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 university’s simulation gaming association in search of an alternative to loud, alcohol-soaked frat parties, I genuinely appreciated and related to Miki’s situation and outlook.Īya and Midori fill out the cast, but as non-POV characters, they come across as much flatter. She doesn’t connect with popular interests or activities for people her age, so she ends up spending most of her time alone.īoard games, which involve focused interaction within a small group, are perfect for someone like her. She’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?Īnd 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 isn’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 there’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!Īs for me, I’m lukewarm at best about cute girls series, having survived the moe-splosion of the mid-00’s. Still, that curfew is the catalyst for this season’s most hotly-anticipated cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime: After School Dice Club. I just don’t know if I’ll ever get used to the idea of youth curfews, especially at this exaggerated extreme. on school nights – what could she be doing?Ī 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 doesn’t allow students to go out after 6 P.M. She’s accepted her quiet life of solitude, until her new classmate, Aya, almost runs her over with her bike. What’s it about? Miki Takesaka is an uber-introvert – she doesn’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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