It was thrown out there purely to stress that the abilities are imperfect, it was completely half assedly throwing that point in your face, that’s the issue.
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Maaaan episode 1. There’s so much to say and I don’t even know where to start ^^;
First things first, it was a very entertaining episode. I find myself very hit-or-miss when it comes to comedy; I either love it, or can’t stomach a minute of it. Charlotte’s comedy I would definite put under the “love it” category. Funniest part was when he transfers to the student council president’s body 
We get a lot of good character introduction, and I think it was pretty well-paced. There is one flaw that I did see, and I actually agree with @Kanon on this: the way Yuu introduced their parents. He’s telling it to Ayumi as if it’s something she doesn’t even know to begin with, which was somewhat unnatural.
So far, the points of interest are the comet, which we see in the first minute of the anime, and the unknown “family member”, which most already agree seems like the other guy from that dark charlotte poster 
I’ll definitely have to rewatch it on my own time (with the freedom to pause and rewind), but for now, I quite enjoyed it, and while it wasn’t perfect, it was pretty damn good!
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I loved this episode, but, too bad we didn’t get to hear the opening and ending songs 
The Op doesn’t sound too good from the snippets we heard from the promo’s tbh. I hope the ED sounds good though, and I’m expecting at least 1 beautiful song like Ichiban No Takaramono. LOL, Yu’s face when he got dumped though, that was priceless 
Indeed, I tend to agree @Takafumi…
I’ve watched several Clannad episodes that were hard to take at first, but my will power guided me for my own good, and now Clannad is one of my all-time favorite stories. All arcs.
That’s why I was referring or talking about “the masses” only (not people “worth acknowledging”). The average viewer.
The mass media these days is a hard territory, too much sex and violence. Easy “sellers”.
Ergo, my point was this: from a commercial POV (not from an artistic one), I was a little bit worried. Because a company needs money to survive and grow.
So I wish commercial success to this anime (without sacrifying anything with meaning of course).
It’s not easy… But I’m quite confident that Key’ staff is smart enough, as usual, to handle both sides of the coin. In fact, I believe they are very skilled “converting” common-average anime fans, with apparent “mass-media friendly” episodes, and then (boom!)… somehow the watcher finds himself diving deep into emotional complex stories and wham moments.
Some are almost philosophical ones. (Can’t wait for Rewrite anime, who knows!)
Look left then right, and goes back to Planetarian for a little while.
(Psst yes, somebody gave me Planetarian as a gift)…
The first half was great in building Yuu as an asshole worse than I expected and then having him pay for him arrogance and recklessness, but I don’t mind how it slowed down after. It gave some room for the episode to breathe.
Ayumi is not good, though. That’s probably accented by her terrible character design (this series’ CD really looks inferior to Angel Beats!, but she’s the only one that really looks bad) and the grating voice acting, but she doesn’t really feel like a character that will add much to the story.
But I think the highlight was Yuu and Nao’s chemistry. Nao is smart and she knows she’s dealing with a self-centered pretentious teen; they play off each other well and I bet she can keep him in check.
The technical side is fine - as I already said character design could be better andthe soundtrack is nice but I think it’s a bit underused. If I were to rank this in a “Key First Episodes” rank, it would probably get above Little Busters and a bit below the rest.
So regarding how astronomy possibly plays a big role, I didn’t realize the school’s name was 星ノ海, or “Sea of Stars,” and Yuu then comments to the star obsessed Ayumi, in a totally-not-obvious-foreshadowing manner, “sounds like the school was made for you.” So I’m guessing via wild speculation that the “dead” brother/dad/older relative plays a huge role in people with special powers and equates each person/power to a star or constellation and thus uses the school to gather them for some reason related to Ayumi, who will also be very important to the plot. Maybe she develops a power which is important to solving whatever the problem is…or alternatively, a power which someone wants to use for selfish gain? Ayumi’s obsession with stars would also be because she always listened to said relative obsessively talking about astronomy but AMNESIA WHO IS HE AGAIN?
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I definitely made the connection between the name of the school and Ayumi’s love for the stars before they pointed it out in-show, but the idea of connecting it to the mystery relative is an interesting one. I mean, obviously they weren’t going to give her such a love for a symbol that’s been connected to the show from the start for no reason, so I’m assuming it does have some sort of connection to her past. That’s definitely something to wait for in future episodes.
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I want to see the OP… I know, I know… But I’d love to watch it now.
It was a pretty good beginning, I think. It has better animation quality than Angel Beats! and Little Busters! so far.
