#so is akira in kagiura akira

[kalpalatas]

"if it was hirano, it would be taiko" is funny to think about because . if hirano was a girl her name would still be taiga

[pinkdoozyxoxo]

Somebody shared my work on a few manga sites, so now that one person has ruined it for the rest of us. The link for this chapter is no longer activ. When the time comes for the next chapter, I'll translate it, but not share it. Let me start by saying, if I see one more person posting pictures from my work on here again, I won't be translating any more HiraKagi content. Once again, while we wait for the amazing team that works on this manga to release their chapter, feel free to read my fan translation. Just click the link, but please don't save or share any of the pages :)

[oddishblossom]

recommending hirano to kagiura (the holy grail of slow burns) to other people is hard because how do i say “ok so there’s this really good slice of life roommates to best friends to lovers slow burn. chapter 1 technically starts on volume 2 of this other manga called sasaki to miyano. well, if you count the prequel it actually starts as a spin-off light novel. anyway, the manga yes, it’s called sasaki to miyano go to the extra bonus chapters at the end of the volumes that’s where hirano to kagiura’s story starts. after you’ve read all the bonus chapters you can start the spin-off manga called hirano to kagiura.

it updates every 2-3 months. we’ve already had a confession scene and they’re still not together. one of the leads straight up turned down the other guy but they’re in some schrodinger’s cat kind of relationship. they hold hands and hug and stuff but only for 10 seconds per day. kagiura is a giant basketball guy with big puppy dog “good boy” energy. a bit of a brat. teensy bit stubborn and possessive. he can ask for whatever he wants because he’s special and he knows it. and then there’s hirano. don’t even get me started on that pretty boy. kagiura was doomed to fall in love with hirano the day they met and this scary blond boy started calling him “kagi-kun”.

look at this aro/ace king. he’s never had a crush in his life. hirano is a walking contradiction. he’s a “former bad boy” who’s now a member of the disciplinary committee club. a grumpy boy with straight A’s, earrings, bleached hair and a soft spot for his roommate. calls him cute nicknames and dotes on him (ie: wakes him up every day, eats the food he doesn’t want, goes to his basketball games, tutors him, compliments him all the time, gets mad at him when he tries to create distance, has the biggest smile around only him, can never say no to him). except he can say no to him because of course he turned the guy down and yet. he is still willing to… try. a little trial relationship of sorts. because it’s kagiura. his roomie and his bestie. and i just

what the hell is this indeed.

watching them discover love in the slowest of slow burns is not only agonizing but also amazing and sweet and the best thing ever and i need more people to know about them. they’re also hilarious and have a huge height difference. hirano’s not even short kagiura’s just a titan (6'3"/190cm)”

[moonstruckhaze]

average roommate behavior

[burrythebusy]

I love going back to reread hrkg because I just learn something new every time even without the influence of the recent chapter. I particularly love analyzing Kagiura’s character. His view on love and romance and family and marriage was just so interesting before. It was so innocent, meaning he didn't think of it any more or any less than just "I get to stay with him, only me". Like that's not the average thought for a crush. And Niibashi tells him that, he's like do you even view him romantically, or do you simply just wanna keep him close? It could be interpreted as so many things. Like aroace spec hrkg is such a real interpretation.

And it gets me even more when I view it in reference to his past relationship. Like his most Romantic™ action ("What lovers do") is a lap pillow. Because she was his girlfriend and that was the reason given for it. We're dating so this is something that people thay are dating do. So his middle school self is like oh okay. And it happens and he's stiff. And he doesn't think it feels right. And that follows him to high school bc if we're dating and this is something people that are dating do, why doesn't it feel right? But yes. That's literally it. That's as romantic as it goes for him until Niibashi mentions kissing. Which he didn't even think about. He claims it's an influence of never really seeing his parents kiss. His view on love IS his parents. It's influenced by those around him (ooh). But it's also because marriage is supposed to mean you're in love. And his parents are in love and act like best friends and rarely kiss so that's what the young Kagiura thinks of love to be like.

Now I don't know what influenced him to get with his girlfriend per se. Because (!!light novel stuff!!) I think it's implied that his view of love and marriage comes after his girlfriend, not before, which would make sense considering his relationship didn't work out. It also makes sense if it came before. Because why did it start? I genuinely think that he might have liked, and i think that's what was said. But i think he liked her as a friend, and he's expected to get with girls, and if his view on marriage was getting started at any point then. That's literally a prerequisite. A relationship like best friends. So he dates her and it just doesn't feel right. And it could've been because he treated the whole relationship like a friendship with a different label which wasnt what his girlfriend wanted. And then the one "traditionally romantic" thing that comes along, close physical contact, still doesn't feel right.

