愛してるゲームを終わらせたい

The scene where Yukiya's in the kitchen with the TV on was weirdly nostalgic for me. It really reminded me of the vibes of being home sick as a child. I think it's probably the mix of lying down feeling miserable, with that annoying ass light coming through the blinds and the half-muted noise coming from some extremely boring thing on the TV. Idk it felt very real. Also, I literally can't get enough of these two bickering with each other. Please bicker more. I need it.

We got our classic sick visit episode in romcom hehe. That was cute. Also an excuse to have an entire episode of Miku in her PJ's that really flex her thighs. And that's not even getting into her washing her body off while topless (see, she's not 100% flat!) Miku wants to kiss Yukiya again, but this time without using pocky. She really is down bad for him huh. Even during the game as it went along it became less about the pocky and more about locking lips for her and for him.

Except for the confusingly long recap at the start, this was not a bade episode at all. That phone call totally blew their cover. Her friend group mow knows for sure that these two are an item. Pretending they are not to the world is going to be harder than continuing to try to pretend they are not to each other. They need to realize they have BOTH simultaneously lost AND won the love game --- and have gotten a shared grand prize. They have gotten closer to a sincere and frank conversation. They cannot realistically not realize that each is in love with the other. Definitely some mistiness inducement along the way.

At this rate it is inevitable that their relationship has gotten deeper since the kiss introduced a different level of physical intimacy between the two. Especially for Miku, she's really realllyyyy down bad for Yukiya in this episode, huh? However, the last episode's kiss is more of an impulse due to something Miku believes as impure or something out of self interest and or jealousy. In today's episode, Miku's feelings is much more contented. While they're both genuine, this episode's Miku is much more grounded due to Yukiya's assurance of her.

Yukiya opening the curtains, turning on the lights and turning on the tv, literally bringing light and life into the scene, immediately after he notices that Miku treasured all the memoribilia of him was a really nice and symbolic scene. As if his doubts were being cleared away. I can see these 2 finally properly confessing next episode I appreciate as well that despite what the premise may imply, Yukiya isn't actually dense. He just suffers from insecuries, like a lot of teenagers do. He clearly picks up on Miku's needs when she suffers from her own insecurities

More than anything Yukiya and Miku understand and care for each other on such a deep, emotional, level. They are absolutely each others' soulmates. And now they have to deal with the lingering sexual tension after their makeout session. When Miku is at her lowest, sick AND depressed, Yukiya is there for her! Sweaty from running all the way from school with medical aid in hand to help Miku in anyway he can! And that he came for her means EVERYTHING! And Yukiya is so caring and attentive to Miku! Keeping her clean, chilled, and fed and even paying his respects to her grandma! He truly is a great guy. Yes, Miku CAN bathe her body...though Yukiya not being far away while she's wiping off her topless body definitely doesn't damper any sexual tension! I guess it's time they acknowledge the elephant in the room of the Pokkito game/the kiss. Miku apologizes and feels like she doesn't deserve Yukiya or his kindness for acting so underhandedly, so unlike a cute girl...but Yukiya understands why she did it. Even though he only has Insta for THEIR relationship. And even if Miku is clingy, needy, whiney, or acts out...Yukiya embraces and accepts every part of her because he loves...looking up to Miku! Yeah, sure let's go with that. And just when you think they're about to kiss again...Yukiya takes a candid photo of sick Miku! Don't tease a girl like that man! Though I guess the Love Game is back on, even as Yukiya literally embraces Miku for all that she is and all the parts about her that he cherishes. Although some things HAVE changed, with Miku's love for Yukiya as unshakeable as ever, only now fueled by a desire to kiss him again and a strong longing for Yukiya. On the one hand, Nacchan outed them being alone together and skipping school together back at her place. On the other hand, maybe they needed that embarrassment to get back to acting normally around each other!

After a strong episode, we're back to the kind of one I don't care for much. The long lingering scenes were out of control and the inner monologues too. Last episode had lingering shots too but those were used well to build the sexual tension during the poky game. Here I was just bored and tempted to watch at 2x (didn't but god, did this episode feel ever so long). I liked where we ended last time with Yukiya realising Miku had been crying and rushing to her side. We should've picked up right there instead of wasting time with that unnecessarily long recap (what's this, Bleach or something?). That time wasting just continued with the slow motion drawn out shots all through. Totally lost my patience and the actual emotions didn't come through for me at all. I'm guessing they have a set stopping point in mind and just needed to draw things out till then somehow. Do we have one or two more episodes after this? If two, I'm preparing myself for more feet dragging before ending on some kind of cliffhanger.

