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May 13, 2023 8:58 AM
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Akane's "Ex' huh...? Well this episode had the set up for some drama given the circumstances. 

Meanwhile, I like Yamada's bond together. There's scenes featuring the two of them in magical-like moments but one of them was interrupted by Akane's ex. Looks like Yamada is still quite popular at school.
May 13, 2023 9:00 AM
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Akane-san didn't understand anything the Computer system 😂😂..
Yamada-san😏😏 He's changing.
May 13, 2023 10:11 AM
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Are we really doing the oldest thing in the book of female targeted romance stories ... that the two mains met each other when they were little, and are literally destined to be together, lol.

Also, Yamada really is lucky that he's so hot looking, cuz if you did what you did to her hair as an ugly, antisocial, unruly gamer... you would end up in a prison :) But pretty people get a pass :)

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May 13, 2023 10:37 AM
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This must be the first time that Yamada's been that close to a girl. But the trauma that he had from back then sure is gonna be a trial for him. I wonder though is that store clerk the girl from back then. Part timing at konbini's is a great way to make money. Momo's pretty determined to find her prince huh. Yamada sure has a rather interesting classmate in the form of Tsubaki though. Overall a pretty chill ep that served to add some depth to Yamada via his lack of experience with both interacting with girls and yet his increasing attraction towards Akane. Akane ended up getting quite the upgrade for her laptop though. Dungeons sure would blow Akane's mind if this is her debut.
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May 13, 2023 10:47 AM
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I wonder why Yamada took Akane's hairclip off heh. Good thing Akane's pc is now upgraded.
May 13, 2023 10:48 AM
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Yamada and Akane getting closer~ ❤️ And a culture festival episode coming up with the guild members! :3 I did like they bring back Akane’s ex but not in a stereotypical rival way. It’s a lot more mature and closure for Akane.
May 13, 2023 10:48 AM
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Bro the door scene. I guess anime doors will be haunting me in my dreams now
"It was an overseas server last night, so the lag was crazy—" Really reminded me of "IT'S THE PING"
Did they really give Akane a whole external GPU? I understand how Eita could have an old gpu lying around, but definitely not an enclosure lol. Yamada also said that he switched out the CPU. I know some laptops that can do that, but those are always big and heavy.
May 13, 2023 10:49 AM
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After MHA, hair is showing its capabilities here too
May 13, 2023 10:50 AM
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Yamada the reluctant ladies man. Catching looks from every girl he even walks past. Yamada seems very dumbfounded by all the attention he gets from women. Not knowing how to take that kind of interaction. Even the convenience store clerk girl wanted to talk to him after he made his purchase. Yamada not knowing how to handle these situations of female attention are a mix of awkward and saddening. But because I feel bad for him, that girl from his past we keep getting glimpses of there's something more there I want to know that's effecting Yamada still in present day. I feel bad that he was traumatized by whatever happened back then. Every girl as school fawning over him was pretty funny though, that guy trying to coach him into giving better responses when they called upon Yamada made me laugh. That girl with the glasses we see him talk to seems interesting. Not throwing herself at Yamada feet like the others but instead being straightforward with him about his poor performance in his last live stream. I'm sure that was a breath of fresh air for Yamada having a girl not gush over him. Same with Akane, her down to earth nature puts him at ease I think. That's why he's becoming more open and at ease around her. Going to reach for her hair while she slept might seem weird in a vacuum but it shows Yamada is experiencing feelings he hasn't in either ever or at least a long time. I loved seeing Akane more in the game world too. I agree with her that Mr Kamota is the same irl as he is in the game. A delightful fluff ball that can go demon god mode when necessary.
May 13, 2023 11:02 AM
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Now we have to wait a whole week again 🫠
I'm super hyped for more eps in the future.
May 13, 2023 11:57 AM
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Damm that was a good episode
May 13, 2023 12:08 PM

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Yamada goes and gets his parts and the store clerk notices him, apparently its the same girl from his past (well that's what i think). Yamada having a cute moment with Akane while sleeping. Akane's ex shows up to give back the lunchboxes.

Akane taking on a part-time job, nice. The girls still love Yamada as crazy, lmao. Also a new character got introduced, Tsubaki. Maybe Tsubaki will join the FOS also later on but who knows. This episode was charming.

May 13, 2023 1:38 PM
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this episode felt 3 minutes long for some reason
May 13, 2023 1:45 PM

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Bruh... don't tell me Akane will be working in the same convenience store as the crying cashier Yamada met.


Another great episode.
May 13, 2023 2:04 PM

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i can't wait for the festival episode lol
May 13, 2023 2:11 PM
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Akane's character similar to Chihaya from Chihayafuru. 
May 13, 2023 3:26 PM

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Yamada starting to become more aware of Akane as a woman, but his past trauma isn’t gonna be easy to get over. Love to see some progression from him. This festival arc will hopefully be the catalyst to get things going between he and Akane

Doutei-kun said:
Akane's character similar to Chihaya from Chihayafuru. 

