#nao sakuragi

[dilebe06]

Dragon Zakura 2

Grazie Dragon Zakura.❤️

Grazie.❤️❤️❤️

Questo commento è in onore del mio ultimo esame. Quello che ero straconvinta di aver bocciato o se proprio l'avevo passato, il voto non avrebbe mai superato il 20. E invece...

I MIRACOLI SIGNORI.

Oggi si parla di miracoli. [con spoiler]

D'altronde cosa c'è di più miracoloso dl far ammettere degli studenti caproni di una scuola liceale alla prestigiosa università della Todai facendogli superare un esame d'ingresso tostissimo?!

Perché sì, Dragon Zakura parla di questo: un avvocato/professore che viene assunto in un liceo con l'obbiettivo di far ammettere degli studenti alla Todai. Meglio se i suddetti alunni hanno dei voti disastrosi.

Esattamente come la prima stagione - che ricordo pochissimo poiché vista più di 10 anni fa - il nostro professor Sakuragi torna tra i banchi di scuola con la solita missione a dir poco impossibile.

qui sopra una gif di Dragon Zakura del 2005 tra capelli improponibili, fiocchetti, cose tipicamente anni 2000 ed un Yamashita Tomohisa molto moltooooo pischello

Una cosa della prima stagione però la ricordo bene: che questo drama mi piacque parecchio. Di serie ambientate a scuola è pieno il mondo televisivo ma Dragon Zakura a differenza di tutte le altre, si concentra molto sullo studio. Rimembro ancora alcune delle metodologie d'apprendimento che Sakuragi Sensei insegnò ai ragazzi.

Ed è infatti qui che secondo me la serie si discosta maggiormente da tutte le altre serie incentrate sulla scuola. Sakuragi mostra ai ragazzi dei metodi di studio efficaci ed incisivi per la missione che andranno a svolgere senza riempire la loro testa di nozioni o cose noiose.

Gli insegnamenti di Sakuragi si dividono in due strade: la prima rappresenta l'acquisizione di informazioni. Antesegnano di quello che in gergo viene chiamato "compito autentico", Sakuragi cerca di far utilizzare ai ragazzi ciò che hanno imparato nella quotidianità: ad esempio, scrivere ogni giorno 20 tweet in inglese. Oppure fargli completare 100 calcoli di matematica molto semplici in 3 minuti perché il calcolo a mente diventi così naturale che loro non debbano nemmeno pensarci. Esattamente come accade per la bicicletta: quando si pedala non si pensa a cosa si debba fare per far muovere la bici, ci viene naturale. Così deve essere per il calcolo. Oppure memorizzare formule ed altre nozioni a tempo di musica o muovendosi.

La seconda strada è invece relativa ai "buoni consigli" che tutti gli studenti dovremmo tenere a mente quando si approcciano ad un compito: durante l'ascolto di un brano in un altra lingua non prendere mai appunti per il primo ascolto ma cerca di capire il contesto di cui si sta parlando. Oppure come strutturare una risposta: meglio essere brevi ma chiari che prolissi ma confusi. Sakuragi da consigli per gestire l'ansia, come rispondere alle domande a crocette o come razionalizzare il tempo per completare un esercizio.

Ed io ho adorato questa parte. Sia nella prima che nella seconda stagione. Mentre ascoltavo gli "insegnamenti" del buon Sakuragi pensavo che questa serie dovrebbe essere fatta vedere in tante scuole superiori.

La seconda stagione, come la prima, riprende dei ragazzi che si trovano di fronte ad una missione impossibile - soprattutto per i voti che hanno - per quasi tutti loro: riuscire ad entrare alla Todai superando l'esame d'ingresso che falcia orde di studenti ogni anno.

Sakuragi avrà il suo bel daffare anche solo per reclutare degli alunni poiché la missione è così ardua che molti non ci vogliono nemmeno provare. La paura e l'impossibilità di superare quest'esame rende l'esame stesso impossibile per la mente dei ragazzi ma per dirla con le parole di Sakuragi stesso :" è più difficile diventare campioni olimpici che entrare alla Todai."

Alla fine l'entrata all'università è solo una "scusa" per mostrare come l'ostacolo che sembrava impossibile sia in realtà alla portata di tutti, come ci si blocchi da soli preferendo non combattere perché sappiamo già di aver perso prima ancora di provarci.

Ma Dragon Zakura non parla solo di questo. A far compagnia alle lezioni di metodo c'è la parte motivazionale - che se i giapponesi non ci infilano non sono contenti - con tutte le questioni da essa derivanti. in questo senso c'è almeno un argomento centrale che assorbe tutta la storia: essere padroni del proprio destino. Fare le proprie scelte non permettendo a nessuno di decidere per noi o per il nostro futuro avendo anche il coraggio di andare contro alle persone che ci vogliono bene.

Sakuragi si conferma il solito personaggio sopra le righe: cazzone, motivatore, fumatore impenitente, rivoluzionario ed incredibilmente acuto. E' il primo a credere nelle possibilità dei ragazzi, nelle loro potenzialità e questo li sprona a dare il massimo e a voler continuamente migliorare.

In questa stagione a far compagnia al professore c'è anche Mizuno che era la sua allieva nella prima stagione: entrata alla Todai, alla fine aiuta il suo vecchio insegnante nella stessa missione che riguardò lei tanti anni prima. E mi è piaciuta perché è un buon contraltare per Sakuragi. Dove lui è calmo, sicuro di se e misterioso, Mizuno è agitata, si preoccupa. E' allegra, socievole dove Sakuragi è cupo e silenzioso. Si nota comunque il grande rispetto che la ragazza nutre per il suo ex insegnante e come cerchi di aiutarlo il più possibile. Insieme hanno una buona chimica.

Ed infine i ragazzi. Come sempre i drama giapponesi caratterizzano bene i personaggi, riuscendo a inquadrarli anche con poche scene: dal ragazzo con problemi di autostima alla ragazza viziata che non prende nulla sul serio...essendo tanti ragazzi sono anche tante le diversificazioni delle loro personalità e dei loro background.

In particolare me ne sono piaciuti 4 più di tutti: Seto, Fujii, Iwasaki e Kenta.

Seto ha avuto una vita difficile, con la morte dei genitori accaduta quando era piccolo e una sorella maggiore che fa il diavolo a quattro per lavorare e guadagnare soldi e che lui aiuta al ristorante. E' un bravo ragazzo, palesemente innamorato di iwasaki . Dolce, simpatico e altruista, ho davvero fatto l tifo per lui. Considerando poi che tra tutti è quello messo peggio con i voti, mi sono anche commossa per lui sul finale della serie.

