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Apr 25, 2024 8:23 AM
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Hananoi is a kind person but definitely hard to get to open up to others. I kinda wish we got more screen time with characters like Hibiki as they barely got on screen time.

This episode details more into his relationship with Hotaru. He even saw some of her childhood photos! Feels like the two got closer. It's also obvious this anime will take every chance to get them alone together.
Apr 25, 2024 8:25 AM
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Hinase and Hananoi, whose trial relationship has been extended, decide to go to Hatsumode with Asami Hibiki, Tsukiha Shibamura, and Keigo Kurata.

Hinase had hoped that Hananoi would get along well with Hibiki and the others, but Hananoi, who ends up going his own way with Hinase , bluntly tells Keigo that he has no intention of getting along with him.


Apr 25, 2024 9:17 AM
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"I want to see you when you were young" BRO ...



So we having this nice and chill yearly shrine visit, everything's going fine, all the friends are here too ... even Hananoi-kun is somewhat normal this time ... but no, he just goes full edgelord on the blondie guy for no particular reason, lmao .. what was that.

Also, i feel like the visual quality is kinda going down, some frames today were in particular bad.
Apr 25, 2024 9:54 AM
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I'm getting more and more curious about what kind of trauma or what caused Hananoi to be like this. There were some people who recognized him, so the reveal should be pretty soon.
Apr 25, 2024 10:12 AM
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Damn the blonde dude was just trying to do conversation. Poor guy.
Apr 25, 2024 10:25 AM
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Cute Episode and the first time Hotaru touched Hananoi because she wanted it. :)
Apr 25, 2024 10:37 AM
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First shine visit of the year huh nice. Hananoi needs to seriously learn that there's more than just the two of them in this world let alone their town. Working in a bookstore is a perfect role for Hotaru given her personality. It was cute seeing the reactions to the photo albums. Curious to see what Hananoi was like in the past.
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Apr 25, 2024 10:38 AM
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Animation is getting worse ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿฅฒ
Apr 25, 2024 10:43 AM
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Animation is getting worse ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿฅฒ
@Animequeen_xx The only thing that was good was that I realized I liked the ending song.
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Apr 25, 2024 10:44 AM

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Feel bad for the blonde guy he was only trying to be friendly with Hananoi, Hananoi needs to start understanding that there are other people in Hotaru's life that are important to her.
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Apr 25, 2024 10:56 AM
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This episode was okay, I need more for a good romance. The Animation is awful, I hope the story gets better.
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Apr 25, 2024 10:57 AM

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Each episode pisses me off more, I read at some point that Hananoi is less creepy as it goes on, but so far he's just worse. "Recharging" means pushing someone against a tree for some time, the dude threatens another guy just because he gave her bad advice, then says not to get too close to him or he might do something... Just don't do the thing! Half the anime "romance" is just centered around rapey shit, I swear...
Apr 25, 2024 11:07 AM

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Well the shrine visit ended a bit awkward, Hananoi wasn't being very sociable.
He has his issues but at least he is trying for Hotaru, maybe a bit to hard at times tho.
Hopefully things will keep going well for the couple.
Apr 25, 2024 11:19 AM

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Honestly might be one of the best romances I've watched, This show actually focuses deeply on the romance aspect and what it's like to be in a relationship. it feels more realistic than a lot of romance animes I've watched
Apr 25, 2024 11:53 AM
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this is getting cringer as more episodes go by. obsessive, antipathic, dresses like a dork, etc.
people says he changes...but that arc is like for a 2nd season...
if the producers didn't notice that that arc was needed in the 1st season this is gonna get dropped.
Apr 25, 2024 12:16 PM
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Good episode. Both of them share a bit of themselves with each other. We know Hananoi was a bit of a nerd as kid and why Hotaru has short hair. We also get our first glimpses of a new character. Based on the reaction it shows it's probably a childhood friend type character that knew of the MC before.

