While very uplifting and even over-the-top, Tomo-chan Is a Girl!’s second episode unexpectedly dived into the very delicate matter of sexual harassment. Since anime titles are sometimes problematic in how they cope with violence and gender, one may need anticipated this option to end in a few horrible scenes.
However, Tomo-chan dealt with the problem fairly properly, offering an unexpectedly healthful first half of the episode. Without renouncing the comedy, Tomo-chan Is a Girl! proved that it could possibly ship fairly insightful moments too.
On their method to college, Tomo and Jun get on a crowded bus. Needing to place some area between herself and Jun, Tomo decides to face up as a substitute of sitting subsequent to him. While she is attempting to get her emotions underneath management, she realizes that somebody is groping her. Not realizing how you can react, she stays silent, however selecting up on what’s taking place, Jun calls out the person on his actions and arms him to the authorities.
After the incident is over, Jun tells Tomo that she shouldn’t put on a skirt. It appears to be like just like the episode goes to go the fallacious method — blaming Tomo’s outfit for her dreadful expertise — however this truly doesn’t occur. Both Jun and Misuzu deal with the state of affairs with unimaginable maturity, insisting that Tomo report the person and communicate to the police, and the subsequent day, Jun apologizes for what he stated. He admits that “just being best buds doesn’t give [him] the right to tell [Tomo] to dress differently” — a pleasant message that units very clear boundaries and expectations of their relationship.