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tyler3273 · 3 years ago

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Just some cute anime ships I like (in no special order) may have some spoilers

Akira Takizawa x Saki Morimi (dating)

Anime: Eden of the East

Koyomi Araragi x Shinobu Oshino (soulmates)

Anime: Monogatari (series)

Soichiro Arima x Yukino Miyazawa (married)

Anime: Kare Kano

Claire Stanfield x Chané Laforet (married)

Anime: Baccano!

Gajeel Redfox x Levy McGarden (dating)

Anime: Fairy Tail

Son Gohan x Videl (married)

Anime: Dragon Ball (series)

Wakana Gojo x Marin Kitagawa (love interest)

Anime: My Dress-Up Darling

Haru Yoshida x Shizuku Mizutani (married)

Anime: My Little Monster

Hatsuharu (Haru) Sohma x Isuzu (Rin) Sohma (married)

Anime: Fruits Basket

Ikuto Tsukiyomi x Amu Hinamori (promised)

Anime: Shugo Chara!

Jacuzzi Splot x Nice Holystone (married)

Anime: Baccano!

Jellal Fernandes x Erza Scarlet (love interest)

Anime: Fairy Tail

Kobayashi x Tohru (one sided)

Anime: Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Kyo Sohma x Tohru Honda (married)

Anime: Fruits Basket

Miroku x Sango (married)

Anime: Inuyasha/Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Natsu Dragneel x Lucy Heartfilia (one sided)

Anime: Fairy Tail

Asahina Natsume x Hinata Ema (one sided)

Anime: Brothers Conflict

Nezumi x Shion (soulmates)

Anime: No.6

Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye (not together)

Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist/ Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Ryouma Ichijou x Izumi Sena (boyfriends)

Anime: Love Stage!!

Ryuuji Takasu x Taiga Aisaka (married)

Anime: Toradora!

Sanji x Nami (one sided)

Anime: One Piece

Sasuke Uchiha x Sakura Haruno (married)

Anime: Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden/Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Sesshōmaru x Rin (married)

Anime: Inuyasha/Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Tadano Hitohito x Komi Shouko (boyfriend-girlfriend)

Anime: Komi Can't Communicate

Tanjiro Kamado x Kanao Tsuyuri (married)

Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Tomoe x Nanami Momozono (married)

Anime: Kamisama Kiss

Vegeta x Bulma (married)

Anime: Dragon Ball (series)

Yuzu Aihara x Mei Aihara (married)

Anime: Citrus

Zenitsu Agatsuma x Nezuko Kamado (married)

Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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fluorescent-ad0lescent · 2 years ago

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karekano <3

#karekano #anime #sakura #flores de cerezo #kareshi kanojo no jijou #shoujo #pink #aesthetic #evangelion #miyazawa x arima #yukino miyazawa #kare kano #soft #pale #love

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flo-nelja · 3 years ago

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20 days shoujo challenge, day 16

Day 16: Favorite Shoujo Couple

Hey! Let’s start with a glaring proof that loving a ship doesn’t mean I want to live anything close to it.

Sakurazuka Seishirou/Sumeragi Subaru (Tokyo Babylon/X)

I just love tragedy a lot. Betrayal, obsessions, cruelty, longing. Love that is maybe not one-sided but even if it wasn’t it would fix nothing. All of it not written like a series of bad choices and miscommunications, but like a necessity. Because if they didn’t do these choices, they wouldn’t be themselves. And it would certainly be better for them. But also, in a way, it would be worse.

I love the narrative symmetry between Subaru who has too much empathy and Seishirou who has absolutely none. I love how Seishirou carved marks into Subaru’s flesh, more than once, but finally - probably - was touched too. I love how this symmetry ends in yet another mirror play, with Seishirou’s death and Subaru’s fate.

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Let’s have something more wholesome!

Miyazawa Yukino/Arima Soichirou (KareKano)

A very different kind of symmetry, where the first impression they have of each other is “oh, this one is actually a good person! Not like me, who’s pretending!” And where their relation only becomes stronger as they’re learning more about each other and the illusion disappears.

