Thread 280290390

(waiting room)

Airing in 1 hour.

what? you already had your dose of witches this week.

time for the gayest drunken bar story ever.

Aw, piss, it's actually episode 14. Too late now.

well that sucked

https://x.com/WITCHWATCHanime/status/1941776884594868420

Opening

https://x.com/WITCHWATCHanime/status/1941777135942893823

Ending

Yes, they went all out on the joke

That was weird

>>280291325
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3yirXygazg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXjLhh6KZuM

Who-Ya and Ali for the opening and ending

>>280291360
>>280291325
This is cruel. Why can't the actual show look close to this? First the yoasobi opening and now this

loving the briefs here

You're not getting guys with this attitude, Kara.

Pardon google trasnlate
秋月 空 Ryoko Shiraishi
浪崎 朧 Hiroyuki Yoshino
草間狭霧 Hiro Shimono
ザック・バラン Sugita
不破 Yoshitaka Otsuka
白藤 仄 Ami Koshimizu

>>280291647
No fucking way they used the Sket Dance VAs for this

>Half of the episode is some random "imaginary" series waste of time
Do this at least will have anything to do with the story later on?

>>280291679
>Story
It's a gag series first, serious story second.

>>280291647
>That VA list
That sure is one way to go full Sket Dance cameo

I'm a little behind. Can I watch this Uron Mirage if I haven't watched the previous ones?

>>280291679
it's a pretty big spoiler, but it's really not that important: the punchline is that it's an embellishment/rearrangement of a drunken bar story told by a character introduced over a hundred chapters later

udon mirage

Kuku should keep the glasses on in school, she actually looks better in them.

How long until we get another low budget episode like ep6?

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS WITCH MAKING ME WATCH

Fujo sensei got some moves

What the fuck just happened

>>280291647
I unironically think something like this would've made Shinohara more money than WW itself.

>>280292020
the beauty of age-gap forbidden yuri happened

What a beautiful friendship

......built on imagining boys fuck eachother

UMI DAAAAAA!!!

Zammit. Why does she have to be like this

So how is your art coming along, /a/
You're gonna finish that fan animation or what-have-you, right?

>>280290390 (OP)
>>280291647
>Cold opening of Uron Mirage
>Using Sket Dance VA's
They did it. They really fucking did it. I love this adaption so fucking much. I don't buy BDs but now I have to. Whoever is on their team must love Shinohara's works, I want only good things for them. Maybe in the future after WW we might get the eventual Switch Off adaption

They didn't have to go this hard for a fucking joke scene

>>280291360
It's very JJK like well.....other than the singers chosen

>>280291647
In the end, we actually did get Sugita in the cast

They even got the newest character in Uron Mirage that doesn't show up until later... wow

People are going to be so confused if they just watched the wrong anime by mistake

going that hard is what really sells the joke
the designs are so generic you practically feel like you're watching a real jump title.

I read the manga a long time ago until I was caught up, how's the anime adaptation?

>>280292277
>Make an entire anime segment with a completely different artstyle
>Hire established artists to do a completely new song for it
>Twice
>All for a joke
I give credit to Witch Watch. That's dedication

>>280292574
>People are going to be so confused if they just watched the wrong anime by mistake
All according to his plan. Apparently, Shinohara-sensei was directly involved in supervising the OP, and stressed that it must be full of imagery that seems important but actually isn’t.

>>280291722
>That sure is one way to go full Sket Dance cameo
Another cameo of Sket Dance anime

Wow, another garbage episode.

Kinda meh episode but at least we got a better opening than the trash from previous one

>>280293165
You're still watching this though

>>280293193
I had to skip the first half and watch second on 4x.

These fucking fujos

Garbage no budget show

>>280293165
You're at episode 14. Not enough lolis and boobs thrown at you? Next episode has that if you're that triggered

>>280293260
But enough about Sakamoto

>>280293266
He's triggered because it's a Fujo episode

I think I'm getting the meta diary on these Fujo episodes but these feel weird. None of the main cast are even part of their subplot

>Witch Watch episode airs
>/a/ hates it.
>But Japan will give it a high rating as usual
Rinse and repeat. Until this season ends

>>280293378
I'm liking this anime but I really dislike the Fujo duo. The lack of the main cast involvement doesn't help either

>>280293422
I can't wait for this place to get angry again when it ranks high among the summer shows

>>280293422
It's likely ranking high again. In fact, this episode is getting more attention than the average episode on Twitter

OH MAN, I'M SURE LOVE OTAKU GIRLS TALKING OTAKU THINGS SO MUCH

>>280292181
We were fooled.

