops find and raise who has magical powers, who later becomes an idol. Kazuki cross dresses as her for his sibling most likely.
Imagine your package goes missing and some guy is getting freaky with it.
It appears Toi's box contains a gun very similar to his older brother's, so my theory: it is, in fact, his older brother's gun, which he had used in a crime. Toi's secret is that he's keeping the gun to hide it from the police, so that they cannot link it to his brother.
Please rate my theory.
I like how you can't even read.
Where does the weed come in?
Thanks for stepping up and saying it user.
Those are my thoughts exactly.
Did the people who watched the pre-screening say that Toi's secret is that he smokes pot? All I know is they said that pot is featured, which could mean one of the characters could smoke, but also might instead be related to Toi's older brother — maybe he's a pot dealer?
Keppi. Look at his eyes.
This is worse than YKA
inb4 all the pervy secrets are justified by some lame sob story
If his brother is a yakuza based on what people were saying earlier about the type of gun he carries, chances are he doesn't deal much in pot. He could be involved in smuggling pot, but meth actually is a lot more popular on the Japanese drug scene.
>the most standalone ikuhara has ever done
What the fuck does that even mean
Actually who the fuck cares
Toi's bro sells weed to Keppi, that's why Keppi's eyes are always red
If you do something pervy that doesn't affect or harm anyone else, why would you need to justify it?
Makes sense
No, all I've heard was he does something bad (either in episode 1 or 1-3). I would guess it could be in reference to the car stealing and an event related to the gun.
The character previews said he was in the underworld. Imagine if the cops bust him later.
I join him.
The gun is actually a bong.
It means if you think shit in that episode was random, you're probably retarded because it told a more coherent story than any of his other first episodes.
Just enjoy the show man. Discussing in these threads is fine but don't take this place so seriously. I watched the episode and it was just downright an enjoyable experience. Best one I've had this season. And then you come to these threads and people are trying to out-wank eachother with their elite critical analysis and psuedo-intualectuallism
Probably his sister
>parents divorce
>each takes one child and forbids them from ever meeting again because nippon autism
>imout is lonely after that
>knows imouto is a fan of the idol
>pretends to be the idol in order to make imout feel less lonely
Exactly, but the writing is going in the direction.
I hope theres explicit gay anal sex next episode so the dumbass casuals in this thread fuck off and leave us in peace.
It means that despite setting up the rest of the show it still worked as its own episode. I don't get everyone being assblasted about the "symbolism". If it ends up meaning something, good, if not, who gives a fuck.
That's how it works in real life
>what does that even mean
See I knew it was stupid.
Isn't the glasses guy gay for blue? I mean unironically gay like he wants blue's cock in his butthole.
1, 2, , 4
Is Ikuhara even capable of writing something that isn't a pretentious tryhard lolrandumb garbage?
I almost fell asleep around the commercial break.
There’s supposed to be one in episode 3.
Not blue, but pink. According to people who saw pre-screenings, episode 3 will have a "kiss zombie," reveal that Enta is in love with Kazuki, involve an on-screen kiss between two male characters (unknown who though), and will have fujos "die (in happiness)." Enta being gay will probably be his secret that gets revealed.
So it is a parent trap remake with zombie otters and gay cob dads.
Kazuki's sibling is gender ambiguous but he refers to Haruka as a boy. Later, though I think that may change.
Even the sister knows Megane is gay for Kazuki.
You mean Brown?
Enta hates football and was forced into it by his older sister.
This is one of the best first episodes I've ever seen in anime.
This is just persona 5, but gay, degenerate and pretenscious.
Can't wait to see the same sakuga repeated 30 times by the time this is over.
Enta hates soccer because he's gay
Hope you're enjoying your newfound hobby user!
Probably it's something, something, toxic masculinity. The feminist writer Sylvia Plath once said that women are the ones that pass the sexism to the next generation.
Fuck off, gay pretentious retard.
You mean most women act like normal women because they're women?
I really don't like subjective shows like the ikuhara ones, but I like their aesthetics and the threads, so I keep watching.
I hope the quality keeps up
People on Twitter refused to spoil but now I've been spoiled. Though I had a feeling about his feelings I didn't know about the kiss. Maybe it's between the cops. The manga is pretty decent, though I'm sure most of it won't tie in too much with the anime.
>nu-Yea Forums can't handle peak Ikuhara
Not surprised, but still disappointed. Oh well, the threads will be good in 2-3 weeks.
Nice.
Hey guys
Check this out:
huhuhu...
wait for it...
wait...
wait for it...
ANUS
L M A O
Gay and pretentious often come together. The ancient Greeks were degenerate sodomites and they created western civilization. Also pic related
>the idol has a cap that mimics the kappa baldspot
cute
Actually that part wouldn't really be that hard or overly expensive(other than potentially filming depending on how they went about it).
