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File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (150.74 KB,1920x1080)

 No.10220

A show about girls, girls with SECRETS.
I have greatly procrastinated about keeping up with this show's second season, but I must now make a thread as I chip away at the ol' Himari backlog.

 No.10222

I only know this the show from the famous shab bit meme

 No.10223

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (243.87 KB,1920x1080)

I know exactly why I paused watching, too. It was multiple episodes in a row of new characters that aren't that interesting. They already had a good cast of characters, and these new girls are just... boring.
So... I will resume watching and now I will probably fast forward these parts with these boring girls as the only other option is to stop watching. But the other characters are good so I don't' want to do that!

 No.10224

>>10223
Boring girls can be interesting to! Give them a chance!

 No.10225

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (236.18 KB,1920x1080)

>>10222
Indeed! Himari is cute, although quite dumb! A winning combination! She also likes to eat large amounts of food, a true Renaissance girl.

 No.10227

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (232.42 KB,1920x1080)

>>10224
I can't do it. I didn't even take any screenshots of them it was so bad. For >>10223 I had to open the episode and take it for that post.
I'm someone that ends each 12 episode season of a show with 200-300 screenshots and it was just... BLEH SO BORING!

 No.10228

>>10225
So why is she always getting bit, QRD??

 No.10230

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (219.8 KB,1920x1080)

>>10228
That's a good question, but as the one who does the posting of Himari and not the biting reply I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer.
Perhaps it is one of the great mysteries of our world that we're not meant to understand.

 No.10231

>>10220
I have bit this shab.

 No.10232

File:mpc-hc64_gLnaKZXAA4.png (1.84 MB,1920x1080)

Can they really say this on kid's shows in Japan?

 No.10240

File:mpc-hc64_aOFG3I7EV4.png (1.45 MB,1920x1080)

Wanwan girl has good taste

 No.10242

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (2.78 MB,1280x720)

Yeah, Vivi is going to be a great character. She makes random animal sounds and has good faces.
A+ addition. The previously mentioned new characters should just stay in the background.

 No.10243

>>10242
If she was sitting next to me I've become a Chii-chan fan.

 No.10244

>>10242
From a bear to pup to cat! Cute!
I'd fall for her the first time she "Gao!"s to get my attention!

 No.10245

>>10242
These school uniforms are really cute.

 No.10246

File:aipri ed2.mp4 (27.43 MB,1280x720)

I forgot how amazing the ED was.

 No.10247

>>10246
Very cute. Love mahou shoujo anime OP/ED.

 No.10248

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (472.36 KB,1920x1080)

>>10247
Hm, I guess it's not obvious, but it's actually an idol show! The girls have "secret" identifies as AiPris, which are girls that perform in a separate dimension entered via magical mirror. They sing on a stage and people can watch them on their phones.
The singing part is kind of meh, unfortunately, since each character has one song that's used every time. Each episode has about 3-4 minutes of re-used footage of the transformation and song as a result, so that part is similar to mahou shoujo.
The 3D looks decent enough, although it gets obliterated by bit rate limitations and it's difficult to take a screenshot of a good frame.

 No.10249

>>10247
Same. There is just something great about them other genres don't have. I love happy go-lucky mahou shoujo worlds. Where everything is cute, everyone is happy and the future looks bright and hopeful.

 No.10250

>>10248
>The 3D looks decent enough, although it gets obliterated by bit rate limitations and it's difficult to take a screenshot of a good frame.
That's not the fault of the production. It's because everyone involved in distro is lazy and bad at their jobs. From the guy that mastered the BD down to the encoder that took that and butchered it.

I'm not sure why none of these people can produce something that looks good. It's really easy. It's kind of depressing that someone like me that learned digital video in my free time at age 12 can produce something better than someone that went to school for 4+ years to learn how to do production, editing and encoding.

It's really easy to adjust the bitrate and settings for those sections where a lot is going on in the background. You just have to find the frames and manually tell the codec to expect a jump in bitrate in those sections. Maybe adjust over all bitrate a bit to give yourself some breathing room.

 No.10251

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (386.77 KB,1920x1080)

>>10246
And well, it's an idol show but actually an enjoyable one. As a general rule I hate traditional idol shows, but I like it when they're extra cute or silly. Basically the idol stuff is the backdrop but it's classic SoL stuff.

 No.10252

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (418.95 KB,1920x1080)

>>10250
Well, I mean, this is an airing show. I'm used to the transformation scenes in anything like this being obliterated and needing to wait for the BD to actually see it in its glory. I don't think the raw, uncompressed form exists outside of the studio at this point. Precure BDs are really amazing to see for this reason.

