OH MY GOD SHE HAS THE YANDERE LOOK RUN AWAY RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Haha, nah, Aoi takes the sudden revelation of Murasame x Ushio in a fairly mature way. Her devotion to idealized love has taught her to appreciate the real thing when it is made plain and obvious, I suppose. Or maybe she just wants to [...]
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“These were not books… whose characters ‘just happened to be gay,’ any more than the ghetto was a place whose residents ‘just happened to be gay.’  Its characters (whether truly or mistakenly, comically or disastrously) saw their sexuality as a key to their lives.” - Reed Woodhouse, “Five Houses of Gay Fiction, Revisited” Sasameki Koto isn’t bad. [...]
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Close your window, BEFORE you have an estrogenic meltdown. There was this short scene where Sumika and Ushio were communicating nonverbally, so I had a nifty idea to try to respond in a similar manner. Unfortunately, I am lazy. And school gets in the way. Oh well. And it would have been sooo funny. Too bad… [...]
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I like that Murasame is allowed to be selfish in this episode. She’s sitting at a table with a crazy girl methodically putting together fanzines (all for nothing, as the after-credits scene shows), and all Murasame can think about is how great it looks outside, how she wants to be at the beach with her friends [...]
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「ハプニング・イン・サマー」 (Hapuningu in Samaa) "Happening in Summer" I thought I was prepared for Tomoe taking the wheel of a vehicle and putting other people's lives in her hands. Boy was I wrong though, after seeing the state of what was formerly known as a car spark up and explode. What a way to start their summer vacation -- with a bang.
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This episode was a tad disappointing compared to some of the great moments in the weeks prior but it still got some laughs out of me! There’s also a new character on the block (or maybe she briefly appeared before?! Can’t remember!!! haha) – it’s Akemiya’s younger sister!!! She’s pretty funny!! BUT my favourite bit in [...]
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Agh, I’ve seen so lazy lately — should have put this post out a couple of days ago (and the Monster post should have gone up yesterday). Tsk tsk @ me. Aoi really needs a reality check. I laughed a bit at her assumption that finishing her first novel is a step toward adulthood, because while [...]
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A Kiyori centric episode.   I really enjoyed this episode; it was awesome, heart-wrenching, and touching in a single episode. Better yet, they didn’t stretch the episode beyond the length it needed to be—looking at you Kimi ni Todoke. I really liked watching her step beyond fanfiction into original fiction, taking her first steps into becoming an author [...]
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「ひまわりの君」 (Himawari no Kimi) "The Sunflower You" Why settle for a fan magazine about your favorite writer when you can go all the way with your own short novel? Azusa's on the right track in that regard as she slaves away in front of the computer screen writing night after night. Hmm, that sounds exactly like what I do... *sniff*
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In contrast Miyako x Tomoe's favourite series must be Strawberry Panic Summary: We start dramatically with Sumika thinking that she made Ushio cry. In class, Sumika is approached by a trio who ask if Tomoe and Miyako are dating. Who promptly reappear behind them. As the exchange becomes increasingly heated, Asuza protests and blames Sumika, as class [...] Related posts:Sasameki Koto 06Sasameki Koto 05Sasameki Koto 04
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I want the main characters to hook up already! The tension is starting to drive me crazy. One of the things I really like about Sasameki Koto is how interesting the characters are. They never throw in complete cliché, (although Akemi’s sister was close) but present different characters. We’re at episode 8 when we finally get [...]
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There is sometimes a tenuous line between fantasy and reality. Some people dance completely across that line because fantasy is preferable to reality; however, there almost always comes a time when a person needs to be yanked back into reality for his or her sake. But what is the best way to do this? Aoi Azusa [...]
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「Ripple」 "Ripple" Sumika you animal! You made Ushio cry! I wish I could take that thought and run with it for the rest of the post, but both her and Ushio don't even know why it happened. Those poor girls don't even realize their love is already there at some subconscious level.
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The blue flowers are calling Sumi-chan Fumi-chan. Summary: Masaki's little sister, Manaka, is making him dress up as Akemi-chan and taking pictures of him, uploading them to the Akemi's Room website. She teases him about his lack of masculinity, asking if he wishes he were a girl and is surprised by his despairing response. Sumika gets a [...] Related posts:Sasameki Koto 02Sasameki Koto 04Sasameki Koto 06
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I think SK is simply getting better and better!! From a rather disappointing and heavy start, the recent episodes have really started to beef things up!!! *BEAM* In this episode, not only do we see Sumi being trained to be a kawaii ‘ditz’ but there is also her first ‘ditz’ behaviour (O_O I almost choked on [...]
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Yay, moar trap! And that sister has various issues, like borderline incestuous tendencies and the fact that she is so controlling of her brother and his… errrr… sense of manliness. The brother is not any better, he lets her get away with it just because someone told him that siblings grow farther apart [...]
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Well, I got my wish for more Akemiya! And, uh, the poor guy needs some help pretty badly. Yeesh. Like most Sasameki Koto episodes, this one is a boatload of funny with a few moments of drama that gain a bit more impact because they’re the isolated islands surrounded by an ocean of humor. In this [...]
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Chapter 24 is out at Dynasty Scans!!! But man, it’s STILL “EARLY DAYS”!!!?! AAaaaaah!!! Take us to the PRESENT!!!! For those who can read Chinese, you may want to visit this forum for the Chinese scanlated copies! They’re up to chapter 32 I think!!!
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Summary: Ushio, with Kiyori, runs into Library-senpai and flees. Kiyori conveys a message from the latter (who now has a name - Nishigiki Chizuka); she wants to apologize and reconcile but Ushio seems distracted while Sumika gazes at her in Sad Puppy mode. While Sumika is filling Tomoe and Miyako on the back story, they see [...] Related posts:Sasameki Koto 04Sasameki Koto 05Sasameki Koto 03
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Wow, I’m really hitting the jackpot here. First Nyan Koi, then Needless, now Sasameki Koto. Granted, I did pick up Nyan Koi right away, so it was more of a lucky find at the start of the Fall season, but still something I wasn’t expecting to be any good at all. Anyway, initially I wrote [...]
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