Nagi no Asukara

[Kraco]

I'm not sure what to make of the Chisaki plotline yet. Of course, I'm always on the side of the overdeveloped jilted girls. Speaking of which, Kayano Ai seems to always play the busty (or even bustiest) character of late. It's hard to say if Manaka is really upset or not. She doesn't really view Hikari as a boyfriend kind of thing, because she's not really emotionally mature. While Manaka is definitely more attracted to Tsumugu, she really only sees Hikari as her closest male friend.

I'm sure Manaka acted like she did because she was embarrassed over hearing something she wasn't meant to hear, plus, like you said, she's so immature she simply didn't know how to react. I'd be very surprised if there was even 1% of jealousy over there. I wonder if Chisaki realises she needs to do something proactive if she dreams of getting forward. Supporting Manaka is admirable, but in the end love is selfish business. But maybe she believes she would hate herself if she tried to drive Manaka and Tsumugu together to get Hikari for herself.

I do wish that Kaname got more screen time or development. He's basically the Shioshishio equivalent of Tsumugu. Calm, collected and wise, but it feels like they forgot to give him a personality. We basically don't know anything about him.

Kaname? Who's that? Haha, yeah, I don't really see what his role is in all this. He hasn't basically done anything at all. Is he there simply to build the polygon but nothing more?