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And yet, not the most dull a boy-harem lead has ever been.

Impressions:

You know, I was being a little snide and reductive in my usual way in the season preview about this being Yet Another Boy Band show. I expected it to be a little more like Mikagura without any overtures of having action or quite as much melodrama, but just as vapid. It took less than 5 seconds for those expectations to be betrayed, as it opened with the entire pretty boy class hanging out backstage whinging on about beliving in yourself or something before launching into a pop number. What would then follow for the rest of the episode was your standard tour of the pretty boys; the harem-meister tripping over each one in turn while they sparkled and glowed like someone dumped a paint bucket of gliter on them all and the girl stared in doe-eyed wonder at how amazing they are when all she can do is fuss around with weeds. And, of course, special attention/focus was given to the singer one, because, as the end of the episode reminded us, we've got merch to sell.

So thank you for proving my snideness completely correct, Sunrise.

Next Episode:

Calligraphy-boy is depressed.