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On the positive side I find it very interesting from the author to make Utage oblivious to Tamon's feelings but kinda not for Ouri's feelings? We are far from talking about falling in love but it seems that Utage does see why Ouri is kinda fixated on her, I love my girl so much!!

I loved both Tamon and Ouri's scenes with Utage in this episode which is why I feel happy and sad at the same time. I really need Utage and Tamon to progress and Ouri to move on, else I will just suffer heartbreak every episode, I really hope they don't drag this out too much 😭

Another Tamon day and while I enjoyed it so much again, I slowly am beginning to feel afraid of not knowing how this will play out. I personally dislike love triangles and while I kinda see why shoujo pushes them I love Tamon and Ouri so much, I will lose either way 😭 Give me my Tamon otome game 😭

I finally entered Ebana's route!! Honestly struggling with picking my route order but I kinda enjoy Ebana's and Hiyori's bickering so I'm looking forward to a nice tsun development!! That being said I really like the cooking team dynamic, Mizuki wait for me I'll be coming for you!! #BTeaManiacs

Also last point I feel Keito's B side is honestly not that far away from his A side just because I think he is genuinely a good leader and acts with the best intentions for the group in mind. The way it's implied that he actually doesn't want to be the center and was rooting for Tamon/Ouri too 🥹

I also did not expect to love the Keito, Ouri and Tamon trio that much already so I really cannot wait for Natsuki and Rintaro to join. I'm so glad they decided to put Rintaro's B Side in as well!! I got way too much serotonin seeing Utage oshikatsuing, I feel her so much 😭❤️

Another Thursday means another Tamon day and these are my favorite things in the world right now!! This time the episode was so much fun again and I absolutely love how Utage is gaslighting Tamon that he doesn't like her when he is whipped since episode 1 LMAO

I finally finished Tomose's route! While their relationship was a bit frustrating for me I really loved the Charade bit at the end!! It was such an interesting approach, entertaining with high stakes. Gyobu hit me in the feels at the end too now, I'm excited for the other routes now #BTeaManiacs

God Hiyori really needs a female support in this world because what do you mean she can only talk to a 23 year old man for love advice and as the man that he is he is giving honestly terrible advice like wdym just date him and figure out later??? That's literally recipe for disaster... #BTeaManiacs

But I LOVE to see the consequences to this because it is a very delicate matter. I am SO excited for the new episodes to drop to see how they explore this problem and of course how they overcome it to finally reach a real, equal standing for them to fall in love with each other.

That's why I love how Utage is never shutting off her brain. She knows her weakness and she realizes that Tamon uses it and is wary of the boundaries between them blurry. I would never blame Tamon for the way he is I assume it's in his past experiences he became like that

She knows fans are supposed to be far from their oshi, support but never be that close to them. Circumstances made her look behind her oshis facade but I think I precisely love this story because it depicts how Utage and Tamon are building a genuine connection beyond the whole idol thing

I love how Utage is written as a fangirl because I think she is the way I think we fangirls are supposed to be. Supporting your oshi unconditionally through their highs and lows but also separating their real persona and idol persona. She is a fangirl but in no way is she actually delusional.

I absolutely love that the author while having a lot of love for the oshi culture and giving us a lot of wholesomeness with it is not romanticising parasocial relationships. While it is shoujo and a bit cliché or unrealistic in parts, it never fails to push the right/healthy opinion to this.

Introduction of Keito's B side which I am excited about of course but honestly the Introduction of Yamihara is what we need to talk about. I loved the way they introduced him, kinda on the subtle side but I love how Utage (my queen) is not stupid and how she realized that something is wrong.

I finished the new Tamon episode and might as well turn this into a real thread because I have some thoughts again. I experience it every week but I am again pleasantly surprised by how much I love the anime and how much it is written in a way that hits me out of nowhere.

Finally entered Tomose's route and god do I feel bad for that boy. He's trying so hard to get Hiyori look at him, it never works and Hiyori just friend zoning and dismissing his feelings hurts really bad No wonder he wants to stay there if that is the only way for him to have a chance 😭 #BTeaManiacs

Honestly the cleaning team kinda grew on me, especially Tomose and Gyobu are hilarious. Hiyori with the 'let's all be good friends' mentality too this feels kinda cliché but I find it very amusing. I do hope they get into more tension again soon, now that the route is starting soon #BTeaManiacs

Gosh I love Matsuoka but Gyobu kinda pissing me off lol I was kinda shocked about how cruel he can get but honestly I feel my suspicions are being lead .. There is also another traitor .. Honestly at this point I wouldn't be surprised if all of them know something we don't #BTeaManiacs

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高科さんと主人公さん。
華やかな先輩。

#再掲

I decided to just wing the order and hope for the best haha at least there are locked routes!! I also do have a suspicion already so I will do his route later on. But Hiyori losing her voice when she is a voiceless heroine is really funny to me haha I think it'll get intense soon! #BTeaManiacs

I'm here to report I squeaked so much doing the Mizuki drama, I am not ready for his route so praying his one will be a bit later but now that I kinda got to the point it will split into routes I am troubled with route order because this time it's really important for game enjoyment #BTeaManiacs

Okay I got the gist out of the game now and it's more nerve wrecking than I thought! The tension is subtle but I really like the dynamics of the group so far! I can't believe Haiji is 12 though.. Are we really gonna romance someone that young?? Also Megumi Ogata in my ear I am blessed 🙂‍↕️ #BTeaManiacs

As much as I feel torn in this love triangle between Ouri and Tamon, I am not a fan of love triangles because someone will feel sad at the end but I am so grateful to the author for choosing a character like Tamon to be the lead. I am so glad to have met this story this year, I love it so much 😭❤️

The moment they animated Tamon crying singing about heartbreak, failure and thanking for staying with them, Utage crying with and for him, I feel so many fans can relate to this so hard. How many times have your oshi/hobbies saved you? I know for me it was so often and the reason I could push on.

That's why I think this resonates so much to me. Seeing so much love poured into an anime that honors my love to support my hobbies, my oshis, my niche interests and feeling validation for it. Seeing Utage support Tamon through his high and lows and the raw emotions in RAIN the lyrics ...

I learned it the hard way but for me failure or not being good enough was a thing I had to fight a lot as I reached my limits in academics and skills I felt so down about it. But slowly I realized it's okay to not be number one in anything and I felt rescue in loving my hobbies and media.

But man I was not ready for the newest episode because I was not expecting to cry so hard about this whole competition thing when it started kinda as a fun competition with tension?? But the newest episode focusing on trying your best, feelings of failure and letting down people I cannot 😭

It's really the perfect medium for the story Tamon tries to tell but the love in this adaption is just so off the roof.
I realized it since the first episode and then especially when the ending theme dropped being a love letter to oshikatsu and just being passionate and loving about your hobby/oshi

While it stays true to being a romcom I think the emotional heavy moments hit so hard or maybe it's because of that but it's been a while since I saw an anime elevate its original source so so much??