I like how they showed Yuu how he used his power (peeking at girl’s boobs is the best one yet). He is totally a jerk, full stop. He occasionally showed evil smile, even. And laughing maniacally too in class. Don’t know what exactly happened to him except that he’s so disappointed with his mother, but I hope there’s a good reason why he acts this way now. (Or yeah he is probably just jerky beef from the beginning)
Although, I kinda hate it how he purposefully made an “accident” to save his dream girl. That’s just downright nasty. It’s like “Hey I set this house on fire so I can come in and save you from the blazing fire.” Even he wasn’t exactly sure he played his card right. (“Phew, that was close call”) But again, I like how Shirayanagi played it cool, unlike other (Key) girls who undeniably must fall in love to any boy with White Knight syndrome. That’s quite rare, I must say…
(And we’re already saying goodbye to Nakahara Mai and Tamiyasu Tomoe, after one episode lol)
I’m not exactly a fan of Joujirou being Mr. Exposition. I don’t know what good is it to expose his and Nao’s superpower immediately to Yuu, the person who has yet gained their trust. I guess that’s just for convenient storytelling. But the visuals when he chased Yuu was amazing. Badass music too.
About Ayumi. Ayumi is the moe girl in this episode. Not a fan of her actually. With her weird speech and all. She’s a nice girl though. Also, the way she called Yuu as “Yuu-oniichan” is probably a hint that in fact, Yuu isn’t his only big brother. Getting Little Busters! Komari route vibe here. And, since we’re dealing with superpowers, it’s not gonna be unexpected if someone with memory-wiping power exists.
It is also shown that Ayumi wore oversized denim jacket when they’re moving. I think it’s a subtle telling that their family finance isn’t exactly good (with their uncle only giving a cardboard of instant noodle too).
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I went and added a poll to the OP! Now you can rate the episode from 1-5.
A great episode 1 ever. I cant stop laughing.
About mysteries I dont mind about that 'cause it makes me headache.
Finally, Yuu is a “heathy” main character lately for me. Bastard but manly, not like other MCs I saw recently, weak and “femineity”.
Man, a long time from AB! and I laughed non-stop
This post is the exact representation of the pacing of the episode.
I need more Yumi in my life.
I love the Key coffee reference <3
He says in the episode.
Nah, that’s cool. I think it’s a pretty interesting use of the power.
Rating individual episodes? Eww.
I haven’t seen any of those in some years. We had the boom of revenge-filled teens, and then it slowly moved over to the older or more sensible protagonists.
“It’s a sleeping desease! I suddenly get tremendously sleepy, and can’t fight that urge!”
I see what you did there ^^
Nice LB reference
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Well I hate it because it’s a very despicable thing to do Sure, for all practicality’s sake, it’s a good idea but… That is totally unethical. For one, he could have killed the goddamn bus driver!
Checked out the episode again and something struck me as quite… odd. When the student council president of Ki no Mori asked Yuu to retake the exam, I think we can pretty much figure out that Nao was in the room the whole time. In that case, I find it quite odd that the president thought it was normal that Nao was crouched down beside Yuu’s seat, all while Yuu was oblivious to her.
It seems pretty heavily implied that Nao was the one who tipped him off to Yuu’s suspected cheating, so he would probably already know her… But being able to find it normal that Yuu isn’t fazed by Nao’s presence is just odd. He may either know about her power, or has high trust in her ability to “hide” from Yuu despite being right in front of him.
Since we’re all done with Ki no Mori, I doubt this’ll be something they bring up in the next episodes
I wouldn’t go that far. Her attitude definitely changed a lot at the end of the episode, but I would say it’s like she’s seen through Yuu. Or more like, someone convinced her off-screen that Yuu is actually a bad guy. She remained respectful, but her gaze was quite harsh.
Well, the “Run! Right now!” stunt may have been part of the reason. Yuu has shown his true colors in a shocking way there, after all. But again, I doubt that this much was enough to blow away the rose-colored glasses of a school girl. Someone from the outside probably got involved in some way.
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Regarding Yumi, I just really think that she doesn’t want to take any bullshit from him. I don’t think there’s are any external forces affecting her decision, and I guess she just realized that it wouldn’t be worth the trouble.
Either way, I was just happy to hear the angry Mai Nakahara voice~ Reminds me of drunken Nagisa
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I liked it however it could have been better I just feel like there was something missing. Artwork great as ever and president is a bit cold like they said and main character is a cocky bastard like promised not to mention takumatsu 2.0 (moved beyond stripping now he insta changes) I can’t put my finger on what’s missing so I’ll give it a 4 Good but not great.
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@Naoki_Saten Not to mention he basically pulled her to the ground and left screaming damnit not at all a white knight she pictured him as. Then basicly telling her she had to meet him if she wanted to be together and that he wouldn’t come see her by himself. Making him sound like he was a criminal under constant supervision. Didn’t help the fact that he wouldn’t tell her why. So ya she was sick of the bullshit.
