#Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 409 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

tagline 1 愛を受けて育ち成長した少年はー… あいをうけてそだちせいちょうしたしょうねんはー… ai wo ukete sodachi seichou shita shounen wa-... A boy who grew up receiving love-...

tagline 2 No.409　"個性"‼︎爆破‼︎　堀越耕平 ナンバー409　"こせい"‼︎ばくは‼︎　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 409  "kosei"!! bakuha!!   Horikoshi Kouhei No. 409 Quirk: Explosion!!  Kouhei Horikoshi

1 俺も全部俺のモンにして上へ行く おれもぜんぶおれのモンにしてうえへいく ore mo zenbu ore no MON ni shite ue e iku "I'll make everything mine and go higher."

2 「爆破」はやりてェと思った事何でも出来る！ 「ばくは」はやりてェとおもったことなんでもできる！ 「bakuha」 wa yariteE to omotta koto nandemo dekiru! "Explosion can do anything I want!"

3 出久 いずく Izuku Izuku

4 もうおめーの邪魔はしねえ もうおめーのじゃまはしねえ mou omee no jama wa shinee I won't get in your way anymore.* (*Note: This is a sentence that could have many potential translations: "I won't get in your way anymore," "I won't hold you back anymore," "I won't be a hindrance to you anymore," etc.)

1 避けろ少年!!! よけろしょうねん!!! yokero shounen!!! "Dodge, young man!!!"

2 頼む たのむ tanomu I'm counting on you,* (*Note: This word literally means "to ask, to rely on, to request," but when spoken like this, it's usually a manly way to say "please".)

3 爆ぜ�� はぜろ hazero burst.* (*Note: This word means "burst open" or "pop," but in this context it clearly means something like "explode" too.)

爆ぜろ はぜろ hazero "Burst!"

1 何だ⁉︎奴は今何の挙動も見せていなかった筈！ なんだ⁉︎やつはいまなんのきょどうもみせていなかったはず！ nanda!? yatsu wa ima nan no kyodou mo misete inakatta hazu! What!? He certainly wasn't showing any behavior* just now! (*Note: Literally the phrase written is "he wasn't showing any behavior," but they mean "he didn't move or seem to do anything to cause this.")

2 雨で威力落ちっからよぉ あめでいりょくおちっからよぉ ame de iryoku ochi kkara yoo "With the rain, their power will reduce, so"

3 "コーティング"して飛ばしといた！ "コーティング"してとばしといた！ "KOOTINGU" shite tobashi toita! "I applied a coating and hurled them away!"

4 爆発する汗粒を普通の汗粒でな！誘爆せず飛ばせて ばくはつするあせつぶをふつうのあせつぶでな！ゆうばくせずとばせて bakuhatsu suru asetsubu wo futuu no asetsubu de na! yuubaku sezu tobasete "[I coated them] with normal drops of sweat instead of exploding drops of sweat!

5 時間差で混ざって他の刺激で起爆できっかなって！ じかんさでまざってほかのしげきできばくできっかなって！ jikansa de mazatte hoka no shigeki de kibaku de kikka natte! "I guess the time lag caused them to mix and detonate by some other stimulus!"

1 あの時‼︎僕の口の中に⁉︎ あのとき‼︎ぼくのくちのなかに⁉︎ ano toki!! boku no kuchi no naka ni!? At that time!! Inside my mouth!?

2 あの土壇場で!⁉︎ あのどたんばで!⁉︎ ano dotanba de!!? At that last minute!!?

3-4 センスだけは褒められてきたンでね センスだけはほめられてきたンでね SENSU dake wa homerarete kitaNde ne "I've been praised for only my good sense."

5 "個性"は一つで充分すわ‼︎ "こせい"はひとつでじゅうぶんすわ‼︎ "kosei" wa hitotsu de juubun su wa!! "As for quirks, my one is enough!!"

