And here it is, the moment we’ve all known was coming ever since Leefa and Kirito’s very first meeting. I’m not really a big 粉丝 of 爱情 drama in anime, at least not this kind. It always tends to go exactly the same way – someone gets their 心 broken, there’s lots of screaming and shouting and then everybody goes their own way with a noticeably uncomfortable air. Knowing that it’s coming for several episodes makes it worse because it doesn’t even come as a surprise, and when it’s placed right in the middle of the climatic part of the story, that climax suffers too.

If suffering...