Apr 25, 2024 12:51 PM

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honestly every episode is worth watching so far

This episode was rllllyyyy adorable too

Apr 25, 2024 1:25 PM
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webbles said:
honestly every episode is worth watching so far

This episode was rllllyyyy adorable too

I agree! Not like most romance genres, where it's just mostly being awkward, and there's much of a relationship. You can actually feel a little bit of progress in each episode. I can do without the stuttering, and one partner feels unworthy of the other type of show. This is a nice change.
Apr 25, 2024 1:31 PM
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Honestly, this is the worst ep I watched. I mean, the story is interesting but the anime don't highlight it at all. The image quality is bad. I don't want to be mean because it's the first anime that the studio adapt but it's just ... They look ugly and don't really look like the manga. I'm disappointed, it's one of my favorite manga and it look so bad. It deserved better.
If you like the story then please read the manga, it's worth it. I guarantee it to you. I hope the next ep will be better ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ
Apr 25, 2024 1:32 PM
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I am glad that Hotaru-chan is trying to understand Hananoi-kun better and she truly wants to learn the love’s meaning.

With each episode passing, they are getting closer and closer to be a great couple. Only Hotaru is in Hananoi’s sight, so he loves her with all his being.
Apr 25, 2024 2:42 PM
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The opinions are very mixed in this one looks like, I personally liked this episode a lot. Yeah the animation isn’t all there, but this episode didn’t really call for it anyway. The first half focusing on a shrine visit was nice, really liked the moments between Hotaru and her friends, and of course with Hananoi as well, it’s just a shame he was being mean to Keigo because he hadn’t had a chance to “recharge” with Hotaru yet lol, felt it was uncalled for but he was good for the rest of the episode at least.

And Hotaru ended up getting a job at the bookstore, now she gets to make money and learn more about Hananoi at the same time, she’s working smarter not harder lol. And of course this leads to Hananoi being there every time her shift ends, it’s wholesome but at the same time I hope he isn’t getting there too early again and freezing in the cold. What I wasn’t expecting tho was Hananoi visiting Hotaru’s house, this gave us some nice moments like Hananoi looking through that photo album of small Hotaru, but the important part here was Hotaru finally opening up more when she revealed why she had a falling out with a friend in the past, we didn’t get all the details but it’s good to have an idea of what went down, and of course it’s also good that she was able to tell Hananoi, a sign that they’re getting closer if there ever was one, that headpat afterward was proof as well lol.
Apr 25, 2024 3:32 PM

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Hananoi acting acoustic and my enjoyment go hand in hand.

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Apr 25, 2024 4:02 PM
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Dude is just a walking red Flag, I surely hope so he can u-turn all this... *vaguely gesturing to all of his personality traits*
Apr 25, 2024 4:03 PM
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No way hotaru hair got cut off as a prank/joke.....
Apr 25, 2024 5:15 PM
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Hananoi so cute :3
Apr 25, 2024 5:23 PM
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Hotaru's development of feelings in this episode was cute, but it's getting hard to ignore the red flags in Hananoi's behavior, especially how he seems to not respect Hotaru wanting to spend time with others. I think he is a good guy who just has a warped understanding of what love is, so I hope that at some point it gets addressed.

It also bothers me that Hotaru is taking these concerning behaviors of Hananoi as a guide to understanding people as if he is some expert or is mature with his feelings. (I understand that this is literally like the premise of the show. She doesn't understand much of anything yet, so it makes sense that she is trying to learn from him, but I hardly see any signs from her suggesting that she thinks the stuff Hananoi does with her is weird, which does concern me.)

Ideally the problems with Hananoi's behavior get addressed before we can have a cute happily ever after conclusion.
Apr 25, 2024 5:24 PM
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Hananoi is such a creepy dude in this episode, trying to isolate Hotaru from her friends and being rude to her friends for no reason
Apr 25, 2024 6:04 PM
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Another good episode! The production as a whole does not help the story and its characters. Hotaru may be broken but Saki is broken.
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Apr 25, 2024 6:50 PM

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ye nah he's real for that.
Apr 25, 2024 7:03 PM
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every couple of frames, there is a cursed one
i hate how they don't care about romance anime ๐Ÿ˜ญ
i know it looks pretty similar but the feeeeeling is not thereee
my shoujo sparkles ๐Ÿฅน

edit: seeing then side by side, the anime is fanmade
they look nothing alike, he doesn't have teeth ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Apr 25, 2024 11:16 PM
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I think Hananoi might get bullied when he was a kid.

