Apparently Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen has used up all the manga material and thus transitioned to original.   This started last week and I noted that the transition seemed pretty seamless to me.  That wasn’t the case here, as we got a bunch of short comic vignettes stung together without much of a unifying theme (except perhaps “autumn”).  Some of them were quite amusing but on the whole it was more like a Blu-ray extra than a real episode of the series, with all that implies.

• Shirosaki being convinced Momose loved acorns was part of that autumnal theme.  Cute but no more than that.
• Shirosaki paying with his credit card when he went to the conbini to break a ¥10,000 note did make me laugh.
• Aoyama-san’s “I’m not wearing pants” declaration during the Zoom meeting was another amusing moment.  The interesting part is speculating whether or not he was being serious (I vote yes).
• Yes, I knew as soon as the cabbie mentioned a huge cat he was talking about Maine Coons.  They really are freakishly big.
• Apparently the boys live in Kichijoji (which has gotten a fair amount of anime exposure lately), where I lived for a few months when I first moved to Tokyo and one of the nicest towns in the metro area.  That includes Inokashira Park, which is a lovely place with great fall colors.  It does indeed have a shrine and a pond with swan boats.  And there is indeed a well-know superstition that any couple who ride in one will break up.  Whether the thing about the antidote swan with eyebrows is based on a real legend I have no idea.
• Again, the couple hinting could hardly be more broad.
• “Wild” squirrels” – is that a big thing I was unaware of?  What would constitute a non-wild squirrel?