...I'm kinda surprised she only pulled Ai and Ayumu, honestly. Maybe she's just going alphabetically?

Yeah, that shirt design is... Unfortunate. Reminds me of a story: back in high school, I was associated with the Girls' swim team. The coach was designing a custom racing swimsuit for the team, sketching out different patterns, and one he was proud of had the initials of the town name and the mascot across the chest. He was showing some of the team members before putting in the order, and one of the girls looked at the two big letters and said, "Oh, we're labeling them now, are we?"

(Reader, they did not get that design.)

In my mind, ShizuYu is a rarepair, but it's got a fair amount of representation here — by individual images, even more than KasuYu. I suppose it's on the strength of their "date" in the anime?

From the longer hair and general vibe, I'm guessing this (and the other one by this artist in these outfits) is when they're in college? They're adorable.

Looking at Yu's expression, I'm torn between thinking she doesn't quite understand what they want with her, and thinking she knows entirely too well.

Aww!

Yow.

Oh, this was wonderful. Lanzhu's gotten a bit more self-aware here than I think she's at right now, but it's honestly too adorable.

It's hard to know if anything should be read from concert bookings, but Anastasia's VA was in day one of the recent IjigenFes, so that's positive.

Looks like that even though we have Shioriko's song, "Koufukuron," — whose title translates as "Biting Theory" — Ayumu also likes leaving her mark(s).

Like I always say, Setsuna has such a big presence that you don't realize she's a smol until this sort of situation.

...well. I suppose if you don't have mistletoe, you need to improvise.

last edited at Jan 2, 2024 5:30AM

Aww! And in their "Fly With You" outfits.

I love Setsuna's enthusiasm.

Ayumu could also be the beast. Oh yes indeed.

I get the feeling of Ayumu's anxiety here — like, not even that Yu's thinking or caring about Ayumu less, but that Ayumu is worrying more about the relationship. Its status, its condition.

Glad for the recent influx of top Rina.

Is Mia grumping at Yu because she wants to be included or because she doesn't?

I guess Mia is trying to keep herself from taking advantage of Rina, though I get the idea that Rina wouldn't mind being taken advantage of. ドキ ドキ indeed.

Vroom vroom, Yu-senpai.

Awww, this is adorable.

last edited at Oct 25, 2023 3:13AM

Aww, this was great! The setup, the buildup, the payoff, the post-coupling punchline — a great story.

Mmm, love that ShioPomu.

(Which apparently my autocorrect wants to turn into "shipping". Huh )

Oh, my.

Aside from the obvious, it's an interesting look at Yukiho's attitudes towards following her sister. (I'm thinking that Umi's probably known Yukiho for just barely less time than Honoka has, but...)

Truly the unsung heroes of Nijigasaki High.