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Mar 29, 2019 7:05 PM
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Has it been confirmed that it's a romance anime? Carole and Tuesday seem pretty intimate but that could easily be a strong platonic relationship.
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Mar 29, 2019 9:34 PM
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We will see in 2 weeks. It would mostly likely be portrayed as platonic because yknow....it's Japan but ya never know. Hoping that there is a slim chance of wholesome f/f romance
Apr 2, 2019 4:31 AM
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It has a romance tag so it will probably have romance but i don't see carole and tuesday being involved romantically, i see them having a strong friendship and having their own romantic relationships with other characters.
Apr 2, 2019 10:14 AM
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I asked because I saw the romance tag. I wasn't sure where they were getting it from.
Apr 2, 2019 4:03 PM
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I smell yuri bait from far away.
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Apr 3, 2019 2:11 PM
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if you don’t think this is gonna be about a lesbian relationship then you are literally Hellen Keller
Apr 4, 2019 4:42 AM
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if you don’t think this is gonna be about a lesbian relationship then you are literally Hellen Keller



I don't think it's yuri. This guys can be love interests for main girls.




This guy is already blushing in the PV. lol



Apr 5, 2019 8:15 PM
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i would like to say this is a f/f romance, but i don't think it is. if it was it'd have a shoujo ai tag, since this is mal and all. so yeah, the girls are DEFINITELY going to be shippable, but canon? probably not
Apr 7, 2019 1:33 PM
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i would like to say this is a f/f romance, but i don't think it is. if it was it'd have a shoujo ai tag, since this is mal and all. so yeah, the girls are DEFINITELY going to be shippable, but canon? probably not


To be fair, Yuri on Ice doesn't have a shounen-ai or a romance tag, even though its gay pairing seems to be canon (or heavily implied depending on who you ask). So I still have some hope! Will probably enjoy it either way tho
Apr 11, 2019 12:18 PM

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I just want some good ass music and hopefully the romance doesn't get in the way. Don't want any Taylor Swift music y'know?
Apr 11, 2019 12:50 PM
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no way of knowing right now since this is an original, so there's no source material to go off of, and no manga/LN/whatever readers that know what's gonna happen. we'll have to wait and see
Apr 11, 2019 7:22 PM

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I hope it's just a platonic friendship, so many shows go the yuri route that it's rare for shows not to do that nowadays.
Apr 11, 2019 7:37 PM

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nope, i dont sense it at all LOL

it feels like nana which is like, a tomboy and girly girl who have their own love interests.
Apr 11, 2019 7:46 PM

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I know yuri bait when I see one , it's definitely not yuri .
there will be some intense yuri subtext , but it's in fact a full het😂

it's so similar to this anime , but I hope they won't end up like it tho .
Nana anime ending was so Meh to me , even the manga ending was really Meh as well
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I went into the first episode anticipating Carole and Tuesday to have a clear romantic tone between them, but after the sheer purity of their interactions here, I desperately want them to stay platonic.
Apr 13, 2019 12:07 PM

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If it turns into a Yuri anime, I'm dropping it. Yuri is always trash.
Apr 13, 2019 11:26 PM

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LiedElfen said:
It has a romance tag so it will probably have romance but i don't see carole and tuesday being involved romantically, i see them having a strong friendship and having their own romantic relationships with other characters.

MAL isn't reliable source with tags for new original shows.
Apr 13, 2019 11:47 PM
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nina444 said:
I know yuri bait when I see one , it's definitely not yuri .
there will be some intense yuri subtext , but it's in fact a full het😂

it's so similar to this anime , but I hope they won't end up like it tho .
Nana anime ending was so Meh to me , even the manga ending was really Meh as well


But manga of Nana isn't ended? The author is in recovery and she stated that she plans to finish the manga. However for some reason MAL stated the manga finished however same thing they did with Vagabond
Apr 14, 2019 10:41 PM
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I smell yuri bait from far away.
hahahahahaha me too
Apr 15, 2019 3:00 PM
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LiedElfen said:
It has a romance tag so it will probably have romance but i don't see carole and tuesday being involved romantically, i see them having a strong friendship and having their own romantic relationships with other characters.