6 奴はダメージを負うと身体が若返っていく！わかるな⁉︎ やつはダメージをおうとからだがわかがえっていく！わかるな⁉︎ yatsu wa DAMEEJI wo ou to karada ga wakagaette iku! wakaru na!? When he takes damage, his body gets younger! Understand!?

7 ダメージで力が乱れたもう一度放出をーー ダメージでちからがみだれたもういちどほうじゅつをーー DAMEEJI de chikara ga midareta mou ichido houjutsu wo-- With the damage, his power is in disarray. Release it one more time--

8 これは…僕の物語だ…‼︎ これは…ぼくのものがたりだ…‼︎ kore wa...boku no monogatari da...!! "This...is my story...!!"

9 どけ doke "Out of the way,"

10 モブがああ MOBU gaaa "you extraaa!"

1 ハウザー HAUZAA Howitzer

2 インパクト!!! INPAKUTO!!! Impact!!!

3 〜〜っ……‼︎ ~~......!! "~~gh......!!"

1 んだらあああ!!!!!!! ndaraaaa!!!!!!! "JUUUUST!!!!!!!"

1 うぅぅるっせええェえええええ uuurusseeeEeeeee "SHUUUUUUUUUT"

1 えンんだよォオォオオオオオオおおおお!!! eNnda yoOOOOOOOOOoooo!!! "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!"

1 おかしい！因子の結合が上手くいかない おかしい！いんしのけつごうがうまくいかない okashii! inshi no ketsugou ga umaku ikanai It's strange! My combination of factors doesn't work well.

2 こんな爆破ごときで崩れるなどありえん！ こんなばくはごときでくずれるなどありえん！ konna bakuha gotoki de kuzureru nado arien! There's no way it would collapse from such an explosion!

3 身体が幼く脆くなったせいか⁉︎ からだがおさなくもろくなったせいか⁉︎ karada ga osanaku moroku natta sei ka!? Is it because my body has become young and fragile!?

4 "負の感情"に振り回されて"支配権"が弱まってんスよ "ふのかんじょう"にふりまわされて"しはいけん"がよわまってんスよ "fu no kanjou" ni furimawasarete "shihaiken" ga yowamattenSU yo "You're being swayed by negative emotions and your 'authority' is weakening."

5 だから dakara "That's why"

6 俺のファンミ※会場にされちゃうワケですわ おれのファンミ※かいじょうにされちゃうワケですわ ore no FANMI※ kaijou ni sarechau WAKE desu wa "I'm using you as a venue for my FanMe※."

small text ※ファンミーティング ※FAN MIITINGU ※Fan Meeting

7 "死柄木"に呑まれたな "しがらき"にのまれたな "Shigaraki" ni nomareta na "You got swallowed by Shigaraki, eh?"

8 これは俺たちの これはおれたちの kore wa ore-tachi no "This is our"

9 物語だ!!! ものがたりだ!!! monogatari da!!! "story!!!"

tagline その妄執に終止符をーー積み重ね、繋がれた一撃‼︎ そのもうしゅうにしゅうしふをーーつみかさね、つながれたいちげき‼︎ sono moushuu ni shuushifu wo-- tsumikasane, tsunagareta ichigeki!! Put an end to that delusion--a layered, single blow lands!!

1-2 皆が少しずつ与えてきたダメージと苛立ちが… みんながすこしずつあたえてきたダメージといらだちが… minna ga sukoshi zutsu ataete kita DAMEEJI to iradachi ga... The damage and frustration everyone has caused little by little...

3 ついにーー‼︎ tsui ni--!! finally--!!

4 AFO オール・フォー・ワン OORU FOO WAN All For One,

5 あ… a... "Ah..."

6 が… ga... "Gah..."

7 今度こそ こんどこそ kondo koso this time, for sure.* (*Note: This phrase emphasizes that "this time" is different, "this time" is certain. The implication is that "this time AFO has been defeated for real.")

