"The classmate at the neighboring table, Ali, who occasionally speaks heartfelt words in Russian" anime has finished airing its first three episodes. The "Three Episode Rule" has been unlocked, so I will provide some evaluations.
If I were to summarize it in one sentence, I would say that the plot design is too shocking and explosive. This so-called "romantic anime" definitely has the potential to become a "harem anime."
Episode 1#
First 14 minutes#
The animation production is handled by Animation Studio. Personally, I prefer Light Hundred, and in this aspect, Animation Studio's production is quite famous. The most influential work is still "Love Small Planet," where all the starry skies can be matched with real star maps, showing their leading position in attention to detail.
Ali's appearance is accompanied by piano music, which gives a very elegant feeling. It is worth mentioning that the music teacher, Tobo Ming, also participated in the production of "Teasing Master Takagi-san."
In the original work, the appearance of Ando made all the other girls present scream, contrasting with Ali. In the anime, it is portrayed through the narration of a male student to highlight her popularity. In the end, both results emphasize Ali's "aloof" influence.
Soon after, the conversation between the male and female protagonists begins. Masa's quick response quickly reflects his "otaku" image.
Next, the Russian phrase "Милашка" quickly caught the attention of the audience. Due to the promotion of the PV, most of the audience at this time already knew that its true meaning was "you're cute," which is different from Ali's explanation in Japanese, making the audience curious about what will happen next.
The OP is obviously well-funded, and the climax of the second half of the music also implies what happened before the main story (details are provided in the third episode, so I won't describe it here).
The intentional close-up and emphasis on "the same kind of spicy ramen" have already hinted at the relationship between the two, which can be considered as foreshadowing.
This scene where the female protagonist gets jealous of her childhood friend is also very cute!
After being regarded as a "female friend" by Masa, Ali's surprise can be clearly seen. In order to hide her emotions, she chooses to walk away. In the anime, you can see Ali's mouth curling up when she leaves.
But you should take a look at the original work! The key is in the last paragraph.
It can be seen that the female protagonist is quite happy.
Last 10 minutes#
||Due to the aftermath of watching "Puella Magi Madoka Magica,"|| I couldn't help but analyze all the elements in the scenes.
It is worth noting that the emphasis on the sound of "サー" being prolonged, I don't know if it is useful or not, so let's leave it for now.
You can see that this is a scene in a small park. However, if children appear, this scene is basically the only option.
The events in the classroom after that are not captured and analyzed in screenshots. If you want to see them, please watch it yourself. Screenshots without motion and sound are meaningless.
This section shows that the little sister is also an "otaku." At this point, viewers who haven't read the original work may just laugh it off, but they may not realize that this is also a foreshadowing.
The subsequent plot reveals the characters' personalities quite clearly, and I'm a bit lazy, so let's just leave it at the first episode.
The ED that changes with each episode shows sincerity. I use Apple Music privately, so I can get the single within 2 hours after the anime ends.
However, as of now, the ED and OP in Apple Music have been taken offline in the country, probably due to copyright issues.
In that case, welcome to NetEase Cloud Music! And currently, you can listen without a membership.
Episode 2#
It is implied from the beginning that their relationship may not be ordinary. Ali's gaze towards scum.
Ali speaking in Russian is also very cute, but unfortunately, she doesn't know that the male protagonist can understand. As mentioned in the first episode, only the male protagonist's little sister knows that he can understand.
However, the male protagonist's little sister didn't expose Ali's scheming personality on the spot (or maybe she didn't want to reveal her true identity).
What? You're asking who the male protagonist's little sister is?
In the second episode, you can see the little sister reading a romance manga on the sofa, corresponding to the chat in the first episode. She reads manga with a sibling theme, and it's already so obvious...
Next, you can see the scene where the little sister wakes up the male protagonist. Due to the unique perspective, the images may not be able to be displayed here.
When I was watching TOKYO MX in Japan during the second episode, I really felt, "Ah, can this be broadcasted in mainland China?"
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In the original work, when the little sister wakes up the male protagonist, he is having a dream about his childhood. However, the anime moved it to the first episode. Take a look:
"Dear Venus" here means "愛しい女神" (Beloved Goddess). Please note that some Chinese subtitle groups directly translated it into English and left. Here is the explanation.