The tracking and lighting shifts is all pretty easily done in after effects and wouldn't particularly be too hard to set up. Like, legit, creating the ground plane, setting the auto-tracking and tweaking it appropriately could take as little as 15-30 minutes if they're lucky and maybe an hour or two if it requires a lot of fine-tuning.
The "expensive" part is time sunk into the creative process and the actual design, planning and creating the animations. The lighting comes in on the later part and depending on how it's done is as simple as drag and dropping a script with maybe a bit of time refining it further.
If it were 10+ years ago it would be a lot harder/more expensive/time involved, but nowadays After Effects is effectively black magic with what you can do with it.
Anyway, I watch Ikuhara stuff for the design porn.
Holy shit was I not disappointed. I think the only complaint I have about the episode is that it was a legitimate visual overload in the first quarter of it.
It was absolutely fantastic and I really enjoy the overall aesthetic but damn was it busy. Otherwise it's Ikuhara being Ikuhara. Feels much more cohesive than yuri kuma so far, which is good.
Ask Sylvia Plath, not me. At least she was self-aware unlike your average cringe feminist from bait videos
She's perfect.
>SEETHING brainlet
Go back to your sh*nen dumpster threads troglodyte.
So, does that sign means something or its just another random thing?
This is already better than Penguindrum for what it's worth.
I mean she could have always killed him so she could inherit the kingdom.
Wow, great anus metaphor bro.
PROLAPSE
Isn't it the kappa plate. She was named after the plate she was found on. Reo and Mabu didn't want anyone to rename her even though the gave her such a name.
See en.wikipedia.org
>The anal stage is the second stage in Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, lasting from age 18 months to three years. According to Freud, the anus is the primary erogenous zone and pleasure is derived from controlling bladder and bowel movement. The major conflict issue during this stage is toilet training. A fixation at this stage can result in a personality that is too rigid or one that is too disordered
Most of Freud theories are discredited but they're still highly influential
I want to fuck this cross-dressing idol.
It's all very interesting but the anus symbolism in the show has absolutely nothing to do with Freud
rip my dick
Learn to use spoiler tag.
At this rate when the novel drop you faggots are going to spoil ep3-6 for everyone as well.
What's her endgame?
To make minna happy, DISH
Find her prince
More importantly, what the fuck is the white creature?
Really? Because all the characters seem to hide a shameful secret, what could lead to neurosis especially in a society ruled by shame like Japan, and they release it through the anus. The anal stage is about how the control of the feces relate to learning to repress the primal urges for adapting to society and how learning to repress too much can lead to neurosis. It's Freud 101.
SOON
A white kappa body, like Keppi's. She may be the kappa princess.
Freud is a fraud dumb dude who finds connections between unrelated stuff. It's not just humans how can control their poop.
Also, she says "dish". it's cute and punny.
I thought of it as just showing their single deepest secret, not that they only have one.
I don't know if there's a connection. I'm also gay and a writer and you'd confuse some of my stories with an Ikuhara show, quality notwithstanding. I think people who are secretive are also prone to being pretentious in their creative pursuits. Each time I write a sentence that could reveal too much I get the immediate impulse of hiding it behind a metaphor.
>So, does that sign means something or its just another random thing?
There was that sign that flipped from the otter to the ア after the box zombie was defeated, so maybe the symbols represent two conflicting things.
I went in blind and this is my first Ikuhara anime.
Is this pseudo-contact high sensation normal?
this anime is shit, right guys?
>the keep out tape uses the same typeface as the keep out tape from yuri kuma and has an overall nearly identical design
neat.
I mean, I haven't read any accompanying material to the show.
But yeah I was just noticing that she wears a cap that mimics the kappa's dish.
The "dish" part could also be an added pun/reference to the signs she uses in her scenes, since they could be considered to be plates/a "dish."
Her whole segment/section is really cute and well done.
I think it'll mean something, eventually.
Yes, but it's fun shit.
All I want to know is what's the deal with the ferret
I don't get it.
Oh boy are we doing this again? Can we actually finish it this time?
I've been reading the manga with the two cops and I'm wondering if that has to do anything with the anime or is it just a side plot?
Is that supposed to be the assball next to it?
It's an otter.
Here, get that shit in the template.
Don't use Penguidrum for your shitposting please. Also, I was actually here for episode 1 of MPD and that had just as similar "lolwtf is happening so randumb" as this does now.
Kana-Boon seriously blew the fuck up after that one Naruto opening
It's not gay, it's folklore
Yeah assholes everything, farting and sbutting, so much fun amirite?
From past trends with Ikuhara works the manga versions are entirely in the hands of the mangaka except from the shared world and characters, so the plots and events are different.