8 俺一人で…勝てるワケねーーンだよ おれひろりで…かてるワケねーーンだよ ore hitori de...kateru WAKE neeeNda yo "By myself...there's no way I could win." (Note: This is the completed version of the last line from the previous chapter, the line with the unclear meaning of who it was exactly Katsuki was calling an idiot who couldn't win.)

[pizzakaiju-and-friends]

Days 1

Deadman wonderland 3

Food wars 16 serie 3

Frieren 16 (pausa 5 gennaio)

Gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun 9😀😀

Goblin slayer 2 s2😀

Hajime no ippo 18 s2😃

Ken shiro 12

Kiseiju 1😀

Kiyo in kyoto 6😀

Migi e Dali 10😀

Mushishi 3

My little monster 3

My roommate is a cat 1😀

Natsume 10 s6😀

Overtake 1😀

Paranoia agent 4😀

Restaurant to another world 8s2😀😀

Space brothers 4

The apothecary diaries 12

To your eternity 1😀

Usagi drop 3😀

Ushio e tora 5

Violet evergarden 2😀😀

Vita da Slime ova2 s1

Yowamushi pedal 26

Yuru camp 9😀

Zankyou no terror 8

Zom 100 10😀

29 totali

Serie A

Hajime no ippo😀

Kiyo in kyoto😀

Natsume😀

Goblin slayer😀

Paranoia Agent😀

Migi e Dali😀

Restaurant to another world😀😀

Finiti:

Blue lock 24⛔

Boku no hero ova, serie 6⛔

Buddie daddy 12⛔

Campfire cooking 12⛔

Chainsaw man 12⛔

Conan 26⛔

Cyberpunk edgerunner 10

Dorohedoro ova s1⛔

Demon slayer 11 s3

Farming life in another world 12⛔

Galaxy Express

Haikyu 25 serie 4⛔

Heavenly delusion 13⛔

Hell's paradise 13⛔

How to keep your mummy 12⛔

Insomniacs after school 13

Itou junji 12⛔

Kotaro ⛔

Junji ito: maniac 12⛔

Mashle 12⛔

Mob 12 serie 3⛔

My Love Story with Yamada-kun 13⛔

Nana ⛔

Nier automata

Noragami s2 1 ova

One punch man ova 6, serie2⛔

Oshi no ko 11

Ping pong ⛔

Pokemon: mezase Pokemon Master 11

Samurai Champloo 26⛔

Sk8

Skip and loafer 12⛔

Serial Experiments lain

Spriggan ⛔

The tatami galaxy ⛔

Trigun 12⛔

The tatami machine blues ⛔

Urusei yatsura 23⛔

Yuri on ice 12⛔

Tomo-chan is a girl (serie 1)

Reborn as a vending machine (serie 1)

My unique skill makes me OP (serie 1).

My happy marriage 12 s1

Horimiya serie The missing pieces

Link click serie 2

The masterful cat is depressed serie 1

Dororo 3

Heidi

Play it cool guys serie 1

Beastars serie 2

Children of the wales serie 1

Run with the wind serie 1

N°6 1

Made in abyss serie 3

Erased serie 1

The yuzuki family serie 1

Pluto Serie 1

My new boss is gufy Serie 1

Wonder egg serie 1, special

Tokyo revengers 13 s3

Spy x family 12 s2

Troncati:

Baki

Bleach

Naruto

Summertime rendering

Street fighter

Inuyasha

Akiba maid war

Kill la kill

Kobayashi-san chi no maid dragon

Ace attorney

Claymore

Trigun anni 90

Mix

Berserk

Tokyo ghoul

Gundam

Caro Fratello

Cowboy bebop

Hello spank

Bungou stray dog

Nanà supergirl

One piece

Love rice

FLCL

Shaman king

Ranma

Orange road

Aot

Sailor moon crystal

Full metal alchemist

Sakura

Golden kamui

Gundam unicorn

Pokemon serie 2017

Gundam: the witch from mercury

Devilman

Banana fish

Michiko to Hatchin

Kuroko no basket🤔

Kenshin vecchio

Sasaki to miyano

Elfen lied

Jujutsu kaisen

Tokyo mew mew

Sweet reincarnation🤔

Cat's eye

Gundam: TUTTI.

