There is a lot of sexual misconduct in this show. Setting aside the obvious pedophile that is Saegusa, the girls themselves straight up sexually assault/harass these guys. Hongo repeatedly harasses Milo with no regard to his consent. She even straight up says I know he doesn’t want to do this but then plans to put his hand on her privates and then does try to take off his trousers whilst he’s clearly protesting. If that isn’t SA idk what is. I do this that he should’ve stopped entertaining her actions but still, just because he’s a man and the teacher does not mean he can’t be subjected to sexual misconduct.

Then there’s Niina. She is the definition of a two-faced snake, encouraging Kazusa and Izumi’s relationship before grabbing Izumi’s hand and placing it on her ass which is, again, sexual misconduct. Then she dismisses his rejection by saying “you got so hard though.” This is exactly the sort of rhetoric that people use to defend rape: “how can man get raped, if he’s hard that must mean he likes it”; “she was wet so she must’ve liked it.” I hope everyone in this subreddit knows that the human body does not work that way.

They are kids so fair enough that they’re inexperienced and immature. This was actually my second time watching this and on my first watch I never realised just how sketchy these girls were but now that I’m 22 it’s so clear. However, it seems that the show does not want to portray these actions as immoral which is just going to perpetuate the idea that women cannot SA men, which is obviously an harmful idea to hold.

I have read a lot of reviews about it on mal and other websites before I started watching it, most of them were really shitting on it and was complaining about the ending but the manga was 8 volumes so I can't complain much.

I wrote this comment somewhere else too. So I'm just pasting it here.

Rika and Amagiri got into college and were still a couple. Jujo was still in touch with her so she has a nice ending too.

Niina and Momo should have gotten a better arc but considering the manga was just 8 volumes, I give props to the author for giving us such a wholesome ending in a "high-school coming-of-age romance". C'mon! It's just a 12 ep anime. What more do you want‽

If Momo hadn't forced Izumi to clear up the whole mess between Niina and Onodera, things could've ended really badly.

Hongo finally got over her obsession with the Sensei and it was good to see her that she was supporting Milo's wedding. Milo helped a lot in clearing up the whole mess too. Both Momo and him deserves some credit for this.

And finally, atleast this time Onodera, a childhood friend won! She is together with Izumi, who was shown to be dense in the beginning but later came clean and sought out everything with her.

9.5/10 for me.

I think the only complaint I have is that Niina should have been a lesbian so she could be together with Momo. Although it was just vaguely hinted in the ending that she is with Momo now.

Just binged the whole thing, and I was wondering... So in the epilogue, where it shows the timeskip and how everyone's doing, who's the one narrating? It sounds like Hongo, but I'm not too sure. I checked both Sub/Dub and it really sounds like Hongo, but I'm still not too. But then the narrator talks about how they have a premonition that in the next season, there might be someone else that rests their hand on their cheek, and it will make them think about that time. Was that part referring to Kazusa/Sonezaki in any way?