Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Maki is a bit rude, brash, brutal, and hypercompetitive, but she's a kind person who likes people, especially Miki.When Miki calls her one to insult her, she just laughs. Japanese Delinquent: Back in her younger days Maki was one of these, having the nickname "Mad Dog".She has a Friendless Background and wants nothing more than to keep her friends with her forever. I Just Want to Have Friends: Miki, with fervor.Hypocrite: Aya is quick to accuse Midori of breaking the curfew rules told to her (in her defense, Midori had gotten permission from the school to work late).Headphones Equal Isolation: Miki, shy, introverted, and friendless, is usually wearing headphones at the beginning of the story.Going Commando: Aya mentions feeling drafty after changing clothes in episode 1, because her school uniform was soaked and she didn't have spare underwear.Genki Girl: Aya is always energetic and up for an adventure.Four-Temperament Ensemble: Miki is melancholic, Midori is phlegmatic, Aya falls somewhere between choleric and sanguine, and Emilia is sanguine.Cry Cute: Miki starts crying when it seems like she and Aya have gotten lost in the forest, but she's an adorable, pretty crier.They also typically cite the game's creator, if its known. Cultural Cross-Reference: The series likes to point out the country of origin of the board games it showcases in each episode.Conveniently Seated: Miki sits next to the window in her class, to further her isolation in addition to her headphones.Comically Missing the Point: Aya thinks Kinjo has a crush on Midori when who he really has a crush on is her.But Not Too Foreign: Emmy is from Germany and her mother is Irish, but her grandmother is Japanese and taught her the language.Then listen to the full version of the song in the video below that.Īnd I’ll guarantee you, you will soon have the track downloaded onto your phone and be exercising to it just like I am. Listen to the After School Dice Club ending theme in the official Funimation video below, and watch that adorably cute opening animation sequence. And don’t even get me started on that short, fast piano interlude towards the end of the song. That sound that makes you realize the track is an anime song the minute the first bars of the huge instrumental intro with its exciting beat begin to play.įor me the After School Dice Club ending theme ‘ On the Board‘ is not only a cool song for one of my favorite anime series of 2019, it is also a song I have loaded onto my phone and listen to almost every day.īecause its high-energy sound gives me energy as I furiously speedwalk my walk around Austria’s capital city. The song also has that massively powerful anime sound fans the world over love. It is adorably cute, hellishly catchy and sung with those baby girl voices even the most hard-bitten of us secretly love. The After School Dice Club ending theme (and to some extent, its opening theme) make this lovely series even better.īecause the ending theme - ‘ On the Board‘ from the series’ voice actors Saki Miyashita, Marika Kouno, and Miyu Tomita - is the perfect piece for this cute girls doing cute things series. Related reading: Laid-back Camp‘s ending theme is perfectīeautifully animated, with superb writing, excellent voice acting, gorgeous background artwork of Kyoto scenes lovingly drawn, characters you fall in love with and a storyline that is interesting and engaging. The After School Dice Club series itself is delightful. ![]() But, because the girls are together playing board games, the friendship that is cultivated through that activity is able to solve. Problems that, if you sit in your room alone playing a video game, you would be dealing with alone. The girls play a different board game every episode, while dealing with problems surrounding being a teenager both in and outside the world of games. It tells the story of Miki, Aya, Midori and later in the series Emilia, a group of friends who are in an after school board game club. Released on October 2nd, 2019 and streamed in the west on Funimation, After School Dice Club is based on the manga series by Hirō Nakamichi.
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