As usual we got another 3 chapters adapted but man oh man this is great but brutal to watch. Honestly this hit much harder then when I read the manga. It took all the strengths of anime flow, voice acting and animation is flowed it perfectly.
Episode starts with Akane continuing being an earnest hard worker. She was doing her best but it wasn't enough. Which obviously was unfair. Seeing people saying she is invisible and irrelevant in the show to her manager getting chewed out put her in a real uncomfortable position.
She then does something that is normally out of character from what the anime has shown and while Yuki and the rest of the cast obviously have her back. Put social media just like in real life is beyond cruel. But suddenly she overhears people in her school talking bad about her.
Some things that the anime executed perfectly. It sped up the voices from social along with what Akane is hearing. It puts you in her position of someone dealing with anxiety. Cause when you are dealing with anxiety everything is happening so fast. Suddenly it becomes harder to relax and breathe and you feel like you are alone.
Also it flowed perfectly to Akane on the bridge and the way they had Aqua save Akane was perfect. I am a big Akane fan having read the manga, but this is one of the few times watching anime that made me cry.
I was worried with Akane getting hype from readers and her being in the OP would make her appearance in the anime to not have the same feel as the manga. But the executed this PERFECTLY.
My favorite episode so far.
They took the feeling the manga had and cranked it up 9 billion percent.Was tough to watch, but that shows how well they adapted this episode. The anime is a great one as it the anime is elevating the manga which very good on its own.
