Seems like we can reasonably make a thread at this point, if for no other reason than it's fuel heavy and there's a bunch of fanart and stuff being made for it.
>>4580248Hans Anderson was gay, obviously his stories should be gay too
>>4580259More like Rocky but yuri
>>4580248
>>4580267So was Howard Ashman, the guy who wrote the lyrics for all the Little Mermaid songs.
>>4580267Fairytale man was gay? How many well known writers in the western literature canon were gay lmao, feel like a lot
What do you think tap water is!? It's a gay bomb, baby! And I'm not saying people didn't naturally have homosexual feelings, I'm not even getting into it, quite frankly, I mean give me a break. You think I'm shocked by it so I'm up here bashing it because I don't like gay people? I DONT LIKE THEM PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT TURN THE FRICKIN FISH GAY!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? Serious crap! I'm SICK of being social engineered, it's not funny!!!
>>4580269
>>4580248This show is super pretty. It's nice that original stuff is still getting a lot of budget these days instead of the industry turtling up around money only going to proven adaptations.
>>4580248I'm monitoring the situation. Feels like we're finally done with the setup and story can begin in earnest.
I planned to avoid this until the end, but I've been temped to take the bullet after seeing some of the info posted here.Someone just give it to me gay please, what are the chances that any of the following still comes true and therefore ruins everything:>lara gets together with prince-reincarnated dude>lara gets together with other male cast member>mari is prince-reincarnated "girl">mari is other-male-reincarnated "girl">true love is not romantic, laraxmari friendz 4ever, of course implied until either defaults to finding a husband to fulfill a woman's societal obligations>lara or mari dies cause bittersweet endings are totally deep and not just cheap devices to elicit emotional reactions, i swear, it was in my textbooks and stuff
>>4580288the closest cop outs likely to happen would be>true love is not romantic, laraxmari friendz 4ever>lara or mari dies cause bittersweet endingswhich i would give about 20% and 5% chances respectively for both. there's been no indication of any sort of reincarnations besides obviously some similar looking characters.>>4580269 has the key gay moments of the latest episode besides picrel which also happens with the "sukiya" where a sweeping orchestra comes in as wellobviously things are subject to change with more episodes, but i think it's definitely looking gay, but i'm doubtful of any real romance/kisses/etc. that will be shown on screen if that's what you're looking for.
>>4580296>but i'm doubtful of any real romance/kisses/etc. that will be shown on screen if that's what you're looking forI've learnt to keep my expectations in check on that since the anime industry is stuck at sucking up to homophobes still, but in an anime that begins with a het crush and a has a 'love' theme going on, the least I'd need for it to be worthwhile is strong gay vibes that don't end with a 'no homo' equivalent, and a reasonably undoubtable denial of future het possibilities.So at least Kaguya-hime levels.
>>4580288>true love is not romantic, laraxmari friendz 4everI think this is the only bad option that could realistically happen, and at this point it feels pretty unlikely. If they wanted to go this route I think it would be focusing on Lara and Mari's friendship platonically, while developing a false romantic love with a different character. But instead, by this end of this episode it's pretty clear that Lara is falling in love with Mari romantically. I expect to see some other romantic rival, but really the show seems pretty straightforward it what it's trying to do: take a classic fairy tale with a tragic ending, and giving the heroine another chance at finding true love.>>4580298I'm actually going to go out on a limb and disagree here. We've been shown the aborted almost kiss with the prince twice, so we have Chekov's gun where Lara will have her first real kiss with her true love.
Because the eng dub has Mari call Lara cute, you can till who watches the show with dubs, but I didn't expect it to be that many people.
>>4580288>true love is not romantic, laraxmari friendz 4everThis is the one I'm most worried about.
>>4580310Lara manifesting the waterfall in her panties upon being called cute is funnier than her doing so at hearing the word suki if I'm being honest.
>>4580288>lara gets together with prince-reincarnated dudeVery low. Even his VA's blurb on the site is:>I felt a warm feeling watching the two main characters working hard at the recording studio, and how the relationship between Lala and Mari deepened with each episode. There were many people with connections to Shiga Prefecture on set, and it was also fun to hear them talk about Shiga. Luca's appearance will be a little while away, but I hope you'll look forward to finding out what kind of character he is!>lara gets together with other male cast memberZero.>mari is prince-reincarnated "girl"Not unlikely? But I think you are reading too far into reincarnation. This isn't an isekai where she's actually the prince but in a different body. The "reincarnation" here is kharmic, her grandmother/brother seem to have blonde hair, so it's quite possible that she is the great great granddaughter of the prince or something. She's never been anything but a girl.>mari is other-male-reincarnated "girl"Zero? Who would she even be?>true love is not romantic, laraxmari friendz 4ever,Possible, but seems somewhat unlikely. Also I dunno why you'd headcanon hetshit fanfic happening afterwards.>lara dies cause bittersweet endings are totally deepPossible? It's not about deep, they are just more emotionally impactful than "lived happily ever after" and also typically more nuanced.
>>4580357>I dunno why you'd headcanon hetshit fanfic happening afterwardsCause it's the principle behind Class S, 'romantic friendship' that serves as practice for real romance in the future, i.e. with a man.Lots of old gen nips and their offspring are still very much into that mindset even today, and that's why they can get into yuri subtext despite hating the very notion of lesbians, and the industry is very much into taking advantage of this.>they are just more emotionally impactful than "lived happily ever after"Rather, they're more easily made to be emotionally impactful, that's why I called them cheap devices, killing off main characters is the absolute safest way to trigger strong emotions in readers/watchers. It actually takes some skill to do the same with a happy ending, which is why I really appreciate stories that attempt that instead of resorting to the lazy-man solution.Kaguya-hime did great at it.>and also typically more nuancedAgain, skill issue, but don't get me wrong, lots and lots of people think like you, that happiness is shallow, childish and unrealistic, and is therefore best served packaged within several layers of irony and cynicism, if at all.I'm ever so grateful that for the most part the yuri genre has long since graduated from these narrow-minded notions, but given the tragic origins of the little mermaid I can't help but fear some degree of relapse in this case.And I now realize I've digressed for way too long so enough blogging from me, but thanks for all the answers anons, I might take the plunge in a few more episodes.
Cute boy (girl).
>>4580288>>4580296>>4580305I will say it's unlikely for a platonic ending to happen, simply because it doesn't make sense for the story, themes, and characters. Lara won't have "she's like family to me" feelings because she literally already has important family to her, and Lara's issue has never been "she needs to find out true love is about friendship" like she makes friends just time. She's the most friendly and outgoing person in the cast, frankly. And in the trailer we hear a confess of love (aishiteru I think, but not sure), so that has to come up and be important, given how it was portrayed. The most likely negative ending is Lara dying, but I'm not worried about the romance.
>>4580408(me)*fine
>>4580271My favorite one is the Moomin lesbian author
What are the chances they took inspiration from Pacman (the boxer) for Mari kek>>4580248The show is beautiful. Is the entire thing in cel animation? The lines aren't as crisp and kind of blends into the colors which is mesmerizing
>>4580417It isn't cel. Though a small part of the opening is actual cel (pic related). So this may be the latest anime to use cel in any capacity.
More yuri fanart... more...
>>4580312I extremely doubt that because a Frozen-style "sisterly love is true love" wouldn't make sense of Lara and Mari considering Lara already has six sisters. And one is apparently evil now.I'm rather expecting Lara to bislut it up with all the pretty boys looking for the love of a prince before realizing the true love she was looking for was there in Mari the whole time.I mean, their relationship started with Mari punching Lara in the face. Doesn't get more yuri than opening with domestic violence.>>4580417It's still digital animation but I really love the 90s look to the point they gave the brother that 90s heartthrob haircut.
https://youtu.be/oJSna-vMATY?is=bgtxsrCJY_EC27eQHow we feel about the concept trailer?
>>4580387Mari's big ol' black eyes makes it seem like she's either staring straight into your soul or she's staring pass you. Her nonchalant attitude with a lack of a smile makes it look like she's carrying a thousand yard stare sometimes. She has no friends and seems to only have one thing in mind ever since her mother passed away. She also seems to get easily stressed out and tries her best to only focus on herself. Her life seems kinda of dull, so it was nice to see Lara finally make her laugh. As we progress through the story, Lara is going to bring more color into Mari's life and I have a feeling once it's time for Lara to leave, it's going to hurt Mari more than Lara.