>>280291641
But she doesn't want boys.

>>280294343
This, except unironically. The age-gap yuri makes it even better.

>>280291325
Extremely high effort shitpost. Uron Mirage segment was kino. The yuri part had a sweet premise (friend helps another while pretending to be a different person) but it dragged on too long IMO.

>>280294361
That's next episode. Don't worry

>>280291360
Even the joke OP is better than the second one.

>>280295183
I thought /a/ hated Yoasobi but everyone loved first op and remembers it fondly. Even me. I loved first op.

Yeah, this is it for me.
It's just not that good of an anime.
Goodbye.

>>280295211
The 1st OP is just really great, it shows how much the staff loves the original work. OP2 in comparison is a soulless corporate product.

>>280292181
I nutted

>>280295273
I'm pretty sure not many people heard of the second OP artist though

The Uron Mirage shitpost however.

>>280295273
The staff also showed the same love for that new opening and ending. No one else goes this far for a literal manga within the manga. Complete with Sket Dance VAs even.
While the overall quality of WW isn't great, the staff really liked working on it

>>280294343
Yes. God I wish I could listen to a pair of otaku girls nerding out in person....

This feels criminal. A girl this hot isn't even a real character in this show

>Matrix reference out of no where
Nips sure love this movie

>>280295355
For real.
>>280292775
So many call backs to the original works and the adaptation. If someone told me what a passion project was, I'd instantly say WW

>>280295416
Is that the ninja teacher? Why is she trying to summon persona?

>>280295433
Himeko sexo

>>280291555
noo lionbro

>>280295355
>While the overall quality of WW isn't great, the staff really liked working on it
This is how I feel about it. Given the weirdly high ratings this show is getting. It may seem very hit or miss to an anime only. For a manga fan, this is a dream.

like a reverse Sakamoto, an anime only would like it but the manga fans absolutely hate it

>>280295639
For me as animeonly it's a hit when it stays focused. Prophecy arc, cat arc and werewolf arcs were based. Most of the episodic things are a bit boring, like the part-time job or the yuri parts.

>>280295779
>a bit boring, like the part-time job
Also animeonly here. Kanshi bullying episodes are my favorite.

Why couldn't the whole show be in the style of the first OP?

>>280295875
I liked when he was a shitty youtuber

Sket Dance Trio + Hiro Shimono in response to their temporary comeback for Shinohara

beach episode next week

Uron Mirage takeover. Kaguraba-WHO?

>>280295904
You can watch One Piece if you want more Ishitani

>>280291812
>it's like seeing me naked
Are all artists this retarded?

yes, I skipped first half of the episode

>>280296948
Probably. Their art is their life.

>>280291555
Zackcucks BTFO

>>280290390 (OP)
In case you missed it, Kentarou Yabuki of To Love-Ru fame drew Nico and Nemu wearing bikinis. The full illustration will be the prize of a lottery, so until then we’ll have to settle with the 'censored' version.

I actually like this more in anime form than in the manga kek

>>280292661
>the designs are so generic
And so is the dialogue, that shit had me rolling after spending 3 minutes trying to figure out if SubsPlease fucked up the release

>>280295416
fujo shows (especially sports ones) have the hottest and most underused female characters
it's like they put one in just to entice horny men

what the fuck am i watching
where is my cute witch nico

>it's still fucking going
sorry i'm watching this shit at 2x speed

>making me watch 10 minutes of the worst shounen garbage i have ever seen in my life
fuck you nico

>>280298017
>>280297839
filtered

I really like the effort they're putting into a gigantic joke scene
But please don't tell me each cour will have the obligatory Uron Mirage episodes

>>280291325
The Opening for Uron Mirage unironically has more twitterbux than the actual new opening now.

>followed up with a fucking garbage section of "discussing" that shitty anime
ok this is the worst episode of this anime by far

>>280298123
I think we'll get another two of them in the next 3 seasons

>>280298123
It's one Uron Mirage chapter every year, and we LOVE it every time.

