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Nekopara - Discussion - Megane - Feb 1, 2020
Hello, I don't see a discussion thread on this anime, so I thought I'd create one.
Quote:Kashou Minaduki, a son of a long line of Japanese confection makers, moved out to open his own patisserie "La Soleil". When unpacking his stuff, Kashou found two of the catgirls(“neko”) that his family had been raising hiding in the boxes: Chocola and Vanilla. He tried to send them back initially, but they begged and pleaded until he gave in. Now they run La Soleil together. They spent some great time with the help of Shigure, sister of Kashou, and other catgirls in their family: Azuki, Maple, Cinnamon and Coconut. One day, when Chocola goes out to run some errands, she meets a kitten. The story starts with their encounter...
(Source: Crunchyroll)
You can find more about the anime, here: https://myanimelist.net/anime/38924/Nekopara
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.
We get to meet the cat girls we know and love. Have you guys seen the movie? Compared to the movie I'd say it's not the greatest and there is no real plot to the anime, but it's not so terrible to watch. Of course, with this specific anime I see no real plot forming in the future, but that's alright. We get to see something new each episode and I think the outcome of that will be greater than worse.
What do you guys think of this anime so far?
RE: Nekopara - Discussion - Megane - Feb 8, 2020
I feel like this anime could have some potential, but at the same time I just think it's lacking in a lot of aspects. Of course, people have different opinions and ratings for anime, but I feel like this anime is around a 6-7. I'm not too much of a fan of the new character, Cacao, and I find her fairly annoying. I understand that she's a kitten and she still has a lot to learn, but I think the anime is losing that potential by just focusing on her. For the past few episodes that she's been living in the house with Chocla and Vanilla, she's caused nothing but trouble and there's nothing interesting about her. She constantly runs away, she barely talks, and she's super plain. Last episode, she meets a girl with way more energy than her, and they are probably around the same age too.
I've never been a fan of plain, boring, monotone characters, which is probably why I dislike Cacao so much, but that's just me. At times, I wish the girls weren't trapped inside patisserie and we were able to see the girls out and about more.
RE: Nekopara - Discussion - Megane - Feb 17, 2020
We are now 6 episodes in and halfway done with the anime! This episode was a bit wonky and weird at times, but overall I enjoyed it. The animation wasn't smooth during certain scenes, but I can't complain too much about it. You can see a bit during the running relay event that was going on, that some bits and pieces were a bit rough, but it wasn't terrible to the point where you can laugh at it or it ruins the whole experience of the anime.
I thought that this team event was a good episode. We focus on Coconut and Azuki instead of the usual Chocola, Vanilla, or Cacao so this episode is even more of a plus to me. I don't hate them (but I do dislike Cacao, just annoying and nothing special at the moment), but to finally have a break from them and focus on the other girls is awesome. I already knew at the end of the event the girls were going to make up. It's so cliche and it was bound to happen and if you didn't expect that to happen you are silly.
There was a bit of fan-service in this episode. Reminded me a lot of Keijo but less explicit. That reminds me, I wouldn't mind a second season of Keijo.
I think a beach episode would be perfect for this anime. It already screams fan-service in a few of the episodes, especially with Cinnamon being a pervert most of the time. I'm not sure if in the movie there was a beach scene, but for sure, a day at the beach would be interesting. However, I don't think cats like water too much in real life. But, we do know that these girls are okay with showering so I don't think it would be too bad of an episode.
We don't get previews at the end so next week's episode will be a mystery. What did you guys think of it and who is your favorite girl? I love Maple-chan. 😋
RE: Nekopara - Discussion - Psychogenic - Feb 17, 2020
I literally only have this game in my Steam library for the badges and backgrounds lol.
RE: Nekopara - Discussion - Megane - Feb 20, 2020
Episode 7 was fairly good. I enjoyed the girls being alone together this episode, rather than having them work at the shop or having them do stupid stuff which they've been doing lately. Kashou, also known as "master" in this anime isn't anything special at all. I guess he plays an important role, but more so in the movie than the anime itself. I'd say Shigure is more important in this anime.
Anyways, the girls are left alone in the house due to a terrible storm. They tell stories which aren't interesting, but some were funny. Vanilla's talk about ghosts in every story gave me some laughs and Cinnamon being a horny weirdo added some comedy too.
