i finally continued my koisenu futari rewatch after almost a year haha
episode three was delightful as always. the shopping scenes fill me with so much joy, and sakuko’s excitement at buying the red coat was so infectious. (also the symbolism!!)
but all of this was interspersed with the weight of sakuko’s past and her struggles before she learned the words aromantic and asexual. i personally had the “everyone around me is crazy” aro experience rather than the “maybe there's something wrong with me” aro experience so i don’t know if there's much i can say about this part (but i would definitely like to hear what anyone else thinks!!)
i would say more about this episode but i unfortunately don't have many other coherent thoughts about it at this time :(
also here's my translation of the costume director's thoughts on the symbolism of sakuko's fashion if you want to know more