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Jan 18, 2018 5:51 PM

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if this show wasn't so cute i'd be wayyyy turned off by the romance no idea how he comes around but all i see him as right now a super kind dotting dad/manger like the scene after she confessed (also what!) when hes so happy and wants order more for her lol.
Jan 18, 2018 6:03 PM

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Kondo's reaction to the confession though........ LOL
Jan 18, 2018 6:22 PM

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Density = mass/volume.
Jan 18, 2018 6:33 PM

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Just some brief speculation since It's way ahead beyond the flaw of the manga's point of view. This gives off a very unique charm, giving it a more realistic feel on how Age gaps actually work obviously the realism is flawed in the anime but its still fantastic.

Everything just feels so mellowish and the interactions between Kondo and Akira give me life with how sweet they are. Giving those sincere color pallets was filled with of sort depths by regaining how it manage to stay it's certain detail when it assumed to be slow kind of pace. Akira's expression are just priceless as ever... Not less amount of your typical cliche must less about any such romance flick may won't ruined as she pulled the string.

Pls released the latest chapter... :p
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Jan 18, 2018 6:52 PM
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Killuan said:
What was the reason behind Akira not wanting Kondou to see her take her socks off at the clinic. Was she self conscious about Kondou seeing her feet? Or something else entirely? I found the whole scenario oddly cute.
she didn’t have her toenails painted, so yeah, she was embarrassed of Masami seeing her feet lol.
Jan 18, 2018 6:55 PM
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This episode was so so cute! I love the pacing and as a manga reader, I’m super excited for the next episode. I can’t waiy to see more of these characters!!
Jan 18, 2018 7:17 PM
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Phaetons_Folly said:
The only concern I have at the moment is Sayumi Watabe as the seiyuu for Tachibana. Her laugh felt extremely forced when the visuals looked like it wanted the laugh to be genuine.


I'd actually disagree. If you look at how she opens one eye and looks at him just as she finishes laughing, then asks him if something is wrong, you can tell she's carefully watching his reaction. I agree the laugh sounds affected, but I think it's meant to be that way because her character is nervous and trying to figure out how to act.
Jan 18, 2018 7:39 PM

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Tenth said:
I really liked the scene where she was running, didn't even notice how fast the ep ended.
same it ended mad quick and oowee animation quality was soo good uwu
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Jan 18, 2018 8:05 PM

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After the Rain, Violet Evergarden, Camp Yuru, A Place Further Than the Universe, Ancient Magus Bride. AHHHHHH there's so many fantastic shoujo/josei/female-lead series that are airing right now.
Jan 18, 2018 8:12 PM

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I thought the 1st episode was just okay, but I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I didn't want it to end! I was smiling through the episode with how cute and funny it was :)

The art, animation, music, and how Yoshizawa described Tachibana made that running scene really great.
Jan 18, 2018 9:16 PM

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This is very easily one of my favorite anime this season, thanks to the calm artstyle and likable characters. She confessed super quick which seems fair since her obsession was staggering lol. I hope the story will deal with their huge age gap as it has good potential!
Jan 18, 2018 9:53 PM

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This anime is so enjoyable. Kondo is awesome.
Jan 18, 2018 11:18 PM
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I really enjoyed the sprint part, the soundtrack is particularly refreshing and bright. There's something about characters in anime that sprint that just brings out a sort of youth and freedom. And not really the type of anime OP sprint, but rather cinematic, with a slow motion start.
Jan 19, 2018 12:24 AM

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I'm so glad I gave this a chance, it's one of those rare romances that don't make me cringe. 5/5 episode.
Jan 19, 2018 2:37 AM
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The ending.... so good. This anime is way too much underrated. It deserves easily more than a 8.

The characters, the plot, the art. No cliches, no retard MC's, no shitty fan-service. Just perfect so far.
Jan 19, 2018 3:03 AM

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The ED is flawless and Aimer is a musical goddess tho.

TV size available only on Japanese iTunes and I can't buy it with USD.

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Jan 19, 2018 3:17 AM

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for all those who are saying that Koudo is so dense that he misunderstood her confession ARE WRONG....
i mean look at the damn age gap.. if I was in his place... i would also have showed somewhat the same reaction..
anyways.. I freaking loved the episode!! these gorgeous visuals are so heart warming! I literally want to tour Japan now..
Jan 19, 2018 3:21 AM
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This really warms my stony heart.

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Looks like everyone here missed it. She is masturbating in that scene where she was touching her body in her bed before the cell phone rang. The manga made it more obvious.