It’s a nice concept, but it’s possible to do it wrong. I just really love how this author writes slice of life, the everyday conversations that are not important but are still funny, heartful, and make you feel that they’re happy dating each other, rather than saying it.

(So many writers only like to write the UST and either are bad with the relationship once they get together, either don’t want to show it at all. This is the exact opposite)

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An you know? In addition, you get my favourite ship that didn’t become canon even if it was m/f in a shoujo. It’s so weird. Even when you’re rooting for the het ship sometimes you lose.

Fakir/Ahiru (Princess Tutu)

Unlike the two others, I didn’t ship them from the start. I knew it was a popular pairing! But when I started the show, i was like “oh no people are shipping the asshole guy with the cute girl again”, and also “if anything they both like the same guy”.

It took me time, but in the end, I was as convinced as the other fans. :P

You know, maybe the fact the show didn’t make it 100% canon is why I ship it. Not because I love to suffer (well, not this way), but because it took time to explore their relationship as a guy who takes care of a duck he doesn’t recognize. As forced allies for a common goal. As friends then, as people trying to find their place between their choices as people and their fairy tale archetypes.

(I will still read post-canon romance though)

#princess tutu #karekano #tokyo babylon #shoujoedit #20 days shoujo challenge

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addictedtomanga · 4 years ago

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Shoujo mangakas - my (possible) top 3

So, these mangakas may not have written all of my favorite mangas, but they’ve made the list because I love most of their manga.

1. Mitsuki Kako

I have always loved her mangas. And I’ve read all of them, except for Dear! (for now) and part of Sai x Ai (lack of translation)

A few of them haven’t been translated to english yet – but I’ve heard Chibi Manga is working on them – so I read it in spanish.

To be completely honest, I absolutely love most of her works, but I’ll try to separate a few favorites.

My favorite one shots are Fly High! and Melodramatic Library.

As for the longer ones, Ai Hime – Ai to Himegoto and Kiss/Hug.

Btw, she also does josei (be warned, all of them are smut as well)

S Love – complete in spanish and portuguese, last few chapters coming out in english

Wana Love - complete in spanish and portuguese

Love Phantom - there are way more chapters available in spanish – or even portuguese – but they’re coming out in english as well.

Fly High!

Asuka, the ace of the volleyball club is training to become the best. But there's the devil coach, Nagano...

Melodramatic Library

A teacher at Kanae's school has been fired for having an affair with a student. Then, a hot new librarian comes in… Kanae falls in love with the new librarian. However, she sees a ring on his finger...?

Kiss/Hug

Ryuu, a super-business-like transfer student from England with black hair and blue eyes just arrived! During the night of the Tanabata festival, Ryuu and Yukino became attracted to each other at first sight. He then declares, "You will be mine!" This brought confusion to Yukino, who has zero experience in love. But could she actually be falling in love?

Ai Hime

They met. They kissed. The fate has brought them to be uncle and niece. Even though they're not blood-related, can Mao decide to love him and go through the struggles to give love for him?

Love Phantom

Momoko is just a mediocre who work at a cafe, but suddenly the fateful romance appear right in front of her....

S Love

27, single, a normal office lady. It's not like she's not interested in a relationship, but she doesn't want to get married. In front of this kind of modern woman, Kanako, appeared a lost man. Perhaps this is fate...!? No, but that guy is the last one she wants to love!

Wana Love

Mayuko is a model. She's acting like a beauty in front of guys but in fact she's suffering of an unrequited love with the cameraman Nagumo...Will she reveal her true nature through his lens...?

2. Kaji Eiri

I found out about her relatively recently, and have read all of her Romance mangas.

The couples are always super flirty, so I love it.

She only has 3 completely translated works (one of them is still being translated and just had its last volume published in japan) and I love them.

Also, all 3 of them are in the supernatural/fantasy genre.

