Seiren began its third arc this week, and that’s about all there is to say about it. Shoichi’s relationship with Kyoko does seem like it’ll be a bit more believable than the last two – instead of either being unconvincingly taken by Shoichi’s non-charms or the ultimate gamer girl, Kyoko has simply been friends with him forever. Their believable chemistry could easily make this Seiren’s best arc yet, but the bar has been set pretty low, so that still wouldn’t necessarily be all that impressive. Ah well.
You can check out my full review over at ANN, or my notes below.
Wow, these sure are some panty shots of children
The fact the voice of this character is aping Kotomine Kirei is pretty great. This seems like an intentional Ilya rip
Tono Kyoko is the girl
Kyoko’s the timid one
She and Shoichi both love the same magical girl manga
She’s the childhood friend
Now everyone’s ragging on her for being childish
At least Shoichi apologizes
Tomoe’s up to something
She was on the roof with the scarred captain of the track club
A ridiculous conversation about panties. Kyoko may seem timid, but she’s pretty bold too
It’s nice to have an arc where the main pair are already close friends
Kyoko treats Shoichi as harmless. He’s basically another female friend to her
This episode’s pretty heavy on the silly gender politics
“Are you gonna ask Tsuneki out?”
I like how Tsuneki’s influence is so strong in these other arcs
The Home Ec Club buys clothes. Guessing this is gonna go somewhere creepy
Kyoko feeling insecure about being treated as a child
I like the low-key tone of this drama
So Kyoko decides to donate her old manga
The Home Ec Club tries to recruit her
Ah, that was Shoichi crossdressing at the start. I figured
The home ec club being clones of the tea club from Amagami completely threw me for a loop. Especially when it seemed like the flashback showed Junichi.