I should've just skipped this episode

Bibury's priorities be like
>Give the section where it has literally nothing to do with the main cast or the story the highest budget. Complete with its own OP and ED
>Rush the actual plot relevant arcs
>The episode where Nico and Morihito's relationship makes a dramatic turn have the worst budget

this shit is so fucking ass man

>>280298304
This show is for children. Having a teacher say fuck is not suitable.

>>280297287
Also, Yabuki is Shinohara’s brother in law

>>280298288
Honestly going all out on the Uron Mirage gag is the funniest thing they could’ve done so I forgive them

>>280298288
>Complete with its own OP and ED
What completes it is that those are actual artists performing a new song for it. Not something cheap like using a VA member

>an entire episode wasted on entirely pointless garbage
i literally could have just not watched this one and it would have made 0 difference
actual pure filler trash

deeply unfortunate

>>280298561
Uron Mirage is plot-relevant

>>280298561
It's plot relevant, I trust you.

>>280295416
F E E T

Nips are absolutely loving the episode to no one's surprise. /a/ being the weirdo once again

>>280298741
>why does the country of slop eaters love slop

>>280298770
Says the guy who gets excited for the mandatory bikini episode

>>280298770
Making a new OP and ED for one gag is as close to soul as you can get, buddy

>>280298794
yeah because it actually has the characters in them and will actually be about them instead of some literal fucking who shounen garbage

>>280298770
>Slop
All that dedication and effort for a gag is too much for your small brain to process

>>280298922
they should have put that effort into the actual fucking anime instead of wasting my time with this bullshit i do not fucking care about it

>>280298945
>they should have put that effort into the actual fucking anime
But they are.

>>280298945
Technically, they are putting the effort into the actual anime.

>>280298945
>>280298834
>>280298770
>Only used buzzwords
Holy shit, you got filtered hard.

>>280299204
>WOAH YOU DIDN'T ENJOY RANDOM UNRELATED SHOUNEN GARBAGE IN A SOL ANIME ABOUT NICO YOU TOTALLY GOT FILTERED BRO
fuck you
i only watch anime i know i like
i'm watching this because i like nico and her antics
i do not want to watch shitty shounen instead of her

>>280292181
It's actually a river if I remember correctly

No one tell this guy Witch Watch is actually a shonen

>>280298741
Uron Mirage I get, did they really like the second part with the teacher? It dragged.

>>280298619
>>280298638
Don't care, didn't watch

>>280299310
At least it only took half of an episode. Since the gag is lifted straight from the manga imagine getting cucked out of an entire chapter. Using the second part for the fujos was cruel though.

>>280299678
half the episode wasted on it, then the other half wasted by some barely relevant side characters discussing it

Anime staff must've have a thing for the teacher and the fujo artist because they're also featured in the opening as if they're doing something important (it's not)

>>280299678
I really like this show and I even find the fujo teacher hot but I seriously don't understand how anyone can enjoy those segments. The only time I got a slight smile at a teacher scene was when she referenced Kurapika.

>>280299678
>>280300112
They likely wanted a chapter to compliment it Since the next episode is a plot relevant one (as to why they didn't show that this week, who knows)

>>280300112
I find it more jarring they get an episode to themselves while Nemu, the supposed second main girl, barely gets to do anything

>>280300381
She just came 10 times last episode from 2 different men

>>280300112
The teacher might actually makes some sense
Her VA is the original VA for Nico before the change to Rina Kawaguchi.

Fuck Nico

>>280300855
She does a good job but the material's just not there

>>280300855
Really, damn

>>280300855
>Mikako Komatsu
Wouldn't be the first time this particular VA was favored

>>280300855
The original VA cast for the manga ads was insane, shame they cheaped out in the anime proper

>>280301077
I think Suzuki Ryota felt like a proper replacement. Matsuoka's Kirito voice doesn't fit the diligent stoic boys.

>>280295416
I want to savor each toe one by one

FUCKING HOW?!?!

>>280301077
What's wrong with the anime cast? I'm not the type to instantly recognize or match voices to names but Nico has one of the cutest I've heard in anime.

