Citrus is a girl's love anime based on the manga of the same name. Yuzu cares more about living the high school dream then high school itself, when she tranfers to a new school due to her mother's remarriage, she's immediately at wits with the student council president. But a couple of surprises await Yuzu.
So the episode begins with Yuzu Aihara talking with her friends about getting laid over the summer, however, despite that it is revealed shortly afterwards that Yuzu only puts up the act that she has done such things when really she has never even had a boyfriend but loves shojo manga and hopes to have a first kiss like in manga. Due to her blonde-dyed hair and the way she is dressed she gets into trouble with the student council, which leads to her meeting with the student council president who I will get to a bit later. When Yuzu meets her hot teacher she makes it her mission to get with him, but later she sees him going outside to the side of the building, kissing the student council president and from the audience's point of view it's clear that he forces himself onto her, but from Yuzu's point it looks like they were simply making out and she runs away. After she heads home, it is shown that she cares a lot about her mother and helps her unpack and go grocey shopping. That's when her mother drops the bomb on Yuzu that her new husband had a daughter, and that she'll now have a stepsister who is the president she butted heads with earlier.
The president is Mei Aihara, it is revealed earlier in the episode that, since she is the granddaughter of the school chairman, it is already decided who she will marry. She ignores Yuzu for the mostpart of their new living situation, but this upsets her stepsister to the point that she decides to bring up her kissing the teacher, she goes on and on about such a topic that she fails to realize the senstivity of, one of the thing she says is asking her how it feels to kiss someone. The way Mei's response is writtten is worthy of praise, instead of explaining it with words she simply forces herself onto Yuzu and starts holding her lips to her's, to the point where Yuzu can't even breathes and then says that is how it's like before leaving the room. This is excellent from the a story telling standpoint as it shows the audience how bad it felt which has a much larger impact then if they described it. It also makes sense from the standpoint of the characters as anything Mei said would of been written off by Yuzu and it puts Yuzu in Mei's shoes.
Overall, there is a moderate amount of fanservice so far that will appeal to fans of yuri, the sexual side of girl's love, and the sad moments are powerful and will appeal to fans of shoujo ai, the emotional side of girl's love. So it's safe to say that fans of either will be pleased. That's all for this post, but if you haven't already be sure to check out my impressions on Hataraku Onii-san!, Grancrest Senki, and Sanrio Danshi. Tomorrow I will take a look at Gakuen Babysitters, Mitsuboshi Colors and Slow Start. Have a wonderful day.