This felt like a sort of surreal otaku shoutout/filler episode - a dolphin named Otome who squees at romance, an animated fighting game complete with poses and shouted attacks, a confession scene in a classroom at sunset and a sort of hybrid chuunibyou/yanqui/hikikomori (I was sort of surprised to not see futuristic cup ramens scattered around his room). All it needed was a beach scene or an onsen.

Still an engaging series - still don’t know if it’s going to be worth it in the long run.