So what’s left? I keep asking, because I have no general sense of what we’re building up to. How exactly do we cap off this series? Continue reading
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I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Ep. 11: High fever
Like with a lot of other shows this season, I keep asking myself, “Well, what’s left?” Maki and Umi are together. Maki unburdened himself to his parents. So now what? Yeah, the couple can start dating, but with two or so episodes left, is there anything to see? Continue reading
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Ep. 10: Christmas is for miracles

When we last left off, Maki seemed like he had a good chat with Umi’s father about how to approach his parents. Let’s see if it really paid off. Continue reading
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Ep. 9: Comparison is the thief of joy

Oh right, Maki is set to have dinner with Umi’s parents. You can already tell that this is ripe for drama, because we just learned all about Maki’s broken family. Now he has to go and compare it to Umi’s intact family. How does that Anna Karenina quote go again? Ah, right:
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Hmm…