It did look lewd, but I didn't notice that much. I'll give the manga a read to see what you mean.
Edit: Nah, nothing suggests that. If she was doing that, her hand would be near there during the next part. She was just reliving the memories of their contact earlier.
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Jan 19, 2018 3:32 AM
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so far the show is really nice. I like both the mains and the side characters are nice. the dynamic between the mains is just great as well. the plot and writing is pretty good and I love the animation and soundtrack.
Jan 19, 2018 6:02 AM

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I CAN'T STOP SMILING I LOVE THIS SIMPLE GOOFY TEEN CUTE ASS SHOW
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Jan 19, 2018 6:04 AM
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I was genuinely relieved they did not make a story another "hidden love" drag and that she confessed to him quickly. Since the manager (NOT MR.KONDO EVERY MIGHTY TIME) is a good natured person he did not see past the words, so the story is still moving on in this direction. But boy I am glad they have tried.
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Jan 19, 2018 8:25 AM

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Really enjoying this show. Much better than Violet Evergarden so far. This show has good visuals and manages to have likable characters along with a compelling plot. Evergarden just has good visuals but an overdramatic plot and characters that so far aren't very endearing.
Jan 19, 2018 8:35 AM
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Hibikase said:
Also, the confession scene was unexpected, but it was met with a very expected response from Kondou. However, you can possibly interpret his response in two different ways:

1) Either he is dense af, and the possibility of a highschooler ever falling for him is so out of his conscious grasp that he honestly thought Tachibana meant that she liked him as being "tolerable" instead of a sign of affection

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2) He actually realizes that Tachibana has feelings for him, but decides to back out of it by PRETENDING to be dense and intentionally misinterpreting her confession

That's a downside of how compressed the episodes have been, the first two episodes covered six chapters, so while the director has done a fantastic job so far, we did lose a bit of context.

Tachibana tends to stare at Kondou and hides her embarrassment by being stand-offish, but when we see his inner monologue it's revealed he misinterprets those stares and curt behavior as showing open contempt towards him; also when he catches her smiling after helping his son's flute practice, he takes note that she kills that smile the second she notices him.

So it's not really Kondou being dense or trying to play the confession off with a fake misunderstanding, he genuinely thought Tachibana hated his guts and thought she was trying to clear up that misunderstanding.
Jan 19, 2018 11:03 AM

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Yeah it's obvious that he'd misunderstand her words. From his point of view she doesn't much care for him. The seemingly stern glares she gives being a key part of it. Also toss in the age gap. Common Sense would tell him there's no way this teen would have any romantic interest in someone of his age.

So of course he can't even comprehend that she has romantic feelings for him. The natural conclusion for him is just to be happy that he misunderstood the idea that she hated him. No surprise he can't take it a step further to romantic interest.
Jan 19, 2018 11:05 AM

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She confessed and he probably took it more as a person or shook it off. But man I like this show a lot already.
Jan 19, 2018 12:20 PM

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Now the dude can realize Tachibana has yet to realize he even exist. But thats not important, whats important is my love for the Manager's awkward self is taking off at an alarming rate. Same for Tachibana. What a lovely couple of characters.
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Jan 19, 2018 12:22 PM
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It was a great episode. Poor plates :D. Tachibana has beautiful long legs and the ending is amazing. For the time being this and Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho are my favourites from the season.
Jan 19, 2018 12:56 PM

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i love this anime so much that i read all the chapters that came out, what can i say, i didn't remember the confession to be so early, and by the way i don't think the manager understood like you guys are saying.
and i totally understand her love for him, he's so adorable, i love guys who are not scared to look pathetic and he's so nice
Akira is one of my favorite character ever, she can talk with her eyes only ugghhh i love this anime so much truly a blessing
Jan 19, 2018 2:33 PM

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Tachibana attac but Kondou deflec.

Pretty good episode, wonder if the manager intentionally pretended to be dense at the end or he is really THAT dense xD.

I am not a huge fan of the annoying classmate working there, seems like a unnecessary element to cause a shitstorm, hope Nishida catches him for herself fast before it becomes a problem.
Jan 19, 2018 3:32 PM
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Lev2001 said:
The episode was alright but, misunderstanding a confession, really? ...

No he didn't, after all Kondom-san is an already divorced 45 year old with a kid. He knows stuff, but decided to feign ignorance when the 16 y.o. loli ambushed him. On the other hand what kind of wife did he have, considering his lack of toenail polish recognition? Did they only have SFX in total dark?
Jan 19, 2018 3:39 PM
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Daniel_Naumov said:
... she confessed to him quickly...

Well, Japan is a very competitive market. Tsuki ga Kirei had the confession at end of ep3 and it was well-received. Therefore LoveRain had to up the ante and voice it at the end of ep2. In the spring season another anime will do it during ep1 and by the autumn, Kneel, Ring, Marry me! will be part of a PV.
Jan 19, 2018 3:42 PM
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Tacsk0 said:
Daniel_Naumov said:
... she confessed to him quickly...

Well, Japan is a very competitive market. Tsuki ga Kirei had the confession at end of ep3 and it was well-received. Therefore LoveRain had to up the ante and voice it at the end of ep2. In the spring season another anime will do it during ep1 and by the autumn, Kneel, Ring, Marry me! will be part of a PV.

