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Apr 20, 2022 5:50 AM
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might just be me but none of the main characters actually seemed like friends in the first place? i know its kinda obvious now but they didnt seem like the whole "best friend group" that everyone kinda makes them out to be...
they all just look really awkward with each other and the whole thing doesn't seem to have a huge emotional/dramatic impact either
Apr 20, 2022 5:58 AM
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I think so too. They've all got their interpersonal relationships, but they don't look like a 'group' at all.
Apr 20, 2022 6:01 AM
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Fr, they've never had good chemistry between them, it feels so forced
Apr 20, 2022 6:08 AM
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I don't know t be honest. But at times they do seen awkward with each others.
Apr 20, 2022 6:20 AM
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I don’t know if any of you have read the manga. All I will say is it is a shame we are probably not going to get an anime of the later portion of this manga, as I think it gets better. I can’t say much else without spoiling things.
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 AM
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Andrew_FK said:
I don’t know if any of you have read the manga. All I will say is it is a shame we are probably not going to get an anime of the later portion of this manga, as I think it gets better. I can’t say much else without spoiling things.

is a lot of stuff being skipped? do you think it'd be better to just read than watch?
Apr 20, 2022 7:01 AM
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We didn't really see much of their friendship before the Tomodachi Game at all, it probably would've been more established if we had.
Apr 20, 2022 7:03 AM
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eyeofflame said:
Andrew_FK said:
I don’t know if any of you have read the manga. All I will say is it is a shame we are probably not going to get an anime of the later portion of this manga, as I think it gets better. I can’t say much else without spoiling things.

is a lot of stuff being skipped? do you think it'd be better to just read than watch?

They are not skipping that much, you could probably watch then read where the anime leaves off if you wanted to. I'd recommend the Manga to read from the start even if you also watch though. The Manga is definitely better overall.
Apr 20, 2022 7:05 AM
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YEAHH definitely. especially with this show being a show where the big main point is related to "friendship" would've been nice if they showed more of that lol.
Apr 20, 2022 8:56 AM
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For real. They kept saying they were close friends but we don’t get that image at all. Show don’t tell.
Apr 20, 2022 9:26 AM
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Unbiased, they are a circle of friends.
They are good friends, at least to me. They all (4 out of 5) decided to play the game while having the option not to do so in order to help a friend in need (The debtor with 20M of debt, huge sum). Never forget, the organization who runs the game is shady af, tazed and kidnapped all of them at once, flawlessly.
Is mc a good friend? He is. Clearly knowing some of his friends deliberately betrayed them because of mere 2M or an attempt to avoid the booby penalty, he still tried his best to keep everyone away from worst situation while his heart was being dyed in doubt and anger.
Obviously, naive and young minds can easily be swayed by hidden factors implemented as the games consists unspoken rules (Individual messages like the 1st game or huge sum of debt added while advancing forward in the 2nd game) to intentionally destroy harmony and friendship of the group.
Just try picture yourself in their shoes and remember, there might be unconditional love but there isn't unconditional friendship. Can you really confidently say that you can sacrifice yourself for every single friends in a group of yours?
Apr 20, 2022 9:36 AM

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ya, after ep 3 today all of them seems like a bad person. It makes me feel like I dont care if all of them die. I have a feeling that Shiho and the MC is a good person but if this goes on this might be an anime where I hate all of the cast.
Apr 20, 2022 2:50 PM
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eyeofflame said:
Andrew_FK said:
I don’t know if any of you have read the manga. All I will say is it is a shame we are probably not going to get an anime of the later portion of this manga, as I think it gets better. I can’t say much else without spoiling things.

is a lot of stuff being skipped? do you think it'd be better to just read than watch?

imo, it's better to read than to watch. because the pace and the tnse feeling when reading the manga are more thrill. the art and the plot is a masterpiece itself💯💯
Apr 20, 2022 2:53 PM
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lizzziziz said:
YEAHH definitely. especially with this show being a show where the big main point is related to "friendship" would've been nice if they showed more of that lol.

they will show it soon, but for now it's focusing more into the traitor. for the next arc after the sec and third game, their friendship will become more stronger than the first and sec game regarding what happened to them
Apr 20, 2022 3:16 PM

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Agree. I think the idea of showing us them struggling through this game as a group before they even showed us anything to establish their group’s relationships is a poor decision. It’s like watching just a bunch of random characters play a game together, it really makes it pretty emotionless and low stakes.

I’m sure they’ll have a flashback with them before the timeline of the show to establish the relationships but I think it would’ve been a better decision to build the relationships first so that everything leading up and the game itself didn’t feel so low stakes and emotionless. The only reason we even know they’re friends is because they tell us they are, they haven’t done anything to really show it.
Apr 20, 2022 4:05 PM

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ellucilf3r said:
lizzziziz said:
YEAHH definitely. especially with this show being a show where the big main point is related to "friendship" would've been nice if they showed more of that lol.

they will show it soon, but for now it's focusing more into the traitor. for the next arc after the sec and third game, their friendship will become more stronger than the first and sec game regarding what happened to them
ooh okay that's a relief. i still think that they should've showm more Before all this, yk? so i can feel more with this whole "traitor" bit. thinking "dude what the hell" "no way" "god i hope its not __, it wont be __ right?" but instead im just kinda ... just Waiting for the "traitor" to get revealed without caring that much bc i dont Know nor do i feel that they're actually close friends.

im glad their friendship will be more explored in the next parts tho!! definitely gonna look forward to that
Apr 20, 2022 6:45 PM

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Andrew_FK said:
eyeofflame said:

is a lot of stuff being skipped? do you think it'd be better to just read than watch?

They are not skipping that much, you could probably watch then read where the anime leaves off if you wanted to. I'd recommend the Manga to read from the start even if you also watch though. The Manga is definitely better overall.


I'd probably read once the anime ends then. Tbh I like how the anime is going currently.
Aug 4, 2022 2:05 AM

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They should have focused on the every day lives of the characters. But it's because they didn't that we don't feel that much closeness between them. If the first half was just a slice of life and the second half was "Tomodachi Game", it would have been superior, but oh well.
Aug 4, 2022 2:08 AM

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The idea of the game is stupid in the first place, say I loaned 100k and then apply their name without their consent, I only need to pay back 20k if there were 5 people in the game. I still earn 80k after paying back 20k loan somehow..
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