Most recently, I've been paying close attention to voice actors and seeing how well they do. I have noticed a lot of voice actors this season sound either terrible or they sound like they are reading a script. Of course, they are reading a script, but as a voice actor, you have to play the part. If you are playing the part, but I'm still able to hear that you are reading off a script it's awkward. I don't think it's necessarily the VA's fault, but at the same time, I kind of do.
Maple especially, probably because I like her the most but also her "uptight, classy" personality that some anime have might be the reason why her voice acting is like that.
I don't have much to discuss this week but I noticed in the op that Shigure dressed up as a catgirl so enjoy this picture, and see you next week!
![[Image: wF6P4oa.png]](https://i.imgur.com/wF6P4oa.png)
(Feb 17, 2020 06:48 PM)Psychogenic Wrote: I literally only have this game in my Steam library for the badges and backgrounds lol.
You dirty dog. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
RE: Nekopara - Discussion - Megane - Mar 7, 2020
Episode nine was more enjoyable to watch than the previous episode. It was very wholesome and we got to see more of my favorite character, Maple. I am very happy this episode was dedicated mostly to her so I am going to be a little more biased.
Cinnamon was extremely funny in episode nine. Usually, her oversexualized jokes are somewhat funny and at times they can be annoying. In this episode, her humor was very funny and I couldn't stop laughing at times.
Maple was very cute during the amusement park scenes at the beginning of the anime. I love her tsundere personality and she's just adorable.
Who knew that Maple wanted to become a singer. I don't think her VA is the best singer but she can hold her own. Maple winning the contest might have been a little too much because as I said, she isn't the greatest singer, but it's nice regardless she was able to win the grand prize. Since there are no previews, I'm wondering what we'll get in episode 10.
RE: Nekopara - Discussion - Megane - Mar 12, 2020
Getting bored with this anime the more I watch it. Happy that it's ending soon. I had to lower my rating from seven to six. It's a shame some people on MAL are blindly rating this anime with a high eight or above just because of the games. You shouldn't base this anime off the game at all. This anime is far from great and I felt like falling asleep watching the latest episode.
We find out that cats have to renew their bell after a couple of years. This is similar to how in the states we have to renew our licenses after a few years. We don't have to take another test but because times change, cats need to adapt to the human world too so it's interesting that they have to re-take a test to get a bell. It makes sense though.
I don't have much else to say about the anime. I stopped caring about it having no plot and having a random episode every week. I just wish they'd do something exciting.
RE: Nekopara - Discussion - Megane - Mar 27, 2020
Now that the anime is over, more reviews that aren't biased based off of the Nekopara visual novel on Steam have come to light. And I thank those people. It amazes me how people gave this a high eight and above just because they liked the visual novel game. Well, that's great, but your rating is meaningless.
At the end of this anime, the current rating at the time of this post is 6.92, close to a seven. This is a pretty good average. My final rating for this anime is a six. I was expecting so much from this anime and they completely ruined. Who doesn't love catgirls?
The story was lacking. Moreso, there was no real story at all. The anime didn't follow a plot. It was a random episode every week so we never knew what we were getting. There was no ending preview and no episode continued into the next.
The characters were okay. I already knew about the girls from the video game as well from the Nekopara movie but they didn't do anything to impress me in this anime. Of course, Maple is best girl though. Cacao was an annoying character. I dislike her completely and adding her to this anime was a tremendous mess. She's troublesome, annoying, and adds nothing to the anime. Every episode that was based on her doing something stupid like running away or being a complete moron made me hate this anime more and more.
The final episode, episode 12, finally gave us the episode I was saying they needed to add. The beach episode. Well, after watching the final episode I wasn't impressed, once again. It's your typical beach episode. The girls go to the mall, look at some swimsuits, but we don't get to see them try them on, only Cacao. We're finally at the beach and we get a few snippets of the girls in their swimsuits, but once again, they don't do anything fun. It's your typical beach anime episode we all know and have seen. I'm surprised it took the final episode to even do this. Heck, I was sure they weren't even going to do a beach episode.
Would I recommend this anime? No, I wouldn't. If you are a fan of the Nekopara visual novel on Steam, note that this is nothing like those. You may or may not be disappointed when watching this. This anime had so much potential and it's sad to see it go to waste. There's no hint for another season, but maybe in the future, we'll get something else like another movie.