Keishichou Tokuhanka 007

The "Special crime investigation department 007″ includes the most capable and extraordinary investigators and Fuyuki, who also becomes one of its members, is very capable, to. And she is paired with Kuze, a cool and very handsome detective. Their combination proves to be the most dangerous one the police headquarters had ever seen!

Kainushi wa Akuma

Most people love red hair. It's so vibrant and striking. But not our protagonist, Nora. Many people in her village hate her because she has red hair because of an old legend in the village. Though some people hate her, she still pulls on. But her not -so-ordinary life might become mysterious and dangerous soon... in more ways than one?!

Majo to Kiketsu no Kishi

The great snow-covered kingdom of Bistron, legend has it that an evil witch lives in the Black Forest at the edge of the kingdom… That very witch, Veronica finds herself summoned by the ruler of Bistron through his messenger of noble blood, Ignatius.

!! Shitsuji-dono no Ai Neko - still being translated

The prestigious Arima family has an excellent butler. When the head of the family takes in an exotic-looking bastard girl as a favor for his friend, it is up to the butler to tame her wildcat personality.

3. Murata Mayu

Her work is really really cute, both the story and the art.

Nagareboshi Lens hasn’t been fully translated yet, but Kogarashi Scans is working on it! You can read it in spanish though, or wait for the last 15 chapters in english.

And Honey Lemon Soda is still being released in japan.

Nagareboshi Lens

Risa is a high school student who has zero experience in love, but hopes to one day find that special someone. After an unexpected event, Risa now finds herself entangled with the most popular boy in her grade, Yuugure. Could this be the beginning of love for Risa...!?

Mata Ashita

Towa has always been shy around guys, despite being a total tomboy. This has crushed her chances of ever having a boyfriend, but a perhaps fateful encounter on the first day of high school might lead to love? But will it be with the surprisingly kind "angelic" delinquent, or the popular yet secretly "devilish" prince?!

Honey Lemon Soda

Fifteen-year-old Ishimori Uka is a very shy girl that can't stand being in front of someone. One day she meets a boy on the streets who's just as refreshing as lemon soda. He helped her when she was bullied and that boy made her wanting to change so she can properly express herself.

In the Chocolate

A collection of adorable one shots

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lemedy · 7 years ago

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look, I’ve gotten this far, so I might as well admit that a hundred years later I am still ASABA X RIKA OTP FOR LIFE.

Or at the very least, Asaba/Rika >>>>>>> Rika/Aya’s Appeared That One Time Older Brother, and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Asaba/Arima and Yukino’s Unborn Baby

JUST SAYING

#lemedy watches kare kano #spoiler: i have always been in rares ship hell

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newsintheshell · 5 years ago

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Planet Manga, le uscite del 28 novembre

Di seguito trovate tutte le nuove uscite manga targate Planet Manga, disponibili da oggi in libreria, fumetteria e store online.

RECORD OF GRANCREST WAR #6 di Ryo Mizuno, Makoto Yotsuba, Miyu

UN’INDIMENTICABILE AVVENTURA TRA SOGNI, MAGHE E CAVALIERI A caccia di informazioni sull’armata di cavalieri ribelli di Waldlind, impegnata ad aggredire i licantropi, Irvin trova sulla sua strada qualcuno di inaspettato… Intanto Siluca racconta alla regina Clara la triste storia di come è diventata una maga.

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GUNSLINGER GIRL #4 di Yu Aida

DA QUESTA SERIE IL CELEBRE ANIME OMONIMO Triela fatica a risollevarsi dalla prima sconfitta, mentre inizia a ricordare i suoi tremendi trascorsi. Intanto Rico è costretto a sbarazzarsi di un trafficante di armi che assiste alla Tosca e Giose deve vedersela con un vecchio commilitone corrotto.

