Ninth Issue – Do You Have Enough Excitement?
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Rain, huh… Doesn't this situation make you think of manga?
Questions of the Day:
1) Have you ever been stuck somewhere during a storm without an umbrella? What did you do?
2) How many tanukis are too many tanukis?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you're doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don't spoil anything for the first-timers, that's rude!
by Shimmering-Sky
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**Gekkan Shoujo Rewatch Host-chan, subbed**
[Welcome back, everyone!](#michaelwink)
Today’s Wallpaper of the Day trivia: Nothing with the background colors this time, but of course I just had to pick an image that involved a tanuki when I made one for Miyako.
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– [Ah, Nozaki.](https://i.imgur.com/lQyM4Ct.png) [](#kukuku)
– [I do usually prioritize keeping my bag dry](https://i.imgur.com/hfew72v.png) in the event I’m stuck somewhere while it’s raining and I don’t have an umbrella. [](#thoughtful)
– [He looks so derpy like that haha.](https://i.imgur.com/1jL5P1E.png)
– [Well, Kashima is certainly staying dry.](https://i.imgur.com/TjcWXwD.png) [](#azusalaugh)
– [It’s kinda hard to properly share an umbrella with a huge height gap like that.](https://i.imgur.com/9U5gWih.png) At least if the wind is making it so the rain is coming down at an angle instead of straight down. I know this from experience of being the taller person in the equation trying to share an umbrella with my younger sisters.
– [Hahahahahaha](https://i.imgur.com/4GTbrtw.png)
– [He still has the sailor uniform, haha.](https://i.imgur.com/aXUWoNa.png) [](#trololol)
– [Good for them, lol.](https://i.imgur.com/tb29p4W.png)
– [Bruh.](https://i.imgur.com/XFozmlT.png) [](#bruh)
– [Yeah, no…](https://i.imgur.com/cHT7GNM.png) [](#emiliaohdear)
– […because of course he just loves the idea.](https://i.imgur.com/7WXPqOU.png) [](#kyonfacepalm)
– [What even???](https://i.imgur.com/8vSl2pJ.png) [](#seasonalconfused)
**Rewatcher, Source Reader, Subbed**
Today, we see the classic “We forgot the umbrella” episode. Now mind, I must throw some slight criticism at this episode simply for not being School Rumble’s umbrella episode, but I will try to be lenient towards this show for not quite reaching the peaks of cinematic perfection. Indeed, it shows us quite well why rainy days are a pain, and also the inner workings of Nozaki’s brain as he yet again fails to understand everything. For Chiyo, it’s also a great personal failing as she ended up losing to Yuzuki of all people so now she has been robbed of all her dignity. Poor girl…
Part 2 gives ~~SEIBA~~ Miyako a bit of a spotlight, showcasing us just how far Maeno’s tanuki impression has ruined her. Indeed, now she can’t even get back at him by giving her the worst MC ever because Maeno has shit taste and he loves it, and alas, she’s too passive to fight back. Ah well, at least she and Nozaki+Chiyo bonded over some drawings, and Chiyo in particular loved hers.
[Manga Spoilers]>!Side note: I find it hilarious how Miyako’s like the first member of the main cast to actually get a boyfriend. And of all people it was [Seo’s brother](#azusalaugh)!<
**Episode 9 (first timer)**
* ~~Romantic walk through the rain~~Romantic sitting out the rain.
* Random Yuzuki to the rescue!
* “Sorry to have you hold it” – don’t be, it looked utterly ridiculous the other way.
* Romantic walk through the rain, attempt 2.
* Return of the sailor fuku!
* “I lost to Yuzuki!” – No wonder, she was utterly cool there while you forgot to bring your umbrella on a 100% rain day.
[](#hikariactually)
* The first official couple of the series: Two tanukis.
[](#konosubawot2)
* Why is “Too many tanukis” not a complaint, Nozaki?
Rare Chiyo win. Even if the price is a tanuki-dressed character.
Mecha spotted: None so far, but Nozaki is already thinking about spicing up his manga. We are getting close! Surely, the alien will arrive in a mecha.
**First Timer**
Usually I have these prepared the night before but this time I’m slapping it together two hours before Rewatch thread posting.
