Thread 279685425

PETAL URANAI
ARI KA NA NASHI KA NA
FUSHIGI NA WE ARE
MAEBASHI WITCHES
KEKKOU NAYAMU NE
ARI KA NA NASHI KA NA
SUGO SUGI WE ARE
MAEBASHI WITCHES

Time

>>279685425 (OP)
Yuina-tier lyrics.

Witches? There is only one witch in Maebashi.

I sent my kids to the babysitter just so I could watch Maebashi Witches uninterrupted tonight.

>>279685425 (OP)
No memories or mapo just Maebashi.

Remember when people thought Choco works as Enjo Kosai (compensated dating)?

>>279686626
Who?

What's this thread about?

>>279686772
The OP subject is about Maebashi Witches. Is Eiko getting an apprentice?

>>279686626
I don't pay her to date me, I pay her to let me look at her navel.

>>279686572
She will fall in love with Fatzu and surrender the shop out of shame over the theft.

Apologize.

>>279686940
>Maebashi Witches
who?

>>279686772
It's about Maebashi

>>279685425 (OP)
Who’s the fat chick?

>>279687414
You're mom (my wife)

Who are these girls & why are they fighting?

I believe in Yuina-Cholin, she'll save the girls

For a show that makes such a big deal about being set in Maebashi, and having Maebashi in the fucking title, they sure barely showed the city off at all. If Mono had too much Yamanashi, then Maebashi Witches didn't have enough Maebashi.

>>279688235
This anime makes Maebashi look like a shithole.

It's even worse than what Pon no Michi did to Onomichi.

>>279688360
Even space fishing was better at showing off Onomichi

>walk into the Dreamy Dream Flower shop
>see this

How do you respond???

MAEBASHI CITY SUCKS!

kino

this is some creepy ass shit boys

WHAT THE FUCK

Azu-fat is looking a lot thinner in this most recent episodes.

My queen.
I voted for her.

They had me feeling emotional with them slowly reappearing in the photo and then we Yuina

How is the Japanese reception to it?

She's so much better than the other 5.

Just LOOK at Azu.

Imagine Azu's crushing weight on top of you.

>>279689130
fat fucking pig

*ahem*

Hag. Witch. Sexxo.

WHO

>>279689246
yeah this would be quite confusing if you missed Episode 0.

Maebashisisters, what the fuck is this Tokyo propaganda?

>>279689272
>Episode 0
?

>>279689190
fuck that's hot

>>279689413
Ugliest Witch.

why didn't she just study

>>279685425 (OP)
The store looked like shit under that girl, how did she get any clients

>>279689277
>gets any amount of money
>instantly leaves maebashi
nice tourism ad

>>279686572
To be honest though she's far more effective than the maebashis, she granted more wishes than they did in far less episodes, and she actually used magic instead of just giving them pep talks about muh self-improvement

cute choco-chan shocku

>>279689505
>walk in
>see this

what do

Wow, Yuina is really tough to be able to handwave a broken rib.

>>279689413
Rice Shower if she witch.

>>279689543
she did the exact same amount of nothing that the witches did though, she just told them to not change anything instead of do what you feel like

NEW WITCH????
ONEE-SAN????

literally me every morning

whoa, what a babe. so each city? prefecture? has their own witch shops?

>>279689413
Best witch outfit

Characters you can't beat up.

>>279689588
I love how her hair froze mid-air kek

>>279689413
wtf I wanna go to Maebashi now?

>>279689063
This episode was way more comedic than expected, for sure.

Also, the callback to Azu vs. Yuina from ep. 1 was great.

I live the OP so much

Fuck Azubitch

GIWTWM

>>279690086
>has to beat up a bunch of octogenarians to move the plot
what was meant by this

>>279690038
I wonder what her mental illness was. Too much donuts?

>>279689310
Artiswitch, I guess.

>>279690173
>FUCK old people

>>279690086
It dawned on me after posting this, but was that just a lie to help her daughter?
Considering how much Maebashi's citizens SUCK I don't doubt she could've won, however.

>>279689505
The store looked better under her control.
>>279689089
Eiko is best girl and full of personality. She should have been the main character. The five other girls were poor gimmicks with dumb character quirks.
>>279685425 (OP)
Old Sunrise / Bandai Namco Filmworks would give fans eyecandy for these girls on the ground, unfortunately Maebashi Witches is stuck with pancensorship being common in present day.

I'm gonna miss this show, it's been a fun ride.

>>279690237
Is it actually connected or is anon just bullshitting?

>>279690299
Why did Keroppe turn back to being slim? Is it because all the mapo got reset when Eiko took over the shop?

>letting some cunt thief keep their store
fuck the maebaeshis
they DESERVE to be btfo after this

I NEED SEASON 2 OF THIS FUCKING SHOW

PEAK CINEMA (Keroppe jumpscare scene is hilarious)

>>279689413
I can defeat her.

>>279690389
she's going to fail out of high school and I will impregnate her she's already lost

Didn't know they hired Roselia for this episode

>>279690398
>season 2

Japan hates season 2, though.

>>279688675
It's kinda funny how her dream is her performing in The First Take with the other witches. Now I want to see the real seiyuus perform in TFT for real.

so fucking kino

>>279690389
Sure.
dibs on Azu.

>>279690389
Eiko is just spiraling downwards. She's heading straight to JAV.