Iwasaki d'altra parte è una ragazza carina e popolare. Campionessa di badminton e destinata ad un futuro come campionessa olimpica, si ritroverà a fare i conti con un infortunio che rimescolerà tutte le carte per il suo futuro. Mi è piaciuta la sua determinazione e sicurezza e come abbia poi affrontato il discorso del suo futuro con la sua famiglia. Piaciuto meno invece come la serie abbia affrontato i gravissimi errori del suo allenatore e della sua amica.

Kenta, mio piccolo raggio di sole, è un ragazzo affetto da disabilità. Autismo suppongo. Ma ciò non lo esula dall'essere un vero genio. Non ricorda nulla di ciò che gli viene detto ma ha una memoria visiva così potente da imparare a memoria interi vocabolari. Kenta poi è un cucciolino, dolce e davvero gentile con i suoi compagni di classe. Bellissimo poi come i ragazzi abbiano incluso Kenta inventando anche dei giochi per lui o come lo abbiano aiutato e protetto. Commovente la reazione della sua insegnante che si rende conto, solo grazie a Sakuragi, delle potenzialità del suo allievo e si riempia di orgoglio per ogni risposta giusta del regazzo. T_T <3

Infine Fujii. Lo studente migliore della scuola che vuole andare anche lui alla Todai, che sminuisce i compagni poiché convinto che siano troppo stupidi anche solo per provarci. Arrogante, prepotente e a tratti meschino, Fujii tenterà in ogni modo di mostrare la sua superiorità, fallendo ogni volta. Sakuragi - che è il più sveglio della scuola - lo include nel team con gli altri e piano piano anche lui si aprirà agli altri, mostrandosi sempre più gentile. Così tanto gentile che si fa male per proteggere Kenta da dei bulletti. Fujii non riuscirà ad entrare alla Todai ma accidenti se ha comunque vinto di più! La sua evoluzione è quella più palese tra i ragazzi e per quanto semplice e scontata mi è comunque piaciuta.

L'ultime cose vorrei dirle sulla trama che rigurdava la preside, la vendita del terreno su cui sorge la scuola ed i due ex allievi di Sakuragi. Onestamente tutta sta diatriba non mi ha emozionato così tanto. Non so perché ma l'idea della scuola che rischia di dover chiudere, gente in giacca a cravatta che compie illeciti ecc ecc, non mi ha entusiasmato così tanto.

Meglio invece la storyline dei due ex allievi dove per metà serie avevo davvero ipotizzato che i due fossero arrabbiati con Sakuragi. Mi sembrava realistico che qualcuno di questi ragazzi di fronte alla promessa non mantenuta di entrare alla Todai, si risentisse con il professore. Ci sta. Sarebbe una cosa che non mi stupirei di vedere. Invece si scopre che era tutta una messinscena ed i due stavano indagando per aiutare il loro ex professore e ...va bene così. Vengono spiegate le motivazioni e gli eventi di ciò che è successo quindi non mi posso lamentare.

Concludendo: Dragon Zakura prima e seconda stagione rimarrà uno dei miei drama di conforto e motivazionale preferiti. La seconda stagione non si discosta molto dalla prima - se non per l'inserimento della vicenda della vendita della scuola - e mostra sempre i grandi insegnamenti di studio o di approccio alla vita. C'è un buon cast, dove i giovani davvero hanno fatto un buon lavoro, e alcuni grandi ritorni dalla prima stagione. Per chi ama questo genere di drama è una buona visione da recuperare.

Voto: 7.9

[aleamaris]

I wanted to share this little drawing I did to accompany the ridiculously long fanfiction I started writing. If you like Nao and Kou and cats, you might want to check it out! Beware of the very bad cat puns though, haha:

[imasallstars]

INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN

Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)

DAY 1&2

AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) 　Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). 　Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) 　Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)

[rei-murasaki-the-anime-lover]

favourite anime and anime characters part2

High School DxD- Rias Gremory, Issei Hyodo

High School Fleet-Mei Irizaki

High School Girls- Ayano Sato 

High School Of The Dead

High Score Girl- Akira Oono

Highspeed Etoile 

Higurashi-Rena Ryuugu

Hikaru no Go

Himawari- Himawari Hinata 

Hime-chan’s Ribbon 

Himesama Goyoujin-Himeko Tsubaki 

Himote House

Himouto Umaru-chan-Nana Ebina 

Hinako Note-Hinako Sakuragi

Hinamatsuri- Hina

Hinomaru Sumo- Chizuko Hori 

Hiiro No Kakera- Tamaki Kasuga 

Hisone and Masotan- Hisone Amakasu

Hitman Reborn- Chrome Dokuro

Hitohira-Mugi Asai

Hitori no Shita-Fuu Houhou

Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu-Bocchi Hitori 

Hitorigurashi no Shougakusei

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable-Minami Fuyuki 

Honey And Clover 

Hoozuki's Coolheadedness 

Hortensia Saga-Nonnoria Folley

Horimiya-Kyouko Hori 

Horizon In The Middle Of Nowhere- Horizon Arladust/P-01s

Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi-Ui Nakatsugawa 

House Of Five Leaves

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom-Tomoe Inui, Kaede Foxia

How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift- Hibiki Sakura 

How Not To Summon a Demon Lord-Rem Galleu 

How To Keep a Mummy-Asa Motegi 

Hulaing Babies

Humanity Has Declined-Shujinko

Hundred-Claire Harvey

Hungry Heart Wild Striker-Miki Tsujiwaki 

HunterxHunter- Shizuku

Hyakka Ryouran- Jubei Yagyu

Hyakko-Ayumi Nonomura

Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia-Silvia Silkcut  

Hyouka- Eru Chitanda

Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation-Neptune/Purple Heart 

Hynosis Mic- Iris

IChu 

ID0-Maya Mikuri

IDInvaded- Koharu Hondomachi

Idol Incidents

Idolish7-Tsumugi Takanashi 

Idoly Pride- Sakura Kawasaki

Ikenaikyo-Charlotte Evens

Inazuma Eleven 

InfiniT Force

Infinite Stratos- Houki Shinonono

Innocent Venus 

Interspecies Reviewers-Meidri

In/spectre-Kotoko Iwanaga 

Intrigue In The Bakumatsu

Inu X Boku Secret Service- Ririchiyo Shirakiin, Soushi Miketsukami

Inukami- Yoko 

Inuyasha- Kagome Higurashi, Moroha(Yashahime)

