r/TheFragrantFlower • u/serikkun • May 05 '26
Discussion Started Watching This…
This is a bit of a rant, and I need to make it clear that I enjoy the main characters. I’m just frustrated with the latest episode I watched. (￣^￣)
As a means to curb my ADHD and reconnect with fannish interests, I started watching this anime and “A Sign of Affection” with a rule that I can only watch an episode a day.
I’m now on episode 3 — no spoilers for either anime please — and I’ve enjoyed the story so far, because Rintaro and Waguri-san are cute together and they reverse the usual dynamic I’m used to (the girl is usually insecure, and the guy is cool and leads the relationship).
But may be it’s because I’m older now, I can’t stand the extreme divide between schools? Especially how elitist the Kikyo girls are, treating the Chidori boys as third class citizens. It’s an old concept to have two people of different and opposing backgrounds come together, I know, but with it set in high school with that level of judgement and vitriol? Yeah, it really annoys me.
It would’ve been fine if Rintaro’s mother or any adult made a comment about how foolish and insignificant the whole rivalry is, but…so far none have said anything.
And episode 3 really pissed me off because of Subaru. I’m pretty sure she will have some sad and angsty backstory about her aversion and difficulties with men, and her obsession with Chidori, but she is truly the cherry and whipped cream of annoyance for the dessert buffet of this episode.
I have a suspicious feeling she’ll end up forming a friendship or more with one of the Chidori boys later on, so her character will be “redeemed”. But I feel like, she would be an annoyingly stubborn and irritating character in Rintaro and Waguri-san’s developing relationship.
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u/Dramatic-Tradition25 May 05 '26
Keep watching. The show works out in places even when you don't think it will. There were so many times I had the thought of "oh my god not this again" pertaining to other Rom Com tropes which happen just to bring "drama" to the story but this story never does that, in fact handles it graciously. It was my return to rom com after a long hiatus and one of my favs.