It is just I find hiding your feelings until episode 10 unsavoury.
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Jan 19, 2018 4:15 PM

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He doesn't seem dense. He is just in denial lol. Now he'll start avoiding her maybe.





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Jan 19, 2018 9:04 PM

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I was just thinking there would be a sudden confession right before it happened.
Nice how the manager played it off.
Jan 19, 2018 9:21 PM

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Forget the plot ...the animation itself is so beautiful,clear & crisp that anybody would be mesmerised by it
Jan 19, 2018 10:12 PM

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I like this episode, it's so lovely! Everything was explained clearly why Tachibana got the injury in her foot. The crews from the restaurant were funny as usual. At the end, she confessed her feeling to Kondo-san but... I do not know if she's rejected, but she is still acceptable. I want more of this.
Jan 19, 2018 11:44 PM

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Beautiful episode.. She surprsingly confessed out of nowhere, then tencho's reaction was funny. He seems to be evading it.
Jan 20, 2018 5:47 AM

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Another sweet episode! I really like both main characters. It was awesome to see Akira smiling and laughing too.
Jan 20, 2018 11:29 AM

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Their interaction... especially the confession part and how Kondo reacted to it, dude was so happy he wanted to order more for her... he is literally treating her like a daughter lol.
Anyways whats with people here thinking he was playing it off? he's a middle aged old man, ofc he wouldnt expect that Akira meant it in a romantic way, his reaction was normal.
Jan 20, 2018 2:49 PM

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Oh my... I swear I almost had a heart attack when she confessed to him all of a sudden. But of course he had to react like the adorable naive guy he is.
This anime is just amazing, beautiful to watch, kinda deep in its own way. I can't wait for more of it!
Totally rooting for you Tachibana!
Jan 20, 2018 3:55 PM

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EratiK said:
whitehairgirls said:
Looks like everyone here missed it. She is masturbating in that scene where she was touching her body in her bed before the cell phone rang. The manga made it more obvious.
She did grab that blanket furiously.

Hey, I noticed that too, I just didnt want to bring it up since everyone seems like theyre in vanilla mode... mentioning she was ''pleasuring'' herself would be... well, awkward.
Jan 20, 2018 4:07 PM

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LOL blonde girl was just listing food.
Jan 20, 2018 6:39 PM
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compared to episode 1 it escalated from 'hm I don't really know about this' to 'there is no way I'm missing this'.

very impactful and enticing episode, fleshed the characters out more within a reasonable pacing and I'm already starting to love the cast. And a cliffhanger this soon!

needless to say gorgeous Wit Studio animation and wonderful, wonderful opening and ending. (Aimer I love you please marry me)
Jan 20, 2018 7:40 PM

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I'm enjoying this more than the manga. Good episode and lol the manager's reaction when tachibana confessed XD
Jan 20, 2018 7:53 PM

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So far, they are going a good direction with their interaction, I just hope it doesn't drag for the rest of the season. I don't care if things get pedophile weird because it'll be more interesting than the same episode twelve times.

Disclaimer- I am not a pedophile.





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Jan 21, 2018 2:14 AM
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whooow!!! tachibana just (slipped) confessed to Mr. kondou... i dont expect that one... hahahah... anyway nice date...

*anyways i really love the OST used in this series (especially the ED one) it suits ver well..
Jan 21, 2018 8:20 AM

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This episode shows that Tachibana lives in Yokohama and her train pass through Shinagawa.



This means either her school or the cafe lies beyond Shinagawa. I would assume it's the cafe that is north of Shinagawa because she would have easily said something like "the cafe is located between her school and home" when the manager asked why she chose to work there.

The average train ride between Yokohama and Shinagawa alone is about 45 minutes and this shows that she is willing to commute more than an hour to work (maybe less since we don't know where her school is located) and back home just to meet somebody she likes. I'd call this dedication.
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Jan 21, 2018 9:06 AM

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Love the character design and the music.
whole series got a really nice atmosphere.
Probably the anime I am looking forward to the most every week.
Jan 21, 2018 11:13 AM

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These comments confuse me. Kondou isn't dense. What 40+ year old man would take something as broad in meaning as '好きです' from some youngster as a sign of romantic affection?? Unless he was a creep, which he isn't, he took the statement to mean something more professional (as a co-worker), or of fondness/approval, because he did initially think Akira hated him.
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Jan 21, 2018 11:40 AM

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I am still happy to have started this anime series, my expectations are fulfilled in all: excellent graphics, evocative scenes where the sky appears and the eyes of the protagonist are so attractive, wonderful backgrounds. The characters already stand out from the background and a good hand is also given by the style of drawing that makes them already distinguishable from each other. I never imagined that there was already a sort of declaration by Akira, what a surprise!
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