I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Max Out My Level-Azusa Aizawa

I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying- Kaoru

I Coundn't Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided To Get A Job- Fino Bloodstone

I Don't Like You At All Big Brother-Nao Takanashi

I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World Too-Kaori Houjou 

I Parry Everything 

I Shall Survive Using Potions-Kaoru Nagase 

I Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm Related Skills-Helen Rean

I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability 

I’m Standing on a Million Lives- Kusue Hakosaki 

I’m Qutting Heroing-Lili 

I’m in Love with the Villainess- Rae Taylor,Clair Francois 

I’m the Villainess so I’m Taming the Final Boss-Aileen Lauren d’Autriche 

Idolmaster-Haruka Amami,Uzuki Shimamura[IMCG], Arisu Tachibana[IMCG U149], Momoka Sakurai[IMCG U149],Kaho Komiya(IMSC)

If Her Flag Breaks- Nanami Knight Bladefield

If My Favourite Pop Idol Made It to the Budoukan I Would Die-Maina Ichii

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Ikemen Sengoku 

Iketeru Futari

Ikki Tousen- Hakufu Sonsaku 

Ikoku Meiro no Croisee-Yune

Immortal Grand Prix 

Immoral Guild-Hitamu Kyan

In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki-Tsubaki 

In the Land of Leadale-Cayna

Inari Konkon Koi Iroha- Inari Fushimi 

Infinite Dendrogram-Nemesis  

Initial D

Insomniacs After School-Isaki Magari

Interview With Monster Girls-Hikari Takanshi, Kyouko Machi, Yuki Kusakabe,Sakie Satou

