03-11-2014, 10:17 PM | #1 |
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No-Rin!
"The sudden retirement of the famous idol Yuka Kusakabe from the entertainment business shocks the world and devastates her biggest fan, teenager Kosaku Hata. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School manages to get him out of his depression and bring him out of his room to attend his classes. But to everyone's surprise, Yuka Kusakabe--her stage name--comes into their class under the name Ringo Kinoshita as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl and, together with his group of friends, try to find out why she came to the agricultural school and become more than just classmates." Will add more description later, but all the Baka Test fans I've told about this are already loving the hell out of this show. AND SO AM I! NOW, DISCUSS! Last edited by kaisap112; 03-11-2014 at 10:26 PM. |
03-11-2014, 10:27 PM | #2 |
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I was interested until you said Baka + Test.
Say it ain't so!
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03-12-2014, 12:29 AM | #3 |
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On puns: The title is likely a pun. 農林 nourin refers to agriculture and forestry. (And 農民 noumin is a similar-sounding word for farmers.) The rin in Ringo's name is spelled 林, the same as the rin in 農林. In other words, Ringo's name makes up the second half of the title. What the nou in the title is supposed to be beats me. Could be a variety of things but without context I'd be blindly guessing.
Here's a much more obvious pun: Ringo's name, Kinoshita Ringo, means "the apple under the tree." Kinoshita 木下 "under the tree" Ringo 林檎 "apple". On beauties: "Who is that beauty in the back row?" I asked myself. I went to MyAnimeList's article for Nourin to find out. "Yoshida Kochou, huh? Let's search for her on Google Images ..." Spoiler: show I think I am going to be very grateful to Nourin come the May and August comic conventions.
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I saw some fanart just now that said to make sure to tune in "1/10" for the debut of Nourin. I was confused. " '1/10' surely means 'January 10'," I said, "but ... January 10 was months ago. Maybe it means April 1st and April 10th? But that'd be weird ... why would the broadcasts for Episode 01 be spaced out by nine days instead of just seven? " So I looked into this and WHAT THE FUUUUUUUH? This series is already airing!?
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Episode 01: From what I saw here, Nourin seems to be a pretty typical romantic comedy anime of the "two girls, one guy" variety. On the one hand, it's got some charm and nostalgia going for it; on the other hand, it doesn't look like it's going to offer anything really stellar. If you're new to anime, under the age of 18, and attracted to women, I would probably go ahead and say (just on Episode 01 alone), "Yes, you may like this anime. Check out Episode 01 at the very least to find out." It does enough right that if you're inexperienced with teenage romcoms and with anime in general then you won't begrudge the series its faults. But if you're not a teenager ... or if you've seen dozens of romantic comedies before ... or if you're not attracted to women ... then ehh, I don't see much here in the first episode that would suggest you'll be begging for more. Granted, Kaisa doesn't fit any of those descriptions and she said she loved this series. So what do I know!? The story opens centered around three friends: Hata Kousaku, Nakazawa Minori, and Kamatori Kei. Kousaku is a junior at an agricultural high school that balances an academic education with hands-on experience in farming. Students enroll in one of two career tracks -- livestock or produce -- their field work corresponding. Kousaku and his friends are all enrolled in the produce track. Characters: (Spoiler Lite; some small spoilers, but tagging mostly because of size) Spoiler: show Thoughts: Spoiler: show
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Episode 03: Spoiler: show Episode 04: Spoiler: show As you can tell from the wall of text above, I really quite enjoyed Episode 04. I was also pleasantly surprised by this serious turn of developments. For those of you who chose not to expand the spoiler box, I mentioned in the Episode 04 discussion that Nourin takes a surprising turn for the dramatic in this episode. It's not a drastic turn. Nourin remains a lighthearted, fan service-heavy comedy. But the turn is noticeable. It lends the series some added depth, depth which was unfortunately missing from the earlier episodes. If you read my initial impressions of Nourin last night and wrote this series off as something that isn't for you, do be sure to check back in and see what I think of the series once I reach the end. Because Episode 04 offers a glimmer of hope that this show could actually be the gem that I'd hoped it would be.
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I was going to post earlier, but then you somehow made another wall of text while I had my back turned. ^^;; But I'd like to discuss some things, having now completely finished the show myself. Glad you're liking the show! I admit, there's plenty of fanservice, but No-Rin! also deals with some surprisingly political and tough topics during its run.
Now, some notes about things in the already-mentioned episodes! Episode 1: Spoiler: show Episode 2: Spoiler: show Episode 3: Spoiler: show Episode 4: Spoiler: show I really need to give you all a heads up about Episode 5 now: if you think there's been a lot of fanservice for men in this show so far, Episode 5 gives all the fanservice to the ladies - or rather, fujoshi. It's still hilarious, but I know there are people who really don't like that sort of thing.
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Episode 07: Spoiler: show What started off as a bit of a cliche quasi-harem with a simple premise has, in just seven episodes, become a bit of a darling little series. If things keep up, it will be easier to recommend Nourin to fans of all sorts and not just those who want to watch another school days x romcom hybrid.
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Episode 10: I watched this weeks ago -- the picture alone has been sitting in a folder since at least April 5 -- so unfortunately I'm not going to be able to offer as detailed a recap w/ thoughts as I normally do. However, the episode was important enough that I still remember what I most wanted to talk about. Episode 10 of Nourin takes a close-up look at the war between organic produce and GMOs. If you don't plan on ever watching this show but you're interested in the GMO debate, be sure to check out the spoiler box below. Spoiler: show Aside from that main focus of the episode, one last thing: Spoiler: show
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