Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu
3) Do we? Tomomi doesn't even seem to recognize it herself. She certainly didn't before this episode. She was wondering where her feelings came from the same as Selnia. So unless you mean the clear assumption that she will realize it (or had at the conclusion of this episode,) I disagree that was as the audience know she is more than that.
She did realize it at the end of this episode, and I am pretty sure that Akiharu will too before this show ends. It is a guess, I know, but one with really high probability.

I think that there are numerous scenes before this episode that show that she does actually care, even if not romantically at that point, for Akiharu (like how she stopped the marriage to the princess character), so we simply have to agree to disagree on the matter of the audience knowing that Tomomi cares for Akiharu beyond being a plaything.

Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu
However, I think you are not taking Selnia seriously enough, and giving her the role of the pointless comedy relief character, in the same capacity that the Otaku Princess, principal, and overreacting handmaiden are to this series.
I have to admit that I do feel that way towards her, but mainly because she acts like it. She isn't Sunohara, but she is like a ton of other tsundere comic relief characters that simply get relegated as an after thought when another girl gets the spotlight. It almost seems like she is a comedy character with some personality added to make her a main love interest, instead of the other way around, but that judgment is probably tainted by my dislike for noisy tsundere types like her.

Also, I would appreciate it if you can pm me the shows that you have thought of, excluding the ones I have already mentioned. It would serve as a good refresher on old anime that I may have forgotten. Thanks.