Much like was the case with Episode 7, “First Shrine Visit, Snowman, New Years, Advice” has the unenviable task of following up “Christmas”, aka the second all-timer that this third season of Teasing Master Takagi-san has delivered thus far. Episode 10 is a perfectly fine entry in the ongoing saga of “Nishikata Slowly But Surely Figuring Out What Literally Every Other Person On Earth Already Knows”, and it gets at least a free half-point for having the kids spend the whole episode wearing their adorable Christmas gifts from last week. It just didn’t melt my heart into a puddle of pure syrup to be poured into a batter baked into a seven-layer “Dawwwwwwwwww” cake. There are much worse problems to have.
”First Shrine Visit” is one of those culturally-specific sketches that I appreciate more for getting a glimpse into the lives of Japanese youngsters than for…
