Mari is the cutest tomboy of the season.
>*sees Mari*
>>290378668Determined, confident Lara is kinda hot.
LaraMari wedding in the final episode
Do you believe in the romantic Lara x Mari ending now?
>>290379286Ending?They're already married and confessed their love this episode.
>>290378560I really like that webm about boxing I hope the whole anime is like that
>Is Luca your true love>ACKIt's so unfair to Luca that everytime he gets screentime with Lara it's juxtaposed with how he's causing her to die each time lmao
I don't remember the last time a seasonal anime made me genuinely, properly emotional but I was on the verge of tears from the video call all the way through to the end. Sasuga.
Mari and her opponents makes me wish for a full-on lesbian boxing anime set in a smaller town.
Lucafags fucking lost.
>>290380818Maybe we'll get something like that as a spinoff
>>290381227>Stand beside her, looking the same directionBut they're sitting next to each other and looking in opposite directions. Is it over?
>>290378560tomboys can't be cute, they're handsome
>>290378560So is this just gender swapped ippo?
>>290381392Not really. The boxing is a side thing and not the main point of the series.
>>290378560>time to do my daily chores of fucking nothing againForget about Lisa's plan what the hell is Grace doing besides sitting on her ass
>>290381492Dumb, lazy fish.
>>290381492Sola Gratia is giving Lara a second chance at earning an immortal soul.
>>290378560Did she know Lara was there or did she just regain strength from thinking about her? It was kinda unclear, personally.
>>290382520>Why won't you listen?She thought this upon seeing Lara after she told her to leave.
>>290382520She saw her.
>>290381478Mari starts looking at the ceiling lights as her vision blurs. This symbolizes Mari searching for Lara who has become the light in her life.
>>290378560
>>290378560Luca reminded me a lot of this little guy today, probably going to be his role for the rest of the show
There is a simple way to save your friend who needs to find true love. Even CTE patients should figure it out sooner or later.>>290381227At this point you need negative media literacy to still not see it. Retards are still gonna act surprised.
>>290378560Feet status?
Explicit yuri or just bait trash?
>>290381492Waiting for the lesbian sex her magic mirror promised her back in episode 1.
>>290383398Foaming
>Lara coming to give you a big ol smooch
Imagine the threesomes
>>290385803>repost is prohibitedAnon-sama...
Kakkoii...
>>290385803REPOSTISPROHIBITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>290386196Mari is so cool...
>>290386196Gurren Lagann-like face
>>290386282I think someone in an earlier threads said there's been quite a few pieces of art for this episode done by people working at Trigger. So maybe this is one of them.
>>290386114>>290386210Not my problem
>>290386330Well, Gurren Lagann isn't Trigger but they're often compared to Gainax.
>>290386370At its core Trigger is the Gainax team that made Gurren Lagann, just with way less soul
>>290386346Lara's sutured tongue is weird.
>>290386330What the hell, I was thinking of Trigger a few times, would have never imagined that some of them were working on it this week though.
>>290386462Rude
>>290386501They didn't work on the show as far as I know (though maybe they were), just they were drawing art to post on Twitter.
>wants to become a world champion to show off how cool she is, to impress her gfMari can't hide it anymore
>>290386552A couple of Trigger animators worked on the show
Mari was sleeping with her curtain halfway open. Her heart is almost fully opened up to Lara.
>>290386876Nice catch anon, I think after this episode is almost fully opened already
Luca won
>>290386462It’s cute in a weird way.
How can you be more useless than the literal fish out of water, I mean come on.
>>290386856This happened
>>290381478Goddamn that looks retarded in so many different ways.
>>290387118He just wants to go home and look at his ladybug.
>>290381492whats her end game honestly
>>290387294>YO LARA WE DID IT
>>290385803im going to use this to train AI :) ^^
>>290387428Save the merfolk from the tyranny of the light.
>>290381227>You told me that being in love with someone was not looking at each other, but looking in the same direction together.>But if that means I have to look away from you for even a second, maybe I just don't know what love is.
>>290387428She won’t be satisfied until she sees Lara get fucked by a human. Her mistake was not specifying human men.
I'm not sure what's the point of episode 7 or even Luca as a character in general if they wanted to make this yuri anyway
>>290387538Obviously it's no coincidence that he looks exactly like the prince. There's gonna be some twist about him.
>>290381478That’s some great character animation.
>>290387538Plotwise, he probably has a bigger point than this given the amount of suspicious things about him, but more than anything he likely exists simply to make Mari and Lara not seem obvious to each other -- and to the audience.
>>290387144Did you want Hajime no Ippo movement or something?
>>290386693>isn't it cool?probably the first time Mari's ever tried to flirt...
>>290387692He also helped Lara move on from her trauma with the prince, which is good.
>>290387428Got hooked on yuri.
>>290387538He's the prerequisite false romantic interest for drama... have you never seen any romance plot in your life?
>>290387538He's going to fuck his little bro and cause the yurifags to lose their minds by turning the show into yaoi instead.Trust the plan.
Good news: YuriBad news: I spent the last two weeks shilling Lisa=Luca and now I need to run damage control.
>>290387852>He's going to fuck his little broOther way around
>>290387879True desu, the lil' crossdresser is 100% the top.
lol
>>290387930I fully expect a TV Utena “they’re very good friends” ending. In a better world we’d get Mari and Lara passionately kissing naked but oh well.
>>290388075>“they’re very good friends”Not happening, this will be a romantic ending, otherwise would be shit
>>290388075If they're taking away something from the ending of Utena TV that will be Lala disappearing.
>>290387930Who's gonna get stabbed?
>>290387930DELETE THIS
>>290388211Mari will get her soul eaten for sure and Lara will go beserk
Even Lisa knows who Lara belongs to.
He is like a dumb gay puppy. This pouty face was really cute.
>>290386849Good one
>>290381227>her dying mom want Mari to find a boy>instead, she marries fishe....
>>290378560>cutest tomboy of the season.Behold.
>>290388416Whomst'd've this specimen?