Creamy mami

Yu hakusho

My dress-up darling

Love live

Jojo

The ancient magus bride

Ultraman

Cowboy bebop

Hunter x hunter

Maison ikkoku

Why raeliana enden up

Ai yori aoshi

The girl I like forgot her glasses

Denpa Kyoushi

Sabage-bu

Dragonball

Saint seya 2

Ryu 2

Black lagoon

Kyoukai no kanata

Neroi no one piece

The kingdom of ruin

Rurouni Kenshin

Tsurune special 1

Given 8

The yakuza's guide of babysitting 2

Anna dai capelli rossi 1

Undead unluck 2

Visual prison 1

Free 9

Undead murder face 2

Cagaster of an insect cave

Trapped in a dating sim

Monster 11

City hunter

Hanatora

Hyouka

Ron kamonohadhi's forbidden deductions

Vinland saga 12

A boy and her guard boy 6

Bastard 20

Gakuen babysitter 2

Attack number 1 20

Eyeshield 21 5

Ace of Diamond 12

Ao ashi 5

Pokemon horizons 1

Gintama 3

Bocchi the rock 4

Shirokuma cafè

A galaxy next door 5

Kuma miko 1

Cinderella chef 3

Non non biyori

Scott pilgrim 2

Noein

Atom the beginning

Ge ge ge kitaro 3

Monogatari 3

Dr stone 10

Fate/series 0

Outlaw star 1

Salaryman's club 4

Ai tenchi muyo 1

Ransie la strega 2

Digimon adventure 1

Violet evergarden 2

[kin-sama]

Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories (1993)

[holy-cucumber01]

Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories

Genre : romance, drama, seinen

Category : OVA 

Episodes : 9 duration 10 min

[ichise]

[yoyoyopt]

[chibiranmaruchan]

7 of my favourite anime moments for this week (23rd November-29th November 2020)

Monday 23rd November: The Abashiri family (1991)- The Abashiri family reveal themselves on their last day of doing evil deeds.

Tuesday 24th November: Kouryuu no mimi: Mina no shou (1995)- Kiroemon meets Kanako in the church, who is trying to run from her husband to be, Ichiro.

Wednesday 25th November: Master of Mosquiton (1996-1997)- Camille begins to serve Inaho in order to be close to Mosquiton, so that she can still be with hin, even distantly.

Thursday 26th November: Karuizawa syndrome (1986)- Non confronts Jiro about Miwako's suicide and Kohei saves her from Deep.

Friday 27th November: Fuma no Kojiro: Yasha chapter (1989)- Kou fights Byakko and Shien using the Byakkujin.

Saturday 28th November: Happy birthday: Inochi kagayaku toki (1999)- Asuka stands up for and follows after Junko.

Sunday 29th November: Ai monogatari: 9 love stories (1993)- Stop the time segment.

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Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories ~ Various ~ 1993

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“Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?”

You can’t love someone into loving you (can you?)