In Another World With My Smartphone-Linze Silhoueska

Invaders Of The Rokujoma-Sanae Higashihongan

Invincible King Tri Zenon 

Incincible Robo Trider G7

Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san

Ingress

Inuyashiki

Ippatsu Kiki Musume

Ippon Again-Michi Sonoda 

Irina The Vampire Cosmonaut- Irina Luminesk 

Is It Wrong to Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?-Hestia

Is The Order A Rabbit?- Cocoa Hoto

Is This A Zombie?- Eucliwood Hellscythe

Ishura

Island- Sara Garando

Isuca- Sakuya Shimazu 

Iron Man

Irozuku

Irregular At Magic High School- Miyuki Shiba,Tatsuya Shiba

Isekai Cheat Magician-Rin Azuma 

Isekai Izakaya Nobu- Shinobu Senke

Isekai Quartet 

Itazura na Kiss-Kotoko Aihara

Iwa Kakeru- Konomi Kasahara

Ixion Saga DT

Izzeta The Last Witch- Izetta

Japan Sinks 2020

Jellyfish Can’t Swim in The Night-Mahiru Kouzuki/Yoru Umitsuki 

Jikkenhin Kazoku-Ashisu

Jikuu Tantei Genshi-kun-Sora Yamato

Jingai-san no Yome

Jinsei-Fumi Kujou

Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa-Youko Shiragami

JK Meshi

Joker Game 

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure-Trish Una

Jormungand- Koko Hekmatyar, Jonah

Joshikausei

Joshiraku- Gankyou Kurubiyutei 

Jouran-Sawa Yukimura 

Juubei-chan-Jiyuu Nanohara

Jujutsu Kaisen-Nobara Kugisaki

Junji Ito Collection 

Junji Ito Maniac 

Just Because 

Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger

Juuni Taisen

Juusenshi Gulkeeva

Juushinki Pandora- Queenie Yoh 

K- Kuroh Yatogami, Neko 

K-On- Yui Hirasawa

Kabaneri of The Iron Fortress-Ayame Yomogawa

Kabukibu-Maruko Janome

Kabukichou Sherlock-Mary Morstan

Kado-Kanata Shinawa

Kage Kara Mamoru-Yamame Hattori 

Kageki Shoujo-Sarasa Watanabe

Kaguya-sama – Kaguya Shinomiya

Kakegurui-Yumeko Jabami 

Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi- Aoi Tsubaki 

Kamisama Kazoku-Tenko Kamiyama

Kashigoto- Hime Gotou 

Kaiji

Kaijuu No.8

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea-Ririha

Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel

Kanamemo-Kana Nakamachi

Kamen No Maid Guy-Naeka Fujiwara

Kamichama Karin

Kamierabi-Honoka Sawa

Kamigami No Asobi-,Yui Kusanagi 

Kamikatsu-Alural

Kamisama Dolls

Kamisama Kiss- Nanami Momozono

Kampfer- Akane Mishima 

Kandagawa Jet Girls-Rin Namiki 

Kannagi -Nagi/Kannagi

Kannazuki No Miko- Himeko Kurusugawa 

Kanon-Ayu Tsukimiya 

Kanokon- Chizuru Minamoto

Kantai Collection-Fubuki, Hibiki, Shigure

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san-Takagi-san

Karakuri Circus- Shirogane Saiga/Eleonore

Kare Kano-Yukino Miyazawa

Karin: Chibi Vampire- Karin Maaka

Karneval- Gereki

Kashimashi-Hazumu Osaragi

Katanagatari- Togame  

Kawagoe Boys Sing 

Kawai Complex Guide To Manors And Hostel Behaviour-Ritsu Kawai 

Kaze No Stigma-Ayano Kannagi 

Keep Your Hands Off Eizoukan 

Keijo-Non Toyoguchi 

Kekkaishi

Kemono Friends-Serval

Kemono Jihen-Kon

Kemono Michi- Shigure 

Kemurikusa-RIn

Ken En Ken

Kengan Ashura

Kenka Bancho 

Kenichi: Mightiest Disciple- Miu Furinji

Key The Metal Idol 

Kiba-Roya

Kiddy GirlAND- Ascoeur

Kiddy Grade- Eclair, Lumiere

Kids On The Slope

Kimetsu no Yaiba- Nezuko Kamado 

King of Prism 

Kiitarou’s Youkai Picture Diary 

Kill La Kill

Kill Me Baby- Sonya

Killing Bites- Hitomi Uzaki 

Kimagure Orange Road-Manami Kasuga

Kimi Ga Aruji De Shitsuji Ga Ore De-Yume Kuonji 

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien-Haruka Suzumiya

Kimi Ni Todoke-Sawako”Sadako”Kuronuma

Kimi To Boku

KimiKiss-Yuumi Hoshino

Kimizero-Runa Shirakawa

Kindaichi Case Files-Miyuki Nanase 

King’s Game

King’s Raid- Cleo

Kingdom 

Kin-Iro Mosaic-Shinobu Omiya 

Kinnikuman

Kino’s Journey 

Kirby: Right Back At Ya 

KissxSis- Miharu Mikuni

Kiss Him Not Me- Kae Serinuma

Kiyo In Kyoto-Kiyo

Kiznaiver-Nico Niiyama 

Kizuna no Allele-Chris

Knights and Magic- Adeltrud “”Addy” Olter

Knights Of Sindonia-Shizuka Hoshijiro 

Kobato-Kobato Hanato

Kochouki-Oichi

Kodomo no Jikan-Mimi Usa 

Kodomo no Omocha

Koi Kaze-Nanoka Kohinata

Koi wa Ameagari no You ni – Akira Tachibana 

Koikimo-Ichika Arima 

Koihime Muso- Kan'u Unchou/Aisha

Kokkoku- Juri Yukawa

Kokoro Connect

Kokoro Library-Kokoro

Komi Can’t Communicate-Shouko Kpmi

Komori-san Can't Decline

Kono Oto Tomare – Satowa Hasuki 

Konohana Kitan-Yuzu

KonoSuba-Megumin

Kotaro Lives Alone 

Kotoura-san- Yuriko Mifune

Koutetsu Sangokushi 

Kubo Let Me Be Invisible-Nagisa Kubo 

Kujibiki Unbalance 

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear- Yuna

Kumamiko-Machi Amayadori 

Kure-nai

Kurokami-Kuro

Kuroko's Basket-Satsuki Momoi

Kuromukuro-Yukina Shirahane

Kurozuka

Kyoran Kazoku Nikki-Kyoka Midarezaki 

Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes-Aoi Mashiro

Kyou Kara Maou 

Kyou no Go no Ni-Megumi Hidaka

Kyousougiga-Koto

La Corda d'Oro-Azuma Yunoki,Kahoko Hino,Kanade Kohinata[LCD Blue Sky]

La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia-Felicita

Ladies Versus Butlers-Tomomi Saikyou 

Lagrange-Muginami

Laid Back Camp- Nadeshiko Kagamihara, Rin Shima 

Lamune-Nanami Konoe 

Lance N' Masques-Yufeng 

Land of the Lustrous

Lapis Re:Lights-Ashley 

Last Exile-Lavie Head, Fam Fan Fan(LEFtSW) 

Last Period- Choco

Laughing Under The Clouds-Botan 

Layton Mystery Tanteisha- Katrielle Layton

LBX Girls-Suzuno

Le Chevalier D'Eon 

Legend of the Galactic Heroes 

Legend of Legendary Heroes- Ferris Eris

Legend of Mana The Teardrop Cystal 

Les Misérables Shoujo Cosette 

Lets Make a Mug Too-Mika Kukuri

Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero-Zenia 

Level E

Levius-Natalia Garnet 

Liar Liar-Sarasa Saionji/Rina Akabane 

Lilpri-Ringo Yukimori

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan-Utano Tadano

Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout- Hinata Tachibana 

Linebarrels Of Iron- Emi Kizaki

Listen To Me Girls, I Am Your Farther- Sora Takanashi 

Listeners-Mu

Little Busters-Rin Natsume 

Little Witch Academia- Atsuko “Akko” Kagari 

Log Horizon-Akatsuki, Shiroe

Locodol-Nanako Usami

Love All Play 

Love and Lies-Misaki Takasaki

Love Is Invisible by Twins

Long Riders-Ami Kurata 

Lord Marksman And Vanadis-Eleonora “Elen” Viltaria 

Lord of Vermillion- Tsubaki Manazuru

Lost Song-Rin  

Lost Universe 

Lost Village-Lion 

Love After World Domination-Desumi Magahara 

Love Com- Risa Koizumi

Love,Election And Chocolate-Nozomi Edagawa 

Love Flops-Amelia Irving 

Love Get Chu-Momoko Ichihara

Love,Chunibyo And Other Delusions- Rikka Takanashi 

Love Hina-Shinobu Maehara, Motoko Aoyama, Kaolla Su

Love of Kill-Chateau Dankworth 

Love Lab- Suzune Tanahashi 

Love Live- Honoka Kosaka, Ruby Kurosawa[Love Live Sunshine], Rina Tennoji(Love Live Nijigasaki),Kanon Shibuya(Love Live Superstar)

Love Love- Natsumi Yagami

Love Kome

Lovely Idol 

Loving Yamada at Lv999-Akane Kinoshita 

L/R-Noelle Ardelade 

Luck & Logic-Athena, Liones Yellstratova

Lucky Star- Konata Izumi

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer-Samidare Asahina

Luna Legend Tsukihime

Lupin The Third-Fujiko Mine  

Lycoris Recoil- Chisato Nishikigi

M3 The Black Metal 

Maburaho-Yuna Miyama

Macademi Wasshoi-Suzuho Hasegawa 

Machiko And Hatchin

Macross-Freyja Wion[Macross Delta]

