Grandma is pretty chill.
HANANOI WHAT ARE YOU DOING
:)

Decided to drop on episode 7, I'm getting a small idea why hannanoi is like the way he is but still I'm not getting the romance vibes I want and don't know, If I don't like the couple it's just hard for me to watch more episodes.
Yeah I am not fully feeling the show as well, but I put it more to the fact that Shoujo doesn't seem to be the right genre for me.
But I never drop shows so I will see it through to the end, I guess it will end up being okay-ish.
I like to watch different stuff but with a soft spot for romance when they happen to be in the season since they have become quite rare.
This one was okay-ish like you said but with so much good stuff I could be watching decided to stop on episode 7, I will still stop to see your feedback after each episode to see how this one went until the end.
that's why I like this show. it's not typical boring cuty fluffy dromance. it looks like true, real romance. it gives me a little my own private life vibes. mystery, different, weird vibes...
My problem with the show is not being realistic or not, since I watch anything as long it is good. My problem is me not liking hannannoi or not feeling like cheearing this couple, the way they go with the romance it's fine, and sometimes really cute but not liking the couple I makes it harder for me to watch, just that, also not important or relevant in the decision but the animation has been droping or is more noticible, I was noticing in this episode their faces but you can even see it more when hottaru rushes outside to hug hannanoi, but yeah the animation is just a detail not that matters.
I could not enjoy the happy parts of this episode, it was just too ominous! Like these warning sirens are blaring in the back of my mind and they're like "I love you!" and I'm just....waiting for the shit to hit the fan. Hananoi is so stressed, I think he knows he has these destructive patterns but hasn't figured out how to address them yet. He's just like, I'm warning you now, but I don't think she really understands what he's warning her about. I'm starting to recognize some of the patterns he's warning her about though. Especially from a high schooler. This was like, how I saw romance back then. I don't think he's bad, or malicious or whatever people think about him, but I think he's really troubled and probably doesn't know how to have a healthy balanced relationship. Like, he's basically saying "I'm gonna be codependent with you." But Hotaru has no experience so... The stress and intrigue riding under the wave of this story is spurring me on, through the not-so-good animation. I mean, the show is called "I'm addicted to you" or whatever, so I think it's gonna boil over at some point.
Like some people here, I'm frustrated with this show and just can't really root for the main couple. No matter how many romantic moments they might have, I don't see them as cute or heartwarming because of the dynamic the two have: Hotaru being inexperienced in romantic relationships, and Hananoi being, well, the way he is. Even with the reveal of his parental issues in this episode, it doesn't really justify him for me. I feel like an unconventional romance story could've been executed better. Also the animation is hella cheap ( ̄~ ̄;)
"I want you all to myself" is a cue to run hard and fast.
Talking about it seriously for once, though, I don't like how this show keeps romanticizing and excusing his behaviors. ep 7 in particular seemed to be super manipulative on his part... "hey, I'm going to be super controlling. I'm going to ghost you until you agree that that is what you want" That's what I got from it.
If there is some actual reason for his behavior that is not just the show confusing toxic for sexy, then I feel like the audience should have gotten it first instead of asking us to be okay with all these red flags and still watch as a romance. As it stands, I watch it in the same way that I watch an accident on the side of the road, with morbid curiosity. Nothing here is romantic to me.