Kimi to Boku Episode 9

I assume this this was supposed to be riffing on "The King's New Clothes"
but this is a whole lot of fail.

Cultural festival time! As everyone is sharing what their class is up to, we find out that Shun's class is doing a cafe with a twist. The twist is that everyone is going to cross dress.

I am sure there is a linguistic joke here...i'm just missing it.

Kaname-kun has quite the bit of pressure on him as Student Council and Class Rep, but the others are carefree as ever.

Oh, sounds like fun...

In fact, perhaps too fun loving. Watching the build-up is like watching a train wreck. Chizuru and Yukki keep screwing around and increasing Kaname's work and don't seem to care.

All the pressure finally becomes too much and Kaname screws something up (that was forced on him...but that's another issue).

And I want more of Azuma Sensei and Kaname's relationship explained. It's always tense with no explanation for why.

There is a "sweetness and light" wrap up to the whole scene, but I didn't really like the episode. It may simply be because I have been that student, but I don't like the message that you can do what you want and not have any empathy for people working hard to fulfill their responsibilities and that it is all okay in the end and doesn't need to be addressed. But then again, I'm a chronic cynic, so that may just be me.

It's okay Kaname-kun. I know your pain.

Rating: B-