Are they hiding the fact that the masked person with the sister is a woman
>>4580512It's the angler fish she was seen holding in episode 1, the mask likely hides him having a huge mouth full of pointy teeth.
>>4580511Good thing she's not gonna leave then
This fish is fucking gay and we all know it
>>4580513For a show with fishes, it will be disappointing if it turns out the angler fish is a boy because it's the female that carries the lure and sharp large teeth. Not to mention male angler fish are tiny parasites that just latches on to the female with no special features.
>>4580517You are right that the body is weird with the stated gender, but the show doesn't seem interested in being super accurate to the ocean? So who knows. But if you're right and they're hiding it, then the question is why. Is it that important?
I wonder if she's just going to flip flop on top of her
I still don't understand the physics of punching a girl in the face to save her from falling to her death
>>4580526Mari wasn't trying to save her she was just making sure Lara didn't hit her I'm pretty sure
Why does Lara have stitches on her tongue? Did I miss something?
>>4580526Reset her falling momentum, like doing a ground pound right before touching the ground in Mario 64.>>4580528The witch took her voice the first time she became a human while she can speak the second time so it probably symbolizes her getting her voice back.
>>4580527That's kinda funny in of itself, her first instinct when seeing a girl fall from the sky is to punch her right in the face.
Speaking of the witch, she was pretty hotI hope we see more of her outside her pet fish form
>>4580530>it probably symbolizes her getting her voice back.That was my first thought as well but then I thought she might have just bitten her tongue off as a baby with her ultra powerful fish teeth
>>4580533Hope she gets a girlfriend too to show her the error of her ways
>>4580528Maybe an easter egg? In the original tale, the witch cuts off her tongue as compensation for legs. Would be interesting after being reborn her tongue was cut off once she got legs again, but then the witch decides she should be allowed to talk, so she stiched together her tongue again. But I believe she had her tongue the first time she got legs. I don't remember, I probably need to re-watch the first episode.
>>4580534>>4580537Her tongue isn't stitched until episode 2.
>>4580539Her tongue is stitched here.
I just realized what the stiches on her tongue mean. It's a riff on the whole "loses her voice" thing from The Little Mermaid, she gets back her voice and is healing it to properly talk to people again.
>>4580540Anon's point wasn't specifically episode 2, but that it's a feature of her return, as opposed to pre-time skip. >>4580541Anon...
>>4580540Oh right, the very first time the stitch is seen is when the water spout brings her from the ruins of the palace to the lake surface so she got it when she materialized back inside the shell rather than when she turned human again. I guess she couldn't have spoken even in mermaid form otherwise.
>>4580533Queen Beryl?
>>4580578>>4580533Do you think Grace was exiled for hooking up with the Queen?
>>4580518>>4580517This is approaching "deer girl Nokotan is tranny because horns" theory. They probably just chose to sacrifice strict gender accuracy in favour of giving the human design more traits that are associated with the animal, otherwise making an animal person character is pointless and the design feels lazy if it doesn't have many animal features
So, a reimagining of "The Little Mermaid"?anime original, 3 episodes in?And it seems like it develops more into the direction of Cosmic Princess Kaguya (and what we all hope for with Ribbon Hero in a month or two...)?I noticed some discussion in the general thread, but didn't pay much attention to it yet and now there would be so much to backread.Did I miss anything?
>>4580630>So, a reimagining of "The Little Mermaid"?Specifically Hans Anderson's 1837 version. It's "what if after the end when the Mermaid turned to foam, she reappeared in modern Japan?">anime original, 3 episodes in?Yes.>And it seems like it develops more into the directionIt is quite gay at the moment and it seems decently likely it will continue in that direction.
>>4580630The actual retelling of the Little Mermaid only takes up most of the first episode, after that it's all new territory.
You think Mari and her senpai could've ever made it work?
>>4580738She could've never cracked Mari's heart. But maybe she can try now that Mari is less of a traumatized autist thanks to Lara.
>search for lara on japanese twitter>flashbanged by numerous ffxiv lala /fa/ screenshotsI've learned too much, but such is my trial
>I'm Murase Ayumu, and I'll be voicing Luca.>I felt a warm feeling watching the two main characters working hard at the recording studio, and how the relationship between Lala and Mari deepened with each episode. There were many people with connections to Shiga Prefecture on set, and it was also fun to hear them talk about Shiga. Luca's appearance will be a little while away, but I hope you'll look forward to finding out what kind of character he is!lolI really don't think this show is bait, but if it is, it'll go down in yuri history as the most masterful bait of all time.
Blu-ray preview image.
>>4580793>I really don't think this show is bait, but if it is, it'll go down in yuri history as the most masterful bait of all time.Pretty sure I read this post dozens of times in the GWitch threads.
>>4580803GWitch wasn't tagged as romance.
>>4580810Yeah. My post was about this having the good vibes like GWitch btw.
>>4580814I was kinda disappointed by GWitch's second season so I dunno... but yeah, I liked GWitch and I'm hoping Lara is good too.
Mari reminds me of Kokona if her autism had settled on athletics instead of academics. Lara looks like the girly Papika from the 'multiple Papika's' episode of Flip Flap (Papiko?). And the time displacement gives a similar surrealist feel. Will follow for this. Also hoping they will do something with Laura's oral fixation, girl wants to put her mouth on everything.
>>4580794This cute as shit
>>4580803Well anon, this time the director mentioned yuri in an interview, a character has said the s word and now their promo art isn't subtle at all. It took GWitch 11 episodes to get rid of the yuribait doomposting, 6 if you weren't a retard.
>>4580847GWitch still pushed things a lot farther than most nonyuri tagged anime. But yeah GWitch made the romance with Miomio a lot shakier at first, way too much drama and angst, while here the prince still barely exists and Lara's already gooshing way too hard for Mari 3 eps in.
>>4580848My point here is that SuleMio and how it was promoted looks fairly tame compared to this. Sayonara Lara has raised the bar: they're talking explicitly about true love, Mari has said in a roundabout way she likes Lara with the latter getting FLUSTERED, that interview and now this >>4580794 . I'm not interested in doinga dyke off between the two shows btw.
Speaking of Gwitch, seeing El4n fans latching onto Luca getting BTFO again is pretty hilarious.
>>4580794>their pose is still too subtle, add a field of lilies
>>4580905I'm kinda hoping he does turn out to be a reincarnation of the prince and that he gains the prince's memories so he and Lara can reflect back upon those events, make peace and decide to stay friends, it would be an interesting direction and another form of love for Lara to explore, forgiveness.
>>4580905I think I'd appreciate something like >>4580918 instead. Him having a little sister will be a window for Lara to reflect on her own relationship with her sisters>>4580794Luca looks too much like a faggot for me to take seriously but on the other hand, I like when they portray Mari as princely and handsome like here. I love having double standards.
>>4580929Not really a double standard, Lara is the princess so whoever acts as her prince should look dashing and handsome as opposed to even more feminine than her. It's just how they designed it.
Episode 4 PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHsmbPgFN2M
It's funny that for all its twists, turns, and doomposting, the general shape of G-witch's ending was obvious after episode 2 aired. Most shows aren't trying to "subvert expectations," and I think this show is exactly what it presents itself as.
>>4580995I do think the show is trying to subvert expectations, it's just basic mainstream expectations like "fairy tales are good" and "straight is the default."
>>4581000
>>4580997>>"straight is the default."That's literally how het works every time; it's never about dynamics or because the characters have chemistry or are even a good match, but simply because they're a man and a woman, so get together, even when more normal people don't like that either.
https://febri.jp/topics/sayonara-lala-interview-1/Interview with the director. Nothing major, but gives some insight into what the "not typical Yuri" line means. (Pic is machine translated)
>>4580522The riveting sequel
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ekKB6SEGj/?share_source=copy_web
More EP2 Chopsticks
>>4581208
>>4580978>only one umbrellaPlease let it rain. Please let Lara have that cliche trope with Mari.