>>279688235
It's poetic how the tourism anime barely does any tourism while the anime no one thought would have tourism stuff in it just goes on trips every episode.

>>279690436
kek I thought the same thing

>>279690348
Iʼd say it is the prototype for Maebashl Witches. It is a short series also made by Sunrise a couple years ago with a similar plot (a witch apprentice granting wishes). There is no direct connection between the two series, but given what we see in this episode, it is fair to say they are set in the same universe.

Watch it free with official subs in less than an hours:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCG8xmcftgWnZpvuB7X67FrViMrrrMweR&si=qamV0boPxBEB1XYU

This show is such a troll

She's really a baka isn't she.

The writing in this show has no business being this good. I was losing it just like the hag witch.

>>279690578
Actual learning disability.

>>279689246
setup for the gacha/local tourism campaign where prefectures have their own witch branches

Stop calling my lovely with Yuina-cholin dumb/baka etc.

I counted 5 moments of comedic timing in this episode. 1st was Yuina’s Keroppe jumpscare. 2nd was Yuina not remembering anything (the Witch laughed here). 3rd was the self-aware cliched Azu crying scene. 4th was the explanation as to why gang suddenly remembering again, and the show is self aware again. 5th was the reveal that the Bitches were actually there not to fix anything, but to just retire or something like that.

>>279690594
Same. I was thinking, "Really? They are solving it this easily?" then Yuina happened.

>>279690550
Yeah, Iʼm here expecting more melodrama, and sure, there is a dose of that, but how they break the tension is par to none.

kek

>>279690696
She stays true to herself.

>opening is unchanged
That sucks. Azufat should have wished to be less of a bitch though. She's calling Yuina a bimbo while compressing her with her immense weight.

>>279690578
It's a well-known fact that pinks direct all their brain energy to maintaining their pink status.

>>279688860
Who is this even supposed to be? I hope it's not just some random witch hanging out in Maebashi. The show doesn't even address this as far as I can tell. Unless it's related to what Yuina's classmates were talking about, but I assumed they were talking about the girls' original shop. Though if everyone got their memories erased I guess it should erase the classmates' memories of rumors they heard too.

>>279691059
It's a witch in Tokyo.

>>279691059
That's a Tokyo witch, not a Maebashi witch

>>279691059
Watch the episode.

Shrine of the God of Fat.

>>279691214
>momonga
Yeah that tracks

>>279691100
>>279691111
>Tokyo solves all of Maebashi's problems
Maebashi bros...

you can pinpoint the exact moment it became AOTS

>>279691269
I love this Chocochan's flirty, boho outfit.

>>279690970
I was thinking about it when I played the episode. "God I really hope the opening still has vocals" and I sighed a huge relief when I saw Yuina on stage.
I wouldn't mind crying from the start though.

>>279690658
Yuina's late crash out about Azu-azu calling her cheap is pretty comedic too, but immediately followed by tears

>>279691345
How does Choco avoid being called a cheap, trashy bimbo by Azu?

Fuck Azu

>>279691339
I just realized the fucking train is also a callback to episode 1. But the places are switched, Eiko is the witch while the others are rising the train now.

>>279691426
Choco-chan doesn't even try to be trendy

>>279691059
Holy speedwatching

>>279689607
Anyone have the "I might be stupid" meme but with Yuina?

>>279690970
>>279690286
>>279691426
>subsplease
She wasn't called a bimbo
Crunchyroll localization, not even once.

>>279691366
got the source for that?

Love this dumb chuuni. But really, she should've just studied more instead of living out her chuuni fantasies (I can see that being the punchline in the next episode)

Same energy as Akanesasu Shoujo. If you know you know.

>>279691610
What does she say in Japanese? I can't quite catch it.

>>279691426
She got her way by playing the clueless harmless dummy.

>>279691642
https://x.com/soeboshi0824/status/1932037520629608722

Who is the dumbest bimbo of the season? Yuina has serious competition.

>>279691736
ださぺら which is derived from うすっぺら that everyone calls Yuina. Bimbo has the same meaning of shallow but is too loaded with the slut implications so it's too spicy of a translation

>>279691827
Yuina is not a bimbo, but as far as being dumb goes, there's competition.

>>279690173
Honestly there's plenty of people in their 80s that could beat a woman in arm wrestling. An 80 year old farmer could bring down a noodle-armed girl instantly.

>>279691865
So I was hearing it right. How is ださぺら related to うすっぺら though? Is this another one of those trendy slang words that they throw around in this show?

>>279691827
I nominate Oshinko.

>>279691909
Love this 0 brain cell beast

>>279691909
How is Yuina not a bimbo? She's hot and dumb.

>>279691727
I loved Akanesasu Shoujo.

>>279691931
Just a combination of ださい and うすっぺらい, google isn't giving me anything but I found one hit on twitter of somebody using it so I guess it isn't a completely made up neologism by the writer

>>279689588
Choco-chan looked chubby in their emotional hug
>>279686626
Choco focuses too much on her phone, the attention she gets is enough compensation. In the episode focused with her and her friend they had Death Note-like numbers above their heads she sees value in internet followers.
>>279691610
I watch based global though, I removed the subtitles from the mp4 edit. Definitely could use Azufat panservice fatservice in the pose.

>>279691269
Blondes with braids are really a powerful combination. It feel like authentic Scandinavian blondes, not just dyed mixed-race blonde.

They’re probably gonna call the sequel Maebashi Witches’ with an apostrophe, just like Gintama did with its sequels.