Made In Abyss-Riko

Madome-Nephelia

Madou Soshi 

Maesetsu-Fubuki Kitakaze

Magatsu Wahrheit-Irma

Magi- Alibaba Saluja, Morgiana

Magipoka-Liru

Magic Knight Reyearth 

Magic Kyun Renaissance-Kohana Aigasaki 

Magic Of Stella-Tamaki Honda 

Magical Canan

Magical Circle Guru Guru-Kukuri

Magical Destroyers-Anarchy/Kirara Akabane

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha-Nanoha Takamachi

Magical Girl Ore – Sakuyo Mikage 

Magical Girl Site- Aya Asagiri 

Magical Girl Spec Ops Asuka-Kurumi Mugen 

Magical Girl Raising Project-Ripple/Kano Sazanami  

Magical Senpai-Senpai  

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

Magical Somera-chan

Magical Warfare-Mui Aiba

Magikano-Ayumi Mamiya 

Mahoraba-Kozue Aoba

Mahoromatic-Mahoro Andou

Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desukara 

Mahou Shoujo Naria Girls

Mai Hime-Mai Tokiha

Mai Otome-Arika Yumemiya 

Maid-Sama- Misaki Ayazawa

Maison Ikkoku- Kyoko Otonashi 

Majestic Prince-Tamaki Irie 

Majikoi Oh! Samurai Girls- Miyako Shiina

Majimoji Rurumo-Rurumo 

Major-Kaoru Shimizu

Malevolent Spirit-Botan Nagatsuki 

Makai Ouji: Devils And Realist 

Maken-Ki- Inaho Kushihachi

Makeine-Anna Yanami

Mama wa Shougaku 4 Nensei 

Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo-Ayako Takasu

Management of a Novice Alchemist-Sarasa Feed

Manyuu Hikenchou- Kaede

Marchen Awakens Romance-Snow 

Marchen Madchen-Hazuki Kagimura 

Maria-sama ga Miteru-Yumi Fukuzawa

Maria Holic-Kanako Miyamae

Maria The Virgin Witch-Maria 

March Comes In Like A Lion-Hinata Kawamoto

Marginal#4

Marmalade Boy

Manaria Friends 

Mars Red-Aoi Shirase

Martian Successor Nadesico-Yurika Misumaru,Ruri Hoshino 

Master Keaton 

Marvel Disk Wars

Masamune-kun’s Revenge-Yoshino Koiwai

Mashle-Lemon Irvine 

Matoi The Sacred Slayer-Matoi Sumeragi 

Matchless RaijinOh

Maoyu- Maou 

Mawaru Penguindrum

Mayo Chiki- Kanade Suzutsuki

Mayoi Neko Overrun-Nozomi Kiriya 

Mayonaka Punch-Live

Mazica Party

Medabots 

Meiji Gekken-Senri Kuroki 

Meiji Tokyo Renka-Mei Ayaziki

Medaka Box- Medaka Kurokami 

Megalo Box 

Megaman NT Warrior

Meganebu

Megaton Musashi-Arshem 

Mekakucity Actors

Melody of Oblivion 

Merc Storia

Mermaid Forest 

Metallic Rouge-Naomi Ortmann

MF Ghost-Ren Saionji 

Miami Guns- Yao Sakurakouji

Midnight Occult Civil Servants 

Midori Days- Midori Kasugano

Migi & Dali

Mikagura School Suite-Eruna Ichinomiya 

Mikan Enikki 

Million Arthur- Thief Arthur 

Million Doll 

Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club-Hiromi Maiharu

Minamike-Kana Minami 

Mingling With a Priest 

Mierukochan-Miko Yotsuya

Miracle Girls

Miss Caretaker of Sunoharasou-Ayaka Sunohara

Miss Bernard Said 

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid-Tohru

Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department-Touka Kuroitsu, Akashic. Wolf Bete

Miss Monochrome 

Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost-Yuurei-chan

Mission: Yozakura Family 

Mitsuboshi Colors-Kotoha

Mitsudomoe-Aiko Kuriyama

Mix- Haruka Ooyama

MM-Arashiko Yuuno

Mob Psycho 100

Mobkara-Sylphy

Mobile Suit Gundam- Tieira Erde[Gundam 00], Lacus Clyne[Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny], Kudelia Aina Bernstein[Gundam IBO],China Kousaka[GBF],Romary Stone/Asuno[Gundum AGE]Mirai Kamiki[GBFT], Aya Fujisawa/Ayame[GBD], Shakti Kareen[MSVG], Suletta Mercury[MSG TWFM]

Modern Magic Made Simple-Koyomi Morishita 

Moetan-Ink Nijihara 

Mokke

Momo Kyun Sword-Momoko

Momokuri-Yuki Kurihara

Mon Colle Knights 

Monochrome Factor 

Monogatari- Tsubasa Hanekawa 

Monster

Monster Girl Doctor-Saphentite Neikes

Monster Hunter Stories

Monster Musume-Miia

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun-Chiyo Sakura 

Moonlight Mile

More Than a Married Couple But Not Lovers-Akari Watanabe 

Moriarty the Patriot 

Moribito-Balsa

Morita-san Wa Mukuchi 

Mouryou No Hako

Mouse

Morose Mononokean-Zenko Fujiwara

Mother of the Goddess’s Dormitory-Sutea Koroya

Mr Love

Mr Villain’s Day Off

Ms.Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles-Koizumi 

Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood- Sophie Twilight  

Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation  

Mushi Uta-Shiika Anmoto

Mushibugyo-Kuroageha

Mushishi

Mushoku Tensei-Roxy Migurdia 

Mushrambo

Muteki Kanban Musume-Megumi Kannazuki 

Mutenking The Dancing Hero 

Muv-Luv-Yui Takamura[MuvLuv Alternative Total Eclipse], Katia Waldheim[Shswarzesmarken], Sumika Kagamu[MuvLuv Alternative]

My Bride Is A Mermaid- Sun Seto

My Clueless First Friend-Akane Nishimura 

My Daemon

My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S Ranked Adventurer-Miriam

My Deer Friend Nokotan- Torako Koshi

My Dress Up Darling-Marin Kitagawa 

My First Girlfriend Is a Gal-Nene Fujinoki

My Girlfriend Is Shobitch-Akiho Kousaka

My Happy Marriage-Miyo Saimori 

My Hero Academia-Ochako Uraraka 

My Home Hero-Reika Tosu 

My Isekai Life-Dryad 

My Instant Death Ability is So Over Powered-Tomochika Dannoura

My Little Monster-Asako Netsume 

My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog-Usagi Tsukishiro 

My Love Story-Rinko Yamato

My Master Has No Tail-Mameda

My Mental Choices Are Completly Interfering With My School Romance Comedy-Ouka Yuuouji 

My Neighbour Seki

My New Boss is Goofy

My One Hit Kill Sister-Maya Ikusaba

My Roommate is a Cat

My Senpai is Annoying-Futaba Igarashi 

My Sister My Writer 

My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex-Yume Irido 

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU- Yui Yuigahama

My Tiny Senpai-Shiori Katase 

My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1-Emily Brown 

My Wife Has No Emotion 

My Wife Is The Student Council President-Ui Wakana

Myriad Colors Phantom World-Reina Izumi  

Myself Yourself-Aoi Oribe

Mysterious Disappearance 

Mysterious Girlfriend X- Mikoto Urabe

Mysterious Joker- Diamond Queen 

Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok-Mayura Daidouji

Mystic Archives Of Dantalian-Dalian 

Nabari No Ou-Raimei Shimizu

Nadia

Nagasarete Airantou- Suzu 

Nagi-Asu-Manaka Mukaido 

Najica Blitz Tactics- Lila 

Nakaimo-Konoe Tsuruma

Nanbaka-Momoko Hyakushiki

Nana-Nana Osaki 

Nana Maru San Batsu-Mari Fukami

Nanaka6/17-Nanaka Kirisato

Nanana’s Buried Treasure-Nanana Ryuugajou 

Nanatsuiro Drops-Sumomo Akihime 

Namu Amida Butsu

Narenare 

Naruto-Hinata Hyuga, Sumire Kakei(Boruto)

