Firstly I must stress...what kind of guy hits girls ffs
As if it wasn't bad enough to witness such an act, that yaro launched a punch straight to hayami's face...she was literally battered like a punching bag >.> I already had my eye out for the girl being the character who caught my attention the most...but now the character "pain" given to her has made her seem much more real than first thought. I really hope the character development is going to be done well for this series
Takumi is obviously playing pretend blindness - the happy yaro
From what I see, and the hints given from the "spirit girl" I seems that he lacks the will to do something ie open his dam eyes in this case - So his blindness could be something just inside his head. "Promise girl" now that is a familiar term. I think a major hint for Takumi's condition is given in the flashback where we see a traffic signal for trains and a red background.
It maybe a bit too early to speculate but what I see here as a potential plot is that we have otoha being killed long ago which Takumi witnessed and in that shock he became blind. Maybe the fear of seeing his friend getting crushed by the train (too gross to imagine
) turned into a fear where he just doesn't want to "see" anymore. Right now we don't know whether otoha is really here or not seen as all the scene she has been in so far, only Takumi was present.
There are plenty of characters here to explore. The start just barely touches on their basic, surface personality but already I feel an attachment towards Hayami. Not just because her type is my kinda moe but because I just can't stand seeing characters like her getting hurt like that - yea this is where the feeling of "wanting to hold her" kicks in
Yui has already shown the viewers that she "runs" the school, and also commands two thugs who attacks Hayami. While hinata is the polite and caring girl, though there is also some mystery surrounding her when she refused to help hayami when she is bullied. This series has a lot of potential - lets just hope they don't waste it
The comedy and ecchi also plays well together. Takumi sure is a lucky yaro for getting special attention but he is protrayed in a way where I don't dislike - which is rare when it comes to male leads nowadays (for me anyway
). Being blind has a lot of advantages it seems, such as getting to feel someone before greeting them and having a poking stick. I feel a bit envious...just a bit XD