Harima's desperation is the joke and the heart at the same time. Every scheme collapses in a way that makes you laugh and root for him harder, because the show understands that a guy this earnest deserves better luck than the universe keeps giving him. Watch it for the character writing that somehow makes a lovesick delinquent the most human person in the room.

The second term picks up straight after the first season's end, and Harima is still chasing Tenma. Every time he works up the nerve to confess, something gets in his way. His troubles grow when word spreads around school that he and Yakumo are a couple. He is also buried under deadlines for his comic work, while Karasuma still has no clue about Tenma's crush. Meanwhile, Class 2-D throws down another challenge to 2-C, and the whole school gears up for the cultural festival. Romantic entanglements keep shifting, and the misunderstandings only multiply in this comedy blending romance and slice of life.