Episode 7 - HS





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Quite an interesting episode, even if I'm not yet sure if the addition of the studies nerd was good or bad. It's hard to say if he really fits into this series, but I do recognize the possibility my pov is just twisted by the (young) male presence so far having been handled by dudes like Taichi and Arata (their older versions quite bishounen), and Chihaya is naturally really bishoujo and even Kana resembles quite closely typical sidekicks in shoujo shows. Time will tell, I suppose, but at least it should be safe to assume there's no danger of the polygon gaining more sides...

The other thing making this episode interesting was naturally Taichi winning. When Chihaya was wiping the floor with him early in the episode, I was already missing Arata - to have Chihaya lose a match - but then we suddenly got the memory match with flipped cards and, voila!, Chihaya lost. Having her lose a match was a necessity but a part of me is sad it didn't result from Arata making an appearance sooner. Maybe he still needs a little more time to get his game rolling.