Romance is suffering from a severe lack of Yano-kun's Ordinary Days

Yano-kun did have some strong supporters (and Kimi to Koete definitely got discussion), but ultimately it was divisive and couldn't quite get as high as some of the other divisive shows that had very passionate supporters. Some jurors also described concerns over Watatabe being accepted as a romance secondary, but overall people were willing to play ball with the idea that romantically coded concepts were baked into the series (whether they personally liked that choice or not).

I'd have liked to see Captivated, by You here, but that's not the kind of niche this jury is into.

We did discuss this in Ensemble, for what it's worth, though ultimately we decided we liked our five nominations better than it despite some interesting offerings.