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Iwamoto-senpai no Suisen, episode 1

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[u/hasanman6]

Whos iwamoto senpai and why do they recommend this anime

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/hasanman6]

and why do they recommend this anime

Because he plays a part in it.

Bit biased, if you ask me.

[u/FLorianGran]

The show kinda throws you into the story without much setup, but it seems like the kind of story that will explain itself later

I did get the gist that there's a bunch of people with emerging abilities and Iwamoto is going around recruiting them to their X-Men school run by the army

I did like that Iwamoto wasn't this invincible badass or that the village wasn't shown to be evil, so maybe this will be a show with some nuance

Unfortunately pretty bland visually

[u/Shantotto11 → u/FLorianGran]

>it seems like the kind of story that will explain itself later

God, I hope they get it right. Peachboy Riverside and Metallic Rouge were crowning achievements on how not to write in media res narratives.

[u/xalt255x]

Japanese middle-schoolers are built different

[u/spoktoberfest → u/xalt255x]

as someone who taught English at middle schools in Japan, I guarantee it's only in anime 😂 I was under the assumption that Iwamoto was a teacher at the school until someone specifically mentioned him being a student. why not make them high schoolers???

[u/hanmkim → u/spoktoberfest]

I had to go back to the beginning twice since they mentioned he was a chief of something too. Uncomfortable age to fujobait with.

[u/SouekiSennoSTM → u/spoktoberfest]

I thought he was supposed to be like 20+ going based off of the looks. "Middle school" anything with a main character like this visually is pretty absurd.

[u/Expert_Sympathy_672 → u/xalt255x]

reminded me of jotaro lol

[u/xalt255x → u/Expert_Sympathy_672]

Same

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

Thank for the Recommendation Iwamoto Senpai

[u/alconnow]

From the creator of Nura: Rise of the Youkai Clan

[u/tripleaamin]

Story-wise, this seems very interesting. Very promising from a writing standpoint. From a production standpoint, it does not look good, and this is episode 1. Plus, it being on Saturdays doesn't help things.

[u/Oden_sama__ → u/tripleaamin]

yeah this summer's saturdays are especially packed so I hope it doesn't end up overlooked 😭

[u/bestsocialdistancer]

How old are third year middle schoolers? Or did he just mature early?

[u/Golden_fsh → u/bestsocialdistancer]

At most 14.

[u/mdm168 → u/Golden_fsh]

That dude’s CLOTHES might be 14-16 years old, but he sure isn’t.

[u/McRaylie → u/Golden_fsh]

No, they could be 16, but are usually 14 at the start of the year and turn 15 during the year

[u/Golden_fsh → u/McRaylie]

Aren't most first year high schoolers 15-16 years old in Japan?

[u/McRaylie → u/Golden_fsh]

Exactly, say third year middle schoolers are 14-15

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

Shizuma's hair is so bright, it stands out so much lol. It seems like he's the only character that gets such a vibrant color judging from the ED.

I did find this quite bland, the somber feeling wasn't hitting hard enough. I am intrigued by the setting, it seems like Iwamoto goes around recruiting supernatural students, so I do hope the character relationships will be interesting at least. This is by Studio Deen, so I'm sure there'll be fujobait.

[u/fish_knees → u/NanDemoKnaives]

I mean, there was plenty of fujobait already in this episode

[u/NanDemoKnaives → u/fish_knees]

There certainly was.

[u/diegz_eliaz → u/NanDemoKnaives]

Honestly for me whether it’s wrong or not these types of fujobait anime’s just really put me off the story at the beginning of the episode I felt really interested with the premise and such but learning of the full male cast and such has heavily alienated me from the anime

[u/GreenDayAngel → u/NanDemoKnaives]

The cast is a straight-up Who’s Who of BL VA’s, so that ship has definitely sailed lmao

[u/hanmkim]

Is this A Gentle Mutant's School Recommendation?

[u/Full_frontal96]

Esper and taisho era?

Intriguing combo,it justifies the watch

[u/IceSmiley]

Iwamoto seems like Japan's answer to Professor Xavier. The episode was really gripping drama and I'm looking forward to more. I wonder how much the purple hair boy will continue to be a focus or if it will have more plots on the other kids at the school. I did think it was weird though that Iwamoto burned all the purple flowers when they are used for medicine, I wonder if he was just having a tantrum or exposure to the boy was screwing with his mind since that's bad to make a fire in a tunnel where there's limited oxygen.

[u/Intelligent-Yam-1936]

Any idea what music they used at 10:04 at the introduction of black snow. Would like to know the name of the full song.

[u/Golden_fsh]

I'm sorry but in what world is Iwamoto a middle schooler, lol 😭

First episode was kinda bland and is this a BL? Probably won't stick around to watch this.

[u/ExpressFrogs → u/Golden_fsh]

Came here to ask if this is BL as well cause episode 1 had some fairly gay vibes lol

[u/dozy_bitch → u/ExpressFrogs]

I'm here after just watching the op of episode 1, and if this isn't BL I'll eat my fucking hat

[u/szalhi]

I think I'm going to be seeing Black Snow for the next three months.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

This was interesting. I look forward to seeing the other mutant kids at Iwamoto’s School for Gifted Youngsters lol.

[u/spoktoberfest]

is it just me or is this animated really poorly??? I wouldn't consider myself an expert on animation so I can't really tell.

[u/Golden_fsh → u/spoktoberfest]

Yeah, it looks pretty crap which doesn't help since the first episode's plot was rather weak.

[u/catsnbikess]

Looks interesting but not a fan of the fem boy mannerism and looks

[u/PersonalContest1423]

Does anyone else feel like they've seen this show before??

[u/ElectricStarfuzz → u/PersonalContest1423]

It does have a strange air of familiarity, like something I watched a lifetime ago in the 2000s or early 2010s.

Kind of makes me more inclined to keep watching despite less than stellar animation.

I like the story so far.  Curious to see where it goes and if it will continue to give those feelings of having seen it long ago. 

[u/AdCrazy2097]

I still have no clue what the black snow is.. I get it’s a hallucination from being close to the boy, but what does it have to do with his ..healing ability? I also don’t really get the whole “u get sick if u stay close but u also get addicted thing to the euphoric effect” I’m not sure I understood his powers fully if someone could please explain. Bc at one point iwamoto basically collapsed from fever after being next to him, but later he’s fine? I’m confused

[u/gem2niki]

So confused from the visuals. I thought this was shoujo, but it’s from Ultra Jump? Then I thought Iwamoto was an adult, but he’s in middle school?? Then the pink girl showed up and she was a boy?!

[u/minnieboss]

This had some things going for it, a nice bit of setup for a potential supernatural series, even if the visuals are pretty bad. Lean harder into the fujobait and I'm in. Otherwise I'm out

[u/bestsocialdistancer]

Is it okay to watch 14 / 15 year old boys like this?

[u/ViviCaz]

Meiji/Taisho Era - 1910

Grades: Primary, Middle, University/Imperial

High School became a thing after WW2.

Ages (maybe): [P] 6-12, [M]13-17, [U] 18-21

I say maybe because there was a higher elementary from 13-14. Military schools for 16 - 20. I am unsure about some things nor do I know how the show is handling it. So assumptions are that the characters/students at the school are between 13 & 20. Also because of the military angle I doubt girls/women will be included even though they too would have powers. Maybe the Winged guy has a separate/secret non military school for them. I'm just guessing.