8.723 minSeason 1 • Episode 25
LatestAnna and Kyotaro's bond is teetering between friendship and romance. Perhaps this time the scales will tip and Kyotaro can finally tell Anna the words she wishes to hear.
Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates' peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro's not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna's a bit odd herself!
Acting
Horie's unhinged internal screaming is Oscar-worthy voice work
Writing
Gradual humanization of two weirdos without losing their edge
Editing
Visual gags that puncture Kyotaro's edgelord fantasies perfectly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'chuunibyou' archetype — middle schoolers convinced they're secretly special/dark — is rarely treated with this much empathy rather than pure comedy.
Anna's eating disorder-adjacent behavior (stealing food, hiding consumption) is deliberately left unexplained, forcing viewers to sit with discomfort rather than diagnose her.
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