7.023 minSeason 2 • Episode 11
LatestTomoya is heartbroken by Utaha and Eriri's departure from the Dōjin Team, but Megumi takes the opportunity to ask Tomoya out on a date again. Back at Rokutenba Mall, the two of them go around the different stores reliving their previous date here. They visit a hat store last, and Tomoya buys her a certain hat to thank her for cheering him up and to repay her for the glasses she gifted him earlier.
Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow stumbles into main character-esque traits in his eyes. To complete the game in time he has to call upon the aid of his anime loving professional friends who aren't so keen on the choice of his main heroine.
Writing
Razor-sharp meta humor about anime tropes it also indulges.
Acting
Yasuno's deadpan Megumi redefines 'boring' as weaponized charm.
Direction
Visual shifts between 'reality' and Tomoya's delusional main-heroine filters.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show's fictional game 'Fields Chronicle' shares staff with real visual novel 'White Album 2,' also written by Fumiaki Maruto.
Megumi's design intentionally lacks anime protagonist tropes—no tsundere spikes, no moe eyes—making her 'invisibility' a visual thesis.
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