The origin story hits because it reframes everything you thought you understood about Ritsu and Takano's dynamic. That misunderstanding that split them apart in high school isn't some clean tragic beat, it's the kind of stupid, preventable thing that happens when two people are too scared to actually talk to each other. The second OVA is just chaos: Chiaki's family has no idea what's coming, and watching Hatori navigate that minefield of awkwardness is pure comedy gold because he's trying so hard to be composed while everything falls apart around him.

Ritsu and Takano were a couple in high school, but a misunderstanding ended things between them. The first of these two OVA episodes goes back to tell the story of that breakup. The second episode follows Hatori and Chiaki on a visit to Chiaki's family, a trip that proves awkward in more ways than one. Adapted from Nakamura Shungiku's boys-love manga, the pair of extra stories mixes comedy and romance, and they were released with limited editions of the manga's fifth and sixth volumes.