Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Ep. 1-3 Thoughts

[@cynalic]

A blue haired childhood friend is almost the most "losing heroine" a character can get

[@AngeHikari]

@@cynalic Here's to hoping Anna beats the curse for once, because otherwise it's looking like JP authors had a tacit agreement that "blue hair and/or childhood friend = Loser"

[@ganoloth1929]

when you think it was straight forward but, author is cooking a relationship chart like school rumble

[@AngeHikari]

By straightforward, I meant the 'intent' of the first 3 episodes, but yes, I agree with the relationship chart of the whole thing being a messy web (if it includes every heroine's old crush)

[@ganoloth1929]

I see

[@AngeHikari]

@@ganoloth1929 No worries, that's on me for not making myself more clear with what I wanted to say

[@SuperiorPosterior]

Friendship Route is S-Tier. I can see the girls helping Nukumizu get with a random hottie transfer student, almost _entirely by accident,_ because they're helping some *_other_* Childhood Friend get her man before that foreign bird swoops in. Lemon/Nuku is my OTP. She's too carefree and needs a protective wallflower to balance her out. Komari/Mizu is also cute. I want more discussions about the water fountains, because _kuso_ they're so friggin' right. There was a water fountain over near the drama/band room (which was basically a full-blown theater) that always tasted refreshing between fifth and sixth period. Even when my last two classes were right next to each other, and on the opposite side of the campus from the theater, I'd sprint over to slurp up some nice cool water before meandering my way back. Anna/Nukumizu is all-but guaranteed, if they play the "First Girl Wins" trope straight. I could see them going the "Nisekoi" route of the two becoming more and more of a couple while denying it the whole time, until they suddenly realize they've been one-upping each others' Christmas gifts for five years and Nukumizu just pulled out a ring. The basis of their relationship: "You can't get rejected if you don't ask!" Either that, or Nukumizu is gonna be revealed to have a Childhood Friend (that he's probably mostly forgotten, and it'll turn out _she's_ why he has such a depressing outlook on romance), and Anna will try to force herself away from Nukumizu because she can't bear to be the "homewrecker" in this situation. All told, though, I do think the HMS Friendship or Anna/Nukumizu are the most likely.

[@AngeHikari]

Man's fully mapped out the possible timelines. I just like how we've reached that point in consuming Rom-Coms where after a few episodes, we all just look at the author and say "So, how do you plan to write this to a reasonable end?" Regarding water fountains, as someone who always stops by at one before every class here in univ, I always go for the cold ones (in PH's hot climate, drinking lukewarm just isn't the way to go)

[@SuperiorPosterior]

@@AngeHikari Oh yeah. Gotta love how romcom's gotten to that "Squidward mocking the guy's burger order" level of cliche, so we're all just waiting around to see whether or not the author put grenades in the gravy. And lukewarm water is terrible. Absolutely terrible. It's entirely psychosomatic, I know, but warm water tastes like pills to me. Water's gotta be nice and cold for me to enjoy it without making it into hot tea.

[@AngeHikari]

@@SuperiorPosterior The only time I'll take lukewarm is upon waking up, just to ensure my throat isn't dry in morning without going cold or hot right away, other than that, hard pass

[@hmmdoh7835]

My tho is that this is Konosuba but not in isekai All 3 of these girls r freaking crazy 😂😂😂😂😂 Like Kazuma at the beginning, the MC just wanted her to pay him back n end the weird relationship or she will lure more losers to bother him 😂😂😂

[@AngeHikari]

I can see the similarities (1 guy and 3 quirky girls) What sets the two shows apart, Nukumizu is significantly much tamer than Kazuma as of Ep. 3 (In Konosuba, all 4 main characters can be the source of any tomfoolery, here, Nukumizu is yet to be 'that character')