Sorry to bother you again so soon, but when I said I hoped 13.1 would come out before long I wasn't expecting it to be literally today lol. Ofc I don't want to rush or annoy you when you have work and stuff, I just thought the timing was fun.
Oh, and if you don't mind me asking did you read the volume 1 extras with the other stuff when you were catching up? I don't know if you didn't post anything from it because you didn't read it or because it was short enough you just didn't have anything you wanted to post. At least if you haven't read it, it's not long at all. Obviously it's not that important so I don't want to pester you over it, but it's cute at least!
I read it before my nightly routine!!! And they're still so cute!!
Now we're moving into some serious couples territory: kissing. I'm a tad surprised Ayumu asked for a kiss after she had such trouble holding hands previously, BUT that's also like very real, especially in your first relationship. Same with Hina's "I need to prepare myself!" You kind of get excited and want to do things couples do, like kissing, but you're also incredibly clueless, so you overthink it and make it into a bigger thing than it is/needs to be.
Also Hina putting effort into her running again, stating she wants to win. Baby's healing! The mire of grief looks different for everyone, and it seemed pretty obvious that it sapped Hina's sense of desire, in a way. I'm not sure if "desire" is the right way to describe it, but there was a sense of apathy for herself that Hina seemed to carry which is why she was so flippant about losing her race. But she's getting her spark back!
If I had the presence of mind, I'd probably discuss the difference in how Asuka and Ayumu love Hina, and how they affect her perspective. But I'd end up ranting, I fear. Hina's change is attributed to her being in a romantic relationship, yeah, and that's definitely part of it, but I also think that Ayumu's friendship and her earnestness inspired a change in Hina. 🙂↕️Young love. They're so precious.
Also, I did read the extras! I liked them but I don't think I ever posted about them since they didn't have much story to talk about, HOWEVER
This one was craaaazyyy it was cute and gay abd the art in it is especially good
The produce will give you potentially deadly diarrhea, the air is full of smoke(so is the water), the weather is getting progressively worse, and kids won't stop trying to bite me.
I try not to be on here during the week since I'm working, but if I can't smoke and can't drink(legally), I need to be here. Or else ritualistic sacrifices will be made.
I'm soooo curious about this whole thing and what it means... the design is exactly like a dagger/knife that Lara is using in the concept trailer. It's also shown with the light in certain scenes, the ones I remember for now: the scene after Lisa says she will find Lara, and the one where Mari says that Lara needs to stop following her.
I've rewatched some scenes from episode 1 and it looks like before turning into foam, the light comes out of her body and it turns into the knife once she says "I was the vile one."
In the original The Little Mermaid there was a knife that was given to her by her sisters, who made a deal with the sea witch for it, in order to avoid turning into foam and go back to being a mermaid she had to plunge the blade into the prince's heart. In this concept trailer it looks like that’s being represented by taking the prince’s light that comes from his heart. In this case, we don't know if it's just so she can stop her fate of turning into foam or also because she needs the light for her kingdom.
In the anime, the knife but in a bigger size is only introduced after it comes out of the lake when Mari says that she likes her -> Lara feels accepted after thinking the humans would see her as "vile" again and her words make her skip a heartbeat.
After this, they show us Lisa and the dude that follows her, it's worth noting that it looks like only they can see it, I guess Lara too but she's too focused on Mari to care lol anyway, the dude asks "What is that?" and she answers "Her heart will become the light that save us. Lara, please hurry. Find us... Find your true love", in the second episode Lisa and Luna explain this, the light brings the castle to life and it was all created by their mother. They also say that one of them could have the same power, Lara looks at her hands and Luna says there is no point in doing that because "the light is born out of love, the kind that is warm and fuzzy", and only when the chosen princess feels true love will that radiant light be born deep within her heart... the scene with Mari in the third ep seems to make her feel "warm and fuzzy" and it's interesting how that cute and wonderful thing triggered that at the lake when we saw the dark existence of the knife in the concept trailer 😭
Side note: the hands not being a proof remind me of the ring, the expectations it puts on her, how she lost it the second she met Mari and how Grace even says "just forget about it" when Lara is worried that she doesn’t have it anymore… but that's another can of worms.
We know Lara is the one with the mission to return this light and it worries me because it makes me think about her mother, who is clearly dead, we don't know if the light/power had something to do with it, if it just came from her love or there was also a sacrifice, it just seems like there's also something more sinister going on that is not being said (the title even worries me now, I can handle something bittersweet if she has to go back to her kingdom but no more than that </3).