>>290388416Nikaido a shit.
Is this what (You) want?Is this why you're here?
>>290378560This anime makes your sterile. Don't watch it.
>>290388516>tfw no tomboy maid wife
>>290388075The Utena TV show is still gayer than Goodbye Lara
>>290388516Mari, the mermaid's maid.
>>290388117You don’t seem to understand. Anime’s goal isn’t quality but pleasing the investors
Are these bitches gay or what
>>290388633>Anime’s goal isn’t quality but pleasing the investorsIt's a passion project you retard
>>290388699Do any of the girls in this show look like dykes, anon?
>>290388699They're galpals
>>290388759The tomboy boxing that Mar was boxing do
>>290388699Lala can not be gay because she has a boyfriend.
>>290387428No mermaid has ever gotten together with a human, so she wants to prove that it's possible because of her spurned lover in a past life. That's my guess anyway. She was clearly unhappy with how Lara's first love ended.
>>290388874She looked straight.I know because she's my wife.
>>290388736>passion projectNTA but it's a mass appeal anniversary project built around a tourism campaign with Shiga prefecture. Should also be obvious because it plays it way too safe to be a passion project.
What the hell was Lisa planning to do with Lara anyway? Force her to fall in love with a fish?
>>290389029playing safe with what retard?
>>290388899Lala?
So true love is having your best friend and best boyfriend beside you.
>>290389197I know Mari is a tomboy but she's in fact not a boy
>>290389043She was going to take her on a submarine tour
>>290385803>imagine the threesomesAll I can be sure of is that Luca bottoms in all scenaros.
>>290389358no you cant
>>290389043>Catch random fish>Force feed them potion until one becomes a fish boy Lara find cute>???>Profit
>>290389358He's only there as a cameraman.
>>290389418It's an important job.
>>290389358>Lara and Mari ride Luca while they kissHot
>>290389043There is nothing more true than the love between sisters and family.
>>290389319See, Lara doesn't necessarily need romantic love to save the day and the fish people. It’s canon.
>flat, womanlet tomboy>flat mermaid princessWho is this for?
>>290389610But she fell in love already, so it will be romantic
At first I thought Mari would have to tell Lara about lesbians, but now it looks more like Lara will have to teach Mari what clam slamming is, all while being afraid of being rejected for her true nature.In retrospect I probably should have expected this all along, it’s much more in line with the original little mermaid.
>>290387930I don't get this, the two chicks on the right got dicked HARD.
>>290389505giwtwm>>290389613me
Luca is lucky
>>290389718There's plenty of "lesbians" out there who are partial to getting dicked HARD every now and again.
>>290389780Then they're not lesbians retard, those are called bisexuals.
>>290389747YURIKEKS DONT LOOK
>>290389667>Lara the mermaid who loves humans being a metaphor for dykeryMakes sense.
wayyy too much yuribait this season to be honest.
I don't know what can even happen now, it's scary
>>290389308I meant the best friend is Mari and Luca is the boyfriend.
>>290385803Luca will impregnate them both
>>290389641It's best to have an open mind about the friendship ending.
>>290389898[ GOOD END ]
>>290387118He's literally the only reason she made it there in the first place
>>290389610She needs romantic love because she needs to understand all sorts of love, retard. Only once she learns to appreciate human oysters will the light of the mermaids revive
>>290389926It was dagger-sama, fool
This is looking closer and closer to Lycosbait. >goes out on date with Luca>blushes with Luca>sees Luca as the true love>but attended one fight for her friend Mari>Lara must be mega gay yurisis >we wonLeave them be for a while; it will be months before they realize they got played like Nigrecoil.
>>290389966That only got her to shore, but it's his question that triggers it anyway
>>290389197Mari is NOT a boy
>>290389941She doesn't need to understand anything. Don't you know how these anime work? After she hears Grace's sad story, she'll magically find her love.
>>290386196Kakoi means evil in Greek. Mari confirmed SATAN. Yoshiya (PBUH) will defeat the dyke devil.
>>290389319So true love really are the friends we make along the way.
>>290390028>she doesn't need to understand love>in a show about her finding true loveI hope you listen to someone's sad story in real life and get so depressed you jump off a bridge.
>>290387853We still have Luca=Seagull, hold the line
>>290378560I really didn’t feel anything from this episode. Like Luca and Mari’s concern didn’t feel romantic or even genuine, just flat, the whole episode kind of did.
>>290390114In the anime world, this doesn't happen, though
This specific shot really reminded me of late 90s/early 2000s digital animation/compositing,like something out of RahXephon or Last Exile.The water vapor, the bloom, the painterly fish against the painterly everything else,the warmth of it all.
Next boxing match for Mari will be in Manila
>>290390311soul
>>290390311The weird part about the foaming that I don't understand is Lara seems to foam the closer she gets with Luca. But when she's closer to Mari the foam goes away. Also the fish UFO seems to react only when the plot involves Mari. What reasons do you think it might be? Could Mari be something more special than Luca? Was her mother a mermaid too? Would it be possible for a Luca x Mari x Lara end?
>>290390311This show definitely stands out visually. They did a good job of it. Reminds me of that collage of LNs when one of the latest volumes of Slayers comes out where Slayers sticks out like a sore thumb because of how unique it looks. I imagine Sayonara Lara would stick out too in a collage of this season's anime.
>>290388075>In a better world we’d get Mari and Lara passionately kissing nakedThere is a way...But it takes dark magic (slop), would you take it?
>>290390494To me it gives off an early Trigger or LWA vibe, I doubt anyone here is old enough to know what LWA is though.
>>290390494The angle inside the clock/through the glass making us seem like unwelcome intruders on their conversation, while also highlighting the ticking time bomb that is Lara's humanity, as the pendulum literally divides the screen between Mari and Lisa, who are on opposite sides of what they think is best for Lara. Lovely shot.
>>290389815>he doesn’t know
>>290389815I've known plenty butch lesboas that are like that; it's their primal instinct. And no liberal arts brainwashing can stop them from wanting the dick.
