The premise is pretty standard: a lonely otaku guy somehow becomes friends with “the second prettiest girl” in his class. Nothing groundbreaking, but it delivers the kind of romance fans of the genre usually look for. So if you enjoy stories about a lonely guy slowly building a relationship with a popular girl, this anime will probably work for you — if you can ignore the pacing issues.
Even though the show is extremely predictable, one thing I couldn’t predict was how quickly the main characters became so close. Their relationship develops at such a fast pace that it feels unnatural. At times, it genuinely feels like entire chunks of development are missing. They go from barely having any physical contact to suddenly holding hands and almost sleeping together, with very little buildup in between. The anime just throws these emotional moments at you out of nowhere — moments that are probably meant to feel touching and wholesome — while I was left sitting there completely confused, wondering, “Wait… when did we even get to this point?”
There’s even a moment where another character says, “You two got really close,” and I was sitting there thinking, “Yeah… they did. But how? When? Did I miss something?”
That’s the biggest problem with the anime: the relationship progression feels rushed and poorly developed. If you have nothing else to watch and you’re craving a romance anime, you might still enjoy it. But even then, the pacing will probably make the relationship feel unnatural.
