Average episode rating for seasons 1 & 2: 7.96875

_I'm hedging by specifying which seasons this applies to, in case there's a surprise third season, but after almost 8 years it seems quite unlikely._

The average would be higher if the series was a bit less fast-and-loose with the rules of its universe. For example, some episodes [spoiler]pretend like cell phones don't exist[/spoiler], which gets pretty old the tenth time [spoiler]Kotoko is late for something but for some reason _doesn't text or call Naoki_ to tell him[/spoiler]. It doesn't help that [spoiler]Naoki in real life would be lucky if his parents even tolerated how uncommunicative he is, let alone a wife he vowed to love for the rest of his life[/spoiler].

Just in general, it's ridiculous how often stuff happens just because one character or another just _doesn't_ communicate some important piece of information. I can suspend my disbelief only so much, even if this is a live-action manga adaptation.

Even so, the show's cute as heck, and it's a great feel-good watch. Even if I'd feel like [spoiler]punching Naoki[/spoiler] five times a day if I lived in this show's universe, because he's such a schmuck sometimes.