>>290390539Do you have ANY idea what Grace does with this tentacle fishe???
>>290390545But anon, Akko is my wife
>>290390669The true question is what doesn't she do?
>>290390580>>290390654Please stop raping the English language. Also, if you want to talk about 3DPD shit, I'm not interested.
>>290390493I thought her rate of foaming progressed regardless of proximity (physical and otherwise) to Luca and/or Mari - as Lisa said, she was simply running out of time.She did seem to have those mental crashes and faints when confronted with particularly troubling thoughts though.Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
It would be interesting to have an episode of Kota and Mari bonding.
It be interesting to have an episode of Mari fingerblasting Lara in the locker roomer after a boxing match.
>>290390761I think it was just weakness that had to do with the foaming. It seems to react to Mari as well, which is what I found confusing. With the fish reacting only to Mari, I think there is more to Mari than meets the eye.
>>290387428She's a beta fish, so her end game is having others do everything for her.
Mari anal
>>290390840Lara...
>>290390840
Calling it now, the final battle will be the giant fishe dagger thing turning into a boxer. And somehow Mari would have to defeat it.
>>290390494It's a fantastic looking anime and it's really all because the anime is using cel-like animation
>>290390207I kind of agree. Lara was separated for 3 minutes of screen time and then came back crying, it felt very rushed.
Grace will reveal she was in love with her sister, which will show Lara that romantic love between two girls is possible.
>>290390968Incest too
Grace is actually Lara who time travelled because she let Mari go and regret it
>>290390987Lara x Lisa endgame is still in sight, hold the line!
>>290390997>Lara didn't turn to foam but was brought back to the mermaid world>the end? >after credits she actually went back in time 8000 years!
I wonder if Himeka or any of the other side characters will get more prominence again. It feels like they could’ve filled the role of Luca this ep, so I’m hoping he has more to do to maintain relevance
>>290391006Lisa does seem to still love her sister. I'm surprised there's not even a hint of seething towards Lara, which makes it all the more sad they can't compromise on the human issue.
>>290389613>Who is this for?For each other.
>>290390917I bet she just has to punch the fishe dagger. Literally transforming into a boxer would be a little wild
>>290391131As friends anon... nothing more.
>>290381478Mari(fish pussy is on the line) vs Ippo (100% Oxigeno)who wins
Platonic superfriendship end is inevitable
>>290391200Yeah, with Luca.
>>290391173Sorry meant to say girlfriends
>>290390997>fat lazy fish who likes cake is Laraactually...
>>290374691https://youtu.be/KQCDj3emnHkJust an angel!!!>tfw united forces preparing a combined attack in Duskblood network videogame>stick a stake in Ame-chan and nobody will be able to hear about her ongoing exorcismHahahahaha!!!! Cute princess butt
>>290389815Yeah no shit, but they'll still call themselves dykes. That's my point.
someone's ai bot made a little oopsie
>>290390207This episode really should've been two episodes. All this build up to Lara and Lisa's conflict and they barely speak to eachother and it's over in the blink of an eye. The boxing tournament could've lasted much longer too.
>>290390917>Sayonara Lara by Trigger
These small awkward blushes are cute too.
>>290390207>>290391512Mari has been a nothing character after her first appearance, Lara just moved on to other problems she had and now the writers realized they fucked up and didn't build a proper connection with her at all.
>>290391512We have 4 episodes left, stop acting like they're going to drop Lisa after this for some reason. And>boxingThis is not a boxing anime because Lara can't box, there's no reason to focus on it more than necessary.
“Unlike you, Mari. Who are you again?”
>>290391616You sound like the writers are writing this show weekly (which does feel like it’s the case sometimes, actually)
>>290391546>proceeds to give Lara backLuca would have fought like hell, why doesn't he get a say?
>>290391546Still not as big as episode 3, so they're clearly holding back for now. Which means we can expect more progression later.
>>290391638Luca is the only one that makes her wet, too
>>290391673>why doesn't the guy who is the obvious loser get a say
>>290391546Her creepy side glances are cute too.>>290391687There is clear progression in Mari, which we are privy to due to focus shifting towards her from Lara.Lara meanwhile shows changes that are hitherto undocumented due to said focus shift. I think there’s a tremendous amount of progress here, although maybe more setup still.
>>290391665I think they planned the "best parts" first instead of the build up to themAt first I thought the writers were going for a more loving yourself ending since it didn't have her focus on romantic love but now they're writing the actual love part too many episodes too late.
I can't tell if the retards here just can't understand the concept of slowburn or if they're deliberately pissing their pants
>>290387428It was said in episode 1, resurrect her sister.
important club match vs senpai>important fight>ohh noo she's distracted and can't win>lara shows up>wins!tournament final>important fight>ohh noo she's distracted and can't win>lara shows up>wins!Is Mari a fraud?
>>290389197is unironically the experiences and the trust built along the way
>>290391778I want to lick Lara's foamI want to suck on Lara's tongue suturesI want to nibble on Lara's ear-finsI want to caress Lara's sensitive human legsI want to feed Lara fishI want to ask Lara if she knows why Luna was cut from the plotI want to ask Lara if it's okay to lick Luna's pits
>>290378560>no postcredits scene this epwhat does that mean
>>290391616My initial impression was that this was gonna be the Lara and Mari show but it's more like the Lara and all her extras show.
>>290390207>>290391616She had something going on in episode 3, and then... nothing.They've basically wasted two whole episodes on Himeka and the pointless baker stuff. Those filler episodes could've worked if Mari had been more involved but she barely even appeared.Kaguya, for example, worked so well because almost every minute of that movie was focused on Kaguya and Iroha bouncing off each other. We actually got to see Iroha's feelings develop from initially being annoyed by Kaguya, to caring about her and eventually loving her so much that she didn't want her to leave. It felt natural because we actually saw their relationship develop.Meanwhile Mari barely interacted with Lara yet we're somehow supposed to believe that Mari cares deeply about her. They don't even feel like close friends, they just feel like roommates.
