Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

[Kraco]

Episode 3 - IB




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There were definitely some Aria vibes in this episode when they left the store, wandered in the rain sightseeing and then watched the sunset. Otherwise pretty standard and unsurprising France-Japan comparison. I guess it couldn't be avoided in a story like this to keep thing believable, but I wouldn't really call the humour that smart. Though it led nicely to the letter papers.

Looks like the next ep will place the rich girl and Yune face to face. And the rich girl, of all the things she could do, will most likely boast of having acquired an authentic kimono...

[Buffalobiian]

but I wouldn't really call the humour that smart.

What humour? I was smiling throughout the episode, sure, but nothing popped up to me as being "humours"..

Alice's impulsive attitude so far's been pretty fun for me, which is surprising. I guess it's because even though she's a princessy, self-centered bitch still, she's not really doing anybody any har at this point. Next episode's about to change that thought for sure.

Like we've said earlier, the Gramps spending pattern contrasts with their situation so much. Furthermore, he asks about whether they should go to Japan if they had to close down as if the trip would cost no money at all.

The fact that the music store bought the sign was ?? for me too. Maybe the guy lided the foreignness of it or something. It's certainly not something someone in Paris would be able to identify as a music store, nor a sign that can be easily described to refer to people with (unless you use "that sign that you can't easily describe").

Lastly, rolling paper under your jackets, from my experience, would crease it - as well as dampen it even if it's "covered" from the rain.

[Buffalobiian]

Ayako - episode 04

[shinta|hikari]

Claude turned into a lolicon, and I can't really blame him with Yune as the cause.

[Buffalobiian]

Don't Do This.

It's the one wrong they've done to Yune's design. It works for the mischevious types such as Alice, but it just looks wrong on Yune.

[shinta|hikari]

I did not notice that. I am amazed... at your ability to spot such things.

[Buffalobiian]

I did not notice that. I am amazed... at your ability to spot such things.

It's a pet peev of mine. I can't help but notice it.

On a related note, Yune looked awfully depressed when she mentioned how she didn't have nice blue eyes. It felt a bit strong of a reaction than just your normal jealousy of other people's nice features, which made me wonder.

Not that I can't relate to that. Damn you, blue-eyed ppl!

edit: oh, and the comment that it will take Claude years to save up to buy that Kimono back. Where did Claude do with the 500 franc that he got from the sale? Or was it like another poster said (Ryll, from memory), that it would have sold for much more than the 500 franc that Claude got for it.

If Alice wanted to be really mean, she could have just outright refused sale and told Yune the only way to get it back would have been to stick with her. Fortunately, even Alice isn't that much of a bitch.

Her sister's laugh worries me though. It's the laugh that shrugs off unwanted attention. The laugh that tells you she knows more than she lets on. The laugh that means she's not above underhanded tactics if she has to use it.

[shinta|hikari]

I really felt for Claude when Yune chose to talk with Alice. He really is a nice guy to still be thinking what is best for Yune after seemingly being abandoned like that.

[Buffalobiian]

I really felt for Claude when Yune chose to talk with Alice. He really is a nice guy to still be thinking what is best for Yune after seemingly being abandoned like that.

Yeah. By giving Alice a chance (which wasn't wrong), it was pretty much ignoring Claude's warning that Alice is a bad person.

It just goes to show that he doesn't understand business in the slightest. He seems to have some sort of expectation that a business should be open, and customers should always come - and anybody who disrupts that is "bad".

edit: wouldn't dipping cheese in soysauce make it even saltier?

[Ryllharu]

I too noticed Yune's fang the first time it appeared back in the first episode, seemingly out of nowhere (ref 2:01, Ayako ep1 v2). Yaeba, a girl having a snaggletooth, is pretty popular fetish in Japan. It's seen as cute. Yune having one is meant to increase her cuteness factor exponentially. It's weird...but whatever.

I expected Alice to be a lot more malicious frankly. I was happy to see she is just an obsessed maniac about everything Japan. She didn't lord having the kimono over Yune, she tried to use it as a bribe to get an even bigger prize (Yune herself). Moreover, she only resorted to it when trying easier, simpler things didn't work (buying Yune outright initially (omochikaeri!), the good quality of her teas, the potential to bathe every day, etc.).