Done by the same studio so makes sense

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May 13, 2023 3:36 PM

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Yamada not understanding girls again even tho the girl in the store was trying so hard.
He did handle the ex boyfriend pretty well tho.
And it seems his classmate is pretty much the his female counterpart.
May 13, 2023 3:44 PM
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More and more people are dropping this anime as I predicted... Haha

The dangers in my heart and Insomania after school win by the way
 

May 13, 2023 4:23 PM
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Liked the way he handled the ex On the other hand he does not remember the girl he hurt and she has to work with her The computer is way more powerful than it was
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May 13, 2023 6:18 PM
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Another cute ep! Enjoying this.

Yamada is such a ladies man 😂
May 13, 2023 6:32 PM
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Yamada mind, it’s was great to be more focus on him
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May 13, 2023 6:37 PM
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Very random, I don't know why but I felt a bit pity for the cashier girl at the convenience store, but hey, that's the way Yamada is.

Another girl appeared, I'm not convinced that she appears at this point, but let's see how things develop.
May 13, 2023 6:52 PM
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Akane really got the Linus Tech Tips premium upgrade to her PC after it died and with no extra cost lol, Yamada and Eita really set her up with the good stuff. Also, the Yamada stuff in this episode was really good, got some more insight on him in each bit, the hair clip and convenience store bits were especially interesting giving Yamada’s reactions to the situations, he had no idea that cashier girl was romantically into him and he had no idea why he took Akane’s hair clip out, now I’m patiently awaiting him to realize what he’s feeling lol.

And it was also cool seeing his school and some of his classmates, they were interesting characters, that Tsubaki girl especially, she seemed like a female Yamada lol. Also the after credits bit showing Akane doing a raid with her clanmates just made me wish folks doing Destiny 2 raids were this chill and wholesome, but it looks like Akane was getting sherpa’d by Kamota there at the end lol.
May 13, 2023 7:03 PM

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yamada is way too popular with the girls, for a gamer especially. was a pretty short episode but akane's reaction right at the end during the post-credits was jokes. also her face while sleeping lmao.
now enter new girl; tusbaki.
May 13, 2023 7:34 PM
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Yamada begins to re-visit his affinity or lack thereof towards women. He really is still wondering if the opposite sex is still something to go out of his way for but Akane is surely on her way to make him find out.
That part in the convenience store was kind of cute, where a store clerk (happens to be an alumnae of Yamada's high school), summons her courage to small-talk Yamada (obviously having long running unrequited feelings for him). Sadly the timing is obviously not right.

Akane's laptop now fixed with Eita providing parts and Yamada overhauling it (also installs an external GPU), Akane returns to FOS and now gets a chance to see how Kamota really is in game, only to see his dungeon grinding god-level self in there.

Also, it seems there will be a new character incoming.
May 13, 2023 7:44 PM

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Well...Runa's plot to put both Akane and Yamada together kinda failed, though Yamada scurries off in a hurry to get his tools for fixing her laptop.

A bit of a backstory with Yamada, and though his presence piqued the convenience store girl that notices him buying the same tea over and over, what a way to break the heart that he's unconscious about. Haha, both Runa and Akane having a nap, and Yamada has to work quietly. But noticing the hairpin that Akane put on herself, Yamada consciously took it off to see her beauty and radiance, which spoke to him. the presence of Akane's ex Takuma visitng her place though, it's just to return her things, like the heap of lunchboxes that made him thought of her, but already way past their prime of a relationship that's gone bad. Of course, Akane suddenly appearing out of the blue, and knowing that the ploy will fail either way, just chuckles out of her way. Yamada giving Akane back her hairpin, and thuogh she doesn't mind, he's starting to pick up on emotions that he doesn't understand about.

Akane got a new part-time job for the short term, and though Yamada and Eita helped fix her computer, she feels bad that it's done for free, so it's with the part-time job that she'll repay them with. While Momo's ideal prince takes some time to show up, Akane is back with FOS, and in comes a new sub-leader: the teeny-tiny Micronest, which is literally Kamota in real life, though called Takezo online. Knowing that they can't hie from Akane any further, they let loose their own plan. Yamada also has friends in real life, though someone has the audacity to put a towel on his desk below his phone, and Yukari Tsubaki has been another character in the spotlight looking after him as well.

