![]() The most important part of this exchange is when she lets slip how nice it feels when she “has him to herself”. Her lie about wearing contacts is transparent but it’s the thought that counts. Still, one respects her impulse here, both in terms of not wanting to be a burden and not wanting to appear helpless generally. Kaede is actually a serious gamer (it becomes a plot point later on) but it’s not as though he’d ever consider anything Ai asked of him an imposition. ![]() But when she hears him turn down an invite from his buddies to go to the arcade (as close to being a bad boy as he gets) Mie-san feels a rush of guilt over being an imposition on Kaede’s time. Naturally it’s one where she’s forgotten her glasses (which happens about once a week on average) so Kaede offers to take her to the post office. First off we have Ai excited to cash in her frequent customer card for a free dessert, only to discover it needs to be postmarked that day. This week is back in slice of life mode, despite once more diving into some standards of the romcom genre. Last week’s episode (Valentines/White Day) was about as substantial a plot mover as this series gets this early on (that changes later). With the manga announced to end next spring at about the 165 chapter mark and the anime set to use less than half of that, it’d be interesting to see how a second and final season (the anime is doing much better with Japanese audiencess than Western) might look. Most of the manga takes place during the third year of middle school, which is where the best middle school romcoms seem to spend most of their time ( Konobi, of the eternal chuuni, being a notable exception). Suki na Ko isn’t skipping much of anything in terms of adapting – this event happened at about 30 chapters into the manga (in fact, the seat-changing chapter was an extra). Almost halfway through the season, and it’s already a new school year. ![]()
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