#hiromi tanaka

[beehunterkisser]

ive been busy watching peak

[dawn-sunlight]

I think this would be incredibly funny

[arendalphaeagle]

It looks like 4chan finally got the pilot and pitch bible of Hamster & Gretel shared around.

So uh, like I had done with the Milo Mikey Murphy's Law pitch bible earlier this year, have some things from the Hamster & Gretel one

(Also, since these things aren't so widespread, I decided to upload both the pilot and the bible to MEGA. )

(EDIT: Added the remaining tidbits from the bible)

[pistachions]

I REALLY need to draw more hng fanart

[cometcrystal]

hiromi's current character journey is making me go insane actually because. god. now she's been stood up TWICE (again, not thru any fault of kevin's, but. still. she's been stood up twice now.) and her selflessness, work ethic, and perfectionist nature are CONSTANTLY being taken advantage of (SHE had to plan HER OWN award ceremony for fuck's sake) and all of this is coalescing now that she has someone who appears to be invested in her and her work and pays attention to her. and we as the audience know this newspaper club woman is very obviously gonna be a villain and she's just using hiromi to find out more about hamster and gretel and kevin and etc. hiromi needs to find out about the secret identities and the super squad needs to have a come to jesus moment with her SOON or she's going to have a mental break because someone used her/didn't put her first/stood her up/only cares about what she can DO and not about who she IS. AGAIN. and i will not fault her for anything she does when she inevitably lashes out/stops trusting people because she has not done a single thing wrong in any of these situations

[danvillecheese]

if firomi ends up being endgame it will be the greatest wlw slowburn friends to lovers story ever

[lyllaotterofhalfworld]

*coughcough Fredromi coughcough*

[wherevenusholdssomeofficespace]

Stress Brawl was such a fantastic episode. Really elaborating on Hiromi's character. Hamster and Gretel at the very least is pretty good on building on previously established lore. It's satisfying when a typical joke gets referenced in a new context.

Seeing how Hiromi's reputation as a nice person, and her involvement in several activities actually stresses her out really added a layer of depth to her character. Hiromi was also established to have a more subtle cynical side that was annoyed by people's dependence on her. So it was good to see that expanded upon more as something that she represses.

Hiromi could very easily have been Kevin's "Nice but quirky" love interest but she's more than that and it's good to see. Not that Hiromi was ever that, but as she was quickly established as a character who existed beyond being Kevin's love interest. But seeing her continued development as a full fledged character raises the show's quality all around.

I think Hiromi serves a rather important anchoring role to the story as a well developed character who isn't involved in the superhero stuff or the Grant-Gomez family. She informs a lot of the high school setting and the stuff that goes on there. When it comes to saving the world type shows I find a well developed civilian cast is critical to giving the stakes weight. Her relationships with both Kevin and Fred also helps round out both characters by giving them someone who isn't each other to bounce off of.

Seeing Fred of course simply being Hiromi's friend and trying to support her is good to see. Not to mention how the fallout from her and Kevin's failed date was handled. Kevin has already been established to be a very stressed out person. Just he has a superhero little sister to deal with rather than a heap of extracurriculars. So it's interesting to see how they both had sort of similar reactions to their disaster date. Maybe one day they'll get together and be stressed about stuff together.

But for now Hiromi and Kevin is doomed by their inability to get on the same page. It's not Kevin's fault. It's not his fault he's got a part time job as a superhero coach and that his identity was revealed to an evil villain trying to take over the world thus making it impossible for him to commit to things or be honest about himself. It's not that Kevin didn't do anything wrong per se. Because a fake date was not the way to go. But he didn't have bad intentions. Usually fake dates are terrible because they're done out of an intent to manipulate the other person's feelings. But it was consensual on both members of the fake couple. And Kevin was doing it not to make Hiromi jealous in hopes of getting together with her, but to help them move on from the incident... which wasn't what she actually wanted. But Kevin genuinely had Hiromi's best interests in mind.

I don't think Hiromi is completely blameless in this either. Her refusal to talk to Kevin, instead just letting it go without any sort of catharsis left him unsure on how to actually proceed with their relationship in the way she wanted. But it's not her fault her crush stood her up with an empty explanation. Hiromi showed that she feels underappreciated, and she does deserve to have a boyfriend who actually makes her a priority. How could she know Kevin was literally kidnapped from their date.

But their relationship simply cannot proceed unless Hiromi finds out about Gretel's secret. And honestly, I suspect it's only a matter of time. This show isn't exactly stingy on the reveals. Though, even if the reveal happens, it won't necessarily fix everything. It's very possible Hiromi could still be hurt by Kevin (and Fred!!!) keeping a secret from her despite them being friends (I mean, Bailey knows). But only time will tell with how this plays out I suppose.

[asian-character-of-the-day]

Day 222

Today’s Asian character is Hiromi Tanaka from Hamster and Gretel!

She is Japanese-American.

[dwampyversegifs]

[dawn-sunlight]

I love the fact that in the episode where they first become friends, Friday Night Fight, there's a scene where Hiromi puts her hand on Fred's shoulder out of worry and removes her hand after Fred starts staring at it because they aren't close enough for Fred to be comfortable with that physical contact yet. Meanwhile season 2 features Hiromi putting her hand on Fred's arm or shoulder multiple times, with Fred being completely ok with it. It really shows the fact that they've become closer between season 1 and season 2.

[arendalphaeagle]

Oh, it looks like someone also posted the Hamster & Gretel pilot on YouTube

[cantpickonefandoms]

Calling it right now, Ms. Knight is going to turn out be a super villain, maybe even a super villain directly related to the Big Bad, and she’s using Hiromi to get Gretel, Hamster, and Kevin exposed.

[cometcrystal]

watching these last few hng episodes as the biggest hiromi warrior alive feels like this

[ebilar]

Kevin and Hiromi fanart

so sad when they broke up, just be together alright??