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liliumsmangacaps · 2 years ago
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sasha042 · 10 months ago
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Someone-san.
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hakonohanayome · 2 years ago
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Shimanami Tasogare - Yuhki Kamatani
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anime-ships-all-good · 1 year ago
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Daichi Haruko x Daichi Saki
Shimanami Tasogare
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choujinx · 10 days ago
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SHIMANAMI TASOGARE (2015-2018) by kamatani yuuki
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dreamofimmortality · 2 years ago
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rereading shimanami one of my newfound favorite relationships is daichi and tasuku's like . hghnfhfhg . realest wlw/mlm solidarity i've ever seen
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irissuite · 13 days ago
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tagged by @neverlandmylove (hiii eve ily ‼️) to name 4 of my fav characters
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tagging @bloodywhitedress @squingy @sliceofdyke @celerybeast and @liquidstar and whoever else wants to do it mwwwah
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all-kamatani-tournament · 1 year ago
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Quarterfinals, Match 3: Yoite (Nabari no Ou) vs. Haruko Daichi (Shimanami Tasogare)
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[image description:
image 1: Yoite on the back cover of volume 14 of Nabari no Ou.
image 2: Haruko Daichi on the cover of volume 4 of Shimanami Tasogare.
/end image description.]
The winner of this match will go on to face the winner of match 4, Miharu Rokujou (Nabari no Ou) vs. Someone-san (Shimanami Tasogare), in the semifinals.
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imasallstars · 2 years ago
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The cover art for THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Cool jewelries! 004 album has been released and the album is set to be released on the 1st of March 2023. Alongside the group song, this album will also feature covers songs by each idol as well as their version of the Jewelries 04 anthem song.
Tracklist:
Tr.01 Starry Night  Lyrics: Shio Watanabe Music&Arrange: Go Sakabe  Singer(s): Ryo Matsunaga, Miyu Mifune, Nono Morikubo, Hajime Fujiwara, Akira Sunazuka Tr.02 Mela!  Lyrics: Haruko Nagaya, Iwase Kobayashi  Music&Arrange: peppe, Shingo Anami  Singer(s): Ryo Matsunaga  ※ original by Ryokuoushoku Shakai Tr.03 Rainy Blue  Lyrics: Makoto Ooki  Music: Hideaki Tokunaga  Singer(s): Miyu Mifune  ※ original by Hideaki Tokunaga Tr.04 Kuusou Forest  Lyrics&Music: Jin  Singer(s): Nono Morikubo  ※ original by Jin ft. IA Tr.05 Asu e no Tegami  Lyrics&Music: Ayako Ikeda  Singer(s): Hajime Fujiwara  ※ original by Aoi Teshima Tr.06 EXCITE  Lyrics: Kanata Okajima, Daichi Miura   Music: Carpainter, Kanata Okajima  Singer(s): Akira Sunazuka  ※ Kamen Rider Ex-Aid by Daichi Miura Tr.07 Mitometekurenakute Iiyo  Lyrics: Yuta Yashiro Music&Arrange: Keita Inoue (MONACA)  Singer(s): Ryo Matsunaga, Miyu Mifune, Nono Morikubo, Hajime Fujiwara, Akira Sunazuka Tr.08 Drama “After The Recording All Cool” Tr.09 Starry Night (off vocal)
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your-lovely-rose · 2 years ago
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• 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
31.12./01.01. ┇ New Year's Day/Eve
— 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 - is a term coined by Cliff Arnall to define the most depressing day of the year, supposedly falling on the third Monday in January.
