Miscommunications happen sometimes, but it just felt so contrived and artificial and AVOIDABLE between Shouta and Sawako. Like, if they had just just worded things clearly and expressed their feelings without beating around the bush, the events of the first nine episodes could have been squeezed into two.
Overall, this season felt like a poorly written, shallow attempt to draw out the time that Shouta and Sawako spent sorting things out before becoming a couple. The characters I enjoyed watching in S1 just irritated me this time around due to their unwillingness to be upfront with their feelings; Sawako's ignorance to Shouta's feelings just made her seem stupid, so I came away from this season actively disliking her. In S1 I thought she was precious, not so much anymore.
I've lost hours of my life to this mediocre season and I'm honestly a little bitter. My advice? Don't bother with the first nine episodes of this season, seriously. Just skip to episode ten and enjoy the last three episodes for what they are.
