High Score Girl eps 4 & 5 -- I'd like to change my answer for favorite anime of the season. High Score Girl is an A-level series so far.
These last two episodes shift gears and the narrative jumps to Hidaka. She's essentially the opposite of Ono. The presentation of the anime leaves no doubt that Hidaka is the "other girl" but she doesn't feel like that at all. She's really cute but that's mostly because she is relatively normal and simply very likeable. She's studious and smart, she's kind of reserved and doesn't care much about socializing, but she is no cliche. She's friendly with her classmates and is every bit a normal girl with her own personality.
And, unlike Ono, she has never played a video-game before, which obviously puts her behind in the eyes of the game-addicted main character.
This the current anime where I most hate waiting for the next episode. I want to see where it's going.