Ali suffered quite a bit because she was concerned about the male protagonist.
In the original work, we can see Ali's thoughts: Ali knows that Yuki and Masa's homes are about three stops away, so they can't get off at the same stop. Combined with the conversation at noon, she guesses that they are going to one person's house.
Actually, her guess is correct because Yuki wants to put all the merchandise she bought at Masa's house.
The translation of the following scene is that due to mishearing "彼 (boyfriend) shirt" as "枯 (homonym of ' 彼 ') shirt," Ali searched online and saw a manga image like this:
Only a couple sitting face to face on a bed can be seen. The woman is wearing a loose shirt and smiling shyly, while the man... is shirtless.
And then her brain completely crashed.
||Although I couldn't find the so-called "枯 shirt" manga that Ali saw online.||
Episode 3#
First 18 minutes#
This is the story of Ali's sister's assistance.
There are some parts that resonate with me personally. Unfortunately, the word count is a bit long now, and adding more might make it look tiring. I'll see if I can write another article to explain it in detail.
As someone who has read the manga, I wasn't surprised by the plot. However, I was deeply attracted by the presentation and music.
||But when I was in Japan, I bought two volumes of the manga, and now I feel a bit regretful that they weren't enough for the third episode.||
There are detailed dance scenes in the manga, but they have already been shown in the OP of the anime, so I won't show them here!||Actually, it's because I'm lazy. Of course, there are also copyright issues.||
Last 6 minutes#
||The most explosive scene in the whole show!!||
The sound of the music box (I'm not sure what instrument it is, please correct me if I'm wrong) starts playing, and everyone knows that something is about to happen.
Take a closer look, counterclockwise cowlick.
However, Marsha has yellow eyes, but the girl Masa saw in his childhood had blue eyes.
||Could eye color change?|| In order to prove it from other aspects, I need to know more about Marsha's whereabouts.
At this moment, I remembered that Ali mentioned that she had been to Japan five years ago. Based on her age, five years ago, Marsha was also an elementary school student.
I might have discovered something.
Since I didn't buy enough of the original work, I searched Wikipedia with uncertainty.
Maria Mikhailovna Kudjo (マリヤ・ミハイロヴナ・九条（ - くじょう），Мария Михайловна Куджо，voice: Yuko Fujii)1
Ali's sister, nicknamed "Marsha" (マーシャ). She is one year older than Kuse and Ali, and her birthday is on December 24th. Her personality is completely different from Ali's, and she is shorter in height, sometimes causing others to mistake her for her younger sister. She serves as the student council secretary. In fact, she is Masa's childhood love, the "Russian-speaking girl," and often calls him by the wrong name. Masa's willingness to learn Russian is actually to communicate with Marsha, but they went their separate ways before he learned it. They meet again in high school, but she has already fallen in love with another boy.
Okay. I got it. Back to the anime. After hearing the name "Masa," Marsha remembers something and tries to test it in Russian, but Masa replies that he doesn't understand Russian.
The close-up of Marsha's tearful memories in the third volume of the manga.
However, could it be that Marsha...
Contrasting with the childhood park scene. Although Animation Studio||maliciously||added a glare, you can still see that it's the same scene! Even the male protagonist's cowlick is the same! Marsha's boyfriend mentioned in her memories, "Sir-kun," is the same as the slip of the tongue from childhood!
So I speculate that the statement in Wikipedia, "she has already fallen in love with another boy," may still be incorrect. However, since I haven't bought the later novels of the original work, Wikipedia may be right.
To delve deeper into this, I looked through the official Twitter account's past posts and found an incredible illustration. Please take a look at the tweet:
マ【絶対、お嫁さんにしてもらうんだからぁぁーー！！】 #ロシデレ
![Marsha [I must make you marry me!!!]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FGL-j1hTbgAAno2Q%3Fformat%3Djpg%26name%3D4096x4096&w=1920&q=75)
With this, I further doubt the identity of Marsha's boyfriend.
Of course, these speculations could all be wrong. I hope everyone enjoys watching it.
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