>>290392022retard
>>290391673>Luca would have fought like hellLisa would trip him (or just glare at him and he would trip himself) and Kouta would stab him.
Yuri or no they are just too sweet together.
>>290392022Anti-yuri fags are autists that can't pick up on human emotion in interactions. No wonder they don't see yuri in anything.
Yuribait never wins
The dagger fish is not actually a part of her heart like Lala believes, the dagger is her mother. Get in the giant fish Lala.
>>290392050Actually this makes me want Luca to meet Lisa and for her to treat him like shit and basically ignore him, unlike when she had a sit down chat with Mari.
>>290392044>No argument>>290392089I do like yuri when it's done well, Mari x Lara isn't done well and I doubt these last 4 episodes are gonna change that
>>290392113No, the dagger is just the inevitable lesbian dick envy. An inadequate phallic symbol (it doesn’t even have a handle) that she’s only confident enough to use on her tiny midget lover.
>>290392174Your dick has a handle?
>>290392201Y-yours doesn't?
>>290392150retard
Would she have done it if Grace asked for it?
>>290392089>Y-You don't understand my deep and complex yuriI bet you don't even read any yuri manga. If you did you would know this is written like shit
>>290392050>Luca: faceplants>Mari: I ain't got time for fags
>>290392252It's not deep and complex, it's fairly straightforward. You just seem to think everything needs to be grand spectacles with the characters yelling "I love you" out loud and whatever else you think needs to happen. If you can't see how Lara and Mari have been getting closer every episode then you're blind. Maybe the yuri manga you read are just shit and need to telegraph everything in the most obvious way possible?
>>290392022this is what’s strange to me is that Mari was 100% treated as a side character through the middle third of this show. Like if it is yuri then they must’ve written that first, and then had no idea what to do with her when they added in the SoL bits
>>290392314There’s a difference between writing things with a very clear but unstated romantic undertone vs. vague enough that you can backpedal and just say it was super friendship (like what this show will do, and Kaguya before it, and witch from mercury before that, so on and so forth forever and ever)
>>290392314Mari fucks off for half the series and it's the equivalent of a roommate you only see only in the morning. You just don't want to admit they made Mari's character flatter than her chest. You know who has more screentime than Mari? The fucking shots of the ocean
Mari got utterly dom'd in the match we saw. Not at a single point was she ever winning, and the second half was entirely off-screened.
>>290392430You seem to be misunderstanding something, looking at screenshots doesn't actually mean you've watched the show, hope that helps faggot
>>290392255Does Mari still think she came out looking the coolest while crying in front of her opponent.
>>290392495he looks SO FUCKING GAY
>>290392495It's extremely manly to cry while beating the shit out of someone
Remember guys when Lara decided to come back and love a human the FIRST person she ran to was Luca not Mari.
>>290391673Yeah, Mari was very passive this episode. Luca was the one who was looking for her and the eventually brought her back.
>>290391965Calm down, Mari.
>male love inerest does all the work to have feMC come back>he gets near zero focus on the episodeI think yurifags might be onto something, this is clearly Kannazuki no Miko 2.0
>>290387428All this happened because she was bored and wanted to see Lara with a human, so she wont be satisfied until Lara and Mari do it.
>>290392562Wrong thread, Goodbye [HEADCANON] is out the door and to the left
>>290392446She pulled one of these on Homare.https://youtu.be/WDAdg3whUgI?si=n119IGkGCemBJcNc
>final episode begins >Mari fights a black girl from the US>she makes Mari brain deadHow would /a/ react?
>Making promise at the end of the episodeI don't feel so good...
>>290392580Lara was the one who did the work to come back, she was the one who called him, and Luca's efforts would've meant nothing if he didn't show Mari's boxing match to her.
>>290386462I like it. It's cute.
>>290392562She was also thinking about Luca when she was sitting alone on the shell contemplating true love
>>290392412All of those are yuri
>>290392718Not the typical yuri means the girl lost to a guy for once. The typical yuri always had the girl winning over the guy. What the director said makes perfect sense.
looks like they just tried watching episode 8. Understandable
None of this would have happened if Lara didn't put it in her head that Luca is her true love.
>>290392764>retards closed their eyes while watching the episodeso that's why your posts are like that
>>290392679Like this: https://voca.ro/1nRI8R5uxbW7
>>290392791Luca is the true love, Lara didn't start foaming until she met him. This means that they need to kiss to save herself and everyone.
>>290392748isn't that just Class S
The ending being a ‘friends we made along the way’ ending is so predictable at this point
>>290392592I've seen the parallels since the beginning. But you're missing the point, just like hetfags missed the point then. It's not about who "does all the work". Relationships are not a video game where you win by doing all the achievements.
>>290392791The plot point is important for teaching Japanese women that loving men is as bad as cancer, so bear with it for now.
>>290392592This is fitting because the author who was hired to write the novelization apparently wrote a Kannazuki clone where the two girls end up with the guy
>>290389667>clam slammingThis would be a very wholesome ending for the anime.
>>290392974Isn't it the same guy who wrote the novelization to CRK? Who keeps giving him work?
>>290392935Love isn't just about doing nothing tho, even if the heart wants what the heart wants. However, the Lucafags whining about him "doing more" are forgetting that Mari has already done a lot for Lara in her own way.
>>290393052No, not the same. But certainly, "why are these yuri-teasing properties getting anti-yuri authors to write their adaptations" remains a valid question.
Name one intimate Mari x Lara momentYou can't because there weren't any
>>290392022>They don't even feel like close friends, they just feel like roommates.>He can't see how much Mari enjoys Lara's company beneath her stoneface.
>>290393094One literally just happened this episode, non-watcher.
>>290393109without love, it can't be seen...
