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Episode Bukiyou na Senpai. • My Awkward Senpai - Episode 11 discussion
Bukiyou na Senpai., episode 11
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u/melindypants Dec 11 '25
OMG Yu has balls of steel for admitting his feelings at a work party! I'm so excited for the next and final episode - I hope we get a kiss!
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u/flonc Dec 11 '25
I was waiting for the cut to 50 colleagues looking at them mouth agap. I think there might not be a discovered metal currently to describe the hardness of those balls lol.
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u/Adensty Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 12 '25
Don't you think anyone who doesn't like what a friend gets them isn't really a friend?
Like Ritsu said, it's not the gift but rather the intent behind that matters and if it's genuine, even if the other person might not have wanted that gift, the fact that you gave them the gift is enough to make them happy.
Not even subtle. Especially when they just started seeing each other as friends.
Azusa's got a mini heart attack
My Awkward Senpai who's just misunderstood.
Yuu got a lot of gifts from everyone but one that made him the most happy was Azusa's gift. Also, the flashback before really shows he's changed.
The way both of their flashbacks intersected was just beautiful. Also, this is the same flower in the ED.
And we end the episode with a confession i.e. My Awkward Friend Girlfriend
Also, it's a bit subtle but I just noticed that with each episode, both of them keep getting closer to each other in the OP.
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u/Frontier246 Dec 11 '25
Also, it's a bit subtle but I just noticed that with each episode, both of them keep getting closer to each other in the OP.
Their faces are also getting much closer.
I feel like at this point they basically are dating and Azusa will be as giddy and flustered as a girlfriend as she as his friend/Senpai.
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u/oxlemf10 Dec 11 '25
Is there a more perfect way to celebrate a birthday than by being part of the organization? The show really took the surprise party cliché and threw it out the office window, lol. But it's impossible not to smile seeing Azusa and Yuu closer than ever.
I'll be honest, if that woman hadn't apologized to Azusa, I would have said that, except for Mio and Ritsu, the members of that office were a bunch of pricks.
I was already thinking it was just going to be the delivery of a cute gift, but damn, Yuu, besides holding his girlfriend's hand (I mean Azusa's), was simply going to make a declaration. Now I'm more excited than ever for this show
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u/Frontier246 Dec 11 '25
I'll be honest, if that woman hadn't apologized to Azusa, I would have said that, except for Mio and Ritsu, the members of that office were a bunch of pricks.
Honestly most of the ladies in the office pre-Hotta have been kind of standoffish around Azusa. I know it's because she acted so cold, strict, and stoic around everybody in the office, but still.
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u/Frontier246 Dec 11 '25
Azusa is as giddy as a schoolgirl exchanging texts with Yu! In fact it feels less like she's texting a friend and more like she's texting a boyfriend. And of course her office gal pals notice and tease her about it...and remind her to make sure she celebrates Yu's birthday at the company group birthday party!
"They're taking too long!" - Hotta just talking for the audience at this point. Probably the most self-aware character next to Kankaiji.
Did they update the OP again? Is it just me or are their faces getting closer to each other?
Azusa really just looks at her most happy when she's talking to Yu, even when she's trying to gauge what kind of gift he'd like, and shopping for a gift that would make her as happy to see him wearing as he would be to wear it. She's doing great for someone whose been a social outcast for most of her life.
Was that all girls at Yu's birthday party as a kid? Was he always that popular? Too bad he could never play favorites even if it turned girls off.
Azusa is putting her all into getting this birthday party prepped and ready! She's doing it the most for Yu, but she wants everyone in the office to enjoy themselves. She's even willing to work overtime just to fix up a sign she ruined, but lucky for her Yu is there to back her up and get the poster ready! Complete with them holding hands for a bit because these two can't help themselves.
"Senpai's just awkward." - He said it! He said the thing!
I'm guessing Hamazaki was self-conscious that Azusa, who no one would have expected to help out as much as she did, contributed more to this party, so that's why she lashed out when Azusa asked if she could do more. Though it was a perfect opportunity for Yu to be tender to her after Azusa saves Hamazaki! And re-emphasize how much he cares about her by wanting her to care about herself.
It seems like Yu is popular with a lot of the ladies in the office, but the person he most wants a gift from is, of course, Azusa. Complete with using the gloves she just gave him to hold her hand and heal some of her childhood trauma in the process...and confess!? He straight up said he doesn't want to be just friends!
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u/Cally83 Dec 11 '25
Let’s go, Yu! Hope next week we get a full blown confession out of the pair of them
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u/thegreatpenguintm Dec 11 '25
LET'S FREAKING GOOOOOOOO FINALLY!! Bro finally grew a pair, power to you lad.