• 𝐙𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬:
22.12–19.01 - Capricorn ♑︎
20.01–18.02 - Aquarius ♒︎
= 01.01. ♑︎
• 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲:
- Yoshiko Hanabatake (Aho-Girl),
- Haru Ichinose (Akuma no Riddle/Riddle Story of Devil),
- Gakushu Asano (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),
- Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach),
- Principal Nezu (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Mao (Code Geass),
- "Radical Edward" | Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (Cowboy Bebop),
- Hajime Hinata (Danganronpa),
- Izuru Kamukura (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair // Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School),
- Gao Mikado (Future Card Buddyfight),
- Kochoube Asuko | Asirpa (Golden Kamu),
- Asahi Azumane (Haikyu!!),
- Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen/Kaguya-sama: Love is War),
- Daichi Tachiaki (Miira no Kaikata/How To Keep A Mummy),
- Might Guy (Naruto),
- "Fire Fist" Ace | Portgas D. Ace (One Piece),
- "Mr. 1"/"The Killer" | Daz Bonez (One Piece),
- Takeo Gouda (Ore Monogatari/My Love Story!!),
- Tsubaki (Servamp),
- Masato Oujou (Shakunetsu Kabaddi/Burning Kabaddi),
- "Super Rookie" | Kaede Rukawa (Slam Dunk),
- "Vongola Primo" | Ieyasu Sawada / Giotto (Reborn!),
= 02.01. ♑︎
- Mariko/Maririn | Mimori Kishida (AKB0048),
- "Sir Nighteye" | Mirai Sasaki (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Mutsuki Nakano (Danchigai),
- Ayumi (InuYasha),
- Mio Aoyama (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai/The World God only knows),
- Maria Louise (Kidō Butōden G Gundam/Mobile Fighter G Gundam),
- Emelenzia Rudiger Beatrix (Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!/Venus to Mamoru!),
- Tsubomi Kido (Mekakucity Actors),
- Kenzo Tenma (Monster),
- Peepley Lulu (One Piece),
- Mitchie | Mitsuhiko Nagafukada (Robotics;Notes),
- Isshinsai Ogata (Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi/Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple),
- Gralat Berlurik (Shoukoku no Altair/Altair: A Record of Battles),
- Akane Shinjo (SSSS.Gridman),
- Taichi Dan (Tennis no Ōjisama/The Prince of Tennis),
- Jun Fuyumi (The Idolmaster SideM),
- Ren-Ren | Reina Suzuki (Wake Up, Girls!),
- Marie Tennouji (Yumeiro Pâtissière),
= 03.01. ♑︎
- "Seiryuu" | Shin-Ah (Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of the Dawn),
- Hiromi Iwasa (Baby Steps),
- Alecdora Sandler (Black Clover),
- Fujitaka Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura),
- Kyoshiro Tohdoh (Code Geass),
- Keisuke Yuuki (Fushigi Yuugi/Mysterious Play),
- Haruko Saeki (Idoly Pride),
- Masako Araki (Kuroko no Basket/Kuroko's Basketball),
- Gamabunta (Naruto),
- Aisa (One Piece),
- Iceberg (One Piece),
- Mukki | Mutsuki Tsuyama (Saki),
- Kotone Noda (Sakura Trick),
- Ichiro Ogami (Sakura Wars),
- Itsumi Natsume (Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel),
- Arata Inanaki (Sousei no Onmyouji/Twin Star Exorcists),
- Bart Garsus (Vandread),
- "First Sniper" | Haruaki Azuma (World Trigger),
- Shinji Fuyushima (World Trigger),
- Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari ore no seishun rabukome wa machigatteiru/My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU),
= 04.01. ♑︎
- Tsubomi Hiiragi (22/7),
- Michio Sumiyoshi (All Out!!),
- Tadaomi Kurama (Argonavis from BanG Dream!),
- Kaname Izuma (Beelzebub),
- Kyusaku Yumeno (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- Senku Ishigami (Dr. Stone),
- Aiichiro Nitori (Free!),
- Aobimbo | Aoba Tsuzaki (Jinki: Extend),
- Arthur Trine (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Shīdo Desutinī/Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny),
