TL;DR/Spoiler-Free: Igarashi and Takeda's relationship gets boring after a few episodes and in those episodes Kazama and Touko aren't together yet and Yuto and Natsumi aren't very relevant yet so it's just kinda those two being like "I am embarrassed because I like you and I don't want people to know that I do nice things for you" "I am going to talk about how we constantly hang out" like that get's boring!! The show also has a few characters that are criminally underused and could have fixed this problem by getting more screentime. But it's fine the second half of the show makes up for it. 7.5/10 // 75/100

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The plot is practically nonexistent, this show is very much episodic (doesn't even really have a conclusion so hoping it gets a season 2) so there's nothing to talk about on that front, and this show isn't really going for anything visually impressive, so this review is solely gonna focus on characters and their relationships. Why else are you watching a Slice of Life-Romance-Comedy anyway?

The Main Six
Originally I wanted to just talk about the characters here and their relationships later but after trying to write about Futaba and Harumi separately I realized that it's not beneficial or easy sooo

Let's start with our protagonist, the hard-working tsundere Futaba Igarashi!

Above the image describes her whole character. Listen, I love her, but she doesn't have much going on. And it's the same for her love interest. I just wish she wasn't the main character because I quickly find myself getting bored of her dynamic with Harumi who she spends the most time with.

Next up, the himbo partner of Futaba, Harumi Takeda!

POV Futaba says she doesn't like something and Harumi continues to do it. Like, do you see the two images I used for them? It's because the headpat thing is so frequent. Take a shot every time Futaba gets a headpat from Harumi YOU WILL DIE. He's a dumbass and if I'm being honest I don't reeeally like him. He also shows his dick to a high schooler and then talks about milk which is insane to me.

Let's take a look at a good main character, Touko Sakurai! (and Souta Kazama)

If the show had started focused on her and Kazama I genuinely think it would have been better. The men at the office are constantly trying to get with her and that makes it interesting when her and Kazama, who's regarded as kind of a loner by other characters, start secretly dating! Their plotline is way more interesting that Harumi and Futaba's and while it does get decent screentime I think it would have been more interesting to just lead off with them.

You know who doesn't get screentime? Touko's brother, Yuto Sakurai!

Now, I may have a blonde male bias, but I feel as though Yuto is one of like two characters this show actually uses well. He brings the group together on not one but two occasions and the best parts of the show are when the main six characters are all together.

And the person Yuto is left with when the couples are coupling, Natsumi Kurobe!

Firstly, Natsumi is probably the best character in the show. She elevates every scene she's in and I think if she wasn't in the show it would have a significantly worse rating. Also, her relationship with Yuto, despite not being romantic, is probably the best one in the show. I think it's super interesting, especially during the scene where they're playing with fireworks and he's like asking her for advice idk they're cute. The pair is criminally underused, which is a phrase I use a lot because of this show. Speaking of,

The Criminally Underused
AKA everyone else

Let's start with the most egregious, Mona Tsukishiro!

Honestly, why is she not a main character? She functions in the story a similar way to Natsumi for Futaba but she has like no screentime, it's actually vile. Also she's like the funniest part of the show, the dumpling scene is peak comedy for this show.

The dynamic duo of background but also not background characters? Ooishi & Hijikata!

The scene this image is from is really funny cuz these two are supposed to be close but he messes up his name lmao anyway I think these two could have been more than just "I love women" "okay" like there are three episodes that are all basically the same thing you couldn't dedicate an episode to the people in the office? ~~Like this is why Nichijou is goated fr~~

I don't care enough to add a picture of them but the Chief was used well and the grandpa was annoying lol. Like every time it was just Harumi and the Grandpa on screen I skipped the scene.

Final verdict uhh it could have been better and I think if they get greenlit for a season two it will be better than this. Here's hoping for a season two! 7.5/10 // 75/100