[xuune]

"Nick Wilde was an expert at the idea of a long con."

Operation: Cold Hearts by averagemalewife is by far one of the best fics i've read in a long while. couldn't help but adapt one of the scenes into an animatic and sketch a variety of moments from different chapters :]

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[arianna-creates]

This is so good im screaminggg

[sukiiwake]

[frenchublog]

[julieterbang]

8.46am__

[moshimoshibe]

izutsumi

[kyoryu]

this is what the shima and fumi conversation was like in chapter 52

[luftballons99]

give and take

[shrimpchipsss]

skip to loafer ep 2 redraw

[meowful]

the reason why everyone should read skip to loafer is because misaki takamatsu expertly articulates so much of the highschool girl experience in a way that feels deeply grounded, deeply nuanced and deeply relatable. i’ll keep specific examples out of this because one of my personal joys with reading skip to loafer is experiencing everything alongside mitsumi and friends but events like making friends with people you normally wouldn’t talk to, finding the balance between your social life and your academic goals, processing unrequited feelings and learning to love yourself. the social pressures that come with being a highly sought after person; feelings of envy towards said person and processing these feelings. these events are explored with a level of attention and warmth that is very difficult to find in other shoujo highschool manga.

this is definitely elevated by skip to loafer’s focus and exploration of its female characters, who have their own distinct goals, personalities and insecurities. i don’t think there’s many shoujo manga out there that treats its female friendships as similarly important if not MORE important than its romantic relationships. so much of highschool was just spending time with best friends. skip to loafer doesn’t have the same type of female-rival drama that most other shoujo romance works do, and when it does the efficient pacing of the story means it’s resolved fairly quickly yet satisfyingly. instead, mitsumi and her friends go to cafes, they eat lunch together, they go shopping, they team up in sports and culture festivals. everything that happens in skip to loafer feels very close to something that could happen to any regular highschooler, which makes the themes and ideas it explores more impactful and personal.

i rambled a lot but essentially you should 1000% read skip to loafer. there is nothing else i would more sincerely recommend than skip to loafer. love and warmth and friendship and the development of the self is stored in skip to loafer

[meowful]

the reason why everyone should read skip to loafer is because misaki takamatsu expertly articulates so much of the highschool girl experience in a way that feels deeply grounded, deeply nuanced and deeply relatable. i’ll keep specific examples out of this because one of my personal joys with reading skip to loafer is experiencing everything alongside mitsumi and friends but events like making friends with people you normally wouldn’t talk to, finding the balance between your social life and your academic goals, processing unrequited feelings and learning to love yourself. the social pressures that come with being a highly sought after person; feelings of envy towards said person and processing these feelings. these events are explored with a level of attention and warmth that is very difficult to find in other shoujo highschool manga.

this is definitely elevated by skip to loafer’s focus and exploration of its female characters, who have their own distinct goals, personalities and insecurities. i don’t think there’s many shoujo manga out there that treats its female friendships as similarly important if not MORE important than its romantic relationships. so much of highschool was just spending time with best friends. skip to loafer doesn’t have the same type of female-rival drama that most other shoujo romance works do, and when it does the efficient pacing of the story means it’s resolved fairly quickly yet satisfyingly. instead, mitsumi and her friends go to cafes, they eat lunch together, they go shopping, they team up in sports and culture festivals. everything that happens in skip to loafer feels very close to something that could happen to any regular highschooler, which makes the themes and ideas it explores more impactful and personal.

i rambled a lot but essentially you should 1000% read skip to loafer. there is nothing else i would more sincerely recommend than skip to loafer. love and warmth and friendship and the development of the self is stored in skip to loafer

[jean-wei]

ribbon-y, curtain-y

[sugar-grigri]

them.

[levbolton-deactivated20250505]

[kaiju-dayo]

[sailermoon]

[kosmogrl]

[luthienne]

girl help i’m starting over again for the 1000th time & i’m beginning to think that life is a never-ending cycle of starting over & i actually have to make peace with that in order to move forward