Huh. I totally forgot about this one: Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian. I was watching it back in September and I watched 8 episodes. But I haven't watched any since then. Should I pick it back up?
So, Alya kinda likes this one dude (the only dude in the picture, so you can easily figure out who he is) but she pretends she doesn't (and doesn't even seem to totally realise it herself)...but she sometimes says things in Russian where it's very flirty, etc., not realising that he understands her because he knows Russian.
And why, you ask, does he know Russian? Even though they didn't officially out it by episode 8, it's obvious that the childhood friend he learned Russian for/from is Alya's older sister.
Which is, honestly, probably why I wasn't enthusiastic about picking it back up again. That and some weirdness -- like, why does he pretend not to know Russian? What's up with the underling girl and the other ones running for Student Council? Why is running for Council such a cut throat thing? Why is there still so much misunderstandings when he can actually understand her and knows what she says? Why does the dude and his sister have such a weird relationship (and don't admit they are siblings)? And, probably the biggest ICK...WHY does the little sister have to be such a clingy weirdo where she does really inappropriate things to her brother??
That's the biggest reason I haven't picked it up again. I was liking elements of it but it seriously grosses me out when they do the brother / sister thing. Especially when he doesn't act like it's that big a deal. Dude. Your sister flashes you on purpose.
So...I looked up the current state of things and it looks like officially in the light novels that they haven't even confessed to each other that they like each other. Which means the anime likely doesn't have any resolution. So...yeah, I don't think I'll pick it up again. I thought the original conceit was interesting, but not interesting enough to get past the other dodgy shit.
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