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Yeah - An is likely going to do more to bring her out of her shell than anyone or anything else has or could have.

On another note, and as is the norm with this series, all of that stress and drama surrounding the phone call - waiting for it but also dreading it, panicking when it came, stumbling through the conversation, then being exhausted when it was over, was painfully real to me. I know every bit of that all too well.

All sorts of possible flags there, but nothing definitive.

When this was announced, I read part of the manga, then part of the LN original, and thought it might be good. I don't normally watch currently airing anime, but I was keeping an eye on this. And I finally dove in and caught up on it last week.

This episode highlighted pretty much everything I loved about the series as a whole.

Anna is awesome. Let's get that out of the way first. She's easily my favorite FMC in years. And she was especially good in this episode. It's just been so pleasant to watch her and Nukumizu get so comfortable with each other, and it was nice to see that in full flower in this episode. And I couldn't help but laugh when she lost her imaginary boyfriend to an imaginary rival.

Kaju is awesome too, and it was great to see a lot of her in this episode.

And the senseis. I would've liked to see more of them all the way through, but at least they got a bit of extra screen time in this episode. They're both interesting characters in their own right, and they have a great dynamic.

Chihaya was especially good in this episode too, even though she only got a few seconds. She's been a pleasant surprise - she just looks so sweet and naive, and she's so very much not.

Overall, the only criticisms I might have of the series are that a couple of character quirks were a bit too exaggerated (Komari's stutter and Yumeko pretty much as a whole) and that it seems like very little was really settled. The pacing wasn't really a problem in and of itself - I actually quite liked it - but it means that we need at least another season, and preferably a few more.

Overall, I was very impressed, and this was a good cap to the season, assuming another season is coming. Without another season, it'll be a bit disappointingly incomplete, but even then, it was a good slice of life.

Yeah - same here. There's no break of any sort really - just from one panel to the next we go from one timeline to another.

There's actually been quite a lot of that that throughout the series and it wasn't until late, when character connections started to be revealed, that I realized it. And I suspect that there's been even more of it than I realize - that there are still things that haven't made sense yet because I haven't fitted them into the timeline.

And I also sort of suspect that the confusing timeline isn't just a storytelling quirk and is actually going to be plot-relevant eventually.

Hopefully he can also just accept it when she sees his cool side for what it is.

That might be too much for him though, so maybe if he's just a little less down on himself...

Oooh... this is a good one.

Back in a bit - need to catch up...

Yay! 🥰

I'm just relieved that the entire cast treats him exactly as he deserves, and that there's a different and much better prince to serve as the mmc.

And on another note - love the new handle. Your highness. 😌

I don't know where this is headed, and no matter how I search my feelings, I find that I just don't care.

That was more my impression, but I don't follow ratings or reviews much, so wasn't sure. I just know that I rarely see it discussed, but pretty much universally positively when it is.

Is ODDTAXI underrated? If so, then that definitely. It's just quality all the way through.

And Estab-Life: Great Escape. Yeah - it's sort of contrived, but it has so much heart and tells a satisfying story. And Equa is wonderful.

Well, at least Kaede is in the loop now - Kouhei isn't the only one who realizes that this could be something more.