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post #1 by abconline on 21.02.2013 18:20 (vote: hidden)

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The slice-of-life comedy is set in a countryside school with only five students total. The nearest bookstore is 20 minutes away by bicycle, a certain "Ju_p" magazine comes out on Wednesdays instead of Mondays, and the video rental store is 10 stations away.

Fifth-grade schoolgirl Hotaru Ichijō transfers from Tokyo to this school and readjusts to the slow life in the country. Her fellow schoolmates are first-year middle schoolgirl Natsumi, second-year middle schoolgirl Komari, first-grade schoolgirl Renge, and Komari's big brother Suguru in the third year of middle school.

as slice-of-life-ish(aka boring) as it can get?
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post #2 by greeksot on 21.02.2013 18:21 (vote: hidden)

Counting the clouds sounds more exciting....
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post #3 by yuudai on 22.02.2013 18:00

It appears to be quite...hm, it's not really "boring" that I'm searching for. I'd say it has, perhaps, very few things to grab on, things to do, based on that setting.

Anyway, it may take any direction. I'll check it out, you may call it curiosity.
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post #4 by Laov on 11.09.2013 10:24 (vote: 7.50)

Moe, more moe and maybe some generic yet detailed backgrounds or extreamly light comedy... Anyway this shall replace the time killer of kiniro mosaic :V
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post #5 by akumi on 02.10.2013 12:24

well the manga is fun, and it's a seinen

(I recommend batoto)
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post #6 by Kite on 06.10.2013 15:52 (vote: hidden)

Why boring?
Slice-of-life is intended for making oneself happy of watching characters living their daily life.
I linger after a countryside show with beautiful landscapes and a rural idyll...
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post #7 by kribby on 06.10.2013 16:20 (vote: 9.00)

greeksot wrote:

Counting the clouds sounds more exciting....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r9zeh9Wp7s

get counting
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post #8 by spc on 07.10.2013 20:45

Not the worst slice-of-life light comedy, but boring enough.
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post #9 by novalisk on 07.10.2013 22:50

The age of cast already makes it worth watching. Especially with how lacking elemantary school kids are nowadays.
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post #10 by dr0x on 08.10.2013 17:53 (vote: hidden)

novalisk wrote:

The age of cast already makes it worth watching. Especially with how lacking elemantary school kids are nowadays.

What about high school students who look like elementary school kids? How are they counted?
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post #11 by novalisk on 08.10.2013 20:18

they have a pretty different feel to them.
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post #12 by Kite on 08.10.2013 22:06 (vote: hidden)

Yeah, not that interesting and the BGM is extremely annoying but hey, it was a relaxing watch.
I'd like it to become like Aiura, that's unrealstic, though.
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post #13 by hamu on 08.10.2013 22:47

loved first episode, Ren-chon is so cute!
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post #14 by Rolin on 08.10.2013 23:56 (vote: 7.50)

Very very relaxing slice of life. The setting background is quite good and cool.
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post #15 by ryusoma on 09.10.2013 04:58

The first episode was cute and inoffensive, rather than cloying and trying too hard. I get the angle here though, it's obviously going to be playing up the 'we're country bumpkins and everything is primitive' routine.
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post #16 by cake-kun on 09.10.2013 07:29

ryusoma wrote:

The first episode was cute and inoffensive, rather than cloying and trying too hard. I get the angle here though, it's obviously going to be playing up the 'we're country bumpkins and everything is primitive' routine.

It is; however it should be noted that it's interesting because East Asia suffers heavy deficiencies on new population (read: babies/kids), so this in reality actually could have happened anywhere. I said East Asia because China is roughly same and Korea I can guarantee this situation can be confirmed.

So while it's trying to buy itself being moe anime, it's more then that. It gets to people easily because slice of life is rather easy going, but it's of course more then that. It's subtle but shows that situation is while grim, it's fixable.

Oh, did I mention to you that Japan and South Korean population is actually heading nosedive? (More deathrate vs birthrate, meaning overall population is dropping, hence "nosediving". China is very unstable also, due to fact that male-to-female ratio is close to hitting 2:1)

There's another manga series that has very similar topic, but in cityside, and also in future. I'll go and dig it up if anyone wants me to later.

going back on topic real fast, while it's going to ride on fact that they're in countryside, it's perfectly fine. The new setting is the appeal, and show actually will have a plot (omgnowaii)
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post #17 by hughjasss on 11.10.2013 07:20 (vote: 2.50)

Anime should be called "Non Non-eventful". Nothing interesting really happened... will give it one more episode, but man was that a slow ~20 minutes.
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post #18 by cake-kun on 15.10.2013 18:56

It's hard to expect eventful in slice of life genre. Point of slice of life really is making uneventful interesting. If you don't like this piece of slice, what can I say? That would merely be your preference
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post #19 by bigsimo on 16.10.2013 03:25

ryusoma wrote:

The first episode was cute and inoffensive, rather than cloying and trying too hard. I get the angle here though, it's obviously going to be playing up the 'we're country bumpkins and everything is primitive' routine.

it would have been inoffensive had this character not existed. i was offended by everything she did/said. she's almost as bad as this girl from tamako market. they are similar, after all.
it's a shame, the slow pace and setting seemed nice. but once again the characters ruin everything.
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post #20 by cake-kun on 16.10.2013 04:40

bigsimo wrote:

ryusoma wrote:

The first episode was cute and inoffensive, rather than cloying and trying too hard. I get the angle here though, it's obviously going to be playing up the 'we're country bumpkins and everything is primitive' routine.

it would have been inoffensive had this character not existed. i was offended by everything she did/said. she's almost as bad as this girl from tamako market. they are similar, after all.
it's a shame, the slow pace and setting seemed nice. but once again the characters ruin everything.

it's called "inappropriate usage of moe" I think. I can't remember exact Japanese name for it but they do seem to exist now...