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[nagishiro]

MANGA ::

● — finished (completed), ○ — finished (ongoing), ◎ — reading, ♡ — favorite, □ — next to read, ◇ — meh, ★ — use

100% perfect girl

24 colors - hatsukoi no palette

7th time loop: the villainess enjoys a carefree life married to her worst enemy

A

aaa by fukushima haruka

a hedgehog in love

ai wo kataru nara hisoyaka ni | talk about love secretly

akatsuki no yona

assassination classroom

genderless danshi ni ai sarete imasu | my androgynous boyfriend

akagami no shirayukihime | snow white with red hair

B

blue lock ○♡ #200

boku no hero academia | my hero academia

bokura ga ai wo sakebu toki | when we shout for love

bougyaku no kokekko | attack on cocks

baddies

C

charai hayama ni kyun to kita

chainsaw man

colette wa shinu koto ni shita | colette decides to die

cool na otto wo koi ni otosu houhou | how to make you cool husband fall in love

D

dekinai futari

dekiai yakuza ni wa amayakasarenai! | i will not be spoiled by a doting gangster! 

douse, koishite shimaunda | ○♡

E

F

free

fundari kettari aishetari ○

futari de koi wo suru riyuu □

G

gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun | monthly girls nozaki-kun

gintama

gokushufudou: the way of the house husband 

H

haru x kiyo

haru matsu bokura

haru to arashi

hatsu haru

hamuko to gao kun

hayaku shitai futari | let's do it already

hana to kuchizuke

hananoi kun to no amai

hajimari no niina

high school debut

henachoko kyuuketsuki wa ookami kishi no chi ga hoshii

hosaka sensei no ai no muchi

honey (meguro amu)

houkago, kare to kekkon shimasu

hoshoku sha kisumi kun

honey come honey

honnou switch

houshin shinai engi

I

ima, koi wo shite imasu

itazura na kiss

i have a second chance at life, so i’ll pamper my yandere boyfriend for a happy ending!

J

jibaku shounen hanako kun ○♡

jujutsu kaisen ○♡ #204

jigokuraku

K

kaichou wa maid sama

kaichou-kun no shimobe

kabocha to mayonnaise

karen ichijou tempts him ( has a sequel too)

kantan dakedo mendokusai

kaiju no. 8 ○♡

kiyoku, yamashiku, modokashiku

kiss de fusaide, bare naide ○♡ #18

kieta hatsukoi

kimi wa girlfriend

kimi to yuriika

kimi ga inakya

kimi ga kirai na koi no hanashi

kimi ni happiness

kimi ni todoke

konyakusei

kokokara wa otona no jikandesu

koi ni dokubari

koi shitagari no blue

koisuru nante kiitenai

kurosaki-san no ichizuna ai ga tomaranai

kurosaki-kun no iinari ni nante naranai

kamisama hajimemashita

koisuru hetare wa itsumo bukiyou

kaguya sama: love is war

kuragehime

kuchi ga saketemo kimi ni wa / even if you slit my mouth ○ #28

kuzu no tadashii aishi kata

kaodake ja suki ni narimasen ○♡ #

L

LDK

love com

lovely complex

luce to shiro no keiyaku

M

megane, tokidoki, yankee-kun ○ #9

miniamaru kareshi ○

mikansei demo koi ga ii

mizutama honey boy

mindori no tomarigi

my boyfriend in orange

mellow boy friend

mousou shoujo | daydream lover

N

nanohana no kare

naisho ja tarinai yo

nanairo kakumei

namaikizakari | cheeky boy ○

namete, kazitte, tokidoki medete

natsuaki-kun wa kyou mo kokuhaku shitai

nisekoi doumei

nijiiro days

nidome no isekai shounen datta kare wa toshiue kishi ni nari dekiai shitekuru

O

omukae shibuya-kun

ookami shoujo to kuro ouji

ookamidomo no shitsukekata

ore monogatari

orange marmalade

osananajimi to no arekore

otomen

otonari complex

P

paperbag-kun is in love

paradise kiss

pink to habanero □ (the ml is so fucking hot & he wears glasses)