>the ambitious girl who was going to abandon her family and home for college and money turns out to be evil
What did Maebashi Witches mean by this?

>>279692429
Can't believe I'm the only person who thinks Yuina is hot.

>>279692453
You're not alone.

>>279690640
I say it with love. I'm stupidsexual

>>279692506
Reminds me of Henkuma.
Must be the eyes.

>>279691480
Yeah, a lot of thought's gone into this

>>279690375
No need for fat transfer to maintain Azu's slimming spell.

Eiko is an idiot like Yuina but isn't genki and so comes off differently. Eiko and Yuina will rub their two braincells together next episode to find out something that works for everyone.

>>279690286
>>279691610
God I wish that was me. Yuina is so lucky to have a slampig gf like Azuchin

>>279692756
Yuina is dumb but she has smart vibes. Eiko is dumb dumb and has zero vibes.

so which witch do you wish for sex

>>279692864
Appreciate it.

>>279693014
Choco in an enkou setting

>>279692864
so does this confirm Maebashi is yuri?

GET
IN
MAH
BELLYYYYYYYYYYY

>>279693159
yuri dv, the best kind. also I guess this needs an update

>>279692864
>stretching her mouth
That's kinda sexy...

>>279693205
I laughed

>>279693169
I think her and Yua-nee should be friends.

>>279693225
she*

>>279693211
half of those shows aren't even yuri

LMAO

>>279693274
STOP LAUGHING AT HOW RETARDED YUINA IS

>>279693169
what a dork

Azu anal

>>279693274
>get introduced
>laugh at silly country bumpkin witches
>leave without elaborating
So this is a Tokyo Witch, huh. Not bad.

Rude. Frogs are people too.

>>279687414
>>279690465
>>279693205
I'm almost compelled to pick this up just for her.
But I bet I'd get baited and 90% of the time she'll look thin.

>>279693460
She gets a lot of screen time as her fat self in the last three episodes of the series and is almost always thin before then

this is a tourism anime?

>>279693612
Yes

>>279693612
It’s a regionalist anime. Even the mayor of Maebashi has watched it, and there’s going to be a city-sponsored event soon. This anime is going to become Maebashi’s symbol. In the future, when people think of Maebashi, they’ll immediately think of witches and of Azu’s fatness.

>>279693440
>see weird magic frog
>this is not a human
I see that medical studying is paying off

>>279693141
Azu was the perfect girl from episode 1 and still is today.

>>279693612
Yno

>>279693612
We hope you will visit Tokyo after today's episode of Tokyo Witches.

this anime has some really good art. feels like it's wasted, though.

They truly were... Maebashi Witches™.

TOKYO WITCHES look like that?!

>>279693612
Yeah but they're shilling Tokyo more than the actual town they should be shilling

>>279693953
>Pon no Michi dolls
Iconic.

>>279693612
Just wait until next week when the girls visit Keyaki Walk and promote the hell out of it.

How do Maebashi cucks feel about paying for a Tokyo tourism anime?

>no, the real treasures are the friends we made along the way
>we just want our things
>Bye loner girl
Eiko BTFO.

>>279694150
The last episode is just 24 minutes of tourism pictures and Keroppe explains the writers forgot to put enough touristy stuff in and they had to stuff it all in one episode and the plot will resume if enough people buy BDs

>>279695869
she's so pretty

>>279695790
Did she really think that was some epic own? Yes, people get rightfully upset when something they own is stolen from them. No shit.

>>279692453
Nah id wife her up. I can see highschoolerd finding her high energy and annoying but now that im 32, I need that shit now

>>279696052
JAV debut soon.

>>279696164
She was leading them into a "we're not so different you and I" type speech but they just deflected it entirely

I was about to drop this show until it hooked me with the Azu fat reveal. I thought it would be dumb yuribait and not wholesome friendship.

I hope Eiko gets befriended

>enlightened witch
Turns out this was a Buddhist anime all along.

madoka and homura

>>279687731
DOMESTIC

>>279696611
>Thought it would be friendship between girls and not wholesome friendship between girls

>>279696611
You are retarded

>expect generic idolcrap from sunrise
>get post modern wabi-sabi kino

>>279689601
Well, it looks appropriately witch-y

>>279697272
looks more like where you fight the final boss in a jrpg

>>279693274
She implies she's dealt with failed witch apprentices before so she probably just gets a kick out of the ones that are extra slow like Yuina

>>279697147
Why am I retarded?

>>279697117
Yuribait=/=friendship goodness

Choco sex

>>279697534
CHOCO CHEX

>>279697365
Not enough choir and organ music for that.

now that its almost over, who made the best faces and why is it choco?

Will Eiko join them for real after getting destressed?

>>279697534
>dresses like a middle schooler

>>279698341
Yeah, that's on purpose, try paying attention

>next week is the last we will see of Azubitch
Baka na...

>>279699044
>next week is the last

Anon, season 2 has already been confirmed. Check twitter.

Unless it covers a different city.

>>279699108
>Check twitter
Fuck no

>>279699108
Shut the fuck up.

A nice way to cold open.
Bummer they didn't edit the OP. A real wasted opportunity. Just have the instrumental with none of the characters. Or better yet have the new evil witch singing a distorted version of the song.
What a bummer on the evil witches music. It should have been metal.
Pinks mom is a good woman. I'd bet she made up the winning the contest simply as an excuse to get her daughter to go enjoy herself.
Silly pink, a burg is not walking food.
She must have had a couple thousand calories.
Beautifully drawn pond.
Cute new witch.
Pink really is retarded.