Natsu No Arashi-Yayoi Fushimi

Natsuiro Kiseki –Yuka Hanaki

Natsume's Book Of Friends- Jun Sasada

NazeBoku 

Nazotokine

Needless- Adam Blade, Eve Neuschwanstein

Negima-Nodoka Miyazaki, Karin Yuuki[UQ Holder]

Nekogami Yaoyorozu-Mayu

Nekopara-Chocola

Neo Ranga

Neon Genesis Evengelion

Near Death!! Ekoda-chan 

Netsuzou Trap

Neuro: Supernatural Detective- Yako Katsuragi 

New Game-Aoba Suzukaze

Nier Automata Ver1.1a-2B 

Nichijou

Night Head 2041

Night Head Genesis 

Night Raid 1931-Yukina Sonogi 

Night Wizard 

Nijiiro Days 

Nil Admirari no Tenbin- Tsugumi Kuze

Ningen Fushin-Curran

Ninjala-Lucy

Ninja Kamui 

Ninja Girl And Samurai Master 

Ninja Nonsense- Shinobu,Miyabi

Ninja Scroll

Ninja Slayer From Animation 

Nisekoi- Kosaki Onodera

No Game No Life- Sora,Shiro

No Guns Life-Mary Steinberg

No Longer Allowed in Another World-Tama

Noblesse- Seira J. Loyard

Nobunagun- Shio Ogura 

Nobunaga Conserto 

Nobunaga-sensei no Osanazuma

Nobunaga The Fool- Jeanne Kaguya D'Arc/Ranmaru Mori

Nodame Cantabile-Megumi Noda

Noein

Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu-Haruka Nogizaka 

Non Non Biyori-Komari Koshigaya

Nora, Princess and Stray Cat

Noragami-Hiyori Iki,Yato

Norn9-Koharu

Nourin-Ringo Kinoshita/Yuka Kusakabe 

Now and Then Here and There

Number24

Null Peta

Nura: Rise Of The Yokai Clan- Tsurara Oikawa/Yuki Onna

Nurse Angel Ririka SOS 

Nurse Witch Komugi-chan-Kokona Saionji[NWK R]

Nyaruko-Nyaruko

Nyan Koi-Kaede Mizuno 

Nyanko Days

O Maidens in Your Savage Season-HItoha Hongou 

Oblivion Battery 

Occult Academy-Maya Kumashiro 

Occult:Nine-Ryoka Narusawa 

Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga-Ichiko Oda 

Odd Taxi

Ojisan And Marshmallow 

Okami-san And Her Seven Companions- Ryoko Okami

Okami Kakushi-Nemuru Kushinda

Okoshiyasu Chitose-chan

Okusama Wa Joshikousei-Asami Onohara

Omae wa Mada Gunma wo Shiranai

Omamori Himari-Himari Noihara

Omiai Aite wa Oshiego Tsuyoki na Mondaiji

One Outs

One Punch Man 

One Piece-Carrot,Yamato

One Week Friends-Kaori Fujimiya 

Onee-Chan Wa Kita

Onihei

Ongaku Shoujo- Hanako Yamadaki 

Onmyouji 

Onsen Yousei Hakone-chan 

Oooku 

Ooya-san Wa Shishunki 

Oreimo- Ruri Goko/Kuroneko

Orenchi No Fueo Jijo

OreSuki- Aoi Hinata

Oreshura-Himeka Akishino

Orient-Tsugumo Hattori 

Oruchuban Ebichu

Otome Youkai Zakuro-Susukihotaru 

One Room

OniiAi-Akiko Himenokouji

Onimai-Mahiro Oyama

Onigiri

Opus Colors 

Orange-Naho Takamiya

Osake wa Fuufu ni Natte Kara

Osamake-Kuroha Shida

Oshi no Ko-Kana Arima

Osomatsu-kun-Totoko

Otaku Elf-Koito Koganei

Otherside Picnic-Sorao Kamikoshi 

Otogi Juushi Akazukin 

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru 

Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World-Mismis Klass 

Ouran High School Host Club- Kyoya Otari

Outbreak Company-Myucel Foaran 

Outburst Dreamer Boy-Mizuki Hijiri 

Outlaw Star-Melfina 

Our Home's Fox Deity-Misaki Sakura

Over Drive

Overdrive Girl 1/6-Nona 

Overlord-Albedo

Overtake-Alice Mitsuzawa

Ozmafia

Pan De Peace

Pandora Hearts- Alice

Pandora In The Crimson Shell-Clarion 

Pani Poni Dash-Himeko Katagiri

Parallel World Pharmacy- Charlotte “Lotte” Soller 

Paradise Kiss-Yukari “Caroline” Hayasaka

Paranoia Agent 

PaRappa the Rapper

Pastel Memories  

Panty And Stocking, Panty, Stocking 

Paradox Live

Parasyte-Satomi Murano

Peacemaker Kurogane-Saya

Peach Boy Riverside-Sally/Saltherine Aldarake

Peeping Life TV

Penguin Musume- Sakura “Penguin” Nankyoku

Persona 4 The Animation- Yu Narukami

Persona 5 The Animation-Futaba Sakura 

Persona:Trinity Soul-Kanaru Morimoto

Pet 

Pet Girl Of Sakurasou- Mashiro Shiina 

Peter Grill and The Philosopher’s Time 

Phantasy Star Online 2 -Rina Izumi[PSO2 TA], Melrandia[PSO2 EO]

Phantom: Requiem For The Phantom- Zwei/ Reiji Azuma, Ein/Eren

Phantom of the Idol-Asahi Mogami 

[nenaarts]

Desenho de aniversário do Sakuragi! Primeiro aniversário que ele comemora sendo pai. Então está junto a Haruko e as gêmeas Emi e Nao.

[lemonjuice978]

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku review and analysis

Wotakoi is a manga and anime written by Fujita. The story is a slice of life romance that follows 4 adult office workers struggling with relationships and being an anime or video game fan in society. 

