Across the Ocean to See You Episode 2

Five Stars

This episode hits all the silly contrived hijinks you expect to kick off a romantic comedy. The clingy Gou Gou is a bit much ("Clingy Self-Proclaimed Love Interest" trope), but all the other tropes are handled smoothly without pretending they aren't what they are. In fact, at one point in the episode they almost break the fourth wall with some foreshadowing that is clearly intended to make fun of the plot for including a variation of the "Secret One-night-Stand' trope (in this case, via the sperm donation). So it's refreshing that the writers so far are cognizant of the tropes, not afraid to use them, but not leaning into them to the point of annoyance.

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