Glad to see a mix of positive and negative comments, yes this is indeed a side project, so maybe that's why the company isn't so hard on them and why they have so much freedom, like even if they fail, it won't be a huge deal like for example Peko failing as long as they don't delay the main projects of the company... Of course, if they do fail, I'm sure at least one person could be fired.
We can all agree that Hajime is making a mess right now, but without Kou I guess all of them need to grown a lot so I hope this helps them, well I'm cheering for Yun mostly! she's my favorite.

Looks like Vol 9 is out in Japan already! I saw the raws of Vol 8 and I've saw some cute moments but I'm excited to know what direction this is going to take, after all, is possible the vol 9 ending could be the ending of a hypothetical third season.

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Can't be worse of what already happen tbh.

Glad that at least Christina realized it and is taking steps to fix things up...

Mostly due to the author realising that (s)he fu*ked up and put a quick fix next chapter where it could have been right if they don't have let Hajime take the decision by herself when she had no experience at all.

Of course, if they do fail, I'm sure at least one person could be fired.

Down in my heart i want Momiji. I will be honest,when they put the 2 charactersi think it was where the problems started.Momiji has done really nothing so far and yet we give her the design.

If you expect the Yun problem, it's a bis of the Peko design concept with Aoba winning over Kou. Speaking of Kou, the fact that Hotaru will suddendly start work with her because why not and will be better than a genius like Kou is beyong bullsh*t

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Big spoiler from this month's Kirara, but also something to look forward in the future °-°)
spoiler picture https://i.imgur.com/7NWdzBc.jpg

Big spoiler from this month's Kirara, but also something to look forward in the future °-°)
spoiler picture https://i.imgur.com/7NWdzBc.jpg

At this point, Rin pretty much live in France

Lilliwyt posted:

Big spoiler from this month's Kirara, but also something to look forward in the future °-°)
spoiler picture https://i.imgur.com/7NWdzBc.jpg

At this point, Rin pretty much live in France

All to pursue and nurture her friendshippppp knows no border

Lilliwyt posted:

Big spoiler from this month's Kirara, but also something to look forward in the future °-°)
spoiler picture https://i.imgur.com/7NWdzBc.jpg

At this point, Rin pretty much live in France

All to pursue and nurture her friendshippppp knows no border

Rin pretty much already confess, it's just Kou who didn't understand the message.

Kou and Hajime are probably the only ones who don't know by now... And maybe Nene

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Aoba as senpai is cute hahahaha
Like I said in MD Momiji and Aoba could be a thing if Momiji wasn't married already and Aoba didn't had a preference to show her "real" self to Hifumi ... she's EVIL D:

Leaving Hajime out of the action for now is a good choice imo XP

Is it me, or is this series just not very interesting anymore?

Seriously, I can’t remember—what exactly is the main thing we’re supposed to be caring about here?

Cute girls making cute games and evil Aoba

I just feel like I’m waiting for the interesting ones to come back from Europe.

I don’t mean to be a pain about it. But at one time this series really did feel like it had more going on than just Cute Girls Doing More-Or-Less Random Cute Things.

It’s not like I long for the days of endless disputes in the forum about whether Eagle Jump was or wasn’t using cutting-edge game-industry development best-practices.

But there was, if I’m not mistaken, the sense that something was at stake in the storylines besides whether one or another of the characters had a sad or not.

..................
I swear, at one point while reading this chapter I said, quote "Aoba... What do you think you're doing?... Cheating on Hifumi?"
I let one of my ships for this manga get in the way, I'm so sorry!

Kou is a really great character with lots of presence so it was a risk to let her go, similar to what happened in Gurren Lagan when Kamina wasn't around, it pushes the other characters to become stronger but I know that just like with Gurren, it takes time for the series to recover from that loss.

Also from what I saw in the raws there won't be more emo/angry moments in the horizon.

I love that series, but frankly, I never really see going beyong cute girl doing cute games, Kou or no Kou.
And really, that's pretty much all I expect from this serie. The whole pseudo drama with Momiji getting to be the chara designer ? That felt way too forced in my opinion. Aoba or even Yuu should have gotten that one. All it proved to me was that Hajime is crap at making decisions.

Yeah,I don't really like what the author is doing with this recent arc(s), it seems like they're trying to shake things up and make things more interesting, but i feel it's doing the opposite.

I don't want to outright hate on Momiji, but i think her character and her insert into the story is a big area of contention. When she was intro'd, it felt like her character solely existed to make Aoba feel insecure and doubt herself. I just feel like that, and adding a 'rivalry' between them was a pretty poor choice for a story that is primarily upbeat and positive.

