Tonikaku Cawaii: Joshikou-hen – 03

I don’t know what the deal is with Tonikaku Cawaii: Joshikou-hen, schedule-wise.  I’m not sure I remember another 4-episode TV anime to begin with, but it seems like Joshikou-hen is airing every other week.  Which is fine, I suppose – not like there isn’t plenty of time.  It’s certainly not my favorite way to follow an episodic series though – momentum is pretty tough to maintain that way.  It would matter less if the entire season weren’t effectively one storyline, but in the end I suppose they got what they got, and better this than trying to pad this mini-arc out to a full season with filler or something.

For a married dude, getting an “I love you” text late at night has to be one of your worst nightmares.  Even as understanding as Tsukasa is that’s a pretty big shock.  Turns out it’s from Shirogane, who sent it by mistake.  In fact she meant to send it to the guy she’s actually in love with, who’s actually Ginga, which is made obvious to us immediately but not to Nasa.  And naturally after she apologizes Shirogame immediately asks Nasa for romantic advice, because since he’s married despite being a kid their age the girls assume he’s some sort of relationship savant.

There are no coincidences in Nasa world, that should be clear by now – he knows everybody and sooner or later all of them will cross paths.  A little stumped himself Nasa asks Tsukasa what advice he should pass along, and basically Tsukasa says Shirogane should turn into a stalker.  Given that Ginga is paranoid to begin with this sets off his perimeter alarms.  And somehow Aya ends up joining him as he hunts his stalker.  There’s pretty obvious romantic tension there – which makes Nasa’a disclaimer to Shirogane rather ironic – but neither of them are going to cop to it anytime soon.

Since Aya is the character who’s going to stick around, I’d say there’s more potential between she and Ginga than Shirogane.  There’s also the Kaguya situation to consider, as she and Tsukasa finally cross paths (if there’s a bamboo forest like that in Tokyo, I’ve certainly never seen it).  “Have you finally come to the end of your journey?” is the enigmatic greeting Kaguya offers Tsukasa, and it certainly gets the latter’s attention.  Is there some legit connection to the MacGuffin here, or is Kaguya just a schoolgirl with chuunibyou who coincidentally hit close to the target?

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    This is indeed being released biweekly, which I only found out after the 1st episode aired and wondered where it was next week. It is indeed a strange release schedule instead of just releasing weekly, but I guess it’s one way to fill out two months. You mentioned “Hayate no Gotoku!!” in your previous post. I didn’t read much of it, as I thought at the time it was daunting to read a nearly 600 chapter manga. What I got from “Hayate” was a harem gag comedy with lots of fourth wall breakage, which is not very much like this title.

    Nasa and Tsukasa were having a pleasant evening when Nasa gets a surprise love confession from one of his students, oh dear… (Great reaction faces there). Of course it was a mistake, but it’s got to be cleared up. Always check first before texting, folks. Yep, it was Shirogane, who fell in love at first sight with Ginga, but we viewers are the only ones who know that for now. Nasa decides to help out and after getting some advice from Tsukasa.

    It’s quite the unfortunate situation for Shirogane as this ends up getting Aya and Ginga inadvertently pair up. Ginga has already sensed that he’s being tracked. It’s not just Shirogane, but what appears to be a rival delinquent from another school. At least she got to properly confess, though it just went over his head. Sometimes first love ends with a thud, eh? I agree with what you said about the meeting between Kaguya and Tsukasa. Was there really something behind those words or was Kaguya just trying to sound cool? I guess we may find out two weeks from now.

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