After Adachi became flustered after visiting Shimamura’s house and sitting in between her legs, Shimamura notices that Adachi is absent.
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Adachi to Shimamura – Episode 3 – Yashiro’s Identity Revealed and the First “Date”
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Ochikobore Fruit Tart – Episode 2 – Yuriffic First Day of School and Hoho’s Surprise
Now that Ino with Roko, Hayu and Nina formed an idol group, it’s finally the first day of school. Also, Hoho working on her own plans to jump start the group.
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Bloom (Third Season) – Episode 2 – Phantom Thief Sharo Steals Everyone’s Hearts
At last, I never knew that Phantom Thief Lapin looks very familiar. Also, Chiya finally receives some bonding time with Sharo after what happened last time.
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Adachi to Shimamura – Episode 2 – Adachi’s Blooming of Love
Adachi may look shy, but there is some indication that she might be starting to fall for Shimamura. Also, a strange alien wearing a space suit finally appears.
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Ochikobore Fruit Tart – Episode 1 – Becoming Idols To Save the Dorm
At last, Ino decides to head for Tokyo to achieve her dream of becoming an idol. She finds out that the dorm she is staying at is in dire straits. Thankfully, Hoho has a plan to stop that.
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Bloom (Third Season) – Episode 1 – The Quest to Create the Perfect Summer Uniform
It’s finally the start of summer and Cocoa, Chino and Rize decides to wear different uniforms. As expected, it doesn’t go so well.
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Adachi to Shimamura – Episode 1 – Adachi’s First Friend
Apparently, Shimamura feels that she lacks someone that she wants to get close to. During the summer, she finally meets someone on the second floor of the gym.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 12 (END) – Hina Gives Whiting Fishing Another Try and Fish Handicraft Time
Last time, Hina had a hard time catching a whiting. Thankfully, she does some research to figure out what she is doing wrong. Either way, it’s obvious that Hina is eager to try again.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 11 – Assertive Hina Tries Whiting Fishing
Hina suddenly gains the urge to catch some whiting. However, she finds out that in order to catch them, she needs to use a special bait.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 10 – Fishing, the Old and Simple Way
After Hina had to deal with herons eating her catch, she finally takes a break. Yes, she decides to fish without using a reel.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 9 – The Lesson Makoto Dreads and Trollish Herons
It seems that the day that Makoto fears the most is finally here. Yes, Sayaka decides to teach some survival skills if they happen to fall in the ocean.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 8 – Fishing for Shrimps
With the rainy season in full swing, Hina and Natsumi miss fishing quite a lot. Maybe it’s not end of the world as Yuuki takes them fishing at a river.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 7 – Rock Fishing and the Study Session Date
Now that Hina found a special hook, she decides to go fishing for rockfish. Also, she didn’t realize that the midterms are already here.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 6 – Hina Goes Fishing, Alone
After the disaster from last time, it seems that that the girls go back to the basics. Fishing for baby horse mackerels. Hina even tries fishing on her own with varying results.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 5 – Getting Dirty for Clams and the Drunk Club Advisor
Yuuki wonders what she should fish next. However, with the tide being low, they decide to dig for clams instead.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 4 – Fishing Apparel Shopping and Squid Hunting
It has been a while since the huge delay from Covid19, but it’s finally back. Hina apparently with Natsumi, Yuuki and Makoto goes to another town to browse the biggest fishing store in the area.
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Hidamari Sketch – Final Review
It’s no surprise that these days, I tend to enjoy the usual slice of life anime with a mostly, if not all female cast. Perhaps one of the most known school-girl slice of life story that publishes in the Manga Time Kirara Carat is Hidamari Sketch. It’s not too surprising since this is the first title out of many published in the Manga Time Kirara that received an anime adaptation.
If you take a first glance of the show’s poster image or one of the volumes of the manga, this might remind you of another show, Madoka Magica. The person behind these character designs is Aoki Ume. She is a mangaka known for creating cute character designs.
While Hidamari Sketch is one of her well known works, she also created character designs for Madoka Magica including some characters in Magia Record, and the main character for Kirara Fantasia, Kirara. If you didn’t know, Kaname Madoka is basically based on Yuno. Of Shaft both animated Hidamari Sketch and Madoka Magica. As expected, I enjoyed the first season quite a lot since it has a lot of funny and cute moments.
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Tamayomi – Episode 10 – The Ryoyukan Challenge
At last, Shin Koshigaya is facing off Ryoyukan. Is Yoshino’s strategy enough to break through? At a glance, it’s already an uphill battle.
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Tamayomi – Episode 9 – Shin Koshigaya’s First Big Win
Now that Nakayama lost her cool after Ibuki copied her pitch, it’s now Shin Koshigaya’s chance to win the game.
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Tamayomi – Episode 8 – Tama Meets Her Old Friend and The First Match
The summer girls’ baseball tournament has finally begun. Tama meets a certain someone from Ryoyukan before Shin Koshigaya High School faces off their first match.
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Hidamari Sketch – Episodes 1-3 – Cuteness Overload
As COVID-19 rages on and affects most anime productions, it’s time to watch more shows that are on my list. Recently, I have compiled a list of shows I plan to cover. I probably won’t be able to finish everything by the time everything starts to go back to the new normal. At least this will give me some things to cover during the next few seasons. After all, the next several months will be pretty barren with all the delays.
With that, we continue the trend of watching all the Manga Time Kirara adaptations I haven’t seen yet. This time we head back to 2007. Yes, we are finally watching the timeless schoolgirl slice of life filled with diabetes induced cuteness. That show is Hidamari Sketch. Yes, I orginally intended to review this show last year. However, my big move for a new job kind of distracted me from actually watching the whole first season.
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Tamayomi – Episode 7 – Tournament Picks and The Preparations
Now that Yomi and Tama had their first win, it’s time to focus on the summer tournament. Of course, only Yoshino, Ms. Fuji and Tama went to the ceremony. I wonder, what will their placement will be?
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Sansha Sanyou – Final Review
Now that the spring season is now mostly a barren wasteland thanks to COVID-19, I decided to tackle my backlog. Of course, there are a good number of shows I still have to watch, including some Manga Time Kirara adaptations. While I watched and cover a good number of them each season, there are some that I miss due to lack of time covering them.
Like with GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, Sansha Sanyou is another one of those shows I wanted to watch after playing one of the events from Kirara Fantasia. Yes, besides Nishikawa Youko’s rich young lady personality and cute appearance gracing me, I used her a lot in quests besides Koyume, Sharo, Naru, Archive, and Swimsuit Kaoruko. I kind of like her character design and personality. While she is not rich anymore and can only afford eating bread crusts, she still has a lot of charm.
Of course, the only reason I didn’t watch it until now since it’s a Funimation exclusive. I didn’t start subscribing to it until the start of this year.
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Tamayomi – Episode 6 – The 4th Game Is the Charm
As they say, is the fourth try the charm after losing three games in a row? Maybe.
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