[](#panic)
* The shot of them running out and then back under his coat. [](#azusalaugh)
* Deus ex Seo! [](#awe)
* Okay, there’s absolutely no way Sakura isn’t getting soaked holding the umbrella that high.
* I love the implication that Hori and Kashima do this song and dance every time it rains. Does Kashima even need to own an umbrella?
* It was kind of nice to have a more romance focused segment for once. [](#anko)
* On the other hand, I didn’t really get much of anything out of the Miyako segment. Maybe it’s cause I first watched it while half asleep, but so few of the jokes really landed all that well and it didn’t feel like the humour built on itself in the same adept way as usual. The whole joke with the tanukis in her manga was already done in a previous episode and I feel it doesn’t really have the legs to be built upon much further. Meanwhile Miyako really just isn’t eccentric enough to live up to this cast.
* That said, Sakura ending up won over by the Tanuki suit was genius. [](#kotohoops)
* Huh, so it really isn’t Miyako that wants the Tanukis. This raises further questions about the abundance of them in her room.
* …was the post credit some kind of cultural joke that was hard to translate? I’m not sure I got any of it.
Probably the weakest episode so far, but even the worst of Nozaki-kun has its moments.
[](#mug7)
**First-Timer, Gekkan Shoujo Sub-zaki-kun**
[Neither of them have umbrellas, do they.](https://i.imgur.com/nX6Y0PI.jpeg)
[Nozaki is turtle-y enough to be in the turtle club.](https://i.imgur.com/5AMpEN0.jpeg)
[Just go steal one of those umbrellas right there.](https://i.imgur.com/IPaPnEi.jpeg)
[Secret Dorohedoro crossover episode??](https://i.imgur.com/2PCoo2D.jpeg)
[Nozaki, my dude.](https://i.imgur.com/9mzCfMp.jpeg) The taller one always holds the umbrella.
[Hori’s Kashima sense is tingling.](https://i.imgur.com/p7bIugV.jpeg)
[Man, cars suck.](https://i.imgur.com/XjzLUrJ.jpeg)
[RIP](https://i.imgur.com/iSwHFpd.jpeg)
[Ha, I forgot he bought that!](https://i.imgur.com/Q7P63bl.jpeg)
[No, just a psychotic editor.](https://i.imgur.com/tcy6Htn.jpeg)
[“Did this jerk just really cheer for Yukari’s misfortune?”](https://i.imgur.com/GIC58Ah.jpeg)
[Someone needs to teach Maeno a lesson.](https://i.imgur.com/zzBneyl.jpeg)
[Maeno is horny too, what a scumbag.](https://i.imgur.com/OfPSv2x.jpeg)
[How old is this guy, six?](https://i.imgur.com/VxIQowg.jpeg)
[oh no](https://i.imgur.com/b7ME9Gy.jpeg)
[That’s just Nozaki in a kigu.](https://i.imgur.com/kGJhEhX.jpeg)
[That’s.. just a normal shoujo character.](https://i.imgur.com/K0qoBUn.jpeg)
[W-wha..?](https://i.imgur.com/r89mR7V.jpeg)
Questions
1. I don’t think so, but I’m not bothered by getting a bit wet either.
2. A lower number than has already shown up on screen, probably.
**Rewatcher – Nozaki-kun Ep9:**
[Ikemen.](https://i.imgur.com/H8EJuRB.png)
[](#seasonallaugh)
[The testudo formation.](https://i.imgur.com/hsjDRrT.png) Soldiers of the Roman army would densely pack together while they hold their shields to protect them from all sides.
[Ikemen (for real).](https://i.imgur.com/kOcxBqe.png)
[](#ookii)
Chiyo, even in your [heartbeat imagination,](https://i.imgur.com/cONbRWL.png) I think your couple image looks off if I was a passerby. “That tall guy is having the short girl struggle to hold the umbrella for him.” Nozaki, [your bullying image continues.](https://i.imgur.com/YQoIT2E.png)
[This would’ve happened with Kashima’s girls’ total umbrella defense.](https://i.imgur.com/BqhlqQS.png)
[](#hikariactually)
I like the slice of life vibe to the rain segment. In the sense that we got to see short inclusions of what other characters re doing in their daily life. The tone of the comedy too had a more laid back feel.
