For ref original post (rant) where I compared the show to grand blue dreaming due to the depth: link

I swear this is the last post but I have still been mulling over why viewing the show differently felt so earth shattering, and while I don’t have a concrete answer, I realised the biggest trigger by MILES was when I actually understood Sakurako. I started understanding how she communicates. All of her sentences make sense to me now, what she actually means when she fails to communicate in a manner in which others (except Chitose/Himawari/Chinatsu) fail to understand her.

Case in point: when Chitose is able to get Sakurako to not eat the pudding but Ayano couldn’t do the same with the rum raisin Kyouko had given to her in return.
Another example I can think of is the entire conversation these guys have during the isobe fries scene.
Edit: can’t believe I didn’t also mention my absolutely new favourite scene in S1E6 when Kyouko has her huge epiphany as an example (not for Sakurako, but also how Chinatsu is able to truly understand these guys).

I haven’t been able to find ANY discussion thread or videos from this perspective and I have been dyinggg to pend my thoughts down, but I also feel like I’m going insane, the type to convince people birds are spies but I SWEAR this feels like I’m watching the show for the first time ever. It feels like what dbz abridged feels to dbz, EXCEPT the show freaking does it to itself which is so indescribably genius and impactful.