Seiren 04

I don't get it. What's the fucking point in making a romance show, and then blueballing everyone? It's like they want it to fail.

Is this a joke?

Well, the people in charge are either assholes or stupid. That's all I can think of.

I had a revelation about the first arc.

The ending was essentially, old fashioned romance. I mean that in how romance stories were written 100+ years ago.
You have the couple separated by time, space, and circumstances, but fated to be together and so they manage to find each other again X years in the future.
This worked back when romances were about good, chaste folk who would of course save themselves only for marriage and people ate up the idea of star-crossed-lovers who are separated by circumstances (usually family committments or business/military obligations).

I'm not defending the end. It is trash. But maybe this is where some turbovirgin got the idea that it might be a good end by using outdated tropes from the 1800's.

How much did Tsuneki get spitroasted while in Spain?

It's not she wouldn't have a ton of free time in culinary school.

I can't wait for all the doujins.

No, I think you're wrong.

>You have the couple separated by time, space, and circumstances
Except in this case they were separated by Tsuneki friendzoning him for a year and then fucking off to another continent for another 5

If you watched first 3 just finish it and get it over with. It will give you more perspective on what they'll do in later arcs too.

>I had a revelation about the first arc.

That's one word for what you had.

This. Struggling to overcome a barrier makes for good romance or good tragedy. Artificially induced stupid barriers make for garbage melodrama and trainwrecks. See: Seiren and Makoto Shinkai's filmography.