Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -

2018
Ended
Comedy · Animation
~24m / ep
1 season
8.5/10

During recess, Olivia, a foreign transfer student who doesn't know English, plays a game of "look-the-other-way" with Hanako Honda, a loud-mouthed airhead. Their rowdy behavior spurs the ire of Kasumi Nomura, a deadpan loner constantly teased by her older sister for her tendency to lose games. Not willing to compete, Kasumi declines Olivia's offer to join the fun, but eventually gets involved anyway and dispenses her own brand of mischief. Soon, a strange friendship blossoms between the peculiar trio, and they decide to form the "Pastime Club," where they are free to resume their daily hijinks. Whether it be failing to learn English, trying desperately to become popular, or getting caught by teachers at the wrong time, school life will never be boring when these girls are up to their hilarious antics.

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A surreal comedy anime centered on the daily, unhinged lives of three middle school girls who form an unofficial "Pastimers Club". The series subverts the "cute girls doing cute things" genre with over-the-top, often vulgar, and slapstick humor.

E1. Equivalent Exchange / Cheap Thrills / Pleasure Seekers / The Kind Pervert
Jul 8, 2018 · 24m
Olivia has an odd way of playing look-the-other-way. Her opponent, Hanako, convinces Kasumi to play against her instead. This is the beginning of the Pastimers Club.
E2. Killing Time / Friendship Game / The Witch Trials / Non-title Match
Jul 15, 2018 · 24m
The Pastimers don’t have the minimum number of members necessary to be officially recognized as a club. They attempt to negotiate with the student council president, who isn’t impressed by the club’s activities.
E3. A Battle That Must Be Won / Puppets / Betting My Life
Jul 22, 2018 · 24m
Kasumi isn’t amused at the stakes involved in the game that Hanako and Olivia are playing. Her well-meant intention to make the game more wholesome backfires.
E4. Lower Body Lasers / Pots and Kettles / Illegal Occupation / Butt Play
Jul 29, 2018 · 24m
Maeda-san, who works at Hanako’s home, fires lasers from his butt. This offers Kasumi with a unique perspective for her fan fiction.
E5. Devilish Taste / Loaded Questions / Maeda's Curse / Sex Ed
Aug 5, 2018 · 24m
Hanako arrives at a café to meet up with Olivia and Kasumi. Olivia and Kasumi were just commenting on how this is the first time they’ve seen each other out of their school uniforms and when they see Hanako, they are shocked. Olivia asks Hanako if she hit her head on the way there, but Hanako tells them that her clothes were a very special kind of haute couture.
E6. Asterisk / Studying for Exams / A New Look / Spirited Combat, Again
Aug 12, 2018 · 24m
Hanako and the other girls are asked by Oka-san from the Occult Research Club if they want to read a grimoire with her. They ask Oka-san how gathering members is going for the club and she tells them that she hasn’t been able to find anyone since. Apparently the reason she ended up on her own suddenly is two had graduated, one had transferred and another one teleported. After hearing that, Hanako and the others didn’t know what to do...