MAL isn't reliable source with tags for new original shows.


I said that it has a romance tag so it will probably have romance, responding to your comment why do you think they put a romance tag if it wouldn't have any romance?. Because i don't see any reason behind outting a romance tag to something that wouldn't have any romance.
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LiedElfen said:
bastek66 said:

MAL isn't reliable source with tags for new original shows.


I said that it has a romance tag so it will probably have romance, responding to your comment why do you think they put a romance tag if it wouldn't have any romance?. Because i don't see any reason behind outting a romance tag to something that wouldn't have any romance.

You can't expect them to know everything, especially when it comes to original shows.
Darling in the Franxx didn't had romance tag until like half of its episodes were released. It can work in the reverse too so where's your point.
I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes.

Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that.
It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers.
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Apr 16, 2019 12:04 PM
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LiedElfen said:


I said that it has a romance tag so it will probably have romance, responding to your comment why do you think they put a romance tag if it wouldn't have any romance?. Because i don't see any reason behind outting a romance tag to something that wouldn't have any romance.

You can't expect them to know everything, especially when it comes to original shows.
Darling in the Franxx didn't had romance tag until like half of its episodes were released. It can work in the reverse too so where's your point.


I said probbly in my original comment, that word works just fine for any tiny probability of there not being any use of the genre mentioned in the tag.
Apr 17, 2019 4:27 AM

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MAL is just making an assumption, no guarantee of romance anywhere. That being said, I can see romance being weaved into the story (especially considering this is 2 cour) but I don't think it should be the main focus at any point in time
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Apr 17, 2019 9:39 AM

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LiedElfen said:
It has a romance tag

This is only the opinion of the person who registered this series here, before actually seeing any episode. (or reading the script)
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If it turns into a Yuri anime, I'm dropping it. Yuri is always trash.

Even tho I'm a Yuri lover, I have to agree most Yuri anime are trash, but not all of them are! If it turns out to be Yuri (which I highly doubt) I hope it'll be good.
Apr 17, 2019 11:42 AM

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so many shows go the yuri route that it's rare for shows not to do that nowadays.


Not sure what kind of shows you're watching here...
Apr 17, 2019 10:50 PM

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They are both in love with music.
Apr 18, 2019 12:01 AM

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I'm hoping it's platonic because with both characters having such a deep love for the music and craft, the idea of a romance between the two would probably complicate the plot or add unnecessary drama to the fold.
Don't believe the hype.
Apr 18, 2019 1:40 AM
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Ok so this homie Rodi with knock up one of them. Or both.
Apr 18, 2019 8:28 AM
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fizzytastic said:
i would like to say this is a f/f romance, but i don't think it is. if it was it'd have a shoujo ai tag, since this is mal and all. so yeah, the girls are DEFINITELY going to be shippable, but canon? probably not

Well, this is an original anime so some tags might be missing, they're just using whatever information they have
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LiedElfen said:
bastek66 said:

MAL isn't reliable source with tags for new original shows.


I said that it has a romance tag so it will probably have romance


The tags don't mean anything. They're added by the user who made the entry. A user just like you and me. They don't know what is gonna happen any more than we do. They're just guessing.
Apr 21, 2019 11:37 PM

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Hylianticipated said:
If it turns into a Yuri anime, I'm dropping it. Yuri is always trash.


Then you clearly haven't watched Bloom into You.
Apr 22, 2019 9:55 PM
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Carol's already claimed as a pretty gay name so I'm honestly hoping for a little bait. But I hope that if they add f/f romance it doesn't detract from the plot. Most shows tagged shoujo-ai on MAL are a kinda trash (mostly because they come off as super try-hard.) It's the ones that go under the radar that I enjoy most but eh, we'll see what happens

I really hope they don't Nana the plot tough. That just pissed me off.
Apr 24, 2019 8:33 AM
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MauraWinters00 said:
I really hope they don't Nana the plot tough. That just pissed me off.


I'm actually hoping for a Nana-like relationship story with a strong friendship between two female leads where each (or one) of them have their own relationships with someone else.

