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Smells Like Green Spirit | S01E08

Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes

~~ Adapted from the manga series “Smells Like Green Spirit” (スメルズライクグリーンスピリット) by Nagai Saburo (永井三郎).

Native Title: #スメルズ ライク グリーン スピリット

Genres: #LGBTQ+ | #Coming of Age

Tags: #Student Male Lead | #Bully Male Lead | #Adapted from a Manga

Cast: #Sono Shunta | #Araki Towa | #Abe Alan | #Kaji Masaki

Links:  GAGA | Viki | YouTube | iQIYI | WeTV | Youku | Tencent | Web

Catalog: Episode GIF sets | Japanese Drama | Japanese BL

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Barakamon | I'll catch up with you, riding the wind.

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Barakamon ep 3

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Barakamon Ep. 11 Final (Sub. Esp)

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001 . . feminidad 𓍯

la feminidad para kirino y mishima realmente tienen una importante diferencia para los personajes, lo cual es curioso debido a que en la queer media que hay se suele tocar solo el tema trans mientras que en smells like green spirit se toca el tema drag tambien

kirino es una clara representacion trans, mostraba euforia cuando se empezo a tratar con los pronombres femeninos de el "yo" en japones, le menciona a mishima en uno de sus encuentros en la terraza de su escuela sobre la cantidad de gente trans en thailandia, el como deberian ir ahi ya que ahi los aceptaran y habla de un cambio de sexo (tambien más tarde tras su intento de viaje a tokyo, esta menciona como le resulta doloroso de manera emocional el hecho de que su voz se volvera más grave conforme siga creciendo y presentara todos los cambios que yacen en un chico adolescente hasta la adultez, mostrando inconformidad con su sexo en general)

mishima, por otro lado, aunque encuentre comfort y le guste trasvestirse ya que lo hace sentir bien, es el que cuando kirino menciona el cambio de sexo habla de como aunque le guste la feminidad no esta seguro de querer cambiar de sexo y a diferencia de kirino, su comfort con la feminidad no influye realmente en su identidad de genero, ambos a lo largo de la serie (y manga) van explorando su identidad pero es kirino el que muestra implicitamente el deseo de ser mujer, mishima por su parte se muestra lo suficientemente comodo con su identidad masculina, mas aun mostrando felicidad ante su aspecto androgino y forma femenina de vivir, y en el final del manga nos muestran como mishima directamente termino siendo drag (que tambien me parece importante notar como en su vida diaria esta normalmente vestido de manera tipicamente masculina, y ya que es en su trabajo donde tiene la oportunidad de trasvestirse, ya que lo suyo no fue una transicion de genero) mientras que kirino tuvo que renunciar a su deseo por transicionar para cumplir los deseos de su madre

soy un gran defensor de que toda la media puede ser libre a interpretacion pero creo que es buena idea recalcar la diferencia en la identidad de genero de mishima y kirino ya que no es tan comun ver dos representaciones distintas de tal tipo; mishima siendo drag y kirino una chica trans

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スメルズ ライク グリーン スピリット Smells Like Green Spirit (2024)

Episode 1 & 8 Parallels - dir. Sawada Ikuko

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Smells Like Green Spirit Review: Araki Towa Illuminates Rural YA Drama

Set in 90s Japan, "Smells Like Green Spirit" captures the bittersweet journey of teens grappling with identity, friendship, and family pressure.

Sneha Jaiswal (Twitter | Instagram) Mishima Futoshi is a gorgeous high-school student, constantly cornered and bullied by four classmates who mock him for appearing ‘gay’ due to his long hair. The thing is, it’s the 1990s—Futoshi is, in fact, attracted to men, secretly cross-dresses, and has no friends. To avoid drawing extra attention, he quietly endures the bullying. Futoshi makes his first…

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Madani City and Al-Jazira: Victims of Violations, and Displacement – Not a Football Match

Madani City and Al-Jazira: Victims of Violations, and Displacement – Not a Football Match

By Yasir Arman

People have the right to celebrate, and many feel a longing for their homes, streets, and Madani – the city of culture, education, and national struggle. In this city, over a hundred years ago, the leader Ali Abdel Latif refused to salute a British officer and faced the consequences. A century ago, this great city also became the capital of the largest agricultural irrigation project in Africa and perhaps the Third World – the Gezira Scheme. Madani should witness the centennial anniversary of its founding in 1925 - 2025. Here, lies the headquarters of the betrayed Farmers’ Union and Barakat (the HQ of agricultural research).

Al-Jazira belongs to the farmers who inherited it generation after generation, as expressed by the late leader Al-Sharif Hussein Al-Hindi. It also belongs to its citizens from all across Sudan, without discrimination or infringement on anyone’s rights.

