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Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi

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do u ever get emotional about the fact that tchaikovsky, a gay man, wrote his Romeo and Juliet overture for his brother and his brother’s gay lover bc I sure as hell do

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In ch43 why do you think akihito appear in front of kuroda when ha was about to leave ?? Mabey look at me what you can do ? And i love asami reaction he just tell aki to take warm bath 😂😂 i love your page 💙

Thank you! And what a great ask! I haven’t done an obsessive frame-by-frame breakdown for awhile and this is a great one. So let’s do it! This is part of probably the most critical sequence in the entire story, starting with Aki’s reluctant return to the penthouse, the angry miscommunications, the rough sex. This scene is the start of the emotional resolution for the arc of their relationship because it’s Aki beginning to assert his place by Asami’s side.

It’s helpful to remember again how little time is passing in this story. It’s only been maybe a week or so since Kuroda cornered Aki and got all snotty about Aki performing “night duties.” So Aki is carrying that memory into the scene along with Sudou having him beaten and warning him off of Asami, all of the countless reminders not that Asami is bad for him but that he is not worthy of Asami. 

So at the start of the chapter, where he’s having his Scarlett O’Hara moment, lolling in bed, well fucked and thinking he’s happy in the moment and he’ll worry about the negatives tomorrow, here comes one of those negative voices personified, invading this private space. 

If you isolate all of the Aki frames in this scene, you get a really beautiful progression of exactly what he was thinking that led him to step in front of Kuroda. And once again, for anyone who thinks sensei isn’t a thoughtful, intelligent writer and artist, they’re not looking at what she’s putting right there on the page. So here’s Aki literally slowly waking up to some realizations:

Hearing voices, he gets out of bed and goes to see what’s up. He approaches a door, a literal but also figurative door, hesitantly, his hair over his eyes. This is all great, subtle symbolism. What’s on the other side of that door? Does Aki really want to see?

And then he hears something that throws him back–that literally opens his eyes and puts his back up against a wall–LITERALLY:

If Sudou is just Asami’s toy, then what is he, Aki? Didn’t Asami just play with him in bed, allowing him no choices of his own? He leans back, staring into the middle distance, while Kuroda suggests Asami’s senses are being dulled. 

And it’s a neat little callback to earlier in the volume, that scene where Aki zoned out in the press room:

Where Aki worries if his senses are being dulled. “This is bad. When did I become like this?” Both of them distracted by unexpected feelings. Then Aki is pulled back to the present by a present, the book Asami gives to Kuroda:

An expensive gift, given by one who knows the recipient’s desires. There is warmth and caring and more feelings are stirred within Aki:

And then this whole page is a progression of Aki grappling with how he feels, witnessing this exchange of warmth between these two men. 

Notice that now his arms are crossed over his chest, a gesture of defensiveness, to the closeup of his eye, the brow drawn but gradually lifting as Aki works out how he fits into all of this, his face half in shadow and then his head tipped back, literally (again) looking up as he determines that Kuroda and Asami occupy a space above him.

And that brings us to that moment where Kuroda steps out into the hall and the little storm of Aki’s emotions, everything that has been building and jumbling since they met in the park. 

Aki is still defensive, throwing back at Kuroda Kuroda’s insinuations about his role in Asami’s life. “I was about to make you some tea.” He’s still defensive, arms still crossed, defiant expression. He’s obviously still stung by what Kuroda had said to him in the park, but he’s also staking a claim to his position, as you say. “I am here. I am part of Asami’s world. Your words haven’t moved me. Sudou’s almost did, but still, I am here.”

And then when Kuroda goes without challenging him again, there’s another quick progression of feeling. 

The defiance begins to deflate in the face of Kuroda’s polite neutrality and shifts back to one of Aki’s defining characteristics. He is open about other people. He is willing to reassess them. That closeup of his eyes–at once puzzled, a little melancholy but also betraying that tender humanism–conveys so much.

Then Asami appears and Aki is rocketed back to all of the feelings of the last chapter, where they were left after Asami drilled him into the mattress, everything still hanging in the air over him. His expression changes again and even in that small drawing, sensei emphasizes with dark lines over his eyes to show us how he still doesn’t know, still doesn’t understand his place in this man’s world. Asami, too, is uncertain but he’s better at masking it. He’s a master at it, in fact, so much so that it leaves Aki at this terrible disadvantage. 

