We have seen in these episodes how Kenta has moved forward and tried to improve his situation. A lot of how Saku tried to help was with how to improve as a person. The problem is that Kenta’s former friends (if you can even call them that) are just beyond awful. Much worse than how Atomu acted towards Saku.
You can tell that when Saku got angry, those were his true emotions. Those three deserved every bit of it he brought to it. Thankfully, Yuuko was there for Saku to calm down a bit. Just her being around helped Kenta a lot. They did tone down the conversation from the light novel, as Ren stated that he and Miki used Kenta’s texts as props for sex. Though Saku eventually roasted them for saying that. Though it makes sense they would cut that from the anime since it might be too excessive.
Saku’s philosophy is about living a beautiful life, and if not, he’d rather be dead. It does make sense with his friendship with Kenta and him standing up for him. Though curious how that philosophy works regarding the girls who are into him. He teased Kenta again, but it was in good fun because we know he considers Kenta a friend. Though it was Kenta that didn’t look at him as one.
Saku & Asuka’s conversation was interesting. As Saku mentions him being a false hero, Asuka suggests a hero wouldn’t go up on stage to help someone. Which is true because a false hero looks at only their point of view. While it was clear as day that he did so for Kenta. Then we also got Asuka saying Saku is putting her on a pedestal. Which probably is how their relationship is. Kind of funny since you could say for most of the show Kenta was putting Saku on a pedestal. Though as we see Asuka’s hand reach for Saku’s hand, he pulls away. Illustrating that Saku is the one afraid of their relationship changing.
They skipped the epilogue, but that was mostly Kenta with his new friends (Saku’s group) saying congrats. It makes more sense to transition to the start of volume 2, as it leads to Yuzuki asking Saku to be her boyfriend.