>>290393089well the Kaguya novel was arguably more explicit than the movie, and the spin-off sequel manga that just started has an artist who’s drawn explicit yuri of them.I definitely don’t understand though, you’d think you’d want a yuri author that would bring a potential audience if your series is gonna have this much of it
The show seems strong in symbolism (like with all the flower language stuff) so I’m curious what all the tanuki’s might be indicating
>I understand(doesn't get it at all)
>>290390891It should be the other way around.
>>290393194Tanukis are generally mischievous shape-shifters who take on a shape to deceive someone. Not out of actual malice but because they tend to think they're funny.Ooh, new theory, Luca is a Tanuki. That's why he falls down all the time. He's not used to his long legs.
>>290393194It means Luca is actually a tanuki and whenever he falls, he's tripping over his giant invisible tanuki scrotum.
>>290393223
>>290393219Lara looks good in anything, but Mari...
>>290393194Transformation. Maybe it's with Luca because he is obsessed with the beauty of things that transform, i.e. Lara?
>Bantamweight and still trying to cutJesus she's tinyCould still beat up most of /a/ though
>>290393286This was NOT my intention...
When is this little gremlin coming back?
>>290393276>>290393281The tanuki’s also appear in Mari’s house though. And it’s centered on the balcony scene at the end in this episode. Connection between Grace and Luca maybe since Grace is chilling in the house?
>>290393194Well, it might connect to the potions changing mermaids to humans, since tanukis are all about transformation. Maybe it's foreshadowing Luca's going to turn into a mermaid in the end? Or he's a bird.
>>290393094They have a handful of decent moments. I just wouldn't "really" call any of them romantic. 4 episodes may as well be an eternity though, so I'm not ruling it out completely.>>290393341Shinga is known for tanuki statues. It might be nothing.
>>290393325That's a boy.
>>290393397idk if there's any reason for beyond product placement but I find it amusing both foreign characters own a Tanuki statue.
>>290393397I don't think it's just tourism since the Tanukis are heavily associated with Luca and Leo. They didn't need to do that if they're only concerned with shilling Shiga.
>>290392174>it doesn’t even have a handleWhat?
>>290392935>there is only one true partnerfalse premise
Scenes from the PV and that line from the VA interview we are still waiting on.
Lisa saying that all the previous special princesses provided light to the merfolk based on their love for their underwater home basically spells out that Lara’s “True Love” will be the surface world and all the people she formed connections with, further supported this by having Lara’s “heart glow” centered more around her choosing to stay in the surface world and find love there. I think this episode also further suggests that Lara and Mari are the endgame. I just don’t think that their romantic relationship specifically will be the “true love”.
>>290392974Why did they give this guy the job to write this novel? I feel it will go so wrong.
>>290393575The light still only stirs for Mari specifically.
>>290393530>Mari still not honest about her feelings in the next four episodesthe slow burn... is so slow...
>>290393575This is frightening because it would be the kind of wishy washy generic thing people warned this could turn into
>>290393194>what all the tanuki’s might be indicatingLuca is gay but is afraid of being rejected. Lara help him come out and accept who he truly is.
>>290393575It'll likely be treated as the "final piece" that will finally unlock true love. Lara already has family, friends, and coworker love from humans, she's just lacking romance.
fuck lara
>>290393594It does stir for others, it's just much bigger for Mari. But the fish dagger does only react to Mari however
>>290393663Calm down Mari
>>290393094There are none
>>290391913This implies they have been dicked by miles of jeet dick.
>>290393286Ok, you've got me there, anon. I admit my defeat. I still think Mari tops Lara.
>>290393609Mari feels like a doll. Even when expressing emotion verbally shes so stone faced and doesn't express the level of extreme emotion, say, Lara does.
>>290393742I feel like this goes for every character that isn't Lara.
>>290393649they warned because it’s the truth
Well since the boxing plot is kind of over, I think now we're going to spend the last couple episodes on Lara now.I wonder if we will see more of her family now
>>290393742I was complaining about the slow burn, not Mari. I think she's actually pretty expressive for a stoic character, and if you think she isn't then I think you have brain damage. Get off tiktok.
>>290393325>>290393417Did they confirm it's a boy? I really don't see the point in giving Leo any distinguishing traits, the character has had seconds of screentime at most.
>>290378560I am simple man, If a woman suffers, I smile.
>>290393774>itt: lying on the internet
>>290393795Yeah, they confirmed it on the Twitter.
>>290393795Anon, I...https://x.com/Goodbye_Lara/status/2089022404962197505
>>290393794The Stoics held that men should be free from passion. How will such a girl fall in love?
>>290393833But why?
Kaguya is everything this show wanted to be
>trying to console warTwo cakes, fag.
Cute matching drools
>>290393909Grok, draw a saliva trail connecting them.
>>290393909Proud yurifag on the left.
>>290393872I’m slightly more interested in Luca as a character than I was with any of the boytoy band members in Kaguya so that’s one thing this show has
Imagine the cuddles.
>>290393996>I can't wait until this mermaid fucks my sister
>>290394030
>>290393898Last thread had someone seethe about Tenmaku no Jaadugar and plenty of people were shitposting about the Mongols taking over Lara's Kingdom
Why are there so much art of these two? What is the Japanese seeing that I don't?
>>290393909>Hell I like you, you can come over to my house and fuck my sister!
Mari's gonna challenge Lara to a staring contest in the last episode and then is going to kiss her, and they both blink and lose.
Iroha x LaraMari x Kaguya
>>290394128>a cute redhead and a cute tomboy getting to know each other and developing feelings for each otherIt's a mystery.
>>290394285What about the last 2 episodes and Luca?
>>290394235>>290385803Did you know you can make a certain poster seethe insanely hard by putting an exclamation point in front of certain character from Madoka's name?
>>290394128>>290394322Maybe you're the one that's wrong?
>>290394322How does Luca stop artists from drawing cute fanart of Lara and Mari?
>>290394128>stern but thoughtful and caring tomboy x naive but sweet mermaidIt's not rocket science
Do you think Lara sniffs Mari's shirt after the tournament?
Is Grace dying? She's likely feeling the effects of using magic and being a mermaid who relies on the light. But all the most recent episodes she's been laying down.
