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Yeah this episode was great; it really feels like the show is giving the main characters enough time to show that they're working hard for what they want. I think one of the biggest things that I like about the show as a whole so far is that they don't always have Kongming as the viewpoint character, since I feel invested enough with Eiko to want to see her journey just as much as I want to see Kongming's stratagems. I haven't watched too many isekai, but if the stereotype of the main character being super powerful for any situation is accurate, then I'm glad that the show isn't always doing that. Heck, Kongming basically only showed up for one or two scenes in this one, and it really made me wonder where he lives or how close he is to Steve Kid if he could hang out with him like this. 
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It seems like Kongming makes friends pretty easily and is the kind of guy who'll pitch in when you have a problem that needs solving. As for living situation he probably has a place, I mean assuming The Owner pays him for all his work at BB.
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Kwyndig posted:It seems like Kongming makes friends pretty easily and is the kind of guy who'll pitch in when you have a problem that needs solving. As for living situation he probably has a place, I mean assuming The Owner pays him for all his work at BB. Kongming is renting a spare room at the BB Lounge to live in (I think this came up in the anime when Eiko was looking for him on her day off). In the manga several volumes have a little omake where Kongming frustrates a real estate agent by trying to find an apartment that is both super cheap and close to the train station (you can see the one from volume one here.
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Tree Goat posted:i was gonna keep doing lacan stuff as a bit but ep4 literally ends with a long monologue about desire, personal pronouns, and ego-formation in context of absent mother/father figures so now i don't know what to think as an update, this episode had eiko and kabe discuss how they both felt that they were missing a piece of themselves that would make them whole, a piece that others seem to effortlessly possess, but were unable to articulate the precise nature of that missing quality using language. eiko even has a dream of an infinite climb up an unreachable mountain of self-perfection.  how does this keeps happening, are they loving with me
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Tree Goat posted:as an update, this episode had eiko and kabe discuss how they both felt that they were missing a piece of themselves that would make them whole, a piece that others seem to effortlessly possess, but were unable to articulate the precise nature of that missing quality using language. eiko even has a dream of an infinite climb up an unreachable mountain of self-perfection. This, too is part of Kongming's strategy.
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Tree Goat posted:how does this keeps happening, are they loving with me Not gonna lie, I hope they keep loving with you, because your posts are educational and I really appreciate it. Don't think I ever heard about Lacanianism until I read all your posts a second time and then looked it up, legit very cool analysis! The only other thing I saw from looking up other discussions on this episode is that that scene was a reference to Avicii, but I'm uncultured enough to not know who that was either, tbh.
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BlackPersona posted:Yeah this episode was great; it really feels like the show is giving the main characters enough time to show that they're working hard for what they want. I think one of the biggest things that I like about the show as a whole so far is that they don't always have Kongming as the viewpoint character, since I feel invested enough with Eiko to want to see her journey just as much as I want to see Kongming's stratagems. I haven't watched too many isekai, but if the stereotype of the main character being super powerful for any situation is accurate, then I'm glad that the show isn't always doing that. After thinking about this for a couple of days, I've come to the following conclusion: Kongming is not the protagonist. He doesn't really change, he doesn't really grow, he's not the one whose desires are driving the story forward. Instead it's Eiko that's the protagonist; it's her desire to grow as a musician and fulfill her dream that moves the story along. Kongming is instead the deuteragonist, the companion who's always with the protagonist and helping her reach her goal. Heck, he fills the same role in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where it's Liu Bei's ambition that he's attempting to fulfill. I think this is also what makes his Holmseian bullshit more enjoyable. It doesn't matter if his stratagems sometimes come off like he can read the script, because the story isn't "How Kongming made a nobody into a star" but is instead "Eiko uses Kongming to fulfill her dreams".
