Anime Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion

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Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Jan 26, 2020

Hello, I don't see a discussion thread on this anime, so I thought I'd create one.

Quote:When she was little, Mira Kinohata met a boy named Ao at a campsite in town. While gazing at the starry sky together, Mira learns that there's a star with the same name as herself, but no star named Ao. The two then promised to one day explore asteroids together and find a star to name it after him.

Several years later, Mira enrolls at the Hoshizaki high school and decides to join the astronomy club to fulfill her promise. However, she learns that the astronomy club will be merged with the geological research society to form the earth science club. Reluctantly, Mira goes to the club room and is reunited with Ao Manaka—the person she made the promise to explore asteroids with—and is shocked to learn that she is a girl!

(Source: MAL News)

You can find more about the anime, here: (I cannot post links -- Remove the space between https and :) https ://myanimelist.net/anime/39388/Koisuru_Asteroid

It's highly recommended to keep your posts in spoilers, but there really is no way to enforce that since this is a discussion thread and anything goes. Don't get upset if you read something and you aren't up-to-date with the current episodes.

Alright! I'll start the discussion off:

Spoiler (Click to View)Alright, so this anime is definitely not going to be liked by a majority of you. First, let me say this: it's a cute girls doing cute thing anime. However, it's lacking in quite a few areas. Characters are nothing special. Two of the characters, Sakurai and Inose are my two favorite. They don't exactly have designs that make you say, "wow, omg I love that artstyle" or "That's definitely a character that will be remembered for a long time". This anime 100% will be forgotten about when the season end and that makes me sad, but that's justifiable.

The story is about two girls who end up meeting on a camping trip. Ao and Mira are said girls. While wandering off at the campsite, Mira notices a "boyish" person who she then starts to interact with. They both are interested in astrology and they soon become friends. They promise each other that they are going to find an asteroid together. Time goes on and their vision of finding an asteroid comes to a halt. The two never exchanged contact with each other, which you might find silly but the girls at the time were still in elementary school so they probably didn't think the way middle schoolers do and exchange emails/#'s. Mira finds out that their school used to have an astrology club but because of lack of members it joined together with the earth science club and now the club studies both topics.

While making her entrance into the club, she finds out that Ao, the "boyish" person she met as a child is in the club, and it turns out Ao is actually a girl. And thus, their adventures begin.

If you aren't into astrology or earth science you are going to find this absolutely boring. Personally, to me, I've always loved astrology so that aspect of the show is cool. The show dives into both of the topics but they don't go insanely into it. So if you were expecting to be schooled on planets or rocks and minerals, you will be but to an extent. They aren't going to shove information at you like a book at school, but you'll definitely be learning small things along the way.

The reason I say this anime will barely get attention is just like I said, it can be boring to some people. But I do recommend giving it a try and letting me know what you think!

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Feb 2, 2020

We ended up getting a nice little filler episode at the beach! Nothing really plot changing happened in the fourth episode, but for sure the next episode is going to return back to the plot. Or some of it at least. I think that this episode was nice and relaxing, but some of the artwork during the beach scenes were a little eh. The body proportions were a bid weird for me. Of course it's a drawing, they aren't real girls, but some of the bodies just didn't real natural to me.

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RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Professor Pantsu - Feb 2, 2020

might drop this one, the characters dont really stand out or have any good chemistry.

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Feb 8, 2020

Latest episode was very cute and wholesome. My prediction of the festival was that the clubs cafe was either going to do well or no one would show up at all. I did not have a set answer. On the good note, the cafe was a success and they had quite a few visitors. The only problem they had was one girl who wasn't pleased, but she left in a hurry before causing any drama so that was good.

The cafe items they were serving looked really great and the pancakes and tiramasu looked delicious! I had some good laughs this episode and it was fun to see everyone's family member come and visit too.

The ending was not so much a surprise, but it was very random. I think Ino-senpai becoming the leader of the club is a great idea, and she definitely influences a lot of the members. Also, I'm glad they chose her over Mira or Ao. If anything, you would think Mira would get it, but this also shows that despite Mira supposedly being the main character of the anime, we get to see more out of the others.

Next episode is going to be a re-cap of the last 6 episodes, so next week's episode will probably be slow as heck, but I hope to see some funny stuff too.

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Feb 15, 2020

Latest episode, 6.5, was a re-cap so there is no need to watch it, unless there is anything you'd like to catch up on. I am excited for next week's episode 7. 🙂

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Feb 26, 2020

Asteroid in Love is back with episode 7, after a short break last week where a recap episode was aired instead.

