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Apr 7, 8:26 PM
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I saved the best for last this Monday, although I would have preferred this be on Fridays like it was back in Spring 2022, but one of my favorites SoL/Romcoms is finally back! 3 years man, hard to believe this great show came out that long ago, it really doesn’t feel like it, but compared to the 5 year waits of Hanako and Fire Force, this ain’t so bad lol. And those were some very nice OP and ED choices, not sure if I’d say they beat Season 1’s yet but I really liked them, wasn’t expecting ZUTOMAYO on Aharen-san but that’s pretty awesome. I will say tho, I think the ED could have a bit more going on in its visuals, it was definitely still cute tho and the song was great, so I can forgive it.

And what a sweet episode to return to this was, it seems this season won’t have any shortage of some of the best bits of Season 1, including Raido’s usual overestimation of situations and Tobaru Sensei’s esteem overloads, as well new things to love like the new character Riku Tamanaha, she’s an incredibly sweet gyaru and has a great VA which I recognized immediately, I really found her introductory story adorable. I wasn’t expecting her to have already known Aharen in the past, but that made her becoming friends with Aharen now that much better, even if what happened with Tamanaha ended up making Aharen too afraid to make friends for so long, it still turned into something great when the two finally came together again, Aharen showed no hesitation in forgiving her lol, love to see it. It’s just unfortunate for Tamanaha that she wasn’t expecting Raido to flex his relationship with Aharen right after they reconnected lol, quite the bomb to drop but it was a very funny end to the episode.

And with that we’re back! It feels so nice to be back with this cast again, I love that I get to chill with them for another spring season.
Apr 7, 8:26 PM
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Touyama Nao is typecast once again. As long as her character develops so it doesn't get too repetitive, I think this'll be a great season. Not really feeling the OP and ED though.
Apr 7, 10:07 PM
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You don’t understand how much I love this anime man. I’ve been waiting for years and a huge smile was on my face the entire watch. Just where we left off in season 1 with its wholesome, cuteness and just peaceful series that I wish I could just hug. Looking forward to episode 2!
Apr 7, 10:32 PM
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I'm a bit sadge that there was less screentime for the couple than I had hoped in the introductory episode, as couples that don't have constant bouts of miscommunication in anime are extremely rare and rife with new material to explore, but I suppose losing out on half an episode of content in return for getting a secondary character integrated into the story quickly is worth it.

I will say new-girl's outfit does not look comfortable to wear at all, and I cannot believe that a school wouldn't dress-code her for it, especially a school in JAPAN, where school uniforms are the norm rather than the exception, but hey, it's artist fiat in the end and so long as that singular button holds strong and protects us from unwanted fan "service" of a high schooler, I'm willing to overlook it.

(And yes I understand that Raido is constantly misunderstanding what Aharen's intentions, but those miscommunications are used for comedy rather than ineptitude-fueled drama, and the confusion is cleared up so fast that it doesn't have a chance to overstay it's welcome.)
Apr 7, 10:38 PM
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Beautiful anime; hope the episodes after will be as good as this one!

New character comes in, and of course she has to be as quirky as possible to fit in with the rest of the cast. No worries though, she fits in like a puzzle piece!

I watched this anime for the over-the-top Raido delusions, and I'm glad to see he hasn't rid himself of that yet! (For good or for worse)

Overall, strong start, and I hope they keep up this excellent work!
Apr 8, 12:48 AM

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Finally more of the best weird and indecipherable duo! First episode was entertaining and great just like S1, Gyaru girl is a nice addition to the show so far.
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Apr 8, 1:35 AM

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My fave height gap couple are back! Aharen and Raido are just too cute, this show is so soothing for the soul and sweet to watch. It’s good for the heart, lol. Great reintroduction to the series.

The visuals are simple, but I really the OP! It’s so good! Zutomayo never miss.

We’re back like we never left, Raido and Aharen still cozying away their time at school and Tobaru-sensei is still their biggest fan, imagining scenarios and almost passing out lmao. Big fan of how they handled Tamanaha and Aharen’s friendship development in this episode. Aharen has a great relationship with Raido and they’re dating now, but it’s important for her to make friends as well. It was so sweet how Aharen explained she has separation anxiety because of how things ended with a friend back in the day and didn’t wanna offend Tamanaha.

But I’ll never understand how anime characters go to school with people and then forget them like 2 years later lmao. They literally sat together in middle school just a few years ago cmon now! Plus even back then, Tamanaha was as an Aharen stan so she should’ve left a mark! Feel even worse for Oshiro because even with her name, Tamanaha still didn’t remember her lmaooo. Bless her heart.

That ending was so funny as well, something tells me this season is going to be a lot livelier now with our Toyama Nao voiced transfer student. Can’t wait to cozy up on Mondays with this show!
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But I’ll never understand how anime characters go to school with people and then forget them like 2 years later lmao.


