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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

In just about every scene in that series (especially with Shin and Hiromi) the hormonally-charged tension is so thick in the air you could cut it with a knife. There's still a teenaged awkwardness and sense of embarrassment but, as was so often the sense in that show, the air was electric with potential danger. Of course that was a true romance series, and only a quarter as long as Cross Game and thus charged with a lot more urgency to get where it was going.

In Cross Game we're being treated to an eight-year courtship that's taken our leads from elementary school to the end of high school - a slow, languid and painfully halting journey through incredibly profound psychological territory. At the same time, largely devoid of passion. What a fascinating contrast between these two series.

Well in True tears Shin and Hiromi have quite an head start on Kou and Aoba

Spoiler for True Tears plot:

Here we're 41 episodes in and the characters are just now starting to see feelings for eachother pop up,something that is already pretty much the case in episode 1 of True Tears
Shin is already in love with Hiromi and the only thing preventing Hiromi from acknowledging her feelings is because she's been lied to,she gladly accepts her feelings when she learns the truth.

And I just got done marathoning Toradora and that ending was quite satisfying,waited 25 episodes for that ending and I got it!I can only imagine that getting the ending I want after 50 episodes would be even more satisfying.