While Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman” still has a significant focus on Taiki, it seems that Chinatsu is more the central character of this episode. All thanks to an interesting opinion of her actions, and from her own mother too. Viewers may disagree with the opinion that indecision is an unfair choice. However, it’s definitely leading to some emotional pain for Chinatsu.

Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman”: Details

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There’s a reason why no one looks happy in this key art.

Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman” is the fourth episode of the second cours (you can read my reviews of Ep. 13, Ep. 14, and Ep. 15 here) of this romantic comedy and sports anime, and is the 13th episode overall. You can read my reviews for Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, Ep. 7, Ep. 8, Ep. 9, Ep. 10, Ep. 11, and Ep. 12 of the first cours here.

Said anime is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Kouji Miura (I Love You, My Teacher). Telecom Animation Film (Tower of God, Shenmue: The Animation, Astro Note) and TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan, Lupin the Third, Anpanman) are both responsible for the anime, with them doing the animation, and production and planning, respectively. Netflix is the company licensing this anime for its global release.

Production Cast

Jirō Aramoto is the director behind Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman”, with Masayoshi Nishida as the storyboarder. As for Blue Box as a whole: Yūichirō Yano is the director behind the anime. Yūko Kakihara is the writer, Miho Tanino as the character designer, and with Takashi Ohmama responsible for composing the music.

Speaking of music: the second cours now features as the opening theme song “Saraba” (然らば) by Macaroni Empitsu. Meanwhile, “Contrast” (コントラスト) by TOMOO is the new ending theme song.

Voice Cast

Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman” features the voices of Shōya Chiba (Zach Aguilar in English dub) as Taiki Inomata, Reina Ueda (Xanthe Huynh in English dub) as Chinatsu Kano, Chiaki Kobayashi (Caden Shaffer in English dub) as Kyo Kasahara, and Akari Kitō (Kayli Mills in English dub) as Hina Chōno. Other notable voice roles in this episode include Yuma Uchida (Daman Mills in English dub) as Kengo Haryū and Shogo Sakata (Jacob Hopkins in English dub) as Ryōsuke Nishida.

When and Where to Watch

Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman” made its airing and streaming debut (aka. simulcast) on January 23, 2025. You can watch this episode of the anime only on Netflix. In fact, you can only watch this entire anime on Netflix due to it being an exclusive there.

Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman”: Synopsis

Hina here is also a pretty big focus character.

Alas, Blue Box’s second cours only recently began its run. In fact, Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman” only made its debut 11 days ago as of this writing. Thus, I will present to you Netflix’s official synopsis for this episode instead of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can read that synopsis below:

As a new school term begins, the school buzzes with preparations for the upcoming festival. Chinatsu reflects on her restless feelings towards Taiki.

Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman”: The Good

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What could have been had their ages matched up.

As with the rest of this anime, it’s the story of Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman” that keeps me glued to the screen. All because of its love triangle plot. Now, the trope itself is a very classic one, and is used in endless numbers of other romance stories, let alone anime. However, Kouji Miura has written this love triangle especially well. Mostly because she does try to make sure each corner of this love triangle gets equal amounts of screen time.

This episode is a prime example of that. Despite the fact that the title ultimately applies more to Chinatsu than anyone else, all three members of the love triangle get equal amounts of screen time. It really gives off the impression that everyone in the love triangle is equally important. This may seem like a small thing to think about. However, in a world where such romance anime are usually from the guy’s perspective, seeing that the girls and their perspectives are equally valid is a pretty powerful thing.

Oh, and the animation from Telecom Animation Film and TMS Entertainment remains as high quality as ever. Especially the lighting. Their animation team has a penchant for some really good-looking lighting. Even the lighting in a bathroom, complete with light reflecting prettily off of a rubber duck in the bathtub.

Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman”: The Bad

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And here’s where the episode title comes in.

Alas, if you’re a sports fan who only want to watch sports and nothing else, then Blue Box Ep. 16 “Unfair Woman” is not the episode for you. Yes, there is a brief moment of sports being mentioned since sports is such a big part of the lives of our main characters. However, there’s no sports action depicted in this episode per se. If you want action, then might I suggest watching Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, Kaiju No. 8, DDDD, DAN DA DAN, and/or Zenshu. Those anime should have more than enough action to tide you over until the sports action comes back.

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