The characters who have connections in the works are generally the same(Utena and Anthy, Takakura siblings, Kureha and Ginko) but the details of their relationships differ. So we can assume Sara will still be connected to the cops even if their relationship isn't the same.
In the sense that it's straightforward compared to other 1st episodes he's done I guess. For example, the climax is literally replaying the entire first part of the episode but in context so that you understand what was going on. I feel like that's the most clear that Ikuhara has conveyed a plot point this early.
Compared to Utena, MPD and YKA which don't even try to explain a single thing about what's going on in episode 1, the Kappa prince guy basically explains the whole plot, and what they're doing
Reminder that Shouma never fucked a burning Ringo and that's awful
HAKO HAKO
>someone's never had a good time with an ass
What's with japan and poopy buttholes?
>It's a musical
Oh okay
Full lyrics when
Kappas like butts
youtube.com
Why isn't this the OP, Penguindrum and Yurikuma had kino OPs and Zanmai has a shitty one
Utena and MPD's first Op are kino. MPD's second OP and YKA's is just okay. Sarazanmai's isn't necessarily bad but it isn't unique sounding like previous shows
at least it's not rap
maybe because it's only half as long a show so less time
That doesn't mean this episode is brilliant piece of writing.
And cucumbers.
Yes
ア for ass.
So was YKA though
That was its problem
Whoop dee doo faggot, I was just furthering the other anons point on it being standalone
I thought this was Mochi from Monster Rancher for a second
Keppi is my onahole.
-Vore
-Anal birth
-Crossdressing
-Humiliation
No it wasn't. Its problem was the leads' relationship wasn't engaging. 12 episodes was enough for the story it told.
You guys think Sara having a Kaguya-like story in the manga will be relevant?
Because kana boom is a shit band.
>soccer
*football
Boys come back to me > Nornir
i love this pic so much
サッカー
I can't wait to see the next fetishes
Wiat, is it really just the letter "a"?
Well, it has to, its almost in every single shot.
Where are the catchphrases?
Gero and dishu aren't good enough.
蹴球
Britfag begone.
I like dishu dishu
This so much.
youtube.com
Post cute emos.
Wrong.
He's shit.
Generic design and voice. I knew precisely what his voice would be before he said a word. Sad.
megane it's gonna be cucked right?
yes
He's dark Yurio #sad
I understand the point of the butt stuff is that desires and secrets are visceral and something it's disgusting to show to the world but they are part of us, but it felt gross for the sake of being gross and childish.
don't watch it then
Don't watch a show about kappas if you can't handle butt stuff.
At the beginning of the show, mc talks about how there are many different types of bonds, one of which being blood bonds. Maybe after being cucked he learns to appreciate family more i.e. his sister and grandmother?
It's both. A ridiculous scene that's made as a gimmick but is also thematically tied to the show.
>Hurr hurr everything is pretentious if it's not CGDCT garbage
Get that stick out of your ass.
You are just jealous because you'll never be as cute as him
TsudaKen needs to show up and rape my earpussy. Thursday when
So epic.
Shut up, gay. We all know you only like this show because you're gay for underaged boys and their assholes.
that would be nice
And you're here why exactly?
I decided to believe that Kazuki IS the idol, and not just cosplaying as her.
Damn the cops already have a ton of art
Why is Ikuhara working so much these days? He went 12 years between Utena and Penguindrum, now he's doing one show each 4 years.
To discuss his love for asspussy it seems
He was gathering yokubou energy during that time.
baased
Comedy/healing slice of life with cute girls is the genre of the Enlightened.
You wish your pretentious lolrandumb show about scat jokes were half as appealing and popular.
>using popularity to indicate quality
The absolute state of moeshitters.
This post was written by (((Rotten Brain))).
I feel like rewatching yuri kuma
its an otter trying to take a shirikodama from a butt (heart)
What was the point of the giant detailed naked man on all fours?
Imagine how hot this would have been if it was about girls.
I rewatched it recently and appreciated it a lot more. It's worth it.
Care to explain what's 'based' about it?
POOOPY!!!! pee-pee!!!
B U T T H O L E
Do you see the symbolism, Yea Forums?
There is literally no poop or piss in the episode. Where are people getting the idea there was scat?
Vore is disgusting regardless.
based and gay
They were pooping stuff out of their butts all episode, just not actual poop
Did you watch the episode?
>Enta and his TWO shirikodamas
On eis him bing a huge homo towards Kazuki, what's the crazy second one?
that's his brother
I'm inclined to believe this show is specially appealing to homosexuals
>later i think that may change
no it won't. stop projecting your tranny fantasies.
>all this nip fanart already
we got a runner lads
I really hope the quality drop isn't too noticeable because this has been the nicest looking Ikuhara show since Penguindrum,
You can only confuse souls for shit if you have a shitty soul.