I already like [this heroine](https://i.imgur.com/CwiEhPr.png) more than Mamiko. As much as they want to dogpile on the tanuki, I think Miyako-sensei can pull it off. A manga where the [mascots surpass the MC in romance](https://i.imgur.com/EdZ4AAK.png) sounds very funny. [The dreadful tanuki swap.](https://i.imgur.com/ITgcPhb.png)
[](#laughter)
**[Maeno-san!!!](#holdback)**
Miyako-sensei, I think we need to kill this guy.
[](#stardriving)
[Let Suzuki be a silly guy!](https://i.imgur.com/5ehHKt9.png)
Chiyo’s expression are so great. [She was so happy](https://i.imgur.com/sG6jwPG.png) to receive Miyako-sensei’s sketch and her [stern look is so perfect.](https://i.imgur.com/5do9km2.png)
[Mamiko here looks so much like Osaka Shizuku.](https://i.imgur.com/EvX4SvF.png)
___
**Q1)** I don’t carry umbrellas (I actually do, I just never take it out to use it. Too lazy). I’m just fine getting wet. [WE BALL.](#oilup) If it is too much then I take cover.
Next Time: [“The damn mascots managed to surpass the protagonist!”](https://i.imgur.com/d6aJQbD.png)
**Rewatcher Who Fell Behind For Days**
[No, Nozaki. There are at least 7.](https://i.imgur.com/DT8N82Q.png) 9 if you count Miyako-san and Maeno-san. [You’re all stupid.](https://i.imgur.com/SW0AsTe.png)
This show is very impressive at getting incredible mileage out of situations. [There was this stupidity](https://i.imgur.com/h4hw8o8.png), [this stupidity](https://i.imgur.com/9RhAp6j.png), the fucking car washing them, and so many other unique jokes from the rain. Of course, couldn’t miss the opportunity to bring the sailor uniform back.
[](#azusalaugh)
It is adorable how, even after finding out how much of a worthless idiot Nozaki is, Chiyo remains in love with him. [These morons were made for each other.](https://i.imgur.com/M00HCQf.png)
[](#feelingloved)
I will say, Maeno’s antics are severely underrated. The sheer absurdity of it all, and getting to see the rare angry Nozaki moments really do a lot for me. We need more of these.
[](#mugiwait)
**Shoujo Rewatcher/Dubbed This Episode**
Dub is pretty solid! I checked it out since I was eating (I don’t normally watch stuff while I eat but if it’s a rewatch I don’t mind as much) and I wanted to see how the dub was
Onto this episode, with the classic [rained in](https://imgur.com/KHnZWUS) scenario you might see for romantic stories. This whole sequence was hilarious. I don’t really know why Nozaki let Sakura hold the umbrella at first with their height difference lol
And Nozaki not turning off his manga brain was great too. Of course he copied how Seo gave her umbrella for his story (I would’ve liked being on the receiving end and tbf she did look cool before laughing like a maniac)
And the walk to his apartment filled with flowers… [If only I knew my flower language better](https://imgur.com/FjmioRt)
I’m glad we got to see some of Miyako in the second half. The way her friends thinks she’s dating a dbag was funny (and not wrong about him being bad)
**QotD**
1) I took a page out of Seo’s book and ran
2) [](#RengeThink)
First timer
-Oh, to walk with an umbrella in the rain with your crush
-I know people who did what Nozaki did with his jacket in elementary school
-Seo was unexpectedly nice to give Chiyo her umbrella
-Yay, they’re sharing an umbrella!!!!!
-“He’s just avoiding his problems”
-That guy is REALLY obsessed with tanukis
-“Do hearts even make noises” what
-So many freudian slips – sex sense, so crotch…
-Nah, he’s definitely making these mistakes on purpose
-“New kid from outer space” omg, did they predict Ready Jet Go?/!!?!?????2111??!?
QOTD:
1) I put my backpack over my head
2) You can never have too many tanukis!
