Unfortunately, due to a schedule caught in the stranglehold of Singaporean pre-university education, I’ve missed last week’s Tamako Market episodic review. With education’s grip on my throat only loosened slightly, and a need to catch up, here are two slightly more concise reviews on the last two episodes of this series. Thankfully, the subject matter … Continue reading →
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An episode about Dera on a diet made for some nice humor. It was entertaining to see him getting taunted by the girls and also forced to wear a sign...
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It’s because of episodes like episode eight that initially persuaded me to watch and blog about Tamako Market in the first place. This is the kind of stuff that Kyoto Animation excels at. It’s a bunch of cute girls doing cute things. There doesn’t need to be anything else to this show other than that. [...]
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Reflex training for Dera…he did surprisingly well at not getting hit for a giant flying blob. They got him to slim down, it seems…he didn’t immediately revert back upon eating a mochi at the end of the episode, so does that mean this will last a bit? I was honestly expecting him to be back [...]
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Summary: Dela is forced into a diet by Choi and the girls after failing to fit into Kanna’s homemade birdhouse. He has a hard time giving up his favorite food: mochi, and goes so far as to visit OH! ZE! across the street. He’s caught in the process, however, and gets a “Don’t feed the [Absolute Territory]
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Impressions on the 8th episode of the anime series named Tamako Market featuring wallpapers of the heroine Midori Tokiwa, Choi, etc..
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About time someone did something about that fatass bird! Dera finally gets forced to go on a damn diet after being way too fat for his own good. With, er…. interesting results. Isn’t he like totally unbalanced or something in his post-diet form?!! KyoAni continues to weave their magic with this episode with some excellent [...]
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「ニワトリだとは言わせねぇ」 (Niwatorida to wa Iwa Senee) "Can't Call Me A Chicken Anymore" Comedy is a subjective thing, but I think it's safe to say this was one of, and probably the funniest episode of Tamako Market so far. As long as you don't hate Dera. Let's discuss why.
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Kanna builds Dera a birdhouse, but he has grown too fat to fit inside. Choi orders him on a diet. Because Tamako’s father and grandfather are quick to show mercy and feed him, they must keep a constant eye on him. To this end, Choi attends school with Tamako, Kanna and Midori, and meets Shiori. [...]
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Is Dera a bit too plump? Choi thinks so! It’s obvious that Dera caused his own troubles by eating so much food that he can’t fly. Still, I find it amusing that Kana smashed him into a birdhouse she made and he came out and took its shape. Although it was hilarious, the abuse I [...]
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In case it hadn't been made absolutely clear during the series so far, Dera is getting fat, and in this eighth episode of Tamako Market the chickens finally come home to roost (sorry, I had to squeeze that pun in there) for our rotund bird of love. The final straw for Dera is an attempt to clamber into Kanna's latest creation, a custom-made bird house, which proves to be more than a tight
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Episode 6 discussion can be viewed hereChoi is best suited to be the prince's bride. It is easier to get along with people from the same culture because we share interests. She will know him best and [...]
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It was kind of strange to have a haunted house event at a shopping district, but this is actually a normal thing. I think it’s only strange to me because...
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She went to be a Bride There’s another member of the Mochiyucky family in Usagi Mountain?! … This can’t end well. Overall, my thoughts on this episode are very neutral, and that’s purely because there really was not much plot to it at all. There was just a few little things that happened here and [...]
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  I don’t really get why Kyoto Animation went with showing off Choi’s butt, but I will say this: I’m so glad that Tamako pointed out that all Japanese animators draw peaches to look like butts. That is one of the things I’ve never been able to comprehend when it comes to anime. When Nichijou [...]
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Summary: So Choi, the royal fortune teller, somehow shows up at the Mochi Shop while looking for Dela and is appalled at his obesity. It’s revealed that she uses Dela for her fortune telling and can’t do it if he can’t fly for more than a few seconds. Because of his fattiness, it seems that [Absolute Territory]
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Thanks KyoAni, never knew I had a thing for embarrassed, headstrong cute little brown girls until now. So the show finally starts to bring in the Dera side of things with Choi joining the cast. Unsurprisingly, this turned out to be the best Tamako Market episode to date after the premiere episode, with the episode [...]
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Dera is busted…so he is a robot bird after all…why else would he have a “communication function”? Well, it looks like we might have a character that can serve as a check for him…it’s about time. That guy just does whatever he wants too much. Now he will feel the fear! So if Choi is [...]
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