Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka Episode 11 Discussion

Where did Kurokawa get the idea they were living together? Or is she trying to plant that suggestion with them?

Damn right you have to support Kama's lifestyle expectations.

"Here I go." And I suddenly got an Evil Overlord thought of the boulder falling on her.

Kama likes the smell of Rika's feet.

The way to Rika's heart is ....

No Takuya, that is not at all how it feels to be living together.

Underwhelming bath scene. ☹️

Ask not "Is something going to happen?"
Ask and decide "What am I going to do?"

Takuya's call icon is a cat butt.

@sarybelle It is, huh. That level of bathroom anxiety was not a thing when I was in college dorm 48 years ago.

As I thought Kurokawa had no I'll intentions and just scammed them but good that she did.

Seeing two of these idiots struggle while living together is so cute. Boundary setting is one thing Rika wants to live as a prisoner lol. Atleast Kama accepted her, no problems.
Concern over bathing is natural but they didn't even using bathroom why? What. Takuya waiting for Rika outside bathhouse was nice and he achieved his objective as well.
Two of them waited for things to happen again but it didn't this time, half expected another kiss tbh.
Yeah Rika is hot(inside the tent)
Yes don't think get married.

Only 1 episode left I didn't get enough of these two this season. With only half of the source material covered these needs as S2.

It's funny to me that in so many series like this (doesn't have to be pure romcom, but many types of romance really - including the more ecchi and harem-esque ones), the male protagonist would almost always be painted as the principal problem and hurdle to overcome in the communication gap between the two in terms of the miscommunication and lack of total communication. The girl may be portrayed as belonging to the same subculture like also a nerd/otaku or with similar interests and personality traits (but toned down somewhat), and even also shy, quiet, and reserved. But it's usually portrayed and kind of hinted at too somewhere in the narrative that the bigger problem is with the guy lead not speaking up enough. It did seem like that was the way it was going to go here as well with Oohara, since he also is quiet and reluctant to speak or stand out, and has that classic non-assertive and non-outspoken, socially anxious and awkward personality type.

But relative to Honjouji, he's actually pretty "normal".

Some of what I said may just be because in those other series the male main character is really considered uncontroversially the primary main character or the sole main character, whereas here it really feels more evenly split with both being equally important and therefore it gives us more of her inner monologue and insight into her psychology instead of just of his.

But the way she thinks everything out to such a cartoonish and obsessive level of meticulous detail and even has to engage in elaborate physical ritualistic actions like traveling somewhere and walking under that anomalous stone bridge to knowingly psych herself up before taking actions in her personal life and mentally stepping outside of her comfort zone, she's definitely on a different wavelength beyond even where Oohara is at, let alone of much of the audience...like, neurologically.

But this series is also a lot more realistic in that way than what I expected from the epitome of an average-looking romcom. Many would have taken the traits Honjouji is exhibiting now and dealt with them much earlier on, only retaining a watered down version of them as a reminder and cute quirk. But much more manageable, sidelined, and "tamed". Whereas this isn't really compromising in how extreme the characters are/can be and how dysfunctional and non-functional it makes them - including, and even especially with respect to advancing the plot.

That tension before bed... and then that sweet moonlit night where they both are thinking to themselves "this might not be so bad.. maybe we should really get married.."

This show is so good!!! Lol

These two weirdos lol but cute. She got cat approval too.

Honoji Rika at the start when she's hiking...there was a moment when she looked like a child at 4:38...wtf? I think someone on the animation team mistook this for a flashback or just was bad at drawing he foreshortening.

Ohara-kun was a surprisingly good cook, eh. It was nice seeing that he has some hobbies like collecting spice souvineers from around the world too. I'm glad that they showed this little tidbit about him, as I imagine most people who work for a tourist travel agency likes to do some traveling themselves. I figure that might even be a prerequisite in the hiring process.

Where did Kurokawa get the idea they were living together? Or is she trying to plant that suggestion with them?

Damn right you have to support Kama's lifestyle expectations.

"Here I go." And I suddenly got an Evil Overlord thought of the boulder falling on her.

Kama likes the smell of Rika's feet.

The way to Rika's heart is ....

No Takuya, that is not at all how it feels to be living together.

Underwhelming bath scene. ☹️

Ask not "Is something going to happen?"
Ask and decide "What am I going to do?"

Takuya's call icon is a cat butt.