Tokimeki Memorial ～Only Love～ Episode 1
I had quite a bit of reservation about this series… It’s bad enough that they made the latest entry in the awesome TokiMemo series of dating sims an online multiplayer game (wtf I know), but now they even made an anime based on the MMO? It just sounded like one huge game advertisement…
After watching the first episode, I’m happy to say that Tokimeki Memorial ～Only Love～ is not at all the cheap game advertisement I thought it would be! Recommended viewing for TokiMemo fans! Sayuri ftw!
Summary and screenshots after the jump~
Riku Aoba is a new transfer student at a private school that gives its students plenty of personal freedom with hilarious results. He ends up in the same class as Sayuri Amamiya, the school idol and the cover girl of Tokimeki Memorial Online. On the first day of school, he gets set up by the student council president, Haru Sakurai, and ends up having to run for his life from the entire male population of the school…
Long story short: Riku’s life is saved by a little yellow furball thingy that is supposedly a chick(?). Watch the first episode if you want to know just WTF is up with the kemonomimi on everyone’s head…
I have to say that I was not expecting much from this series at all, so I am quite pleasantly surprised to find the first episode to pretty decent. WAAAAAAAAY better than the horror that is Lovely Idol episode 1… (Let’s not speak of that again)
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:10 pm
What happened with lovedol? Any review for it? :/
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Lovedol…
The songs (which were it’s only hope) suck.
The animation sucks.
The characters suck.
The story (if it exists) sucks.
I also have a hard time telling the girls apart because all Aoi Nishimata girls look the same!
Mizuki was just about the only thing that caught my interest. If only she wasn’t voiced by Sakura Nogawa…
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:48 pm
So… one down. While tokimemo is still on track? :/
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:51 pm
wait. I’m not located in japan O_o
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:15 pm
hmm did u watch that raw?
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:26 pm
Sayuri looks just like Tear Grants.
The chick and the Chemistry Teacher won this episode.
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:04 pm
man and I thought I was the only one who thought LoveDoll sucked HARDDDDDD.. this show is awesome. that bird cracked me up XD
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:55 pm
The chicken FTW. That thing ROCKED! Probably one of the few times I enjoyed a series having a animal mascot of sorts. There better be a plushie of that thing somewhere cause it’s just SO FRICKIN’ AWESOME.
But yea, this version of Tokimemo was surprisingly pretty good since I didn’t know what I was coming in with. Lovedol on the other hand, not so much. Also shame I couldn’t recongize off bat like 1/2 of the well-known cast of lovedol :(
October 4th, 2006 at 9:16 am
I’m glad to know that I wasn’t the only one that couldn’t stand for Love Idol >.>
October 6th, 2006 at 1:49 am
what’s with that yellow thingie and kemonomimi >_
October 6th, 2006 at 6:42 am
thanks for the warning hehehe its one raw less to look for ^^
October 10th, 2006 at 3:54 am
nice quick summary…looks like a fun series
October 10th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
which is why you don’t wear cat ears at school ^^; good show overall~
October 20th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
The story is O.k but the drawing is really sucks @.@.. i did not like it :S
February 7th, 2007 at 6:36 am
olaaa la verdad esk no he visto la serie pro tiene wena pinta. oye alguien me podria decir cuando viene a españa?
iroiro arigatou ^_^
sayonaraaa!!!!!
May 4th, 2007 at 7:03 am
mas ci, Idolor el Japon ques Español sakura. chavacano el zamboangeño.
May 13th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Woah … i finished the lovedol seris including the OVA (episode 13) actually… it was not bad at all in fact it was great u just had to endure the 1st 3 eps or so
May 21st, 2007 at 9:01 am
you know if you want to watch this anime you can go on http://www.crunchyroll.com! they are a really good website and they have alot of diffrent anime too! so enjoy!
September 1st, 2007 at 3:07 am
you kno i’ve watched this entire series but i never really got y everybody else had animal ears
it was a little wierd
i didn’t like sayuri in the first episode o.o
January 6th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
tokimeki Memorial: Only love rockz!!!
especially the Chick!!! that little chick has a personality of it’s own! if there were things like it, i would probably get one!
hehehe…=)
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
beautiful and gud………..
January 14th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
tokimeki memorial….rock………..
September 1st, 2010 at 1:35 pm
lol I adore your post! It’s just so real!