Alice did seems to change her tune a little bit when Yune complimented her, her sister, and Claude's eye colors. Alice does have enormous eyelashes (ref. 5:31, Ayako ep4). There was a brief flicker of recognition that Yune thinks of them as unique and as wonderful as they view her, she's just far more polite about it. Camile seemed to realize it with a bit of amusement, while Alice went right back to fussing over Yune.

Luckily, Alice couldn't withstand Yune's dogeza, and still got to eat Yune's cooking. I think it was a win for all involved this episode.

[RyougaZell]

I too noticed Yune's fang from episode one. I have no problem with it.

[Buffalobiian]

It was around since the beginning?!

[shinta|hikari]

It seems some people are even more perceptive, even without caring about it at all.

It seems your pet peeve and my lolicon tendencies were easily beaten.

[Buffalobiian]

I too noticed Yune's fang the first time it appeared back in the first episode, seemingly out of nowhere (ref 2:01, Ayako ep1 v2).

It seems some people are even more perceptive, even without caring about it at all.

It seems your pet peeve and my lolicon tendencies were easily beaten.

EASILY beaten?? I don't think so. >_>

I too noticed Yune's fang from episode one. I have no problem with it.

Yeah, I didn't have a problem with that ^, lol.

[shinta|hikari]

Out of nowhere indeed. It really was almost nowhere.

I don't know if I should praise the people who saw it or not.

[RyougaZell]

Well... sometimes I end up catching the strangest details without looking for them. Like when I saw a cactus giving 'the finger' in a Fairy Tail background. Meh.

BTW... I found Alice really annoying. Sadly it seems she'll become a regular =/

EDIT:
Here's a fang on episode 2
http://randomc.net/image/Ikoku%20Mei...Large%2004.jpg

[Buffalobiian]

Well... sometimes I end up catching the strangest details without looking for them. Like when I saw a cactus giving 'the finger' in a Fairy Tail background. Meh.

BTW... I found Alice really annoying. Sadly it seems she'll become a regular =/

EDIT:
Here's a fang on episode 2
http://randomc.net/image/Ikoku Meiro no Croisee/Ikoku Meiro no Croisee The Animation - 02 - Large 04.jpg

I got an access-denied when clicking that, so here it is, 4th pick down:

http://randomc.net/2011/07/10/ikoku-...-animation-02/

That's fine too, since it's an out-of-style kind of expression.

[David75]

I'm sure you could find that fang in ep 3 too. I admit it did bother me a lot in ep 1, I even vented some frustration out loud on how they couldn't do that when they put so much effort in everything else. But we have to do with it. They did some effort, got a French team to help them having a better cultural environment... But in the end the story prevails and must adhere to the inspiration coming from the manga I guess.

My problem is with that anime, that the pace is way too slow. I understand this is a slice of life in a very unusual setting, and maybe they needed to create a bound between Claude and Yune before they go quicker. But this is really slow.

As I thought, global quality dropped a bit here and there. It's not that much important now. In contrast, nice view from the Monceau Park. Just getting pleased by these little gift is enough for me to keep watching that show, I might find something else later in the 8 remaining eps.

[Kraco]

Episode 4 - IB

The fang didn't bother me from the beginning. It's just a part of her character design, probably for the reasons Ryll mentioned. It's not like it was always a mark for mischievous personalities either, though most of the time it likely is - or for some animal nature.

Alice was much like I expected, even if I misinterpreted the last preview thinking she wouldn't know the kimono was from Yune. Her interactions with others surely showed she's spoiled beyond redemption and has very little sense of the real world and the circumstances of people below her station - or those thinking completely different from her. Meeting Yune and being forced to interact with Claude (and others) might help her a lot in the long run. Hopefully. I didn't particularly hate her, possibly because at the moment I don't believe this story will have too much nefarious elements (like Bill seems to think), and thus I don't think she will make Yune or Claude suffer too much.

[Buffalobiian]

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