Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai • You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! - Episode 2 discussion

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I wonder [who](https://i.imgur.com/F9XcDLy.jpeg) [truly won.](https://i.imgur.com/6ESDnD8.jpeg)

Eiyu’s tryna perish those sinful thoughts and meanwhile Shio’s giving it all she’s got lol.

I’m liking this little budding friendly rivalry between Nice Girl Shio and tsundere Akari. I wonder who’s gonna win out? It’s gonna be a long road. Eiyu’s trying his damndest to not see these two as girls lol.

I know this is going to be a season of “Will they, won’t they” and forced awkward situations with an idiotic MC who is so stubborn it’ll take most of the season before something clicks if I am being generous. But honestly, I like that kinda stuff and the different personalities of the two girls are great.

I can’t wait for more shenanigans.

Give tomboy already! We have to get through the whole part about how MC thinks she is not a childhood friend but turns out she is and he just used to think she was a guy, that will surely take like half an episode at least.

You can't be in a romcom with your childhood friend...but you CAN run into them by "chance" on a bus where they're dressed in a very refined and classy dress!

Honestly, knowing Shio, I feel like it's not a coincidence that she and Eiyu are taking the bus to the same bakery, though she's never seen an opportunity she won't take to seduce him. Even if it means tightly embracing him and giving him some seductive ASMR, or even having her way with his ears, she'll make the most of this chance! Too bad for her that she thought Eiyu had finally acknowledged her feelings, only for him to use her false concern about his nausea to get them off the bus so he could take care of her. But that's nice in its own way.

You can't be in a romcom with your childhood friend...but you can romantically lean into each other while waiting for the bus.

Childhood friend trio shiritori! Which Eiyu and Akari both get into heated competition over, if only because Akari ends up REALLY wanting Eiyu to say her name, and say his name in turn, even though she can't be honest about it. It might seem like Shio won because she got to say his name AND get him to say hers, but having the "loser" get Eiyu's hand on their arm seems like the real win to her.

You can't be in a romcom with your childhood friend...but you can take shelter from the rain together and walk in on your childhood friend with her tights half off and flashing you her bear panties once again. And then end up sharing an umbrella. Also, bare legs Akarin!

It's a good thing Shio was determined to get to eat at a bakery, so she didn't end up seeing Eiyu and Akari sharing an umbrella together...and Eiyu letting himself get more wet so Akari can stay dry, Akari trying to tend to his wet shoulder, and Eiyu shielding Akari from a passing car that gets them both drenched. It really felt like Eiyu and Akari were finally coming to a better understanding, and Akari more open about her feelings, up until they both realized Akari's shirt had gone see-through and she slaps him in true tsundere fashion.

I honestly shouldn't be surprised that all three of them literally live next door to each other, with Akari living right next door to Shio, meaning Shio can slip into Akari's place too...and see her lounging in her panties as she bemoans why she can't be more honest and affectionate with Eiyu.

So this is a late night girls party between the two besties as Shio also tries to suss out whether Akari is actually in love with Eiyu too. Admittedly Akari can act as much like a tsundere as she wants, but her search history and all the candid shots of Eiyu she has hidden in her closet are pretty damning evidence.

Akari and Shio are best friends who swore never to lie to each other...so do they love the same guy? Well, they can definitely genuinely commiserate in complaining about him and how he doesn't treat them like girls. That's some childhood friend Girl Talk for you!

You can't be in a romcom with your childhood friend...but you can try to return their handkerchief, end up overhearing what you think is a hate-session over you, and then walk in on two childhood friends undressing. Though Akari's perfect cover for her feelings is beating up Eiyu, apparently.

Dang, Eiyu on top of Shio in the gym!? At night!? How did that happen!?

Well this episode loved Akari's panties [1](https://imgur.com/a/pxzzWil) [2](https://imgur.com/a/erzZ7F7) [3](https://imgur.com/a/vCiMmZF). Bonus [Shio's bra](https://imgur.com/a/eW5KJyw).

I love the fact that they're past the stage of acknowledging their feelings, but they still play hard to get lol.