>>280301729
This both Nico and Moi sound great

>>280298945
>>280299310

>>280298672
so we finally gonna see this or what

>>280292214
like what?

>>280294438
why was he like that?

>>280301416
with her toes or maybe she just used the timer function of the camera app

Page 10 and I haven't even watched it!

>>280303102
reminds me of that guy who took a picture of his wrist tattoos. then took a picture of how he took the picture of his wrist tatoos, then took a picture of how he took THAT picture.

https://i.imgur.com/4OwIB.jpeg

The fake anime at the beginning was ridiculous I loved it. Had to double check it was still witch watch kek.
Second part with the otakus was dire just like it was the last time. Tracked through the episode and didn't find nico or moi, so stopped watching less than a minute in. I can't sit through it.

She's very attractive but overreacts too much

If I have a teacher like that, I would disown her immediately and fail her classes just to spite her

Some people hate fujos a bit too much

is it a teacher episode? nice

Why does that shitpost opening gives me mid 00s early 10s vibes, and why is it better animated than anything else on the show?

bump

>>280295211
/a/ hates Yoasobi when they make a bad and unfitting OP and they were clearly just hired because they're popular, like for Frieren. But Watch Me is a genuinely great OP.

I don't mind Kuku. Despite being the artist, she's much less unhinged compared to the teacher who's probably having an orgasm if she saw one yaoi fanart of Uron Mirage

>>280292079
I would not be surprised if we end up with a legit Uron Mirage spin-off in the future

Was Uron Mirage just Shinohara thinking what pretty boy battle shonen his daughter would enjoy?

>>280308962
I like her cause she went from drawing BL to lewds as well. Looking forward to seeing her what her gag will be after lewd romcom

>>280309804
Uron Mirage was pre daughter Shinohara so likely not

>>280292079
He needs to improve his action scenes first.

I thought subsplease had uploaded the wrong file

The manga otaku episodes are dogshit

The Uron Mirage duo were named Utsuro and Oboro? Gintama reference?

>>280310972
Same. I had to stop and check.

Not a lot of witches nor watches this week

>>280311949
I witched but there isn't much to talk about. Didn't really like this episode.

I really don't like the teacher and fan artist scenes and unfortunately they were paired with the parody anime that wasn't very funny at all and ended up being largely boring.
This is the worst episode so far, but at least it's because the main characters weren't in it not because they were bad.

I literally skipped the first 10 minutes.

If you don't like Uron Mirage, you don't like anime.

>>280312475
I literally the skipped the first 24 minutes

>>280312078
>>280312404
>>280312475
>>280312693
>>280312910
You don't need to samefag the same response in different words

>>280312475
This but the last 12 minutes

I don't hate this anime but I'm absolutely confused as to what Japan sees in this for it to be rated so highly. Like nips absolutely hated Danjou and Shiunji but /a/ loves it

It's the opposite for this

>>280313264
I like this anime a lot actually. I just find this Uron Mirage complete unnecessary, according to mangafags, it has no bearing on the actual characters beside the fujo duo who are just minor characters

>>280313353
I also recall the first uron mirage segment from earlier episodes panned for being pointless......still true though

>>280313353
It is a rough gag to work with that Shinohara is a bit too invested in. Dude must've wanted to do an action manga so badly

I mean, Bibury has 26 episodes to work with, they gave UroMira a chance to have its own episode

>>280313264
>Like nips absolutely hated Danjou and Shiunji but /a/ loves it
anons also trashtalked danjou a lot and righfully so, shiunji was more like being avoided because of tiits s author but what the anime adapted was actually alright

>>280313489
He should just do it in Jump+ or something

What is lion man's power level?

>>280313649
No, he should publish it in a shoujo rag. Lean into the gag even harder.

>>280313264
I recall /a/ hated Danjou as much as the nips
No idea why they like Shiunji though. It's not much better than KanoKari

>Keigo doesn’t transform when watching a show with a lot of lunar imagery

dropped

>>280314104
Wolf went "what is this gay shit" and changed back each time

>>280313264
>Danjou and Shiunji but /a/ loves it
The fuck are you talking about lol? 90% of /a/ dropped those piles of shite.

Finally kino mirage

>>280297223
Zack died for your fucking sins you nigger

>>280314804
zack is actually the traitor and is just putting on an act.