>this is slowburn to the directorlooking forward to the next eps lol
>>4581348She's going to be a useless lesbian for like 6 episodes.
>>4581352Yes but I expect more obvious euphemisms
>>4580517I’m pretty sure this isn’t true of shallower-water anglerfish like frogfish, but it’s surprisingly difficult to find information specifically about male anglerfish that doesn’t relate to the deep sea varieties that exhibit sexual parasitism.
fishe...
>>4581372Angler-kun's fish form seems to be based on the deepsea one however
Would Grace support her niece's homosexuality? Or does she have evil het plans?
Is the show a massive hit yet? I'm not on socials>>4581398source pls
>>4581398Ohh I love this artstyle.
>>4581543No. There's an okay amount of fanart thus far and engagement on the official twitter account is decent but not outstanding (45k followers), except for the tweet with this pic >>4580794 which blew up and is close to 20k likes and 1M views.
>>4581452We still don't know what exactly she wants from Lara. If anything, I'd expect Lara's sister to be the one to push her with a boy.
>>4580794Am sorely tempted to draw headphones on Lara's head.
>>4581745>beats by dre
As long as you guys understand what the ending is going to be...
>Goodbye Lara>little mermaid-like storyI'd be shocked if this doesn't end up in a bittersweet way
>>4581801>>4581803Does Lara eat Mari?
>>4581805It's to be expected.
>>4581805Humans are meant to eat fish.
>>4581807But Mermaids eat humans.
>>4581807This.
>>4581826It's probably better for Mari to do it than the other way around. I would not trust Lara's teeth around the little man in the boat.
>>4581805>>4581829
>>4581803She already died once. A bittersweet ending would've been an overkill.
Thoughts?
>>4582073The most she can do is flop around like a fish.
>>4582494
>>4582495
https://cdn.donmai.us/original/cc/48/cc4837e689c3b67d8bf07dabb478cd50.mp4
>>4582642Because the water is turning the artists gay.
>>4582642To what end?
New ep soon!
"You can found a new prince""Look at Mari'
>>4582872After an episode like this, "friendship is true love" won't cut it.
After 4 episodes of soulmateism the bigger question seems to be whether it ends in tragedy or not
>>4582924Her dying again just doesn't seem right. Reincarnation stories are also usually "second chance" stories, not "you die again" stories unless it's super nihilistic, which Sayonara Lara doesn't seem to be 4 episodes in.
>>4582872Does she want Mari to help her?
I love it when Mari subtly drops her aloof act around Lara.
>>4582947Maybe it's just me but this episode felt gayer for some reason
>>4582947I can't wait for Mari to be able to smile more around Lara
Mari... you have to eat all the eggs...
Imagine the manhandling (womanhandling).
>>4583035Who's top or bottom? What does /u/ think? Personally, I think they both got switch potential.
>>4583052Lara doesn't even know how mammalian sex works.
>>4583052I need to see first how she'll do with her baking job
>>4583033Can Grace make Mari fertilise the eggs? That's what I'm curious about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV81h1bvARoBakery time
>>4583480Hm... I wonder what her learning to bake cakes for Mari this episode has to do with true love... I wonder... it's a mystery...
>already taking on Mari's last nameSlow down Lara.
>>4583487Cute. I love her clumsy handwriting.
I'm going to need Lara to bake Mari a cake and Mari to show her her best smile yet.
>>4583577Man artists are fast.
>>4583480Wonder if we'll get to see the face Lara saw.
I wonder if they're gonna do the same fighter/boxer trope of 'getting stronger fighting for the person you love,' that is used in countless shows from Hajime no Ippo to Ashita no Joe to fighting games like SFIII3rd.
Dog fish
>>4583716Clifford looking ass
>>4583680>getting stronger fighting for the person you love>Ashita no JoeUuuuh Joe and Rikiishi?
I am obsessed with the character design. Mari isn’t normally eye-catching but the contrast with Lara brings out so much appeal.
>>4583680Kamina botan had this reference and is only about drinking
>>4583853Yeah, they clearly designed them in mind as a duo pair. It's also a cute detail that Mari has the eyes and hair color of the original prince in the little mermaid, compared to Luca who is just the japanese stereotype of a European prince.
Lara and Mari's Four Seasons Together - Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLPhMfGEnmESulemio Japan Tour bros, we are so back.
>>4584076You beat me to it.
>>4584076I'm starting to think this show isn't very straight.
>>4584076>Sulemio Japan Tour bros, we are so backI miss gwitch fanbase. They always reported on every little thing. Even the smallest of stuff like Miorine's tomato flavored snacks and the sayonara lara official posts a lot of extra stuff like VA commentary for each episodes, one page comics on background VA shenanigans with the characters, and holiday art.
>>4584081
>>4584082i dont use the term lightly, but goodbye lara is very soulful
>>4584076art is already coming out lol
>Mari's family literally owns a churchthey're not going to like their daughter marrying a woman
>>4584132It's likely the siblings' names Yoshiya and Mari come from Jesus (Yoshua) and Mary.
Is Mari what the kids nowadays call a 'Short King'?
>>4584157Short fishwife.
Episode 3 remains the gayest, but I've still got high hopes
>>4584184
>>4584185
>>4584186
>>4584184Watched all 4 episodes now, Lara really needs to learn that true love doesn't mean "prince".Episode 3 set her up nicely with Mari, there needs to be more going on.
>>4584184Mari still hasn't done anything of note after punching Lara in the face.
>>4584225I think you should actually watch the show instead of posting about it
There's too much fanfart with Chinese. I can't read shit. Why is a Japanese show getting so much Chinese language fanart?
>>4584233Likewise
>>4584234He says, while typing in English about a Jap show.
>>4584234>ChineseThat's a good thing. They tend to be the one drawing the spicy stuff, just give it time.
>>4584076With a little imagination, Lara could pass as Sulemio daughter
>>4584225She made Lara gush
>>4584225she gave her a place to stay, lent her a school uniform so she could go to school, saved her from drowning, bought her drinks, and refrained from strangling Lara after she ordered hundreds of cakes off amazon on Mari's dime
>>4584225She saved Lara from drowning and dying nothing much
>>4584076Posted it on /a/ yesterday, but in case anyone here didn't see it, Mari seems to be holding hibiscus, which means "gentle" and/or "new love" in japanese flower language.
>>4584312
>>4584279>>4584283And still, they are still cold and distant to one another emotionally.
>>4584432just because they're not tongue wrestling on the bed doesn't mean they're emotionally detached from one another
>>4584279That's nice, but that's all generic stuff, the stuff that needs to happen by necessity in fish-out-of-water stories. We're still missing something more specific, and Mari not feeling like she's playing second fiddle to LAra.
>>4584441>moving the goalpost
>>4584432Idk, they seem too close to me for only knowing each other for 3 weeks. Mari was always a loner and a self-centered person, but in this scene, even Hime noticed how caring Mari is towards Lara. She found it funny how Mari tried to hide she didn't like seeing Lara sad by saying some bullshit excuse about bringing in a gloomy atmosphere around her inactive club room.
>>4584435Through my goggles, I see for sure that they will fuck sooner or later, it just feels as if they take it slow that far. I can't wait to see them tongue wrestling for the benefit of Lara's people.
>>4583920>>4584465You know, I think I'm okay with straight girls who have good gaydars
>>4584760
>>4584761
>>4584762>10cm
>>4584762>just 10 cmOuch.
>>4584761Mari is the stronger but she is the shortyLike this gap
>>4584785I thought that was an oc at first. This dog fish thing is going to get confusing real quick
>>4584762>favorite color: whiteHer sister (Lara's mom) has white/silver eyes.
Height gap enjoyers have started to highlight it.
>>4584853Between you and me, I hate big height gaps.
>>4584880
Mermaids should have even longer tails
>>4584848I have confidence in the writers, but if they want Grace to have some convoluted plan to revive Lara's mom they'd better do it soon...
>>4584885
>>4584880I only like height gaps when the small one is the grumpy one.
Mari is the same height as Miorine by the way.
How many red haired magical girlfriend yuris will we get??