Although that umbrella cliché is already overdone, I love seeing it happen because at least once Akari showed that she cares about Eiyu.

And damn Shio, the bus is definitely not the best place to rub up against your childhood friend, or you'll activate the friend "down there"

I'm beginning to think you can't be in a romcom with your childhood friends. Just a hunch though.

Eiyu and Akari could bond over having Shio as their mutual window goblin if they needed something to mend their friendship through lol

The girls remind me very much of Hakari and Karane from Hyakkano.

Bra and panties fanservice are great, but I also appreciate the close up facial expressions of Shio, Akari and possibly the other 2 yet to be introduced female characters. Be it shy, embarrassed, seductive, etc.

Akari was cute and honest when younger. I wonder when did her personality shift towards being tsundere?

Despite this show being full of “will they / won’t they” and then the girls raging at Eiyu, it’s an easy show to watch on a Monday - the two girls so far are completely different and it’s quite amusing watching them.

**Akari**: He's always treating us like trash!

Look who's talking about treating someone like trash. This girl constantly berates Eiyu, argues with him, insults him, gets violent with him, and generally acts agitated whenever she's around him. Has it ever occurred to this girl that part of the reason he acts that way towards her is in response to her unpleasant behavior? Maybe he'll be nicer to you, if you stop going full tsundere on him.

All those expressions, and fan service are always welcome. It may feel over the top and maybe childish, but the eps so far, really put a smile on my face. Can't wait for the other girls to enter the fray and make MC's love life more chaotic and fun.

That instrumental music played in the vending machine scene is so good. Hope they will release a full version

So, they're going together. What a coincidence.

And now she's hugging him...

Boing.

Ok...

And so they got off the bus.

Why'd he buy her a drink?

Motion sickness?

Roll credits!

Lol.

Ok... He walked in on that...

And so they're sharing an umbrella.

Ok...

He's going to get sick after shielding her from the water isn't he?

And now her shirt has gone all see-through...

Roll credits!

Lol she heard everything.

Tsundere lol.

"Hate". Sure.

Ouch...

Lol.

Oh... He overheard all that.

Ok...

And so he walked in on them both in their underwear...

Ouch...

Can't wait for the dub!!!

Is this smt worth watching weekly or binge watching

Why are the reflections higher quality than the actual legs? Why don't his legs get reflections?

Lmao Shio's face when she's in the window after Akari lays down. Maybe she's admiring the print.

This show is kinda good when the guy is not in the scene /s

Blue can dish it out but can't take it.

This show is a great example of "the sum is less than its parts" for me. Individually the events with the different girls are entertaining, but on the whole I really have no interest in continuing to watch. So I'll stop with this episode.

It surprised me when they revealed that Shio's house is in the middle, I would have expected Eiyu's there with a childhood friend to either side. I do like how much Shio and Akari are friends as well.

Akari's search for history had a line about not being able to act normal around her childhood friend, so at least she's a self aware tsundere.

How many episodes until things start moving?

Shio is so incredibly cute and her personality is amazing so I almost already feel comfortable calling her best girl… but purple :3 girl looks like she will be a ton of fun to see. Can’t wait for her to appear!


The OP is amazing in both visuals and sound, the dance is great!

Loving this so far.

Eiyu keeps telling himself that you can't be in a romcom, but he [best start believing. He's in one.](https://youtu.be/4iOGeCLpAY0?si=hpMbpRhntYp-JIK_)

Given how many convenience stores are in Japan, Akari should've ran to the nearest one to buy an umbrella.

I completely forgot this series was getting an anime how did I forget such a funny manga was getting adapted

I can't do these seamless stiches like *the master*, but it seems he won't be doing this show...

[](#akkotears)

[Girls night](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/472640199048.png)

[Under the rain](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/1fa102ffa7ba.png)

The coca cola ad placement during episode 2 was a bit forced. Really makes me wonder what other ads we will see. Maybe some wonder bread and Colgate next 😂

Some men die of thirst while other men drown

Shio and Akari? These names were straight out pulled from More than a Married Couple 😂

shis shi fire