pochamani

primitive boyfriend

R

reitetsu ouji wa dekiai no soshitu ga aru kamoshirenai

renai allergy

S

sakamoto days □

shikimori's not just a cutie □

special a

sono bisque doll wa koi wo suru | my dress-up darling

sorairo lemon to mayoi neko

suit no sukima

suki ni naranai yo, senpai

sukitte ii na yo

sk8 infinity □

slow jet coaster

studio cabana

T

tama no gohoubi

tougen anki □

tonari no kaibitsu-kun by robico

torokeru tsumugi-chan

tsukako no konkatsu death game

tusbaki chou lonely planet □

tsue to tsurugi no wistoria

tsu jk to hajin kyoushi

tsurenai kanojo no hitorijime

the story of our unlikely love ●♡

the wife who can read her husband's mind

trashiest boy-toy exorcist ren-kun

U

usagi-kun no shitsukekata |

uruwashi no yoi no tsuki | in the clear moonlit dusk

uso kano

unmei no hito ni deau hanashi | the story of how i met the man of my dreams

V

vanitas no carte

W

watashi wa okazu senpai ni taberaretai | i dream of being eaten by enokida

watashi no shiawasena kekkon | my happy marriage

watashi no shiiku gakari-kun

watashi to otto to otto no kareshi

watashi no ookami-kun

wotaku ni koi wa muzukashii

when we shout for love

watashi o kazatte

Y

yamada-kun to 7-nin no majo

loving yamada kun to lv999 ○♡ #80

yubisaki to renren □

Z

zakuro oshigiri

zettai ni tokimeite wa ikenai! | we must never fall in love

Hana Yori Dango / Hana Nochi Hare (Season 2)

[android-boy]

[filliteapot]

I'm going to use this part of what you said in a previous answer that made me really curious "the way of the authors to tell the story is another matter" to know your top 5 (or ~10) of that :)

Ah :D I guess the easier way to put it would be “This time I chose my favourite styles basing on art style mostly, but if I were to choose my fav storytelling/mix of art and how authors tells it/what they want to transmit, the odrer/the list would be different” :”) So some authors/stories on the list of my fav storytelling (not sure if it's the right term for what i mean but let's use this) are the same I put in the previous list. The titles and authors won’t be surprise for you, but I’ll list them anyway. Warning: I love talking about such things a lot, so I suddenly wrote a lot.

(Ask me my top 5-10 anything)

1. Literally anything by Takaya Natsuki. You have no idea how #tired I am of all the discussions about both adaptations of her Furuba (which is better which is worse no listen to me bc I Have an Opinion of High Authority) when not a single adaptation quite got her style in storytelling, foreshadowing and especially presenting her characters’ personal drama. I think I espcially love her for not throwing it all in your face right away, being careful at hinting at things (so that you don’t quite get some parts of the characters’ thoughts and inner struggles until you learn the facts and it hits you) and for leaving you some space to use your own brain what you think about this or that storyline. (Tamura Yumi does it too which makes her my second fave author). Also, years after reading and rereading her works I see better how storylines are entwinted and unfolding, and it still makes me yell “HOW does she do it” every time I go back to Furuba and her other works and see something new. I love her Hoshi wa Utau (which hits hard and is painfully real in the matter of parents/children’s conflicts), and Liselotte to majo no mori (darkish fairytale with hopeful messages) and wish more people knew about them too, not only Furuba.

2. Kouno Fumiyo’s Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni. I first read this manga a long time ago and was dying of happiness when it got published in my country bc oh my gosh. It’s a historical thing, it’s a heavy thing, she does have such unique style (my first thought was ”ah looks cute, like children books illustrations” and then it killed me) and approach to place panels on pages or transitions between scenes or past and present (I think some comic researcher or smth even called it innovative). The page that struck me the most was a spread near the end of this story, presenting a character in his older years sitting on the beach of a river in Hiroshima and him in the same place right after the war. Perhaps it doesn’t sound so original but this work and these two pages live rent free in my soul to this day.

3. Ando Yuki’s oneshots (and Machida-kun). She is my favourite short stories author, she just knows how to tell it so that I got tuned in from the start. Be it a school slice of life or basically Edith Piaf’s song Hymne à l'amour presented in the form of manga oneshot, they give me immense joy. And oh, there’s almost always a twist near the ending I can’t predict. Her characters act a bit weird and take weird decisions sometimes but I think it’s what makes them feel so real to me.

