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Anonymous
Chika is the cutest Mashimaro girl.
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Deathtanz Mantisk agrees, chika chika...
>> Anonymous
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nobue is the coolest

the artist, barasui, was only like 20 when the first book was released! I always imagined manga artists to be a bit older and seasoned with art majors and experience as art trainees
>> Anonymous
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What do you think of the early mangas? There's a rapidshare with the promotional mangas, the characters look very different.
>> Anonymous
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>>264580
When you say "the first book" do you mean this one? And how did you calculate his age?

Hm, that may explain why I like it so much (I'm in the same demographic as he was when he created it).
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>264588
no, its cuz u are a p3do
>> Miu Lover 197
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Miu = Awesomest
>> Anonymous
>>264539
I have to agree. Chika and Nobue were my favorites far and away.

>>264663
I honestly don't understand Miu's appeal. I just wanted to strangle her and leave her for dead by the end of it all.
>> The Commiunist
>>264680

Silence, Pigdog!
>> Anonymous
>>264680

Miu is like Calvin. Funny as hell to read about, but you'd probably strangle the kid within a day if you had to put up with them IRL.
>> Anomalous
>>264680
Miu is the character that moves Ichigo Mashimaro along. Without her Chika would just sit there doing her homework while Matsuri and Ana (and possibly Nobue) just sat around pleasantly chatting every chapter/episode. Miu's antics are a large part of what makes Mashimaro funny and win.
>> Anonymous
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>> Matsuoka Miu
>>264702
you are too deep for these>>264680>>264691people. They just want entertainment, while you are trying to analyze IM; unfortunetly they wont understand a word you are saying,
Due to the easiness of using Miu as a castalist, IM is in danger of becoming one sided same joke over and over: Miu acting up and everyone else around her reacting to her. Barasui better think about this carefuly before doing more stories
>> Anonymous
barasui needs a new character or male characters that don't ruin the story like in yotsubato
>> Anonymous
>>264705

GTFO
>> Anonymous
>>264705
Miu is a little more than a Dennis the Menace kind of brat; she's actually kind of clever. Hence, she isn't a clumsy well meaning retard, but a wonton asshole most of the time. Miu's "antics" have a pretty broad range, she's just as good a "catalyst" for humor as Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes. Miu will remain as amusing as Barasui will allow her. I couldn't really imagine her dialogue getting stale. If Miu gets boring and predictable, then so will IM.
>> Anonymous
>>264722
Yots doesn't have a story to speak of, so that's no problem! Now shut your damn fool mouth.
>> Sam and OMG HAX!!
>>264782
QFT.

We shall have no blasphemy on our 4-Leaved Goddess in Her own temple. Offense unto Yotsuba is punishable by an hour in a room with "The Eye." Or Pantsman.

Anyway, yeah, Yotsuba has no storyline. It's just supposed to be cute and funny. Like Family Circus. Only cute and funny.
>> Anonymous
oh gawd comparing Family Circus and Yotsubato is like comparing Shakespeare and Steven King. Both write books. One is a genius, the other writes pure crap.
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>>264835
Wait, did you just compare some pedo anime with shakespear? Or is stephen king Miu?
>> Anonymous
>>264838
care to explain whats so "pedo" about IM? Where are the images of girls being raped or molested?
you are SO fucken stupid you dont even understand what I wrote or you are deliberetly missrepresenting what i wrote.
>> Anonymous
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>>264843care to explain whats so "pedo" about IM? Where are the images of girls being raped or molested?

Here ya go.
>> Anonymous
>>264843

By the way, if you want to be seen as the smarter person in an argument, you should probably properly spell words like "deliberately" and "misrepresenting."

Not to mention "fucking."
>> Anomalous
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>>264705
Ah, my bad. I'll have to simplify my message as best I can for them then.
People want entertainment, Miu brings the entertainment therefor we need Miu. Example in pic. Without Miu they would have never had a snow adventure and instead just sat around talking the whole chapter.
>> Anonymous
>>264843
I'll keep this simple: You fail faggot.
>> Anonymous
>>264855
To be fair, that other guy did misspell Shakespeare and somehow failed at reading comprehension, managing to confuse IM with Yotsubato.

