Masachika busted?? Maybe Alya was too caught up in the moment to notice.

I waiting so long and I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the anime. It’s not all romance and comedy, the debates were really well written and I loved the mind games.

When Yuki started analysing Masachika’s cheap provocation, I knew it was over. That whole segment flowed so well and I love how well they communicated that indirectly by tying all the lead up to it together.

I’ll get around to reading the LNs one of these days, just wanna catch up to Classroom of the Elite and Tsukimichi first.

I also haven’t properly looked at all the upcoming anime. I think I’ll comment on the pinned thread on the weekend. I noticed some bangers coming out.

And the piece of shit makes his appearance for the first time in the anime.

I really love those symbolic animation sequences. They’re so captivating and I’m always impressed by how it communicates the story indirectly.

So far this is a strong contender for my favourite substory in the show, right next to Episode 8.

I think Greed is a misnomer for Yuriko because what she displayed was not greed. Empathy is hard when your own perspective is all you know. Sure communication would have easily solved this, but let’s be real, that’s way too hard.

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Holy hell

I think this is the first two parter unless I’m misremembering.

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That nurse is a stain alright

Komari really is way stronger than they think.

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Studio quality Calli animation pog!!

The expressions especially are chef’s kiss

To be perfectly honest, I don’t think Makoto’s feelings were mutual. Ryuji’s evaluation was correct on why Makoto was dating him. That said, I don’t think it’s a bad reason. That’s what dating is for. I think Ryuji made the right call.

I don’t think Makoto feels any romantic attraction to Aoi either. This is just a part of Makoto’s growth and experiencing new things.

That aside, I’m happy to see that Aoi recognises that she has friends who love her. It’s sometimes hard to love yourself, and even harder to believe that anyone else loves you. I have a feeling that when she finally comes face to face with her mother, it’s not gonna be pretty.

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I see Naori is playing dirty. I mean I expected that but it still caught me off guard because it just suddenly cut to credits.

This love pasta looks like my box of esoteric cables.

On the one hand, it’s annoying to see Rumi not listening to the sound advice from her friend and blowing up at Jun. On the other hand I can see where she’s coming from so I can’t really fault her for anything.

Nir challenged Sensei’s worldview. That’s probably one of my favourite instances of showing character growth.

Sensei paints the old man as weak and cowardly, but Nir shows that it’s not a personal failing because he’s fighting the same feelings.

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Nukumizu thinks he’s the tsukkomi, implying that he’s the “normal” character… sounds of Kaju laughter

After seeing the club’s new advisor, I sense great chaos in the future 🍿

That voice combined with that face helped with the trick lol. I was wondering if the in game voice is the same as the player’s irl voice and when Gaydle showed up the voice mismatch legit made me think he was another debugger.

Now the question is will Haga interfere with the world outside of a quest line. Considering how qa brained he is, he’s probably super conflicted right now.

Also I feel bad for Nikola. You can do it I believe in you! 頑張れ！

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Haha pain? Yes I rather like bread why do you ask?

It’s hard when you’re constantly trying not to inconvenience the people around you and forget that you deserve support too. I also feel like it’s partially “if I keep pretending, hopefully I’ll stop pretending at some point.” I can tell you with complete certainty that that’s bullshit. That’s how you lose out on having genuine relationships with people.

Ryuuji is so perceptive W

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Yep. He definitely parried an army.

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I think this is my favourite episode so far. It flows like a fable but feels so real.

Truly, the tree that gives you infinite painkillers is something the villagers failed to appreciate while they had it. Now excuse me while I go take my painkillers of the mind.

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Nekomizu?

Yanami is my favourite girlfailure

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Ok but seriously what is that

Senpai is too powerful now.

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Burn out sneaks up on you. I learnt that the hard way. It’s always important to make time to relax.

The eating ASMR made me hungry. That butter animation was so smooth.

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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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