 No.10253

>>10252
There is no reason why TV and streaming companies can't put out something on-par with BDs. Most BDs are pretty horribly mastered. They throw tons of bitrate at them for no reason and use a filter to inject grain to prevent banding in gradients because they're still using the old commercial 8-bit color h.264 codec. Even using that codec you can prevent that stuff without using the lazy tricks they use. They just don't give a fuck because they only put 3-5 episodes on a disc and people will buy them anyway. Most people can't tell the difference anyway. But I'm repeating my usual rant when it comes to this stuff.

Just sad to see how bad things are and the fact that the industry will never change. I don't know why but it always seems like the people that hate whatever type of content the most are the ones that end up working on it and distroing it.

 No.10254

>>10253
>>10252
A little tip: If you use ffmpeg or one of the GUI tools for it you can search for I-frames. Then you can know which frames are the best for screenshots. I-frames will always have an entire image (same as a .jpeg/.png basically) and get the most of the bitrate.

The bad frames you're seeing is where the codec didn't properly place an I-frame.

 No.10255

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (279.2 KB,1920x1080)

>>10254
Hmm, that's a lot of work for a screenshot! Thankfully it only happens during the 3D parts here and the 3D, while passable, is generally not screenshot-worthy when compared to 2D charm.
And boy does Aipri have charm!
Okay, I'll have to watch some more episodes later.

 No.10256

>>10255
It doesn't have to be a lot of work. If you're on Windows you can use AVSPMoD and it'll show you what the frame type is. You can step through frame-by-frame with it or jump directly to any frame you want easily.

https://github.com/gispos/AvsPmod/releases

If you're on Linux you can still run this application through wine. There is a comparable application for vapoursynth but it's pretty awful. For some reason modern programmers aren't as good as making things as programmers were circa 90s-2000s.

 No.10300

dumb himitard

 No.10301

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 No.10302


 No.10306

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (180.28 KB,1920x1080)

HOLY COW! The iconic bite!
>>>/poll/5219

 No.10308

>>10306
History was made that thread

 No.10314

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (195.78 KB,1920x1080)

Episode 10 was pretty good for a 'serious' episode. There was still humor and cuteness, of course, but it was centered on Mitzuki and Himari's friendship and how they're a good team that covers the other's weakness.
Himari was able to prove her maturity by waking up on her own and cleaning the crumbs off her own face. Good job, Himari!

 No.10346

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (3.1 MB,1280x720)

What the heck, her name is Otome? This is another new character that seems pretty good.

 No.10347

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (238.5 KB,1920x1080)

I forgot to mention that there's a boy AiPri. Meh. I don't mind the existence of a boy, but as a character he's very dull. I guess it's kind of neat that he's trying to escape his sister's shadow and find his own path, but he lacks much of a personality.

 No.10348

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (3.32 MB,1920x1080)

Did you know the AiPris have their own yukkiri form? Although it's associated more with fatigue instead of taking it easy.

 No.10349

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (327.59 KB,1920x1080)

Lipstick on girls that don't have lips remains one of the weirdest things.

 No.10350

Goes to show that sweatshop anime doesn't actually have people who know anatomy

 No.10351

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (293.26 KB,1920x1080)

>>10350
Eh? Anime girls not having lips or noses is a pretty universal thing.

 No.10352

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (396.02 KB,1920x1080)

I WANT A HIMARI PLUSH!

 No.10353

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (249.05 KB,1920x1080)

what the heck..

WHAT THE HECK

 No.10354

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (379.45 KB,1920x1080)

Snazzy!

 No.10355

File:Onegai My Melody - Episode….png (308.42 KB,640x480)


 No.10356

File:bit.jpg (11.76 KB,672x316)


 No.10357

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (3.76 MB,1280x720)

That was a strange episode. It has to be self-contained due to the cameos, so it was exclusively in the AiPri dimension. And it was basically 40% of an episode because they played 5 different songs. Not unique songs, just songs of each character. "Oh, I want to sing for Kuromi, too!" "I want to show Melody what AiPri is like!"
Pretty cool, though.

 No.10358

>>10357
These little bunny guys are really cute now that I heard them talk! Do they have a lot of screen time?
I think this obsession Kissu has with anime girls, I have with cute little animals like those or Koupen. I wonder if we have a name that doesn't just refer to a degenerate fetish like "furry" does.

 No.10359

>>10358
mascots

 No.10360

File:Onegai My Melody - Episode….png (274.16 KB,640x480)

by the way onegai my melody and its sequels are about 200 episodes total

 No.10361

>>10360
Would kissu be down to watch the entire series?

 No.10362

>>10359
Thank you, this just gave me a revelation..