I want to see you when you were young, that's sound so wrong out of context LMAO
Apr 25, 2024 11:45 PM
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idk man. kinda slowly losing interest. we get to know abiut trauma but i feel like the male main character is way too obsessive. won't make friends, wanted to spend every second with her, waiting everyday after work. i know hes trying to get her to like him but it just annoys me. abit. dropping my raring from 7.1 to a 6.6.
Apr 26, 2024 1:47 AM

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Their are perfect for each another both Hananoi and Hotaru

Apr 26, 2024 3:46 AM
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I came out of the last episode thinking that Hananoi's creepy behavior in the second one was just a fluke, but no, it's back! Maybe it's an even numbered episode kinda thing? ^^'

All of this to say that I didn't enjoy this installment of the show. I thought Hananoi's psycho reaction to Kurata was out of line, and that it came out of nowhere.
Apr 26, 2024 4:49 AM

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this was the last one for me

i repeat, this is not love...
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Apr 26, 2024 4:51 AM

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This episode was okay, I need more for a good romance. The Animation is awful, I hope the story gets better.
@CorayyAnime good luck

4 episode, and it's far from a good romance...

i mean, she doesn't have to force herself to love someone...

the guy is a creepy guy, he needs therapy...

they can not be together...
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Apr 26, 2024 5:33 AM
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gawed said:
this is getting cringer as more episodes go by. obsessive, antipathic, dresses like a dork, etc.
people says he changes...but that arc is like for a 2nd season...
if the producers didn't notice that that arc was needed in the 1st season this is gonna get dropped.

agreed. there was an article about the controversy, since this particular anime has a lot of it due to all of the toxic behaviors Hananoi exhibits, like love bombing and stuff. in the article, it said that the manga is about how Hananoi learns not to be toxic and that it's not promoting his behavior, but instead, showing how unhealthy it is for both him and the MC when he is like this. I just hope it is somehow miraculously well executed in the anime. otherwise, a bunch of young people will probably think that his behavior is ok or even worse, romantic. And that could lead them into some abusive relationships because about 98% of people who display the toxic qualities that Hananoi does, end up abusing their partners. abuse is not always physical, as some people assume
Apr 26, 2024 5:43 AM

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From Christmas to New Year's, Hontaru and Hananoi have grown, and alongside her friends of Hibiki "Kyo" Asami and Tsukiha Shibamura...plus Keigo Kurata. A group celebratory "date" of sorts of people from the same class.

Aside from Keigo and Hibiki dating, Hananoi clearly isn't interested in anyone else but Hotaru, even in friendship, and that's what he's very jealous of. But when it comes to love and romance, Hotaru is just as naive of his advances, until he actually did the deed, like trying to kabedon without hugging her, maintaining their skinship distance. But soon, Hananoi got over his normalcy and began to stick closer to her friends.

The break on Hotaru's 3rd term meant that she took on a part-time job as a bookstore attendant, and it's her first job. Hananoi wanting to see her is normal, and like as usual with school, he sees her home in the night, always wanting to have alone time with her as much as possible. Hotaru having to read his facial expressions to get what he wants, he's taken into her house for a bit, and even warns her about the potential for him to assault her if not careful. Going thru the former's photo albums, Hotaru feels like she's not putting effort into the relationship as much as she could, though he'd prefer her in long hair. As terrible as Hotaru trying to read the room, Hananoi has similar situations, which makes them birds of a feather, which makes the latter feel like he's into a proper relationship with as much corect "firsts" as he could realize with her.

Slowly growing together with boundaries, one step at a time.
Apr 26, 2024 7:21 AM

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this was the last one for me

i repeat, this is not love...