>>279699044
Just learn to draw so you can see more fanart of her.

>>279699108
What

>>279699260
Just draw a face on a balloon

>>279688360
The problem with Pon no Michi wasn't that it didn't focus on tourism, the problem was that the show was just shit.

>>279699541
Pon no Michi was based you tasteless faggot

>>279699573
All I remember is thinking that the blonde girl in the blue dress was hot

>>279699108
season 2 just flew over my house!

So Japan actually likes the show? I'm surprised if that's true, since I don't see that many people talking about it.

>>279700094
The drama is interesting and thrilling, makes you wonder what'll happen next.

>>279699607
Shit taste. Nobody liked her.

>https://x.com/yorikoko/status/1934266350777876662
What did the writer mean by this?
Will there be an epilogue episode?

>>279700363
Probably a live

>>279700363
talk show with VAs, the usual thing

A little disappointed that the OP wasn't skipped or instrumental but A-ko's song is actually really good

>>279701065
I also love the prefecture where my city is located in.

JP TV guide says there are 13 episodes... Somethings up...

Based fatty with the bants

VISIT TOKYO

Fat people smell horrible so she's probably dripping in overbearing perfume

Based fatty bants bringing her memory back

>E
lmao it used to be D, maybe if this dumb bitch spent more time studying and less time fucking people over she wouldn't have to go through this whole song and dance

>>279701486
I think it's a combination of the bantz and Keroppe mention

>>279701486
>Mean
It's true, though.

>gets her magic back
>first thing she does is makes herself thin again

This show has Spring 2024 energy.

>>279685425 (OP)
Oh good, another MahoAko wannabe with maleshit and hetshit

>last episode
So soon? I don't want it to end, what ever happened to "Maebashi Witches are far evermore" ;_;

>>279701563
That's the source of her problem tho, she's too dumb for her ambition & Yuina missed that when they granted her wish

>>279701690
I'm guessing you never watched Sailor Moon and CCS then? Both of those were huge and were the iconic magical girl shows of their days, and both showed males just fine. Even PreCure has always showed boys without issue, and PreCure is like the biggest girls' anime in Japan, a far bigger deal than MahoAko.

>>279701690
This is more like Doremi if anything. Onpu would fit right in with these characters.

So... what exactly was Eiko-cunt's problem?

>>279701896
>>279701952
>replying to the shitposter

>>279701896
Protip anon, anyone who ever complains about the presence of men and "hetshit" is a sub-IQ monkey and should be ignored.

>>279701713
Even in the first episode they were singing "even if your wish doesn't come true you'll love yourself for trying" or something along those lines

>>279701978
>is stupid and wants a free ride using magic to get a job she isn't fit for

>>279693824
Why does Azu, the largest witch, not simply eat the other four?

I hate Azu

Why does Azu, the largest witch, not simply eat the other four?

>>279702141
We know, Azu.

>>279702141
t. Azu

>>279702087
She already tried & failed but she won't move on

>>279702025
>>279702029
I just wanted to hear from him and I wanted him to explain Sailor Moon and CCS.

>>279702141
Making fun of fat people is bad.

>>279702141
>Azu hates herself too

>>279689030
Better or worse than the friend from the Anarctica show?

>>279702201
You're even dumber than he is

The Futaba livewatch thread hit the 1000 post limit
https://may.2chan.net/b/res/1328021101.htm

>>279702343
So it's catching fire there now?

>>279702367
I haven't checked every week but I'd say it's been pretty popular there

>>279702406
That's surprising, I always had the impression that the show isn't very popular. I know it's not in the West, at least.

Azu turned out to be Yuina's best friend.... wow

>>279699573
No, that anime was complete fucking trash. There's a reason NovaWorks dropped it.

>>279702471
The west doesn't matter. Hell one of the bigger anime this season is Princession. There aren't official subs anywhere in the west for it and it may as well not even exist over here. Doesn't change it's one of the bigger anime this season.

This and hibimeshi were the only good new shows

>>279702614
It was only good with the trollsubs so that doesn’t matter

>>279701285
Reminds me of that one ice hockey anime that put more effort into beach volleyball than ice hockey.

>>279702654
Isn't that just because of its creator?

>>279702614
The subs ruined it
I want to know what the characters are actually saying

>>279702815
NovaWorks was the group that was correctly translating it, retard.

>>279697079
>Kuwashima Houko
So that's why she sounded so familiar.

>>279702790
That's why there was initial interest.
Since then it's just been a great mahou shoujo series that keeps you wanting to see what happens next. If it didn't stand on it's own it'd be getting dropped hard well before now.

>>279697575
I wonder if they gave him that bow tie design just to make this reference.

>>279702942
Isn't she the lady that Sugita's in love with?

>>279702997
Yes. She's also Tomoyo Sakagami's VA.

>>279701065
Is anyone else kind of surprised they didn’t feature Gunma-chan, the mascot of Gunma, even once in the show? Yama no Susume used Gunma-chan pretty often since Kokona was a big fan.

Maybe it was a deliberate choice, since Gunma-chan is a prefecture mascot rather than a local area representative.

>>279702979
Reference?