>>290392679RIP Prichard Colon.
Lara knows to write in japanese? And now that I think about it, how do the Mermaids know japanese? What would have happened if she ended up in america?
>>290392679Million Dollar Mari.
>>290394535She doesn't know how to write or read. Mari helped her write her resume and to text Luca she uses the voice to text. And has the phone read the texts to her.
Somebody asked for the input about the gap/barrier between them.
>>290394456Makes me wonder what's happening too, maybe her magic is keeping the mermaids in the seashells alive in stasis? And that power is running out?
>>290394535Anon she explicitly doesn't. Hence why she texts using voice to text feature and her resume looked like a child wrote it. I'm actually impressed they paid a lot of attention to that and didn't just know how to read and write. Granted she does magically speak Japanese but i think that's just because the series is not long enough to spend time on her learning how.
>>290380818There's a lesbian bullfighting manga set in a small Spanish town.
>>290394752I'm interested in this.
Onii-chan is so cool.
WAKE UP YOU BUM ASS FISH
>>290394456She’s just a lazy ass
>>290394823>first few episode swimming around eating cake>now>lays there like a dying fish
>>290394456To be quite honest she hasn't fucking done a single thing since ep 1
>Get in loser, we're going to obsess about redheads together
I don't understand why the giant fish dagger only reacts to Mari. Who is Mari, Shinji?
>it's overEh, it was an ok show but things kind of just happened, sister was like "member me? We have to go" and everyone else was like "lol k" and things got solved somehow I guess.
>>290382956nah that's just trauma
>>290394949I think the Fish Dagger is probably an element of the Light that split from Lara At least in this episode it was helpful instead of being a bloodthirsty creature
>>290394985Could Lara be controlling it subconsciously?
>>290394863Grace embracing the NEET life.
>>290395023I think its semi independent and being controlled by something else but I do think Lara's thoughts may have some sway because she is the hostMaybe it's like the Crystal from the Disney Atlantis movie? It takes members of royalty by random and absorbs them?I dunno
I actually think Lara x Himeka is a cuter pairingMari should get groomed by Grace once she gets a human form
>>290387118How did Lara who literally has only had legs for like a month, outrun him
Do you think Lara asked Lisa what the deal was with Kota
>it took luca two days to reach out to mari after an ominous text from larawhat the fuck was his ass doing
>>290395150retard debuff, that or he legit has some kind of inner ear condition.
>I'm tired boss>Send me back to the ocean, I want to see my Foam Operas
>>290395150he has a chronic illness
>>290394823She's conserving energy
>>290395198He was busy looking at ladybugs
>>290394599Everyone on this island has that tanuki?
>>290395150He had to run all the way to her and then run all the way back, she only had to follow him
>>290395150Because he keeps falling over and Lara didn't wait.
It would be nice to have a beer with Lisa
>>290394949Media literacy? Ep 7 has Lara explicitly tell that its her heart. Her heart gives her the ability to cause catastrophic destruction but also to restore life to her people. A metaphor for how powerful real love can be.The tiktok generation is not gonna be ok
>>290395431Ok but I think the real question is about whether or not Lara is in control of the the Heart Dagger?
>>290395431Mari isn't the true love though, it's Luca.
>>290394334I didn't know you watched this show
Leaker say luca is annoying in this episode but it's opposite doesn't it?
>>290395392i just want to force my vile human desires on her
>>290395471Sorry, she is married.
>>290395471Now you're just asking for an ass beating
>>290395453She isn't. She wasn't even sure what it was initially. No one was aware that it could move besides Grace likely. Her heart moves without her control just like anyone else's.
>>290395542Alright that makes sense, thats what I thought myself
>>290395454Media literacy is lost on the brown skins. You can't even contemplate whats happening despite them beating you over the head with a rainbow colored dildo.
>>290395471>POV: You're a horny sailor who just dragged this up in your nets.No way she made it to that aquarium untouched
>>290395575>person ignoring the show itself talking about media literacy
>>290395610I would be the nice sailor who saves her from the ship then dies from scurvy soon after
>>290395641He's just a slightly higher cast indian trying to talk down to us.
All humans are shit compared to mermaids
Luca is so annoying. Can he please fuck off
n**gens could be here
So at what point will doujinshis appear?????
>>290395725"With a car, you can go anywhere you want" she said to herself, out loud
>>290395778There's one. No idea if it'll be scanned. The cover is >>290381634
>>290381634https://strawpoll.com/wAg3Q148ly8
>>290395830nice
We had EVERY YURI EXPERIENCE with Marilara in just ONE chapter: breaking up without even dating, yearning and longing, crying of happiness by seeing each other again (it was only a few days) talking about being together foreverIT WAS EVERYTHING AND MORE
I'm not getting yuribaited, retard.
I'm hooked on this anime and the bait was cute girls and 90s cel shading artstyle
Yurisisters, I just found out that Luca means light....
top or bottom?
>>290396031Funny enough, Elusive Samurai had a whole episode about the fish dish on the bottom
>>290396029The first kanji in Kouta's name means light too.
>>290396025There's something very warm and nostalgic about the character designs, even outside of that bit of cel animation in the OP.
>>290396031Mackrel - cheaper fishRed Snapper - pricier fishShe even did the popping seaweed salad tiktok shit. Lisa put a lot more work into the dish.
>>290396102I just like it because it has the atmosphere and vibes of anime from the 90sI mean the shading alone is damn near perfect It would fit in with pic related if modern tech didn't show up
they introduced a forced drama out of nowhere for literally no reason and solved it during the same episode with a rehash of the previous episodes (conflict, mari losing the match, lara arrives last moment, mari wins)this show is shit
>>290396248The drama was building up for a while and now it's been resolvedThe last 4 episodes will now take us to the endgame
>>290395392why would a fish have a samovar??
>>290396031I honestly thought Lisa's dinner would be expensive and sophisticated, but without love. However, both seem to be made with love; Lisa probably loves her sister a lot.
