Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa Inai!?, episode 1

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OtaGal, オタギャル

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  • Rottcodd@ani.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    An additional note - I just read through the first two chapters of Class de 2-banme and yeah - the adaptation’s the problem.

    For instance, there’s a devastatingly vulnerable look of sort of hesitant and shy sincerity that Asanagi gets when she’s being completely open with Maki - and I don’t recall even the faintest hint of that in the anime. The adaptation can’t have included that expression - at least not that well rendered - because I have no doubt I would’ve noticed if it had. And if they had just captured that one expression and shown it in its full glory a few times (most notably when she showed him her list of hobbies and interests, said that she was “stupidly honest like him” then asked him to be her friend), that would’ve gone a long way toward establishing the sincerity that I didn’t see.

    But I’m going to let it go at that. Tempted though I was, I didn’t even go on to the next chapter to see how the confession played out. Giving the anime a chance first.

    • goreverminski@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Hey, awesome. I’m with you on all these criticisms. Let’s see how it plays out with the next episode. What I really just wanted to try to hint at is that there is a similarly deep dynamic between the main characters of Class de 2-banme as there is with Gals Cant’t Be Kind, and it would be a huge shame if the anime fails to show it.

      It’s kind of crazy how derivative the first episode looked like, but it made me realize how hard it is to properly translate the little tiny bits in the manga that make it work work. It is really subtle in delivering the overall cozy feel. It makes me think of Fujichika Koume’s manga, actually, especially Tonari no Onee-san ga Suki, which was ultra hyper duper subtle, and to a lesser degree Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta (the adaptation of which was handled ok-ish by Go Hands even if there were super odd moments in the animation at times).

      That’s also making me feel really hyped about Gals - they got the personalities suuuper right out of the box even if I had some tiny nitpicks about the style.