#I have seen some post describing Skip and Loafer as

[floffpoff030]

I just realised why I feel so different for skip and loafer compared to other shows. Was just looking at a post that was congratulations Shima on his birthday, and the post had pictures of him from the anime (Typical fandom post).

But, it didn’t feel like I was looking at images from a anime, but of a real living person. It had nothing to do with how the images looked, it’s just how Shima, and really all the characters in Skip and Loafer, are written.

Like it doesn’t feel like the characters life gets put on pause when the chapter ends. It feels like their life keeps on living even when we aren’t reading about it. When I look at them, I can see dynamic layers of a real living person. With not just one worry, or one source of happiness. Not feeling only one emotion. A glimpse of myself, or others I know.

Um, yeah anyways, Misaki Takamatsu the bestest writer ever. She is amazing!

[vampkitty66]

2023 Spring Anime Review: Skip And Loafer

These are my opinions!!

So awhile back I made a spring anime post where I gave my thoughts regarding some of the shows I had started watching. Since most of the shows I had given little reviews on have ended or are going to be ending within the next week, I thought Id do an overall review. Unlike my other post, I will be separating the reviews and doing separate posts. Anyways lets get into it!

Skip and loafer just ended today and honestly I loved everything about this show. I will state that I have not read the manga so I cannot compare the manga to the actual show ( although i’ve heard from a lot of the manga readers and they seemed to love the adaptation.) I thought the pacing of the show was good and all the characters are well thought out, even the characters you seem to dislike at first you start to warm up to. I love the trans representation aswell, I thought it was wonderful how the show portrayed that because I’ve seen a lot of animes ( lets be more specific... Shoujos ) where there's a cute character and they turn out to be a male physically and everyone is all weird about it?? I don’t know, I just thought that Iwakura’s aunt was great and I loved how supportive everyone was towards her and how supportive she was to everyone else too. I related a lot with pretty much all the characters one way or another, they all had something they struggled with but were able to try and work it out. One of my favourite developments was Egashira, she wanted to fit in, she wanted the guy she liked to notice her. Egashira constantly was comparing herself to others and she ended up being kind of bitter. I relate to her a little bit, when I was beginning high school I wanted to fit in, and even though I wasn’t bitter, I still envied a lot of people in my own way. I was myself but at the same time I kind of felt like I was doing things to please other people. That's where I relate to Shima a lot. Shima is one of my favourite characters, he chooses to please others rather than himself, watching todays episode almost brought tears to my eyes. When he was talking about people having goals and how he’s anxious that he feels attacked when he sees people who are passionate about something, it struck a chord. It’s the fact that he’s neither good or bad, he is envious and insecure. He’s slowly allowing himself to open up but I think he still has a long way to go. Everyone learns from Iwakura, most of everyone's development stems a little bit from her one way or another. Iwakura’s not perfect though and she goes through struggles of her own, she tries so hard for everything to be perfect and she takes on way too much sometimes but she is a strong character and she’s always able to get up when she falls and keep going; very admirable. I also want to point out the animation, I thought it was great and I think my favourite scene in the entire series has to be in episode 9 where she is eating the watermelon. It gave me this feeling that I can’t quite describe, almost reminded me of a studio ghibli scene. I felt like it truly captured that small town countryside vibe. Iwakura is always overworking herself and trying her best in her Tokyo school, but when she’s back home, she can relax and forget about her troubles for a little while. 

Overall, this might be the best slice of life and coming of age anime I’ve seen, the writing of the characters is just so crazy good and I can’t wait for another season ( we better get one )

10/10