>>279703825
Should have gotten Mukkun

>>279702230
>Better or worse than the friend from the Anarctica show?
They handled Eiko better than that friend in Yorimoi, since Eiko is still somewhat interesting and her own character rather than a plot device.

That friend in Yorimoi just feels pathetic. The drama happens because of envy, and while it’s worked into the story decently, the whole setup feels unnecessary and leans into cheap melodrama. On top of that, it doesn’t really affect the MC Kimari, in any meaningful way. She ends up feeling kind of irrelevant because Shirase takes over the spotlight anyway.

With Eiko, you can still see Yuina stepping up and doing something. And that’s mostly because she’s just a stronger main character than Kimari.

>>279703831
Keroppe's line is a Detective Conan reference.

>>279704246
Oh yeah, I see it now

>>279701065
Does she love Initial D?

>>279701220
The 13th "episode" could just be the talk show. Some shows do that when they have an extra timeslot.

What the fuck was her problem?

>>279704930
She's fat

sex with lyricposter

Which show do you prefer as an “unusual” idol anime? Maebashi Witches or Zombieland Saga?

For me, if we’re only comparing season 1 of Zombieland Saga, Maebashi Witches is the stronger show. S1 has a lot of great episodes esp early on, but it started to dip toward the end. I didn’t like how Sakura’s backstory was introduced so late, and the way it was handled felt a bit flat. It kind of brought down my overall impression of the show.

If we’re including Season 2 (Revenge), I’d say both are about the same in quality. Zombieland Saga: Revenge (Season 2) has a strong main plot esp with the whole calamity storyline that adds real stakes near the end. The last few episodes were great, and I liked how the fans accepted the girls despite them being zombies. Yugiri’s arc was especially well done and could have easily been its own standalone anime.

There were some stinker episodes too. I didn’t like the “White Ryu” one with the radio host Saki admires. It felt like an excuse to bring in some old actor for no clear reason. The new member episode didn’t work for me either. It felt like it only existed to feature Hanazawa Kana.

Might be recency bias, but Maebashi Witches feels more polished overall.

It's literally their fault Eiko is like this, isn't it?
Didn't they basically tell her that her dream was kind of retarded and she should just be fine with failing or something

>>279705277
ZLS shat the bed so I side with Maebashi

>>279705277
I'd say there's more idol things happening in ZLS, so the "unusual" one would be MBW.

Azu's been playing too much Virtua Fighter.

>>279705883
It's her exercise

the pinkest witch is the strongest witch

>>279703825
Gunma-chan's already got his own show, and HE actually managed a second season.

I spent three and a half years living on the east side of Takasaki, and often took longish walks to see movies at the Keyaki Walk. I am deeply disappointed that the show hasn't once referenced my signal Maebashi landmark (unless I wasn't paying attention, which is definitely possible): Maebashi Prison. Look up 前橋刑務所—the place was built in 1888 and it looks absolutely badass. They actually had an annual open house(!) where the prisoners sold the crafts they'd made(!!) but sadly it was never on a day I could visit.

The fact that the most interesting thing about Maebashi is a prison kind of says a lot about the city, though.

>>279689073
Sleeper hit.

>>279701711
13 Episodes confirmed?

>>279707170
Please let it be sequel bait
The writing in this show is too much fun to let it go so soon

>>279706864
There are a lot of neat spots in Maebashi, especially cafes and foodie places, but that goes for pretty much anywhere in Japan.

If there’s one place that caught my eye before, it’s the Blue Bottle Coffee in Maebashi.

>>279704930
You just can't handle the bants.

>>279706864
And this stylish hotel called Shiroiya. The interior of that hotel is stunning and majestic. The architecture in Maebashi is underrated.

>>279707360
Maebashi’s mayor and locals love the anime. They’re not letting it go without a fight.

>>279706864
And I think the show only briefly touched on the architecture. The Maebashi Galleria building they referenced in episode 10 (scene of Azu) was kind of neat.

>>279707170
6/29 (日) is a special broadcast. Bummer. Doesn’t seem like it counts as an actual episode, so I doubt anyone’s gonna sub it since it’s not part of the main show.

>>279707467
>>279707417
I always wonder why Japanese cities don’t have old town centers. They love promoting their architecture as a tourist attraction, yet you rarely see preserved traditional buildings. Aside from shrines, it’s nothing but pure international modernism (at least some were creative)

>>279707443
Now that’s some cool brutalism right here.

>>279692864
Okay. But does Yuina like big boned tsundere idol girls?

>>279707417
Blue Bottle is a chain though isn't it? I went to one somewhere in Tokyo and it was okay but nothing special, just your average industrial-hipster sort of cafe.

As far as I can see, there is only one shot from the trailer still yet to appear in the show (pic related).

>>279688675
The lonely mics also appear there, so I was wondering when or how would they fit, since all is very colorful and ornamented, but that shot was so unlike everything else.

Any theories about that colorful ornament she is wearing?

>>279706864
Which do you like better as a Gunma show: Maebashi Witches or Narenare?

>>279707764
Indeed it is. But the one in Maebashi is kinda cool. It's inside a hill.

>>279707805
>The lonely mics
Lonely mics? Whats that?

>>279707688
Earthquakes
Nukes
LeMay

>>279707688
>old town centers
That’s just Europe being Europe. The thing with Japan is that modern development has already overtaken most of what’s left of traditional architecture. Japan passed the 100 million population mark in the 1970s, so most new buildings since then were designed with practicality (utility) in mind. Also, Asia being Asia.