Fucking hell. Ten minutes dedicated to that shitty Udonge Mirage anime thing and ALSO the rest episode is the unfunny otaku teacher + her student. I can't think of a worse episode than this, holy shit.

>>280290390 (OP)
I'm actually shocked that the anime started with such a long Uron Mirage segment. I'm amazed that the studio executives allowed that, because it's exactly the kind of thing that would make a confused viewer stop watching

>>280314874
>mentor is a jobber and the traitor
author is a hack

>>280314804
>>280314874
Actually it's both

>>280292574
that's exactly what happened to me

>>280317038
have a higher quality version, friend

>>280317139
Incredibly based. Thank you

sensei's dengeki melons

>>280317269
I want to have sex with her but her skits are so boring

>>280291325
>the Uron Mirage OP is actually higher quality than the actual Witch Watch OP2
On one hand, it's kinda based that they went all-in on the joke.

On the other hand, it's a little saddening that Uron Mirage got this while the real OP is just tiktok dance bait.

>>280317339
sensei doesn't do sex, she prefers to watch (with another man)

>>280292574
I was on vacation this past week and have been catching up on all the first episodes of new anime, so half paying attention I figured it was just whatever new shounen and went along with it

God I forgot how bad fujo action shows truly were.

>>280295183
>>280295273
The problem with the second OP is that it's too generic. It doesn't have much of an identity. Of course it'll feel disappointing compared to the first OP. Watch Me just oozes Witch Watch. Everything little thing shows so much love for the source material. I still don't know what the ichi ni san dance has to do with Witch Watch. It could go in any anime OP.

>>280295416
Wtf??? That's randomly some of the best feet I've seen drawn

Why is the redheaded guy voiced by a woman? He's tall enough to have hit puberty.
That run looks pretty bad.
Guessing this is an in universe show? I double checked the filename to make sure I downloaded the correct thing. Cutie in a tub.
The number of tropes they are packing into this segment are great.
I know Lion's VA, can't remember from what though. It's always a great character though.
Old man is based.
Lion is a brief man.
The guys are watching witch watch in the ED being watched by dork witch wife in which we are watching witch watch. Who is watching you anon?
Two dorks on the attention sting.
Is there any hope for her? Maybe impregnation correction?
Another cute girl that requires impregnation correction.
Does sensei self insert as the woman whose three sizes have grown?
Poor guy just wants to read and the family restaurant in peace.
A matrix reference in this day and age.
Sure was a critical lack of witch wife this episode.
Overall a fun episode though.
I saw cute bikini butts in the preview, next episode is going to be great.

>>280320751
the only good shows are fujo shows

>>280321023
lol

>>280290390 (OP)
I'm going to kill the author and anime director for making me waste 10 minutes of some shitty bullshit generic shounen anime intro.

second part was great

>>280293652
Is it the fujos?

>>280323767
>fake yaoi
>real yuri
huh

So if I remember correctly, this is Nico's mom?

What was the joke of the first half?

>>280325134
>teehee we made you watch raw unfiltered ass for 10 minutes isn't that so funny haha

If there's one thing this episode is doing it right is that it got people finally talking

>>280290390 (OP)
Stitch maker, please make the version of this from this episode

>>280325134
the joke is that after 200 chapters of uron mirage being a joke, it turns out to be the most plot-relevant thing in the entire series

>>280295416
>>280320984
We just need feet service like this from Nico and Nemu

>>280326220
It isn't really plot relevant, it's a culmination of a couple of running jokes that has some relevance to past events , one of them being a new teacher from their school that acts like a former battle shounen MC. It turns out he was and that Uron Mirage characters are loosely based on some of the parents of the main cast.

>>280295416
>Bathtub
>With clothes on
>Also a gun

>>280325134
It's the novelty of there being one big shitpost dedicated to a fake chapter of a recurring in-universe manga, which admittedly falls a bit flat in the anime when it's only really been around for one episode prior.

This episode is a massive hit or miss. But I guess with two consecutive cours. The studio felt like fucking around since they're also shuffling chapters around so that the finale is also some big fight

>>280327210
Are there hardly any plot relevant chapters they can use? I really don't want to go through another pointless set of episodes that have nothing to do with the main cast.

