Kept me laughing out loud – its a winner.
“AYAKA is in LOVE with HIROKO” makes good on it’s promises.
Let’s get the things I didn’t like out of the way. First is the 13-year age gap, which is fully in my ick-zone; I am not a fan of age gap romances. I’m good with five years, after ten I tend to get squigged out. Second is the boss/subordinate trope. The two together create a severe power imbalance, which is a problem in romantic relationships. I know they are very popular and hear the “its just fiction” defense, but fiction has the power to normalize behaviors. OK, I’ll step off my soapbox because, all in all, I enjoyed this show.
Official Synopsis: “Ayaka has no problem with getting attention from men, but she has a deep crush on Hiroko, her senior at her company. She tries charming Hiroko, but it doesn’t seem to have much effect. However, Hiroko is trying to keep cool because she has a crush on Ayaka too...”
Ayaka pulls out all the stops as she tries to catch Hiroko’s eye, but Hiroko thinks Ayaka is just a clueless and dangerous straight girl, and she has sworn off dating straight girls. I hear you, girl. Straight girls can be so clueless, sending signals they don’t mean or even know they are sending. The assumption that Ayaka is straight led to so many comedic moments as Hiroko misread her words and actions, keeping me laughing — full, out-loud belly laughs. If you like a good, uncomplicated romcom, this story just might be for you.
Ayaka’s determination to win over Hiroko is something to behold. For someone who is —let’s be nice and call her naive — she certainly has great intuition about some things.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Ayaka is most likely demisexual since she made it to 23 years old without being attracted to anyone. Feel free to argue the point, but most folks have crushes as teens.
Let’s get the things I didn’t like out of the way. First is the 13-year age gap, which is fully in my ick-zone; I am not a fan of age gap romances. I’m good with five years, after ten I tend to get squigged out. Second is the boss/subordinate trope. The two together create a severe power imbalance, which is a problem in romantic relationships. I know they are very popular and hear the “its just fiction” defense, but fiction has the power to normalize behaviors. OK, I’ll step off my soapbox because, all in all, I enjoyed this show.
Official Synopsis: “Ayaka has no problem with getting attention from men, but she has a deep crush on Hiroko, her senior at her company. She tries charming Hiroko, but it doesn’t seem to have much effect. However, Hiroko is trying to keep cool because she has a crush on Ayaka too...”
Ayaka pulls out all the stops as she tries to catch Hiroko’s eye, but Hiroko thinks Ayaka is just a clueless and dangerous straight girl, and she has sworn off dating straight girls. I hear you, girl. Straight girls can be so clueless, sending signals they don’t mean or even know they are sending. The assumption that Ayaka is straight led to so many comedic moments as Hiroko misread her words and actions, keeping me laughing — full, out-loud belly laughs. If you like a good, uncomplicated romcom, this story just might be for you.
Ayaka’s determination to win over Hiroko is something to behold. For someone who is —let’s be nice and call her naive — she certainly has great intuition about some things.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Ayaka is most likely demisexual since she made it to 23 years old without being attracted to anyone. Feel free to argue the point, but most folks have crushes as teens.
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