The Cold Sato-san is Only Sweet to Me

Sato's mom casually mentioning being a biker and her advice being push forward. that whole family is weird and I love them more for it

the moment Rinka is left alone in her room after he leaves and you can tell she knows exactly what this feeling is going to cost her. that quiet beat after all the blushing comedy is going to sit with me

The dad turning out to be the actual reason for the phone being taken being a data cap is so stupid it wraps around to funny. I sat there waiting for a big emotional speech and instead got throttled family plan. That's just how families work

My favorite detail is that the dad is just as awkward as his daughter. He shows up ready to be a stern authority figure and cannot even commit to his own lie for more than ten seconds

Sota walking to school convinced his life was over when the girl literally texted him back that she loves him is peak awkward boy behavior. I felt that in my bones

The magic hour sequence with the purple sky looked gorgeous but I kept thinking the dad was about to yell and instead he dropped the wifi bill thing on them

That whole speech about getting hurt to grow stronger and then dad caves because it was a data limit all along? Cackled so loud my dog got up and left

Rinka crying in the corner while the couple walks off happy is the kind of quiet gut punch you don't expect from a show like this

I couldn't stop smiling during the bike ride at the end. Koharu gripping his shirt and admitting she got dizzy in the bath from being happy is such a deeply her thing to do. These two dumdums deserve each other

Amm

Sota's dad bursting in with the training pose and shouting about grandma's inn might be my favorite gag of the season. The parents are the only people in this show with working brains

two socially anxious people making plans for a beach trip and then lying awake panicking about swimsuits. that phone call ending was too real. it's the small stuff with these two

the date was sweet but they still didn't hold hands. Ren is right to be annoyed. at some point the shyness stops being charming and starts being a wall

the backgrounds in this show are so flat but the second Sato smiles everything gets this soft glow and I forget. Tezuka knows exactly where to spend the money

shoujo manga pile as a romance textbook is a fun bit but Sota reading them like it's a training manual got old fast. the photography scene too. we get it he is very serious about everything

Rinka watching him stumble through her room and calling the kabedon creepy and then getting one herself was just cruel writing. She gave him the advice and then got the moment. That froze me for a second.

I could not stop grinning at the shaved ice changing color. Sato leaning in when the lemon hit was the cutest thing this show has done and I say that as someone who has been skeptical of her glow effects

Mutual confession and dad approval by episode four. Romance anime fans got fed this week

A data plan. The entire dramatic confrontation was a data plan. I know it's funny but the way it undercut the dad's little speech about responsibility kind of annoyed me

holy plot twist