Episode 6 left us with Sakura and Monroe-senpai appointing Inose as the leader of the club. Considering that both of them will be graduating this year, I think it's a good idea to appoint a leader now, rather than later to avoid any confusion.

This episode, we get to see more of the astronomy side of the club. We get to learn more about some stars and a little bit of Saturn. Nothing too serious though, as the club does a group activity with kids of the neighborhood who are interested in astronomy.

Inose is having a hard time with being the new leader. She is very nervous throughout the whole episode, but I think she'll be able to overcome it. I'm not sure what will happen in the next episode, but it looks like she found an event the club can participate in. It looks very earth science like so we'll most likely be getting the earth science side of the club next episode.

Also, we are seeing Sakura and Monroe less. I'm not sure why.

At this point in the show, if you are bored or not into astronomy or earth science, you are probably going to remain bored. This anime is not for everyone. It can be a bit slow at times but if you enjoy it like myself it goes by pretty quickly. Plus, you get to see cute girls doing cute things! What can you hate about that?!

See you guys next week!

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Mar 3, 2020

This anime is so incredibly stupid, but I still enjoy watching it. As mentioned before by another member, there is no real plot being followed. We have been given what is said to be the plot, but this anime follows whatever it wants to show us for that week. What I mean by that is this anime wants us the characters Ao and Mira to find an asteroid together. However, for the past eight episodes, they have shown zero signs of doing so. Instead, we have only learned a little bit about geography and astrology and a few cute interactions with the girls. This anime is nearing its end, with only four episodes left. I wonder how it will go.

The eighth episode was a nice wholesome one for the first half of the anime. We got to see Inose-senpai on her own and she's very adorable and interesting. She's super shy, but she's able to still interact with others and not be painfully annoying. She takes an earth science test and to her knowledge, she fails. I wonder if we'll get the results of the test next episode. She was able to make a new friend and like I said before this anime is so silly and dumb because I know for a fact not too many people who are watching this even care about earth science or astronomy too much, but it's always interesting to see how the directors are trying to sway us into liking it.

They don't announce it, but it is winter and this episode wasn't 100% a Christmas episode, but we were able to get a little bit of Christmas in it. Although I would have liked the whole episode to be about it, it's fine that we got a small snippet.

I've always wanted to try Japanese hot pot. I've only had Chinese hot pot, also known as shabu shabu I believe. However, they are very similar, but there are some differences. If you want something to cool yourself in the cold winter, these two different hot pots are for sure something to try! I just wish my local area had more of it, however, I have to travel to the city to even get a taste of anything good when it comes to Asian cuisine. If you can handle spicy, always go with the spicy broth if you can!

We learn that Ao is going to be moving soon because of her father being transferred to a different location. The remaining half of the anime is everyone coming together to come up with solutions on what they could do. Mira's big sister interrupts the meeting and says that she'll be moving out of the house and that they Ao can use her room temporarily. That's not a bad idea and I know that Ao's parents will value her education and might accept this offer.

There are a few things that will happen in the remaining episodes. These are my ideas. If Ao accepts it, that's that and the two will live together for some time. This will be great for them to study together and learn more about astronomy together. Another thing is that Ao's parents don't agree with her moving and Ao can only meet with the club every so often due to the distance of where she lives. Lastly, this ties in with the first thing I said, but her parents don't move and everything continues as usual. I believe only the first two are going to be chosen.

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Mar 9, 2020

Ao was able to find a solution for her father moving. Mira's mother was okay with Ao moving in, so she texted Ao's mother saying that she's ready to discuss if she wanted to. Turns out, everything went well and Ao will be moving into Mira's sister's room! Good for them. They'll be able to continue in the club together.

Soon after that, it was Valentine's Day. Sakura being the cute tsundere she is, wanted to make candy for the girls in the club. Ah, tsundere girls are great.

The exchanging of candy scene was beautiful and all the girls were cute. I'm so happy they get along. I love Inose-senpai and Sakura-senpai the most. They are my two favorite characters in this anime.

Right after that, the girls had a graduation party for Sakura and Monroe-senpai. I'm wondering what the rest of the anime will be like now that they are no longer in the school. Will we still see them or are they completely done?

I was reading reviews on the anime for this episode and it appears people are complaining about the pacing. I can see why that's an issue. At times, things are rushed and throughout the episode timeflies by so quickly so I can understand why people are complaining about it. We went from Valentine's Day to Sakura and Monroe graduating, that's a big pacing issue.

Last thing I want to talk about was the ending! Ao and Mira are second years now and Inose is a third year! The club is looking for new members and it seems two girls are interested. One is Sakura's younger sister, who is also cute, and a girl I'm unfamiliar with. Hopefully we get to see what's to come of the club in the next episode as it's currently only three members.

