Wada is an apparently introverted girl, whose interest in people ends at 2 dimensions. Yamamoto is a Gal,  always on her phone. While Wada rages at people on the Internet being wrong, and at her favorite character, Duke Abel, Yamamoto chills. Every day at the food court, they meet, they talk about nothing and some things and they have a friendship that deserves our attention, in See You Tomorrow At The Food Court, streaming on Crunchyroll.

Wada is likelier to get into a beef online than she is to do anything else. Yamamoto apparently finds Wada’s company relaxing, despite her friend’s natural misanthropy. And, despite constantly looking at her phone, Yamamoto is not at all online, instead practicing her vocabulary.

Despite Wada’s pricklyness, this is an amusing anime. Wada is a lot, but like a high-strung racehorse, Yamamoto serves as a calming influence on Wada, and the viewers. The thing is, Wada is pretty right about people and their banality. When we finally encounter some other students, Wada’s reaction to their utterly dull conversation, seems over the top…until the come back into the story and they have not moved on at all, still repeating the same completely pointless phrases over and over. It enrages Wada, and makes us laugh with sympathy for that rage.

Wada is over the top, Yamamoto is way too chill. They recognize how much they like spending time together and how good they are for each other. It’s a friendship that instantly rooted in reaching out past stereotypes, something we can all get behind. 

This story is unlikely to do more than be a nice snapshot of an odd couple. But that’s okay, it’s fun to have fun with friends. And sometimes it’s fun to watch friends be friends.

Ratings:

Art – 7
Story – 7 such as it is
Characters – 7
Service – Yeah…
Intimate Friendship – 9

Overall  – 7

A volume of this manga is available from Yen Press. I read it some time ago and found it entertaining enough to want to watch the anime.