>>290393870It's hotter that way.
>>290396248>drama surrounding Lara finally starting to turn into foam, and Mari actually learning what's going on, is forcedThe boxing stuff is similar I guess. It's not like it's been every episode though. It happening twice in a similar way isn't a bad thing.
>>290396244Plastic Little my GOAT.
Luca still doesn't Know about Lara's Timelimit?
>>290395209It looks like she's using most of her powers to keep everyone from foaming. And it only got worse when Lara started dating Luca.
>>290396404He's irrelevant, so why does it matter?
>>290396363It's every time boxing shows up at all
>>290396404Luca's on a need to know basis.
>>290396363>boob bouncing
>>290396385>>290396244I don’t like how it ended
>>290396461It's an open end and nothing stopping them from getting together later. Pretty good for '94.
>>290388736"A passion project" that's literally jam packed full of sponsors and product placement for shiga prefecture. They have a real life grocery store chain in it. A real life cake shop. Biwako terrace is a real life location. They had to go to all of these places and get them to agree to let them use their names and appear in the show.
>>290396680Do you think they're sponsoring the series? The director seems to just want to use that are and is using real life places.
>>290396680Gee it's almost like "passion projects" still need funding and commercialization to be produced. Huh.
>>290396680I think some anons are under the impression Koide is a genuine auteur and has full control of this project.
>>290396457I bet Mari has cute A-Cups but overall there are too many flatties in this series.>Six daughters and every single one is a washboard.
>>290396680>They had to go to all of these places and get them to agree to let them use their names and appear in the show.That's not how this works. The city's chamber of commerce will already have been in bed with the companies that form the production committee, and they invested in the production for the publicity.
>>290396895There's no reason for mermaids to have boobs. They don't need to breastfeed the children. I'm more interested in their clothes. They might be part of their actual body.
>>290396895Eldest blue sister is so damn hot, I wish we had more of her.
>>290396895Maybe he was a flatfag
>>290396931mermaid pit sex
>>290396930>There's no reason for mermaids to have boobsMari needs something in her mouth.
Luna will be prominent
>>290397035I bet she was the one we faintly see rotting in a clamshell in Lisa's episode.
>>290396895Luna has the best design out of them, and probably the kindest too
>>290396248This was a Mari development episode and nothing was forced, they are addressing that Lara had more than one issue with humanity. She was afraid of being rejected and called vile. On top of that we learn she was also afraid of finding true love in the first place. People wanted to see more emotion from Mari and that's what we got here. >You look away you loseMari focusing on what she's always focused on, cheered on by her family and peers - and it wasn't enough. She couldn't stop looking at Lara even when she wasn't there. The flashback of her parents just explained her character further.>Mari is strong enough to continue alone. But one day there might be someone that walks beside herI also want to bring up how so far Mari always walks ahead of Lara. They have so far never walked beside each other although they travel in the same direction. Mari is meant to be a solid, happy to be alone girl but is now far happier to be with Lara. She didn't think she needed Lara but now she has her she refuses to let go. Even demanding Lara promise her. There wasn't anything invented or forced this episode. Its just a Mari realizing her feelings episode.
>>290396901Yeah that is how this works. The director has said in interviews he went to them and asked them to be in it. None of them volunteered to be in it. And when you have real names in shows they have to approve how they'll be depicted in what. He said he showed the concept trailer to heiwado to get them to agree.Most shows just throw in a fake name so they don't have to deal with all this shit. Wcdonalds are everywhere.
>>290381392It's the sequel to the little mermaid.
Someone has to go through and find all the moon references. Lea said she could take Lara to a secret place where the moon is biggest. There's the unshakeable japanese obsession with moon=love. The biggest moon so far has been when they met.
>>290397172Quality post.
>>290392679not happening because nyagers cant into the lower divs, now if mari were bigger then yeah I could see it
>>290388699They're roommates, obviously. They're just going to share the same bed eventually to save money.
What does Lara's breath smell like
>>290388633Wait until you learn that the goal of 99.9999% of media is to make money. All the great anime of the past were still made to make money, that doesn't take their greatness away.
>>290397623Custard cake.
>>290397623sea salt, brine, and sea foam
>>290396680Uhm that's good though? Finally a director that takes inspiration from real life like Miyazaki asked.
>light flickers off when talking about getting closer to lucaLucabros...
Someone pointed out that Mari didn't even need to look up to know Lara had come back. KINO
>>290388633>Anime’s goal isn’t quality but pleasing the investorsAt this point I don't get it anymore. Are you seriously claiming Lara doesn't have a lot of quality? The art style alone is not going for mass appeal but rather for something older that will only appeal to a specific subset of people and the writing has been really good. It's obvious that there is a lot of passion put behind it. What even are your favortie anime or do you hate all of them? In that case why are you even here? Hell the whole premise of yuri kiss=quality is retarded because there are anime from the 2000s that had that and yet are mostly forgotten.
Okay, whose fault is it?
>>290394823>Turn you into a knewt.
>>290397827I was me, I killed Lala.
>>290397962We are Rara.
>>290397822>yuri kiss=quality is retarded because there are anime from the 2000s that had that and yet are mostly forgotten.This. LOOK GUYS, SIMOUN HAS GIRLS KISSING MULTIPLE TIMES? HOW DID THE INVESTORS APPROVE THIS????? FINALLY A REVOLUTIONARY ANIME, WOOOOOOW!!! MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mari and Lara are obviously lesbos with each other, the problem is they're both too autistic to realize it
>>290381492I don't know why people think Grace appeared after episode 1, that is obviously Gon-chan a harmless fish.
Lara's Big Black Fish only reacts to Mari, and this episode only confirmed that ouji couldn't change that. I apologize for doubting Lara
>>290398741Is that translation accurate? "Characters"? Why not "people"?
>>290386876the moon was waxing gibbous>the moon is very beautifulsoon
why was obachan gonna lecture them? does she not approve of yuri?
