At this point, My Love Story isn’t just setting the bar for rom-com excellence—it’s beating its own darn records.
About halfway through this episode, when Takeo was agonizing over how he could get Yamato to understand she didn’t need to worry about him leaving her for someone else, I scribbled in my notes: “Takeo’s problem is he keeps talking about how people feel toward HIM rather than how HE feels toward Yamato.” It’s the kind of thought I’d usually have about a rom-com that would either never get addressed in-series, or get addressed indirectly 5-10 episodes down the line after Such Drama, Very Tears.
OreMono, though? OreMono tackles it head-on within 22 beautiful minutes.
The Josei Next Door 