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I really liked that casual exchange of acknowledgement between Soya and Rei, and the promotion and enjoyment of the Crescent Moon shop's confections... Also Rei just being satisfied with how his high school life turned out, in the end, it seems. Just... really great moments, here.

Only disappointment with this chapter in the anime... it wasn't actually animated. It was just a series of stills, perfectly reproducing the manga visuals.

Hahaha... yes, Rei, you need to be around Hina to keep the 'riff-raff' away form her. Being on 'overwatch' isn't enough. Also big dumb flexing his pro Shogi muscles against an amateur like that out of jealousy and self-sabotaging his club. I'll be honest, at the end of the anime, I was hoping...

They're all faculty members, but they look like yakuza, yeah... this is pretty ridiculous. A shame this is how this club is going out, far as I can tell. But it's great to see Hina found her place in the school.

Those short bits with Akari just highlight how much of a mother she is- she's making everyone miss their mothers and grandmothers with how she just naturally is... She's not a love interest, she's a surrogate mother for everyone. She needs to find a nice father-figure to pair up with and they...

Oh, indeed... Akari being rather naive, surprisingly. But... well, you're that close to something, it's hard to see the truth, I suppose. Normally sibling would be enough distance, but that family is just so tight-knit, I guess the proximity is skewed. Auntie could see the potential, though, and...

Why does she have to be with Kiriyama, specifically, though? I don't get fan obsessions with specific pairings. Sure, she's great, but why can't she be paired with another great person that's closer to her age? Takashi (Hayashida-sensei) seems quite smitten with her, even though she doesn't seem...

Sure, this is true, but I also feel like Aunt Misaki seems a lot more conscious of what's going on between the two of them, even if they themselves don't quite realize it just yet. She's about ready to consider him a nephew-in-law, and I find that highly amusing and prescient. Either the others...

Agreed- it's just another person she knows leaving, like you say. But she takes solace in the fact Rei is still with her. He's even promised not to go anywhere, and, at least in his heart, has evolved that promise into an oath of loyalty, as of that happy moment along the river as she reminded...

Yeah... I was seeing the first proper inklings back in the sixth chapter (third episode of the anime, second half), where he follows her out of the house (albeit at the behest of grandpa), and then just... keeps her company while she cries as much as she needs to. It's a simple thing, but it can...

Hahaha... this was a fun episode to watch in the anime. And the confirmation that Hina would be going to Rei's school (though there's still studying for and passing the entrance exams ahead). Also, Hayashida crushing on Akari... I mean, who knows? Maybe something might happen... Even though the...

The 'insecure bully' sounds like a pretty common thing, to be honest, at least in stories that make an effort to be grounded in reality. Generally, I get the impression bullies are usually just weak, broken people, themselves, and act tough to hide this, as well as attempt to deflect their...

I think you can kind of tell by now that Hina, though she's still kinda fangirling over Takahashi, is more attached to Rei than ever. Which is important, considering baseball boy's future aspirations and where he's headed next year (should come up in the next few chapters- we're getting close to...

So, yeah... it's not just that Soya's deaf- he loses his hearing randomly with no way to know when it will come back. Also, yes, Rei is basically a teenage boy that's also a 'mother'. Hah. He's very caring, deep down. Hinata, in particular, knows this well. I figure she won't want to let go of...

When I saw this sequence in the anime, I was amazed at how, despite his hearing loss, Soya could still direct Rei to what was needed next, just with his gaze. It really was quite impressive. He's not entirely helpless, but he does need some assistance, when his intermittent hearing loss kicks...

Seriously... nobody commenting on this post-mortem. The fact that Rei and Soya are basically on the same wavelength... I find that revelation to be quite fascinating. Even for someone totally lost with Shogi, like myself, I can tell the writing is saying something really significant here about...

Nobody talking about that 'shock'. Though, to be fair, it was more dramatic in the anime. We also won't get the significance until the postmortem for this game, but Rei's basically already lost because of that move, and he's just fighting as optimally as possible, now, to delay the inevitable...

It's something a bit different, but I don't blame you guys for thinking that... Though you could argue they both have something special about them that makes them far more attentive of details than your average player, as if they have 'instincts' for Shogi. Also, Umino-sensei's Omake at the end...

These two... crazy kids... I especially like Hina biting him to make him stop putting himself down, and then she just goes right into basically dancing with him as she talks about the other happy things that have happened. Seeing that animated in the show was really sweet. Gotta wait a bit...

Kokubu-sensei isn't going to stop until Takagi is made to realize what she's done. Sure, it'd be great to see 'punishments', but he wants to make a difference in everyone's lives, not just the victims. He's working to be a teacher for those led astray, as well, instead of just passing the buck...