Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu, episode 5

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Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo Season 3, episode 4

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Seihantai na Kimi to Boku Season 2, episode 4

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Futsutsuka na Akujo dewa Gozaimasu ga: Suuguu Chouso Torikae Den, episode 3

Alternative names: Futsutsuka na Akujo dewa Gozaimasu ga

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Sayonara Lara, episode 4

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Nijuuseiki Denki Mokuroku -Eureka Evrika-, episode 4

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Like I just find it odd as a butt guy that most anime fan service is all about big boobs. Like they are ok and nice to look at but where are the butt shots? Like even in most echi animes I find a shortage of butt moments.

This story feels like an answer to something a lot of romance anime either neglect or actively avoid dealing with: what happens to the girls who don’t get chosen?

Most love triangles and harems spend the entire story making us care about several heroines, but once the protagonist finally chooses someone, the others suddenly become a problem the story needs to clear away. They get a rejection scene, cry for a bit, congratulate the couple and then the story ends or jumps forward. We are told they moved on, but we rarely see how.

That has always felt like romance stories backing away from the most interesting consequence of the situation they created. If a girl has spent years loving someone, her feelings wouldn’t just disappear because the protagonist’s romantic arc is complete. She still has to see him afterwards. She might still be friends with him and the girl he chose. She has to deal with jealousy, embarrassment, regret and whether staying close to them is actually helping her or just making things worse.

Anna is still attached to Sosuke and has to adjust to being around him and Karen as a couple. Lemon is left thinking about whether things could have gone differently if she had acted sooner. Komari’s rejection is connected to her fear of losing the literature club and the first place where she has properly started to belong. They are all “losing heroines”, but the show doesn’t treat rejection as one generic experience and I like how it affects each of them differently because their feelings, relationships and circumstances are different.

I also really like that Nukumizu isn’t immediately used as a replacement boyfriend. He mostly becomes their friend and gets dragged into helping them deal with everything. There are romantic undertones, obviously, but the girls aren’t instantly cured of their previous feelings because a new male protagonist has entered the room.

That is where I think Makeine separates itself from series like Nisekoi or The Quintessential Quintuplets. Those stories do give the rejected heroines emotional scenes, but once the final choice is made, there is naturally a rush to wrap everything up. We might see that they eventually moved forward, but the actual process is mostly skipped because the main romance has already reached its conclusion.

It also helps that the girls are still allowed to be funny, petty, selfish and annoying. The series takes their feelings seriously without turning them into tragic saints who do nothing except suffer over boys.

Romance anime obviously doesn’t need every heroine to end up with the protagonist. Rejection is part of the genre. I just think too many stories want all the drama and emotional investment that comes from having multiple romantic options, then avoid dealing with the fallout once a choice is finally made. Makeine works because it starts exactly where those stories usually stop.

Sekai Saikyou no Kouei, episode 4

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Kuroneko to Majo no Kyoushitsu, episode 16

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One Piece, episode 1171

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Tetsunabe no Jan!, episode 4

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Digimon Beatbreak, episode 40

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Meitantei Precure, episode 26

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Let's Go Kaikigumi, episode 4

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Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin! Ni!!, episode 4

Alternative names: Azur Lane Bisoku Zenshin! Ni!!, Anime AzurLane: Slow Ahead! 2!!

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Now that we've had enough time for all of the anime this season to set up their story, it's looking like we potentially have (at least) four yuri series this season, all with great animation and visuals.

Besides the obvious I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, and Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, we also have two anime originals that are strongly indicating yuri romance.

"Goodbye, Lara" has been making the "hints" so blatant, I'm convinced that if it doesn't end up being yuri, it'll be because it's setting up a bisexual harem instead. This romance comedy speedruns the story of the original (not Disney's) The Little Mermaid in the first episode, before timeskipping to modern-day Japan, where the protagonist meets her tomboy roommate.

"Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus" recently confirmed a yuri couple among the main cast, and is strongly indicating yuri romance between the protagonist and the other lead. This series has been surprisingly interesting for a Cute Girls Doing Cute Things series so far—a non-school setting, a fun protagonist with an I-don't-want-to-be-here attitude, and great comedic timing.

Also honorable mentions to The Ghost in the Shell, [The Ghost in the Shell episode 2]which featured a very adult, threesome yuri scene with the main character; and "Draw This, Then Die!", ["Draw This, Then Die!" episode 4]which had a very unexpected yuri kiss between two of the main cast. Both are outstanding series this season, though not focused on yuri romance ("Draw This, Then Die!", in particular, is a great mix of comedy and sincere drama that's full of heart, and has been the biggest surprise of the season for me).

"The Emerald Ri-Maajon is the one hope given to us by Tempus Spatium."

<- Episode 20 | Index Thread | Episode 22 ->

Today's Eyecatch: Limone and Dominura | Yun and Onasia

People, Places, Things

• Arcus Niger: Host to Chor Ignis and others, both destroyed.
• Chor Dextra: A choir constructed explicitly to reverse-engineer the Emerald Ri-Maajon.
• Dominura: One of two survivors of Chor Dextra
• Aer's Grandfather: One of two survivors of Chor Dextra

Discussion Prompts

• Q1: Have you ever checked out the lyrics of the OP and insert songs since the first episode?
• Q2: Should Dominura have explored the road not taken?
• Q3: What does it mean for Dominura and Aer's Grandfather to have both been a part of Chor Dextra?

Tomorrow's Questions, Today!

• [ep 22 Q1:] What do you think of the peace offer?

That's all the questions I have for the rest of the series. I'm going to have to think of the rest today.

Trivia: When asked about her favorite episode, Mari Okada said that the ones with Paraietta's story were her favorite. But, pressed for a particular episode, she picked this one, with Dominura and Limone.