So it's pretty even, I'd say.
>> Anonymous
>>264539

i want to strip off that cute little tank top of hers and lick her beautiful, hairless armpit
>> Anonymous
>>264539
Delicious loli hips
>> Anonymous
>>264962
You're weird...
>> Chapsy !gNBNULX6bc
>>265142
welcome to 4chan lol
>> Anonymous
I'd rather strip off those cute little shorts of hers and... well, let's just say that the object of my attentions would be something else beautiful and hairless :D
>> Anonymous
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hay guys, i'm just here to announce Miu-chan love!
and yes, its a pedo anime. its about little girls and the smoking (in more ways than one) oneechan that molests them.
>> Voice of Reason
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Chika is the one in the show that promises to be successful and low maintanance. If anything she needs to chill a bit.

I pity the guy who lands any of the other three girls unless they get some major attitude adjustments in junior high and high school
>> Anonymous
>>265163
What's wrong with Matsuri and Ana? They're cute, polite, and well behaved.
>> Anonymous
Matsuri has no self esteem whatsoever.

Anna is a pathological liar.

They both are, however, cute.
>> Voice of Reason
>>265231

Matsuri is cute and polite but she would be like adopting a child rather than dating someone your own age. Highly likely to wind up in a abusive relationship.

Ana is a compulsive liar because her parents have brought her up to be one. Her parents are using her to enhance her fathers image with the Japanese people he has to work with and her mother likes using her as a dress up doll.
Actually I find the way Ana's parents are rasing her to be pretty creepy.

Miu is emotionally neglected by her parents who do NOT understand her. She really is very smart but has a compulsive need for attention. That is also why she has a boob fixation- boobs get you attention, she learned that by watching TV.
>> Anonymous
>>265265

Thats pretty accurate.
>> Anonymous
>>265265

That's surprisingly well reasoned for a 4chan comment. Are you sure you're in the right place?

If you're looking for a +1 Insightful I think you missed your stop.
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>>265265
Dear God... you just gave depth to the Ichigo Mashimaro girls.
Now I can't see this as a pointlessly cute anime anymore, I feel sorry for them!
>> Anonymous
>>265282

It is ok. Chika and Nobue are still normal healthy girls! LOVE CHIKA!
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>>265297

Nobue normal? Maybe by 4chan standards.

Chika's the most normal one for now, but I don't think her odds are that much better than the others. She'll probably snap one day from overexposure to Miu, just like Bert finally brutally murdered Ernie.

Wait, I might have imagined that last part.
>> Anonymous
>>265265
If I ever have a daughter, Stay. The Fuck. Away.
>> Anonymous
>>265311
This picture illustrates why I feel PARTICULARLY sorry for Chika.
>> Anonymous
>>265311
The first time I read this page I thought "hmm, I wonder what terrible secrets Chika keeps in that diary to be so scared..."
>> Anonymous
Why must everyone bother her when she's listening to music?
>> Anonymous
I think the music blocks off reality and b/c she listens to it so much she misses what goes on behind her back in the background eg. diary, money, events, natural disasters, miu
>> Anonymous
I haven't been keeping tabs... is the new OVA subbed yet?
>> Anonymous
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>>265333

nope
>> Anonymous
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>>265312

Lol what?
>> Anonymous
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Miu for the win!
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>265279
>If you're looking for a +1 Insightful I think you missed your stop.

No need to be a dick. Not everyone in /c/ is a /b/tard. He's fine.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>265265
>Ana is a compulsive liar because her parents have brought her up to be one. Her parents are using her to enhance her fathers image with the Japanese people he has to work with and her mother likes using her as a dress up doll.
Actually I find the way Ana's parents are rasing her to be pretty creepy.

Lol, wut? Where on earth did you get all that? Sure she lies about not knowing anything about Japanese language or culture, but that's because she wants to fit in (ironic isn't it?) When else has she lied about anything?

