Haruka invites Yuuto to accompany her to Akihabara on Sunday. After thinking it over and remembering a prior bad experience with Nobunaga, Yuuto obliges since it’s Haruka after all. Yuuto and Haruka follow a route she planned to take them around the entire district with the objective of buying a Portable Dream Station console at the end of the day.

The two walk around Akiba (conveniently advertising for various stores in the process) and see the various sights together. Yuuto asks Haruka how she became an otaku. She recounts that 5 or 6 years ago a boy gave her the first issue of Innocent Smile when she was crying in the park, and her interest in anime was sparked after reading it.

Along the way Yuuto loses sight of Haruka and meets a strange girl (whom I recall seeing in the OP), Haruka buys way too many gashapon, and then Haruka takes Yuuto to a maid cafe. When the two finally go to buy the Portable Dream Station, they find out that it is all sold out everywhere. Yuuto cheers up the depressed Haruka and he vaguely recollects cheering up a crying girl in the past.

Thoughts:
Yes yes. Yuuto was the destined boy that turned Haruka into a dirty otaku. The introduction of the pink-haired girl also signals the flag for the inevitable comedy/romance/drama love triangle. Goodie. The plot elements are cliche but… Eh. I don’t really care. I’m still enjoying the ‘Haruka has to hide her otaku secret’ premise.

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