Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian

[Buffalobiian]

Alternative title:
Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san (Japanese)
Иногда Аля внезапно кокетничает по-русски (Russian)
時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん (Japanese)

Genres: comedy, romance
Themes: ecchi, Russia, school

Synopsis:
Smart, refined, and strikingly gorgeous, half-Russian half-Japanese Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is considered the idol of her school. With her long silver hair, mesmerizing blue eyes, and exceptionally fair skin, she has captured the hearts of countless male students while being highly admired by all others. Even so, due to her seemingly unapproachable persona, everyone remains wary around the near-flawless girl.

One of the few exceptions is Alisa's benchmate Masachika Kuze, a relatively average boy who spends his days watching anime and playing gacha games. Despite his nonchalant demeanor, Masachika is the sole student to receive Alisa's attention. Unable to be fully honest, Alisa is frequently harsh on Masachika and only expresses her affection in Russian. Unbeknownst to her, however, Masachika actually understands the language yet simply pretends otherwise for his own amusement.

As the odd pair continues to exchange witty and playful remarks, their relationship gradually grows more romantic and delightful—and Alisa might finally learn to freely convey her true feelings. -MAL

Links: ANN, AniDB, MAL, Official.

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Okay.

2nd ep of Russian Girl was good too.
It's cute and foxy sis is funny.
Simple but hits the spot. My favorite so far.

It was very waki.

The troll sister upped the fun. There's no dense MC; in fact it's quite the opposite. Given that she's his sister, they kept it logical that she'd know he studied his ass off to learn Russian and knows exactly what Alya is saying.

The two girls are going to be running for president with him nominated as VP for both teams.

[MFauli]

Fuck Russia. Not the time for adapting such manga.

[shinta|hikari]

Crazy thing to say. Not all Russians are the Russian government or even their supporters. Many of them are just normal people.

[MFauli]

Crazy thing to say. Not all Russians are the Russian government or even their supporters. Many of them are just normal people.

Most of them support Putin.

[shinta|hikari]

Maybe? There are still millions of others who don't. They don't deserve censure for what others did.

[KrayZ33]

Bold thing to argue, considering we are Germans and this show has basically nothing to do with Russia and just features a person of Russian descent living in a different country.

I mean, I'm actually agreeing with you more than with Shinta, in regards to that most Russians (especially older ones) support Putin and are batshit insane.
But this anime has nothing to do with Russia.
Do you go up to German-Russians living here and insult them or something?

[MFauli]

Do you go up to German-Russians living here and insult them or something?

I just don't go near them unless I hear that they're outspokenly against Putin.

This anime would be fine 5 years ago or (hopefully) 5 years from now. But you wouldn't want to watch a "My German friend is so Cute"-anime during WW2.

[KrayZ33]

...would a "My jewish friend is so cute" series/movie be different or the same?
Or a comedy featuring a Rabbi, or... just some jewish person?

I mean, it's crazy anyway... like putting every Russian that no longer lives inside Russia under the general assumption that they are even remotely interested in Russian politics and that they support Putin.. so it's apparently better to not interact with them unless they openly condemn them.

I'm just wondering if you do the same for jews... and maybe you should do the same for Americans...
and Polish people too.. and other countries with a very strong right wing.
And lets not forget the Turks + Erdogan, who are still killing Kurds and Syrians on a daily basis in Syria.

[MFauli]

...would a "My jewish friend is so cute" series/movie be different or the same?
Or a comedy featuring a Rabbi, or... just some jewish person?

I mean, it's crazy anyway... like putting every Russian that no longer lives inside russia under the general assumption that they are even remotely interested in Russian politics and that they support Putin.. so it's apparently better to not interact with them unless they openly condem them.

I'm just wondering if you do the same for jews... and maybe you should do the same for Americans...
and Polish people too.. and other countries with a very strong right wing.
And lets not forget the Turks + Erdogan, who are still killing Kurds and Syrians on a daily basis in Syria.

Strong "if you own product XYZ then you can't be against capitalism, GOTCHA!" energy.

[KrayZ33]

Strong "if you own product XYZ then you can't be against capitalism, GOTCHA!" energy.

Hard to advocate for veganism if you eat meat, isn't it?
Or: why is eating chicken okay, but not beef. That's the question?

[shinta|hikari]

And don't forget the vast majority of Asia.

[Buffalobiian]

E3

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The setup gets even more spicy.
-Alya's sister is Kuze's childhood friend.
-Kuze had to separate from his sister. They're still blood related, but now their dynamics will be.. more different. Almost like step siblings or soemthing.

Kuze hiding his Russian is really throwing a spanner in the works. Masha will reignite her love for him, and Alya will fall harder.

Yeah, this is going to be spicier than any ramen Kuze's ever eaten.

[KrayZ33]

I kinda wonder if it will happen by accident or if he will confess his game.
Almost thought it's gonna happen this episode by him simply answering/following her by accident.

[neflight86]

Just watched... this is too fun!

I expect his reveal will be later, when a climax is needed to progress the story.

I'm a little confused, though. Is the implication that he spent time with both sisters, separately, years before, and neither recognized him in current day (and vice versa?)

[Buffalobiian]

Just watched... this is too fun!

I expect his reveal will be later, when a climax is needed to progress the story.

I'm a little confused, though. Is the implication that he spent time with both sisters, separately, years before, and neither recognized him in current day (and vice versa?)

Assuming they're currently in highschool, he met the older sister in like kindergarten or something while he met the younger sister in in middle school. Communication with the younger sister never stopped.

It seems like to the MC, he remembers that he learned Russian because of a girl, but doesn't actually remember the girl all that well. I don't even know if he actually identifies that feeling as (puppy) love or whether he just thought of her as an old play buddy that he got along with well.

[neflight86]

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification!

[DarthEnderX]

This is fun. I was wondering if the childhood friend would come into play, but didn't expect it to be this soon. Or this directly connected.

[Buffalobiian]

E04

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-Alright, that slap was unwarranted. Totally unwarranted. You're not even dating.

-The sneaky kiss, damn....

-What do you mean you don't love him? You've been calling him cute the whole time and shit.

-What's Kuze going to do about the fact that his sister would've also wanted his backing for her run as president?

[DarthEnderX]

Listen, show. If you're going to sing the Haruhi song in your ED, you have to do the Haruhi dance.

[Buffalobiian]

Listen, show. If you're going to sing the Haruhi song in your ED, you have to do the Haruhi dance.

Oooh, that's why it felt so familiar.