My prayers have been answered.

Now the wait is even more tantalizing because we've been shown what COULD BE.
/gasps for air

Eh, What's that koneko? You weren't serious? You were referring to certain discussions in certain other forums not to be named?? Ah, thank goodness; because obviously I wasn't serious either. Sorry about that.

Edit 2: I guess that sounds sarcastic; I really didn't intend it that way. Sorry about that.

Your sass gives me life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJE9oO47FVo

Second drama track subbed.

Harumin really wants to jump on Yuzu's bones.

Hilarious. Harumin is still best girl.

^Just starting Season 5.

Bloody hell, well done for sticking in there.

Well said. I'm on season 6 and I've been questioning my sanity for staying with it since season 4. Mostly still here because of Shay Mitchell playing lesbian Emily, ofc.

There's also the K-Drama (one of my favorites of all time) Painter of the Wind.

As for the couples: There's a love triangle between main character (girl pretending to be a guy), her mentor (a guy), and an entertainer (a girl)

As for which couple wins: It's heavily implied that m.c. leaves to chase the entertainer

Plus, in South Korea, the main character and the entertainer won best couple award. Which surprised everyone, including the actresses. It was kind of funny...the main actress handled it much better than the one that played the entertainer. You should watch the awards video when/if you get a chance (if you haven't already)!

Here's my vote for this drama. The chemistry between MGY and MCW is utterly intense and they portray their characters beautifully.

I'm going to just say a bit about it though; although the two are females, I think there's a bit more than just plain ole lesbian romance in POTW. I think this is a really good overview about it. In other words, I really do appreciate the director taking the direction of the idea of "fate".

And seriously. After the first run, if you decide to rewatch, do not feel bad about skipping all of the scenes with Yunbok and Hongdo. We all do it.

Other trivia (contains spoilers):
- MCW (JH) felt uncomfortable undressing in the painting scene because MGY (YB) was so in character that MCW felt as if they was a real Shin Yunbok there with her.
- MCW also got a cold and had to go to the hospital a few times because of the moonlight lovers scene with MGY because it was so cold.
- MGY got hurt twice; once because the actor that plays Kim Hongdo accidentally hit her during a scene, and another when there was a mishap and she fell 5 feet into the well during filming.
- MGY says that she loves looking into people's eyes and that it was only during POTW that she realized just how beautiful and expressive MCW's eyes were.
- It was through POTW that MGY and MCW met and became really close friends. Both have said in interviews that they are best friends.
- The couple name for the POTW (JH and YB) couple is: Dan nyang, or five coins due to a famous scene for the couple in the drama.

Mei finally convince Yuzu to get her hair back to black XD

What? Breaking the cardinal rule of being a gyaru? For shame! slams desk

Interesting... But too bad I clicked this thinking about a different infamous Shizuru.

Hope to see it translated!

If it's a one-shot, though, it's not even "Story S"

And if it is followed up, they'd probably make the girl who brought her her pack be yayoi's girlfriend, anyway.

Hmm. Probably. She showed up twice, and close to Yayoi no less. Plus, can't help that I'm baised against Kozue-chan's archetype, unfortunately. Okay read, though it was kinda bland.

Sooo. Where's Mai Hime?

Almost no translation necessary. Swimsuits

My body is ready.

Why doesn't she eat her own panties? Convenience stores in Japan also sell cheap panties too don't they? If the prez love the smell of that girl's panties so much, why not simply have the girl pee all over it first before eating the panties? Or maybe even drink the liquid separately so there is no need to flush toilets and save environment d(o.o)b

You clearly have no understanding of romance.

best "Out of Context" quote

You can say that again.

"Aren't your face too red".
Can someone help me out?

Yes, it should be "Isn't your face too red?".

Super cute. I absolutely love these two together, especially since Akagi tends to bring the softer side of Kaga out.

Well, I hate to be that person, but y'know, there's a lot of back story that we can't see. Like, for example, what kind of person is Fleur? From this brief 28 page story, we can already tell that Fleur is the pining type. The type that really can't let go. What kind of person is the bride? She only had like 4 pages of actual dialogue, so I think it's safe to say we don't really know how she works. But it's pretty obvious that she wanted to help ease Fleur's pain and probably her own. I'm not saying that this wasn't sad and a bit teeth grating, but maybe for the two characters this was really the best scenario.

Like, what if she told Fleur before the wedding and somehow Fleur mustered the courage and balls to crash her wedding with an objection? I mean, I know it's hard for some of us to understand how important family traditions and what not are for some people, but we ought to respect their choices. It would be incredibly disrespectful and bigoted of us to ignore their weighed decisions and make their choices for them.

This was extremely cute. Also just realized that their names are Soaring Crane and Happy Crane. How adorable is all this?

I know this is going down the Dog x Cat route, especially since the title already clearly states that -- but am I the only one that secretly roots for Aki? My apologies if it's an unpopular opinion, but I'm here for the underdog.

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Heard this is SHAFT studio's favorite muscle.

Perfect response.

Someone assertive is interested in her this time. Good for her.

That tremble makes me think that Emi likes being dominated. Just my 2 cents.

Also, that credit page is fantastic.

I'm delighted by this news.

Actually, at present artificial insemination isn't permitted for lesbians in Japan either. So that's a separate battle.

On a related note, in fact, it's extremely hard for LGBT+ couples to adopt too, due to a much more stringent and harsher process that they must go through compared with the process heterosexual couples go through.

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The thing that sold it - for me - was that Chi was never seen as a parental figure, or a replacement for one. A lot of age gap stories with children so young end up in that territory. By showing the two as (relative) equals from the get-go, there's much less need to consider power dynamics. The progression of their relationship can also be assumed to be more natural; going from "childhood friends" to lovers is much less a jump than moving a parent-child relationship that way.

I'm sure plenty of folks will be creeped out by it, but I can't see much wrong with their relationship as it is presented here.

This is my way of saying it's really cute.

Pekoe Gets It.

I'm just waiting till they tell their children the story of Chi-chan's confession. Hahaha.

The whole time while watching the anime, I just kept thinking "Ladykiller Nagao? Naw man it's totally ladykiller Mutsu." They both kill me.

For real though. Mutsu was so smooth in the anime. It was suave.

Oomph. The feels.

But seriously, why do doughnuts have that hole?

Great question.

Also, Akaga is just too cute for words.

That was some sad undertone.

Lmao at Kaga tho.

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Kaga should get spoiled once in a while too.

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But I much prefer Ayame x Sango..... :\

For realz.