>>290397399>met on full moon>realize their feeling or confession on full moonIt would be kino
>>290378560Cancerous forced piece of shitCan't believe there are many retards in this world who would eat this shit
Today we might get leaks?
>>290398781It's kinda like whenever you're in the South, a lot of people say y'all instead of all of you. It's a Kansai thing.
>>290398926lighten up
>>290398938In 54 hours.
>>290398938only tuesday
literally the most yuriesque shot composition i have ever seen
>>290399038They were like a married couple in this scene, so cute
>>290398971Thanks for the explanation, anon.
>>290398003Simoun is in fact a masterpiece though. However forgotten it may be, some of us still remember.
>>290398978Says the Laratard
>>290398781she says おもろいやつは好きや, which means people, but in this context there is no reason to believe "character" would mean anything else so it's just a bit unfortunate and not some egregious translation mistake. The most important thing lost in translation is the word order, since in Japanese the "like/love" ("suki ya") comes last and is the word Lara hears immediately before her light reacting.
>>290393435I think you're seriously underestimating the prevalence of tanuki imagery in the Kansai region. Even the random shop owner has a tanuki statue.
Fish pussy
>>290395289Something like that.
>>290392935>chose her rapist over the guy who sacrificed his life for herHonestly the most retarded hentai-esque plot of any anime. It's clear the writers were degenerates.
So what are the odds of getting a kiss in this show?
>>290399582Medium to High.Just not between Lara and Mari.
>>290399080>hand holdingHow did the investors approve that?
the boxing scenes looked nice but man if they werent over dramatic
>>290399740How can you say that when you weren't there? Boxing is that intense.
>>290399517>didn't read what was written, or completely failed to absorb the point being madeOkay bud.
>>290399616>not between Lara and Mari.then who? it would be weird to introduce another girl so late in the story.
>>290399782because not only I>follow the sportbut also>train at a boxing gymthe staff clearly knows what theyre doing but they also like to exaggerate in certain scenes
Imagine getting raped with a flute
>>290399819Ok but were you there? At Mari's match?
>>290399819i think it is fairly absurd to expect realistic boxing in a yuri anime.
>>290399813Lisa and Grace
>>290399840my original post wasnt about expecting realistic boxing but just that like any kind of fictional media, they need to make it cool, dramatic, etc for us the viewers
Ummmmmmmmmm, couldn't help but notice that someone very important wasn't in the new episode....
>>290399813Lisa and Kota.
>>290399867i totally forgot this thing existed
>>290399881>this thingThat's a boy
>>290399813Luka and the ladybug.
>>290386462It's meant to make her look like she is smiling all the time.
>>290399071A lot of the context of this scene >>290399038 is also in the accent and how Lara adapts her speech to match Mari. Or how Luca’s Tokyo accent points to him as not really belonging in Shiga. I got this from some Jap guy on x.
>>290399940Thanks again. I felt completely lost.
>>290398938The official pv comes out on Tueday mornings. Then the leaks come out like 8 hours after that.
>>290393286kek
>>290393286>>290390891Do lesbians really rotate while sexing?
Lara already is bothered by Mari reactions when she didn't care about she being with Luca in this episode.
>>290398003Are they tounging?
>>290399940Luca has a Shiga accent though....
>>290399038 so cozy...
Anime of the decade if they don't rugpull the yuri
>>290400306It will be one of the best yuri ever made
>>290399038I don't see anything TOO overtly yuri but the shot (and the whole scene) is great, very comfy.I love their little balcony
>>290400306It's not but it's quite good nonetheless.It's subjective anyway
>>290399161The"character" part isn't the translation mistake. She was calling Lara dumb, not herself. Crunchyroll already changed the subs for that scene.
>in episode 3, Lara's heart reacts strongly to the word "like" that Mari says to her>"They will be only friends, this isn't yuri!"lol
>>290400306if its a yuri ending i will be a gazillionaire
>>290378560This episode did feel quite Yuri.
>>290378560So why was she crying?Because she saw Lara or because she was about to lose? Or both?She does care more than I thought about Lara though
>>290400753She cried because Lara came back to her despise her saying that she should be with her sister to not die, she chose her to be with her insted. Mari wanted to be with Lara, so it was a culmination of her love for her.Mari always cared deeply about Lara, she is just a reserved person that doesn't shows much what she feels, that's why when she shows what she truly feels is pretty important and a big deal.
>>290400815The scene was indeed quite impactful. I think that's good characterization and I appreciate it a lot. Their deepening relationship was subtle and maybe slow but nonetheless present in all previous episodes, now that I think about it. Also Luca's role was very important, after all he was the one who made Lara understand what she really cared about at the very end (by showing her the video of Mari fighting).
>>290400892Yes Lucas was a great wingman this episode and he wasn't annoying at all.
>>290400916Luca*
>>290394599The next one it will be the two sleeping together on the same bed and the last one the kiss
>>290400976Sex before kisses?That's not the way
>>290401015This is a christian anime, they will only sleep together, nothing more and then kiss
>>290394599https://youtu.be/xirg85xQdJEhttps://youtu.be/xNTNHreoVgE
>>290394599I love the contrast Lisa's lonely balcony had with Mari's cozy looking one.
>>290394599>that light between thenThey aren't even hiding it anymore lol
>>290300642The name is Crusader King. Defender if the innocent. Protector of the weak. I am Emitsun's vengeance. I am Emitsun's wrath.
>>290381369Tomboys can be cute and Mari is cute
>>290381492Why does she need to do anything? She's living her best life as a pet fish with all her needs provided for.
>>290389520Fuck off Frozen
>>290390311>>290390494I feel the directing was especially great this episode
>>290393286
>>290390791Mari would be exhausted after a boxing match, so it should be Lara fingerblasting Mari to help her relax.
>>290393804Based
>>290394097That's not console warring. That's funposting.
>>290394030Lara is very rough with Mari...
>>290401181Calm down, AP
>>290393194>>290399201Lara had a tanuki too. When she was leaving in episode 3, she put a tanuki in her bag. Why did she have a tanuki?