**Rewatcher**
[How come it only rains when you forget your umbrella?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQA04T9mNjk)
This episode is one of my favorites, mostly because of the second half rather than the first. I mentioned before that I think Maeno’s whole thing is hilarious (pretty much opposite of everyone’s in-universe opinion of him), and today just confirms that. I do feel bad for Miyako though. Poor woman.
QotD:
1. All the time. I just hang in there, a little rain never hurt anyone.
2. Can’t ever have too many.
**First-Timer, Sub**
It’s so funny how they are playing out all the tropes of manga while writing manga. Sakura looked so uncomfortable holding up that umbrella and of course when Nozaki takes over he dumps all the rain on her anyways. Sakura being so happy about the Tanuki Nozaki put a smile on my face as well.
**QOTD**
1. Sometimes run for it, other times just suck it up and walk in it.
2. Depends on the variety, but only 1 space tanuki is needed.
**Rewatcher**
[Dw Sakura, we love you for that](https://i.imgur.com/zBjKdVw.jpeg)
[Sakura shock](https://i.imgur.com/nutW9aU.jpeg)
[He’s so cool!](https://i.imgur.com/NdODRtJ.jpeg)
[What a goofy looking run](https://i.imgur.com/TYxWZlG.jpeg)
[We love Kashima](https://i.imgur.com/k56NssT.jpeg)
[Another Sakura shock](https://i.imgur.com/UoZjahP.jpeg)
[Giddy Sakura](https://i.imgur.com/13Ksa8x.jpeg)
[One of my favorite jokes](https://i.imgur.com/FSj3zal.jpeg), really encapsulates the absolute state of this relationship
[Concerned Sakura](https://i.imgur.com/wUP6qQv.jpeg)
[Well that just sucks](https://i.imgur.com/IgojOzG.jpeg)
[YOU FELL FOR IT FOOL!](https://i.imgur.com/fW2pjL2.jpeg)
[Disappointed Sakura](https://i.imgur.com/QxnbCW7.jpeg)
[](https://i.imgur.com/5qWrYY1.jpeg)
[Prettyyy](https://i.imgur.com/oFVhrt8.jpeg)
[Sakura wut](https://i.imgur.com/FC6Mfhh.jpeg)
[Sakura’s face game has been nuts this ep](https://i.imgur.com/DOFcQHI.jpeg)
[Loved these](https://i.imgur.com/qPpixyc.jpeg)
[Poor girl being shook up by this huge crazy lmao](https://i.imgur.com/JTaCjiw.jpeg)
[Annnnd, she’s a doormat](https://i.imgur.com/ZraNkP4.jpeg)
[Sakura betrayal](https://i.imgur.com/8LGLN2O.jpeg)
[Incredible punchline lmao](https://i.imgur.com/DwxxI3s.jpeg)
[Rare jealous Nozaki and lovely Sakura](https://i.imgur.com/YSVKDWl.jpeg)
[Serious Sakura](https://i.imgur.com/U6mSZUJ.jpeg)
[Legends say only the bravest of men can survive the encounter with this form of Sakura. Approach with caution.](https://i.imgur.com/yrVJOls.jpeg)
[Sakura stop being so adorable](https://i.imgur.com/QS6kTOm.jpeg)
Another episode of nonstop bangers. Sakura hopeless pursuit for a romantic scenario continues to be quashed and Maeno continues to be this infuriatingly hilarious force of nature. And Miyako is pretty. Good stuff.
> 1) Have you ever been stuck somewhere during a storm without an umbrella? What did you do?
Yeah but I never cared much for getting wet so O just run for it all the time. I rarely have an umbrella.
> 2) How many tanukis are too many tanukis?
Yes.
**Rewatcher dubbed**
* You’re not an idiot Chiyo. Apparently the % chance of rain is just based on the chance of rain and the area covered so 100% chance of rain could mean nothing.
* I love how any character trying to combat or subvert shoujo manga tropes, it just makes everything worse. That’s shoujo manga brainrot for you.
* Return of the sailor uniform.
* I like how when it comes to Maeno, Chiyo and Nozaki share a common enemy.
* …I spoke too soon. Chiyo doesn’t stand a chance against a Nozaki-insert.
* Nozaki’s actually jealous!