However, I don't mind the shoujo ai neither if it won't become the main point of the plot. I don't care about the gender of characters involved in relationships as long as it's believable and not abusive (I'm looking at you, Citrus).
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I really hope they don't Nana the plot tough. That just pissed me off.


I'm actually hoping for a Nana-like relationship story with a strong friendship between two female leads where each (or one) of them have their own relationships with someone else.

However, I don't mind the shoujo ai neither if it won't become the main point of the plot. I don't care about the gender of characters involved in relationships as long as it's believable and not abusive (I'm looking at you, Citrus).


Yeah, Citrus was god awful. I'm looking more at a heavy subtext but not necessarily romance focused. For some reason, Japan fucks up shoujo-ai romance but they are very good at cute romance that never gets to a kiss
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God Please don't turn this show into Yuri show. Because I'd be pissed like crazy. I hope it's just platonic relationship between the two girls. Like really, to turn this kind of show into something so taboo is gonna be a big waste.
Apr 26, 2019 12:06 PM

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I think romance could happen between one of the girls and Roddy. Considering ep 3 when he asked Gus if girls have said anything about him (before he was abruptly cut off). Aaaand at that time he refered to them as Carol-tachi, so I'm assuming he will be interested in Carol most likely...
May 8, 2019 9:51 PM
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Carol x Roddy? Interracial romance? Watanabe might choose that route, since he's a man of culture
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God Please don't turn this show into Yuri show. Because I'd be pissed like crazy. I hope it's just platonic relationship between the two girls. Like really, to turn this kind of show into something so taboo is gonna be a big waste.
How in the world is yuri taboo? Homophobic much?
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How in the world is yuri taboo? Homophobic much?

I'm not sure taboo is the right word, but talking about gay stuff still makes me feel uneasy and hard to talk about. In short, I still find gayness in any way to be weird although the vast majority already accept it (or chose to not care too much about it).

But let's not talk about gay stuff here, shall we? Discussion Closed. Peace.
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MAL need to review the genre of this anime. I think it a bit to fast make a decission of genre from original anime just after few episode airing.


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Referencing earlier series by the same director, it's a safe conclusion that the core theme of this series is not romance, although there will certainly be romantic elements.

Rather, romance is at best a sub-plot of Shinichiro Watanabe's work. Even when attraction is built into the relationship of these characters, the way desire is expressed isn't really consistent throughout a series.

For example, Cowboy Bebop and Space Dandy have characters that definitely share attraction towards one another, but romance is held in stasis until specific episodes decide to focus on them (contrast this with the sort of relationship mechanics expressed in romance-focused anime, where every episode has to do with the bond of the two central characters, even if progress is poorly paced).


So even though Roddy is blushing and such in Episode 4, the specifics of what he's feeling will be left on the back-burner with light referencing.

Likewise, any possible change in the platonic friendship of the titular characters will likely take place later, and probably briefly. There's so many different people in this anime that there isn't time to do things like flesh out different stories while also trying to drop hints about romance. If the time comes for romance, it will be given its own space, not chopped up and sprinkled across the entire season.

I'm personally a fan of Watanabe's technique when it comes to this, I found it engaging in Cowboy Bebop (and ultimately more memorable), but it can also be unsatisfying if you are really attached to anime romance (seen in Space Dandy). It feels more tasteful than certain harem or shoujo romance series where relationships have to constantly be detoured by misunderstandings. When people feel something in a Watanabe-directed series, it is significant -- and not easily forgotten
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Sorry for the double post but there is a second element to the discussion of what the 'romance' tag could mean. There has been a fair amount of discussion of whether there will be a f/f relationship in the series.

I don't want to directly contradict the reasoning and predictions of others in this thread, but the question of 'taboo' hangs over the discussion. Is it likely that Carole and Tuesday will be intimately involved? Responses that focus too heavily on the context of production might be misled.

In episode 4, our contemporary understanding of 'out'-ness and representation in Japan and the genre conventions surrounding sexuality in anime are challenged. Female-Female intimacy is featured, with homosexual marriage being mentioned as a key element of Marie's story. It has been made clear that this story is set on Mars in the future,a place and a time totally separated from ours.

