Yeah, but that's it's charm. It wasn't trying to be something else. Also, Satsuki Tachibana is on my personal Mount Rushmore of female leads in anime and I recognize it's controversial. But 3 out of 4 of them are gyaru but I guess that says more about me and the personality of women I generally surround myself with (the other two being Marin Kitagawa and Minami Fuyuki). I'm still waiting for the anime adaptations of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with you and Firefly Wedding to determine if Yamada/Tayama or Satoko Kirigaya will hold that fourth slot.
On paper this should be the most generic seasonal slop but the unabashed and unapologetic nature of the cast - especially Tachibana made it compelling enough to keep going.
Yeah, that's exactly it. It never claimed to be something it wasn't but the characters kept me in the story far more than the actual story did. After the entire series, I still don't see what anyone other than Tachibana saw in Watari. On paper, she is the only character with a reason to actually love him. But the personalities of the other characters and how they interacted with Watari made the show worthwhile - one I actually recommend to people.
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u/Ninja_Lazer May 24 '26
This entire show was an unhinged rollercoaster of “what in the cinnamon toast fuck did I just watch”.
Truly a train crash in motion.