>>4584893I don't wanna sound like a G-Witch fan who watches his second anime but it sure feels like Lara is doing similar things
>>4584897How quickly we forget
>>4584897>>4584907also
>>4584907>Forgetting the Arch Dyke of Eylstadt and her witch war hero consort.Never.
>>4584911Damn you're right.What do we call this type?
>>4584913A dog and her cat owner.
>>4584853Athletic Asian girl of average Asian female build and her exotic tall European dream girl is kind of what I make out, rather than simple 'height gap' alone. Hight gap alone would be Chin-lan and Kanade in Botan.
>Lisa seriously tried to pull an "I have your wife" on LaraThanks for the save, giant sky fish.
>>4585166Suletta Ketchup moment but she didn't know what she did
>>4585168Accurate parallel.
That's one male out of the picture.
>>4584911Damn how the hell did Yayaka get yaya'd this hard?
>>4585168I got you, senpai.
Lara just kill her sister girlfriends, lolKota was really the angefish
>>4585207>Kota was really the angefishNo shit. You could see his teeth in the first episode he showed up in, where he's literally wearing a LIGHT ON HIS HEAD. Also, it's a guy.
>>4584659Can someone edit this to not be implied-futa dogshit?
>>4585221The only one who thinks it's implied futa is you
>>4585228>Spot the trope instantly because I'm not retarded and it's bleeding through the screen>Get told it's all in my head by a literal NPC>Look up artists pixiv>Every single post is implied or outright futa, mixed with an obvious allergy to drawing two pussies at the same timeI fear for your well-being if you genuinely lack basic perception to notice what's right in front of you, anon.
I knew Mari seemed familiar
>>4585312Who cares.
>>4585325From gaslighting to goalpost-moving in quick succession, wow. It's actually impressive much of a disingenuous faggot you are. Just say you're a futa-tranny, dumbass
>>4585205Didn't know Lara was cool like that
>>4585205Source? Google and TinEye gave nothing.
>>4585524Google lens worked fine for mehttps://x.com/hiwo_noa/status/2084000492414292162?s=20
Mari's beloved homeschooled fish wife
>kota still alive grim
>>4585857>grim*AndersenLuca at the end of the episode too, brace yourselves.
LN announced. https://x.com/Goodbye_Lara/status/2084655608125661460They must've fucked something up in the anime I'm pretty scared
>>4585866No LNs get made to fix problems in an existing thing. They exist to milk more profit out of a thing, just like manga adaptations of LNs/anime or anime adaptations of manga/LN
>>4585866Novelizations are a bog-standard practice, they already have the script lying around.
>>4585860i hope the show doesn't pull a>Lara thinks she's in love with the prince for 5 episodes, before realizing its not actually love, and Mari is the one she really loves in the last episode
>>4585874I think the basic premise of this will happen, but given how fast the show resolves its subplots it probably won't last that long.
>>4585884fishcake
hans christian andersdaughter came to me in a dream and told me how the show ends>mermaids are revived, but Lara has to leave the surface world, everyone says goodbye Lara, hey that's the name of the show>Lara moping around in the palace wistfully narrating her memories of a love she'll never forget>wait a minute, there's still ten minutes left in the episode>It's- by God, here comes merMari with a fish tail!She forced Gon-chan to make a reverse humanification potion!>ohboyherewegoagain.jpg ending as Lara embarks on yet another fantastic journey of wonder and magic to the human realm
>>4585894But two mermaids can't trib!
>>4585894>hey that's the name of the showwe already had that in episode 1 thoughbeit
>>4585896Why couldn't they have been the other type of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the lady part on the bottom!?
>>4585894I was thinking actually the opposite, that saving the merfolk would require them to become human.
>>4585877Hm... I don't know if I'd call it a subplot though. It might last longer than that. Then again, it's not too out there for them to resolve the misunderstanding quickly but have Luca still hanging around as a friend.
>>4585987Since Luca comes with a little sister I think some of his focus will be shared with her too.
>>4585991>Lara and Lisa>Grace and Lara's mom>Luca and his little sisThere's a lot of focus on siblinghood in this anime, which is fitting given the original little mermaid. I didn't expect them to expand upon the theme that much however.
>>4585866Streets are saying apparently the LN author is actually homophobic? Can't believe we're getting another CPK situation..
there's something about Mari that makes her the ideal yuri protagonist but I'm not sure what it is.
>>4586018what do you mean by ideal first of all?
>>4586018Moves forward, therefore gains 2. But more seriously, she's athletic,, does sports, is tomboyish but at a very balanced level, is a very balanced amount of serious and doing her own thing mixed with caring and kind, etc.
>>4586020platonic ideal
>>4586011From what I'm hearing, she wrote Chikane and Hemiko both be in love with that 3rd wheel male character. Word of mouth from the Chinese fandom.
>>4586044Something about using the characters/names for their own story and changing the romance plot.
>>4586046What do you mean? It's obvious Luca is Lisa in disguise and the prince is long dead.
>>4586046this is kinda pathetic
>>4586046She's gonna be tongue fucking the prince (Mari) alright.
>>4586046Genuinely, how are you so mentally ill that you are still trying to do this shit years later? Are you really just THAT mindbroken over cartoon lesbians?
baby babies
Who wins?
>>4584532I really wanna see mari go bare knuckle on someone please GOD.
>>4586063The nearest, tall, tan-skinned, red-headed, weird girl with strange capabilities apparently.
>>4586063Lara comes in with a steel fishe
>>4586044>Chinese Fandom If true, why is it ALWAYS the Chinese who are the only ones trying to uphold any kind of standards for yuri? You would never see a Jap call something like this outIf it wasn't for their gross fixation of putting futa in everything, they'd be pretty based
I wonder if Hime will appear again
>>4586082She's pretty present in the OP so probably, at least as a minor character.
>>4586075for every 1 yuri fan Japan has China has 10, just from demographics
>>4586076do not use my post as justification for your shitposts
>>4586044Is there more evidence than rumors of Chinese rumors? That’s like a war crime against yuri.
>>4586049>>4586055>>4586056>>4586060>>4586086
>>4586092>>4586060
>>4586091We can't help but be fish in the sea...
>>4586060that guy making up excuses to get the Gwitch threads deleted was funnygood times
>>4586088>rumorsAnon, the author made a novel called "I (male) have the duty to fix these yuri girls" and named the two female characters and the male MC like the characters in Kannazuki no miko, it's been discussed before, it won a prize, it caused a shitstorm so big they forced him to change the names and the title, but they gave it a full series and even a comicalization anyway.
>>4586146>>4586151 stop samefagging
>>4586145That is not what the name was. You don't need to muddy the waters by making shit up. It was called "Yuri girls have a duty to be happy" and then changed to "This (triangle) love comedy has a duty to be happy". The manga for his shitty LN also walked backed the anti-yuri elements, though it was still garbage hetslop.The guy has fuck all to do with the writing of the show, he is just adapting the existing story. It's a retarded move but a complete non-issue in a show that openly says, explicitly, that the story is about Lara and Mari meeting, where the phrase yuri has been tossed around, the actual writer has talked about how Mari was designed specifically for being "the person at Lara's side' and even the fucking prince's VA has sidelined himself as a secondary character and talked about how nice it was to see Lara and Mari get closer each episode.
>Dooming the show>It's about the LN adaptationDumbass
>>4586176The spring outfits feel very lesbian to me
The novel is still ongoing, has four volumes, and is supposedly anti-yuri. There are reviews of the first volume. And the story is the typical "I used to hate men, but this MC saved me from a stalker and now I'm in love" And "I love my friend, but I'm falling in love with the male MC".It's like the manga Boku no Suki na Hito ga Suki na Hito But worse.And we don't know how the anime will end, if it's still unfinished, and the novel has an original ending?
>>4586091Should have used this one.
>>4586145>it's been discussed beforeWas this already news on /u/ in the past and discussed before?
