Browse Donmai or whatever with AnoHana tag and half of what you’ll see is Naruko, mostly in hentai configuration. Why is that? Because she’s the very image of that high school tramp we fat and smelly nerds liked over all the girls we might have had any realistic chance with. And you wonder why we’re forever (together) alone.
Anal-chan?
What a slut. Tsuruko is waaaaaaaaaaaay better than her.
Also, the silly drama continues: “LOOK!!! AT!!! ME!!! I AM YOU CLASSMATE!!” was hilarious. Dammit, I felt so embarrassed for Jintan, it actually made me pause the damn video.
Yeah, she’s the epitome of the girl you think you’d want, but is really damaged goods and you’d regret it. Lots of guys would fall for that, I know I did.
Don’t make that contract! You can always get a doll instead!!
You guys sure don’t know about gap moe.
“she’s the very image of that high school tramp we fat and smelly nerds liked over all the girls we might have had any realistic chance with”
That must be it! Honestly, I was kind of surprised about how much attention she’s getting from fans. She’s a good character in the story and not bad by any means, but I like Tsuruko a lot better myself. I guess that follows experience though. I could be pretty dumb in high school (“one does not care to admit the mistakes caused by one’s youth”), but at least I knew enough not to pine for that type of girl. Though unfortunately I did back in middle school.
I don’t see why Tsuruko has a following either. Her defining characteristic is tsuntsun-style aloofness rapped around an empty shell; hence her prissy name no doubt. She is the embodiment of a stock kuudere from tvtropes.
But yeah I’ve met Naruko’s type and wouldn’t touch her after primary school. The only appeal she has is in this series is that she might defrost into something more appreciable…Oh and people also like her because she’s a closet Otaku who works at a video game store. Not the type someone seeking a mature partner would make a contract for.
Though I have to agree that Tsuruko isn’t anything special either, as she can be described as your more or less generic kuudere, she’s at least clever. No, wait, the show portrays her as clever but that doesn’t mean anything. Nevertheless, she hasn’t done anything stupid so far for her to contradict to the image of hers(<- english being engrish, I guess). Compared to Shiki's Ozaki who was portrayed as quite the sly fox and cunning bastard but actually did the most stupid things through the whole show… well… yeah.
So you're basically right, Tsuruko can't be objectively considered as a good or special character at all. But, and that's my point, she's by far not as annoying as Anal-chan or Pedo-tan. Just call the Ghost Busters and finish the latter one off.
I always thought the supper peace busters were based on the Little Busters. I mean who comes up with such a puny name unless they’ve been playing too many Key visual novels. Kids like to pretend they’re stronger than they are, and in English the word “buster” is inherently diminutive. If I were in charge of a band of kids I’d probably call it the Omega [Hellblasting] taskforce or something more powerful from a kid’s point of view.
And now we have the group banding together because they can’t afford 20,000 yen. Considering that Poppo has the money to travel the world (including flying to the US, SE Asia, India, and South America), why is it so difficult for them to band together for this purchase? Tsuruko and Yukiatsu go to elite schools, Anjou eats out every day and Jintan is an Otaku with no important expenditures. There should be plenty of money without getting a job for a one time expenditure, assuming they’ve all saved up. (By the way, does it strike anyone as incredible how Poppo managed to save up enough money to see more of the world than your average 25 year-old, while working at a construction job? And does Japan really hire people that young to toil for long hours in the middle of the night? Are there no child-protection laws?)
Considering I wasn’t into anime as a kid, my names for clubs generally revolved around Calvin and Hobbes comics, hence titles similar to G.R.O.S.S (Git Rid Of Slimy girlS). Maybe it’s a cultural difference, but gender roles were a big thing in 90′s midwestern US.
@charizardpal: Though it isn’t implied, he could have been working with a missionary group or such and traveled with them. Otherwise, it’s possible to save up enough for the means to get there, and take odd jobs or something when you get there to pay for expenses.
I really doubt poppo is a christian missionary. Slightly more likely is he’s secretly from a chou rich zaisatsu family and simply irresponsible with his generous allowance… I don’t care if its only a few hundred to fly from narita to hanoi roundtrip in low season or that you can backpack to laos….it still adds up eventually. Or did poppo save for years and do 1 huge roundabout last month?
There’s also no way you could earn as much money in india as working at the wc donalds in japan.
Does his family care that he’s not in school and is living in an abbandoned shack in the mountains? I bet poppo has the saddest fbackground story of all!