The Ramparts of Ice Season 2

everyone calling Momoka the devil but the show wrote her exactly like a real insecure high schooler who needs to announce her win. that is way scarier than a cartoon villain would be

Koyuki crying harder than Amamiya while handing him the handkerchief broke me a little. She's comforting him about the exact pain she's carrying. That's the whole show in one beat

the picture book coloring during the emotional stretches really got me. it makes the sad parts feel like a memory you can't quite hold onto

Miki yelling at Minato in that storeroom was the whole episode for me. Somebody needed to say it and she said it loud. The way Minato just stood there defending his reasoning made it worse because he actually believes it

Koyuki holding his hand in the crowd and then just freezing up about it later in front of Tsukiko is the most painful thing this show has done yet. She spent the whole night fighting herself and lost

That hand grab in the crowd was sweet and also kind of cruel. He's got a girlfriend and you're out here feeling warm about it. Conflicted about this show right now

Miki asking Minato straight up if he even likes Momoka was the moment I needed. Somebody in that group had to say it out loud. Everyone else is tiptoeing and Miki just walks in and rips the bandage off. Good

The hand holding debate is where I'm stuck. Yes the chemistry is obvious and yes Koyuki deserves better than being a secret. But Minato isn't malicious just clueless and he's hurting Momoka too. Nobody in this triangle is a villain except maybe the writing for letting it drag

Post credits bit where Miki complains about having nobody to go to the festival with while his two friends just sit there was quietly the funniest and most awkward way to end this episode

You could feel Koyuki's whole system crashing every time Minato walked into that art room. The hair grab and the way she just froze and blushed. She's been keeping busy painting backdrops so she doesn't have to think about him and it is not working

Minato dating someone to get to know her better is the most backwards thing. Man has fifteen exes and still thinks you build feelings before the relationship starts. Miki was right to yell at him

That hand grab in the crowd got an actual gasp out of me then the drink scene right after finished the job. She's standing there with a beverage realizing she can't lie to herself anymore. Almost punched the air when she finally told Tsukiko the truth

When Koyuki grabbed that hand in the crowd and it was Minato the whole time my stomach just dropped. Poor girl held onto the one thing she shouldn't and he let her. Also Miki tearing into him in the storeroom was the beat I needed

Miki grilling Minato in that storeroom is the whole episode for me. She didn't let him get away with any of the vague answers. Every friend group needs one person willing to say the awkward thing out loud

Minato calls Momoka invites her out gets turned down then just sulks on his bed and calls it love. That scene told me everything about his whole deal. Poor guy has no idea what he's doing

I can't stand Momoka after this. She leans on his conscience to get a boyfriend and then flakes on the festival date. Koyuki is out here spiraling while Momoka treats him like a calendar slot

It just momoka making it a 4 out of 5

minato asking koyuki to hang out over summer and getting the whole group invitation instead was the quietest gut punch of the episode. he smiles and takes it

casting Minato as Jafar and having him quietly accept it says everything. he thinks he's the guy wrecking the group. nobody else sees it that way but he does

Momoka telling Koyuki she didn't want to lose to someone who wasn't even trying is so cold. She waited for Koyuki to fold first then moved in. That's not innocence