Wakana leaving school to take care of a sick Marin worked on me so of course Yukiya leaving school to take care of a sick Miku would work on me as well. That was so sweet. He took such good care of her. They were actually about to kiss without the pocky then Yukiya interrupted it to snap a pic of Miku in a vulnerable state. Bro. That was your moment. Though I guess it was kinda worth it because he got that funny phone call where the friends find out that Yukiya is over at Miku's house and confirms what they all already know. Hopefully the teasing next episode is good. That did not feel like 23 mintues. It's a shame that Wakana stopped roasting them in the next episode previews. They were one of the best parts of show and in the episodes I wanted them the most they weren't there. See you all next week for the finale.

Is this going to be only one season and is it going to be fully adapted ? If it is, and if it is going at this rate and sticks the landing and wraps up nicely, it can easily go into my list of good one-and-done romcom shows alongside the likes of Toradora, Lovely Complex, Golden Time, Tomo-chan, Giji Harem and maybe Horimiya (if you’re not counting the extras) One thing I like about this pairing is they’re both lowkey boyfailure and girlfailure. While Miku does have friends, she’s not exactly in the popular tier. I know most people don’t like the idea of “social hierarchy” but I feel like most romance shows have one be the more popular, out of the other’s league or just more experienced than the other. Whereas here they’re on somewhat equal standing and I enjoy that dynamic too. But really funny though everyone went “I KNEW IT” when they heard Yukiya was at Miku’s place. Now whether they meant they knew he was there or they knew they “close like that” they didn’t specify, but I choose to believe the latter lol

Lovely that Yukiya told Miku she was cute again. Miku felt she didn't deserve to be loved after such an underhanded tactic, but Yukiya told her exactly why she's so loveable! The way Yukiya took care of her shows how much he cares. Although though kissses absolutely count... And now her friends know that they're close enough to stay at each other's houses! That's good, now they don't have excuses not to be lovey dovey in front of them! Now that Miku knows she really wants to kiss Yukiya, it's time for her to up her game again! Time to be girly next episode eh?

And we start this episode off reminding us just how peak the pocky game scene was from the last episode. Don't know how to act over the phone after all that huh? Well, thanks to that bit of reluctance, you're about to get more in your face Yuikiya TLC than you can probably handle even on your best day. Yukiya sees the princess tiara placed there with the rest of the assorted paraphernalia there that seem to have as much emotional importance to Miku as her dearly departed grandmother. But, he understands deep down this is hardly the time to address it. And he's not about to let Miku just lie there wallowing in the dark (in more than one sense) either right now. Some brightness and warmth is what she needs right now as much as any cold medicine. Notice Yukiya waited till after Miku noticeably brightened up a little bit to lay on some of their usual repartee again. That kiss didn't count? Which kiss outta like the 20 you had to have done that whole evening? Honey need I repeat, Once is a accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times (and many more) is a deliberate pattern. Nacchan did you have to announce that to everyone ... I want to kiss Yukiya. Again, you already did. Over a dozen times. Not that there's anything wrong with wanting to kiss your sweetie pie again after over a dozen times. And again and again. And again and again and again. But in the end. You realize (however blatantly obvious that it's been by now) that you like him. So, what are you gonna do about it?

Crunchyroll lists the episode with the same name and it starts with a recap of the pocky game, after the screw ups already it's like they're baiting us into thinking there was another one. Nice scenes of Yukiya taking care of Miku, that shrine moment was good too. No mention of him seeing the date tiara on the shrine but he had to have noticed it. Natsuki outs the nursemaid visit to the entire class or at least anyone within earshot, gotta love it. Slow relationship development but at least there was some amount of progress.

Nice scenes of Yukiya taking care of Miku, that shrine moment was good too. No mention of him seeing the date tiara on the shrine but he had to have noticed it. I really like how low-key and tender Yukiya was to Miku. No hesitation to take care of her, to respect her grandma, to be there for her and make sure she's safe and healthy. That's true loving devotion. Natsuki outs the nursemaid visit to the entire class or at least anyone within earshot, gotta love it. Now the class thinks they really are common-law married.