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This is most definitely a masterpiece. All the unsaid things, small glances, pauses, hestitation.. this was built os such energetic intimacy, it left all my nerves tingling, like I needed more of that tension and they executed it absolutely masterfully. What could seem like a simple and cute lovestory has become a staple of how growth within a relationship looks. With Watarai's emotional intelligence, rawness, and restraint, to Hioki eventually coming towards him with nothing but his braveness. I truly loved and lived through every second of it.
I humbly wish for a second season, where the focus is on each of them equally again, where we see Watarai's growth not as just an object of longing, but as a fully articulated inner world, just like we saw in the first half of the show. Remarkable character.
The show trusted the viewer with subtext and instinct. Which to some may seem cute and fluffly, to others might felt electric and alive. This will stay as a favourite for a while, I feel.

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