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L'IMMORTALE #2 (Complete Edition) di Hiroaki Samura

RESTIGIOSA EDIZIONE DEL CAPOLAVORO DI HIROAKI SAMURA. PRESTO UN NUOVO ANIME SU AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. Il viaggio è appena iniziato e già la morte accompagna ogni passo dell’insolita coppia formata da Manji e Rin. Ma quando si guarda in faccia il nemico, impugnare la spada per vendicare le colpe del passato non è più così semplice…PRESTIGIOSA EDIZIONE DEL CAPOLAVORO DI HIROAKI SAMURA. PRESTO UN NUOVO ANIME SU AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. Il viaggio è appena iniziato e già la morte accompagna ogni passo dell’insolita coppia formata da Manji e Rin. Ma quando si guarda in faccia il nemico, impugnare la spada per vendicare le colpe del passato non è più così semplice…

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UN ALTRO TASSELLO DELLO STRAORDINARIO MOSAICO DI NARUTO Sasuke ha l’incarico di fare da tutore al Team 7. Boruto ne è entusiasta, ma si rende conto di non riuscire a far propri gli insegnamenti del maestro. Nel frattempo la idol più in voga del momento recluta Boruto e amici per una missione speciale…UN ALTRO TASSELLO DELLO STRAORDINARIO MOSAICO DI NARUTO Sasuke ha l’incarico di fare da tutore al Team 7. Boruto ne è entusiasta, ma si rende conto di non riuscire a far propri gli insegnamenti del maestro. Nel frattempo la idol più in voga del momento recluta Boruto e amici per una missione speciale…

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LE SITUAZIONI DI LUI & LEI #21 di Masami Tsuda

COPRIAMO IL FUTURO CHE ATTENDE I PROTAGONISTI IN QUESTO DOLCE ULTIMO NUMERO Yukino e Arima stanno per diplomarsi, così come i loro amici. Hanno già deciso cosa faranno, ma che ne penseranno i genitori? E quali strade prenderanno i compagni?

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PERCHÉ IL PIACERE A VOLTE FA PAURA? Lasciarsi andare all’istinto significa perdere il controllo. Ostaggio di sensazioni ignote che la spaventano e la attraggono, Erna tenta di sottrarsi alle attenzioni di Richter. Un incontro inatteso potrebbe fornirle la chiave per capire cosa accade al suo cuore… e al suo corpo!

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lechevaliermalfet · 8 years ago

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“His and Her Circumstances” and the truth about relationships

I’ve occasionally been described as liking grimdark stuff when it comes to anime (fun fact: I initially wanted to type “been accused of liking”, then thought better of it). As much as I protest this label... it fits. I enjoy series like Berserk, Rurouni Kenshin: Remembrance, Neon Genesis Evangelion, X, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Soul Taker, and Revolutionary Girl Utena. Yes, Utena is dark. It only looks pink and wonderful on the outside. But I like lighter and softer shows, too! I loved watching Azumanga Daioh! and found I’m Gonna Be an Angel! weirdly compelling, and still go back to them occasionally. Well, I go back to Azumanga Daioh!; it’s hard to go back to I’m Gonna Be an Angel! considering the thing was never fully released in the U.S. And I watch BECK Mongolian Chop Squad about once a year or so.

But one that I don’t wind up talking about a lot is His and Her Circumstances. Which is a crying shame, because it’s probably my favorite romantic comedy out of all the ones I’ve ever seen.

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I saw this show for the first time my first year of college, which dates me; this would have been January or early, early February of 2000. I remember driving home from my friend’s house, where we’d watched the first four or five episodes, in such a deep, marrow-freezing cold that the Discman I used to play CDs in my car didn’t want to spin a disc.

I couldn’t put my finger on quite what it was I liked about it at the time. I mean, yeah, there was the madcap pacing of it. And I liked the art (but I’m a weird dude who likes shoujo art exactly because of the way it looks). And it was the rare anime comedy that actually got me laughing without needing liner notes to explain why something was funny.

A certain part of me getting the humor was because a lot of it was visual. The way characters’ reactions are expressed, both internally and externally, involves a fair bit of abstraction and unconventional depiction. It makes them instantly understandable and relatable, and the comedic timing is well done. I also think that a lot of the comedy centers around pretty universal ideas that make sense no matter where in the world you are.