- Lina/Angie | Angelina Kudou Shields (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei/The Irregular at Magic High School),
Torii Natsumi (Nurarihyon no Mago/Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan),
- Fumiki Mizutani (Ookiku Furikabutte/Big Windup!),
- Takeru Fujiwara (Prince of Stride),
- El Cid (Saint Seiya/Zodiac Knights),
- Kotonoha Katsura (School Days),
- "Galand the Truth" | Galand (The Seven Deadly Sins),
- "Gourmet Surgeon" | Atashino (Toriko),
= 05.01. ♑︎
- Eri Ibusaki (D_Cide Traumerei the Animation),
- Prince of the Capital/King | Mei Narumiya (Diamond no Ace/Ace of Diamond),
- John Brown (Ghost Hunt),
- Ichigo Kohinata (Girlfriend (Kari)/Girl Friend Beta),
- Terence T. D'Arby (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure),
- Kuroh Yatogami (K-Project),
- Keitaro Urashima (Love Hina),
- Ozma Lee (Macross Frontier),
- Strawberry (One Piece),
- Sion Todo (PriPara),
- Ryō Yoake (ReLIFE),
- Kae Hiiragi (Re:Stage! Dream Days),
- Momiji Kanō (The Unlimited Hyobu Kyosuke/Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited),
- Mew Berry | Berry Shirayuki (Tokyo Mew Mew),
- Wanko | Inumaru (Ueki no Housoku/The Law of Ueki),
- Ichigo Amano (Yumeiro Pâtissière),
= 06.01. ♑︎
- Anna Nishikinomiya (Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist),
- Jeanne d'Arc (Fate/Apocrypha),
- Nene Kinokuni (Food Wars!),
- Jeanne d'Arc (Drifters),
- Nobara Yukinokouji (Inu X Boku Secret Service),
- Saki Morimi (Eden of the East),
- Makoto Sawatari (Kanon),
- Shingo Komoi (Cardfight!! Vanguard),
- Tatsuma Suguro (Blue Exorcist),
- Haji (Gintama),
- Kiyoko Shimizu (Haikyu!!),
- Sherlock Holmes (Moriarty the Patriot),
- "The Darkness of the Shinobi" | Danzo Shimura (Naruto),
- "Fifth Raikage" | Darui (Naruto),
- Ebizou (Naruto),
- Oimo (One Piece),
- Tilestone (One Piece),
- "Sailor Saturn" | Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon),
- Amidamaru (Shaman King),
- Oluo Bozado (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- "Liz" / Elizabeth (The Seven Deadly Sins),
= 07.01. ♑︎
- Konekomaru Miwa (Blue Exorcist),
- "Jack Mantis" | Kamakiri Togaru (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Genya Shinazugawa (Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon Slayer),
- Samui (Naruto),
- "Square Sisters" (with Kiwi) | Mozu (One Piece),
- Guang Hong Ji (Yuri!!! on Ice),
= 08.01. ♑︎
- Kai (Akira),
- Mars (Black Clover),
- Hiashi Hyuga (Naruto),
- Hizashi Hyuga (Naruto),
- "Okama King" / "Miracle Person" | Emporio Ivankov / Iva (One Piece),
- Ching Tao (Shaman King),
= 09.01. ♑︎
- Kaede Kayano (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),
- Reika Rikudou (Fate/Apocrypha),
- Haku (Naruto),
- Pickles (One Piece),
= 10.01. ♑︎
- Braz D. Blood (Blood Lad),
- Koyo Ozaki (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- Yukichi Fukuzawa (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- Ittetsu Takeda (Haikyuu!!),
- Eustass Kid (One Piece),
- Otohime (One Piece),
= 11.01. ♑︎
- Todoroki Shouto (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Itomimizu (One Piece),
= 12.01. ♑︎
- Schneizel el Britannia (Code Geass),
- Dr. Hiriluk (One Piece),
- Ricardo (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),
= 13.01. ♑︎
- Cutthroat (Akudama Drive),
- Gordon Agrippa (Black Clover),
- Cornelia Li Britannia (Code Geass),
- 13 (Dorohedoro),
- Ikaros Much (One Piece),
= 14.01. ♑︎
- Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach),
- Ayumu Tojo (Gintama),
- Snoozer (Hamtaro),
- Sweet Pea (One Piece),
- Estarossa (The Seven Deadly Sins),
= 15.01. ♑︎
- A.O (One Piece),
- Historia Reiss (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- #81194 | Ray (Yakusoku no Neverland/Yakusoku no Neverland),
= 16.01. ♑︎
- Revchi Salik (Black Clover),