>>279708066
>Nuked
Germany was bombed more, and look at it now.
>Earthquakes
Earthquakes have always existed.

>>279707688
Japan has predominantly wooden architecture until late 19th century. It's harder to keep wooden structures intact, especially considering Japan climate and American firebombing. Even their shrines are constantly being rebuilt.

>>279707688
There are a few small towns and areas that managed to preserve some edo-era architecture like Takayama, or Gion in Kyoto. Many also took any old significant buildings and put them in a park away from the town center to be preserved. Tokyo has an enormous open-air architectural museum full of what survived the various fires and earthquakes and bombings. Most structures that weren't castles were made of wood until basically the Taisho era, so those took a toll.

Is Maebashi even supposed to be a big deal?

>>279707688
Maebashi, like almost all large-ish cities, was completely bombed to cinders by mutts. You need to visit smaller towns or the countryside to find any relevant number of historical buildings.

Why don't they show off more of the city?

>>279708311
It’s true that it’s hard to stop property owners from tearing down old buildings when they’re economically unviable and real estate speculators are tempting them to get rid of those old junk. But a lot of the real effort in heritage preservation has to come from the government. I don’t know what Japan’s policy is on that, maybe they do nothing at all, or only step in for major landmarks. It’s a shame they’re so rare, because even the small-scale domestic and commercial building used to be so beautiful.

>>279692453
It can’t be helped. Yuina has such delicate and erotic legs.

If I had a choco-coin for every time this episode baited us making it seem like Yuina had recovered her memories, I’d have three choco-coins. An extra one goes for that moment when she did remember but failed to realize until a few seconds later.

>>279709573
Not bad but Azu has the thickness.

>>279709399
They have

She is a go-with-the-flow kind of person.

>>279709744
Not enough.

>>279690436
With some vibes of Wien Margarete as well, given this is studio Sunrise we are talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qmLnVCXQgY

I came across a few comments on other sites suggesting this show could expand into something bigger, maybe even an idol series where the girls go up against other cities like Matsumoto or Tokyo.

But I think people forget that this show isn’t really about idols, even if it dresses like one. Sure the promos featured the VAs doing real idol work, the characters sing, dance, and wear idol outfits. But Yuina and the gang aren’t idols. They’re witches. And witches grant wishes.

It’s still technically an "idol" show because of how the show is presented, but when it comes to the in-verse plot, the characters won’t do things like promoting Maebashi, becoming ambassadors, or performing on the streets. Unless Yuina and the gang decide to become real idols, of course.

>>279710617
It's like Healer Girl?

god she is so fucking fat and ugly her bitchy behavior is so much less tolerable when shes ugly

>>279704930
Does she lose weight on transformation?

How did Azu get so fat in the first place anyway?

>>279705277
Looking only at the anime, I wouldn't even call Maebashi Witches an idol anime.
It feels like Uma Musume (anime) where the idol part is just tacked on.
Even so, Zombieland Saga is glorious, even as an idol show and has plenty of good songs.

>>279710974
Yeah thats a good equivalent

>>279711304
kentucky fried chicken
tons of them

>>279711431
No, it was actually a serious question. Was it ever explained in the show?

>>279711355
Can't be as bad as PuraOre, where the idol aspect was so forced that even the show itself, in-universe, called it out.

>>279711455
what's there to explain? you get fat by eating a lot

>>279711475
Don't Japanese have a diet that keeps them healthy and makes it hard to get fat?

Yeah, no. For some reasons the overall suspension of disbelief doesn't work on me. What did I do wrong? I watched this series every week and all I can think of is how the writing is trying too hard to be larger than it actually is, and how the dialogues are too grating for me to enjoy. Am I dumb for not celebrating how the plot are unfolding? I mean, I was fine with Momentary Lily last season, and it was trash!

>>279711304
Suspect it has something to do with stress and being a hikikomori due to the bullying, plus natural disposition. Hard to get exercise if you're afraid to leave your house

I fear to think what her school grades are like.

>>279713211
Must be like chocolate

>>279705277
>Which show do you prefer as an “unusual” idol anime?
Lapis RE:Lights.

>>279713604
>Lapis
I'm still upset the whole franchise died. The game deserved so much better.

What actually happened to Yuina's dad, and why they haven't they explained it? We know her grandpa's dead, we know Choco's dad is dead, but what about Yuina?

Yuina's hairy vagina

>>279714352
Azu ate them

>>279714957
Azu is evil if she is a cannibal.

Stop making fun of Azu! She is not fat!

>>279691339
>mfw the train arrives.

>>279715271
I miss it. Sequel when?

>>279715365
that train has left the station

>>279715385
The line is looped.

>>279690038
>>279689235

Hags with iridescent white hair always feel so ethereal; that's how I used to imagine elves would look.

>>279689089
Yappari, I wasn't wrong to choose this anime just for its visual beauty.

>>279715786
>Magilumiere Co. Ltd.

Literally only (You) watched this.

>>279716607
>Maebashi Witches™.

Literally only (You) and the voices in your head are watching this.

>>279716607
Isn't it Jump manga adaptation?

S2?

Purchasable in NA Azu merch when?

>>279704930
Fat people are evil

>>279722167
What a chuuni

>>279722567
Eiko is evil and she's not fat

>>279723786
she's not evil she's sexy.

>>279723786
She's just a dumb chuuni, not evil

>>279714352
He got tired of dealing with a retard.

