And for their beach date they of course go to Enoshima!

Man, I miss Japan.

How can you tell that's Enoshima?

There's the telltale Enoden train, with the tracks and road along the coastline, and the island shown is clearly Enoshima with the Sea Candle on it, plus you can see the Benten bridge leading up to it.

Well, technically they're on Katase Higashihama beach (which is featured a lot in manga and anime), but I'd say it's close enough to Enoshima to count.

And for their beach date they of course go to Enoshima!

Man, I miss Japan.

I, for one, love Hinami's tracker. It tickles me every time I sneeze.

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Cigarettes are bad for ya, mmmkay....

That's Karuizawa (軽井沢), not Karuisawa.

Hinami is on a local TV show and they don't even have her eat something? Fake!

The one who wrote the notes has clearly never visited the Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama.

I love hard work. It's a pleasure to see other people do it.

I think this will be fine, but Ruka may need to be a teensy bit more patient with Suuna.

Guess what? I'm already wearing the cheese helmet!

That's one big mosquito.

The best way to fight mosquitoes is by having lots of spiders in your house. Jumping spiders are especially cool.

Bats work too, but they're picky about accommodations.

In Japan you're not allowed to have passengers if you just got your motorcycle driver's license. So yeah, it's Hinami breaking the law... again.

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Wow a dj from 2006 translated today. A very good day to see, Made when the novels were still going even.

It kills me j-novel almost licensed the novels but instead went with earl and fairy saying modern yuri fans might not like Maria's type of yuri and that it is mostly already done from fan translations(it's not) and the anime covered most it (It doesn't.).

Actually, the anime does cover most of the novels, up to and including volume 27. There are some minor stories left out, but the mainline story is mostly there. The novels have been fan-translated until volume 34, but he translations vary wildly in quality.

Marimite is still one of my all-time favorites, even though the ending leaves me a rather frustrated.

I can attest that the view from Mt. Hakodate is indeed excellent. Make sure to wear a thick sweater though when you do it any time before July, especially after sundown.

Hey, I'd want that!

It's OK, she's been dead before.

She's kind of like Hatchan from Excel Saga.

I love the episode where they meet in the first season. That whole season was great, really. The second season was okay, although I wish we'd have learned more about Tonbo's daily life instead of it being all about that golf tournament.

Ahhhh... peace at last!

I hope the author doesn't have plans to visit China.

Wow, there sure are a lot of ladykillers in yuri manga.

I'd eat it.

Well, the guitar part has to be in service of the song. That said, it's still rough to get told that your part will be cut. Been there, done that.

Maybe they could just shorten her solo? I mean, the song needs a break, right?

When I was first in Japan I couldn't read the labels on convenience store onigiri, so I often got an umeboshi one. I hated the taste at first, but decided to eat it anyway. And now I got hooked on it.

C'mon, Mochi. You can easily add at least a dozen characters. This is n00b stuff!