Christ, this is ridiculously cute.
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai is a manga about two supposed super geniuses in love with each other, who each want to make the other confess to them because to confess is to lose. I tried to read it but it was the cringiest of cringe comedy and I’m not good with that. The anime series so far however has been a lot easier to handle. The presence of pure cinnamon roll Chika here helps a lot. Unlike the two protagonists, she has no side for her and her innocence completely ends up destroying most of their intricate schemes to trap one another. And this ending to episode 3 is the most addictive I’ve seen since Hisone to Maso-tan‘s. A brilliant piece of animation too from a studio most people consider workman like at best.
Each episode so far has had two to three little stories in which student council president Shirogane Miyuki tries to get his vice president Shinomiya Kaguya to confess to him while she tries to do the same to him. All while their poor secretary looks on in bewilderment. It’s usually Kaguya who loses and starts blushing, which is cute but slightly annoying; it seems unfair to have only Kaguya lose. Even if she blushes cutely. Comedy wise it’s all a bit meh. I haven’t really had to laugh too much. My main complaint is that it’s not absurd enough, a bit pedestrian, especially when you compare it to some of the comedies from last year, like e.g Hinamatsuri. The romance is a bit stuck as well because of course the whole gimmick is that neither of these two can ever admit to their feelings and their schemes will always backfire. Nevertheless I like it enough to continue watching.
Speaking of cringe comedy, Ueno-san wa Bukiyou, about a scientific genius who tries to get her club mate to fall in love with her using dubious scientific experiments. Like in the first episode, where she attempts to get him to drink her (scientifically filtered) urine. Gods know why she bothers though because Tanaka is an insensitive dullard. Again, not something that’s really that funny but it’s short and interesting enough to keep my attention.