>>279714352
In my opinion, they are him.

>>279723786
I can fix her, so it's okay.

>>279724649
Keroppe?

>>279726588
He sucks

>>279719216
Never

>Eiko, I'm sorry I snapped at you the other day. Let's talk about your future. It's about time you faced reality.
Wow great apology

Now that we have one episode left, what was a better tourism ad: Narenare or MBW?

>>279724711
based Architect

>>279728356
Dumb-dumbs gotta face reality.

>>279728576
Okay but you might as well not bother apologizing if you're going to be a cunt again two sentences later

I hate Keroppe so much

I love Keroppe so much

>>279728872
She apologized for snapping at her. Now she needs to face the music.

>>279729369
Alright whatever wouldn't expect 4chan autists to understand basic social skills

>>279729408
Yes

Would you go to the gym with Azu?

Azu's clothes remind me of Miss Piggy. No joke.

>>279720839
Why can't you just import or use a proxy service like Tenso?

>>279732257
I don't think those artists know how AI training works or if AI trainers even care.

Evil woman love!

>>279717943
>>279719216
>>279732257
the fanart is really nice

>>279732326
I can fix her

>>279732389
We all should

>>279732326
What's better? a dumb evil woman or a smart evil woman?

>>279733873
Latter

>>279732336
Pretty sure the second one is semi-official (like, made by someone from the staff), but yeah, there is some good stuff around.

>>279734450
How much fanart is there for the series?

>>279734463
Better than I expected, the pixiv tag has almost 100 works and likely many times that on twitter.

>>279734736
>the pixiv tag has almost 100 works
That seems pretty low though. I know individual characters who have more than that.

>>279734748
Remember this is a niche original anime with a debuting cast.

>>279734973
>niche original anime
Does it really count as niche when it's by Sunrise?

>>279735023
Yes, this doesn't have Gundam or Love Live in it's name.

>>279735437
Sunride has fans

>>279735722
*Sunrise

>>279735722
You mean Gundam and Love Live have fans.

Kenka yame yo, or you'll get the Choco-chan cutter.!

How did they manage to make Azu so cute despite obesity being so disgusting?

>>279736177
She isn't even obese

>>279736177
they made her disgusting even in slim form, with tons of make up

>>279736198
She is. Not morbidly obese, but definitely obese. Though I would say she's still beating the average US women, but I live in Europe.

>>279736231
She's just a little chubby, that's all.

>>279736442
That's still obese. It's a medical term that she clearly fits. Like you, going by the denial.

>>279732326
how much dick do you think it takes to fix this

>>279736503
Not everyone who is chubby is obese. There's a difference.
t. formerly obese person.

>>279736211
I don't know why, but there's something off-putting about the artstyle that I can't put my finger on.

Eiko didn't do anything wrong.

Is Azu really the bitchiest member of the Maebashi Bitches?

>>279737640
She did and she's also a trash tier character by default. The oh so mature looking, sounding and acting sour bitch.

Her solo was incredible, better than the other five. I hope she sticks around.

>>279737770
I fucking hate how there's always an edge lord girl with the same kind of music and every time westerners go ape shit about it. Like that Margaret or who the fuck girl in Liella.

>>279737762
>trash tier character and acting sour bitch.

If we managed to fix Azu, we can fix Eiko too.

>>279737770
>Stick around
For the remaining one or two episodes?
Also no fuck that bitch.

>>279737826
Edgekino > Happy-go-luck shitters
However, visually, this was the best performance.

>>279737842
Azu was at least small, and not a holier than thou shit. Even her bitchiness was more fun than malicious.

>>279737860
I dislike both actually. I love when the singing voice carries a song, which didn't happen in the show a single time.

>>279737844
For season 2, of course.

>>279737929
It certainly doesn't feel like the kind of series to get another season. They didn't gun for any audience hard enough for that. Some fanservice like OG Love Live could have helped.

>>279738236
Love Live didn't really have fanservice or ecchi, unless you count legs.

>>279738336
It didn't have ecchi shit, but it was chock full of subtle fanservice that never bothered anyone but the most insane. Sad that anime industry caved in to them. Yes, it was mostly legs, shapely thighs and butts all around, and generally trying to make the girls as pretty and attractive as possible.>>279738336

It's a self-contained story. I don't think there will be a season 2.

I wonder if witches from other cities grant wishes by singing too. I would’ve liked to see her enlightened solo as a contrast to Eiko’s darkened solo.

Evil is cute.

>>279738742
Disagree

>>279739221
We need to unbitch her

>>279738965
Then just go fuck the fat, faggot.

>>279739221
She's a bitch but also loves Yuina very dearly and that makes her cute.

>>279739291
It's not as fun

>>279739332
She hates her but also loves her. That's yuri.

>>279685425 (OP)
I DON'T CARE IF AZU IS A LITTLE BIG BONED! I LOVE HER ALL THE SAME AND WON'T LET ANYONE BULLY HER!

I WILL MARRY HER!

I kinda get the feeling that Onsen Musume boosted more tourism to Gunma...the onsen that is. Government sponsored too

>The First MV deleted from their official channel
>Probably cause of the Feminism incident.
No...

>>279739551
I'm still surprised that Onsen Musume still hasn't gotten an anime.

>feminism incident
What?

>>279739437
Sorry friend but I've already married her.

