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The weakest ingredient of this present might be the romance. This isn’t as a result of I don’t need the 2 results in find yourself collectively; I believe their chemistry is fairly robust. It’s simply that the present doesn’t know the place to position the romantic growth. It additionally doesn’t assist that Alya’s crush on Kuze has led to a few of her worst moments on the present. So suffice it to say that I discovered this episode to be fairly gratifying, regardless of it feeling like window dressing and set-up for extra to return.
I’ve to handle the elephant within the room although: the present glossed over final week’s hypnotism shenanigans. Ignoring the truth that the hypnotism joke labored on a comparatively grounded present with plenty of meta humor, I’m shocked that Alya didn’t carry it up in any respect or that it wasn’t mentioned in entrance of her. Her sister appeared extra embarrassed and anxious concerning the state of affairs than Alya. I might have seen earlier that Maria didn’t care a lot about it resulting from her character. The way in which it was dealt with makes me hate its inclusion within the earlier episode much more.
The date had an incredible arrange and humor. I prefer it when two characters are one or two steps away from being a pair and so they’re the one ones who don’t wish to admit it. It’s good to see that Kuze put plenty of thought into the date and that his assured exterior has been taken down a number of notches since Alya appears to be one of many few characters that he’s truly confused by. It was additionally good to see Alya be a bit of extra direct about how a lot she’s having fun with the state of affairs with out hiding behind Russian. The date even serves as a pleasant catalyst to comply with up on the fallout from the controversy from the earlier episode. I’m curious to see what that will likely be. Nonetheless, this served as a stable transition away from that plot level.
What actually obtained to me, although, had been the final 5 minutes of this episode. We’re lastly beginning to get some context on our favourite siblings’ dwelling preparations. I’m curious to see the place Kuze’s dad is on this state of affairs and why the grandfather appears to be taking the lead with the parent-teacher conferences. It’s good to see that explosive craziness runs within the household. I’m glad the present managed to make me giggle with out relying strictly on Yuki’s meta antics. The largest query mark will likely be what the state of affairs between Kuze and his mom appears to be like like. We might guess final week that the mom doesn’t actually like the present state of affairs and appears genuinely involved about her youngsters staying collectively regardless of the divorce. However her frame of mind on the finish of this episode felt completely different. Both approach, Kuze’s anger is justified. I ponder how precisely he’s going to deal with the state of affairs. The theme of this whole episode has been Kuze letting his guard down much more, and whereas that may result in some wholesome moments with Alya, it might additionally result in some disagreeable moments along with his mom.
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Alya generally hides her emotions in Russian is at present streaming on Crunchyroll.
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