This week, we fall in love with the short film Classmates, a.k.a. Doukyusei.

This episode may contain trace elements of student/teacher relationships, although if you really wanted that you should read Sora to Hara by the same author.

Denis repeatedly refers to Sajou as Saijou in this episode; rest assured that he will be dealt with.

The Anime Research Group is a (currently fortnightly) podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing.

You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every other Thursday.

Links

• Doukyuusei Staff Roundtable: Shouko Nakamura x Akemi Hayashi x Yuuichi Fukushima

Sakuga

• Hara-sen playing piano


• Spine-fondling scene (Takeshi Honda)


• Adorkable kissing scene (Takeshi Honda)


• Classroom confrontation (Akemi Hayashi)


• Some representative camera work (Ryosuke Nishii)  and another one