>>4586240yeah, it happened in like 2021 and people were shitting on it because there was like a whole organized shilling campaign going for that garbage with it being given an award for "good writing" and some "yuri" vtuber advertising it, alongside the fact that the names of the characters were ripped from KnM (also the cuckold that is Kaishaku actually defended that shit for a while lol)either way the novel comes out after the anime is finished and there's no reason to care about it for now, maybe the people in charge will tard wrangle him and it will be a nothingburger, don't let this shit stop you from enjoying the show
>>4586245Retarded suits not doing checks and just hiring whoever is available to meet their deadlines (and proably cheap) isn't relevant to the show which has totally different staff. The LN asshole has no involvement in the anime
Time for another game of dumbassery where people think the LN's the source (because they fail to grasp the concept of anime originals) and the ultimate canon and that the anime is made by anti-yuri people
>>4586160I was going by memory so I misremembered the boku/ore in the title, but you know very well what the author meant.https://ossie.hatenablog.jp/entry/2022/03/13/125741>>4586240It was discussed in the LN thread.>>4586241>some "yuri" vtuber advertising itOh right, I had forgotten about that. Typical promotion of famous people giving their names for advertising in change of money without even knowing what they're promoting. She tried to backtrack with a "be sure to read the plot before buying it" when she found out what the story was about after the shitstorm she received.>don't let this shit stop you from enjoying the showWho's enjoying a shitshow that's nothing but the MC thinking about princes for 5 episodes straight?
>>4586255Don't reply.
>>4586160>>4586255>>4586256The person we're talking about is also listed as series composition for the anime. From what I understand series composition is essentially the writer that decides the overall flow of the series while other people do the episode to episode scripts.
>>4586298The person listed as series composition for the anime is Anna Kawahara, not the retard in question. Kawahara is credited as the original script creator for the LN, because she's responsible for the anime script, and the LN is supposed to be based on that. The guy everyone is shitting on is Chihiro Haruna, and he has no relation to the series besides being the writer for the LN. I'm assuming you used google translate and it messed up the order of names or something.
>>4586307Oh, no, I'd seen people talking about Anna. I guess I didn't separate the different conversations. Makes me feel somewhat better unless Anna also has red flags.
>>4586309If the anime writer was this asshole, we would have known from the moment anime staff wass announced. They announced the LN and people were quick to expose the asshole. So yeah, just think a little.
The only red flag Anna has is being a newfag who has only done a couple episodes in adaptations before thishttps://anidb.net/creator/79557
>>4586311She worked on the script for the live action adaptation of fighting game yuri too.
Women always write good yuri.
Lara is very good at causing trouble for herself and others.Perhaps she finally realizes that Mari is the lover she's looking for.
Well, I find it funny when someone mentions the parallel between this series and Gwitch, then I thought to myself that "now all that's missing is for Lara to beat someone up for Mari" then the last episode happened, although the "ketchup" was missing and it is still not known if the person really died, but it is kind of funny when you think about it.
>>4586368Did I miss something? She might be willing to die for cake, unlike Mari, but she didn't beat anyone up.
>>4586376I was referring to the giant fish that crushed the moving car, technically controlled by Lara.
>>4586376Kota.
>>4586345"they" "the staff"Your problem is you make up this nebulous group controlling everything. "they" "the staff" that writes both the anime and hires the LN retard doesn't existThe anime staff are doing the show and are too busy (anime production is hard and time consuming. Even the worst most generic looking isekai takes a lot of time to make, let alone a show with actual good art and animation like this), so the staff can't check or control every side project or marketing thing. It's like expecting them to control the translations instead of just giving to the companies and trusting. Same here. They give the license to a corpo that'll hire a writer and the corpo hires someone without the anime staff checking. And thus this shit happens when the corpo puts mimimum effort into background checks and just hire whatever rando is available for their deadlines. So yeah, you're trying to get an own by conflating 2 groups that have minimal contact
>>4586401Stop replying to bait.
Not to say that you can't criticize the show, but anyone who brings up minor bullshit to aggressively doompost is obviously a troll. Double points if they bring up other shows out of nowhere. Ignore and report.
>>4586384>>4586387That's quite a stretch, she did not intend this.
>>4586467Her heart intended it. It holds up in mermaid court
>>4586469>mermaid courtOtherwise known as her dad saying that this is the law. That's not a judicial system, it's absolute monarchy.
>>4586655cute wagies
It's possible...
It's not a bad show, although I am growing a bit tired of Lara playing het matchmaker and constantly looking at guys. The payoff better be good. Shame about the BMW, though.
>>4586883'Tis unavoidable given the director being inspired by Utena. Much better about the relentless het compared to it though, so it's not too bad.
>>4586883The point is Lara is slowly falling in love with Mari without realizing it, because she's preoccupied with finding what she thinks a 'prince' should be.She is slowly learning about humans and love, until she eventually realizes what real love is, that her true 'prince' was hiding in plain sight. These 'outings' to find a prince are just an excuse to do that (at least so far).It's pretty tame on the matchmaker stuff so far, she's always "looking" for a prince, but she doesn't hit up any men, presumably because she's accustomed to some type of "love at first sight" idealized version of love>>4586703was thinking something like this a the other week when watching the opening and noticed they had very similar eyes. but ruled it out when i noticed they had different colored eyes, and i couldn't really think of a motive at the time
>>4586918Of course she's not used to hitting on guys, she's a princess. She's waiting to be wooed. It is funny that technically the only character she's flirting with is Mari tho. If buying snacks for someone counts as flirting.
>>4586918That Lisa=Luca theory will be a funny twist and I think it's an actual possibility. Random white male stranger with the same face and voice of the Prince just in Shiga, Japan of all places. Not to mention his hair is out of fashion and a goood way to hide his ears. Funny enough, he even appears at the end of Lisa's episode and I can't think of any other way for her to separate Lara and Mari without getting too close other than creating an obstacle. She either manifested enough power to transformed herself like the witch does sometimes, or transformed another fish to work for her.
>>4586703>>4586926
The show's writer retweeted the couple poll.
>>4586075>why is it ALWAYS the Chinese who are the only ones trying to uphold any kind of standards for yuriDidn't the writer of LycoReco, both anime and LN, write some repugnant lesbian correction stuff in the past too?How comes the chinese aren't up in arms about that?
>>4586926>gender bender potion for her sister and KotaDon't know I feel about this seemingly like something that could actually happen. The next episode preview even showed them talking with the witch, although I think that was a flashback
>>4587348Lisa used the witche's magic as reference to create a gender bending potion through the power of SCIENCE.
I wasn't even thinking that Lisa was disguising herself as Luca when I first saw those pictures, I was just excited by the prospect of incest.
>>4587348>Don't know I feel about this seemingly likeDon't know how i feel about this seeming like***I need to stop posting early in the morning
Why introduce a lolita character now? Is there a big demand for lesbian lolita? Or do they feel the need to show Lara and Mari acting parent-like?
>>4587695>Is there a big demand for lesbian lolita?YES.
>>4587695>the little sister kisses Lara on the lips and Mari looks noticeably jealous
>with tongue
>>4587695What the fuck are you talking about
>>4587695That little girl is there to out-princess Lara. Her brother is already going to be her doting 'prince.' Excited for this to happen so hetsloppers could shut up once and for all.
>>4587770In addition to the people who want to fuck literal fish (Gon-chan) and footfags, we now also have lolicons in the audience.
>>4587773Is reading comprehension difficult for you?
>>4587773>There are lolicons watching my anime! This has never happened before!
>>4587776>>4587782No need to project
>>4587795
>>4587797
>>4587695Nah, little sister is going to be one of those characters that makes misguided attempts to fix their beloved older sibling up (with Lara in this case), and has to learn to accept that the sibling is gay. Luca is going to end up with Mari's brother.
>>4587836>Lara x Mari>Luca x Mari's brother>Lisa x Kouta (or a human male if not Kouta)Straight, yuri, and yaoi all in the same series.
>>4587837Kaguya did it (if you count Mami's unseen husband as the straight representation).
(you)
do you actually believe anyone will fall for your falseflagging?
>>4588034Like clockwork, right? They're so predictable.
This is the face of a woman in love and not someone who just saw a source of past trauma.
Kota confirmed a dude? Haven't watched
You have to have no media literacy to think the prince boy is the real true love. Like being surprised at the ending of Shrek level of dumb
>>4588051>Kota confirmed a dude? Haven't watchedDepends how the people behind the show fucked up by making a typical female anglerfish a male human for retarded reasoning.
