I kind of feel like this was a missed opportunity to have Ponko replace Yachiyo in the OP.

I am traveling right now, so I am going to keep it short. I wasn’t really feeling this episode for a while. Yachiyo going through a rebellious phase (no matter how hilarious or well animated it was) felt a bit out of character to me. However, they brought me back around with the emotional exchange between the two. I am going to miss this show when it is over.

This show is taking its time with the later parts of this story despite going a bit faster early on and I think it is paying off. Honestly, despite the obvious lack of budget/production available for this show, they have done a fantastic job with the adaptation. They have changed up the order and pacing to better suit the medium, leading to some great moments.

I’m traveling, so I am going to keep this short. This episode was probably the best produced episode all season. I have absolutely loved this show. Even having read the manga, this show has elevated the source to such a high level it has been a joy. I will miss this when it ends.

This episode was certifiably nuts. The production on this show has been phenomenal when it has no need to be. It’s been something special all season.

Also, this is neither here nor there, but I have been trying out piefed lately and it’s pretty cool. Thanks to the devs over there, the anime community should be a lot more compatible with piefed going forward thanks to squashing a couple bugs I found from our use cases. Specifically, piefed users should now enjoy:

• Images on episode discussion threads don’t disappear when I edit in a screenshot submitted by a user (relevant issue)
• Clips submitted to the community will no longer break the UI in Tile or Wide Tile view (relevant issue)