Not to nitpick, but they last saw each other in 6th grade, and now they are in the 11th, so at least 4 years? I really feel for Tama when it came to Oshiro, been there too many times. I hope Tama's self confidence and feelings of self worth grow throughout the season, and not be a recurring shtick.

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Apr 8, 3:35 AM
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First episode of season two. It has been three long years since the first season. Now we see they both now in second year of high school and going out as a couple.

We see a transfer student and she is Tamanaha, an old friend of Aharen from the elementary school before ditching Aharen. They both know of each other's background but pretend not to know.
Apr 8, 8:28 AM
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Still can't believe they managed to fund and make season 2 before the source manga concluded. But still really nice to have this back!
Apr 8, 10:10 AM
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Eww what is up with random CGI background characters at 08:50
Apr 8, 11:02 AM

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Toubaru-sensei might die this year. We had a few close calls here. Her esteem tolerance seems to have gone upm

Great to have this back, the cutesy of the comedy is simply on another level, lmao. The interactions with the new gal girl aka former friend (who's the the complete opposite of Aharen) made me look forward even more to the rest of this season.

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Apr 8, 11:56 AM

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But I’ll never understand how anime characters go to school with people and then forget them like 2 years later lmao.


Not to nitpick, but they last saw each other in 6th grade, and now they are in the 11th, so at least 4 years? I really feel for Tama when it came to Oshiro, been there too many times. I hope Tama's self confidence and feelings of self worth grow throughout the season, and not be a recurring shtick.


Doesn’t matter, you don’t forget someone you sat next to dawg I remember everyone I went to school with 💀
Apr 8, 12:32 PM

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tywhoppity said:
@Marinate1016
Marinate1016 said:
But I’ll never understand how anime characters go to school with people and then forget them like 2 years later lmao.


Not to nitpick, but they last saw each other in 6th grade, and now they are in the 11th, so at least 4 years? I really feel for Tama when it came to Oshiro, been there too many times. I hope Tama's self confidence and feelings of self worth grow throughout the season, and not be a recurring shtick.


Doesn’t matter, you don’t forget someone you sat next to dawg I remember everyone I went to school with 💀
@Marinate1016 Well, admittedly, Tama has changed a lot compared to that time. Her nickname for Aharen should have been a big hint, of course, but seeing how Aharen still believed her old friend would dislike her, there was little reason to assume they were the same person. On the other hand, poor Oshiro, though...
Apr 8, 11:43 PM

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Well I was never too interested in this show, The characters for me personally never really hit. That being said I still enjoyed it for what it was and thought season 1 had a good ending. I'll say this though in 24 minutes Tama became my favourite character she's hilarious and super adorable.
Apr 9, 1:28 AM

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Its so nice getting to see that silly and sweet humor Aharen has again TvT
I love when stories with a romance let the story continue past the point where the couple has gotten together. I love seeing characters I like in a healthy relationship together. Especially Aharen and Raido. They're both so quiet yet extremely goofy
The new gyaru girl is cute! Looking forward to more ;D
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Apr 9, 12:23 PM

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i surprise myself that i remember their "new" homeroom teacher as a second year is the same one they had as a first year from s1. esteemness! *cough* *ahem* so anyways, the usual misunderstandings and shenanigans with the gang continues!! bring it on!
Apr 9, 9:49 PM

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Hell yeah! Episode 1 and BOOM! Evangelion reference right off the bat. 10/5 start :D

So happy to have this lovely show back. Easily among the sequels I least expected to be produced.
Already loving Riku's character, btw. She's so fun lol.
Apr 10, 12:09 AM

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soo so so cute, im so glad to see this cast again..its been 3 years. the new girl is adorable i really like her so far!! the opening wasnt anything special to me but i loved the ending! so excited for the next episode, missed them a lot
Apr 11, 10:25 AM
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New character...tamahina or how ever it's written.

Not much other than that.

Still an enjoyable episode.
Apr 12, 12:54 AM
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Completely forgot what happened in season 1 apart from the ending really. Looking forward to watching this show again however and watching their relationship grow. New female character seems cool as well.
Apr 12, 7:03 AM

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Aharen-san Season 2, Episode 1... The same old disgrace continues, the same garbage again (irritating characters, terrible romance, and a boring story). They’ve added a new character who’s been tanning in the sun and shouting all the time. Plus, we’ll be seeing more of Oshiro, the one whose dad must be a giraffe. Seriously, I’m scared of her, I’m worried she’ll haunt my dreams one day.





