Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!? • Tamon's B-Side - Episode 4 discussion

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I love how Ouri tries to steal Utage away from Tamon as a housekeeper...and she lists all the practical reasons why that won't happen. But if it comes down to defending Tamon's honor, she'll accept Ouri's challenge! Also can that dude literally NOT damage a door?

Gloomiehara NEEDS Utage. Not only because she actually cleans up his mushrooms, but because she's such an important person to him. And the best choice to help him discover what love really is, because (in her own way), she loves him. And now it's off to the den of romance and couples: the Summer Festival! And when Hottiehara is asking for her help, how can she say no?

Ouri may have a famous actor and a famous singer for parents, but that doesn't seem to be enough for him. Not when it comes to beating Tamon.

Utage looks really nice in a yukata! And Tamon, for his part, looks good even in a black wig! But the real stand-out is Utage being a crack shot when it comes to sniping for F/ACE merch! That she was able to do it without shooting Tamon's face is a sign of her true skill!

Utage doesn't know what to do with herself when Tamon turns on Hottiehara during this non-date (she's just his housekeeper! Just his housekeeper!) and blows her brains out with his love sniping! Neither of them may truly understand love, but they're getting close to it.

Not even Ouri can completely resist Utage's charms, even if she herself doesn't think she's worth hitting on...but she's definitely worth Tamon claiming she's his girlfriend so he can steal her away from another guy.

Deep down, Tamon really just has no experience with friends or social situations...so maybe for now Tamon and Utage can just...act like normal friends hanging out at a Summer Festival. And make it seem more like an actual date in the process, but for now they're just two normal people hanging out and enjoying each others' company, and that's enough.

Tamon's pink hair is a sign of his commitment to go all in on as an idol, and it's one of the things his fans worship and love about him, just as he loves them. And maybe that's it: Tamon's true love for his fans is what he has to capitalize on if he wants to win! Utage even has a heart fireworks going off as she cheers Tamon on! But Tamon, for his part, seems to realize his feelings for Utage run possibly even deeper...even if she shoots down that it's love as hard as she possibly can. But at least she's his "Uta-chan" now!

I gotta be honest, what does "love" and being the center of F/ACE have to do with walking over water? Well, at least Tamon won and the fans got to see F/ACE in swimsuits.

So Tamon…Wants to Know What Love Is? He wants Utage to show him lol.

Tamon breathing like a pervert as he looked for “love” was pretty hilarious. That’s the kind of shit that gets you put on a government registry lol.

That whole festival date was actually pretty cute. I guess ol Gloomyhara knew what “love” was. He just didn’t realize it until Utage pointed it out. It looks like he might also be slowly catching feelings for Utage. Feeling’s definitely mutual too.

I’m still in disbelief my Undertaker is an idol but I came to church with my light sticks today *waves light sticks*

Yandere Tamon, awaken! 🕊️🖤

Alexa, play 🎵 I Want to Know What Love is by Foreigner🎵

Oh the hood is off 🫢

Utage in her kimono is such a cutie!

Alexa, play 🎵So This is Love by Ilene Woods & Mike Douglas🎵

UGH, this is so 4 ⭐️Town.

Alexa, play 🎵Firework by Katy Perry🎵

A ramune bottle, you say? Does it come witu a Chitose 🤔

>there’s other cuties

Good. I’m glad you know you’re a cutie, Utage.

>everyone loves pink hair

Fact Check: True ✅ Pink-haired baddies, brats, and boys are up there with my favorite genders. I need more pink-haired male leads because I see a lot of pink-haired female leads.

We have graduated to Uta-chan!

BICEPS! ***Wooooooo!!!***


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Nice overlays 👍🏾

Pixiv needs to give me more Luna (*Champignon Witch*) & Tamon art for their mushrooms.