>>4588051Probably? All signs point to it. Or maybe she's just an extremely flat-chested bokukko, but eh.
>>4588053Again, you sound like the retards insisting the horns in Nokotan the deer girl are proof she's a trannyIgnoring gendered differences to give some signifiers of a non-human character's true nature is not a fuck up. Otherwise, it's just a human character. You need compromises when doing shit like this instead of strictly sticking to reality
>>4588052The schizo doesn't believe any of what he says
>>4588050Stark contrast from the concept trailer. I'd like to know how much the story changed between that and the final product once the show ends.
>>4588055the anglerfish is like the most notable and extreme and well known example of sexual dimorphism in the animal kingdom though it's not like "female deer don't have antlers"
>>4588052That nigger doesn't even watch the show, he only came here to shit out a bunch of posts and then go back to /a/ to pretend people are seething here.
>>4588061You'e still an obnoxious autist. Fuck off with muh sexual dimorphism in animal characters. It's not as well known as you think, and even then, you're still asking for a goddamn human character with no animal traits to satisfy your obnoxious autism
>>4588062Reminds of the retard in the Sunflower Circus threads there who keeps insisting Cosmic Princess Kaguya was made into friendship by the director
>biting bait this low qualityi know this is a fish thread, but come on...
>>4588067I don't think anyone's genuinely biting
>>4588070The voice acting is very androgynous, I do think it's a guy but it has to be ambiguous on purpose.
>>4588069Holy shit, you really are him. Answer me this: Why would he in the LN expansion he supervised allow Kaguya and Iroha's relationship to be compared by Iroha herself to her parents' relationship. Were her parents just friends?
>>4588072>shitpost thread>reee better not have threadThanks for exposing your agenda. Didn't work with Lycoris, Didn't work with WfM. WIill not work here
>>4588061You never watched that Dreamworks movie where the cow is a dude?
>>4588078Even if your conspiracy was true: What prevents you from making a new thread for whatever gets bumped off?.This board isn't so active that it is hatrd to do. You're the one shitposting so you can suggest having the threads deleted. Retard>>4588080Not a tourist. Just an autist obssessed with muh sexual dimorphism. It's differentAlso uf we had to delete every thread with retatrds, all discussion threads should go and threads should be limited to imagedumps. General thread? Gone. Games thread? Any thread that isn't imagedumps? Gone. All discussion threads have retards in themEven imagedumps aren't safe because of the retard posting Onimai
>>4588070Not really, Kota could be a hermaphrodite due to male anglerfishes mergining with females.
>>4588099Oh yeah, the little fin sticking out of Kota's back does look like a fused male anglerfish.
>>4588100>retard bitching about shows he doesn't like being het lets actual het passCute or not, it's actual het, retard. Don't defend it
>>4588107Who are you qouting?
>>4588070I'll support your gamble just because it pisses some idiots off
Ikemen (female)
>>4588050This is so different from the concept trailer I can't help but wonder if it was just hetbait for the suits
Do you guys think Mari is still going to get jealous or no? I was looking forward to it but given the way the episode went I'm not sure it'll happen now.
>>4588121The immediate concern is not letting Lara's mermaid form be seen. Assuming the crisis passes and Lara later befriends Luca like the OP implies, then I still see Mari getting jealous.
>>4588121This is literally the first time we've seen her change emotions so yes
>The light that has been growing the past few episodes went out immediately when Lara saw the princeKINO>punch sound effect before the "to be continued" messageDid mari knock the fucker out?
>>4588139>went outHm? Isn't it the exact same shot of the star of light?
Interesting to see the difference from the concept trailer. In that Lara comically faints and Mari has to carry her home, while here she looks almost terrified. >>4588139>The light that has been growing the past few episodes went out immediately when Lara saw the princeThe light is actually almost identical to the one from the "suki" scene, but accompanied by the unpleasant transformation sound here.>Did mari knock the fucker out?No, we see her turn towards Lara in the last few frames. Surprisingly I think this scene kind of parallels Mari and Lara's first meeting. Jump cuts back and forth from Mari's face as she freezes with shock, before taking action. But instead of punching Lara she's going to princess carry her to safety before her mermaid form is seen any further (character development!).
>>4588146actually you're right, i think it was just the sound that made me think it was going out
>>4588147>princess carryExcuse me, this is Mari we're talking about. She's going to throw her over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
>>4588147i feel like carrying her giant ass fish body across town is going to draw a lot of attention
>Lisa knows the witch is at Lara's>Prince dude saw her fish tail >Mari's presumably dragging Lara back home in her fish formLots of things could happen next episode
Next episode
>>4584132Adding onto this, the grandmother is apparently the pastor. I'm calling it now, she's going to officiate Lara and Mari's wedding.
>>4588150>>4588161>She's going to throw her over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes.That's actually kind of hot
she's actually going hide her under her clothes so no one sees her tail
>>4588180sounds slimy
Going schizo because I like the parallels between LisaKota and LaraMari, but even this episode had good LaraMari moments, if only because of these shots.I think this shot of Lisa and Kota looking at only each other while Lara and Mari look at the sea with each other is another highlight to show how different, and ultimately how healthy LaraMari is compared to the other fish princess romance.
>>4588219you can't post males, sis
>>4588250maybe
Good episode but I can't tolerate the het posting from everyone any longer. The longest week yet.
>>4588323Personally I thought the episode was going to be worse about it but it actually hasn't been that bad. Stay strong, you'll need it for next week.
>>4588327It's going to be worse but at least the het side will be obvious shitposting. The unfortunate thing about Kota and Lisa is that I agree they're a good couple but Kota was left androgynous
>>4588329If he was actually a she she'd be a 10/10 but unfortunately Lisa and Kota are probably just the obligatory straight side couple. I will say that despite also thinking they're a good couple I will laugh if LaraMari lives but either Kota or Lisa die by the end of the show.
>>4588519Translation from /a/. We're hitting some twists and turns, but the story might be just as straighforward as it seems.
>>4588329>>4588330They are obviously doing some kind of gender thing with Kota.
>>4588519>>4588527This is a bit too subtle for me
>>4588527Nothing wrong with that. Could be more straightforward honestly. I won't be satisfied until surreal metaphorical sex before marriage
>>4588527There needs to be a mouth to mouth kiss
https://x.com/Goodbye_Lara/status/2087086868508643475Smartphone arc!No posting but what are the chances of Luca been a girl?Some art show having typical female gesture, so...
>>4588673>「王子様と出会ったらどうするん?」>「まずはお城に連れて行ってもらって、一緒に暮らして……」>「同棲は早いやろ」>「ドウセイ……?」They absolutely know what they're doing.
>>4588673Any tl on the text messages?
>>4588683>Lara>What are you going to do now?>I'm done with school>Are you working today?>What are you doing?>Laundry Mari getting nervous and clingy, you love to see it.
>>4588684Thank you. I hope we get to see Lara's profile picture too. I'm betting it's a simple landscape photo.
>>4588536Wouldn't be surprised. It could just all work on Kemono Friends rules, but the show seems pretty careful about how it places details like sexual dimorphism.I'm speculating something like Kota being a kind of "artificial prince" Lisa created to give her light so she didn't seafoam like the rest of the civilization - just look at all that artificial UV lighting she has. Heteronormativity says princes have to be guys, so Lisa gave Kota a male body to be her ideal partner even though it's a female anglerfish. Both sisters have to realise that "true love" is just whoever you love, not about having to be the perfect destined prince.
Someone did it.
Voices in Head are saying Lara will fuse into Mari and they will live as one person
>>4588761i feel that goes against a lot of the themes of the story so far
>>4588761I see.
>>4588761Lisa and Kota fusing are more likely desu
>>4588761
>>4588761The last studio anniversary anime original that ended like this was the biggest piece of shit ever.
>>4588685It's going to be a pic of that hot choco can
>>4588835Don't remind me. The only thing that show taught me was to listen to that little voice in my head that tells me to drop shitty shows.
>>4588685Lara's photo is going to be a picture of Mari
>>4588761>>4588849you should get that checked out
what she doing
>>4588868Copping a feel.
but where's the jamaican crab?
Lisa is hot. It's too bed she's probably het.
