Anime

Scenes transition was so seamless it felt like the past, the present, and the future were talking to one another. Some concerns are generational.

Exactly and well said. It was another bit of brilliance from this series.

It’s annoying how often Asa bothers Emiri with the boyfriend talk. I guess the only way for her to stop is for Emiri to open up to Asa, but she doesn’t seem to be ready yet.

Yeah - that's an awkward situation, and the more Asa pesters her, the less likely she is to open up. And it's likely that when she finally does, it's going to be out of frustration and it's going to be messy. Though at least that would be something of a smack upside the head to Asa, which might be good for her in the long run.

On another note, it's disconcerting how much like her mother Asa sometimes is. I assume she isn't even aware of it, and would be mortified if she found out (or maybe more accurately, will be mortified when she does find out).

I am personally wondering if it's Asa loving to push Emiri’s buttons, or she is genuinely asking in order to attempt finding one herself. Does Asa want a boyfriend, or the distance that will follow if Emiri finds her girlfriend?

But I did find sad Asa is refusing to open up. Hopefully something happens that she does, esp. to the counselor.

At first I thought that the production is finally starting to show sings that the anime has to squish a little bit too much source material into one season, but after finishing the episode I think these rapid transitions worked really well in the context of what is happening in Asa's mind and how she feels like everyone around her is moving on and having something special about them when at the same time she doesn't know what to do with her life. Whether the director has a problem with time constraints or not, it was a really clever measure that fits the narrative well, so hats off to them.