TV / Radio Majisuka Gakuen 4 (Jan 2015)

I just watch Ep 7

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Damn my feelings are little bit of mixed. They didn't use Otabe's signature move from MG2 (That sidestep evading), nor explain the reason why she was hold back for a long time.
And Sakura. Wtf is her motivation to fight?
She doesn't want to run away like her father? Then what the hell her father is running from?
Even if he ran away and that sort of explaining why Sakura doesn't want to 'run away' like him, then what's the reasoning behind Sakura wanting to climb the stairs?

So Kobii gathered a group and order that group to take down Salt before Sakura does?
Kobii, are you jealous that Antonio is obsessed with defeating Salt?

Anyway, i'm still hoping that Gekioko will not be defeated in 1-2 episodes because it will be really annoying to see all their hard work on defeating other schools and building an army go down the drain that fast

I just thought that, maybe, JKT's Michelle could be Gekioko's secret insider?
I really want to see the international members (JKT-SNH) as the main enemy for MG5, a yankee international school maybe?
With Sae, Harugon, Chikarina, and Mariyannu as the tops?

Or idk, let them fight Nogizaka for MG5? A yankee gang that gathers from various schools and area and are traveling around challenging and defeating yankee schools?

 

There's something that I didn't understand about Kobii. She really wanted to "jabujabu" with Majijo, she couldn't wait for it. Now, in the last episode, when Antonio said that it's finally time to battle them and the girls were all screaming "full out war" and hooraying, Kobii's expression seemed worried or, at least, not excited at all (6:54). Maybe she was just worried that Antonio would find out her maneuver of sending the 2nd years to fight Sakura?

 

I think she doesn't like Majijo for taking Antonio's attention that much. She kept talking about wanting Sakura to defeat the 4 Queens so she send someone to beat her, now that Antonio is starting to move she send people to beat Salt (and Kobii her self might fight this time). If Antonio hold her subordinates because she doesn't want to see them injured, i think Kobii did all this thins because she doesn't want to see Antonio loses again and losing all the respect (Not going to be surprised if Gekioko's coalition broke and the only one who decided to follow Antonio is Kobii)

 

I think that's why Kobii is my favourite character. She isn't easy to decipher and despite having such limited screentime, she is able to bring some depth to her character even just with her facial expressions. It's very interesting. That being said. Yeah I agree mostly with @too much idea cause:

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The reason why Kobii looked the way she did, to me it was a sense of loneliness. Initially, she was looking shifty and guilty, and she couldn't speak naturally, hence Antonio looked at her with a hurt expression and knew she was lying though Antonio didn't say anything. And Kobii felt bad for that, but almost instantaneously, when hearing Majijo news, Antonio's attention diverted away from Kobii, and I think Kobii felt a little left out just then. Like we don't know much of their past other than Kobii knowing Antonio for a fairly long time, and hence, there's probably a reason why they decided to stick together all this time. There's an unspoken bond between the two, and what I found interesting about Kobii is that though she seems a little cunning and scheming, she had trouble lying to Antonio whereas I think Antonio on the other hand, though she may seem really strict on her underlings/people etc, she's probably actually really gentle. In a way, I think she was glad there was Majijo to divert her attention away because she probably didn't want to severe her ties with Kobii just because of that one thing.

And as too much idea said, Kobii does care a lot for Antonio. None of it was spoken, but even that one time when Antonio talked about wanting to exact her revenge on Salt, Kobii just looked concerned. I think yeah, she doesn't want to see Antonio losing again because since they're close, it probably affected Antonio quite a lot one way or another in the past. Her facial expressions told it all. Both Antonio and Kobii seem to be the tsundere types so they wouldn't say their true feelings out loud. They'll just show it via their actions and expressions.

And this may be from an AnKobi POV haha, but I think Kobii really is just a little frustrated. She keeps doing things she thinks is the best for not just Gekioko's sake but also Antonio's, but Antonio while thinking of Gekioko, hasn't seemed to consider Kobii's feelings as much because she was too absorbed with everything else. It's probably just a misunderstanding though because in the end, you'll find out the one Antonio wants to protect the most is Kobii hahahha. Watch the AnKobi ship float bye ahhaha.

 

Just saw the subs...

Spoiler: Ep 7

• The underling comic relief scene is actual kind of sad, especially when you know they are obsessed with a girl who either ignores them or barely tolerates their existence.
• No backstory for Otabe? Why am I not surprised writers?
• Loving how all the girls in the cafe were like 'hello random lunch lady who seems strangely interested in arbitrary fights within our made up school hierarchy system, let us tell you everything!'
• If Hinabe spent 10% as much of their effort into their schoolwork instead of on the Sakura meal, they could probably rule the world. Also she totally didn't thank them for the food. Rude.
• Geez, you have the Rappappa bonding scene right after the Sakura bonding scene which is such a bad idea because the Rappappa one appears so much more genuine. OF COURSE we would root for a group with the more compelling history with each other. That had fought together and suffered together and had much more complicated relationships with each other despite it not being shown on screen much. Otabe loves the group and treats everyone as family within it, Salt is the reluctant head, magic is the cool kid who got brought down a peg and learns to respect the Rappappa family more, yoga yearns for acknowledgement whilst bakamono is just earnest and cannot help but be emotionally involved. Some of this is me grasping at straws but at least I have straws to grasp. With Sakura's group? Let's see...we have fangirls 1-9. Oh they all have superficial differences such as liking law etc. but essentially they are all the same. You can get rid of a few and no one would notice. Plus they know nothing about each other. Dammit Otabe should have won that fight! She had all the depth against Sakura's shallow character
• My literal reaction towards the fight: yes Otabe! Beat her up! Woo respect girl! (Otabe walks away from beaten Sakura) wow...you mean she actually did it? Man...the writers are better than I though-('no daddddyyyyy!!!!!' line comes up) OH FOR THE LOVE OF-(Sakura beats up Otabe) hdhvdisdbdjhd!!!???????? Don't you 'your fist was heavy' me! You don't deserve to win in a show all about seriousness!
• Salt suddenly caring was random. She just appeared right at the end and cared. They should have showed her being emotional when Otabe took revenge for the other girls, but I guess they couldn't ruin the 'salt appears out of nowhere and is creepy schtick'. Sigh...at least it's a good schtick.
• If I didn't know Sayanee is the most popular girl in the cast I would totally think Kobii is the main bad. It's hard to take Antonio seriously when Kobii doesn't and you aren't sure Antonio knows what's going on in her own group. Step it up people!
• Lol at the wood punching scene

