Kondo Yui's gaze drifted away from the ending theme of the third episode of Kimi ni Todoke.
Although the animation for this episode had already concluded, she remained deeply immersed in the plot, unable to pull herself away.
Moved...
This was Kondo Yui's primary reaction after finishing the content of this episode.
Even though the third episode was merely a simple account of the interpersonal relationships surrounding the female lead, Kuronuma Sawako.
Whether it was the courage she gained from Kazehaya that allowed her to make two good female friends, Yano and Yoshida, or the fact that she had improved her relationships with other classmates.
These mundane plot points, interspersed within the emotional progression between Kazehaya and Kuronuma Sawako, appeared exceptionally interesting.
When she first watched the first episode, Kondo Yui felt that someone like Kuronuma Sawako was surely a "white lotus" saintly character; later, she felt she was likely a representative of being "all chest and no brains."
But now, she had unexpectedly grown to like a female lead like Kuronuma Sawako.
The entire animation lacked messy, backstabbing schemes, nor did it have developments that made the audience feel heart-wrenching; on the surface, it was a calm and peaceful narrative, but in reality, through a large amount of psychological description and details, it made people watch with great interest, and before they knew it, they had completely fallen in love with this work.
It's just that... although in the first episode, both the male lead and female lead had confirmed in their hearts that they liked each other.
But when would they actually confess?
Episode three, episode five... or the next episode?
Also, this narrative pace is fine for a short while; one can just treat it as watching a lighthearted and pleasant story.
But for a romance anime,