- Jirou Kyoutoku (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Boodle (One Piece),
- Felix Argyle (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),
= 17.01. ♑︎
- Kazuo Tengan (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School),
- Capone Bege (One Piece),
= 18.01. ♑︎
- Rhya (Black Clover),
- "Dabi" | Toya Todoroki (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Kiyomizu Yukihiro (Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited/The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited),
- Katsuhiko Teshigawara (Kimi no na wa/Your Name),
- Hannes (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
= 19.01. ♑︎
- Coyote Starrk (Bleach),
- Lilynette Gingerbuck (Bleach),
- Edgar Allan Poe (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- "Baron Zeppeli" | Will A. Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Part 3),
- "Prince of the Sand Waterfall Gourd" | Gaara (Naruto),
- Spandine (One Piece),
= 20.01. ♒︎
- Sakura Kouno (Horimiya),
- Maki Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen),
- Mai Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen),
- First Mizukage | Byakuren (Naruto),
- Tetta Kisaki (Tokyo Revengers),
= 21.01. ♒︎
- Antonio (One Piece),
- Miss Friday (One Piece),
= 22.01. ♒︎
- Miki Okudera (Kimi no na wa/Your Name),
- Merry (One Piece),
- Mii-chan | Michelajul Lortelia (Senyuu),
= 23.01. ♒︎
- Yumacchi | Walker Yumasaki (Durarara!!),
- Haruki Komi (Haikyuu!!),
- Nobu | Nobuo Terashima (Nana),
- Shino Aburame (Naruto),
- Charlotte Dosmarche (One Piece),
- Charlotte Nusstorte (One Piece),
= 24.01. ♒︎
- Inoichi Yamanaka (Naruto),
- Kairiken (One Piece),
- Miss Monday (One Piece),
- "Witch of Greed"/ "Witch of Wisdom" | Echidna (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),
- "Quinque Fanatic" / "Mad Mado" | Kureo Mado (Tokyo Ghoul),
= 25.01. ♒︎
- Shingo Mido (Death Note),
- Rintaro Suna (Haikyuu!!),
- "The Fourth Hokage" | Minato Namikaze (Naruto),
- Giolla (One Piece),
= 26.01. ♒︎
- Kuromarimo (One Piece),
- "Nero the Sea Weasel" | Nero (One Piece),
- Meene Montgomery (Shaman King),
- "Attack Titan" | Grisha Jaeger (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- "Old Warrior" | Aldrich (The Seven Deadly Sins),
= 27.01. ♒︎
- Loly Aivirrne (Bleach),
- Takahiro Hanamaki (Haikyuu!!),
- "Sailor Uranus" | Haruka Tenou (Sailor Moon),
- Charlotte Lola (One Piece),
= 28.01. ♒︎
- Doctor Onishi (Akira),
- "Gran Torino" | Sorahiko Torino (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- "Puppet Princess" / Tianzi | Jiang Lihua (Code Geass),
- Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!!),
- Mansherry (One Piece),
- Naki (Tokyo Ghoul),
- Chosuke Nakamoto (Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited/The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited),
= 29.01. ♒︎
- Kotaro Takebayashi (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),
- Gadjah (Black Clover),
- Carla Jaeger (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
= 30.01. ♒︎
- "Kosaku Kawajiri" | Yoshikage Kira (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Part 4),
- Eld Jinn (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- "Parka Freak" | Misuto Kiriya (Corpse Party: Blood Drive),
- Suleiman (One Piece),
= 31.01. ♒︎
- Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach),
- Shizuku (Naruto Shippuden the Movie),
- Aladdin (One Piece),
- Ippon-Matsu (One Piece),
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healeroflightanddark · 2 months ago
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Family Ties, Chapter 8: Big Family
After breakfast, the Yuus went to explore the farm. Three of their cousins joined them, wanting to spend time with them and show them around. They introduced themselves as Ari, Kyo, and Megumi, and they were Auntie Asuka’s triplets.