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Mar 13, 2020

It is confirmed now that this anime is yuri-bait. Before we've seen the girls act a little bit close and it may have hinted that they like each other more than friends. Ao and Mira and Suzu and Misa. Each episode that romance grows bigger and bigger and just baits us even more. Sadly for Suzu, it seems like her love for Misa has come to an end. She cut her hair and changed it to start the new year. Usually, girls do this quite often after something happens in their life and they want to have a fresh new start. It's nice to see her change and I'm glad the producers followed up with the situation between her and Misa as we were left in the dark after the Valentine's Day episode.

The club gets two new members! Chikage aka Chika who is Sakura's younger sister and Yuu aka Nana. We learn that Nana is into meteorology. Sadly, her reasoning happens to be a sad one, but she seems very passionate about the subject. Chika is also interested in rocks and minerals like her older sister, but what's unique about her is that Chika likes fortune-telling. Her fortune-telling skills seem to be good too! She was able to predict the future for Ao and Mira.

Ao and Mira are trying to enter some sort of star competition. We'll learn more about it next episode, but it appears that Ao was not accepted but Mira was. Of course, this took the girls by surprise and they were upset about it. The event takes place in Okinawa and as Mira arrives, Ao also seems to have gone too. We are left with a cliffhanger wondering why she's there. I suppose it's to support her and cheer her one. Once again, yuri-bait!

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Mar 23, 2020

Episode 11 was a very cute one. I enjoyed it very much. It turns out Ao didn't need to sneak in after all! She would have been able to come as an observer to the event!

It goes to show once again how Japanese culture is different from other places. Everyone was saying how Ao had a lot of guts to sneak in on a plane and go to the event and surprise Mira. Some might say it's a little rude, others might. I guess it depends on the person. I don't anything wrong of it. I'm glad that she decided to do this. However, if she stayed home we saw what she would have done with the club.

It's good to see Monroe-senpai and Sakura-senpai still in the show. They were able to take the new members and Inose to the space observatory and have them experience what they did before graduating.

This anime does make me sad though, knowing that it's coming to an end. Although the spacing was a bit off and weird, this show had me hooked from the start. Knowing that the next episode is the last is kind of sad.

I'm happy we are getting more of the astronomy side of the club these past few episodes as that is why I decided to watch the show. It's cool to see that Ao was allowed to observe even though she didn't put that in Mira's applciation before coming. It's also nice that the people running the event allowed her to participate in certain events. She's basically in the event to an extent.

I hope the girls find an asteroid next episode. That way we can end this anime with what we've been waiting for.

RE: Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid in Love) - Discussion - Megane - Mar 31, 2020

Koisuru Asteroid, also known as Asteroid in love, was a very cute and wholesome anime. It's a shame that not too many people liked it. I said it in multiple discussion posts, but this anime is not for everyone. Although it's cute girls doing cute things, it's very niche. Those who do not like astronomy and geology simply wouldn't like this anime.

My final rating for this anime is a seven. Originally, it was an eight, but I think that's stretching it out too far. After re-thinking my rating, I thought seven was a better choice.

The characters in this anime won't surprise you at all. They are bland, but what makes them unique is that each of them has their own preference when it comes to the club. Some prefer astronomy while others prefer geology. Additionally, within that preference, they have something that they like specifically. For example, Inose liked mapping, and Monroe-senpai wanted to be an astronaut. Despite that, I thought all the girls were cute. Everything about them was adorable. I even believe that these girls are great for avatars and icons if you can find a good screenshot.

The story was alright. It had bad pacing during a few episodes. For example, it was fall semester and all of a sudden the third-years graduated. I did learn a little bit about each of the science clubs, but it's nothing that we'll remember. It'll just be a memory that will eventually be flushed out by other things. I'm sure everyone who watches this will sadly forget about it. I had a few laughs throughout the episode and there were a lot of cute yuri moments!

The ending didn't tear me up, but just like Somali-chan's final episode, we got a small collage of the girls from past episodes. This made me sad because it reminded me of the journey this anime took us through.

Also, because this is an anime about high schoolers, I felt more emotional watching the ending of this than I did with Somali-chan. I think because I have already experienced graduating high school and moving onto bigger things in life, it makes me sad that I am going to be moving on and probably never even remembering these characters again. And when I look back in the future and see my list of things watched, I'll see this and remember some of the memories that were born because of this anime.

Sadly, I would not recommend it to anyone! I doubt anyone on this forum cared enough to even watch it, and even if you did I know you'd just get bored easily. A lot of reviews from MAL state how boring this is.