I'd caution against being limited by today's context. To answer the question of what's likely, look to the characters and look to the themes of the anime. It's possible that the social binary of straight-or-gay doesn't exist so strongly on Mars. As the cast of characters increases, the focus of the anime will eventually be pulled back further from Carole and Tuesday-- we already have begun to see them from the outside, compared to the first couple of episodes where they formed their bond.

What's most significant about the main character's relationship is what it means to the people around them. It symbolizes rebirth or renewal, the re-energization of creativity and joie-de-vivre. In some ways, its impossible to divorce that intense 'platonic' connection between them from what we typically consider 'romance'. Essentially, we have to see more of the anime to see what this connection means for the two artists at its center. The answer will come from inside the narrative, not outside of it.
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Sorry for the double post but there is a second element to the discussion of what the 'romance' tag could mean. There has been a fair amount of discussion of whether there will be a f/f relationship in the series.

I don't want to directly contradict the reasoning and predictions of others in this thread, but the question of 'taboo' hangs over the discussion. Is it likely that Carole and Tuesday will be intimately involved? Responses that focus too heavily on the context of production might be misled.

In episode 4, our contemporary understanding of 'out'-ness and representation in Japan and the genre conventions surrounding sexuality in anime are challenged. Female-Female intimacy is featured, with homosexual marriage being mentioned as a key element of Marie's story. It has been made clear that this story is set on Mars in the future,a place and a time totally separated from ours.

I'd caution against being limited by today's context. To answer the question of what's likely, look to the characters and look to the themes of the anime. It's possible that the social binary of straight-or-gay doesn't exist so strongly on Mars. As the cast of characters increases, the focus of the anime will eventually be pulled back further from Carole and Tuesday-- we already have begun to see them from the outside, compared to the first couple of episodes where they formed their bond.

What's most significant about the main character's relationship is what it means to the people around them. It symbolizes rebirth or renewal, the re-energization of creativity and joie-de-vivre. In some ways, its impossible to divorce that intense 'platonic' connection between them from what we typically consider 'romance'. Essentially, we have to see more of the anime to see what this connection means for the two artists at its center. The answer will come from inside the narrative, not outside of it.


So well spoken there isn't much else to say on the topic.
May 27, 2019 10:57 PM

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They are definitely gay bruh
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They are definitely gay bruh


Yeah. Like Reina and Kumiko. Or Modoriya and Bakugo.

@renuf I agree that you should not look for an answer in advance, but personally I have always believed that if you need a large wall of text to study and interpret the relationships of the characters, then this is clearly not romance.
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YosepYRA said:
God Please don't turn this show into Yuri show. Because I'd be pissed like crazy. I hope it's just platonic relationship between the two girls. Like really, to turn this kind of show into something so taboo is gonna be a big waste.

'So taboo'
Honestly a good quality show depicting an f/f romance would be great. It's very needed
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i dont like anime with a genre like this to have a romance i just really hope its a strong friendship and thats that
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i dont like anime with a genre like this to have a romance i just really hope its a strong friendship and thats that
well if it makes you feel any better, almost every single Watanabe show has only had extremely light romantic touches to the point of only being vaguely implied, kids on the slope and macross plus were the only ones that heavilly focused on romance but macross was like 30 years ago and kids on the slope was a pre-existing manga.

Its not to say carole and tuesday will go that route with any sort of romantic plotline, especially since as of right now this series is completely devoid of it even on a vague implication level, but it does kind of give the expectation that if they go for romance with the girls and some other male characters or if they go full lesbo it probably will be so in the background its possible to miss it, like mugen and fuu or spike and faye, at its abolute worst it will go the route of dandy and scarlet which I think still traumatizes people.....fuck that fucking train
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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

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Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

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I don't think this anime should have any kind of romance, to me it will just ruin the experience

if they want to add some kind of romance im here, as a heterexual person, i would like to see something in this line but i rather prefer to see a really strong friendeship betewen the girls than any kind of romance
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