>>4588868this artist does some great toxic yuri
>>4588907It won't matter when she gets raped by Grace later
>>4588887Turned into ceviche
I love when they hang out in the balcony. It's so married couple activity.
>>4588981They really are super cute. I do however hope the show doesn't do the "typical yuri" thing and leave them as married but not really forever
Do you think they'll get married under the ocean since Japan doesn't support same sex marriage?
>>4589036Nah, Japan might not, but they have a woman protestant pastor and a church literally in their backyard, so I don't think it's impossible that it's there to be used for a wedding. Only other reason for the writers to add that is if they're doing some stupid "God's love is true love" message.
>>4588832That's not them fusing together, that's Haruka's and Yuu's science baby.
LaraMari doujin novel soon? Huh, the show's steadily picking up the pace when it comes to fanworks, we might have an honest to god hentai doujin soon.
>>4589382male spotted
>>4589526It's Jesus so he gets a pass.
I'll be honest, I'm not expecting a kiss. Feel like they'll pull a gwitch by showing an almost kiss between a male and the female protag, but never going all the way to parallel with the main two girls. I don't mind it, but I still want it to happen.
>>4589711I'm half expecting a kiss, but a cop out. Like an offcam kiss, maybe we see chins touching.
>>4589711Narratively there's several strong points in favor of a kiss:>this is based off a fairy tale and kisses are a classic>it's about finding true love and Lara is a romantic at heart>Mari is a deliberate foil to the prince, so she will succeed where he failedSo I'm betting there will be one, even if likely hidden by light or something. The only arguments against the kiss are just doomer sentiments that don't really apply. GWitch was a very, very different beast compared to Lara. It was representative of a huge corpo franchise, so the fact that they went so far was already a miracle. Lara however is just an original for an otaku anime studio, so there aren't the same pressures and expectations.
>>4589949Male sighted
Mari will grab Lara's face with her boxing gloves and the gloves will obscure the kiss.
>>4589971>Mari initiating doubt
>>4589844The biggest point against a kiss is Koide being a pretentious ass hat who probably isn't happy if you can't smell at least a bit of his farts in the ending.But in my book that's a win, I'll take a pretentious sex allegory over a kiss thank you very much.
>>4590204Even if the interviews are hoity toity I don't think the actual show has been pretentious thus far, which I think is more important for judging whether a show is going to go super artsy or not. Half of the season has been pretty grounded slice of life so far, with the weirdest elements not even half as confusing as anything Ikuhara has made. The show could jump the shark later, but if it stays good I don't think it will.
>>4590434>I'm just gonna keep samefagging every week like I have for years now >>4586060You didn't watch anything you mentally ill retard. You've just been falseflag spamming "omg dis is bait, I can't believe yuri lost!11 omg het won, I can't believe it!" across both /a/ and /u/ the past hour just like you have with basically every other non-adaptation yuri show in recent memory.>meets Luca>spends a bunch of time with him>heart does not move an inch after the initial fear that forces her back into being a mermaid>fish sword is completely motionless the entire episode>her heart does not sparkle even though MULTIPLE TIMES he says he "likes" beautiful things>her heat does not sparkle even when he says he just wants to know lara for lara, not because she's a mermaid, ostensibly resolving her trauma about it>show keeps cutting back to shots of the hot chocolate can Mari gave her when talking about>guy is an autistic, crybaby retard who keeps falling over instead of princely>openly says that the giant fish sword IS HER HEART>the fish sword that MARI summoned into existence by just casually saying she likes interesting things>the fish sword which was sent into motion the second that Lara thought Mari might be in dangerTake the L gracefully for once in your aspie existence.
>Just watched the episodeSo it was hetbait after all. No seriously, that was a good setup for one.
>>4590442>speedrun of the relationship>still turning into foamYeah I don't think they truly love each other
>>4590438I think in similair way, or the director is a retard if it's gonna end otherwise.
What are the chances that Luca is Lisa and Leo is Kota?
>>4590469Very low, since Luca seems to be a regular school-attending guy, also since the little brother has no problem smiling it's unlikely to be Kota it seems like the potion doesn't work very well on fish vs actual mermaids. I wonder if Lara and Mari will use the hot chocolate can-grown daisies as a bouquet when they get married.
>>4590469>Leo is a crossdressing shotaIt would be absurdly funny but hard to reconcile with the scene with Luca's schoolmates unless Lisa and Kota took over existing people or brainwashed those around them. It doesn't sound like they're working with Grace so that seems unlikely.
>>4590438You are right but you never know if Japanese anime writers follow up on the most obvious set-ups or are just unfathomable hacks, so I can't help feeling a little uneasy.
>>4590438>retard who keeps falling overIt's almost like he's not used to walking on two legs.
>>4590475Lisa is used to it though, she's been doing it for decades and only struggled when she was on the verge of collapse.
>>4590477Well she's still on the verge of collapse, isn't she?
>>4590481...true.
>>4590471There has to be some connection between them. They juxtaposed Luca going to sleep with Lisa and Kota plotting something. It can't be a coincidence that a guy who looks just like the prince appears shortly after Lisa meets Lara.
>>4590484Also even stranger, Lara and Luca at the fireworks festival and Lisa's empty room.
>>4590484Yeah but he didn't actually right? Because he had school friends who have a history with him. I think it's weird how much seems to line up for the Lisa thing but I also feel like there's just a lot that says it's coincidence, also Lisa doesn't seem especially great at controlling her emotions or acting and that'd be a hell of a performance.
did we lose?
>>4590490We have to wait to last episode.It's rather clear Luca is not Lara's true love yet.
>>4590490No. It's a pretty nothing episode. Luca shows up and instead of being a cool prince he's a clumsy, sensitive autistic artist with a crossdressing little brother. Lara is scared of him at first and then decides he's not like the prince. They speedrun hanging out a bunch but she still feels uneasy with him until he cries and says that he doesn't mind that she's a mermaid, which sort of resolves her trauma about what the prince-prince did back in the past. They watch fireworks together and Lara decides he's alright and that she'd like to get to know him better.At literally no point in any of the hanging out, or even when he says he likes lara for lara or any of the times he says he likes beautiful things or even during the fireworks thing, does Lara's heart do its flash thing.She also >>4590438 (pic) explicitly confirms that the sky swordfish, that was created by Mari in E3 and moved to protect Mari in E5 is directly a manifestation of her heart, and episode is constantly cutting to shots of Mari's hot chocolate can when someone is talking about true love.
>>4590501>At literally no point in any of the hanging out, or even when he says he likes lara for lara or any of the times he says he likes beautiful things or even during the fireworks thing, does Lara's heart do its flash thing.i was waiting for this the entire episode. The shot of her floating dagger heart during the fireworks seemed more ominous than anything too.It's just going to be the typical "i thought it was love but it wasn't" that hopefully doesn't drag on for too many episodes taking screentime away from Mari
>4590504(you)
The foam in Lara's shoes at the end imply she hasn't found true love yet, it's really fucking obvious.
>>4590505The writing's been purposeful so far, I believe in it. I do think she's likely going to realize he's just a friend soon in episode 8, she doesn't seem interested in him at all romantically. Instead of our genki romantic mermaid princess she's extremely subdued the entire episode, aside from laughing at his shitty art.
Did anyone actually watch the episode?
I will say one thing I'm mad about is Mari not seeming to be jealous, I hope they don't go down the "true love is not being jealous" route. But I guess there's still time, so I'll wait.
>>4590510The usual suspects >>4590512 did not.
>samefagging shitposter still not banned
>>4590515Don't try concern trolling, third worlder.
>>4590507The most burning question about that part is how did Lara not feel that there was water in her shoes??
>>4590520She's a mermaid, she's probably used to that feeling.
Mari jealousy arc soon
I'll just post here since other threads are a shitshow, but anyway I liked how the Biwa Terrace date is Lara being scared and not having fun the entire time while Luca ignores it like the autist he is. Pretty on the nose scene about how incompatible they are, while Mari even far away is wondering if Lara is ok.
>>4590523It is sort of funny how they just made an entire episode about Lara getting the ick.
did we just skip the fireworks scene??
>>4590521You know, that... makes sense.