The series also has its serious moments, too, of course. It would have to, after all. It’s still a romance.

I think my first reaction upon being told that this show was directed by Hideaki Anno (better known as the director of the epic mindscrew that is Neon Genesis Evangelion) was “ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING M–wait, no, I see it. Holy shit, yeah, this makes total sense.”

Anno has this weird duality where he occupies the polar opposites of a spectrum. On one end, he’s deeply cynical about the way people are, while on the other end intensely hopeful about what they could be. I didn’t really think about it in those terms for a long time until I saw it articulated somewhere else, and then it made perfect sense, instantly. It also explained why I ultimately liked Neon Genesis Evangelion, despite all its manifold issues: I’m basically the same way. Anno’s outlook is in at least this respect much the same as mine. Evangelion spoke to me in a way that I wasn’t used to, and in a way that’s sometimes still difficult to articulate. Writing this, I start to feel like I should go watch it again.

And so despite perhaps not being the most obvious choice to direct a romance comedy based on a shoujo manga, I honestly feel like Anno was just about the perfect choice, nonetheless.

You see, most romance comedies get it all wrong.

In anime, the typical story goes something like this: You have an aggressively generic, milquetoast Everydude who has few to no discernible personality traits of his own, a smooth lozenge of a person whose inoffensiveness paradoxically makes him more offensive. The sort of character who, when he has any stated personality traits at all, has things like “he’s very loyal to his friends” or “he really cares about his family” or in other words the sorts of things which are true of literally every even-halfway-decent human being on the planet. In looks, he’s also average. Maybe kind of generically cute, because the way so much anime is drawn makes even Everydude look sort of attractive, but not really eye-catching. Dark hair (often in a subdued style), dark eyes, average height – again, no distinctive features. And he has a crush on this girl...

The girl — let’s call her Goldilocks, for reasons that are probably obvious, but which I’ll get to in a moment anyway, just in case — is going to be a certain Type. Usually, that’s the girl-next-door type. Sweet, with maybe some baggage, but ultimately kind and caring and the sort of girl all the guys go for. She’ll have some sex appeal, but it will be very chastely expressed; she won’t be challenging anyone’s social norms or morals. She also occupies a kind of middle ground. This sounds a lot like our Everydude. But there’s the difference.

Everydude is middle-of-the-road in a way that’s utterly lacking in distinctive features. It makes him relatable to the male audience, an avatar upon which the average viewer can project themselves with ease and live vicariously.

Goldilocks, on the other hand, is middle-of-the-road in a way that’s meant to be appealing to the male audience. She typically expresses a kind of ideal of desirability. Not slutty, but not too chaste; not very tomboyish, but not excessively girly. Like her namesake, she is just right.

There are other girls who may be interested in Everydude. There’s usually a tomboy, possibly one who is more… accessible, a childhood friend (sometimes Goldilocks is the childhood friend as well, but sometimes not). One will have a kind of innocent, childlike charm (or will simply be innocent, and childish—or worse, an actual child), one may be older like a cool big sister, one may be shy and standoffish. But they all, for the most part, have two main characteristics in common:

They make the audience wonder why the hell they find Everydude to be such a catch, and

They all serve to further illustrate that Goldilocks is the sort of Golden Mean among them.

The entire show is based around the struggles of Everydude and Goldilocks getting together. The whole runtime will be spent with Everydude desperately seeking the courage to confess his feelings to Goldilocks. She’s usually the first girl who’s introduced (so as to spend the most possible time on the show with Everydude agonizing over her). Sometimes she’s oblivious, sometimes she knows, but needs him to make the first move for whatever reason, sometimes there’s interference from a rival love interest, but it always ends the same way, with Everydude making his confession in the end, and the two of them implied to be living happily ever after.

Sometimes this works. With enough sincerity, and authenticity, and care, and with enough character, these cookie-cutter stories can be pulled off. A lot of times, though, they feel focus-tested or plotted by committee. The characters and story don’t go where they naturally would, but instead where the producer(s) think they should.