Going off of context clues here. It's safe to say they never kiss or even hold hands really. It's probably the only thing they ever did, the lap pillow. It's what Kagiura thinks about when he thinks of romance and what lovers do because it's the one thing he failed to FEEL right about. And if he liked her. Why didn't he?

Obviously everything isn't surface level either, on one surface. Because Kagiura’s personality comes into play too. There's probably more to be said about his politeness, how we don't see him really challenge anybody on what they say (except Hirano for obvious reasons). If his girlfriend said dating -> lap pillow then he's gonna say okay. Sure. Even if he's unsure about it. But we don't get much of his personality from then. We only know this snippet, and the fact that it bothers him.

But we also know WHY it bothers him after ch. 6 and 7, and in 16a. Kagiura doesn't think about kissing Hirano because his view on love and romance is limited to how his parents show it, and how his ex girlfriend showed it. He hasn't developed it on his own yet, at least not consciously. He likely never kissed his girlfriend (and if he did it doesn't stick with him at all since the first thing he thinks about is literally the lap pillow) and he doesn't see his parents kiss so Niibashi asks him about kissing hirano and he's like "idk lol". Hence why, does he even like Hirano romantically? (And though you can be in a romantic relationship without kissing, the question still remains as to how he sees his feelings for Hirano, considering how juvenile they seem*)

But the difference here is that, without thinking about it, Hirano and Kagiura were becoming best friends. Kagiura didn't go into friendship with Hirano thinking he's a love interest the same way he might have with his girlfriend. Hirano treated him really well and they developed this natural thing and Kagiura started to develop a natural Kagiura version of a crush. But still, every action after that wasn't with the deliberate intention of his outlook on love. It remained natural. So that "prerequisite" was already fulfilled (and honestly, it could easily be viewed separate of how he sees romance from his parents. Again, it all happens so naturally and easily for him).

So in chapter 6, he thinks about what Niibashi said more and then the urge comes. To kiss Hirano. The first time he's probably thought about kissing anyone. So it's already an outlier to how he views romance anyway because kissing never had to be a part of it but now it is. BUT WAIT THERES MORE!

Because next he decides to indulge in something he can easily call back to. His girlfriend and their experience. People that date do lap pillows. How would that feel with someone I'm in love with, someone I now know I want to kiss? And I truly don't think he expected much from it because of his experience of not really liking it. Of it being "off". But Hirano lies in his lap and his mind blanks. And then he lies in Hirano's lap and he can't do it. Not because it feels off or wrong. But because he felt too much. A LOT in that moment. Cue his sexual and sexuality awakening/crisis. It literally scares him out of being NEAR Hirano for extended periods of time. Out of touching him. Because this new attraction is foreign to him. He now actively wants to touch him, actively wants to kiss him and at this point he already knew hirano doesn't see him that way so what do you do?

Then 16a comes. They're starting to touch for ten seconds a day because Hirano said he would try, and Kagiura’s largest guilty pleasure is literally just physical contact. Particularly with Hirano. Which he used to do so casually but can't bring himself to. So he asks hirano when it's okay and they agree to ten seconds.

To me, this is when he comes to terms with the fact that he never romantically liked his girlfriend in the first place. Because he knows hirano isn't in love with him at this point despite Hirano agreeing to try. He knows what they feel is different. Which is exactly what happened with his girlfriend. That's why he's afraid he was making Hirano feel how he felt with his girlfriend back then. Uncomfortable. "Off". And when I view it in context I always come to the conclusion that he didn't like her (let alone love her). This may not be his first relationship but it is his first love.

All this to say... literally nothing. I just love digging into Kagiura’s character, how his past does end up influencing the present in really subtle ways. I mean think about it, he feels so guilty for wanting to touch Hirano that he limits himself to the ten seconds. Like every time before chapter 14 that they touched just because (locking arms, holding his shirt or his wrist just to grab onto him, that natural gravitation) is just gone. Because now he loves someone who doesn't love him so how could he possibly put the pressure on him to touch him in the same way? He gave away his right to do that. But it hurts him. (And it hurts Hirano too). Another problem. But that guilt doesn't come from nowhere. He doesn't want Hirano to feel how he felt with his girlfriend. He doesn't want to make him uncomfortable or push his physical boundaries and make himself a sad memory in Hirano's high school years.