 No.10363

>>10242
¥ the INTJ stare

 No.10367

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (149.28 KB,1920x1080)

>>10358
>These little bunny guys are really cute now that I heard them talk! Do they have a lot of screen time?
They're cameo characters from a different series. They'll never be seen again. (Probably). And yes they're commonly just referred to as 'mascots'.
This show's mascots are floating little helpers that only exist in the AiPri dimension, but also Tsumugi inhabits a stuffed animal that she can control as her body. The former barely show up and only briefly as background characters, but Tsumugi usually gets a little focus every couple episodes.
This isn't really a show for Mascots, though. Might I suggest Mewkledreamy for that?

>>10361
Hmm... probably.

 No.10368

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (371.73 KB,1920x1080)


 No.10369

>>10368
heh always fun to play "guess the main characters" with these types of scenes

 No.10371

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (314.12 KB,1920x1080)

>>10369
Purple and pink hair girl is actualy a minor character, surprisingly enough. I had the same kind of reaction seeing her in the classroom. She didn't get a speaking role until episode 36 of the first season, and she was the episode's focus but quickly faded back into the background afterwards. The two girls on the left in that screenshot have more focus, although it's very little.

 No.10372

>>10371
Hmm I guess it's pink and blue now that I look more closely.

 No.10373

>>10368
>>10371
Uniforms are really cute. Wonder how they put them on. Pull the dress over your head in the morning? Back zipper?

>>10358
>>10360
I bought a holographic picture of the Onegai My Melody main characters are the local weed shop months ago. It sat on a high shelf for over a year and I waited until they dropped the price from $50 down to $10 before I snagged it. The girl cashier laughed at me and I had to lie and say I was buying it for a child. I'm pretty sure she knew I was lying through my teeth.

Still haven't had the bravery to hang it on my wall yet. But soon.

 No.10435

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (199.9 KB,1920x1080)

I think I'll take a short break from AiPri for a few days...

 No.10907

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (247.65 KB,1920x1080)

What I learned in AiPri school is...
what I learned in AiPri school is...

 No.10908

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (292.55 KB,1920x1080)

Holy crap ANOTHER 'let's play the music videos' and recap episode. I guess this is what they do instead of skipping a week.

 No.10916

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (2.27 MB,1280x720)

Memories of /himitsu/

 No.11019

>>10916
RING RING RING WATCHING 'NOTHER EPISODE
RING RING RING RING HOPE IT'S NOT STOCK FOOTAGE
RING RING RING SHOW SOME MORE HIMARI
RING RING RING OR BLUE-HAIRED NEW GIRL

 No.11020

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (549.88 KB,1920x1080)

ARGH THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN
How many times are they going to show this duo's video

 No.11022

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (297.21 KB,1920x1080)

I've realized that I really hate the competition episodes. I don't care about the idol stuff with the same people singing the same songs over and over and over and over again.
Go back to cute Sol dang it.
HOLY COW MITSUKI NEKOMIMI (inside Himari's imagination)

 No.11023

File:bx191403-BHyNZKR3uJHX.jpg (172.83 KB,460x651)

Also in related news there's an Aikatsu x Pripara crossover movie coming out in a few weeks. Don't think that's notable enough to be news so I'll just point it out here.

 No.11024

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (4.56 MB,1280x720)

Episode 17 was kind of slow and serious with basic plot progression towards competition stuff which was kind of boring to me BUT they played this in the last minute. Could episode 18 be amazing?!
Also it makes me laugh how every AiPri's secret identity has their exact name and appearance and yet it's a mystery to everyone.

 No.11025

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (5.15 MB,1280x720)

Episode 18 was good. We learned that Vivi's overt happiness was a mask. When she was a child she hated herself and never thought she could amount to being an Aipri. She wants to be Chii because Chii is someone, unlike the other AiPri, that fought hard and never gave up after losing so many competitions and failing to Buzzlume Change (an idol powerup thing).
I can't remember if I mentioned in previous AiPri thread from last year, but Chii is a great character because she's smug, but deep inside there's a lot of inner conflcit with wanting to find success for someone who died when she was young. Chii isn't naturally gifted like the other girls.
So, Chii has taken Vivi as her protege.

 No.11027

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (4.52 MB,1280x720)

The significance here is Chii was told to look to the stars when she was younger and in fact the woman that helped her grow was the one that died and said she would become one of the stars. So looking up at the twinkling stars with Chii is very meaningful! (And it's also why Chii wants to become a star AiPri)

 No.11029

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (326.64 KB,1920x1080)

Episode 19 had a decent amount of stock songs again, but also some silly training montage antics. Basically an episode that did nothing to move the story forward. Stock songs aside it was pretty decent, especially seeing some old characters from S1 return.

 No.11030

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (242.46 KB,1920x1080)

Episode 20. Vivi is really struggling. Some tough words that had to be said from Chii, but she needed to hear them...

