This is a bit sad, somehow I feel that Kiku will leave her in future.
Hardly studious people get along with non studious people mainly in high universities (Kiku's future).
By Kodama Naoko's standards, this is a sweet and heartwarming story.
In a way, I enjoyed how this story kept us stuck inside Shuuko's head. We really don't know for sure how Kiku feels about the relationship or her future at all; we only know what Shuuko sees, so we share her uncertainty and anxiety.
"Even though we're dating, we can't get married."
YOU CAN! YOU JUST GOTTA MOVE!
Even without contraception, we can't conceive.
YOU CAN STILL HAVE CHILDREN THROUGH OTHER MEANS!
But of course, being able to do that requires money, and thus requires you do well at school! Get your shit together, because at least that's something you CAN change!
By Kodama Naoko's standards, this is a sweet and heartwarming story.
In a way, I enjoyed how this story kept us stuck inside Shuuko's head. We really don't know for sure how Kiku feels about the relationship or her future at all; we only know what Shuuko sees, so we share her uncertainty and anxiety.
It's sad. Japan has a growing population crisis. Yet their laws activity hinders lesbians from becoming parents. You would think that the government would do anything to encourage a growth in the birth rate.
This is the harm mitigation strategy to dealing with teenage pregnancy and STDs: you can't stop teenagers from fucking, but maybe you can encourage them to fuck safely. I don't know about the rest of the world, but it's pretty common where I live.
It's sad. Japan has a growing population crisis. Yet their laws activity hinders lesbians from becoming parents. You would think that the government would do anything to encourage a growth in the birth rate.
Don't you know that gay people destroy families and if you force them into heterosexual arrangements they'll pop out children like everybody else? Learn your politics.
This is a bit sad, somehow I feel that Kiku will leave her in future.
Hardly studious people get along with non studious people mainly in high universities (Kiku's future).
Not generally the case it all depends on what your doing my co-op partners range from frycook to lawyer we all play games with each other and still remain close friends even after 9 years. Hell the frycook was the best man at the lawyers wedding. As long as theres a common intrest any two people can get along.
By Kodama Naoko's standards, this is a sweet and heartwarming story.
In a way, I enjoyed how this story kept us stuck inside Shuuko's head. We really don't know for sure how Kiku feels about the relationship or her future at all; we only know what Shuuko sees, so we share her uncertainty and anxiety.
I agree! Though I also think that's the reason why this story doesn't feel as angsty as some of Kodama's work: it's true that we are uncertain about what Kiku thinks, but at the same time we really have no reason to believe she means to leave Shuuko. That makes me a little more optimistic, at least
Basically a nice exploration of teenage insecurity and uncertainty (and to a degree envy, I suppose). Whether the anxieties are founded or not is beside the point and outside the scope of the one-shot anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And yeah by Kodama standards this is downright light and fluffy. Then again looks like a relatively early work too which might of be relevant...