Kagiura is experiencing this extent of love and a crush for the first time. He lied in his girlfriends lap hesitantly but did it because they were dating and didn't like it. And I feel like a great fear of his is making Hirano feel that way too. So he wants Hirano to feel the same way desperately without pushing the physical boundary that has once made him feel unsure and weird. He loves Hirano so much that he'll limit himself as much as he can bear in this process. (Which, isn't the greatest thing. It's almost contradictory). But that's his experience. That's how he's letting it influence him. And it's so interesting to me.

Erm this is long anyway I love doing Kagiura character study. Obviously this is my interpretation and how I view his character to be. And we are all influenced by our environment in the end, especially those that have an important place in our lives (hint hint wink wink iykyk) but some people still build their own wants and desires with that as a foundation. Kagiura took his parents as the blueprint itself. THE guide, THE directions. So now I think he's on a journey of defining love for himself too.

[abblegum]

Sketch abt my last post but from kagihira pov

[sxturnrjpple]

they're each other's world, look at them.

that one smile hirano only shows to him, he's happy just being around him

him being worried and even trying to put the blame on himself

him praising kagi for the little things he does, knowing how much he loves to be praised

[sallyb-sin]

I'm really excited to see the context of this glorious picture of heavily blushing Hirano. It's so thrilling because the video hinted he and Kagiura will have a moment of them looking at each other while blushing and this is huge. After all, the only time Hirano blushed like this was back in chapter 9 when Kagiura confessed his feelings directly to Hirano. Every other time after, he either has a small blush while Kagiura is around, or a heavy blush after Kagiura is gone and can't see it. So, you have to wonder what happened to cause him to look so vulnerable. Our blonde sweetie has realized something big, mark my words.

I'm really hoping this is a clue that chapter 24 will be a big step in their relationship because we see the ball game here, as well as a clear impact that the game and all the time they spent practicing will have on them and we see that Kagiura will have some thoughts during and after the game, so I'm hoping this will help them progress.

Chapter 24 is shaping up to be a wonderful addition and I really hope the English translation comes out this week. I had previously predicted that they would get together before chapter 30, and I am standing by that for now. The ball game is over, so next will be the White Day hopefully, and I'm hoping those little hints of moments we see of the Kagihira-looking characters that were in Miyano's BL manga were foreshadows of things that will happen in the official Hirano and Kagiura manga.

[mavilez]

hirakaginose cuddles

pose

[jalapenobee]

IS NOBODY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS

[raihanstrapinch]

Took a nap and dreamt that I made this gorgeous painting(?) drawing(?) (idk which) of Kagihira laying in a pile of fall leaves together so uhhh..... Here's a recreation of that 😁 (stick figures are the best you're getting I can't do it justice)

[oddishblossom]

MY ACTUAL REACTION AT HIRANO BEING THE ONE TO BRING IT UP (DID HE FIGURE IT OUT DOES HE KNOW)

HIRANO. THE GUY ALMOST KISSES YOU AND THEN THE NEXT DAY YOU’RE LIKE “UM SO ARE YOU GONNA TOUCH ME 😳”. THAT IS NOT HOW A FRIEND WITH NO FEELINGS TOWARD THE ORHER WOULD RESPOND!!!

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT’S A WIN TO ME LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOO!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE! HIRANO WAS DISAPPOINTED KAGI WOULDN’T TOUCH HIM AND NOW WE HAVE GONE FROM 10 SECONDS TO 20 SECONDS!! OH TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL OF HIRANO’S BRAIN (i know he is thinking some wild things here). THE SLOW BURN STILL BE BURNING AT A SNAIL PACE BUT WE ARE GETTING TO OUR DESTINATION!!! ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN AND THAT DAY WILL BE GLORIOUS I KNOW IT I KNOW IT I KNOW IT!!!

but in the meantime i go back to waiting for the next chapter

[purplecelestial-buddy]

Do you ever think about the fact that the angriest Hirano has ever gotten was after Kagi kept flinching at his touch and refusing to even brush hands?

[burrythebusy]

H: ...what do you mean by that?

KGHR Week Day 3: Date

[beanghostprincess]

There is no way Hirano isn't at least aroaspec because I swear every little thing he does sets my aroaspec radar off

[asterlae]

more fem kagihira :D