This week, we fall in love with the short film Classmates, a.k.a. Doukyusei. This episode may contain trace elements of student/teacher relationships, although if you really wanted that you should read Sora to Hara by the same author. Denis repeatedly refers to Sajou as Saijou in this episode; rest assured that he will be dealt with. The Anime Research Group is a (currently fortnightly) podcast about all the anime we never got round to watching. Episodes contain spoilers for early episodes of the shows, and ill-informed speculation on future episodes. There are a few instances of cursing. You can find us on twitter @research_anime or on youtube. New episodes are coming every other Thursday. Links Doukyuusei Staff Roundtable: Shouko Nakamura x Akemi Hayashi x Yuuichi Fukushima Sakuga Hara-sen playing piano Spine-fondling scene (Takeshi Honda) Adorkable kissing scene (Takeshi Honda) Classroom confrontation (Akemi Hayashi) Some representative camera work (Ryosuke Nishii)  and another one