Wada is soooo quiet and strait-laced, she totally thinks she’s better than everyone else. And Yamamoto is just plain scary—gyarus just are, right? Her glare can kill you at a hundred paces. At least, this is what everyone in class thinks about these two! But in reality, Wada is a complete spitfire of a gamer girl with online feuds so bitter they’ll make your toes curl, while Yamamoto only uses her phone for learning English so that one day she can emigrate to her beloved America, Mecca to every misfit Japanese bottle blonde like her. What’s more, the two are fast friends and have been since childhood, meeting up every day at the end of their train commute to go hang out at the mall food court and shoot the breeze. Not the boring chatter of silly girls who take up cooking for no good reason and are only capable of responding, “Ehhh, sugoi!” to everything. No, they talk about interesting stuff, like the placebo effect, aliens, and how to defeat Freddy Kruger in your dreams. A lot of this is down to Wada, who Yamamoto likens to a standup comedian for her ability to non-sequitur her way out of any conversational dead-end and keep up the patter better than a flea market salesman. But the gyaru packs her fair share of verbal curveballs too, fuelled by a dry sense of humor that mostly soars right over the melodramatic Wada’s head. That’s it! Just chilling at the food court.
You know what, this was pretty charming! The leads’ dynamic is fun—zany and random with a solid base of trust and affection. Definite odd couple vibes, and it works! Yamamoto is not afraid to call her friend out when she needs it, and Wada has enough self-awareness to let her. The “personality gap” each one sports is also entertaining, and in fact, could make or break this as a series. That is to say, as diverting as Wada’s mental gymnastics may be, they’re not enough to carry multiple episodes. But if we get to see more of the girls at school, operating in their “public personas” and being misunderstood (and possibly eventually better understood??) by their classmates, then that should be enough to keep this entertaining. If it’s just sitting and chatting in a food court every episode, though…well, no one’s banter is interesting enough for that, I’m afraid! The animation is great, especially the dance choreography in the OP—really fantastic! made me wanna get off the couch—and the voice acting is on point, as even the Japanglish jokes land! All in all, I’m intrigued enough about how the series is going to develop (I hope it does develop!) to tune in for a few more episodes. Also, it’s just a cheerful show, which is quite welcome these days!
See You Tomorrow at the Food Court is streaming on Crunchyroll.
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