In shoujo romantic comedies, as near as I can tell, this all plays out in pretty much the same way, only you have Everygirl and Prince Charming instead. And in my (admittedly limited) experience, the heroines usually have a bit more depth and personality. Yet in the end, the story structure remains pretty much the same.

His and Her Circumstances knows better than this. His and Her Circumstances calls bullshit on the whole premise.

For starters, it throws Everydude and Goldilocks out the window where they belong, and actually has some damn characters. Our heroine is Yukino Miyazawa, and her love interest is a young boy in her class named Soichiro Arima. Rather than rely on tried-and-true tropes of the genre, these two are actual individuals. Miyazawa is a seemingly perfect student: intelligent, good-looking, friendly, and athletic.

Arima is likewise.

But all of this is a facade. In reality, Miyazawa is a praise-obsessed attention-seeker. All of her positive qualities are a colossal put-on. At home, she’s content to lounge around in sweats (they’re more comfortable to study in, after all), has no concern for her appearance, and spends all of her free time honing every aspect of her appearance and personality for the best possible presentation. She doesn’t really have friends, despite being friendly with people in her day-to-day life. They’d only get in the way of her pursuit of more praise.

Then Arima accidentally uncovers the truth about her. At first, she dares to hope that he’ll be such a nice guy that he won’t mention it. But it turns out that, much like Miyazawa herself, his perfect Prince Charming appearance covers up something altogether different. Less ideal, and more human.

When I was younger, and had no real experience with relationships, the characters in themselves were the main draw for me. They’re entertaining to watch, and you find yourself rooting for them pretty quickly, and it only gets more fun as the cast grows.

The thing that occurred to me watching it later in life was that it explores territory most other romantic comedies don’t dare to look at too closely, because it’s uncomfortable and awkward (potentially), but also (again, potentially) fucking hysterical. Said territory is what happens after the main couple admit that they really are in love with each other.

It turns out that it’s relatively easy to enter into a relationship. Maintaining one is a task that’s infinitely greater, and one that has far more opportunities for trouble—and comedy.

Relationships are work. And, look, we’re talking about work that is absolutely worth doing. But that doesn’t change the fact that it is work, a labor of time, communication, and (of course) love. The opportunity for misunderstandings becomes a source of vastly more comedy than the tired cliché of will-they-won’t-they. And His and Her Circumstances sets its sights on this territory and dives straight into it. That, to me, is what makes it so much better than most of the other romantic comedies out there. Rather than a romantic comedy about getting into a relationship, His and Hers is a romantic comedy about being in one. It makes all the difference in the world.

Really, about the only complaint I have with His and Her Circumstances is the way it ends. Which is really not quite putting it right, because it doesn’t end so much as it just sort of coasts to a gentle stop. Given the length of the manga, and the fact that it was ongoing at the time, getting all of the story into anime form was probably unlikely at best from the very beginning. Unfortunately, the manga author apparently had serious problems with the way Hideaki Anno interpreted her material when making the anime, and made enough of a fuss about his presentation of it (he remained faithful to the substance, just showed it in a very different way than the original manga) that he left the project. I’ve never been entirely clear on whether he stepped down willingly to avoid a scene, or whether he was asked to do so.

In my own opinion, it was a mistake, however it happened. Anno’s direction lent the series a distinct identity and “voice” that set it apart. The series can swerve from madcap insanity to complete seriousness on a dime. But you can feel the change in direction in the later episodes, which become a bit more… I don’t know if listless is the right word, but I can’t think of a better one. It just sort of coasts to its end and then that’s it.

Still, it’s the journey far more than the (lack of) destination that really makes His and Her Circumstances. Just talking about it and picking apart what I like about it has made me want to go watch it again.

And maybe Evangelion, too. But that’s a post for another day, if I can ever manage it.

#his and her circumstances #karekano #effortpost #hideaki anno #anime #shoujo

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