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?