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May 1, 2021 11:45 PM

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Love this episode soooo muuch

i need more this kind of sugar in my life
Jun 3, 2021 2:50 PM

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Stupid Haruka!!!!!!!-.-
Dec 11, 2021 7:43 PM
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this was another nice episode i say and otani is a dumbass

Dec 18, 2021 11:05 PM
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SouthRzVa said:
The way how this show tries to antagonize Ootani is starting to really piss me off. Let's hope the "class vs. Ootani" depiction wasn't serious.

That aside, I also gotta say that Haruka is easily the worst thing this series has. Who thought it would be a good idea to include such irritating character in this already frustrating love story?


This episode proves why friends shouldn't just unnecessarily intervene in others' affairs. Haruka, their classmates, Nakao, and sometimes Nobuko, they almost messed up the nice pace the two main characters had.
Dec 18, 2021 11:07 PM
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DarkInsomnia57 said:
Straight up though, I legit hate Otani, all the homies hate Otani. That's some toxic masculinity right there, before its day. Risa doesn't deserve all of this mistreatment just because she's physically a little out of the normal. She deserves respect like anyone.

Otani is messing up massively too. You get along with this girl like gangbusters AND she likes you and you DON'T want to be with her? Unbelievable. Are tall girls a joke to you? This guy is permanently 14.

Risa doesn't need to be chasing this pos all the time, trying to convince him after he rejected her. Like, I get it, Otani is extremely immature, but you have to let him suffer, he deserves it.

Man I hate Otani. Scumbag. Just make a clean break and be done.

Poor desperate Risa, but I have no excuses for Otani, he makes all men look bad.


I don't get it. Toxic masculinity? So now if a girl confesses to a guy, he has to unconditionally like her right away and go out in a relationship? The previous episodes have already established that he CANNOT see her as a girlfriend yet because he is afraid of breaking the current friendship between them. This also happens in real life, doesn't it?
Dec 18, 2021 11:42 PM

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theprussian said:


I don't get it. Toxic masculinity? So now if a girl confesses to a guy, he has to unconditionally like her right away and go out in a relationship? The previous episodes have already established that he CANNOT see her as a girlfriend yet because he is afraid of breaking the current friendship between them. This also happens in real life, doesn't it?


"The previous episodes have already established that he CANNOT see her as a girlfriend yet because he is afraid of breaking the current friendship between them." That's your conjecture, sure. The audience doesn't know for sure what Otani's reasons are. They turn out to be...complicated. It's more of an author device for angst. Keeps the eyes on the series.

In the end he's just a difficult person with his own internal logic.
Jan 31, 2022 1:01 PM

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Only likeable characters are Risa and to an extent Seiko (if only she wasn't just a shitty gimmick).
No idea why this is even a 24 episode anime, they are extending the drama for no reason and it seems like no progress is made.
It must've been like a year since Risa got rejected, it makes barely any sense that she keeps trying when Otani treats her like shit. At this point I don't even want them together.
Really sad to see it getting worse with every episode, the comedy used to be top notch, the facial expressions are among the best I've seen.
Jan 22, 2023 3:09 PM

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I do appreciate how Otani isn't saying "No way in hell would I want her as my girlfriend", he's just saying "I'm not sure yet".

Yes. Even then, i laughed hard when the official chocolate was thrown against his head while sappy music was playing. Haruka, check your double standards but also thanks for moving on plot, at least, just a little.
Feb 3, 2023 10:45 PM

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Haber, I completely agree with Nakao and in part with Ootani, in the end one ends up feeling guilty thinking that one is giving hope to the other person when you are not even interested or, in this case, you do not know your own feelings / has not developed. But apparently Risa doesn't think so, although one can't stop feeling guilty no matter how much the other person tells you not to feel it. Like when you're sad and they tell you "Don't feel sad, cheer up", of course I'm going to cheer up just for that xdddddd

On top of that, he feels the pressure from Nobu and some from Nakao, and now the whole damn class.
Aug 8, 2023 5:36 PM
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It's about time Haruka knew what was up and intervened. It's too bad he's too weak to sway Risa's love towards him. He could've given Ootami a much-needed competition so he could finally realize how lucky he is that Risa is so in love with him. Many guys take girls for granted if they're so into them or too easy.
Oct 10, 2023 12:44 PM
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I love their relationship so much. It's a great outlook outside a conventional relationship. This show makes me happy :)
May 19, 2024 1:48 AM

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I may be nearly fifteen years late for this discussion, but man this is like the actual first episode to acknowledge that Otani's feelings are any sort of valid.
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May 24, 2024 7:51 PM
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Risa best gurl!!....
Nov 3, 2024 3:56 PM

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This anime has more mood swings than my period and that says a lot XD (I am digging it)
Nov 3, 2024 3:58 PM

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I'm glad they validated ootani's feelings a bit. Seems like he's slowly getting.
@Hearts4MyLover lol I can confirm this 100%
Nov 3, 2024 4:03 PM

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I'm glad they validated ootani's feelings a bit. Seems like he's slowly getting.
@Hearts4MyLover lol I can confirm this 100%
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Trying your luck I see?!

(Love you) <- this is sincere and not edited in later
Feb 7, 7:03 AM

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It's nice to see Seiko and Haruka again. The rejection reveal caused quite the chain of events and now the whole class knows their business! At least they're rooting for Riza. It could have turned out a lot differently.

Haruka swapping the chocolates was wild. He'll never let a valentines day go smoothly!
Mar 4, 1:45 PM

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This drama is killing me. The sudden development and then going back to zero hurts.
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