Utage’s new teacher Asuka is also a F/ACE superfan. In fact, she likes the yellow one. I didn’t think this would be something to shake on, but… here we are. I guess this is what it’s like when superfans meet in the wild. So to pile coincidences on top of coincidences, Utage immediately bumps into Natsuki at a store. Small world, blah blah blah. Anyway, on camera, Natsuki is… very over-the-top cheerful, so knowing how they tend to write characters on this show, he’s probably the opposite of that in reality.
After posing as a runaway girl in last week’s episode, it’s back to school for Asa. She tells her clubmates that she got a nasty cold. In her absence, another girl has been chosen to play with the band, so she mutters under her breath, “It’s not fair.” Does Asa need more time off from school or does she need some semblance of normalcy? The latter hasn’t really been working out. The school finally has her speaking to a counselor, but Asa isn’t very receptive to the idea. It’s actually pretty surprising to me that this is the first time we see her receive any sort of mental help, and I’m a little wary of the fact that it’s linked to the school. To be fair, the counselor seems nice enough from what we can see. Even so, and maybe this is just my cynicism speaking, I would always wonder if they have my best interests at heart or the school’s. It’s like with HR, y’know? Are you here for me or for the company?
Don’t you hate it when someone randomly hits you up after ghosting you? All you can think is, Oh no, what the hell do they want now? Considering how it’s Azuma’s ex-boyfriend, dude’s probably just looking for a quick hook-up. He knows she won’t throw a fit, so he probably figures why not shoot his shot? The problem with Azuma is that she under-reacts, but this makes her the perfect polar opposite for Taira. Sure, he’s an overthinker, and there are lots of underthinkers among the cast. But his main problem is that he over-reacts to everything and everyone around him. Girls giggling off to the side? They gotta be making fun of him! And Azuma is the direct opposite of that. She refuses to take offense; she just goes with the flow. Sadly, that also makes her a doormat — the chill, easygoing girlfriend that usually just ends up being second, third, or fourth priority. And it’s infuriating because she knows she deserves an apology from her ex, but it doesn’t take her more than a couple seconds to get over it. Girl, c’mon. Where’s your self-respect?
