All of my expectations were fulfilled as we are treated to a wonderful culmination of their struggles to reach each other’s hearts. However, as much chagrin and annoyance as most of the series' pacing caused me it’s almost completely offset by how it ends up. And this is the source of most of my frustration with the plot. There is a limit to how clueless, how bashful, and socially awkward two people can be. This started to bother me in the first season towards the end but most of the time you just found yourself tapping your cheeks and exclaiming, "Aw, they're so cute!" However now I found myself more often pounding on the arm of my chair screaming, "Get on with it already!" The constant string of misunderstandings and hand-wringing gets old really fast. Though his character doesn't really pan out the way I feared he would, I am still left wondering if it was even necessary to include him at all.Īs much as Kento's arrival initially annoyed me, the main problem overall with this anime is the frustratingly slow pace. Sawako is just too innocent and simple of a personality to have her heart swayed by the appearance of additional bishies. While in retrospect I probably shouldn't have been surprised that a rival might make an appearance, I also think that it’s a bit out of character for the series as well. A character that could only have one purpose and a type that anyone familiar with the genre could recognize from the start. This begins to change somewhat from episode one when we are introduced to a new character Kento Miura. It stayed away from love triangles, misunderstandings, and the other typical cockblocks that plague romance anime. Instead standing many of them on their heads and having fun with them. What really attracted me originally to Kimi ni Todoke was the way it broke the typical shoujo stereotypes and mostly stayed away from them. In the end both came true in a way, being at the same time
But at the same time I know the track record when it comes to sequels in anything, and considering how much I loved the original I feared it would be impossible for it to live up the expectations I had for it. The original had a less than stellar ending, so the prospect of getting a worthy finale to the series was an exciting opportunity. When I first heard that there would be a continuation of Kimi ni Todoke I was overjoyed but also filled with great trepidation.
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