I was initially attracted to read this because the song in the intro to the anime was trending online, sticking it in my mind when I inevitably found it in manga form at Indigo. I picked it up over a year ago but only finished it in February after procrastinating reading it which I regret extremely. I absolutely loved this series and a lot of scenes had me giggling or squealing over the troupes and cute romantic moments.

To summarize, Wotakoi’s main character is Narumi Momose, a young adult starting at a new job after her previous workplace and boyfriend discovered she is an “Otaku”. On her first day at her new job, she encounters Hirotaka Nifuji, a childhood friend and fellow Otaku. Together, they reminisce about childhood, video games, and Narumi’s failed relationships, when Hirotaka decides that if love is so hard for the both of them, they should date each other. This deal of course comes with Hirotaka’s gamer prowess to assist Narumi in video games, as well as a bonded agreement to protect each others nerdy sides. The story shows them struggling with their interests in daily life and interactions with their just as nerdy coworkers.

Gender and sexuality play a large role in this series, as well as emphasis on “Otaku” fan culture. Though there are 4 main characters, a lot of the story follows Narumi, who can be classified by the term “fujoshi”. A fujoshi is typically a girl who obsesses over boys love manga and anime. She herself writes and illustrates this content to sell at conventions as well. This has striken controversy about this series since the whole idea of being a girl hyper-fascinated in male-male romance is considered creepy or weird in real people, nonetheless in fictional characters. Momose is heterosexual herself, but many scenes show her fantasizing about her coworkers in BL romance troupes. The other female main character, Hanako Koyonagi, is similar to Momose in her BL fantasies, but she is also a cosplayer, or in this case, a crossplayer (a cosplayer who dresses up as primarily characters of the opposite gender). This often creates funny dynamics between her and her boyfriend, Tarou Kabakura, who often questions how he feels about dating a girl who frequently looks like a guy (referenced in image below). Koyonagi and Momose have a few scenes where they have crossdressed their boyfriends to look like women, making for more entertaining gender conflicts. Generally, this story uses gender and sexuality as a point of amusement rather than a focal point or dramatic effect. 

A different discussion of gender occurs with the side characters of the manga, Naoya Nifuji and Kou Sakuragi, two college students with very contrasting personalities. Naoya is bubbly and outgoing, yet chooses to befriend the socially anxious Kou after meeting at Naoya’s workplace. Kou is a biological female, but appears very androgynous, and Nao mistakes her for a boy during the start of their story. This turns into the largest plot point of Naoya discovering that Kou has been a girl all along, and Kou’s embarassment and fear that Nao wouldn’t like her after discovering she’s “lied” about who she was. Kou has spent her whole life very lonely and doesn’t want to lose Nao because of how he has given her new confidence in social situations. This relationship develops into a somewhat cliche dynamic, with Naoya realizing he has feelings for her now that shes a girl in his eyes, but this gender change does play a large role in Kou’s character development and self expression as a woman. My only note on this side story is that Kou and Naoya were my favourite couple while reading the manga and was very disappointed to find out that the Wotakoi anime stops before going into their relationship further. Hoping for another season to see them progress in colour :).

All four of the main characters in this story are considered “Otaku’s”. Otaku is a Japanese term that refers to anyone who indulges in nerdy content like video games, anime, manga, cosplay, etc., and are typically stereotyped in society as losers. The groups have many scenes where they visit conventions and manga stores, or when they are displayed as their characters in the video games they play. This manga/anime puts a lot of effort into the accurate depiction of life as an Otaku and fan interactions within the community. This really adds to the slice of life part of the genre, being relatable to viewers as they themselves are just as nerdy as the characters they’re watching. This is an important thing that I don’t see a lot of manga or anime represent, being realistic representations of Otaku culture and relationships. Most romance manga is very fantastical or idealized, where interactions seem structured and poetic. In this story the characters feel a lot more familiar, often arguing or encountering silly antics that could happen to anyone. 

Wotakoi has been my favourite when it comes to romance so far, and I really hope to see more updates from the creator in the future. The manga artstyle is absolutely stunning and the plot is simple but funny. Overall an easy read that I would recommend to any romance fan.

[assortedriceballs]

Fruits Basket S2E20: Anime vs Manga

[lilyginnyblackv2]

Furuba Season 3 - Episode 3 - Thought Post - SPOILERS!

Before I even watched the episode, I already knew that the graduation moments were going to get to me - and oh boy! - they sure did! I was a crying mess when watching them, lol. Though, not because of my own sense of nostaglia for high school or my own graduation or anything like that, but because it made me remember watching my students own students in Japan graduate. Minagawa's feelings were also very similar to the ones I remember feeling when I left my schools, once to transfer to Kangawa Prefecture and the other to move back home to the USA. That whole segment was extremely well done and really captured the feeling, sentiments, and atmosphere of graduation, especially in Japan.

Though, I do think that a universal experience and aspect of graduation, especially graduation from high school, is that whole "let bygones be bygones" type of situation. In Japan, student's have a yearbook too, and they are given time to go around and get signatures from classmates and teachers and I can remember getting signatures even from other students that I didn't really like all that much. I feel that same sorta situation applies here with Minagawa. She was "mean girl," especially at the start of the series. But over the course of the series we've seen her grow and mature a bit. There is still a part of her that is still rather immature, but she is still only roughly 18 years old, she still has a lot of growing and maturing to do.

But, the way she expresses her feelings to Yuki, using the past tense (in both the English translation and the native Japanese) for love - "loved." She loved him, but she is graduating now and is letting go of that. She focuses on Yuki's happiness and not on things like jealousy over Tohru and her closeness to Yuki. We saw glimmers of this Minagawa over the course of the series, the good person that lies underneath the feelings of infatuation that bring out the worst in her. And as we watch her and the other seniors graduate, we, as watchers, kinda experience what I talked about before. That whole "let bygones be bygones" situation.

That's not to say that mean girls or bullies should just automatically be forgiven or anything like that, but sometimes there really are situations like this where students grow and change and start to leave behind their bad behavior as the get older and the reality of entering the "real world" sets in.

And, while we are still on the topic of Minagawa, I'm going to briefly talk about Nao. I've never disliked Nao and I always found his situation to be nice in a way, since he and Kimi have more "normal" high school experiences. His situation with Yuki and Minagawa seems so trivial, but that's a bit refreshing especially in an episode that also combined Machi's heavier backstory in it. That being said, Nao as a character was never really endearing to me either, but he was quite endearing towards the end here, when he talks to Minagawa at the end. It was a very sweet moment.