ROUEI SHIMASU
Is that why you're posting in the thread?
You're nutty
This.
It's nice Kazuki has the smallest one.
This is all about removing things from your ass, so if anything it's negative gay.
It's about freeing up some space so you can fit dicks in there.
It's about removing the soul of your ass which any person can have, not just gay dudes. Brainlets shouldn't be allowed oxygen.
>4 cour ikuhara
Masterpiece
>2 cour ikuhara
Wild Ride
>1 cour ikuhara
Dogshit so bad he's not even allowed to solo direct anymore
This show is going to be so bad guys and I really wish it wasn't so.
>あの子
>certain girl
>4 cour ikuhara
>Masterpiece
So Sailor moon alone?
He gets repetitive in longer series. Look at the Ringo episodes of Penguindrum and some of the Utena filler.
Imagine the doujins
Anyone have some good clean HQ screenshots of the ending?
>4 arcs
>runs 10 months
>each arc it's own production block
It's 4 cour.
To make you want to connect with him. Are you some kind of homo or what
Penguindrum had a lot that felt unnecessary yeah, but Utena filler was top tier.
It has 3 clear cut arcs and the ending.
It goes duelists>black rose>end of the world, that's it.
Its really disappointing that instead of making something new and artsy, Ikuhara litterally just makes more Penguindrum.
Though it makes sense given Penguindrum/Yurikuma/this are essentially part of a "maskot" trilogy and were planned as such, but still. Penguindrum while ok was not a top achievement by both him and studio animating it, and now the new show just tries to be it - copying the wrong things. At this point its better to just give Ikuhara to adapt some shoujo manga like he did with Sailor Moon or Utena, so he`ll not go complete retard.
imagine Fruit Basket by him?
He should do Overlord season 4, if you ask me.
>fruits basket by Ikuhara
>everyone goes gay and fucks each other, and the author gets a stroke
If only
No annoying apples in this one so it's miles more watchable.
Is it really so hard to take them yourself?
I do wonder... can one remove his own butt ball? Would that work?
would you go?
Yes
Do you think we will get a girl zombie?
yuck
Director/writer is a hack. Shows from him generally suck have decent to good animation. Loves to re-use animation without a care in the world can't write a decent enough plot to save his own life. Does the random wrong, characters just aimlessly exist, stuff happens, ...
No
What does that "kero" mean? Is it like senpai, but for frogs?
It's "ribbit" in Jap.
Hopefully they'll be more interesting than just emo shota getting gangraped by faceless mob.
I sure fucking would.
This was entertaining like Penguindrum.
Yurikuma was a snorefest.
I'm pleased.
Anal juice is worse than poopy.
kero for frogs is like nyaa for cats
what's sukebei nyaa for cats like?
>frogs
What could the opening scene possibly mean?
According to some interview it is heavy foreshadowing.
Someone called him, it's his sibling that has died.
why's it raining アs?
His dead sibling is still connected to him.
Ame?
>. Its problem was the leads' relationship wasn't engaging
Yeah, you are basically only given a reason to give a shit about Ginko's obsession with Kureha in the last ep.
There will be six BDs / DVDs. Volume 1 only has the first episode, but the other 5 each have two episodes. Each volume comes with audio commentary and a 32 page booklet containing character designs, artwork, and interviews. There are also character songs, which I assume are sung from their respective character. All volumes come with cover illustrations by Ishikawa. Specific info for each volume:
Volume 1
>Release Date: June 26
>Price: ¥3800 (BD); ¥2800 (DVD)
>Booklet Interview: Ikuhara
>Audio Commentary By: Ikuhara, Murase, and Shoujo Elise
>Character Song: N/A (comes with creditless OP / ED special disc)
Volume 2
>Release Date: July 24
>Price: ¥6800 (BD); ¥5800 (DVD)
>Booklet Interview: Murase
>Audio Commentary By: TBA
>Character Song: Kazuki
Volume 3
>Release Date: August 28
>Price: ¥6800 (BD); ¥5800 (DVD)
>Booklet Interview: Uchiyama
>Audio Commentary By: TBA
>Character Song: Toi
Volume 4
>Release Date: September 25
>Price: ¥6800 (BD); ¥5800 (DVD)
>Booklet Interview: Horie
>Audio Commentary By: TBA
>Character Song: Enta
Volume 5
>Release Date: October 30
>Price: ¥6800 (BD); ¥5800 (DVD)
>Booklet Interview: TBA
>Audio Commentary By: TBA
>Character Song: instead of a character, has an audio drama
Volume 6
>Release Date: November 27
>Price: ¥6800 (BD); ¥5800 (DVD)
>Booklet Interview: TBA
>Audio Commentary By: TBA
>Character Song: instead of a character, has an audio drama
If you purchase all the volumes together, you will receive a case with exclusive illustration by Ishikawa.