And it’s cheating, but while I’m talking about oneshots, I want to mention Midorikawa Yuki and her shorter-than-Natsume stories. Because they give me a similar feeling to Ando’s oneshots - the atmosphere is different, but the way they touch my heart is the same. Don’t get me wrong, I love Natsume and its structure (main characters and their personal jouney through unrelated stories of other people/not humans), but I love Midorikawa’s shorter stories much more.

4. Takamatsu Misaki’s Skip to Loafer. One of the best slice stories I’ve ever read. Right amount of drama and comedy, a cast of characters with different problems and motivations. I can’t help but think “Oh I wish I were able to create a story like this one day”. Also, someone wrote about it: “let me live the wholesome high school life i didnt have” and ugh I felt it :”))

5. Yazawa Ai’s stories: Nana and Gokinjo Monogatari. Did “Nee, Nana” moments kill my soul every time it was used in the story? Yes, absolutely. Did it make me cry? Don’t even ask.

6. Nishi Keiko’s stories: Otoko no Isshou, Koi to Gunkan. A person I know described her stories like this: “If life goes the wrong way, it’s better to go home”, and I think it sums it up. Both of the stories I listed are about ordinary life in small towns, they both me melancholic and somehow cozy feeling. Both stories have themes and characters that don’t really interest me much, but when I read them, I usually cry. It’s another A+ slice of life author imo.

7. Tsukuba Sakura’s Mekakushi no Kuni. It’s dear to me for special reasons. There a girl who sometimes sees future when touches other people, there is a boy who sees the past all the time he does the same, there’s another boy... And NO evil organizations chasing them for their superpowers, NO global plots or problems or author’s will to condemn society, no deep philosophy questions about time and so on. Just normal slice of life of not so normal peoplewho try to cope with this particularity they have and fit the world they live in. (I wish authors realized the potential of such slice of life centered urban fantasy but they keep failing me aiming at the Global, sigh)

8. Torino Nanko’s Toripan. It’s basically authors essays on her daily life and mostly birdwatching, but ugh it’s so good. Peak comedy about birds and heartfelt pages for when she speaks about her memories or remarks on nature, it’s so full of love towards this world and life. After I read Toripan I feel like I become kinder and better :DD

(author’s A+ faces and haiku about sparrows in the winter)

9. Watanuki Yoshiko’s Manatsu no Delta. I read it some time ago and my first thought was “Wow, this IS how you touch an unpleasant yet existing problem”. I’ll certainly be waiting for this author’s other works.

10. Ikuemi Ryo’s stories, especially the ones featuring metaphorical ghosts (Kiyoku Yawaku, Torch Song Ecology) and Taiyou ga Mite Iru. Joseis with ghosts are my fave thing on earth, and Ikuemi’s great at it. But she can make any theme totally worth digging into, be it school life or cheating and complicated family relationships. I think TGM is her work that left the deepest trace in my soul because I was reading it when it was ongoing, for three years, and it’s basically just something that makes you die slowly looking at how not so bad people fk up their life decisions bc of their unresolved traumas and issues but you can’t take your eyes of it and then need several years of therapy after reading such manga. And she doesn’t even preech or say you should not live like this. She’s like “this is a life story I want to tell, take whatever you want from it” and I’m like “gooosh this is so painful and looks so real and makes me feel things, I love it”. Ikuemi Power as it is. (Life teaches me nothing, I lowkey want to read something like TGM again and Akaneda Yuki’s Saraba Yoki Hi fulfills this wish of mine, but uh I’m so glad it’s rarely updated)

(text: Nire is here to kill me)

Thanks for such ask, it was fun :D

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Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories - OVA

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Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories (1993), Studio Deen