Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai Episode 4 Discussion

Nah that doll just hit so hard for me because I’ve been walking around shinjuku and seeing so many dolls in otaku shops the last few days or so 🤣 I always said they’re weird af.

Extremely unsettling start to the episode, but the ending is even worse. We know how strong Kaya is, so to see her completely terrified at what’s going on with her mom broke my heart. I wonder if the little sibling will actually end up being born and initially being cute and harmless before manifesting its abilities later. Knowing she’s powerless to stop things rn without hurting her mom(I’d imagine) has got to be eating at Kaya! Shes gonna need all the help she can get and luckily Chie sensei is FINALLY realizing the truth of everything with Kaya. Totally NOT pedo guy actually came in clutch for once lol

Was gonna wait to watch this episode, but I decided to just watch it now anyway.

Ho-ly--FUCK!!! That middle part was fucked up!

And of course, the horrors that are Kaya's mother are just completely ignored by the teach. Admittedly that was really funny.

I can't imagine how helpless Kaya feels about that "thing" inside her mom, she can easily kill it if it's not for the fact that it is using her mom as a shield...

An interesting episode, and I want to note that even small details are not forgotten in the adaptation; the inscription on the apron of kindergarten teacher is still mirrored, The girl from the first story did well. Not only did she not want to harm her family, so she didn't bring the ghost home, but she also pointed out the place where the ghost appeared and where missing and died, due to an accident. I can only sympathize with Kaia's mental state.


This is a case where it doesn't hurt, because it fits very well into the story. In this episode, it is clearly visible when the series is divided into three acts, conditionally speaking, the road home, with references to the events of the following day, the story in the kindergarten with the doll, and then the aforementioned meeting, so the pace of the story is excellent so far, and I say this as a reader..

The imagery's been varying levels of spooky but possessed Nacchi and her tooth was just plain freaky.


For a moment there I thought Chie had gotten used to seeing ghosts and was just not being judgemental about Kaya's mother lol

@ShiroAlex Well, I'm not talking abt the story... It's adapted from a manga, a good pacing one, obviously the adaptation will be having a good pace as well, as long as the anime didn't f*d up too much.... It's more abt the presentation.

There are several other anime with very episodic nature, each with their own unique way of approaching this:
- put clear separation between each adapted chaps (ex: Nozaki-kun, Tomo-chan, etc.)
- separate each chaps with somekind of a title/card screen (ex: Tanaka-kun, Kaguya-sama, etc.)
- blend the different chaps into one seamless anime episode (ex: Mieruko-chan, Working!!, etc.)

This is understandable, since anime and manga are 2 very different medium, not everything that looked good on manga will translatable perfectly to anime medium (esp. bc anime has strict EP duration, usually 24 mins/EP). But each of the titles above managed to do the transition (or blending) between each adapted chaps well, that it doesn't feel awkward. But Kaya-chan (the anime) seems to failed to do so, such that each adapted chaps seems rly rushed and unable to marinate properly.
Then again, most of the aforementioned titles above are mostly comedy, so maybe it has something to do with the success as well? idk.

Edit:
Oh, I know what the issue is. Disconnection between parts of an EP (due to they're from different chaps). Watching Kaya-chan the anime feels no different from just simply reading an animated manga, instead of a proper anime.