But Asami still doesn’t understand why Aki ran. He didn’t get the answers he wanted in the last chapter. The conversation with Kuroda only antagonized him and now Aki is standing there, glaring at him and he doesn’t get it. Telling Aki to get a bath is–I think, anyway–a bit of an admission of defeat. Or a temporary retreat. He’s got Aki back but he doesn’t know what went wrong or what to do about it. So go get a bath.

And then Asami turns his back and it looks like they’ll go on with their communication problems unresolved but Aki just went through a little transformation, a little realization and has a better footing now and he stops Asami and makes that offer about getting information for him. Sensei poses the question “His pride or the rivalry? What is it that drives Akihito?” All of it! And all of it is part of the same question that will continue to drive him. Where is his place in this? What does he mean to Asami?

All of this emotional tension is diffused in the next chapter when they both unexpectedly get a little of the grace they so desperately need from each other when Asami realizes that Aki was JEALOUS of Sudou:

Asami laughs. He laughs! That’s not just him having a chuckle at Aki’s expense. It’s a classic release of tension. And Aki may be back to his usual in-your-face mouthy denial stuff, but hey! Aki’s back to his usual in-your-face mouthy denial stuff, which means he feels like Aki again which means he feels more secure. Why? Because Asami caring that Aki was jealous means Asami cares because Aki’s feelings are important to him. Aki needed to know that in the same way Asami needed to know he was jealous.

And that is the little emotional journey sensei took us on from bed to bath.

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Bothersome beast, comforting friend

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stop of being melodramatic bitches and dance

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DAY 2; Flowers

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DAY 1: Books/High school

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DAY 4: AU/Free Prompt

🇪🇸: Hace un buen tiempo escribí está AU de ellos, dónde Ritsu es cantante y Takano su manager o algo así, incluso lo publique en Wattpad. Actualmente ese libro está borrado. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No me gusta el fondo pero uhm supongo que es decente, simplemente quería ya acabar este dibujo que lo tenía hace un mes sin LineArt ni color y el fondo no me dejaba acabarlo.

🇺🇸🇬🇧A long time ago I wrote this AU of them, where Ritsu is a singer and Takano his manager or something like that, I even posted it on Wattpad. Currently that book is erased. ¯ \ _ (ツ) _ / ¯

I don't like the background but uhm I guess it's decent, I just wanted to finish this drawing that I had a month ago without LineArt or color and the background wouldn't let me finish it.

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DAY 7: Future/Post-confession

🇪🇸: Pienso que en un futuro lejano ambos resolverán sus demás problemas, Onodera contando su relación con Takano a sus padres y herendando la compañía familiar, Takano siguiendo siendo Editor en jefe, ambos viviendo juntos casados (¿Cómo? Se fueron a casarse a Estados Unidos, después de todo Ritsu es rico lol).

🇬🇧🇺🇸:I think that in the distant future both will solve their other problems, Onodera telling his relationship with Takano to his parents and inheriting the family company, Takano remaining Editor-in-Chief,both living together married (How? They went to get married in USA, after all Ritsu is rich lol).

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Primer dibujo del 2024 🥳

𝘚𝘪 𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘰 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰, 𝘱𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳. 𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦💀

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New Arc LOVE x EXCAPE 1 ❤️‍🔥

I LOVE EVERY NEW ARC "LOVE X ESCAPE" PANEL THEY GOING OUT LIKE NORMAL COUPLE I CRY THEY'RE SO GOOD 😭🩷❤️

This manga is soooo old you can tell how Aki's phone change from a flip to iphone lol

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Gf on their video calls

Kao : " sorry an, im using misaki room"

An : "its okay, dont mind the boys, they're sleeping over tonight"

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Illumi having an ace of clubs when he comes out disguised as Hisoka instead of ace of spades...

Ace of Spades symbolizing power, success, & death aka hiso.. Ace of Clubs symbolizing good fortune, luck, or success and is considered a positive card if you're "stuck in your current situation" aka hiso when he couldnt leave the hideout. illu was his fortune, luck and success...

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