>>4590523Mari was super sweet this and Lara needs to make it up to her. And I wonder what she was about to say here that got cut off.
>>4590529this ep*
>>4590525It's a bit disappointing how we didn't have many moments between Lara and Mari today, but the confirmation that her giant sploosh in episode 3 is indeed love is pretty good compensation.
>>4590529If episode 8 is the boxing championship episode that'll be when she makes it up to her. I wonder if Lara might skip out on a Luca date or something to see Mari, but who knows.
>>4590484>>4590488There's also that painting that Luca as describes as "my real self", and it looks suspiciously like Lisa. It's crazy how much points to this despite it sounding like a crackpot theory.Maybe him literally being Lisa is too farfetched, but I can see him being a creation of hers or another animal turned human.
>>4590529That's been sort of her whole deal.>yells at her and stands her ground in episode 2 but then takes care of her and tries to warm her up after they get caught in the rain>is straightforward about how she's a bother in episode 3 but then when Lara admits she has no other options says they'll figure something out>is mildly annoyed by her and worried about her being at school in episode 4 but when asked if they are friends and looked at expectantly by Lara, admits they are>doesn't coddle her when they are trying to get/get a job, and points out there's still the cost of the window when Lara falters, but encourages her and says she was doing well in episode 5Pretty much every episode (minus 1 because Mari is barely in it and 6 because it's the Lisa backstory) has Mari being tough and practical but still sweet and supporting of Lara.
>>4590533Luca and Leo also follow the same naming convention as every merfolk character barring Grace i.e. they start in a ra-ri-ru-re-ro syllable.
I'm a bit curious if this means anything. After past Lara deflected the dagger and it hit the towers railing, there was a curios shot of the broken part shining with the heart light like somehow something had been left behind. I think the only other time we've seen a random object get a flash like this is doll catching Lara's eye as a kid.
>>4590534>I wondered what would've happened if she had someone like Mari with her...It's starting to feel like Mari is the director's fix it OC for the original little mermaid. Not that I mind
>>4590534How is she friendless? Not even one in her club where she presumably spends most of her time. I think I want an outsider's perspective on Mari, like maybe from her boxing rival.
>>4590538Pretty small town, she seemingly got into fights a lot as kids, so probably just a loner that stayed a loner and decided to not worry about other people and keep her eyes on boxing. Explains why she has a soft spot for weird things/stuff that doesn't fit.
I don't have much hope seeing the firework scene, granted this whole love from Luca side seems so rushed shit crammed into 1 episode, but hey shitty director can always says it's first love for him at first sight and other shit like that as excuse, same like they excused Kota being a male.I honestly don't like how suddenly everyone on x official site for this show in Japan pushes Luca x Lara like it is a destined and given. Mari bascially became observer in this story who is just needed to push Lara into Luca arms.
>>4590540>the firework sceneThe one where Lara's heart didn't flash once?
>>4590540He probably only thinks of her as his muse but otherwise seems to be his real feelings. But importantly, Lara doesn't return it. Fireworks scene makes me think she'd like to try again but it'll somehow end up the same way as it did with the og prince, likely by Lisa's doing too.
>>4590545It's worrying that the first scene of the show (well, second after the picture of Lara and Mari together at the tournament) had the unexpectedly gruesome bit of Lara casually biting off a fish's head complete with blood. Because I feel like in any given episode Lisa might just pull up and start actually stabbing or shooting humans.
>>4590549This episode is also an episode where it's made clear Lara's love can hurt someone, so don't forget about Lara's violent potential.
>>4590551It's fine, Mari is good at dodging and can just sleep her again.
>>4590551>This episode is also an episode where it's made clear Lara's love can hurt someone, so don't forget about Lara's violent potential.Mari can just punch Lara's fishy heart desire away.
>>4590554>>4590561>mermaids NEED a lover who punches them or else they'll go yandereI see. My expectations? Subverted
>>4590549Not to mention Kota who was suggesting to Lisa what, I assume, is assassination of Grace, Mari, and her family.
>>4590571holy autism, it's hetbait anon
>>4590565Probably was going to burn down her house and then bite Mari's face off for good measure. If Lisa continues to not get development after episode 6 I have no doubt she'll take things too far and then Lara will have to kill her or Kota.
>>4590540Luca gives off a vibe of being a good person and genuine in his feelings for Lara, but I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop. Despite the cheery atmosphere, Luca's studio has a bunch of odd fixtures: animal skulls, giant white drapes, and the yellowed newspapers used as paint covers that look western but have a local name. It actually reminded me of the Utena movie where the draped furniture in the room Touga and Shiori hang out in foreshadow that he's actually a ghost, but when I was flipping through looking for a screenshot, it resembled a different scene more. Note the paint supplies on the edge.It might just be a coincidence and cope on my part, but the names add an interesting religious element: Mari>Mary, Yoshiya>Joshua, Luca>Luficer. In Utena, Akio was named after Lucifer.There's also the weirdness of why he's living in Shiga but has the face of an 18th-century European prince, and has a little brother that dresses as a girl.
>>4590579Grace really was the hero all along, mermaid kingdom should have been destroyed years ago.
>>4590582They have no time to establish that he's a reincarnation of the prince, and he's seemingly also meant to just be similar in looks, I have a feeling he might be an animal of some sort who always loved Lara and was then turned into human by the witch or Lisa. Leo could also be an animal, given his name.
>>4590582I'm getting increasingly convinced that Luca is something equivalent to Kota. Kota is a fake "prince" created to be Lisa's ideal partner, so she has enough love/light to not get foamed like everyone else, and Luca seems to suspiciously perfectly match everything Lara would need, or at least think she needs, from her "prince", almost as if he was designed in a lab to be her ideal true love.
>>4590587Thinking about it's also a possibility that Kota wasn't just so tuff he managed to beat the eel as an anglerfish, but that the witch allowed him to get the potion...
>>4590587I think Kota and Lisa's relationship is intended to be a form of true love, but they remain in danger of foaming because they've isolated themselves from society. I saw someone suggest that even if the prince hadn't rejected Lara, things still would have gone badly because Lara was unable to connect with anyone other than the prince (every shot in those scenes show the other humans looking at her scornfully). So much of the show so far has been about Lara integrating into modern human society, so I think that community will be a necessary ingredient for true love.>almost as if he was designed in a lab to be her ideal true love.I also get this vibe, but I don't trust myself to properly assess how Japanese writers write male love interests.
>>4590587>>4590591In a practical sense, he goes to school (and has long enough that he has friends) and he seemingly has a regular room though it's weird and full of antiques with a laptop. His studio is weird, and it's weird that he has a bunch of strange overlap with Grace and that his "true self" picture looks like it has grace-y shapes and colors, but we also are still due for a Grace flashback (Her and the mom, her and whoever the seeming human was, how she ended up near death and a fish). Also weird that the two brothers on on the fish/mermaid/past side of the key art not the Shiga side.
>>4590587>Kota is a fake "prince" created to be Lisa's ideal partnerfake ? they've known each other since she was kid, he is who he is because she found him and gave him love, which he returned to her later with his act of self-sacrifice. if this isn't genuine then nothing is
What's the deal with Leo is girl or boy?
>>4590610It's a guy.
>>4590610Traphttps://x.com/i/status/2089022404962197505
>Lara goes on a real date with Luca>Wonders why light hasn't returned to the palace yet>At the end of the day, they try to kiss, but Lara is really hesitant and doesn't want to do it, and flees home to Mari >Lara starts questioning why her first thought was to seek out Mari for comfort>thinks to herself "if it was with Mari.... i think i wouldn't mind">FlashingStar.gif>Grace watches on from her fish bowl "it can't be-"
>>4590630>noooo don't eat Marit. Grace
>>4590630>>Grace watches on from her fish bowl "it can't be-"Masaka! Two girls can do it too now?Impossible!If that was true I would fuck my sister away from that boring King guy hands.
>>4590595It's possible Grace took over an existing boy that was Luca considering his friends tease him about having a bunch of girlfriends and he surprises them by saying he's had zero.
>>4591112I just took that to mean "other girls targeted by autistic desire to paint" and the friends assumed romance, but I guess maybe.
https://x.com/Goodbye_Lara/status/2089623340088451483
