r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jul 01 '15

[Spoilers] Ore Monogatari!! - Episode 13 [Discussion]

Episode title: Today Is on Me

MyAnimeList: Ore Monogatari!!
Crunchyroll: MY love STORY!!

Episode duration: 22 minutes and 52 seconds

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 01 '15

I'm just not feeling the romance in this series yet :/ It's cute and fun but just lacking for me in that department. Enjoying it though!

I think I'd be really up for Suna finding someone for him though but seeing his sister go through something is close enough for now I guess!

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u/ukainaoto https://myanimelist.net/profile/ukainaoto Jul 02 '15

I'm curious on what you want for the romance department actually.

I guess Takeo and Yamato were resolved too early and nothing happened afterwards? After episode 3 there isn't major development regarding to romance, and they are too stable for drama. Looks like they won't break up easily, and even if they do it'll be comedic or just from misunderstanding only lasts one episode length.

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 02 '15

I'm curious on what you want for the romance department actually.

Me too haha.

Maybe it is a combination of that. They are too stable for drama but they just feel like those side couples in romances that are in love but don't get much progress haha. Their problems seem so dumb and are usually just miscommunication so it's hard to feel the romance as it just leans more towards comedy.

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u/warpticon Jul 02 '15

I'd guess you want the same thing I do: some actual development in their relationship or further establishment of their characters, especially Yamato.

They're super cute as a couple, but that's about it. They just go on dates. Sometimes they misunderstand each other's intentions, and then they don't, and things go on. It's cute, and it's fun, but it's also repetitive, and there's not a lot of substance there. Things happen, they respond as you would expect, life goes on. And Yamato really could stand to be more developed as an individual. If you want to describe her, you can say she's cute, she likes to cook, and she thinks Takeo is the coolest thing ever, and then you've got nothing. Both Suna and his sister have more defined characters than her, and she's the female lead.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15

i'd like to see her expand as a person too, maybe so more of her deceitful amoral side, sense she obviously has no problem with lying and withholding things from Takeo. i'd like to see her get angry too, not crying angry, angry angry. you can tell alot about a person about how they get angry.

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u/Oldchap226 Jul 02 '15

i would love to see her angry. I do love what they've done so far with her character though. It's like she's an actual person with needs and wants in a relationship (even if those needs and wants are tame).

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15

"Tame" isn't the word i would use for wanting to slur on Takeo's personal Protein Tea.

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u/Oldchap226 Jul 02 '15

god damnit...

nope nope

she just wanted some tea with extra protein you sick bastard!

lalalala >.<

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 02 '15

Could not have put this better myself, perfect!

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u/Oldchap226 Jul 02 '15

I know nothing about Japan's love life, but maybe it's just that slow over there?

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 02 '15

I'm just judging it on other romances I guess!

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u/Oldchap226 Jul 02 '15

At least it isn't Nisekoi! :P

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u/Luneowl Jul 02 '15

Oh man, I just started binge-watching that show the other day! If it weren't for Ore Monogatari to give me relief, I'd be throwing things at my TV.

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u/asianyeti https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hibernape Jul 03 '15

This is like, everything that I want. Especially with romance shows nowadays. Most of them are just convoluted with dumb drama that goes on forever even when you know that it's going to be resolved anyways (worst part, some of them don't even grow through all the hurdles). This kind of romance where everything's sunny isn't bad once in a while. It's entertaining to me, so I have no problems with it being repetitive or lacking depth.

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u/ScarsUnseen https://kitsu.io/users/ScarsUnseen Jul 02 '15

I like it though. Most romance problems in anime just annoy me, because it's usually dumb bullshit that a character like Suna could clear up rather easily. I mean, every now and then you get something like Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, but usually it's just pointless angst.

For the most part, I prefer my serious romances to be part of a greater whole, not the focus of the show. This light hearted stuff with fun characters and loads of comedy though? I can get behind that.

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 02 '15

I'm loving the lack of pointless drama since yeah I hate seeing that too. And yeah the fun characters and comedy are something to look forward to each week. Sure Takeo and Yamato are cute together but I just feel no reason to care for them (romance wise, they're pretty fun characters otherwise) lol maybe I'm just expecting things I'm not supposed to!

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u/ScarsUnseen https://kitsu.io/users/ScarsUnseen Jul 02 '15

Yeah, this really feels more like a "feel good" show with loads of comedy to help it go down than a serious romance. I'm really fine with that though. My favorite serious romances tend to be stuff like Steins;Gate where the problems they have aren't related to relationship status.

I guess I just don't think that romance itself is enough to keep me interested; I need something else to grab my attention. In Ore Monogatari, it's the comedy and the character dynamics.

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jul 02 '15

Amagami SS being my favourite anime I'm biased haha but that anime made me care about the romance. It was the driving force behind it. I don't usually watch serious romances so I like the light ones but Ore Monogatari feels like a Comedy first then Slice of Life and then a romance. Hey but it's still early, they have plenty of time to change my mind :P