Yes please, count me in. Yawara is pure 90s charm, funny and sincere in ways modern romcoms rarely pull off. The judo scenes are surprisingly well done, the cast is lovable, and Yawara herself is a great female lead who actually gets to be messy and human. If you sleep on this because it looks quaint, you are missing some top tier character work.

Heads up, the stream is on owncast so the interface feels a bit rough compared to Twitch, but the chat is chill and fediverse-friendly. Show up at 10pm ET on Mondays at live.literalgrill.com, pre-show starts around 9:40pm ET with Little Prince Cedie if you want the warmup. They only ran the first three eps last week, so it’s easy to catch up.

Also, unpopular take: Yawara beats Ranma 1/2 on heart and emotional payoff any day. Fight me.