Hatano needs to voice more baby girl eye-baggy yanderes or more idol cuties. Like I want him to voice the ML in <The Cute One is Me!>. Chiba should do more bishounen babygirl brats. Yall have found a niche, keep it up 🪭

Also if anyone wants pink-haired MLs:

**Manhwa**

* Let's Hide My Little Brother (Crossdressing ML, Tappytoon , completed)
* I Swear We're Just Friends (Tsundere ML, Tapas)
* Treat Your Friends With Respect (Green Flag ML, Tapas, completed)

**Manga**

* You’re My Cutie!! (high school, Kodansha USA + K Manga, in-progress)
* Pink & Habanero (high school, Yen Press, completed at 14 volumes)
* Kawaii Satou-Kun
* Hinato to Blue (completed at six volumes)

Today was a good church service, thank you Priestess Utage for preaching about our awesome god and angel Tamon 🙏🏾

This episode feels like the start of a love triangle, both Ouri and Tamon both seemed to have developed feelings for Kinoshita in this episode, but Tamon is too pure and so probably won't realize any time soon because Kinoshita shuts it down. The way she called it an "fleeting illusion" was funny, she will not allow her god to think he's falling for her lol. "Uta-chan" is so cute though.

It is also amusing how Ouri found no hostility Kinoshita cute, she's the only one who stands up to him so she'll be living rent free in his mind. I do wonder when the misunderstanding will clear up, Tamon calling her his girlfriend was a surprise.

The second episode of the show being a fanservice one is amusing, all that love searching and all they had to do was run shirtless in a pool. I doubt anyone would complain though.

- [Tamon really is motivated to keep Utage with him.](https://i.imgur.com/xmxyHqT.png) [](#faito)

- [A date?](https://i.imgur.com/0W39CB2.png) [](#uwaa)

- [Man, this is *impressive* typesetting.](https://i.imgur.com/Tjo6uDt.png) [](#awe)

- [Cuuuuuuuuuute!](https://i.imgur.com/txyCp7Q.png) [](#selfcontrol)

- [Oh, he put on a wig huh.](https://i.imgur.com/1nIVDjM.png) The mask also suits him.

- [Pffffff, of course Utage got intense over a F/ACE-themed chocolate bar.](https://i.imgur.com/ea6mwyp.png) [](#trololol)

- [Damn, Ouri got to compliment her yukata before Tamon did.](https://i.imgur.com/NCdgnE0.png) [](#foldedarms)

- [Ooooooooh!](https://i.imgur.com/kphjVgs.png) [](#shock)

- [Shimmering sky!](https://i.imgur.com/vvGGv41.png)

- [Damn, bro.](https://i.imgur.com/Nj0oZa7.png) [](#sakuraconcern)

- [His blush is so strong it’s visible through the mask.](https://i.imgur.com/aRYUfYq.png) [](#kukuku)

- [So close to calling her by her first name!](https://i.imgur.com/8HkhhkK.png) [](#seasonalhype)

- [Perfectly-timed heart firework there.](https://i.imgur.com/g7mHlXE.png) [](#cinema)

- [Awwwwwwww!](https://i.imgur.com/hBA7uSB.png) [](#urarahype)

- [Hah, alright then.](https://i.imgur.com/KKZqJpr.png)

I'm with Ouri on this one, I'm confused on what exactly are they too😭.

This episode planted a lot of the seeds for the romance and the whole search for love quest is so cute. Though Tamon doesn't need to search for it though because Utage is already there *wink wink*. Too bad she shot down the whole idea of him loving her but I understand since it's still to early to say so🫣.

Do we spy a potential love triangle? Yes, we do! Ouri and Utage's dynamic has been fun and it riles up Tamon in ways I never expected but also kinda expected? If that makes sense. I mean, there's shades of him being a baby yandere in this ep twice. And for some reason I kinda dig that.

Great episode as usual and the OP and ED went platinum in my room since the past week😭.

We all want to know what's love, Tamon.

Episode 4 and this anime is still going strong. I kept laughing and laughing every time.

