April 19, 2026
Is it a new Sub-Genre?
There seem to be a lot of shows recently about girls being decent to geeks. Maybe it's wishful thinking on the part of animation producers. Maybe they think eventually life will imitate art, or maybe they've just tapped into the wishes of their audience.
Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta "I made friends with the second prettiest girl in my class" definitely seems to fit the bill. Loner Maki Maehara totally flubs his class introduction, but something about it resonates with Umi Asanagi, a girl in the orbit of the most popular gyaru in the class. (The boys call her the second prettiest girl in the class behind her back, but I disagree.). They get into the habit of her secretly ditching her gal pals on Fridays to hang out with Maki and play games and watch schlocky shark horror movies. You know they are destined to eventually become a couple, but they're in denial. So it's a slow-burn romance that they don't realize they're in. But there are side effects, as he slowly gets brought into the orbit of the popular girls....
Animation is about average for a slice of life Rom-Com, although the coloring effects are strong. the one bit that strikes me odd is the characters have a bit of a "turtle lip" when their mouths are closed. On the plus side, they have actual lips.
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