MISUNDERSTANDINGS! That’s the name of the game this week, and unfortunately where I would expect a show like SNAFU to lampoon such a tired romcom trope, it simply seems to want nothing more than to pay homage to it. Also, if your leash cannot contain a 20 pound dachshund, I think it’s time to consider getting a new one.
Recap: Hachiman finds his friends doing a study group without him when he gets roped into helping out a delinquent classmate at the behest of his sister’s friend.
This week, the gang is called upon to clear up a nasty chain letter about the friends of popular everyman Hayama.
Hachiman once again espouses the virtues of being a lone wolf… despite the fact he actually is starting to form a social circle. The irony is not lost on Yui, but she doesn’t seem to mind. After bringing an effeminate tennis player to the club to help him out, the gang gets in a heated game of tennis that clearly does not care for quality action shots or actually abiding by the rules.
Yui is having problems separating herself from her old group. After Yukino helps her find the words to stand up to them, they go back to the clubroom to find an old classmate of Hachiman’s, still as weird as he was back in middle school. He wants the Service Club’s help in one of the most thankless jobs ever, critiquing. Considering who hes asking this of, he takes their thoughts pretty well.
Hachiman is a disenfranchised youth with all the snark that entails. After writing a particuarly bleak essay, his teacher forces him to join the Service Club, headed by the haughty ace student Yukino. They slowly bond to help Hachi’s “people issues” and end up assisting a ditzy delinquent named Yui.
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