Uta-chan is pretty whatever outfit she wears. I just wished that she should just let her hair down more often.

Uh... Ok...

Yeah, this is her _job_, she doesn't come here because it's fun lol. Like I'm sure she's glad it's his house but it's her job she'd have to go no matter _whose_ house it is.

He's inviting her to the festival?

Ok...

It isn't a festival date without a yukata.

Lol he's wearing a wig.

Oh, the other guy is stalking them.

Lmao the binoculars.

Ooh all those chocolates are nice.

Takoyaki?

So, he's finally stopped stalking them and is going to talk to her.

Oh, he's going to see her talking to the other guy...

Yep.

He's going to protect her!

And so he said it.

So, they're going back to the festival, now as friends.

That was aggressive biting the ice cream lol.

So, where's the spot she got?

And so, it's not a festival without fireworks.

So question: do they have some sort of power? The pink paint explosions and mushrooms seem to have long-lasting effects; usually they would be temporary.

I liked how Tamon switched personalities when he crossed to the other side of the table and asked “Utage” on a festival date. That was a neat, little visual metaphor.

Hottiehara is usually the one flirting with Utage, but Gloomyhara didn’t disappoint either this episode. He’s even got a new nickname for her: “Uta-chan”.

Unbeknownst to Tamon himself, he’s already fallen in love with her. Ironically, Utage is the one who’s been repeatedly sabotaging their romance.

lol wtf after all that trying to find out what love is, the actual round 2 was just running on water?! Why did he even need to find out anything about koi for that??

We did get a festival date out of it and Utage in a yukata though. Uta-chan rather. I like that Tamon came up with his own special name for her. Did NOT like that she immediately shot down the idea that he could be in love with her. This is going to be the slowest of slow burns at this rate. Aaargh.

The gorilla following them and getting all confused was pretty funny. Trust me, bro, no one knows what their relationship is, not even the two of them. No point trying to figure it out yet lol

So with Tamon winning the second round, I wonder what the relative rankings are. And was there supposed to be just one more deciding round? Tamon better win it or Uta-chan will need to somehow find time to be the housekeeper for both of them. She cannot leave Tamon for sure.

Are they lovers? Worse. They're idiots.

Black haired Tamon looks good.

I think the possessive Tamon in gloomy mode hits stronger than the idol mode Tamon saying typical hot lines since that feels more genuine.

Didn’t he also need to figure out heartbreak too? How could he do that with his strategy and emotions lol.

Love triangle seeds: Ouri vs Tamon?

Ngl it’s starting to feel a bit stale for me. Had a hard time going through this ep. Or maybe it’s the festival episode. Never found them interesting for some reason

Festival date episode!

That little possessive moment from Gloomyhara! Well, since Utage had a little yandere moment last episode why not let these two be a bit yandere for each other?

Not that Utage will allow relationship progression. She may be living a reader insert fantasy but when it's real you might not actually want to ruin your idol and fan relationship. Also being enemy Number One of your fellow fans? Not so nice.

Ori x Utage is one of those ships that is the most entertaining when it's one-sided. Also him stalking Tamon and Utage all confused about their relationship was hilarious!

[The shooting gallery featured snacks from the actual Meiji brand! No fake names ](https://ibb.co/8gMdpDCq)

[All those bagged mushrooms...](https://ibb.co/ns0CLz7Z)

Tamon with black hair wig looked like Ori.

Half the reason I watch the show are these wild lines Utage keeps spewing.
They are so unhinged you know they come from experience.

I know this was an emotional moment ending in a literal heart firework revelation, but man I need to know where that slide is.
I think its one of those slides that got rolls instead of a metal sheet and it looks super long.
I need to ride that thing, which is something she would absolutely say too...

Random thoughts

Starting to feel like Ouri is the viewer surrogate: I am just as equally confused at what there relationship is. Then again I am pretty sure they don't know either. Like that they made him a bit more sympathetic this episode, although I think he has no shot with Utage. Maybe Utage just needs to get one of her school friends a job as a housekeeper?

