That was mostly good, but sort of disappointing.

Somehow they aren’t getting Seo quite right. He’s neatly balanced in the manga - he’s undeniably an otaku, but he’s not as awkward and cringey as a stereotypical otaku would be in the sort of situations in which he finds himself (like going to the beach with two gals). He manages to generally function okay. But he never shifts too far away from his basic otakudom - it’s still there - it’s just not overwhelming. It’s one of the things that has impressed me about the manga - when it started, I didn’t think there was any way it could work, just because a stereotypical otaku would never be able to actually pull that off. But he manages to do it, and without moving too far away from the otaku identity. Again, he’s neatly balanced.

But they don’t seem to be getting that balance quite right in the adaptation. I’m not sure why, but he seems more to be shifting back and forth between the two personality types rather than balancing them, and it makes for an odd sort of mood whiplash that mostly doesn’t exist in the manga.

It’s still enjoyable, but it’s not quite doing the manga justice.