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May 22, 2022 10:58
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it's pretty common for the titular character to be the deuteragonist, see like every romcom with the girls name in the title
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Nemo2342 posted:After thinking about this for a couple of days, I've come to the following conclusion: Kongming is not the protagonist. He doesn't really change, he doesn't really grow, he's not the one whose desires are driving the story forward. Instead it's Eiko that's the protagonist; it's her desire to grow as a musician and fulfill her dream that moves the story along. Kongming is instead the deuteragonist, the companion who's always with the protagonist and helping her reach her goal. Heck, he fills the same role in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where it's Liu Bei's ambition that he's attempting to fulfill. Kongming is (benevolent) Mephistopheles to Eiko’s Faust, hence why he makes her do so much to articulate her own desires before acting on them
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A protagonist doesn't have to change or grow to be the protagonist, plenty of static characters are protagonists. That said I agree with Nemo, Eiko is obviously the actual protagonist here.
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our boy kongming is a very funny plot device. what ancient chinese battle stratagem, poem, or herbal folk remedy will he apply to our modern world next?
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This show has one very serious flaw - at no point is Kongming wearing any of the sick outfits from the OP. 2/5
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May 22, 2022 23:08
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Yet He's been going through the glasses after all.
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grate deceiver posted:This show has one very serious flaw - at no point is Kongming wearing any of the sick outfits from the OP. 2/5
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I love Kongming and Eiko, they make a good team. Kongming got the smarts, Eiko got the talent, and the two of them together are building a powerhouse act.
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Kwyndig posted:I love Kongming and Eiko, they make a good team. Kongming got the smarts, Eiko got the talent, and the two of them together are building a powerhouse act. also: eiko makes a lot of goofy faces, and kongming does not make a lot of goofy faces. very important dynamic to balance out
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It's basically a Jeeves & Wooster story
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Asterite34 posted:It's basically a Jeeves & Wooster story Which is good because Jeeves and Wooster stories are great and funny.
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Kwyndig posted:Which is good because Jeeves and Wooster stories are great and funny. Of course, unlike Jeeves, Kongming appreciates his employer's musical talent.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjsgujSyPo MOU IKKAI
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Extremely in to the idea that Kongming is always just out of frame or hiding behind a plant, watching. And waiting.
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Coca Koala posted:Extremely in to the idea that Kongming is always just out of frame or hiding behind a plant, watching. And yet somehow you never notice him, despite the fact that he's always in his cosplay.
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I wonder how many nights he was up on that viewing platform in that mascot costume, waiting for Eiko to finally turn up. 
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Binged through this today. Surprise AOTY contender for me, way more emotional than I expected going in. Was tearing up a good bit the last two eps.
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aw man I don't think that guy is sima yi after all
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Coca Koala posted:Extremely in to the idea that Kongming is always just out of frame or hiding behind a plant, watching.  lmfao
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Well he hasn't had time/funds to build a spy network so he has to do all his information gathering himself.
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Another episode that is almost entirely anime-original, but it does nicely flesh things out.
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I really enjoyed the rap. I know it's hard to translate that funky fresh flow but I appreciate the localization.
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when is my boy kongming getting that loving jag also Sekitoba rules. what a loving bro. e: aw hell yes we finally get the nanamin ED ver. after the tease last ep TenementFunster fucked around with this message at 07:45 on Jun 3, 2022 |
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What a good episode. I really love how they've been expanding and fleshing things out, giving more characterization to both Eiko's crew and Azalea. Also, they've been hiding this in plain sight for the whole season (spoilers for today's episode): 
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Say, has anyone checked the QR codes to see if they actually lead anywhere?
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Doodles posted:Say, has anyone checked the QR codes to see if they actually lead anywhere? They just lead to the official site for the anime https://paripikoumei-anime.com/
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Nemo2342 posted:What a good episode. I really love how they've been expanding and fleshing things out, giving more characterization to both Eiko's crew and Azalea. drat It's not like it's exactly an obscure story either. Youtube link (spoiler for today's episode)
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:drat I know it's not exactly obscure, I just thought it was really funny that they've had it on display all this time.
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psychoanalysis of this ep will have to wait until i come to grips with the fact that their strategy to recover attention was to play trapaholic triple airhorns
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Nemo2342 posted:I know it's not exactly obscure, I just thought it was really funny that they've had it on display all this time.
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Tree Goat posted:psychoanalysis of this ep will have to wait until i come to grips with the fact that their strategy to recover attention was to play trapaholic triple airhorns Lol
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hip-hop people
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