>underage boy getting anally raped without his consent
That's rape isn't it?
rimming isn't rape
Anal rape isn't rape
What might the purpose of this shot be? Is it some symbolism? Please explain.
Flat ass
>disk 1 is 24 minutes
O I am lafin at how cucked nips are
yaoikappa
It's THE HEART
It begins.
Would you do what he did to be friends with this cutie?
I love that this got updated
no, it's always the butt
Sara-kun is my wife
>friends
They're siblings.
Why not both?
Phone was in his buttpocket obviously. What are you trying to imply, user?
Fujos are loaded for some reason.
Yes, yes. This is good.
No. I have enough friends who don't require wearing women's clothing.
I want to be friends with other Ikuhara characters.
>Watch it on livestream
>It's weird and gross
>Rewatch it with subs
>It's funny and deep
What the fuck
It's all those things.
As much as I wanted to watch it as fast as possible,
for an Ikuhara show that heavily reply on visual storytelling I would rather wait for raw/sub for better quality
Can someone post that montage shot with each one posing with someone close to them in the sky?
>OP is nowhere near as God-tier as Utena/Penguindrum/Yuri Kuma, it's just average
I have a very bad feeling already guys. I came expecting another top 10 of all time OP
ぐーモーニーン!!
AOTS so far, which isn't saying much
You have a bad feeling about what? Only because the OP is not as mind-blowing as previous OPs?
I read this in cute Sara's voice
Overall quality, and yes.
OPs are important.
I like it a lot though.
It is more energetic than the melancholy tune in penguindrum/yurikuma and it suit the boys much better.
The sign falling on him definitely seems to foreshadow an accident or death of some kind, perhaps in the past.
Thanks user
What do the designs on their shells mean?
Is enta's arc going to be "just stop being gay bro"?
This is very Tomino-esque.
>shirikodama
>butt stuff
>crossdressing
What do they mean?
>File: Stealing_shirikodama.png (761 KB, 1280x720)
Now I want a jisturoku eiga about kappas
Nice work.
>one week until next ep
>ten weeks until the end of the anime
GAYYYYY
But I like it.
Why did those two do kappa things before getting their dama sucked out?
this is the discord tranny anime of the season, right?
>shirikodama are the embodiment of secrets/desires
>keppi eats the boys' shirikodama
>sarazanmai has nothing to do with shirikodama
>now boxes as the embodiment of secrets/desires
Someone explain this right now.
Is it the boxes or the balls?
MC told his otouto idols are fake and only pretend to like (You) and now to stop him from commiting sudoku he must crossdress and pretend to be Sara.
Aren't the boxes their material desire and the shirikodama their inner most desire?
Why's he listen to her fortune everyday if she's a hack fraud?
>only 11 episodes
Yes
l think the first episode just gave me a stroke, dish.
To know the "selfie of the day" location or whatever that was called.
I DON'T KNOW
They were summoned by Keppi.
Whoever makes the compilation picture of this ride when the last ep airs, thanks in advance
Pingu dramu was the friends we made along the way, but what does "A" stand for? Don't say anal.
Asakusa
>these threads
I can't keep up. Y'all being too gay too fast.
Harukappa a cute
CUTE
Judgement will be reserved until gender is known
>girls
>existing in this show as anything but a backdrop
What the fuck am I even watching
>white kappa princess
>meaning people can't see her
>she has merch
Okay what the heck.
Cute and dead.
It sounds and looks like a girl.. but the opening showed that thing with a man bun. I have a bad feeling it's a gay ass shota boi.
Ikuhara's magnum opus
The main character has some serious issues, and I can't wait to see how this plays out. I think it's a sibling because they were in identical looking rooms with that space needle looking thing in the bg.
>2019
>Caring about gender in anime
Who cares desu
Sara herself isn't a backdrop
I can't wait for incest
Already happened in 1997
It's kugyuu. She was Lulu's otouto too.
He likes female idols user. No homo.
I developed such a strong set of irregular fetishes likely due to isolation from my peers in childhood and my early teens. I was extremely horny going through puberty but I didn't have any healthy outlet for it because I was not attractive to girls simply due to circumstances of my physiology, behavior and upbringing. Not for lack of trying, I got rejected a lot in school. That lead to me exploring my sexuality via the internet and due to any lack of guidance or being able to foresee any possible repercussions I went really far down the rabbit hole and have not been able to dig myself back out. And being in my mid 20s I'm only now able to realize truly what happened to me, and how badly I got screwed over.
Most stories of sexual deviancy involve a lot of trauma, shame and negative emotion, why do you see a problem with exploring that?
Her idol design and outfits are also inspired by traditional nip fantasy. Maybe it's just to add to the folklore things.
Explain to me why Utena is good.
