Tomo's crush on Junichiro isn't cute or funny because she's a tomboy, it's devastating because she's been invisible to him her whole life, and no amount of femininity will change that until he actually looks. The show knows the real joke isn't her failing to get his attention; it's that she's been right there the whole time. By the end, you're not laughing at her anymore, you're watching someone fight to be seen by the person who matters most, and it lands with surprising weight for a comedy about a girl who punches things.

Tomo Aizawa and Junichiro "Jun" Kubota have been inseparable since childhood, training together and spending their free days side by side. The problem: tomboyish Tomo is in love with him, and he thinks of her as one of the guys. At the start of their first year of high school she confesses. Nothing lands. Her rough manners and her readiness to throw a punch do nothing to change how Jun sees her. This is a romantic comedy about unrequited feelings for a friend who cannot see what is right in front of him. Tomo keeps trying to get through to him, and Jun keeps missing the point. The show finds humor in how dense one person can be, and in Tomo's determination to prove to Jun that she is a girl, too.