I love the animation, story and music so much! It’s also one of those rare anime I can recommend to non-anime fans. This is definitely my second favourite anime this season (I’m sorry but Natsuki Subaru’s Melancholy: Season 3 is also airing).

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Grandpa is aging.
I wonder if his back hurts.
Grandma is so wise.

Bad haiku aside, grandma is certainly very observant. Also it’s been a while since I read the manga so I don’t remember who the voice on the phone belongs to.

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I was confused by that too. My theory is that it’s an indicator for affection level. Alicia has already deviated from the original plot of the game quite a bit so I imagine some of the NPCs would be affected by Alicia’s “villainess”-ness.

@rikka@ani.social ↑ this one makes for a cute thumbnail

I am not even a little surprised that school rooftops are popular tourist destinations.

Speaking of which, it’s adorable how Honjouji is accidentally being tsundere lol. I would be happy to get a frog shaped rock too, although that’s just because I also liked collecting weird rocks (I had to get rid of them when I moved 😭).

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Ooh rare childhood friend W. They’re so cute lol

Unfortunately just as I was celebrating, Aoi seems to have gotten some really bad news.

I realise that’s the point but I want to highlight it anyway. This isn’t yet another formulaic isekai. The story doesn’t revolve around Sensei. I love how the solution to all otherworlders isn’t to write a story and then banish them, but rather an actually compelling narrative conclusion. Suzuki returned to Earth after growing as a person, but nothing would change if Kaibara went back since he’s long past the point of redemption.

When I heard his backstory I was thinking “ugh, is this the explanation?” but I also had a feeling that Sensei would never accept such a story, so I was thrilled when he straight up called Kaibara boring! Naturally, all the pieces fell into place when I saw him hand Tama the glowing book and any remaining doubts I had about this anime were erased.

Now to add the manga to my ever growing list.

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This is the face of someone who has accepted his fate

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Oh? Is Makoto going to figure it out or continue to be completely oblivious? That cliffhanger is evil.

Makoto’s father is amazing. He’s supportive and doesn’t make assumptions. He’s just letting Makoto explore their identity.

I don’t care how many times I repeat myself. I fucking love this show!

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People around Jun right now probably:

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It looks like the anime is now ahead of the manga. Ngl I forgot that the source material is actually a light novel.

Yuki saying that Kuze is the greatest talent produced by the Suou family gives me really bad vibes. There’s definitely more to why Kuze chooses not to exercise his full capabilities than just his own reasoning. It gives me Ayanokoji vibes except Kuze’s issues express differently.

Taniyama feels like a very interesting person. I wonder why Kuze seemed so wary of her because ordinarily no matter how capable she may be, she didn’t seem like she’d be an actual threat to Kuze. I can definitely see how the author was inspired by Kaguya sama.

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I call this the Ainz-sama trope and it’s my favourite trope in media.

Noor really is just built different

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That was fucking hilarious! My theory with absolutely no basis is that a dev needed placeholder assets and decided to have some fun.

Also I love how much Haga’s freaking out here.

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Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like there’s something off about the animation. I can’t quite figure out what about it bothers me and it’s confusing me.

Anyway it looks like Ayase cleared the test and found a job. Nice. Also Narasaka is annoying.

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Ooh Alya being bold

Cute

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Now this is what an adaptation should look like. Play into the strengths of the medium and elevate the source material. It really hits different from the manga. The abstract sequence felt like it used the momentum up to that point to take me on a ride with Melt as he grew as an actor. It fits perfectly both in universe and from a meta perspective since this is also an adaptation.

Next up, the showdown between Kana and Akane. I’m excited!

Holy shit Naori is so powerful it’s almost scary. That self-confidence is blinding. Her position in this love triangle really does feel looser as her friend said but in all honesty, I believe her comparison of Jun to that pudding. If she really wants something, she’ll get it. She just cares more about nerding out and having fun.

Also wow Jun’s friend said some crass shit but somehow managed to be the voice of reason. Dude knows what he wants and doesn’t care about putting on airs. I respect it.

Also new meme template just dropped.

Kind of a slow episode. The exposition at the start felt a bit boring but the rest of the episode was fun.

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no thoughts head full of shika senbei :D

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This feels really pretentious. I’ll take a look at the source material at some point to see if it’s any good but I’m dropping this anime for now.