They're using her to enhance her father's image? How do you figure? Her father isn't in the series at all, only for like 5 minutes in the second episode when you hear him talking during breakfast. We know nothing about their relationship, or even what his job is.

As for the closet full of girl's clothes, well for one thing Ana's family is rich (she has an incredibly nice room in a huge house, and her own computer) so maybe they just like to spoil her. How do you know it wasn't Ana who wanted all those clothes?
>> Anonymous
she lied about having a great time during her vacation when she had to go with here parents to meet some of her relatives. Matsuri caught the lie and told her " You had a pretty difficult time, didnt you?" and Ana denied when it was obvious she DID have a terrible time
>> Anonymous
Yes I agree. Ana is a compulsive liar. In the OVA she began to lie about liking rice more than bread to prove she is more "white" than Japanese. Barasui is great with this. I wanna see how far he takes it. He should do more stories about Ana and her inability to accept she likes japanese culture more than UK's
>> Sam and OMG HAX!!
I don't think you people understand what a compulsive liar is.

A compulsive liar lies for the sake of lying.

Of the very few lies Ana tells, they're all to help her maintain a "British" appearance. It's systematic.
>> Anonymous
>>265265
Well.. I guess they will all change at least one point of thier personality. At leasts it's very probable.
>> Anonymous
>>265333
Yes. yes it has. Check tokyo toshokan
>> Anonymous
>>266186
I checked, there's no English sub of OVA 2 listed.
>> Anonymous
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Hold me /c/
>> Anonymous
Something is seriously wrong with Miu's left leg in that picture.??
>> Anomalous
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I think this deep /c/ convo has shown who watches this show for "pedo not cute" and who watches it for "cute not pedo".
>> Anonymous
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You must not have met matsuoka miu
>> Anonymous
>>266230
I simply watched it because I wanted to understand what the fuck people keep talking about. I felt left out.
>> Anonymous
Does this show not remind anyone of their childhood?
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>>266251
I wish. My childhood seems dull and boring compared to theirs.
>> Anonymous
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>>266251
did you play doctor like this?
>> Voice of Reason
<<265624

I get that from understading how important it is in Japanese buisness culture to "fit in". And yet Ana's father is very successful in business in Japan- because of his ability to adapt to THEIR rules.

For him to fit in socially, his family must fit in socially as well.

As to how Ana's mom treats her, well the dress room pretty much gives the clue.

So Ana spends all of her time acting- which unless you are a paying audience member coming to be entertained IS lying. She is acting when she goes along with her mothers dress-up fantasies, she is acting when she practices her best Japanese language and manners.

We haven't seen the real Ana yet, nor has she. Her silly bit with trying to pass herself off as a new immigrant is the tiny beginings of rebellion. But even then she has to lie to people.
>> Voice of Reason
>>265319

She is actually copying cookie recipies from a cookbook- probably one she got from the library, hence the need to copy.

These are things she does to relax, something she desperately needs to do because she is way too serious. She has some sort of insecurity that makes her want to cling to rules- she finds comfort in rules, in routine, in order. Exactly what that is has not been revealed yet. And Miu and Nobue long ago learned that disorder and chaos were the best ways to get a emotional reaction out of Chika.
>> Anonymous
wowo, all you guys should seriously think bout sitting down and writing a PHD dissertation on IM. I am trully learning more about IM than I even thought possible.
>> Anonymous
>>266378
Pedophilia is serious business.
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>>266381

Nah, its just pedo.
>> Anonymous
>she goes along with her mothers dress-up fantasies
lol wut
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>>266354
>>266356
These are what bad fanfics are made of.
>> Anonymous
>>264539
DO YOU HAVE HAIR ON YOUR SPECIAL PLACE?
>> Anonymous
Does "cute not pedo" really exist or is it an urban legend?
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>> Anonymous
>>266430
Yes it does. I even watched the entire series with my pants on, and I hate wearing clothes besides my underwear.
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>>266430