They also showed the knife in one of the previews, it looks like it could possibly be doing the same thing it did in the concept trailer: trying to bite/suck the light out of something (Shiga or the merfolk in the lake? or everyone atp😭) or someone (Lara's true love, one person specifically or like most of the people seen in the OP). For now I think it's about a place because this knife is huge lol and because in the second episode, Grace begs Mari to go look for Lara, she says "she's a princess who could end up destroying this place!" (#watdatmean Grace...)
Writing this mess also reminds me that in the first episode, Grace tells Rowan/the king, "I sensed the same quality as in Her late Majesty." "The girl is a special one. Her light can also become a blade that brings your place to ruin." 👀👀👀 and Rowan is like "We cannot let the vile humans taint our light." I'm just rambling now but ANYWAYS the point was that it was interesting and it made me worry about Lara, don't want her to be doomed or that she feels the need to choose... let her have peace😭
It's cool that you're finally caught up! Hopefully we'll get chapter 13.1 translated really soon too. Also I can't remember if I posted about it here but one thing I love a lot about chapter 12.2 is Hina calling back to what Ayumu said back in chapter 2!
Seeing how Ayumu has inspired Hina and the way she views the world makes me so happy. Not to mention Hina starting to get how Ayumu thinks enough to know exactly what to say to help clear her anxiety about actually being in a relationship! They're so good for each other I think
I did!!! I fell asleep like immediately after I got home yesterday orz but I caught up with my girls when I woke up! I'm glad there isn't a sense of finality once Ayumu and Hina become a couple offically, and the relationship between Ayumu and Asuka isn't wiped clean suddenly.
I really think that the three of them have some great chemistry as a trio, and I love how Asuka is even slightly antagonistic towards Ayumu. Those two are just really funny together, they make good friends/rivals.
And then the main couple!! Ah, it's refreshing that we'll be seeing them navigate through this new territory together. I think Ayumu's bit of anxiety over holding hands is cute, and also really shows just how little experience they have in the realm of dating. Hina has no idea if what she's feeling is love, Ayumu has no clue what dating really entails or how it is defined for them, but both of them trying to learn together as they go 🤧Love it, loove me some yuri.
Yeah I definitely agree with the group dynamic being great! A part of me was worried that Asuka being rejected would have strained things after how well they worked together in ch10, so I'm glad that if anything actually communicating her feelings has helped solidify it! And Ayumu and Asuka in particular have one of my favorite mc + 'rival' dynamics of all of the yuri I've read so far. Her always trying to be tsundere and throw jabs at Ayumu only for Ayumu to be so dense and friend-brained around her that they always bounce off is so cute.
And you're so right about Hina and Ayumu's relationship too! They both really have what the other lacked in the beginning, so it's so sweet to see them both growing together. Hina has helped pull Ayumu out of her shell and see things she never would have otherwise, while Ayumu has helped reignite the spark and passion that Hina had lost.
Like you said, it's wonderful that they're still helping each other learn more about themselves and love - that getting into a relationship with each other is just a new step in that process rather than the end. I really think there's so much potential for it to last a while longer, to give more time to fully explore them and what their relationship can be. So hopefully it's not over just yet!
Ooouuugh, we love a good directing trope when the shot has a barrier in the middle separating the characters to indicate distance in their relationship and then one crosses the barrier it's so peak
It's cool that you're finally caught up! Hopefully we'll get chapter 13.1 translated really soon too. Also I can't remember if I posted about it here but one thing I love a lot about chapter 12.2 is Hina calling back to what Ayumu said back in chapter 2!
Seeing how Ayumu has inspired Hina and the way she views the world makes me so happy. Not to mention Hina starting to get how Ayumu thinks enough to know exactly what to say to help clear her anxiety about actually being in a relationship! They're so good for each other I think
I did!!! I fell asleep like immediately after I got home yesterday orz but I caught up with my girls when I woke up! I'm glad there isn't a sense of finality once Ayumu and Hina become a couple offically, and the relationship between Ayumu and Asuka isn't wiped clean suddenly.
I really think that the three of them have some great chemistry as a trio, and I love how Asuka is even slightly antagonistic towards Ayumu. Those two are just really funny together, they make good friends/rivals.
And then the main couple!! Ah, it's refreshing that we'll be seeing them navigate through this new territory together. I think Ayumu's bit of anxiety over holding hands is cute, and also really shows just how little experience they have in the realm of dating. Hina has no idea if what she's feeling is love, Ayumu has no clue what dating really entails or how it is defined for them, but both of them trying to learn together as they go 🤧Love it, loove me some yuri.
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