Oh god. This show is so funny it HURTS!

I do think that the other circle had a better hand at the various figures of speech than Commie, and it was a BD rather than a TV catch. But I had to have this, and I'm deliriously amused.

I'm only halfway into the second episode and I had to take a break.

Youto cracked Azusa's facade by offering to be her dog, and the teaser has him going through his day doing this, which is already amusing. But then, Youto and Tsukiko head to the next town over to go to a little cafe and plot their next move. There's some odd tension there, as Tsukiko's expressionlessness has made it even harder to read her meaning. There might be some sort of interest there, but it's buried deep.

The Cafe is a "Pet cafe" where there are animals around for the customers to enjoy. There are also an abundance of kemono-mimi Maid girls working there. Youto has no choice to explain why he chose this place. But he had no way of knowing that Azusa actually works there. Hilarity ensues, and I MEAN hilarity. At least until Tsukiko drags him out of the place before he can get his order from Azusa, complete with "Say Ahhh!" service.

They shelter from the rain in the vestibule of a love hotel across the street, waiting for Azusa to leave work, and there's that tension again. Unfortunately they get chased off by the manager, and lose sight of Azusa, so the "Just talk to her" plan goes out the window. They later run across her again directing traffic at a construction site.

Youto confronts Azusa the next day about how her rich princess routine is all a fake. But he doesn't use this to blackmail her. Instead, he asks her out on a date. Tsukiko insists that she's coming too.

That's the first half.

The Date proceeds, with Tsukiko following at a distance (one character trait I've left out is that even though she is a tiny little thing, she is always consuming enormous snacks). Youto is determined to show Asusa the things that make commoners like him happy (although I thought he'd already determined that she was not who she pretended to be.) and yet, his first stop is a bridal shop. That doesn't go over well. The maternity clinic even less so. Proving that he's serious about her this way is not endearing him to her. She even wonders if he somehow has made her pregnant, while she's beating the crap out of him (the running punch she starts with is epic). Tsukiko saves him by interrupting the beating, which leads to one of those odd confrontations that only happen in Harem shows, where two girls end up fighting over a guy they're both pretending not to be interested in.

They go to an Arcade. Tsukiko demonstrates excellent skills in most of the things there, especially crane machines, where she also scores a stuffed turtle that Azusa really has her eyes on, and gives it to her. But after all the fun, Azusa has to break it, insisting that they are not all friends, and that friendships are just trouble. Tsukiko advises him not to corner her on this. While Azusa is off in the bathroom, they are suddenly confronted by the captain of the track team, who is there apparently rounding up members of the team who aren't spending their free day practicing. She demands to know what they two of them are doing there together. Tsukiko replies that they are on a date, and the captain is outraged. Youto asks how they know each other, and we then learn the captain's name, Tsutsukakushi Tsukushi, Tsukiko's older sister. She's about to give him a royal thrashing when he comes up with an... innovative... escape plan.

Azusa in the meantime has been left alone in the arcade, and two other girls notice her, calling her "Little bean." This is not a happy reunion for her. They seem to be bullies from her old school. Youto and Tsukiko arrive just as they leave her, and she blames them for setting this all up to mock her, and runs away crying.

So this part isn't quite so funny.

But you hope they will work something out.

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