Stop acting so naive! You can run away if you want, Koshitan. But, what about the feelings of the person who wrote you that letter?! Don’t you think you owe it to them to take this seriously and give them a sincere reply?! Don't rush into things, you gotta take this seriously. But, if you end up falling for him, then… you'll have to love him enough for me, too!
Noko, about the letter
Koshitan, the Popular Girl? is the third chapter of the first volume of Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan manga, and is the third chapter overall.
Synopsis[]
Koshi Torako finds a letter in her locker and Shikanoko Noko urges her to respond.
Plot[]
TBA
Trivia[]
- Despite being the school's most popular girl, this is seemingly the first time Koshi's received a "love" letter.
- This is apparently also the first time Noko's antler sensors has failed her.
- Noko breaks the fourth wall by insisting the TV station must have tons of love letters sent to her by her fans.
- It is revealed that Noko's antlers can act as a means of a lie-detector as well as a detachable explosive.
- Because of Koshi being instructed by Noko to use the explosive antler as self-defense, this resulted in the former accidentally blowing up a part of the school, which had the news made it to the headlines the following day.
- "Grab Her Weakness!" is the first episode to have one of the three chapters it is adapting have a significantly large gap between the other two. In this case, Volume 4's Chapter 21 was grouped with Chapters 3 and 4.
Manga-Anime Differences[]
- The scene of Noko saying she rolled her way to school, as well as the imaginary chase scene she lied about, are exclusive to the anime - replacing the scene in the manga where she tells Koshi how she segways a conversation.
- In the manga, Koshi and Noko's lockers are right across each other, while in the anime, they are right next to each other.
- The scene of Koshi choosing to believe the possibility of Noko also receiving a "love" letter has an anime-exclusive scene of Koshi's reasoning to that of Chiharu's idolization of Noko from the previous episode.
- The overly expressive face Noko makes when telling Koshi to confront the letter's sender is exclusive to the anime.
- In the manga, Koshi tells Noko not to follow her, while the latter agrees and has her antlers grow akin to that of Pinocchio's nose. In the anime, Koshi doesn't tell her this, and is surprised to see Noko having followed her.
- In the manga, when Koshi asks why Noko is so determined to fight the group of girls, Noko says it was because of Koshi saving her in "Girl Meets Deer", while in the anime, it is because she said she's helping her as a fellow member of the Deer Club.
- In the manga, Koshi was the one to tell Noko to come back once she's strong enough to take down Yoshida Saori. In the anime, this was said by the narrator.
- In the manga, the trio of gangsters were armed with crowbars, while in the anime, they had a nail bat, tazers, and a chain, respectively.
- Additionally, the fight never had the chance to start in the manga, as Koshi immediately threw the antler grenade that exploded on them. While in the anime, Koshi takes them head on, and instead throws the antler away, thinking Noko meant it as a joke - resulting in the gym getting blown up, alongside Koshi herself, Noko, as well as the three gangsters.
- An additional scene is added to the anime of the Deer Club girls reading the headline of the school gym getting blown up in the following day's newspaper.
- Additionally, the fight never had the chance to start in the manga, as Koshi immediately threw the antler grenade that exploded on them. While in the anime, Koshi takes them head on, and instead throws the antler away, thinking Noko meant it as a joke - resulting in the gym getting blown up, alongside Koshi herself, Noko, as well as the three gangsters.
Cultural References[]
- In a brief scene, Noko's antlers grew longer when she was reassuring Koshi that she won't follow her. Koshi asks if Noko's horns work like Pinocchio's nose.
- When Noko tries to pick a fight with Koshi's former fellow gang members, Koshi tells Noko to come back once she's strong enough to take down Japanese freestyle wrestler Yoshida Saori.
Continuity[]
- Noko briefly recalls Koshi saving her from the powerlines in Chapter 1.