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May. 14th, 2024 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI read the second volume of Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon last night and I loved it just as much as the first one. It's just. so. good.
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This has all been such an unexpected experience for me: finding and getting into yuri media. I have quite literally never in my life had such strong emotional reactions to any media I've ever read or watched. It's like a whole new set of feelings has emerged in my brain...it's hard to explain, but it's like I feel these things in my mind and heart and body together: like it's too much to just fit in my head. Maybe this is what puberty is like for a lot of people. I didn't even really notice puberty the first time. It didn't mean much to me, and in retrospect I think I was pretty disassociated from my body.
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Anyway, Subaru, the younger sister, deserves some kind of best supporting character award. It's not clear to me how old she is, but I would hazard a guess of early-to-mid teens. Her older sister, Asahi, is visiting Hinako after work. Hinako says something awkward and both of them are at a loss for what to say, and Asahi says that maybe she should go. Hinako, I think, is scared about Asahi leaving because she screwed up and says "WAIT, PLEASE! Um, I haven't been a good host yet. We could get pizza!" and then suggests inviting Subaru too.
Asahi, who I think is happy for an excuse to stay despite the awkward silence, agrees and calls Subaru to invite her over. Subaru, who has been metaphorically nudging them toward each other whenever all three of them are together, says "Huh? No way. I'm not coming. See ya. Have fun!" She's a smart girl. And then Hinako ends up painting Asahi's nails and I love it so much because hands and hand-holding and hand-touching are kind of a big thing for me. It gives me Feelings. And there is a lot of focus on hands in this manga!
Which is why one of the best scenes in this volume, and possibly any yuri I've read, is so wonderful to me. Hinako and Asahi are walking home together after work, holding hands, and reach their diverging point. There is an *entire page and a half* of panels of them holding hands, and looking at each other, and slowly letting each other go, and OMG this is *so very much* the content I am here for.
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I also watched some of Mysteria Friends last night: It's comfort media. In the first episode, there are two moments where Grea sees Anne and the camera cuts briefly to show the tip of her tail suddenly perking up in excitement as she realizes Anne is there, and it gives me all the warm fuzzies.
I love that show so much. There are a couple episodes that have some drama introduced by a mechanism outside of their relationship with each other, but the show is primarily about two girls being thoughtful and concerned and caring toward each other. There isn't even so much as a kiss between them, but seeing them be together makes me feel warm and happy.
It's (mostly) peaceful, has beautiful art and animation, and lovely soft piano music (they both play piano of course because they are high-social-class anime school girls and that's the trope!). It's a really low-stress, high-joy show for me.
--
This has all been such an unexpected experience for me: finding and getting into yuri media. I have quite literally never in my life had such strong emotional reactions to any media I've ever read or watched. It's like a whole new set of feelings has emerged in my brain...it's hard to explain, but it's like I feel these things in my mind and heart and body together: like it's too much to just fit in my head. Maybe this is what puberty is like for a lot of people. I didn't even really notice puberty the first time. It didn't mean much to me, and in retrospect I think I was pretty disassociated from my body.
--
Anyway, Subaru, the younger sister, deserves some kind of best supporting character award. It's not clear to me how old she is, but I would hazard a guess of early-to-mid teens. Her older sister, Asahi, is visiting Hinako after work. Hinako says something awkward and both of them are at a loss for what to say, and Asahi says that maybe she should go. Hinako, I think, is scared about Asahi leaving because she screwed up and says "WAIT, PLEASE! Um, I haven't been a good host yet. We could get pizza!" and then suggests inviting Subaru too.
Asahi, who I think is happy for an excuse to stay despite the awkward silence, agrees and calls Subaru to invite her over. Subaru, who has been metaphorically nudging them toward each other whenever all three of them are together, says "Huh? No way. I'm not coming. See ya. Have fun!" She's a smart girl. And then Hinako ends up painting Asahi's nails and I love it so much because hands and hand-holding and hand-touching are kind of a big thing for me. It gives me Feelings. And there is a lot of focus on hands in this manga!
Which is why one of the best scenes in this volume, and possibly any yuri I've read, is so wonderful to me. Hinako and Asahi are walking home together after work, holding hands, and reach their diverging point. There is an *entire page and a half* of panels of them holding hands, and looking at each other, and slowly letting each other go, and OMG this is *so very much* the content I am here for.
---
I also watched some of Mysteria Friends last night: It's comfort media. In the first episode, there are two moments where Grea sees Anne and the camera cuts briefly to show the tip of her tail suddenly perking up in excitement as she realizes Anne is there, and it gives me all the warm fuzzies.
I love that show so much. There are a couple episodes that have some drama introduced by a mechanism outside of their relationship with each other, but the show is primarily about two girls being thoughtful and concerned and caring toward each other. There isn't even so much as a kiss between them, but seeing them be together makes me feel warm and happy.
It's (mostly) peaceful, has beautiful art and animation, and lovely soft piano music (they both play piano of course because they are high-social-class anime school girls and that's the trope!). It's a really low-stress, high-joy show for me.
