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It is critically acclaimed after all. Wow though, race changing to match? Having to go over all your glams... that's real love
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We are nearing the end of the series, so I am once again giving a shout out to I Love Amy Its an odd duck. The series feels weirdly closer to American teen media than the average high school setting yuri. I mean it is literally set in America, but even beyond that this shares more sensibilities with a Heathers or a Pretty Little Liars, than say a Useless Princesses or something. Anyway its pretty good. Personally its not going to be one of my favorite GLs of all time, but likely will be for many people. Probably the best HS setting yuri since School Zone.
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# ? Aug 3, 2023 06:06 |
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Maybe the writer grew up in America and decided to write what they knew?
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# ? Aug 3, 2023 13:28 |
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Snooze Cruise posted:
Thank you for posting this, I'd never heard of it before and it has rapidly become one of my favorites of all time. These girls are so messed up, in such a real and believable way, and I want the best for everyone in this story
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Snooze Cruise posted:
I just caught up. Thank you for posting again, I'm one of the freaks it was made for. Really really good.
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Snooze Cruise posted:
I really enjoyed it, some of the characters are incredibly relatable in different ways and some of the scenes in like, the latest chapter, hit pretty hard.
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Snooze Cruise posted:
i read this today! it's good! the art is extremely my poo poo!
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# ? Aug 5, 2023 05:26 |
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its getting better about it as the plot resolves but earlier on I was kinda uncomfortable with how much Amy was made to suffer, it crossed the line a bit for me from funny to upsetting
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Related to things wrapping up, Throw Away the Suit Together just finished. I'm sufficiently unsure of myself to make absolute statements on a good day and I've been having a pretty lousy month, but it made me pretty depressed, and in almost an exact mirror of the way I Love Amy just made me feel better. The latter is about to end with two people making the choice to try something new and scary and take a risk because they care about each other, and the former ends with two people that tried something new and scary and took a risk because they cared about each other and they failed and are right back where they started but worse off. At least they STILL care about each other.
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# ? Aug 5, 2023 15:03 |
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I've been reading Adachi and Shimamura lately since a friend recommended it. (the novel) I have to say it moved me to the core. So beautiful. I've never read anything like this before and I absolutely loved it... My heart was warmed so much it almost hurt. Especially because the story extends far into the future with the two of them still so happily together. Living together 5 years later, 10 years later, even decades later their love and affection only grows deeper. So utterly wonderful that is. Another striking thing is... this was my life several years ago. It's nuts how similar it really is. I have the same kind of personality as Shimamura, the same problems. It was kinda freaky at times reading practically my own thoughts from a first person perspective knowing them all too well. Never seen anything like that. That everything turns out so beautifully brought me a familiar kind of joy I've never experienced before when reading a story. Years ago, I also had an 'Adachi' that sat with me and told me lovely things while I remained completely oblivious to her extremely obvious feelings. As the kids say, I guess you could call me painfully "useless". It seems insane but you really can have someone sit in your lap telling you how nice you smell, with them staring into your eyes, holding your hand almost every day, and think... what a nice friend, even if she's a little weird, how cool, and just leave it at that. She also had an eventual meltdown - except she wrote me her thoughts in a letter - and eventually told me things that led to a certain awakening in me which I imagine you can guess the nature of. I said yes to that, and one day on a trip to the beach a couple of years later I said yes to her once again. And here we are now. One thing that absolutely killed me reading this series was the 4th extra story that comes with the blurays where it's 70 years later and Shimamura has outlived everyone else... including Adachi. Oh god. It broke my heart to see her imagining Adachi with her there, talking to her even though she knows she's gone forever. I've sometimes thought of the same thing, hoping I'd be the first to go, because I know I could never take it the other way around. To be honest I cried. I full on sobbed. When I reached the end I ran to my wife and told her how much I love her in so many ways, and stayed there hugging her for for quite a while. It hit me really hard. Long story short, I guess I'm a serious sucker for romance stories and I had no idea lmao
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StupidNameNobody posted:I've been reading Adachi and Shimamura lately since a friend recommended it. (the novel) I wish the manga version (the only version I've read) was more caught up, because I feel like it'll be a long time before I get the whole story. As someone who relates more to Adachi, it's all a bit too painful and I just want the poor girl to find her own happiness, whatever that may be. The chapter "Shimamura's Sword" was one of the most heart-breaking, uncomfortable things I've read, and the fallout from it made me physically anxious. Your thoughts do make me feel quite a bit more optimistic on the series. I suppose I'm just impatient, but the manga release is dreadfully slow and the official English release is slower still. Out of curiosity, how much has the manga adapted if the latest chapter is when Adachi finally realizes she loves Shimamura?
