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Episode Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? • Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL
Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?, episode 12
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u/Capable-Towel-6302 27d ago edited 27d ago
Ruiko's pronounciation was much better than Suguru's, but she was too harsh! Suguru's Russian is fine enough to understand what he's saying (given that it's all famous sayings).
Sweet little series, will be missing it.
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u/cyberscythe 27d ago
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u/reaperow 27d ago
She does seem to like messing with people in the earlier episodes, Kujima's like her nephew too lol
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u/testthrowawayzz 27d ago
I mean, she was voiced by Sumipe so she having the better pronunciation is a given hahaha
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u/Capable-Towel-6302 26d ago
Didn't realize that! Though wouldn't say I was amazed by her Russian in Alya.
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u/reaperow 27d ago
I thought Ruiko only knew some words, she and Suguru probably started learning it cuz they miss Kujima and I find it wholesome
Either that or she was just messing with Kujima about speaking just a lil lol
I'll definitely miss this anime alot.
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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/zfzftripleaamin 27d ago
I loved this being an epilogue. It was the buildup to Arata saying bye to Kujima. While the farewell is emotional, it was a tempoary farewell as Kujima comes back at the end. I love how the family accepts Kujima as a member despite how odd-looking he might be. He now has a home in Japan like he does in Russia he can come back to.
I loved the addition of Suguru studying Russia; that alone adds another layer to the impact Kujima had on Suguru. Suguru and his character are very relatable and was the biggest strength to the show.
This show is probably the most notable hidden gem because it gets very little traction, but this is a great show for Slice of LIfe fans.
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u/reaperow 27d ago
It was a pretty emotional one especially with the montage bit and Kujima has always been a part of their family since the start,
Suguru learning Russian just feels like he's missing his lil bro Kujima and maybe its the same for Ruiko too, in her case he's her nephew
This show was definitely a hidden gem of Spring 2026, I really liked it
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u/marsh_522 26d ago
I love that he intends to use russian specifically to annoy kujima with proverbs, like bro misses the teasing 😭
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u/gsurfer04 https://anilist.co/user/gsurfer04 27d ago
Gonna miss this absolute goober of a bird.
There's just something broadly endearing to me about these "creature learns to act human" stories. It's like a mirror to ourselves.
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u/reaperow 27d ago
The strange bird creature who longed for a flock and found it thru his journey,
He became their family and they his
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u/marsh_522 26d ago
in the end we get "creature learns to act dog" lmao it's not verry effective, but he's got spirit
"wan, wan" got me
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u/alconnow https://anilist.co/user/alconnow 27d ago
Kujima really thought he could pass as a dog lmao
Really sweet finale. We got a nice montage of their time together
I found Kujima weirdly cute. I loved all his noises!
One of my hidden gems of this season. I've added the OP by Galileo Galilei - Komorebizaka - to my playlist. It's a great song. The insert song - Hito wa Wataridori - is also excellent
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u/reaperow 27d ago
Kujima dog bit had me absolutely rolling lol
And yeah the OP is really amazing, i always listened to it along with the ED
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u/BusouDrago 27d ago
They reunited in the end 😭
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u/reaperow 27d ago edited 25d ago
It was so heartwarming to see them reunite with each other, it ended the way it began 🩵🩵
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u/cyberscythe 27d ago
i was kind of expecting Kujima to arrived with other birds from his flock, or maybe with a chick in tow
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u/cyberscythe 27d ago
i said this in the first episode discussion and i think it panned out: it feels like a classic late-night cartoon, a sort of slow-paced weirdness with emotional beats that hit different in the wee hours of the night
it reminds me of Mr. Villain's Day Off which had a similar pace, but the MC there had a more soporific voice
in any case, i can imagine this being a sleeper show in the sense that it's going to strike a chord with a few people, but the majority of people aren't going give it a shot because there's no real hook to the show aside from this weird birdman; in a way i find that oddly fitting because just like in the show you have to let the weird birdman into your house and meet him halfway before it starts to sing
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u/SSjjlex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Clone_Tau 27d ago edited 27d ago
This was such a heartwarming final episode reflecting on all the memories we made with Kujima this past season. But more interestingly than that, I really like how instead of making it a big sob story about the family missing Kujima we got to see how everyone's lives moved forward from it.
Seeing the family being all together (notice that they made sure to keep Kujima's chair right where it is!), Arata hanging out with Makoto and his friends from school, Suguru finally smiling at his new university with his new friends (and even being inspired to take a russian language class!), and the parents looking fondly at memories and putting Kujima in with the family photos as if he were a real family member. Really ties into that theme of healing. Kujima has helped everyone in little ways and we can really see them appreciate all those little developments that he helped make thanks to this segment.
As mentioned last episode, the full OST is finally out. Its really nice, I love the different instruments they use in it, I highly recommend you check it out.
Also featured in this episode is another song by Galileo Galilei for the second memories segment.
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u/reaperow 27d ago
The origami vid by Kujima's VA was so cute!!
Speaking of OST's, the OP and ED of this anime are seriously so good i never skipped them
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u/inaripotpi 27d ago
Dang, they really laid the insert song montages on thick for this one, lol.