 No.11031

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (23.21 MB,1280x720)

But...
SHE DID IT! SHE OVERCAME HER SELF-DOUBT AND WEAKNESS AND BECAME AN AIPRI!

I admit I teared up, but it doesn't take much for me to do that with this kind of thing.

 No.11032

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (22.38 MB,1280x720)

The song is pretty decent, too. I like the lyrics that fit her story.
I had to obliterate the quality to get it to not be 100mb in size.

 No.11033

File:mpc-hc64_kWeH0yF17r.png (998.83 KB,1920x1080)

But now... poor Chii-chan. Eclipsed by her protege so easily and quickly. Time and again things that are so effortless for everyone else she has to work so hard for. It seems Chii's life is one of eternal struggle. But, I'm confident Chii will find her star eventually. Ganbette, Chii-chan.

 No.11441

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (228.12 KB,1920x1080)

Chii grew frustrated and lost her way. She even yelled at Vivi. ;_;
That was a dark first half of episode 22.
But...

 No.11442

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (6.98 MB,1280x720)

Chii... She had another failed round where she failed to achieve the Buzzlume Change (power-up transformation) due to lacking conviction. It's kind of strange to me story-wise that Chii is the only one that repeatedly fails. It's unfair.
But... but!

 No.11443

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (226.93 KB,1920x1080)

THE TWO BEST CHARACTERS FORMED A DUO!

 No.11444

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (370.03 KB,1920x1080)

Truly the best group! It's not even close. It's kind of funny, I mentioned how weak these characters were at the beginning of the thread >>10223 and they're barely even in the show any more. They're basically background characters.
So... yeah, I'm rooting for Vivi & Chii! Best duo ever!

 No.11445

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (525.22 KB,1920x1080)

Maybe I should have been saging. Oh, well.

 No.11446

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (33.79 MB,1280x720)

I think I'll post their song, too. It's Vivi's base song, with additions from Chii. It starts with Chii's bright star, the central theme of her journey and changes into highlighting their rivalry and friendship in addition to Vivi's search for her own identity.
The songs for the other girls are more generic stuff, so this clearly elevates this duo above all the others. They truly shine bright, especially Chii!
I'll delete this video later since it's quite large even though I oblierated the video quality for it to fit at all.

 No.11449

>>11445
You should NOT have been saging.

 No.11519

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (293.86 KB,1920x1080)

You find Himari sleeping: what do?

 No.11521

>>11446
I've posted bigger videos before, don't feel pressured to delete it

 No.11522

>>11519
Pick her up and princess carry to bed. Then tuck her in.

 No.11535

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (927.18 KB,1280x720)

>>11522
>Then tuck her in.
CORRECT!

 No.11542

>>11446
With all the artifacting, surely you can go bigger.

 No.11741

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (197.98 KB,1920x1080)


 No.12137

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu No Aipri ….mp4 (10.06 MB,1280x720)

I can't believe it. I almost refuse to believe it. Chii was the Ash Ketchum of AiPri and never won when it mattered. She was like 0 and 10, a punching bag despite her efforts.
This felt good.

 No.12138

File:CHII DID IT.mp4 (8.8 MB,1280x720)

CHII! YOU DID IT!
;_;

 No.12232

File:vivi1.mp4 (453.65 KB,1280x720)

I have some Vivi clips from episode 25 for your consideration.

 No.12233

File:vivi2.mp4 (855.63 KB,1280x720)

She really gets animated when she's excited!

 No.12234

File:vivi3.mp4 (230.34 KB,1280x720)

Don't surprise her!

 No.12236

>>12232
>>12233
>>12234
Very cute, consider them considered.

 No.12452

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (237.33 KB,1920x1080)

This is what a Pripara looks like when she grows up. The left one's personality irks me, but I do like the right one.
Wouldn't it be neat if there was a Cake Pripara show? They could make it like the Precure one, but not depressing.

 No.12453

File:R-1761288544372.png (344.3 KB,597x625)

>>12452
An adult Ajimi anime?

 No.12454

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (261.5 KB,1920x1080)

>>12452
>>12453
Er I meant Aipri. My brain always confuses these. Some Pripara movie just came out so my mind confused them.

 No.12456

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (263.46 KB,1920x1080)

Episode 26 was 70% recap/replay of songs AGAIN.
Man, Season 2 is rough.
Cute Chibis, though.

 No.12457

File:[Piyoko] Himitsu no AiPri ….jpg (190.21 KB,1920x1080)


 No.12485

File:vivi.mp4 (1.29 MB,1280x720)

There's a new OP! (It's not as good as the other one though)
Consider this!

 No.12486

>>12485
the vivivier, she vivivivivivis

 No.12487

>>12485
Vivi cute.




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