Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai • You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! - Episode 5 discussion

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You know, I actually really like that Eiyu is committed to his studies and is trying to improve his grades.

I mean, he fails and can't concentrate but points for effort at least.

[Essential information.](https://i.imgur.com/YyOI5Q1.jpeg)

*[Masochism intensifies.](https://i.imgur.com/QF3oj60.jpeg)*

[*It's obviously just a coincidence they look like that.*](https://i.imgur.com/AqWvvWU.jpeg)

[I normally hate this trope,](https://i.imgur.com/VnBVVpo.jpeg) since he was in there first. But I like that it basically worked out in the end, *partially thanks to Runako.*

Well, I guess eating Pepper X level curry bread wasn’t so bad for Akari after all. Not only did she basically confess to Eiyu, they got to engage in some hardcore unprotected hand holding. Steamy! lol

That little bath scene was revealing in more ways than one. And yet, guy still isn’t ready to accept the fact that all 3 of his childhood friends are crushin on him.

For someone convinced he's not in a romcom with his childhood friends, Eiyu sure seems to live a blessed romcom life.

Akari wants to figure out how Eiyu feels about Runako...but she also doesn't want to seem like she's following or interested in him, so if that means she has to cover herself by buying a super hot meat bun, she'll do it! And she's too stubborn to acknowledge she can't do something, so she'll eat it no matter the danger to her health.

Eiyu tried to warn her, but Akari just can't help herself. Even with her mouth and every fiber of her body on fire, she can't stop eating it and admit that she can't finish it. If it means she has to hold his hand for dear life, she'll do it and smile at her success by the end of it! Akari can do anything if she puts her mind to it! Even confess to Eiyu while she's deliriously overheating! But never do this again, Akari!

The girls are all looking forward to Summer Break and all the fun they'll be having, especially with Eiyu, but Eiyu himself is hitting the books again because he feels like he's slacked off on his studies what with how distracting his childhood friends have been. Of course the girls aren't going to leave him alone, even if it means putting on an impromptu puppet show outside his window.

Eiyu won't let the girls distract him or divert his attention! So of course then the girls have to interrupt his studies while wearing swimsuits and looking as drop-dead gorgeous and cute in bikini's as they can, so they'll have his complete attention and get him to commit to a beach trip. No one can resist beach fun with cute girls in swimsuits! Let alone when said girls are making Summer plans in his room while IN swimsuits!

Although all that fuss about studies...and Eiyu is actually smarter than Akari and Shio.

What happens when Eiyu spends a little too long in the bath and the girls plan to have a pajama party? Why, Eiyu having to hide in the tub while the girls, completely naked, get ready to hop into the bath with him. He gets to overhear them talk about boobs, see Akari's fine behind, and the viewer gets treated to some buck-naked beauties in all their glory.

He was THIS close to a sticky situation if not for Runako confronting Shio and Akari about their feelings for Eiyu...and getting all the girls to admit that deep down they want him to like them. And Runako deliberately did it to make the girls flustered enough to avoid the bath and save Eiyu. Not that it stopped her from checking out his butt and saying he'll have to take responsibility for seeing her naked.

It's Summer Break and Eiyu is spending time with...Shio! Though rather than doing anything explicitly romantic, they're just studying together. Though props to Shio for focusing on studying while Eiyu can barely tear his eyes away from her boobs.

Will Eiyu and Shio forever be nothing more than childhood friends no matter how much older they grow? Even if Shio can't properly ask Eiyu out romantically, she definitely plans for this to be a pivotal Summer for the two of them.

Runako might be the one dark horse that has everything going for it to win, an OG that helps Eiyuu out instead of screaming and exposing him.

Plus she's not even actively shooting her foot like Shio is once again at the end of the episode.

Okay, I have to applaud the show for not going down the cliché of the protagonist with low grades being helped by one or more girls, but even so, I was angry. Eiyu preferred to waste a wonderful afternoon with them, lol.

The problem addressed at the end of the episode is a real problem that is quite pronounced in Generation Z, the fear of rejection is so strong that even the most obvious sign doesn't make anyone take the first step, and being part of this generation, it's impossible not to sympathize with that.

Eiyu got found out by Runako XD

On top of his not-perfect-but-still-excellent grades, I didn't know Eiyu had previously undergone some ninja training. He managed to stay hidden in the bathtub with his face just slightly above the water, akin to the anime and manga troupe of ninjas breathing through bamboo tubes. Lol!

Raise your hand if you expected Runako to know that Eiyu was in the bathtub but didn't give him away.

Why Shio, why!? You were so close! But you went into reverse gear even though none of the other girls suddenly showed up to spoil your chance. :(

I guess, Runako knew from the start, thatʼs why she brought other girls too.

For those who read the manga. Is the manga over?

Looks like this episode is featuring a bunch of Rom-com shenanigans with bread, the bath, and studying

Ugh, who in the world would not have shouted out that they are still in the tub. He makes himself out to be a victim, but in fact he is being sneaky. At what point did it occur to him that he could somehow be safe if he hides in the bathtub that all of them are going to get into. And Runako, the little shit that she is, put him in this situation on purpose. She knew full well he was in the bath before they went in. His density is making lead envious.

As someone with laughable spice tolerance, the secondhand agony from watching Akari scarf that demonic bun down through sheer tsundere stubbornness alone. Way more glad about her earning a moment with Eiyu for going through that than I probably should be.

Runako's ability to hide so much beneath her innocent little sister smile is hilarious if not a little scary.