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** Anzu is this; Kazuki starts affectionately calling her a "weirdo" in the Netflix English dub for this reason. She often wakes up with a bedhead, wears cat shirts and enjoys playing games or nerding out over a zombie show.
** Anzu is this; Kazuki starts affectionately calling her a "weirdo" in the Netflix English dub for this reason. She often wakes up with a bedhead, wears cat shirts and enjoys playing games or nerding out over a zombie show.
** Junta, like Anzu, is afraid of roaches and very insecure about his crush on her. He also becomes obsessed with the new zombie show they watch with Kazuki.
** Junta, like Anzu, is afraid of roaches and very insecure about his crush on her. He also becomes obsessed with the new zombie show they watch with Kazuki.
* [[Adult Fear]]:
** It's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|Kazuki has a violent stalker named Yukasa, one who has drugged him and ruined his life all because he helped pick up her bag after a bad day at work. His big sister is disgusted by how their family blames Kazuki for this and not the adult woman that essentially raped him. As a result, Kazuki has trauma attacks and PTSD whenever he sees a girl approach him. He absolutely freaks out when Yukasa finds him at Anzu's place, freezing in place until Anzu stops Yukasa and takes him home.}}
** The climax of season one: {{spoiler|Yukaza corners Anzu at her workplace and slashes her with a steak knife. That is, a knife that could be found at any kitchen or home store. Anzu uses adrenaline to fight back in time for Kazuki and Arissa to rescue her, but she faints from blood loss and the traumatic head injury. At the hospital, everyone fusses over her and her mother flies back. Anzu mentions that she's lucky that she doesn't need stitches.}}
* [[An Aesop]]:
* [[An Aesop]]:
** Life is not a dating sim or a videogame. While cliches may happen, people are more complex than that. They all have individual motivations for how they act. Indeed, Riri has to admit that while he knows the gaming cliches and tropes associated with dating sims, Anzu keeps acting contrary to his predictions.
** Life is not a dating sim or a videogame. While cliches may happen, people are more complex than that. They all have individual motivations for how they act. Indeed, Riri has to admit that while he knows the gaming cliches and tropes associated with dating sims, Anzu keeps acting contrary to his predictions.
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* [[Broken Bird]]: It's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|Kazuki is this. It's not that he ''wants'' to be rude to every girl that talks to him, but each one that approaches him reminds him of his stalker ex Yukana Kishi, who drugged him and posted photos of him on social media, leading to his father showing [[No Sympathy]] about his underage son being abused. Anzu was the first girl who didn't trigger him, because of how she was trying to set clear boundaries with him and ran away after she broke his phone by accident}}.
* [[Broken Bird]]: It's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|Kazuki is this. It's not that he ''wants'' to be rude to every girl that talks to him, but each one that approaches him reminds him of his stalker ex Yukana Kishi, who drugged him and posted photos of him on social media, leading to his father showing [[No Sympathy]] about his underage son being abused. Anzu was the first girl who didn't trigger him, because of how she was trying to set clear boundaries with him and ran away after she broke his phone by accident}}.
* [[Defrosting Ice King]]: While Kazuki starts as an aloof and rude upper student that refuses to even talk to girls, becoming friends with Anzu and Junta mellows him. He even starts to smile after Anzu and Junta freak out about a roach, leaving Kazuki to kill it, and Anzu comforts Junta about him freezing in terror.
* [[Defrosting Ice King]]: While Kazuki starts as an aloof and rude upper student that refuses to even talk to girls, becoming friends with Anzu and Junta mellows him. He even starts to smile after Anzu and Junta freak out about a roach, leaving Kazuki to kill it, and Anzu comforts Junta about him freezing in terror.
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]: When Kazuki asks Anzu to go shopping with him, he dmotind is more competent than {{spoiler|his replacement Kate, who breaks the masquerade in a matter of seconds and has to allow Riri back when Anzu manipulates her}}.
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]: When Kazuki asks Anzu to go shopping with him, he puts his foot down on her wearing cat-themed clothes. He says she needs to look nice.
* [[Epic Fail]]: A plot-related one in the season finale; it's revealed that Riri is more competent than {{spoiler|his replacement Kate, who breaks the masquerade in a matter of seconds and has to allow Riri back when Anzu manipulates her}}.
* [[Internal Reveal]]: In the first season finale, thanks to {{spoiler|Kate forgetting to put a glamour on herself, both Junta and Kazuki find out about the plot to get Anzu a boyfriend.|| Anzu is relieved to deliver an explanation for all the weird happenings. {{spoiler|Kazuki takes it well}}, while {{spoiler|Junta}} is both flattered and mortified on learning that he was considered as a candidate.
* [[Internal Reveal]]: In the first season finale, thanks to {{spoiler|Kate forgetting to put a glamour on herself, both Junta and Kazuki find out about the plot to get Anzu a boyfriend.}} Anzu is relieved to deliver an explanation for all the weird happenings. {{spoiler|Kazuki takes it well}}, while {{spoiler|Junta}} is both flattered and mortified on learning that he was considered as a candidate.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Riri seems to be a love-obsessed wizard, but they can get serious when the occasion calls for it. Case in point, when {{spoiler|Yukasa nearly kills Anzu via a steak knife, Riri breaks the magical taboos by visiting Yukasa in her jail cell with a [[Death Glare]] and wipes her memories of the past three years, so that she won't go after Anzu or Kazuki again}}. We actually learn that he's well-respected given that he got a lighter sentence than normal for this crime, and is more competent than {{spoiler|his replacement Kate, who breaks the masquerade in a matter of seconds and has to allow Riri back when Anzu manipulates her}}.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Riri seems to be a love-obsessed wizard, but they can get serious when the occasion calls for it. Case in point, when {{spoiler|Yukasa nearly kills Anzu via a steak knife, Riri breaks the magical taboos by visiting Yukasa in her jail cell with a [[Death Glare]] and wipes her memories of the past three years, so that she won't go after Anzu or Kazuki again}}. We actually learn that he's well-respected given that he got a lighter sentence than normal for this crime, and is more competent than {{spoiler|his replacement Kate, who breaks the masquerade in a matter of seconds and has to allow Riri back when Anzu manipulates her}}.
* [[Not a Morning Person]]: Anzu freely admits that she doesn't get up early, in contrast to Kazuki. When she offers to help him make lunch, she falls asleep on top of a head of lettuce.
* [[Not a Morning Person]]: Anzu freely admits that she doesn't get up early, in contrast to Kazuki. When she offers to help him make lunch, she falls asleep on top of a head of lettuce.
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