Watch out, there's a new rival on the block!
May 13, 2023 8:12 PM
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such a good episode. lots of yamada development that im absolutely living for. can't wait to see the group show up at the culture festival for yamada's school. im sure many of his classmates will be jealous of akane. also is anyone else thinking maybe the convenience store akane got a job at is the one yamada went to where the girl tried to talk to him?

i absolutely cannot wait for the next episode. love this show so much
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May 13, 2023 8:20 PM

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noooooo I wanted to see what that tiny avatar character changes into in the dungeon loooool

GAWD this ep was SO DANG CUTE with hinting at Yamada's changing attitude. He took the clip off cuz he was entranced by her hair falling over her face/etc.
I totally understand what you're feeling Yamada, cuz I agree that Akane looks prettier with her hair down =) ....well, compared to how sloppily she clipped it up there.
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May 13, 2023 8:42 PM

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Annnd we didn't get to see Yamada blush *sigh*. Sooo who's that side character...pretty weird. She was oddly specific about what Yamada did wrong the previous day. Glad to see Akane and Runa being friends! The character development is nice to see. I wonder when we get more backstory behind the girl from Yamada's flashbacks, I feel like it might be the store clerk or the girl hanging out with the purple haired girl?? I think it's more likely that it'll be the clerk because Akane might be working at the same convenience store. Akane finally got a job, I wonder how she was affording everything earlier. It seems like Yamada is starting to realize he likes Akane. I hope we find out why he decided to take her hair clip out. I need to see Akane and Yamada go on a date individually without Runa making things weird, ugh. "My kittens" what a great response. I'm glad Akane's ex grew up and decided to leave without seeing Akane. The mini poof did a good job of representing Mr. Kamota, tiny and cute unless you mess with someone special lol
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May 13, 2023 10:10 PM
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I agree Yamada, Akane looks prettier with her hair down like that.

Ohh snap, School Festival episode is coming up.
May 13, 2023 10:35 PM
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its so very wholesome and expressiv, ifdk how its still hanging around a 7.6/10, yall improve your rating senses
May 13, 2023 10:36 PM

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this show is so consistently humorous, even when it's not straight up lol funny, so many little gags just leave me grinning.



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May 13, 2023 11:02 PM
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I wonder if the chick Yamada was talking to in class is the girl of his flashbacks?

Hmm good ep 4/5
May 13, 2023 11:07 PM
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Random. But I feel bad for the cashier girl at the convenience shop
May 14, 2023 12:09 AM

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I love this anime so much, it's good to see Yamada getting some developing, he's actually starting to like Akane, but hasn't realized that yet. Can't say which one is my AOTS, this or Skip to Loafer. Well, another great episode anyway, hopefully they continue with the anime in a 2nd season because it only gets better.


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May 14, 2023 1:50 AM
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Yamada and Eita both helped in restoring akane's Laptop and we also get a sneak on yamada's past and how it is affecting his relationship with girls.
May 14, 2023 1:51 AM
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I like the anime most when the graphics become cartoon
May 14, 2023 5:37 AM

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Dunno why but Tsubaki seems like she could totally be the elder sister of Runa. Or maybe it's the art style.




May 14, 2023 6:17 AM

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Slowly they are starting to fall in love with eachother :). Hope we'll see some romance in s1 still.
May 14, 2023 6:42 AM

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Man the real deal is Eita, I swear. Rurihime is best girl. Period.

This anime is so relatable that I can't. I was half dead after having a big lunch when I decided to watch the episode and seeing Akane and Runa napping got me convinced that I should have a nap too and now I have so much stuff to do and I might just have fucked up my sleep schedule......

I had my fingers crossed that Yamada would not go sniffing Akane's hair (good job madhouse) and I'm glad that it did not went there 'cause that's creepy.Yamada is really something especially when he point blank told Akane that he took the clip off and he does not know why he did so lol.

Lmao the post credit was so awesome. Mr Kamota is such an adorable character and his avatar really suits him.
May 14, 2023 7:04 AM
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I love how straight forward yamada is and seeing more of his school life
May 14, 2023 8:26 AM
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Interesting... a side character who had a bunch of dialogue. seems like a significant one.
May 14, 2023 9:09 AM

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so yamada likes akane but doesnt know
May 14, 2023 12:12 PM

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Tsubaki is an intriguing character. These last 2 episodes really renewed my interest to this series.
May 14, 2023 12:37 PM
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OMG, the "love square" that is generating is so hilarious: Yamada, Akane, her ex-bf and her ex-bf's new gf... wait, it could be a love pentagon. As usual, the show left us unable to wait for next week's episode by introducing that female character wearing glasses. She actually seems like some kind of Yamada's gender-bender. It'll be very interesting to watch how this develops.
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Yamada totally deciding how to style his milfs hair and she lovin it. Lvl 999 gets you everything. Darn, I wish I got bento boxes. Need to work on my dungeon grinding!
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May 14, 2023 1:58 PM

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sight good episode ig
May 14, 2023 6:04 PM
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A M A Z I N G ! ! ! i love this series
May 15, 2023 1:04 AM

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that seemingly gamer megane girl "Tsubaki" should be logically a perfect 'gf' material for Yamada if i have to say honestly...but looks like too much of a gamer that both are very devoted to huh...
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