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Summary:
Enomoto Kei is a beautiful girl who’s already been proposed to by a well-off man, but she turned him down. Her standards are very high, particularly with regard to the guy’s looks. In any case, it’s time for the athletic festival, and Kei gets volunteered by her friend Dobashi to be in charge of cheerleading. Kusuda volunteers to work with her, and Kei has no choice but to go along with it even though she thinks he’s ugly and a pervert. She momentarily gains a better impression of him when she sees him working hard, but that all disappears afters she realizes that he’s drawing up revealing cheerleading outfits. Kei ends up taking on all of the responsibility herself and works hard for the next several days, but she wears herself out and falls asleep while sewing up the outfits.
She eventually wakes up to the sound of sewing and is surprised to find Kusuda working after she kicked him out earlier. He knew that she couldn’t do it all alone, and he couldn’t just stand around and not do anything. This causes Kei’s feelings about Kusuda to jump all over the place, and she has to remind herself that looks are everything for a guy. These feelings are again short-lived though because Kusuda makes it clear that he’s working hard because he wants to see her friends in the cheerleading outfits. In the end, only one girl’s cheerleading outfit gets finished, so the girls wear male uniforms instead and Kusuda gets stuck wearing the only girl’s outfit. He is nevertheless pumped up about cheering everyone on, and in front of their teacher, he gives Kei all the credit. This turns Kei’s face red, but she yells at Kusuda for acting cool and once again reaffirms to herself that looks are everything.
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When I think of Hatsukoi Limited as an idealized romance series, the relationship between Kei and Kusuda is what comes to mind most often. Kei is a bona-fide tsundere, and Kusuda is the perfect perverted-yet-reliable counterpart that’ll drive her nuts. It’s pretty obvious from the get-go that the two are destined for each other, so I found myself facepalming whenever Kei can’t be honest with her feelings and expresses herself with violence or insults instead. I am amused though at how over-the-top Kei’s reactions to Kusuda’s good points are. In any case, I assume that even though this series is going to be short, they’ll revisit this relationship at least once more before it’s all over, two or three times more if they really want to follow the manga. And despite the facepalming, I don’t mind watching Kei because she’s a cute character (her hair in particular) who’s voiced by Itou Shizuka.
On a slightly different note, they hint at Dobashi Rika’s story at the end of this episode, however instead of next week’s episode being about her, it looks like they’re skipping ahead to Koyoi. It seems odd for them to even bother hinting at something if they’re not going to show the rest of it, but for better or worse, that appears to be what they’re doing for at least the being. I guess I shouldn’t mind too much since she was never one of my favorite characters, and come to think of it, I probably wouldn’t mind if they skipped Chikura Nao’s story as well.
sweet ill prolly watch this later today.
episode 2 full of win.
episde 3 didn’t buy it. felt like doa the movie XD you know where the computer whizz gets paired up with intensely hot girl for the sake of loser getting a hot girl to please target audience. The guy is ugly and horny as hell and has none of the “heroe” qualities. He was of no help at all, gotten himself kicked out. He let that girl stab herself in the finger, become sleep deprived and stressed, and only at the last day, the LAST day he gets off his sorrow ass and helps for 10 minutes for all the wrong reasons. And still he wins her heart by being “dependable”
@ outcast
A cliché is a cliché my friend.
TSUNDERE are WIN.
Loving this series a lot. Plenty of comedy and good stories. Although I agree ep2 was better.
a mid-30s man did just propose to a 14 year old. only in anime, only in my dreams…
Kusuda 4 the win^^
Calling him a Lolicon straight in his face, we love you Kei XD
Ah yeah, the Lolicon comment was priceless… And Kusuda’s cheerleading antics were hilarious to as well.
last time i’m going to comment on this..
i think this show is good
but i definitely think that cross game is the show that should have been blogged
Agreed that the dinner scene was hilarious. Kei should have taken the ring as a present then call the guy a lolicon lol.
Dinner scene is so full of win! As much as I love this episode, I can’t wait for the next one. I mean come on! It’s Koyoi and her brother complex~ That is always awesome. ^^
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cant blame the old man for trying… altho mans shudav wait till shes legal, thats what happened when u pick a green orange, they r sour
>I probably wouldn’t mind if they skipped Chikura Nao’s story as well.
Blasphemy! I reckon it was the best told story of the entire series, and the most beautiful one too.
^^ Absolutely! Nao’s story is my favourite, and it’s so much more meaningful and poignant than some of the others, which are just standard shounen romance cliches. (Though I liked Dobashi’s one as well…)
I’m not surprised if much of Rika’s story is left out in the anime, since much of it in fact involves monologues and dialogs, and the actual “moments” between her and Terai (the guy she’s destined with) are very short. I bet they’ll only focus on those “moments” and leave out what some would consider the “boring” stuff (a bit like how Misao’s scenes were redone in the anime).
On the other hand, I’m sure Kei and Kusuda will pretty much take center stage, since their relationship is among those most fleshed out.
Now if only Meguru’s story would come soon (she’s my favorite :D)
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Kei was absolutely hilarious with reactions to Kusuda 😛
And I can’t wait to see Dobashi episode, she seems most mature of all girls involved.
Still think ep1 was best, the kick to beast~kun face was my fav
what’s the title of the intro sound of hatsukoi limited? the background music that play while it says have u ever been inlove?