AOTY
Asakusa...home...
Curry
Twincest
Brown waifu
Great style
Great music
Great voice-acting
Enjoyable storyline chrarged with symbolism and themes of sexuality, growing-up and overcoming traditional roles
...
And cows.
Explain to me why you would call this a magnum opus when only one episode aired. Unless you were shitposting of course.
>at least 4 years until Ikuhara next project
That is 100% a shota
So it's just important for gaijin homosexuals?
Not the same user, sorry.
>So it's just important for gaijin homosexuals?
And japanese homosexuals. And heterosexuals all over the world, japan included
No thanks. I don't care for an anime just because a loud community think it's some kind of pyrrhic achievement.
Utena is the single most hetro anime ever made.
You don't seem to undestand that Utena's message is universal, and you don't have to be gay or pro-lgbt to enjoy it.
I'm not sure about everyone else but I thought he was doing it because she believed she was actually talking to the idol and he knows it makes her happy
Holy shit
I just read a pretty convincing interpretation on what the ア (A) sign and Sarazanmai means
It stands for Antenna
The whole story is a commentary on how people can't connect without smartphone and network.
The title Sarazamai is actually referring to pic related -
Sara (皿) means dishes
Combine with Zanmai (三枚) it means 3 dishes.
It's a play on the wifi signal sign as well as the common folktales belief that Kappa's have dishes on their heads.
I've only heard thin anime being referenced outside of Yea Forums by some gaijin that was pushing the /lgbt/ message. No exception.
Genius
Well for one you shouldn't let others make your opinions for you and secondly a lot of people misunderstand utena and call it lgbt or whatever. It's a coming of age in the most simple terms.
Galaxy brain
Guys, I just realised a thing.
In the very beginning of Utena, we can see the angry female teacher with a whip.
Later we see Kanae's mom.
They share the hair color and we can't see the entirety of their face - teacher wears sunglasses and mother's face is partially out of screen.
Could they be the same character? Or just related?
>So it's just important for gaijin homosexuals?
How the fuck did you get that from what he said?
This is so simple that I feel dumb. Makes a lot of sense though.
Nice. We paranoia agent again.
I don't have the material time to pick up a series every time people tell me "it's the best thing ever" I have to rely on others opinion.
The ED should have been the OP
oh shit
oh
>no time to watch an anime
>have time to visit an imageboard
10/10
Yukari Hashimoto OST is great, judging from 1st ep.
So I'm finally watching anime about anuses.
They made sure to capture the golden poop in Tokyo too.
We live in a society
I don't think so. Later we see that teacher fawning over Akio in a different way than Kanae's mother who is externally cold but harbors attraction to him. Also Kanae's mother has a certain amount of power over Akio should she choose to use it which doesn't seem to be the vibe with the teacher.
I still think it means anus.
Nice
Watch Ikuhara subverts this by the next episode.
kino
People who watched episode 2 said Haruka is referred to as a boy. Then during episode 1, gender is ambiguous. It's an Ikuhara show, user.
>anime about stealing balls from men and turning into crossdressers
Is this tranny propaganda?
How did abe allow this?
>irregular fetishes
Elaborate user.
9/7
In perfect fairness it's really fucking hard to hold a candle to Penguindrum's OPs.
Remember the opening scene?
MC get hit by a collapsed antenna tower and he is already dead
What should I do to make my miracle happen?
Pretty obvious when you think about it
Be a mary sue.
I really didn't think she would keep saying it.
I was too excited and had to read it all this week. They are really short. A few things will be key in the anime.though. I just hope they are reunited soon.
Is this a real spoiler or your theory?
Just my guess
So the kappa brought him back, that was why he started craving kappa things when the bell rang?
Work as intended deishu
>dishu
>satellite dish
That was just the prince cursing both of them.
Did I like it or did I hate it?
Yes.
That some huge 5head.
No.
>deishu
>dei
ディ is not the same thing as デイ. ディ is just “di” as in “dish.”
Maybe.
>expensive
You really don't know what you're talking about.
Dead or not he does talk about losing connections so it's still pretty fitting.
Is ED from the same band as KIMI NO SEI song or different one? The voice is kibda similar. I don't want to look through entire thread.
Yes, the peggies.
>The whole story is a commentary on how people can't connect without smartphone and network.
So Ikuhara is calling losers for not being able to make relationships without the internet?
What about the people who can't even do it with the internet?
Intercourse should only with woman, others considered as degeneracy and should be burned on stake.
No, suicide is not the wae.
I want to find my shining thing, I just don't know where to search.
>edgy guy gets edgy shell
>crossdressing guy gets quirky spiral shell
>plain guy gets plain line shell
>kappas use dishes on their heads like antennas to connect
Woah.
