However, in this age of Twitch and LetвЂ™s Plays, I know that there are a lot of people who feel otherwise. Not because it does anything wrong or sketchy, but because I just donвЂ™t think watching other people play games is interesting. IвЂ™m not especially enthused about this first episode. I did think it was interesting how she chooses to speak in standard Japanese rather than Kyoto dialect, because she finds standard more preciseвЂ¦ but thatвЂ™s more about me being a linguistics nerd than something I think the show will build on. She softens up a bit when the game store manager is completely overpowering Miki at Marrakech (which, jerk move, thatвЂ™s not how you get people interested in games) and steps in to assist Miki to win over him, but still insists that Miki and Aya keep to the curfew. Midori, on the other hand, is much more buttoned-up. SheвЂ™s just moved to Kyoto, the traditional cultural capital of Japan, and she wants to experience everything the city has to offer as opposed to Miki, who has lived there all her life and takes it all for granted. Aya is energetic and outgoing, drawing Miki out of her shell and inviting her to take an interest in the world around her. As someone who joined her universityвЂ™s simulation gaming association in search of an alternative to loud, alcohol-soaked frat parties, I genuinely appreciated and related to MikiвЂ™s situation and outlook.ДЄya and Midori fill out the cast, but as non-POV characters, they come across as much flatter. She doesnвЂ™t connect with popular interests or activities for people her age, so she ends up spending most of her time alone.Д«oard games, which involve focused interaction within a small group, are perfect for someone like her. SheвЂ™s introverted but not necessarily asocial. One thing the episode handled well is how Miki is exactly the kind of person who usually ends up getting into tabletop games and other geeky communities. Recognize any from your own collection?ДЄnd the thing is, I could easily spend the time playing them instead! The show features real board games, some of which I have on my own shelves! For the first episode they played Marrakech, which seems like a perfectly fine game but isnвЂ™t really a thrilling watch. Having them participate in an activity that I have at least a passing interest in makes things more interesting at least, but I generally prefer playing them to watching them. I get the appeal thereвЂ™s a warmth and a degree of relatability to the quiet, low-conflict storytelling, but I prefer more challenging heroines and greater complexity. Like cute girls? Like tabletop games? This is the anime for you!ДЄs for me, IвЂ™m lukewarm at best about cute girls series, having survived the moe-splosion of the mid-00вЂ™s.

Still, that curfew is the catalyst for this seasonвЂ™s most hotly-anticipated cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime: After School Dice Club. I just donвЂ™t know if IвЂ™ll ever get used to the idea of youth curfews, especially at this exaggerated extreme. on school nights вЂ“ what could she be doing?ДЄ high school imposing a 6pm curfew feels totally out of bounds to me? I was definitely out after that time on school nights regularly, and I was a relatively well-behaved teenager. The two end up wandering Kyoto together, but then as they find their way home, they run into the stern class representative, Midori! Their school doesnвЂ™t allow students to go out after 6 P.M. SheвЂ™s accepted her quiet life of solitude, until her new classmate, Aya, almost runs her over with her bike.

WhatвЂ™s it about? Miki Takesaka is an uber-introvert вЂ“ she doesnвЂ™t enjoy what most of her classmates do, hates crowded places, and spends most of her time walking alone by the Kamogawa River.

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