Hatsukoi Limited

[Buffalobiian]

-Hahaha, wtf @ Kayoi

-Dobashi might be the focus of this episode, but Kayoi pretty much stole this episode from her, right from the singing random outbursts.

-I'm glad they tried to give screentime to everyone else too. You just have to see the scarf and mittens to feel warm & fuzzy, but the main thing is that it filled in time due to lack of DobashiXTerai interaction. Seriously, that pair barely talks. Ironically, this pair's making the most progress. I second Kei's opinion about Dobashi beating her to a boyfriend. I won't say Dobashi's setting her standards too low (as opposed to Kei setting her's too high as stated in the first ep), but they didn't even go into why Dobashi likes Terai. Because he tries hard?

-What surprised me was that Arihara went to the shrine with her brother. From past episodes, she has no qualms about ditching her brother at all, and Mammoru (who is nowhere to be found) is more than happy to comply for his safety's sake.

-"elite equipment" made my day

[Kraco]

I won't say Dobashi's setting her standards too low (as opposed to Kei setting her's too high as stated in the first ep), but they didn't even go into why Dobashi likes Terai. Because he tries hard?

They do make a rather hard to figure out couple, for sure. Why Dobashi likes him is the main unknown, but then again, they are all quite unexperienced in the game, so why not? Terai was probably the first guy Dobashi interacted much with. What I found the most interesting in their relationship is how it continued to be some sort of a trainer-trainee thing all the way through. Made evident by how Dobashi forced herself to seem rather cold and distant until Terai had gathered enough courage to take a step forward.

I'm made really happy by these latest episodes. It seems the series only started with fruitless interests but now we have been getting mutual ones as well.