Rest under a Read More due to length.

The anime only moment with Kyo, Tohru, Hana, and Uo was great too! I like how they used it to transition from the Yuki and Machi part of the episode to the graduation part of the episode. Also, Uo's comment about how they only have a year left highlights the fact that Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru *aren't* the ones graduating yet. I really like how Fruits Basket doesn't actually highlight graduation as a *super* important moment for the main characters of the series, unlike what you usually see in many other series (anime and otherwise). 

It is an important milestone in someone's life, of course, but not like an end all be all type of moment like media often makes it out to be. Here we see it being highlighted, because for Minagawa, a character that kind of captures a lot of the high school experience (both good and bad) graduating high school really is a very big and key thing for her, and that makes sense with her as a secondary/minor character.

The last thing I'll mention about the graduation part of this episode is how bright and colorful it is. When I lived in Toyama Prefecture, the students graduated in March, but it was uncommon for the cherry blossoms to have bloomed quite yet. Furuba takes place in a location closer to Tokyo though, and when I was in Kanagawa Prefecture, it was much more common for the cherry blossoms to be in bloom for graduation. It's a truly lovely and beautiful experience and contrasts so amazingly well to the first half of the episode, with Machi's backstory, in which lots of dark, winter like colors are still used.

Those colors really highlight Machi's state of mind and how she remembers and feels about her mother and her experiences as a child. I feel Machi's backstory is probably one that a lot of people can relate to in some way - the pressure to be perfect/always do well in school, studies, or whatever one chooses to do, combined with parents who use their children as pawns against each other. That latter bit reminds me of the Breakfast Club and how Claire's divorced parents used her as a pawn to get back at each other. It's an awful thing that sadly happens quite a lot in situations of divorce and whatnot.

I don't have too much to say about the Yuki and Machi stuff. It was, of course, paralleled with Minagawa's confession and her hope that Yuki will find happiness, which is a nice combination and touch, and adds a good layer of consistency with Season 2. It adds a sort of book end feeling to all of that. Now that Minagawa has graduated, Yuki's character is allowed (narratively speaking) to finally move on and properly connect with one of the people that will make him happy - Machi.

The way the Yuki and Machi moments were animated and adapted were really nicely done. The timing of the humorous moments with Kakeru were excellent (and I still can't believe they had him actually say erection, lol), while the moments with Machi and her memories really captured the feeling of being trapped, and the heartfelt moments between Yuki and Machi were just so sweet. The chalk scene was just so well done and I love how nonchalantly Yuki broke it. There moments were so well done, I loved them!

Also, gonna put this here before I forget, but Kimi was (of course) great! Her ability to instantly understand Nao's situation is always impressive to me. It really shows how she is perceptive and plays right into her ability to troll the Prince Yuki Fanclub, lol.

Visually, I really liked the moments of Nao closing the door and it lingering on the visual of his palm for a moment. It's like he wants to just cute off whatever Yuki was saying right there:

The visual representation of the tightrope metaphor was nicely done too:

And Yuki stopping the ladder from harming Tohru:

I feel like this moment really, metaphorically, foreshadows a certain fight between Yuki and Kyo.

Anyway, wrapping this all up - Hiro and Hinata with their mom, Satsuki, at the end was just so adorable and sweet! Ugh. There was also the ending moment with Akito, but I'm going to leave discussion of that (and the brief shot connected to that plot line from Episode 2) for next week's episode, because this post is massive enough already, lol. The only final thought I really have is that the flow and pace of the actual content within the episodes themselves have been some of the best in Furuba, for these past two episodes especially. I think it really highlights how this last section of the manga naturally flows together a lot better than the previous sections of the manga as well. You can really feel that the end is near.

[thisisseriousballs]

they’re trouble, y’all <3

[mcu-senshi]

Hirotaka: •unbothered and secretly wants this photo framed •

Narumi: Narumi 🥺

Hanako: •knows exactly what she’s getting herself into•

Kabakura: wiling to take the photo and is biting his tongue

Nao-chan: •happy to be in the photo and show off his girl•

Kou: •has no idea about the photo•

[staytogetherpodcast]

In chapters 102 and 103 of Fruits Basket, Machi is called out for her odd destructive behavior again, and girls from her class inform the student council of a nasty rumor about her. Kakeru thinks that Machi might open up to Yuki about what’s going on with her, so they pay a visit to her apartment.

As graduation draws nearer, Yuki receives love confession after love confession—much to his chagrin. A specific summons of Yuki’s causes Nao to jealous, but everyone is able to get what they wanted to say off of their chests.

[cardcaptorkatara]

[murdersquazh]

WOTAKOI by Fujita ends with 11 volumes.

⚠️SPOILERS AHEAD!⚠️

Please do not repost

MY COMFORT MANGA ENDED BUT I CAN'T STOP SMILING

I FINALLY READ VOLUME 11 OF WOTAKOI AND IT'S 12:44 AM HERE BUT MY SISTER AND I INTERNALLY SCREAMING AND OUR DAD IS LOOKING AT US LIKE WE'VE GONE INSANE WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT TOO FAR OFF BECAUSE (ESP THE LAST 2 CHAPTERS):

1. NARU AND HIROTAKA FIGHT AND MAKE UP

2. NARU CAME OUT AS AN OTAKU TO HER CO WORKERS (AND TOLD THEM HIROTAKA'S HER BF)

3. KOU X NAO LETTING THE SQUAD KNOW THEY'RE DATING

4. KABA X HANA HAVING A FRIGGIN BABY OTW I KENNAT😭😭😭💓

5. KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE

AND SQUAD GOALS

THANK YOU SO MUCH FUJITA SENSEI FOR GIVING US THIS AWESOME STORY. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT FOR MAYBE 3 YEARS NOW AND SAY WHAT YOU WILL BUT IT'S DEF MY FAVORITE MANGA. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SPINOFF AND I WILL DEFINITELY READ YOUR FUTURE WORKS AS WELL.

PLEASE DO NOT REPOST ON ANY OTHER SITES

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SNIPPETS OF WOTAKOI’S ONA: YOUTH BECAUSE WHY NOT????!?!?! THEY ALL HOLD A VERY DEAR AND SPECIAL PLACE IN MY WHOLE BEING.

[italoniponic]

this is their dynamic, you can't convince me otherwise

[maquitrz]