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Apr 12, 8:33 AM
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it has been a long time since season 1 was out so there was a lot to catch up on, good thing the introductions did help with remembering what was going on with each character and omg completely forgot the teacher's tendencies, she is screwed being the homeroom teacher for Aharen and Raido ahahahha
also great to see Raidou is as hot as ever

introducing a new transfer student, it was extremely obvious Nao Touyama plays as her and the attitude n' everything of Tamanaha really feels like she is Japanese Karen-from-Kinmoza ahahahhahahaha
I actually didn't remember Aharen had a backstory like that and was nice they linked Tamanaha with it and resolved the issues that occured before rather than them just adding in a new transfer student for the sake of it 'cause I was slightly scared they'd use Tamanaha as like some kinda love rival which some series would do so glad to know as well she is an insanely pure girl ahahahah
Apr 13, 8:13 AM
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season 2 of peak is back and we got ourselves another character to the main group
Apr 15, 4:46 AM
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I thought it was a good ep, but I didn't like gyaru very much because, I thought she was very crying, it doesn't mean I didn't like her, I just didn't like her crying too much
Apr 15, 10:21 PM

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Finally they solve their misunderstanding XD
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Apr 20, 4:00 AM

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It's been a long time since I have watched a romance anime so I am glad to be back too it, It seems they have introduced a new character this season and that is Aharen-San's old childhood friend, Lets see how this plays out.
Apr 22, 2:31 AM

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This show is back for a new season, and hasn't skipped a beat! I love Ms. Tobaru's "esteemed" gag. Raido's powerful imagination adds a plethora of charm as well.

The bubbly gal Riku is a great new addition to this cast of characters. Poor girl is a bit self conscious, but that won't stop Aharen from closing the distance!
Apr 22, 7:54 PM

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LOL, the poor extra sensitive to romance teacher keep on getting triggered.

Also, new Gyaru, interesting. Bubbly and Playful Gyarus are so fun. (she's so cute)

(she seems to be extra affectionate to befriend Aharen, mainly cause she wants to reconcile her past)

(also, she gone from Tomboy to Gyaru, and her hair is apparently naturally blonde (unlike some Gyarus that dyes their hair, or is westerner gene))

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Also, the "sitting on shoulder somehow with a cuttingboard?" (where did Aharen get this from?) and the "cuddling together like in a shack during winter" was funny.
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Apr 30, 1:53 PM

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I remembered that at the end of S1 there was a new girl briefly introduced in the ED and that girl ended up being the gyaru that was introduced here. I was a bit surprised that she and Aharen were childhood friends since their personalities are so different but nonetheless after hanging out a couple of times their misunderstanding from back then was resolved. Anyways, I'm looking forward to watching this series including Raido and his over the top imagination, as well as the teacher's reaction to his and Aharen's relationship.
May 6, 11:08 AM
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cute! made me laugh too. I really love this show.
May 9, 12:37 PM

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Barely remember anything from the 1st season apart from the main couple, so this episode was kinda relatable.

Also, I hate how the new girl immediately reminded me of 177013.




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I'm so happy to watch season 2! And Tama chan is so cute 🥺 I'm glad that she and Reina made up hehr



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childish, dull, boring, forced
something impossible to watch at 1x speed
I value my life time and I'm not going to waste it watching something that has no content
I don't even consider it an anime because everything is completely static
OST? none
story? lol
Jul 9, 2:05 PM
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I was letting this build up and finish until I seen all of S1 and now that I’m here I’m so glad that the 3 year wait is over for this show, I remember seeing it back in 2022 and was like “you know what let’s wait till the 2nd season drops” and boy did I get it wrong with how long I’d have to wait bc 3 years was not something I was expecting😭

Anyway we’re back with s2 and everything is as funny as ever man we got Raido acknowledging the fact he’s dating Aharen yet still has his wild ass imagination taking over his thoughts as usual and then we got Tobaru sensei and her quirky antics with containing her excitement when seeing students in a relationship, and she actaully was holding herself better than last season tbh so props to her, also Ishikawa yelling “Tobaru-Sensei!!?” cracked me up bc he kept doing that in s1 as well😭🤣😭🤣😭

We got a new girl and she’s a Gyaru YAYYYYY, Tbh we were missing that one happy extroverted girl in this show in season 1 and this episode made me realize how much we needed a extroverted girl in this show, I like Sato but she ain’t over the top happy like Riku was in this episode man, I love her so much already

Riku and Reina are such good friends man and I hope her Reina and Oshiro can all chill together since they met each other in elementary, I also like how she runs away when she gets super embarrassed haha she’s so cute when did did that shit in this episode, she’s already my fav after just one episode haha she stood out so much for me and her backstory makes her even better bc she genuinely is a nice person🥹

Why was Raido just stalking them?? Like bro does NOT have self awareness at all when his mind is on overdrive from his over active ass imagination🤣🤣

Anyway this was a great start to this season man I’m definitely gonna enjoy this season🔥🤩😊
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I really liked season 1 but after watching first episode of S2, I am not interested anymore.
It is not bad, it's just the same. I probably had enough of it.
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