Yeah...these latest chapters feel like wading through mud

Yeah...these latest chapters feel like wading through mud

Yeah, mostly skipped through them. Last one was okay, I really prefer volume 1+2

Yeah...these latest chapters feel like wading through mud

Yeah, mostly skipped through them. Last one was okay, I really prefer volume 1+2

The series has been very "meh" for me ever since Momiji and Narumi were introduced. They feel like mash-ups of some other characters and they haven really had time to develop. They also have taken away screen time from other characters/relationships and their developments

But then Aoba won't have anything to do XP another way to learn is to teach... I was saying in Mangadex ( and they were much happier to receive an update than here) that having Aoba act like a senpai helps for growth, after all SHE IS the main character.
I'm sure that... If there's a third game, Aoba is gonna win the character design and that could be her peak performance arc...... unless Kou comes back stronger than ever lo/

AH!! There's also Nene trying to make games from scratch, remember? who knows, they could start from 0 just them making indie games together o.o) that would be nice too.

Here's some improvements I would make:
Add some small drama to season 1

Stop right here, there no need to add drama unnecessarily.

Introduce Naru in season 1 and make her a inherently nice person (She can be one of Umiko's aides or whatever)

Except Naru is a nice person after the whole code war. She is just insecure because it's her last chance to do what she love before going back to the inn and there no need to introduce that much of new employees in the first season.

Remove Momo completely from the story

As much as i think the current situation is partially her fault, no. Momo was needed to give Aoba some rival after Kou's depart to France.

Yun wins the design competition on her first try

That may the only point i agree on.

Yun tries to climb up the corporate ladder because she wants to be able to take better care of her little siblings

I don't think it's related at all. We never see Yun struggle one bit with her siblings so no.

There roughly one or 2 points i can agree on. All the others made no sense at all.

AH!! There's also Nene trying to make games from scratch, remember? who knows, they could start from 0 just them making indie games together o.o) that would be nice too.

Yeah no, in my opinion they could have ended after Kou's depart for France. I know the dodgeball project is just a side project so it's not too much risk for them but god that start horribly. Choose Hajime's project with no experience, ok why not but don't help her to choose the characters designs was stupid. It feel like Kou going to France is a bad move so far, Eagle seem to struggle .

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@Serenata:
Aoba maturing is fine; that’s been implicit in the series from the beginning. I just don’t get a strong sense of where she’s supposed to be less strong as a designer and what’s happening to test that and potentially improve it.

One thing (among several) that Kou was good for was actually talking to Aoba and clarifying what was going on and what she needed to address. That’s why I was asking, “what are the stakes of this arc supposed to be?” It just seems like kind of a muddle now when before it wasn’t.

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We could make Yun's motivations in this arc more impactful and interesting by giving it personal and financial stakes.

Given how her desk and dresses look so fancy, i highly doubt she had any financial issues or it will had been pointed out sooner

What other points do you disagree with?

I think i talk about the one i was not agree on

Replace the Naru not reviewing her code drama with Naru accidentally falling asleep during crunch time due to being too stressed out and Nene has to encourage her to finish coding.

I don't see why it's a bad thing. It made realise to Naru she is not alone in the programmation team and Nene is for helping her and is not a rival.

Season 1 could have very easily been replaced with a high school club and nothing would really change.

Expect JK don't release videos games. In season 1, Aoba just start to work and come in the middle of the process so what drama they could possibly had ? Aoba is a newbie and need to learn basis.

that there was so little drama to the point where all the characters felt like little children and the show was totally unrelatable.

Then people need to stop watch SoL CGDCT. Why little drama is bad thing at all ? Because it feel unrealistic that a video game encounter no problems ?Then spoiler, it's already unrealistic that a team is made of only women and most mangas are unrealistics in itself. There no need to have a lot of drama to make it interesting.

For example: being frustrated with the newbie because she's too slow to learn.

What the hell ? Unless it was a big studio, nobody will had yell at Aoba to be slow. Her work could have been handle by someone else.

Many people were bored by the lack of drama in season 1 and thought the show was wasting its potential.

Then people need to freaking read the manga before. They ain't gonna put drama in anime when there is none in the original source.

Hell, even Love Live! (which is an anime set in a high school club) had more conflict than New Game! season 1.

But that not even the same set-up, you can't compare a little game developping studio with no problem with a group of JK Idols trying to save a school, that's not realistic.

I already told my personnal point of view but i will say it again : Kou going to France was a good end in itself, there were no need to continue it. I may have think that both Naru and Momo weren't needed but i now think they're good because they made the team grow in maturity.

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Because Love live is about the drama, competition and hardship xP
Feels like you want to turn New Game! into Shirobako (a great anime about making anime) but Shirobako is drama and comedy and New game is Slice of life and comedy with just a touch of drama at the end of each arc ... Plus this is published by Kirara (focused on Moe and slice of life) so your suggestion might be good but it wouldn't be New Game anymore, new game was never meant to be taken so seriously.

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