“Hang on,” Yuya said slowly when the triplets introduced themselves. “So you guys are triplets, and then Auntie Ren, I think it was? has twins, and Mean Old Uncle is Mom’s twin…”
“Yeah, there’s a lot of twins and triplets in our family,” Megumi replied. “Uncle Ichiro, Uncle Toshiro, and Auntie Fumiko are triplets, Mom and Auntie Kaede are twins, Uncle Haru and Auntie Yoko are twins, Uncle Hiroshi, Auntie Sakura, and Kagura are triplets, but Kagura’s not really welcome in the family anymore after what she did. Then there’s Cousin Miki and Cousin Niko, the oldest cousins, they’re 32-year-old twins. Next is Cousins Hiroto, Mei, and Len, they’re 31-year-old triplets. Then comes 30-year-old Hina, she’s one of the few cousins that isn’t a twin or triplet, then 29-year-old twins Akiko and Akito, then 29-year-old triplets Seiichi, Tadashi, and Mio, then 29-year-old triplets Emi, Saki, and Yuki, then 28-year-old triplets Kenji, Nobuo, and Hiro, then 27-year-old twins Ayame and Ayano, then Ari, Kyo, and me, we’re also 26, then 26-year-old twins Daichi and Ryuichi, then 24-year-old twins Kasumi and Mitsu, then 24-year-old Yuno, then 23-year-old twins Kotone and Kai, then 21-year-old triplets Takumi, Kazuo, and Isamu, then 21-year-old twins Miwa and Misaki, then 21-year-old triplets Haruko, Rei and Asuna, then 20-year-old Yumiko, and finally 19-year-old Mayumi.”
Yuya frowned. “Mom is only 34, right? Doesn’t that mean that Cousins Miki and Niko were born two years after she was?”
“Yep, Uncle Haru and Auntie Yoko were surprise babies,” said Ari. “All of their siblings were between 18 and 21 when Grandma found out she was pregnant with them.”
Yuri hummed, intrigued. “So, which of our cousins belong to which parents?” he asked
“Miki and Niko are Auntie Ren and Uncle Hiroshi’s kids,” Kyo replied. “Hiroto, Mei, and Len are Auntie Kaede and Uncle Akira’s kids. Akiko, Akito, Yuno, Miwa, and Misaki are Uncle Jun and Kagura’s. Emi, Saki, Yuki, Kotone, Kai, Haruko, Rei, and Asuna are Auntie Fumiko and Uncle Ryou’s. Hina, Seiichi, Tadashi, Mio, Kenji, Nobuo, and Hiro are Uncle Toshiro and Auntie Amaya’s. Ayame, Ayano, Daichi, Ryuichi, Kasumi, Mitsu, Takumi, Kazuo, and Isamu are Uncle Ichiro and Auntie Sakura’s. And the three of us and Mayumi are your Auntie Asuka and Uncle Takeshi’s kids.”
Yugo was quiet for a moment, then slowly looked at Yuya. “How many cousins do we have on Dad’s side, Yuya?” he asked with trepidation. Yuya replied, “Only four.”
To which Yugo let out a sigh of relief. “Oh thank god, it’s going to be hard enough keeping track of all the cousins on Mom’s side.”
Ari, Kyo, and Megumi all laughed. “Don’t worry, little cousin!” Kyo reassured him. “We all lose track all the time. If you forget a cousin or a name or call someone by the wrong name, nobody will be offended.”
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liliumsmangacaps · 2 years ago
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mangaxyaoi · 1 year ago
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Les Personnages
1ere Ligne : Kyon Kaïto Akio Haruko 2eme Ligne : Ken Jun Massa Ryuu 3eme Ligne : Tadhasi Tetsua Tomio Masaki 4eme Ligne : Yoshio Nao Hisao Eiji
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1ere Ligne : Nori Tadao Raiden Daichi 2eme Ligne : Isamu Kin Jamy Wai 3eme Ligne : Kenshin
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hakonohanayome · 2 years ago
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Shimanami Tasogare - Yuhki Kamatani
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bookblogbog · 2 years ago
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Our Dreams at Dusk
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Our dreams at dusk 
Ages: novelist plus says grade levels 7-9, and bowker’s says general adult. This clearly highlights the struggle that librarians and others face when determining the right location and marketing of this book.