>>279739693
Some women, allegedly feminist, were visiting an onsen. They bitched about one of the Onsen Idols they saw and the description of her seducing men or something, and what a bad way it was to rep their Prefecture. Japanese men caught on and raged. Videos were made (the Feminism Rage video has more hits than any OnMusu videos on YT, half of those raging probably didn't even follow the franchise). And it got to the point when Onsen Musume Committee decided to rewrite those chara descriptions. This was probably the time when also took down the First MV which was very much on the fanservice and walking in on almost nude females.

>>279739739
Could that have killed the chances for an anime, or it's probably just a coincidence?

>>279739291
This is an actual fat woman and not Azu.

>>279739756
They'll get there when they get there. For now, they're content being a tourist-booster. Took exactly how many years for ProSeka to get a movie?

On the other hand, it could end up like 8 beat story. Dead with no anime.

>>279739820
The franchise has been around for ages now, so it's shocking it still doesn't have an anime.

>>279739739
Nothing wrong with removing the image of prostitution and sluttery from your government sponsored onsen.

>>279739875
Onsen Musume is somehow still alive but Majofuro is already dead since they killed the game after less than a year.

>>279739551
Looked at the deleted MV just now. Given how conservative people who run onsens are, I can't imagine them being happy about being promoted with naked lolis lol...

>>279739875
Ahem. My Onsen Idols are pure. When I dip into them and feel their warm embrace full of questionable health benefits I know they are pure.

They are pure. Like all Idols

Like Princession Orchestra
Like Kimi to Idol Precure
Like Maebashi Witches.

>>279739904
The conservative old people who [sic] run these onsen let the video stay up on YT for 3-4 years. Bit slow there.

>>279739923
Probably didn't know YouTube existed

>>279739923
They most likely don't even watch it and only noticed anything "wrong" when other people made a gevalt about it.

>>279739915
Princession Orchestra mobage when? Maebashi Witches mobage when? Even GBC is getting one.

On the topic of OnMusu, I was thinking about that onsen I visited (mainly cause she was voiced by a VA I liked).

Seems she's still promoting that onsen. The onsen which was pretty much the same one Sen worked in Spirited Away.

But where the fuck's the crossover with Miyazaki? Or do I have to make it happen myself?

>>279740021
...And then I visited some seaside Onsen. Tried to go to Noboribetsu, and want to see Kusatsu and Arima too...

Jesus fuck.

What am I doing?

Would an onsen solve Azu's problems?

>>279740021
>>279740119
Onsens sound like fun. Too bad I've never been to one.

It's strange that the series has no manga or novel adaptation or spin-off. Even Momentary Lily had a novel.

>>279738639
She showed up too late

>>279738639
>this hag singlehandedly mogs every single maebashi

wtf i love hags now??

>>279740993
No she doesn't. She's an uglier older version of any girls. All she has going for her is that she's not fat.

>>279741037
Really?

Can someone explain why I like this show so much?

>>279741580
I can. It's an anime made to be its own thing, not some dry adaptation or ad for some gachashit or trendy novel.

>>279741580
This might sound super corny, but the show has a lot of soul. The production's solid, the story’s good, and it doesn’t feel like Erika Yoshida wrote the script just for a paycheck.

>>279741764
How does that compare and contrast with Momentary Lily?

>>279737929
I'd be surprised if this got a season 2.

>>279741798
momentary lily had much sloppier story telling, it had a few moments of eye candy but most of the time the dialogue felt like i was having a stroke guilty

>>279742827
Yeah, I remember the writing being weird

>>279742827
I still think the girls spoke weirdly on purpose to indicate they were copies

>>279742992
That would have been a good twist but the OGs also had those speech quirks

>>279743074
Those verbal tics got annoying really quickly.

The first Maebashi Wishes bump limit

>>279742827
Momentary Lily wasn't very good, but I have to give it credit for having the balls to kill off characters (including the MC), and have them stay dead.

>>279739915
I'm surprised at how lewd Princession Orchestra feels.

>>279743816
Last week hit bump limit too I believe. The series is growing in popularity both here and in Japan weekly! S2 soon!

>>279743816
Last week hit bump limit too.

>>279743816
>The first Maebashi Wishes bump limit
We literally hit bump limit just last week (and for episode 1 too).

I still couldn't figure out whether its target audience are genuinely little girls or adult men, or maybe even something else. Probably young girls?

>>279744006
Probably too dark for younger girls. Plus, the timeslot doesn't suggest that either.

>>279744006
>its target audience are genuinely little girls or adult men.

Both.
Girls get the message, men buy the merch.

>>279744006
Mostly mentally ill young men (idolfags).

>>279743816
Please stop Azuposting in a bump limit thread, her weight will drag us down to page 10 sooner.

>>279744284
Keroppe sitting at the corner looks funny.

>>279744106
>>279744284
>>279744218
I really don't understand why they can't use some fanservice in that case. Not ecchi tier, just slight fanservice.

>>279744284
Me right in the middle front

>>279744442
There were truckloads of cute feet.

>>279744442
For me, the hook was the colorful design, and the idol shit from the poster. The fanservice is the comedy and Azu being a bitch half the time. No need for anything else.

>>279744749
Great, but that's hardly fanservice.

>>279744284
Oh my god! Its the famous Keyaki Walk!

>>279739875
thank you feminists for fighting against this blatant case of extreme sexism

Kyouka of the hole, what is your wisdom?

Why would Azu do this?

>>279747301
Mapo thieves deserve correction.