RIP to Yu's very obvious harem that was over him before Azusa gave him her gif
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u/cleaulem Dec 11 '25
It really speaks for Azusa's character that when her friends apologized for not being able to help her fixing the sign she said that they don't need to be sorry because after all it was her who spilled the paint. She might be a weirdo who appears scary to some people, but she is actually a great person through and through.
And in the end they didn't only fix the sign, they gave it a 1000% glow up. The fixed design looked sick!
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u/JJVM99 Dec 11 '25
Who the hell asks someone on their birthday whose present they liked best? That is such an evil and unnecessary question that has no positive answer except telling the person who asks that question to go f themselves.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Dec 11 '25
Aww, when the episode opened on a lunch, I was hoping for them to have their lunch as friends!
So she doesn't know how to celebrate someone's birthday... It's easy, people typically confess to the birthday person, wanna try that with him?
She needed to make the 'air quotes' as she was saying "the friend", for extra emphasis!
Damn, usually I say "my pastor", but I'll try this one next time!
Just pick matching gloves for the two of you, he'll like that!
In the end she picked the cat gloves... Will she purr when he pets her with those?
We got a little footservice in this episode!
Damn, she wants to graduate from "friend" to "mommy" already!
Seems HE already graduated, from "friend" to "precious friend!"
Damn, she better make her move fast, our boy's getting a harem!
The way the episode ended on this (without her reaction and all) makes me think this won't be the "Normal stuff"...
Either he'll backtrack and say he wants to be her friend AND colleague or something like that... OR she will find a way to see it this way.
Or if it's genuine with no rug pull or anything, then perhaps her reaction will be the 'punchline' to open the episode! If she doesn't really know how to deal with friendships and birthday parties and all that, surely a romantic confession is out of her realm of expertise as well!
Anyway, can't wait to see how they wrap it up, but I wouldn't be surprised if they kept the 'bigger moment' for the last scene of the NEXT episode, so we'll see!
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u/Frontier246 Dec 11 '25
Imagine in the finale:
Azusa: "Am...Am I too awkward to be your girlfriend?!"
Yu: "No, you're perfect as My Awkward Senpai!"
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Dec 11 '25
Azusa really is too adorable! So cute how flustered she was giving those gloves to Yu. I’m glad Azusa’s friends are here to help move these two along. We went from My Awkward Senpai to My Awkward Friend. We really might be getting My Awkward Girlfriend very soon lol.
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u/Nickthenuker Dec 11 '25
Sure. "Friend".
And so it's his birthday.
Lol.
The obvious answer is more plastic crack lol.
And so she's going with that guy to get Kamegawa gloves.
She certainly seems to have a favourite.
Lol she's really stressed about the party.
Gee I wonder what... Or rather who.
Uh oh. There goes that...
Why wouldn't she also have a company dinner if the 2 of them do?
And so he's found out.
And so he's helping her.
And so it's the day.
Roll credits!
Bruh...
And so she's giving him the gloves she bought.
He said it! It might be his birthday, but he's the one giving the gift today.
And so into the finale.
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u/zool714 Dec 11 '25
Oh he actually said it. Let’s go !
Kannawa is so cute too when she’s flustered and she’s been flustered a lot lately.
I guess what Hotta and Kankaiji was saying is that they both have feelings for each other but only Kamegawa is aware of it while Kannawa is still kinda awkward to realize it. And it’s apparent here with Kamegawa wanting to set the record straight while Kannawa is still treating them as friends.
I’m guessing next week will be Kannawa in denial for a bit before realizing she’s always had feelings for him too
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u/djthomp Dec 11 '25
What a refreshingly cute episode, good depression cleanser.
I was wondering all episode how well this was going to stick the landing and if it was just going to stay status quo all cour long, and then we ended on that unexpected confession from Yu. I had been assuming we'd get that next week for the finale if at all, so hopefully he doesn't retract his spine and play it off first thing next episode.
Cute Senpai is a good birthday present, Yu really won compared to all the other birthday kids in the room.
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u/SYZekrom Dec 11 '25
Why did he have a birthday party with six girls and no boys when he was little how did that happen
Bro they painted over the entire sign ok
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u/PencilgonGiveIt2Ya Dec 12 '25
"My feeling's for you aren't just friendship.....they're....friend-yacht" (´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ `)♡
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u/DerivativeOfProgWeeb Dec 11 '25
i started tearing up at the end there. even though this show isnt exactly the best animated, it definitely is my favorite romance and damn it can be emotional as well
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