I'm not sure if I like the show or not, there's plenty to like but there's also a bunch of things I don't like, mostly the way Arima is treated. Obvious he needs something to get moving again but I don't like the way they go about it. If you break down the things they have done so far to make him play in this contest they've broken into his house plastering papers all over the place, filled his shoebox and the music room with tons of paper he has to clean up, stalked him around telling him what to do, beat him up several times and completely ignored anything he says while forcing their ideas on him. Sure some of these things are there for comedy but I hardly see how shoving all that down his throat that he has to accompany her and then beating him up the moment they find him is comical. It just rubs me the wrong way and Kaori doesn't really help with her constantly calling him friend a despite the fact she's know his name for several years already. Add how Tsubaki also emphasized it early it's almost as if they're denying him his existence like it's not even worth calling him by his name.

Obviously lots of this is taken out of proportion and I'm overreacting to an otherwise sweet and enjoyable show but when you break down the things they've been doing it's far too close to bullying for my taste. Just change all his friends into bullies that are having "fun" with him and there wouldn't really be any difference in the events, at least not the things I mentioned hence why I don't like the way they've gone about it. For the record it's probably the comedic scenes where they keep beating him up that leaves an bad impression on me and it paints all the other things they do as shitty things.