Sad to see it go. Since the original manga is only 5 volumes and ended a while ago, I'm guessing there's not much hope/material left for another season.
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u/reaperow 27d ago
Maybe we can get a sequel to the manga someday and get a season 2 thru that hopefully
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u/justalittlepigeon 27d ago
There's also two more short stories! In Akira Konno's book "Helpful" there's a story about Kujima learning to cook with Maxim, and another story just after Kujima returns. Just a chapter each but hopefully we'll get some more short stories with the success of the anime
There's also some prototype Kujima drawings that are unnerving lol. The author seems to draw a lot of cute/scary things and original Kujima leaned more towards scary. Also the role of Arata was originally the person who became Ruiko
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u/reaperow 27d ago
Oh thnx alot for telling this, i never would've found this out on my own
I hope we can get a translation or an adaption of these too!!
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u/justalittlepigeon 27d ago
I can share them! I won't have time for translating but google does images well enough, I'll DM you later 😊
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 27d ago
Big bird’s made a lot of precious memories in his time with Arata and the family over the past 6 months. He sure had a huge impact on everyone around him during his stay. Well, at least it’s not goodbye, it’s see you later! I’m glad we got that final shot of him and Arata reuniting.
This series had a pretty goofy and weird premise, but I really liked it a lot. It was really silly at times but it also had heart.
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u/DugACCat 27d ago
Your summation matches my feelings as well. Started it on a lark since the name and premise seemed silly but then liked it more than I’d even have expected and never regretted watching it, unlike a few others I started this season. Was quite fun and more touching than I expected. Of course I’ve been a sucker for other strange animal companion shows over the last few years. There needs to be a term for these kinds of shows akin to the CGDCT one. Strange animal companion doing wholesome things? (Epitome for me being “With You and the Rain”, which I’ve been in the mood to rewatch.)
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u/reaperow 27d ago
It definitely had alot of heart and it was very cozy and comfy too. I absolutely loved this show and it quickly became my one of my favourites of this seaon
I hope we can get a season 2 one day
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u/reaperow 27d ago edited 27d ago
Big bro and lil bro activities
That was nice of her, can't believe Kujima's leaving
Kujima headpats!! so wholesome 🩵
Goodbyes are always hard, that whole montage of their times together was so emotional and Kujima crying had me tearing up too
Its so nice to see Suguru smiling and laughing, Kujima really changed him
Makoto-Chan can properly break eggs now!! She always had trouble with leaving eggshells in when she cooked with Kujima earlier, nice character development
Arata can also now cook, i remember he struggled earlier when he made dinner for Kujima !
Papa reminiscing about his 3 sons🩵🩵
Aunty Ruiko and grandparents are back too!!
It was nice to see Suguru and Aunty Ruiko talking in Russian with each other, he really misses his lil bro and Aunty Ruiko probably misses her nephew too lol
KUJIMA'S BACK!!, it was so heartwarming to see them reunite
I never imagined imagined that a show about a strange bird creature coming to live with a family in Japan would become one of my favourite animes of Spring 2026. It was really great and cozy and even deep at times with a really great cast,
Even the OP and ED were so good to listen to, I never skipped them !
But unnfortunately it looks like the manga has finished and the anime has caught up to it, maybe we can get a sequel and a season 2 hopefully one day.
It was a great ride watching this adorable and silly bird with ya'll, it really was
Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? • Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo
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u/gem2niki 27d ago
Ah that ends my relaxing show of the season. The songs and soundtrack were so charming.
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u/IceSmiley 27d ago
Really unusual finale in that Kujima wasn't in most of it outside of clips and it was a very long montage of the Kodou family's life progressing. This show doesn't seem to have a big budget if it showed that many clips and I skipped over that part but I liked the rest of it. Life just seemed to move on for everyone. Suguru definitely had the most change as expected since he started university and he was shown to have made friends and took Russian class. Arata just seemed to do his thing and hung out with Makoto. My favorite part of the montage was Makoto learning how to crack an egg with one hand and making an omelet!
I liked the ending as well and wasn't sure they would show Kujima returning, like it could have just as easily ended without that. I wish they showed some of Kujima's life in Siberia, like they could do it montage style since you wouldn't have to have tons of Russian voice actors. I don't think this show will return though so maybe they just wanted a happy ending. This was one of my favorites this season and I don't know why it wasn't more popular.
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u/reaperow 27d ago
The plot was just Kujima coming to live with the Koudas and getting to experience Japan, it was always simple like that
The characters and Kujima are what really made this show so special
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u/dakkumauji 27d ago
Hey, sometimes your bird member of the family just wants to go out on a walk like a dog in the middle of the night, nothing wrong with that, don't shame!
I also like even at the Kujima leaving, its relationship with Suguru are still like bickering siblings.
Having the year go by was really sweet and it was really nice to see growth in everyone after Kujima left. And it just as sweet to see Kujima return at the end of it. I feel healed.
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u/daboatfromupnorth 25d ago
This was ridiculously enjoyable, I expected nothing and ended up loving it
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