のんのんびより・Non Non Biyori - Beginner Anime Club 👩‍🌾 Week 3

Welcome to week 3 of the Non Non Biyori anime club !

We are watching this show as part of the Beginner Anime club.

Week 3 Starting November 9th
Episodes 5 & 6
Last Week Week 2 (3 & 4)
Next week Week 4 (7 & 8)
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Vocab sheet

No vocab sheet for now.

Discussion guidelines

This thread is here to comment on your impressions of this week’s episodes and to ask any question you have regarding the vocabulary or the understanding of them :grin:

Spoiler Courtesy

Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent ネタバレ. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one.

  • Any potential spoiler for the current week’s watching need only be covered by a spoiler tag. Predictions and conjecture made by somebody who has not read ahead still falls into this category.
  • Any potential spoilers for external sources need to be covered by a spoiler tag and include a label (outside of the spoiler tag) of what might be spoiled. These include but are not limited to: other book club picks, other books, games, movies, anime, etc. I recommend also tagging the severity of the spoiler (for example, I may still look at minor spoilers for something that I don’t intend to read soon).
  • Any information from later in the book than the current week’s watching (including trigger warnings that haven’t yet manifested) needs to be hidden by spoiler tags and labeled as coming from later sections.

Posting Advice

  • When asking for help, please mention the number of the episode and time of the section, and check before posting that your question hasn’t already been asked. As the threads get longer, it becomes more convenient to use the Search function, which is located in the upper right corner of the forum. It is the magnifying glass which is near your profile picture! The best way to search is usually to type part of the sentence you are confused about, and select “in this topic”. This will show you all posts within the current thread which has that string of text.
  • Be sure to join the conversation! It’s fun, and it’s what keeps these clubs lively! There’s no such thing as a stupid question! We are all learning here, and if the question has crossed your mind, there’s a very good chance it has crossed somebody else’s also! Asking and answering questions is a great learning opportunity for everyone involved, so never hesitate to do so!

Membership

Will you be watching with us this week ?
  • I’m watching along
  • I’m planning to catch up later
  • I’ve finished these episodes
  • I’m watching after this club is finished
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Since I was watching on the last day last week, I decided to make sure to watch it earlier this week.

Episode 5

This was not Komari’s day. However, I’m jealous that their tiny village has train service, lol. I had to go from my town of 25,000 people, to another town of 10,000 or so, and I had to travel via the capital city, making what is an hour by car take 3 hours. And when I lived in a village, well there was a train line that went through the village, but there hadn’t been any passenger service for like 100 years.

Episode 6

Guess today is Natsumi’s bad day instead.

Side comment, since I forgot to comment on this but I noticed it in episode 4 too, this amount of cicadas reminds me of Evangelion, which is decidedly not the vibe this show is going for now.

Well… maybe this episode from Natsumi’s perspective may as well be.

Oh, I didn’t understand anything of Renge’s demon act, I had to put English subs on for that and rewind.

And in the end, it’s Komari coming out of this episode with PTSD.

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Episode 5

I liked all of them having breakfast together, that was very sweet

Episode 6

I really liked episode 6! The stuff with her bad grades was funny haha. I love the whole countryside setting, and love the big country houses!! Being able to have the doors open with the sound of the cicadas~

Haha don’t worry, for what it’s worth, you’re definitely not alone on that

Oh and I loved Renge’s plush of 具!! So cute :face_holding_back_tears: OH AND, I forgot to mention for last weeks episodes, but when she hung out with the girl her age from out of town, and showed her 具 too! That was sweet :sob:

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Episode 5

Japanese meals always look so good :yum:

Favorite part was Hotaru looking for Koma chan in the garbage can

Episode 6

I also had to seek aid from English subs during Ren chan’s demon game.

How did the teacher manage to get a college degree while sleeping 24/7 lol

Love the brother showing up and never saying a single word.

A while ago I watched a YouTube video that metioned the prevalance of cicadas in anime, I never noticed them before since I hate cicadas, but I’ve been keeping a look out for them ever since, and it’s true that they are in almost every anime.

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