It's interesting that the biggest barrier seems to be Utage being unable to reconcile the fan/friend aspect of there relationship. There interactions also have a B-side apparently.

Not sure if it was just an editing trick, but it looked like at one point someone snapped a picture of them. I smell drama ahead.

I can’t count how many times I laugh and scream watching this episode!!! 😭 Rooting for Uta-Chan and Gloomyhara, and also Ouri! I love them all

Well, Uta and Tamon are having their "totally not a date, it's helping Tamon understand love". As usual, uta is a blast. It's quite funny how it is clear in a way Uta looks at Tamon the same way he looks at her. Tamon is Uta's world, but it is undeniable how big of an impact she has had on Tamon.

Ori, well, buddy, you have no chance lol. Though the only one stopping Uta in her relationship with Tamon is clearly Uta.

I wonder if the love guru or whatever that suggested festival for romance is another F/ace member, maybe the blonde one

Also I'm getting some red flags from Ouri's perfect celebrity family, idk whenever a show emphatises how celebrity parent still loves their spouse and their child is celeb too I suspect that their real relationship is not that perfect (would explain his anger issues)

It's kino...

If I didn't already have some minor expectations for how things might unfold, I could see the whole enemies to lovers angle with Ouri, here's hoping through the power of personal growth that he chills out


I too confuse food with love, I mean how can anyone resist tasty, hot and fresh? Incidentally he's not technically wrong just contextually, but that's just focusing too hard on takoyaki because I'm hungry,


Honestly, Utage has a stronger will than me, there's no way I'd resist, she's so purely dedicated,

I didn’t expect this show to be the one where the guy actually tells the “random” guy hitting on the girl to go away and actually rips the girl away. (I know he’s not random but they don’t realize who he is so he’s random to them).

There are some cute details i noticed:

-when tamons imagining couples at a festival, you can see a lesbian couple as the duo are both wearing kiminos.

-tamons mask is that of a dog, which his personality can be like. Ouris probably does not have any meaning

-the tv spot about ouris parents is probably foreshadowing to his parents having a bside as well since it mentions his dad making time for his family, something ouri seems to be annoyed at

-gloomyhara calling utage uta-chan is not only really sweet, but is also a really cute nod to him being a singer because uta off course tends to mean song.

-gloomyhara really wanted to win a fluffy bunny plushy. The guy likes stuffed animals, in the op his bed is filled with stuffies.

- i just realized : tamon wants to figure out what koi (love) is for the sevond round. Then the second round is well running over a pool of water which can also be koi (pond).

BLACK HAIR TAMOOOOONNNNNNN AND UTA CHAN

Appropriate reaction on "ahhh".

I died. I am officially dead. Bye all.

Excuse me but I need to book a doctor's appointment. I'm sure I developed diabetes after watching this one. I loved the dialogue that Tamon and Utage had this episode. It was so sweet and sincere though their circumstances prevent them from going further.

[She just like me fr](https://imgur.com/Jb3HevV)

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I hope Utage realizes one day that she can worship Hottie-hara while being in romantic love with Gloomy-hara. That's the best and only love triangle I'd like to see.

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Based on the race, Rintaro got 2nd place.

Ouri/Ori ate 2 cotton candies & brought home more food. He even drinks milk from the carton.

Are Tamon's mushrooms edible?

I love how Tamon brought binoculars to find love.

Tamon looks nice in a black wig while Utage looks nice in a yukata.

I love how Tamon continuously said "Please don't hate me" to the tiny rubber duckie.

It's funny how Ouri/Ori damaged Tamon's inner door.

That long slide looks interesting though. Not a good idea if you're shirtless, I mean look what happened to Frank.

I Despise bet for just plot device/drama like this + she is not getting anything out of it even if Tamon wins

I need more, it was so good

I absolutely love the OST for this. Its utilized so well too it feels so intentional. Hoping to hear more of it!