Although I am extremely confused by the main character's motive's. That feeling of wanting to never lose a connection with someone no matter what and what he said about "this connection is all I need" is all too terrifyingly relatable and a dangerous mindset. I can't wait to see where this goes.
Forgot to post the related pic.
IIRC according to the seiyuu he is very self sacrificing and has low self esteem, makes sense considering how far he is going just so make his sibling happy
枚 is a counter, but not for dishes, and it is "sanmaI" not "zanmai" in that case to begin with. That said you are probably right about the idea of the wifi icon. In fact, bellow the three curved lines there is a this a circle, that might as be the "dish". Putting the A there would be make it just slightly less obvious.
It could just be part of the pun. See: the name for the police box.
So for Sara signs
Nothing without Antenna
Feel free to look at the antenna
Shout antenna from the center of the world
Why is modern anime so shit?
Is that how it suppose the see himself?
That's classic AGP.
1st episode and we already got so many memes out of it. Sasuga Ikuhara.
I love him.
Doesn't Reiwa start next month?
>no frills on the ribbon
>wrong color sleeves
>no fat eyebrows
0/10
Yes. But this will still be airing next month so it counts as a reiwa anime as well.
The ED saved this piece of shit from being dropped. I'll give it one more episode.
I'm watching it again with my imouto and hell no. While the message of the show is the simplest, most straightforward out of Ikuhara's anime originals, the surrealist bits are the most obtuse by far. The whole "challenge by the court of species divide -> roof -> kureha falls off the roof beside stairs (?) -> yuri certified and lilly-licking" song and dance still doesn't make any sense to me. Kureha and Ginko having as much character and chemistry as two rocks until the very last episodes is only one piece of the puzzle.
Because this isn't OP material by a long shot? I too would rather have a MPD-tier OP, but posting this just makes me think you're allergic to male vocals.
How did he change so fast anyway?
okay
Soul Vs soulless
Probably because he's been doing that shit for a long time so he's used to changing quickly.
Can't believe I miss that on my first watch
>satellite dish
ONORE IKUHARA
If you divide them into sections, it looks like katakana ミ ミ and of course ア.
So does the shota really not notice the difference here, or are they just being nice and playing along with Kazuki's pretending? Sara is pretty much everywhere so comparing the two isn't even hard.
What if it’s a 川 instead of a ミ?
We'll have to wait for the gay otter cops to see how that factors in.
how many boxes have you gathered so far?
Do my figurine boxes count?
>ywn be this cute when crossdressing
Based and red pilled.
have they brought you happiness?
Y-yes. I fill the void in my heart with materialism.
inside other people's anuses, duh
>recently cleared out all the unused cardboard I had.
Is this why I continue to suffer? Should I stock up on cats for next week's lucky fortune?
Ikuni'd
>recently cleared out all the unused cardboard I had
But user, that means you have attained Emptiness, you are beyond the mundane mortal trivialities!
>poster of Sara as Sukeban Keiji
>three アs after the “ba”
Three again, huh.
Me on the right.
Good shit.
>the surrealist bits are the most obtuse by far
They really aren't. Remember how in Penguindrum we had Himari randomly become possessed by the spirit of a hat who was implied to be a part of Momoka but whose personality didn't resemble Momoka's at all, and how she would emerge from the stomach of a robot bear and start stripping as she walked down a flight of stairs and WELCOME TO ROCK AND ROLL NIGHT played?
And regardless, that's not really important. Possessed Himari riding the robot bear and stealing characters out of the story, the yurikumas going to yuricourt and having their love approved, Kazuki swallowing the zombie's ass ball and having his secret revealed to everyone. They're flashy scenes that ultimately serve as tools for taking the characters out of the story and having a stage set with them for the sake of plot or introspection. You can take bits of thematic relevance out of them, but being able to fully explain the surrealist elements isn't necessary or intended in the first place.
This. It's more like Ikuhara trying to incorporate stage play elements and works something similar to a Greek chorus. They're meant to be a more 'meta' element that enhances the way the work is being presented.
But what is strange to me is that Toi refers to Sara as "a girl" when he asks Kazuki. Like he's unaware of who she is.
He’s not gonna ask, “hey have you seen a trap pass by here” when he’s probably the only one who has seen said trap’s bulge.
They played it so well I really thought it was Ayumu voicing her all along, what a pity
Put it this way, if you were in his situation how would YOU try and describe it to a stranger?
>hey did you see girl in weird clothes running around?
OR
>hey did you see a cross-dresser in weird clothes running around?
Assuming that scene of him in the classroom was real, he's a transfer student. Sara's official description is that's she's a "local idol" in Asakusa. If he just moved it fits that he wouldn't know of her.
Could be that he doesn't keep up with TV/the news
Yeah it's likely as simple as this.
Oh, you are right. Must be because of that.
I don't even know my countries' celebrities.
