It's all this stupid deer's fault! Because this creature totally changed you, sis! Before, you would return to me as soon as classes were over. Nowadays, you're not home until late at night. So, I went stalking you one day to figure out why you were late, and what did I find? You taking care of a deer for a club activity?! Repulsive!
Anko, explaining why she sabotaged the warehouse
"Deer Meets Dark Girl" (シカ・ミーツ・暗ガール Shika・Mītsu・Kura Gāru) is the second episode of the first season of Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan, and is the second episode overall.
Summary[]
Someone has sabotaged the Deer Club's warehouse and its members want to get to the bottom of it.
Plot[]
To be added
Features[]
Characters[]
- Torako Koshi
- Noko Shikanoko
- Anko Koshi (official debut)
- Nekoyamada Neko (silhouette only)
- Ms. Ukai
Locations[]
- Hino City, Tokyo
- Hino Minami High School
- Deer Club warehouse
- Amphitheater
- Class 2-B classroom (cameo)
- Chuo Main Line (debut; cameo)
- Koshi family residences
- Torako's bedroom (pictured)
- Hino Minami High School
- Nara Park (mentioned)
- Itsukushima Shrine (eyecatch)
Objects[]
- Kumagoro/Bearnard the stuffed bear
- Deer crackers
- Anko's kunai
- Neko's stepping stool (silhouette only)
Trivia[]
- The color of the text on the title card represents Anko.
- This episode follows the naming convention of the previous episode.
- It is revealed that Koshi has a stuffed teddy bear she names Kumagoro.
- In addition to this, it is revealed that she has a whole collection of stuffed animals she sleeps with and kisses goodnight.
- In the English dub, the stuffed bear is named Bearnard.
- Anko reveals how Koshi has no experience in romance whatsoever, as the latter believes the perfect person would appear before her akin to those in shoujo manga, with one of her favorites being Bessatsu Friends.
- Despite this, even Koshi herself is unsure and insisted she had dated at least one person before.
- According to Noko, Koshi kept wetting the bed until she turned ten years old.
- According to Anko, Koshi's "guilty pleasure" is anime aimed at children.
- Koshi's favorite food is TKG (tamako kake gohan), also known as rice with scrambled eggs.
- It is revealed that Noko is afraid of plastic water bottles. This was first hinted at in the intro.
- It is revealed that Anko is adept at using kunai and setting successful traps.
- Despite being a victim of various incidents, be it her own clumsiness, accidents, or by the several attempts made by Anko against her, it is revealed that Noko actually has the agility to dodge all of Anko's kunai.
- In the original, the question of why Koshi has a failed love life is set to a word limit of a minimum of 60 words, this was changed to 40 words in the English dub.
- Koshi's take-away from the trivia show was that she would start wearing bras from the end of this episode onward, to which Noko correctly guesses the color of her first bra the next day.
- This is one of the only episodes wherein Koshi is absent from one of the eyecatches.
- The Deer God, who was first mentioned in the full version of Shika-iro Days, is shown to actually be real.
- The following scenes are referenced in the anime's intro:
- Noko's fear of plastic water bottles.
- The face Noko makes in reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
- Koshi getting hit by a wash bowl.
Manga-Anime Differences[]
- Koshi dragging a cart full of decorations and such for the club after waking up at three in the morning is exclusive to the anime.
- In the anime, Anko's destruction extends outside the club as well.
- However, the door was destroyed by Noko's antlers, while in the manga it is still intact.
- In the anime, Anko's kunai is thrown through the broken door instead of the window.
- However, the door was destroyed by Noko's antlers, while in the manga it is still intact.
- In the manga, Noko was hiding under an empty box of oranges, in the anime, she was hiding behind a flipped over table.
- The scene wherein Koshi calls out her decapitated stuffed bear and the overly exaggerated facial expression Noko makes is made into a reference to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure are anime-original.
- A captured Noko asking if Anko was Koshi's girlfriend before the latter introduces her is exclusive to the manga.
- Koshi rhetorically asking if Anko was a hokage is exclusive to the anime.
- In the manga, the proof of Koshi kissing her stuffed toys to sleep is a short video clip, in the anime this was just a photograph.
- Anko suspecting Noko of cheating via the "Shika Shika Network" (SSN) is exclusive to the anime.
- The same goes for the explanation about how Noko gets the information about Torako.
- In the manga, the kunai that Shikanoko blocked to protect Torako was launched by one of Anko's remote traps, and not by Anko herself as in the anime.
- The entire scene wherein Noko's soul attempts to ascend to "deer heaven" sequence is anime-original.
- The scene wherein the school has video proof of Koshi wearing a bralette is exclusive to the anime.
- Nekoyamada Neko making a cameo as a silhouette far back in the crowd is exclusive to the anime.
- The dialogue exchange of Koshi telling Noko not even cats are afraid of plastic water bottles anymore is taken from Chapter 6.
Cultural References[]
- One of the expressions Noko makes is a reference to the expressions made in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise.
- When Koshi asks Anko why she has a kunai, she questions if Anko is secretly a Hokage, a term from the Naruto series.
- The narrator saying how Koshi is wearing "Schrodinger's bra" is a reference to the term, Schrodinger's cat, wherein, depending on the situation, the cat in question is both dead and alive in a box filled with poisonous gas.
- Koshi's favorite manga, Bessatsu Friends, is based on the real-life manga series of the same name.
- Noko's nickname for Anko, Koshian, also refers to the Japanese red bean paste dessert.
- The name of Koshi's stuffed bear, Kumagoro, is borrowed from Boo-boo the bear's official Japanese name from the Hannah-Barbera cartoon, Yogi Bear. This was, however, lost in translation in the official English dub, as he was renamed to Bearnard.
- The "Shika Shika Network" (SSN) may be a reference to the United States Space Surveillance Network (also SSN).
- Torako sitting exhausted near the end of the game show is a reference to the Ashita no Joe series.
Continuity[]
- Koshi being a virgin is bought up again, this was first revealed in the previous episode.
- Anko mentioning how she followed her sister back to the deer club is a direct reference to the end of the previous episode.
Errors[]
- Koshi's stuffed bear, Kumagoro, having its name be Bearnard in the dub is a reference lost in translation, as Kumagoro is the official Japanese translation of the titular character's name from the Yogi Bear franchise.
Transcript[]
View the episode's transcript here.
Gallery[]
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Eyecatches[]