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# ? Aug 12, 2023 05:01 |
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That's a sweet story StupidNameNobody
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# ? Aug 12, 2023 05:33 |
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RuBisCO posted:I wish the manga version (the only version I've read) was more caught up, because I feel like it'll be a long time before I get the whole story. As someone who relates more to Adachi, it's all a bit too painful and I just want the poor girl to find her own happiness, whatever that may be. The chapter "Shimamura's Sword" was one of the most heart-breaking, uncomfortable things I've read, and the fallout from it made me physically anxious. That being said, I can't recommend the novels enough. While I've never read romance before, I have read plenty of other genres and yet this really stuck out to me. That introspective first person viewpoint of the characters is quite something - it switches perspective often between Adachi and Shimamura, and even their parents and friends at times, and it's cool to see things from all sides like that. I have to find more stuff like this e: Oops, forgot to answer the question lol quote:Your thoughts do make me feel quite a bit more optimistic on the series. I suppose I'm just impatient, but the manga release is dreadfully slow and the official English release is slower still. Out of curiosity, how much has the manga adapted if the latest chapter is when Adachi finally realizes she loves Shimamura? StupidNameNobody fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Sep 17, 2023 |
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StupidNameNobody posted:I've been reading Adachi and Shimamura lately since a friend recommended it. (the novel) This is such an adorable story! I'm happy for the both of you!
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Thank you. Nobody is happer about it than me, believe me. Edit: I was totally oversharing lol StupidNameNobody fucked around with this message at 09:02 on Aug 16, 2023 |
# ? Aug 12, 2023 07:39 |
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What a lovely story
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# ? Aug 12, 2023 07:47 |
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the way volume 7 suddenly ties all of the silly little AU stories into an actual emotionally resonant conclusion is insane
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# ? Aug 12, 2023 09:45 |
https://mangadex.org/title/9c910afe-86b5-42eb-b387-5ed10b219e69/those-who-long-for-yuri
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we've all been there
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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Why thirst when you can pour your own drink
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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# ? Aug 18, 2023 08:48 |
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Sal Jiang's Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko is finally all uploaded if anyone is in the mood for something OL related. Ultimately I prefer my Sal Jiang more deranged but all in all I think this wrap up in a satisfactorily conclusion, even if it meander a bit to get there.
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# ? Aug 18, 2023 08:52 |
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Rody One Half posted:we've all been there
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# ? Aug 18, 2023 20:18 |
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Out of topic for the thread's typical purview, but I Love Amy has me thinking about good teen movies and did anyone here watched Do Revenge? I love that film.
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# ? Aug 18, 2023 20:27 |
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Upon witnessing that screenshot, I guess I need to.
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# ? Aug 18, 2023 21:24 |
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Cross-posting from the general romance thread cause I think it may be relevant here!, I wrote up some thoughts on a GL author I adore:RuBisCO posted:
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# ? Aug 18, 2023 21:40 |
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finally i have an excuse to post this again https://twitter.com/TOK_info_kousin/status/1429084720441151489
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# ? Aug 18, 2023 21:53 |
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Snooze Cruise posted:Sal Jiang's Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko is finally all uploaded if anyone is in the mood for something OL related. Ultimately I prefer my Sal Jiang more deranged but all in all I think this wrap up in a satisfactorily conclusion, even if it meander a bit to get there. Also, yeahhhhh
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# ? Aug 19, 2023 01:52 |
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RuBisCO posted:Cross-posting from the general romance thread cause I think it may be relevant here!, I wrote up some thoughts on a GL author I adore:
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# ? Aug 19, 2023 01:54 |
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i desperately need someone to translate all their ise and shima twitter bits. i love that series and i wish it was longer
kidcoelacanth fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Aug 19, 2023 |
# ? Aug 19, 2023 01:58 |
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i low key wish it was one of those endless series like room for two (well, that is about to be no longer endless lol) its GOAT
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# ? Aug 19, 2023 02:00 |
StupidNameNobody posted:And that confession! Wowowowww!
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Snooze Cruise posted:i low key wish it was one of those endless series like room for two (well, that is about to be no longer endless lol) Oh no. Its felt like an ending has been on the horizon for a while but a part of me thought it would just keep on going.
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