An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess Ep. 6: Back to the status quo

Someone tried to shove Bertia down the stairs, but our “villainess” is luckily fine thanks to her contracted spirit. The downside, however, is that she remains undeterred. She keeps trying to spin this off as a crucial and necessary development in the otome storyline. But as we’ve said before, this is not a game. What if Kuro is too slow to react next time? Cecil needs to stop being so hands-off and take control of the situation, lest his fiancée end up in a coma. I still want Cecil to set Bertia straight, and truly convince his fiancée to just let him love her. But for now — always for now — he’ll take matters into his own hands without looping her in. Instead, he assembles the entire Avengers into his revenge scheme.

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The Ramparts of Ice Ep. 6: Right back to square one

Right off the bat, the opening hits us with bits and pieces of the relationship drama surrounding Koyuki and that Igarashi kid (dunno if we’ve been given his first name). Miki thinks she might be at fault for the whole mess, but eh… one, there was no real need for Koyuki to take Miki’s words so seriously. Two, it happened in middle school. Just move on. Put it aside, stop thinking about it, and move on with the rest of your life. It literally doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. By the time you’re in college, you probably won’t even remember any of this stuff. I know adults sound dismissive when they say this sort of thing to kids, but ugh… some things deserve to be dismissed. Trying to parse a middle school breakup from years ago is one of those things.

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Everything Else: Spring 2026, Week 5

Don’t do this. This is such scumbag behavior.

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I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Ep. 5: A strange aftertaste

Umi is telling their whole life story — how she first met Yuu, how she introduced Yuu to her friends, how things started feeling off in middle school, how those same friends eventually turned around and ditched Umi just to hang out with Yuu, so on and so forth. It’s a whole ass soap opera. That last part sticks out to me, though. Could it happen? Sure. People can and have been a lot worse to their friends. But the degree of horribleness is not what I’m questioning. Rather, it’s the consistency.

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Witch Hat Atelier Ep. 6: Setting the stage for the Knights Moralis

Hmm, hmm, hmm… what Qifrey’s saying makes sense. So has he invented a spell to keep an eye on his students yet? I mean, I’m just saying… after the latest incident with the Brimmed Caps, I hope everyone has learned their lesson. And of course, I don’t mean just Coco. Qifrey’s carelessness is a huge concern going forward. I feel as though I have to push back on this guy, because everyone else is just singing his praises nonstop. Y’know, this is despite the fact that, well, he’s downright irresponsible. “He is him,” “He’s so amazing,” “He’s so nice,” yadda yadda yadda. Needless to say, I wouldn’t trust the average anime fan to watch a kid if this is how they see Qifrey.

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