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EP. REVIEW: Bloom Into You

I don't really agree that it doesn't make sense in the story. Yes it is an activity that goes beyond what a student council normally does and could be challenging to accomplish, but it is emblematic of how Touko is trying to go above and beyond like her overachieving sister. If it were an easier lift, it may still communicate that she is trying to be like her sister, but it would not highlight how problematic that desire is in this case. And of all the projects they could do that would convey that, I'm not sure there is any better fit that a play. If anything, trying to pick a different activity for the sake of being different would make less sense than going with a common component of a common event in Japanese high school life, at least as it is presented in anime.

Touko desire doesn't matter, she didn't start it. The question is, why would any student council ever start this tradition in the first place?

Touko desire doesn't matter, she didn't start it. The question is, why would any student council ever start this tradition in the first place? Like I said, anyone who ever run an event like this would understand that it's simply impossible, you'd end up with two much poorer activity for it (or would have to off load the quasi totality of one onto some other group, which just defeat the point in the first place). This is anime-y in the worst sense.

The reviewer doesn't seem to have watched the post-credit Touko monologue.
It is the biggest revelation so far and didn't even get any mention.

I understand that this comment doesn't quite work with other people, because it's mostly me joking to myself.
I had heard about this manga for a long time, so when I decided to watch (and read) I had that image about the characters, about Touko being "the seme" and Yuu "the uke". As we can see its the contrary. Not only that, all the characters are very direct and active.
So "manly" in the sense of "active", not a "shy delicate shoujo flower".

Koyomi is best girl.

To people who were expecting a wholesome love story I'd encourage you to not have those expectations (you'll probably find it more enjoyable), this is a character focused drama that explores what love means and what it means to love. These characters don't have a well formed perceptions about love and so their relationship won't be entirely healthy.

Saeki notices Yuu's reluctance to share the existence of her creative-writer friend with the group, and then suggests where Yuu can start searching for information on the student council's history while reminding her that Touko doesn't need another minder.

As much as Bloom Into You tries to frame Yuu as exceptional for being the only one that Touko opens up to, it's clear that others have noticed the cracks in her façade as well. Saeki directly tells Yuu that Touko's confidence is a "front," encouraging Yuu to research the club's past for herself. (This is even before Yuu knows just how intertwined that past is with Touko's personal history.) It's another way that Bloom Into You injects some realism into familiar romance tropes. Rarely is there just one person we show our "true selves" to; instead, that can come out bit by bit when interacting with others.

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Koyomi is best girl.

Is she now? I'm looking forward to seeing how much she shines in this story.

Introducing the Riko-Miyako relationship is the moment the manga really landed for me, completely shutting down the idea that this is a Class-S-only world. If anything, the anime handles this even better. In the manga, Sayaka's flashback occurred during her conversation with Miyako. In the anime, the flashback occurs by itself early in the episode, as if to propose the premise that girls loving girls is just a phase of youth. As a result, introducing an adult same-sex couple after that is a clear-as-day rejection of the idea.