Madani is the city of Ahmed Khair the lawyer and the Graduates’ Congress Leader. Al-Jazira is the land of Wad Bader, Wad Al-Basir, Wad Habouba, and the battles of the Mahdist era. Madani and Al-Jazira are also the home of the great singers Al-Khair Osman, Mohammed Al-Amin, Ramadan Zayed, Ramadan Hassan, Abu Araki and the beautiful school of Hantoub. They are the lands of sports and revolutions from 1924 to December, and have remained steadfast against the National Congress Party.

No blame can be placed on those celebrating and longing to return to their homes from displacement, refuge, and suffering. But shame on the parties to this war, all who support it, and all who have destroyed lives, looted homes, and spilled blood. Shame on those who devastated villages and cities, killed innocent lives, committed heinous crimes, and assaulted women. Yet, Al-Jazira, Madani, and Sudan will not return to the era of the remnants of the former regime that destroyed farmers’ lives, wrecked the Gezira Scheme, and sold off its assets.

We must differentiate between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the remnants of the former regime. The latter worked to corrupt and politicized SAF just as they destroyed the Gezira Scheme. The armed forces deserve to emerge from this war into a grand national project that unites rather than divides and preserves rather than squanders, as expressed by the martyr Mohammed Othman Hamid Karar.

The armed forces need rebuilding, professionalism, and the removal of all political and partisan influence. If our people return to their homes, the December revolution will return too. If civil space is restored, the remnants will have no place, and the resistance committees will return from Karnoi to Port Sudan, from Halfa to Damazin. No regard will be given to the remnants of the NCP regime, no matter how loud their voices.

We must build a unified armed force that serves the people and operates under a civilian and democratic system. There is no alternative to a single professional armed force, and as the great artist and son of Al-Jazira, Badi Mohammed Al-Tayeb, alongside Mohammed Al-Amin, once said: “What ails the weary struggle? My soul yearns for Madani… If only fate allows me to find joy, To wander for a day through Madani’s lands.”

Fragmenting society, destroying the Sudanese state, dismantling its institutions, sowing hatred, tearing the social fabric, and taking lives – this is not a football match between the warring parties. A new wisdom must be birthed, and we must all strive for peace and the creation of a new national project that establishes a Sudan based on freedom, peace, and justice.

A Chinese proverb says, “A man in anger should not start a war. His anger will pass, but the victims will not return.”

Message to SAF:

To the command, officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the armed forces: we must learn from the past and soar high toward the nation, the citizens, and peace. Reject hatred and revenge. It is your duty to protect civilians and prevent the remnants of the regime from settling their scores with ordinary people and the forces of the revolution.

Sudan’s wars will only end when we address the root causes of our crises and build a nation of equal citizenship without discrimination.

January 11, 2025

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Smells Like Green Spirit | S01E03

Japanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes

~~ Adapted from the manga series “Smells Like Green Spirit” (スメルズライクグリーンスピリット) by Nagai Saburo (永井三郎).

Native Title:#スメルズ ライク グリーン スピリット

Genres:#LGBTQ+ | #Coming of Age

Tags:#Student Male Lead | #Bully Male Lead | #Adapted from a Manga

Cast:#Sono Shunta | #Araki Towa | #Abe Alan | #Kaji Masaki

Links:  GAGA | Viki | YouTube | iQIYI | WeTV | Youku | Tencent | Web

Catalog: Episode GIF sets | Japanese Drama | Japanese BL

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Smells Like Green Spirit Premiere Episode Commentary

Araki Towa

Synopsis: Mishima, a student living in a remote countryside, was being bullied by the boys in his class. The reason? Because Mishima “seemed gay.” In reality, Mishima did like men, but he had no way to resist, and secretly dressing up as a woman was his only solace. One day, as Mishima was enjoying his usual alone time on the rooftop, he happened to witness Kirino, the leader of the bullying group, holding the lipstick Mishima thought he had lost. Kirino was secretly trying to apply the lipstick that Mishima had used to his own lips. A youth story that boys who sought a place where they could be their ‘true selves’ somewhere in this world want to convey the most right now.

--Mydramalist

Starring: September Libra Araki Towa and May Taurus Sono Shunta

Two episodes have aired and so far, so good. Given the bullying angle, I don't find this to be much of a comfort BL, like I usually have. But I like the main guys so I'm hoping I can continue to stay engaged.

Update: One of the few BLs I've completed this year. I looked forward to watching this every week. But it was just okay for me. Probably because I only liked and cared for Mishima. But also, this isn't a regular BL with a couple. I mean there was a situation but... The story was about coming to terms with being a part of the gay community. I watch BL for fantasy and to escape the harsh realities of the world.

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