I totally agree with you.
this is unhealthy and sick love. I couldn't watch it anymore.
dropped ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป
Apr 26, 2024 7:40 AM

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Ngl, it feels like Hananoi will definitely kill someone just because a minor misunerstanding in their relationship.
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otakuweek said:
this was the last one for me

i repeat, this is not love...

I totally agree with you.
this is unhealthy and sick love. I couldn't watch it anymore.
dropped ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป

At the beginning, i thought that it was but original…

Pretend to be a couple was already strange…

They both have big personal issues…

This anime is not a good example for love…

The mangaka should have change the plot, to explain to young people that they should not force themselves to love somebody…
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Apr 26, 2024 9:18 AM
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The episode is very good, but I still think Hananoi is very psychopathic haha, but I want to see how the story will unfold
Apr 26, 2024 9:35 AM
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They really are 2 of a kind
Apr 26, 2024 11:20 AM

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Very mixed feelings on this show so far. I really like Hotaru and I love seeing her grow, finding out her own emotions and feelings and all. But Hananoi-kun gives me the yikes.
His behaviour seems very stalker-ish, obsessive and creepy to me. Kind of reminds me of an ex...

In a way, this is all reminding me of Ojou to Banken-kun, weird animation glitches included haha
Apr 26, 2024 2:18 PM
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What happened with the animation this episode? It was really disappointing tbh.

Hananoi has still been giving me the creeps, but I’m really trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Apr 26, 2024 5:13 PM
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gawed said:
this is getting cringer as more episodes go by. obsessive, antipathic, dresses like a dork, etc.
people says he changes...but that arc is like for a 2nd season...
if the producers didn't notice that that arc was needed in the 1st season this is gonna get dropped.

agreed. there was an article about the controversy, since this particular anime has a lot of it due to all of the toxic behaviors Hananoi exhibits, like love bombing and stuff. in the article, it said that the manga is about how Hananoi learns not to be toxic and that it's not promoting his behavior, but instead, showing how unhealthy it is for both him and the MC when he is like this. I just hope it is somehow miraculously well executed in the anime. otherwise, a bunch of young people will probably think that his behavior is ok or even worse, romantic. And that could lead them into some abusive relationships because about 98% of people who display the toxic qualities that Hananoi does, end up abusing their partners. abuse is not always physical, as some people assume
@Aritree well so far i've seen nothing on the show asides from it romanticizing and normalizing the toxic behaviors in a very icky way. I'm not sure what could save this. it would've been better to just make a thriller yandere story with this guy from the start so that everybody could know that it's a more serious sick to cure kind of story and not a romantic thing.

oh well, quite possibly i wont be there to see how it turns out.. too many great shows this season and I'm even still on time to rewatch Your Lie in April this year, than be wasting my time with a bad crafted story. XD
Apr 26, 2024 5:54 PM
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Love this episode! Hotaru is finally understanding what it means to like and love someone. Their moment sharing their thoughts and feelings was so wholesome. Can’t wait for the next episode.
Apr 26, 2024 6:22 PM
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gawed said:
@Aritree well so far i've seen nothing on the show asides from it romanticizing and normalizing the toxic behaviors in a very icky way. I'm not sure what could save this. it would've been better to just make a thriller yandere story with this guy from the start so that everybody could know that it's a more serious sick to cure kind of story and not a romantic thing.

oh well, quite possibly i wont be there to see how it turns out.. too many great shows this season and I'm even still on time to rewatch Your Lie in April this year, than be wasting my time with a bad crafted story. XD

yes. the anime hasn't shown anything of it yet. it's in the manga though. I'm hoping they are able to properly show it in the anime. it's the only thing that's made me give the anime a chance tbh
Apr 26, 2024 7:09 PM
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Hananoi has some serious attachment issues. I was surprised at how antagonistic he was towards her male friend. I get that he’s not open to meeting her friends but .he’s too much.
Apr 26, 2024 9:55 PM

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Dang Hananoi showing he is pretty nutty this episode. Hopefully he grows from the influence of fml
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