Orihara Honoka [better] Online

Best Girl? No. But certainly the most understood girl in the room. What are your thoughts on Honoka? Do you think she deserved more screen time, or was her short arc perfect as is? Let me know in the comments below!

But here is where she defies expectation: orihara honoka

Looking back at the girl who refused to be a background character. Best Girl

At first glance, Honoka looks like a simple trope: the shy, glasses-wearing model builder who has a massive, public crush on Kyousuke. The internet quickly labeled her a "stalker" (or, more accurately, a "stalker victim ," but the memes stuck). However, to write her off as just comic relief is to miss the point entirely. Honoka debuts as a member of the Modeling Club. While Kirino is busy with her dark net-connections and Kuroneko is plotting her next Chuunibyou attack, Honoka is just... building plastic Gundam kits. She is awkward, has trouble making eye contact, and speaks in short, staccato bursts. What are your thoughts on Honoka

That character is .

She tells him, flat out, that she knows she doesn't have a chance. She doesn't demand an explanation or try to sabotage his relationships. She simply asks for a single, selfish moment: a "do-over" of their first meeting. She wants him to look at her, just once, as if she were the heroine of the story.