I'm not sure if my shining thing is the railroad track
>how she would emerge from the stomach of a robot bear and start stripping as she walked down a flight of stairs
Not really related to the point of your comment but I’d just like to remind everyone that Princess of the Crystal is the hottest thing to ever come out of any ikuhara work
>usual meek girl with kindhearted demeanor turns to bitchy dom
>that outfit
>strips in a bunch of episodes
>perfect for hatefucking her until the hat falls off and normal Himari is totally confused as so why she’s being raped and starts crying
Jesus it just hits all the points
Guys, I think the Yuri Kuma manga is even weirder than the anime.
Man, the author's fetish sure is weird.
It took me 12 episodes to realize her outfit is what Himari's idol would have been like.
Morishima Akiko did a great work with that manga, I should reread it one day.
I think most people probably didn't notice until they saw the flashback.
She's not nearly as sexy as Anthy.
>Delicate and meek girl is in fact an ancient deity with superpowers, calculative and capable of being cruel in sexy and non-sexy way
I bet she can change her appearance not only as she was in Black Rose arc, but in terms of age and body type as well. So she might play loli, milf and a young girl at any moment
>Looks hot in any outfit and without outfit as well
>Perfect for living together doing any possible kind of work and having mind-blowing nights of love
There seems to be a big recurrence of 3, more so than just the main boys.
>when the cops are doing the extraction desire is shown with 3 otters while Love is shown as 1.
>Harukappa's phone flashes the otter 3 times.
I might be stretching it here but the imperial regalia of japan are the sword, the mirror and the jewel, and in the boxes we have
>a gun
>an outfit for selfies which is similar to a mirror, plus a mirror is usually associated with honesty, but as the item in the box and the episode title card show it's being used for the opposite purpose
>a charm
I'm probably retarded but I wouldn't be surprised if 3 plays an important role somehow.
The ED was cool, dope AR effect.
I wouldn't rule it out.
Hypothetically the title of the show contains the word "three" (Zan = san), there are different readings and interpretations.
Anthy is ugly though
what the fuck am i watching
No she isn't. Her haircut may look bad, but except for that she's perfectly fine
Is it next week yet?
outstanding
Next week better start delivering some Freckles porn
I have one in my apartment that I never unpacked when I moved.
>graphic design is my passion
Did you do it yourself?
Not enough to be even more happy than I am. What if my shining thing is hiding outside of the box?
originally, Zanmai (Sanmai) means 'samadhi' from Buddism. It's a ideal status of mind.
>there is a girl he actually likes/wants to be connected with
>it wasn't himself
other than that it was a great episode
>original character vs ambush cosplayer
Surprisingly accurate.
Its his sibling he wants to be connected with, and that was the best part of it.
Bottom is hotter
Diapers, Pregnancy (Rapid Pregnancy, Belly Bursting Due to Pregnancy, birth), Lactation, breastfeeding, Breast Expansion (Breast Expansion due to Rapid Pregnancy), Inflation, Cum Inflation, Rape (Monster Rape, Tentacle Rape, Animal Rape, Pregnancy resulting from all these different types of rape)
As I said way down the rabbit hole. Being into a ton of shit women would not enjoy happening to their bodies, and being into the fact they aren't enjoying it doesn't make me a compatable partner.
Those are pretty vanilla fetishes, most of them aren't even /d/ material
You're fucking disgusting.
>and being into the fact they aren't enjoying it doesn't make me a compatable partner
I'm glad fucks like you will never breed
Unlike otakus, fujos have regular jobs.
Shit I can't stop laughing if I think about Sarazanmai, it's hysterical. I don't think I'll be able to play anal for a while
Buddhism is about freeing yourself from desires
Will there be female characters?
No, fuck off
There were three already. Dishu, onee-chan, and grandma.
Don't be rude.
Sara and Enta's sister.
>I'm glad fucks like you will never breed
Me too. I don't want kids. Everything to do with pregnancy is erotic to me but wasting 20 or so years of my life dealing with the aftermath doesn't interest me at all.
>You're fucking disgusting
I have a feeling you aren't going to like this show. I get the feeling one of its focuses is going to be on fetish/kink acceptance. I could be wrong though but that's what they seemed to be going for.
>be a japanese peasant
>get anally raped by some bald mud bandits
>c-can't be helped lads, it's totally was an evil youkai, I shit you not!
>Anal birth
I didnt know this was a thing and im not really surprised either
I keep getting a boner looking at Kazuki dressed as Sara, am I gay now?
why did pink use "her" if it's actually a shota?
Translation.
あの子 can mean 'that girl' or 'that child'.
It's not gay if shirikodamas don't touch.
because the translators aren't good at their job
i think its a drum
I masturbated to his cross dressed form, no regrets.
No, he looks like a girl