Author: Yuhki Kamatani 
Genre: Contemporary fiction, magical realism
Why I chose this book: It is an LGBTQ+ book that is also manga.  
Summary: High schooler Kaname Tasuku has moved to a new town and his secret is exposed to his classmates just before summer break begins. Though he decides to take drastic action, he gets sidetracked and begins to get to know and befriend different people at a drop-in center high in the mountains while at the same time learning to come to terms with himself.  
Evaluation:  
Characters: I don’t believe the characters are well fleshed out in this novel, and I think that there may be a couple of reasons as to why. Firstly, this book is a manga and part of a series. It is to be expected that the character development will progress through each book, evidenced by the ending’s cliffhanger as Tasuku comes to a life-altering realization. The manga also splits its limited 180 pages between three storylines: Tasuku navigating his life as a gay teen, Haruko Daichi’s coming out story and her relationship with her fiancee who is still in the closet, and Tasuku’s curiousity about “Someone-san", the still unnamed owner of the Drop-in Center and several properties in renovation around the town. Furthermore, the author building a relationship between the reader and characters felt a lower priority than the melodramatic scenes and morose introspections. It made for a punchy first book in a series but a little wanting in dynamic characterization, though I believe the next parts of the series will fill in that gap. 
Illustration: Illustration can be difficult to judge in manga as many readers have a certain preference for a mangaka’s drawing styles. For example, I despise the shoujo manga drawing style of the 70s to 2000s to the point I refused to read any of it despite rave reviews of plot or characters. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I can be biased towards certain illustration styles. However, in attempting to be objective, I can say that the lines and proportions were clean and accurate, the illustrations can convey the emotions and turmoil characters are experiencing, and the moments of magical realism illustrated within the book were unexpected but did not grossly exaggerate the sentiments of mystery and heartbreak they were supposed to convey. However, I would have liked to see a deeper exploration into the settings as they are also spheres of Tasuku’s double lives.  
Theme: A theme that the story sets out to explore is the forced dichotomy in identity that people who are queer must either maintain or openly reject in a society that is still prejudiced against queer groups despite larger movements responding to discrimination. Several storylines explore the action of “coming out”, or what can be considered a convergence of the identities into the true or authentic self. The protagonist is afraid an unwilling to come out to his family and friends, the realm in which they inhabit I will call the “public sphere”: the place where Tasuku’s feelings and actions are performative of his masked identity as a heterosexual teen who condemns queerness. The private sphere then is the Drop-in center, where it is safe to be queer and where Tasuku can be his more vulnerable self, the identity that has been so stunted by his always inhabiting the public sphere. It is in the private sphere that his character develops, and the rejection of the dichotomy will be explored.  
The other story line about coming out is Haruko Daichi’s. Although in the story, we encounter her as her full-fledged authentic self and openly out, the story goes into her past when she was still maintaining the dichotomy and in her thorough rejection of it. However, this stands in contrast to her fiancée's story, which is still ongoing as she continues to keep her engagement a secret from her family. In their story we see the alternate roads Tasuku can take: one out, the other not, but both still vulnerable and open to giving and receiving love. It is this theme that I can’t wait to explore further in the next books as we see what life Tasuku chooses for himself.  
References: 
Books in Print. (n.d.) Our dreams at dusk: Shimanami Tasogare vol. 1 [database entry]. Retrieved on December 6, 2022, from https://www-booksinprint-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/TitleDetail/DetailedView?hreciid=|69349234|65386116&mc=USA  
Kamatani, Yuhki. (2019, January 1). Our dreams at dusk: Shimanami Tasogare. 1. Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.  
Novelist+. (n.d.). Our dreams at dusk: Shimanami Tasogare. 1 [database entry]. Retrieved on December 6, 2022, from https://web.p.ebscohost.com/novp/detail?vid=6&sid=9ab81c56-2db8-41fb-8a0e-5131459c0701%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9bm92cC1saXZl#UI=10787366&db=neh
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choujinx · 3 months ago
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SHIMANAMI TASOGARE (2015-2018) by kamatani yuuki
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