>>280327302
The best part of the manga is yet to be adapted, but i'm thinking that's probably season 3 material.

>>280328274
the horror potential will be exquisite. imagine lilypichu trying to do a kindergarten voice or Rina Kawaguchi with even more helium.

>>280328559
lil nico arc is season 4 and 5 material.

>>280328559
>>280329066
At that point, hire a VA so proficient in voice lolis because that's gonna be Nico's tone from that point

>>280325134
It's supposed to be a parody of generic battle shonen, but it never goes far enough in the wacky direction to actually be funny so the whole thing just feels pointless and undercooked.

>>280329226
>the whole thing just feels pointless and undercooked.
Yeah, that's literary the gag. The fake manga's/anime's tagline is "Let's kinda keep at it". >>280326026

>>280329310
It's clearly supposed to be humorous. Being bad and boring on purpose is always retarded and is definitely not what the mangaka was going for.

I do wish it didn't take like 10 minutes though, 5 would've been fine
Adding the fujo duo obsessing over that is practically torture

had to double check I didn't download another series by accident (happened before) because it went for so long

>weeb-inspried nails
Do women really?

>>280329350
If anything it would've been better as a full episode and not have the boring lesbians at all

>>280329226
I think part of the issue is that the anime rendition actually has too much flair (hell, they even extended the segment with additional dialogue that wasn't there in the original).

The corresponding manga chapter is much more clearly taking the piss, because it's both shorter and not as dressed up.

>>280326201
Not the usual stitcher but I had nothing better to do.

>>280330643
bonus

Where's the joke, Buckley?

>>280330662
This reminded me of the matsuken samba and it's stuck in my head so now you must suffer with me.

>>280330686
>matsuken samba
Based

This episode has the exactly same problem as Eminence in Shadow -- ironic cringe is still cringe

>>280309804
Uron mirage is shinohara having having some banter with the other artists working for jump.

>>280328559
Rina Kawaguchi already voiced loli Nico

>>280327099
She's gender swapped james bond then.

>>280309804
It's not gay enough.
You'd think being Sorachi's assistant would help that. Gintama's fanbase is 80% women

>>280311125
I said that too the first time they were mentioned. Also, what the hell is that fanart?

>>280336383
It's fairly typical fanart for fujo series

>>280335310
I think it's kinda amazing but also sad. Shinohara has made 3 manga, all of which got an anime but they all struggle to go super big. Sket Dance is already mocked for being the lesser Gintama while WW is the lesser Sket Dance

>>280292167
And then one of those boys becomes her coworker....

>>280337857
In your mind, perhaps. In reality gintama was never that big vompared to its peers and sorachi didn't do much else, while sket dance, astra:lost in space and witch watch all have their own style.

>>280291722
Nonono. The full Sket Dance cameo happens later, when Himeko shows up as a substitute teacher.

>>280315156
And also... neither.

>>280330662
People are losing their minds over Game Center but totally quiet about this...

>>280329737
Actually, yes. Pic related is JJK themed.

>>280340559
Double standard on women.

>>280329737
Yes, female otaku absolutely get themed nails done.

t. friends with someone who does

The teacher and the fanartist bitch are the worst characters in the show, silver lining is they dont appear that much unlike the cringe incarnate of Kan-chan

>>280337857
Maybe but Shinohara has 3 successful manga now while Sorachi still only has 1.
>>280339458
Gintama was absolutely massive in Japan. When you say it wasn't that big compared to its peers, its peers are stuff like One Piece and Naruto. There were very few manga bigger than it.

Nico anal

>>280346616
Is Kan the least popular of core cast? I've noticed a lot of people dislike him. Everyone loves hipster dog and the cat slut though.

What an embarrassing fucking episode.

The staff really, REALLY thought they were making the slickest subversive kino ever by bait-and-switching with some in-universe BL dogshit, complete with bad OP and bad ED.

I guess the silver lining is we didn't have to suffer through the actual OP2 which is almost as shitty. But holy fuck what a tone deaf swing and a miss.

>>280352110
Kanshi is 2nd most popular with Japanese fans, it seems. They really do love their obnoxious boke archetype.

>>280352304
Weird. I get they're into fujo stuff but Moi is right there and more likable.