This particular screenshot, from the second episode of Amanchu! perfectly shows the relationship between the cautious Futaba and the much more adventurous Hikari. Futaba is timid and shy but willing to trust Hikari. She may not jump in the pool immediately, but she did put on the drysuit after all. Hikari meanwhile for all her impulsiveness doesn’t just jump in head first, because she of course is also in a drysuit. She likes adventure, but is methodological in preparing for it, as shown in the very opening seconds of the episode, as she runs through her preschool checklist. Futaba meanwhile, for all her timidity, is far more likely to act on impulse as long as somebody shows her the way, even if she hesitates more when it comes to taking the plunge. The faint lesbian subtext is of course totally imaginary.
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