On subtitles, surrealism, and seeing how far we can go in dissecting stupid jokes: My Deer Friend Nokotan is a hit in every sense of the word.
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My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 1 (First Impressions)
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A former delinquent has changed her ways and is now a perfect student living a perfect school life. All of this falls apart when she meets Nokotan, a…
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My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 7
Every cafe should have deer crackers on the menu.
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My Deer Friend Nokotan – Episode 1
Nokotan as currently available is many things. Overwhelming? Yes. Frustrating? Yes. Occasionally funny? Yes. But enjoyable? Absolutely not.
My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 4
Some fun new additions to the cast.
My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 2
The match of the century.
My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 6
To be fair, who isn’t tempted by free shipping?
My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 9
This is one of the very few times where I actually find Nokotan annoying.
My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 3
Koshitan knows how to drive that funky soul.
My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 5
This is great. Just the three of us. You, me, and this stray CGI deer.
My Deer Friend Nokotan – Ep. 8
Don’t remember this version of “Life”
My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 1: The Deer Necessities
I was ready to lose brain cells going into this show. Yes, even in show like this I must call on Utena for help.
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My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 3: Deer Club Assemble!
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My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 8 Review – Game Of Deer Life
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My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 7 Review – A Deer Customer
For once, Koshitan isn’t the butt of jokes
My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 2: Enter the Lunatic
This episode hit me in the kokoro. You’ll know why soon enough.
My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 4: Seitokai Shenanigans
What I forgot to mention last episode were three girls watching the Deer Club doing their thing and seemingly plotting. This episode introduced us to them.
Thoughts on My Deer Friend Nokotan Volume 3
The Game Deer of Life is underway in the third volume of Oshioshio’s My Deer Friend Nokotan manga. A new year also brings with it some new members…
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Koshitan and Nokotan are fighting for the Deer Club’s future in the second volume of Oshioshio’s My Deer Friend Nokotan manga. Their opposition… someone that Koshitan actually kno…
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Nothing important happens; just weirdness.
Seasonal Sampler Summer 2024: My Deer Friend Nokotan, Monogatari, Pseudo Harem, and More
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Koshitan definitely aged thirty years after the ordeal of the sports festival
My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 4 Review – The Deer Club Is In Danger?
The Deer Club is in danger???
My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 3 Review – The Bully Maguire Reference Is S-Deer
Did they seriously make a Bully Maguire reference???
Megumi Han and Saki Fujita on “My Deer Friend Nokotan”
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My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 10 Review – Fawning Over Plants
This episode was consistent with the plant theme from pollen to farming.
My Deer Friend Nokotan Episode 2 Review – Deer God, There’s A Menhera Siscon!
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My Deer Friend #05 — Inner Deer
I'd rather have seen more of that intro bit, to be honest. Impressions: Probably the closest to the first episode in humor, right down to multiple jokes…
My Deer Friend #08 — Deer Life
I was more of a Careers board gamer myself. Impressions: While I do think that the humor has absolutely run its course, I also can't help but…
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My Deer Friend #07 — No Show
Come on. Animal shows are ridiculous, and you're not even doing it? Impressions: Either the comedy here has completely run its course, or this was just an…
My Deer Friend #01 — Invasive Species
The deer, or the yankee? Impressions: I think expectations undermined this quite a bit. Certainly the promos did. A lot of the better sight gags were shown…
My Deer Friend #02 — Ungulate Reincarnation
Please go easy on my ears. Impressions: It seems all roads in comedy these days lead to screaming. I would have greatly preferred if it had ramped…
My Deer Friend #04 — (Over/Under)Reaction
The two tentpoles of current anime comedy. Impressions: At least there's some contrast… sort of. We get the student council, though mainly focused on two of the three. One…
Tune of the Week(ish): My Deer Friend Nokotan’s Shikairo Days
If you look at the deer, the deer will look back at you. The Tune of the Week is the opening theme to My Deer Friend Nokotan: Shikairo…
My Deer Friend #06 — Putting Text on Screen
Not really clear what you were going for here. While I was tempted to skip Shy on Monday, it was off for the week anyway due to…
My Deer Friend #03 — Screaming at an Ungulate
Template template template template. Impressions: Oh, it's the specific clip that was memed to absolute death by the internet, but now, instead of being a surreal five…
My Deer Friend #09 — Random Opening Montage Sequence
…Great. Impressions: I'm getting legitimately tempted to just talk about random other nonsense for the last few episodes. The first half of this one was that bad. It…
My Deer Friend #10 — Lessons on Hay Fever
Thanks, narrator. Since we're into the double digits, I made the mistake of glancing at what horrors the fall season holds, and was met with something like…