 

Up to date, and again still loving it. In terms of Episode 7, I do like to point out a couple of things:

1) Otabe's Room is LEGIT:

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So, as you realize, this high school, in terms of presentation, is run down. Graffiti everywhere, rubbish decorating the rooms, everything in disarray. Except for Otabe's room. That room is MAJESTIC

2) Otabe, the Fighter:

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As probably the best fight up to date in the series, I noticed something in Otabe's fighting style: her attacking blocking. In a scene or two, she used her elbows to strike/block away a punch, to propel her own attack. You can see these techniques in MMA fighting, to use the elbows to block incoming punches, or in Hakkyoku-Ken (Japanese for Ba Ji Quan).

 

This!

This so much!!!

 

Spoiler: Ep. 7

This weeks fight was definitely the best of the series so far. But still the main problem with this show is the lack of character development, I still don't have a reason to root for Sakura... I don't even care if she wins or Salt wins, or the other school.

 

It's quite amazing how Sakura is actually the bad guy now... Of course we're going to root for Otabe, and for Salt now that she's getting serious and want to avenge her people...
Are the writers not seeing this or is it on purpose cause I don't see the point really...

And as expected, they didn't tell Otabe story...

Sakura's followers are only rooting for her cause she's strong ("Wow Sakura so strong!") whereas Rappapa got closer through defeat.

I'm sorry but I actually think MG3 was better even though Paruru was so horribly bad in it. At least there was a story and character development (OK it was bad sometimes but at least it existed).

 

Just watched episode 7...

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Damn, it's episode 7 already and I still don't know what Sakura's motivation for climbing the top is. Otabe trying to protect Rappapa's pride and all is cool and she should've won that darn fight instead of Sakura. Hopefully Salt beats Sakura badly so that maybe, just maybe they might reveal more about Sakura and also she finds a more concrete reason to take over the top. Heck Rappapa's bond are definitely better than Sakura and her supposedly underlings.

 

The only thing that i see from Hinabe is that they latched them self to Sakura so they can go to the top with her. Kamizombie... Well they purely want to be Sakura's underlings.

 

yeah, they should give more time/EP to tell Rapapa bond, but it was too late.
I think rapapa bond more interesting than watch childish/annoying friendship between Sakura and her underling. although they give a lot of time to tell story about sakura and her underling but I still don't understand lol.

 

I swear, the only reason why I still keep watching this show is because of the Team Hinabe and KamiZombie banters. The rest aren't that much important to me lol.

 

Episode 7 was pure Otabe fangiling moment for me and the lack of background story annoyed me but that is not unexpected at all.

The only reason I'm still following MG4 is Otabe lol. And I guess Salt and Yoga to certain extend.

 

Grrr... Yuihan's character should have won IMO... I mean she did win... the only reason Sakura got back up was because Yuihan didn't step on her head or something and finish her off while she was down. Plus, Sakura was down for the count pretty long I think... if I was Yuihan I would have just ignored Sakura's dramatic revival and just high-fived everyone in the room and walked away as the self-declared winner.

IMO they should have just made Sakura the outright villain from the start... then her unlikeability would have worked in her favor and she could be one of those enigma type bad guys like the killer from No Country For Old Men.

 

The first time a Rappapa member last longer then the rest loved that episode and I'm pretty sure they will explain why Sakura wants to top eventually

 

ep 8 plot twist just awesome...not gonna spoil it here, you guys have to watch it...now everything is gonna be interesting

 

Spoiler: nobody expected that...

I literally went 'fvck, shit just hits the fan' when they shot the pipes for the first time. See, Sakura vs Salt was predicted to not happen in this episode. From next week preview Sakura somehow 'replaces' Salt in fighting Antonio, so it's debatable whether Sakura vs Salt will happen or not in the last one. Fffuuu, after both of them gained new resolve, things go down this way.

I lol'd at Miorin cameo, how come she's still Lemon too? And next week we'll expect Jurina, wonder if she's Center or someone else.

 

Finally, this episode throws the spanner in the works that I have been waiting for!

 

this EP lots of talk, I need subtitle ASAP.

Spoiler: eight

- finally, they focus Salt in this EP.
- very disappointed they make Salt injured, seems they just want to give more EP for Sakura lol
I think more interesting to see Salt vs Antonio, than Sakura.
- Jurina back, just hope Mayu also back