At the start of this week’s episode, Kannawa tries to tell Kamegawa to retrieve her phone through a variety of hand gestures. When he predictably fails to interpret her flailing movements, she finally opens the glass doors to tell him directly what she wants. Why didn’t she just do that from the start? Well, this is just one of the many examples of Kannawa and her kouhai struggling to be proper adults:
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My biggest problem with this show is that it often feels like real Konoha is huffing her own fart. For instance, she gets to see this sort of cheap, hackneyed nonsense play out in front of her on a daily basis, but does it ever make the adult in the room cringe? Of course not. Real Konoha is proud to have written this slop. Becoming an adult hasn’t changed her tastes whatsoever. It’s the same reason why I come down so hard on romance series involving adults. Everyone is like, “Finally, a story that doesn’t involve high school kids!” But is that true? Is it really? I say no. When I watch shows like My Awkward Senpai or My Tiny Senpai (real creative titles, I know), I don’t feel like I’m watching two adult individuals fall in love. Rather, I feel like I’m watching to two kids fall in love. The only difference is the uniforms they wear. Unfortunately, it’s the same shit here. Real Konoha hasn’t grown up; she’s not a mature adult. So at the end of the day, I’m watching a child drool over a child’s writing. This is still just a wish fulfillment anime. The only difference here is that there are two of her, so real Konoha gets to have both of her cakes and eat them too.
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We get another timeskip, so Athanasia is now a teenager on the cusp of turning fourteen. As a result, she’s going to have a grand, ol’ party where she makes her “debut” to society. There’s going to be lots of dancing in front of lots of ass-kissing nobles. I’m not exactly sure what else it means to “debut” other than that it usually signifies that a girl is old enough to be married off. At fourteen? Well, people were pretty weird back then. But hey, say no more. I don’t really care to learn anything else about this antiquated practice. I mean, it’s nonsense that the upper class or aristocracy used to do, right? So enough said.
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A good chunk of this week’s episode is devoted to Loid fending off his jealous superior. Y’see, everyone wants a piece of Loid. It’s all for the mission. Not only is he popular enough to potentially get VIP clients, you can’t get turned in for being suspicious if everyone loves you. Unfortunately, he doesn’t quite manage to charm everyone. The chief director of the hospital is incensed that Loid is hogging all of the attention. As a result, he tries to pull all sorts of childish pranks. Naturally, our spy deftly avoids all of the negative consequences, so in the end, the fool of a director resorts to the most heinous thing he could do: accuse Loid of being a spy. Oh, if only he knew how right he was. And sure enough, Loid is already fifty billion steps ahead.
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When we last left off, Ono finally revealed herself to Fuyumura. She even explained how she ran away because she had undergone puberty, so she feared reprisal from Oshibu. Unfortunately, the man is conveniently here to apprehend the poor girl. I need to reiterate how messed up it is for the creepy headmaster to refer to Ono as “an adult intruder.” It is sick, actually. It is utterly sick to look at a pubescent child and see an adult. Unfortunately, Fuyumura’s response doesn’t help either. I mean, sure, I get what she’s trying to say, i.e. even though there’s a clear difference between a body that has undergone puberty and a body that hasn’t, that still doesn’t make Ono an adult. I agree. But it still feels wrong to say that she has “an adult body.” In doing so, it feels like we’re trying to meet Oshibu on his level. In reality, it doesn’t matter what body Ono has. She could literally have a 150 year old’s body and it still wouldn’t matter. In fact, we should stop talking about our physical bodies altogether. With Ono’s life experiences, her knowledge, her memories, and her current mentality, she is clearly and utterly a child.
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