Heyy what are your favorite Kyoru moments?
first of all this question is so fucking hard bc i love so many of their moments. they’re literally all beautiful and there’s way too many to choose from. however, these are the ones that stuck with me the most. i’m gonna go from least favorite to favorite out of ten. i don’t think i need to even mention this but spoilers.
i’ve personally dubbed this as the “angstfession” because every time i read it it’s like a punch in the gut. this moment is so painful, but so necessary because it forces kyo to finally confront his trauma and his guilt instead of just running away from it and/or displacing it. i know it’s a weird thing to have as a favorite moment, but among other things, i am a slut for angst and i can’t wait to see this animated. (btw i know i keep mentioning this but “me” by the 1975 is the perfect song for this moment).
9. kyo checking tohru’s temperature
this is directly after rin asks tohru why she’s trying so hard to break the curse and tohru can’t answer. this sends her on a bit of a mental spiral and she has a nightmare about her mother. after, when she leaves her room, kyo checks her temperature, and there’s a special emphasis on his fingers lingering on her lips. this is one of the moments that has that latent sexual tension that seems to fly over a lot of peoples heads for these two and i love it a lot.
8. the p&p hand flex scene
i didn’t know what else to call this but my dear fellow clown and soul sister @dontlookatmepwease pointed out the similarities between this scene and the Darcy Hand Flex™️ scene from p&p (2005) and i was hooked. aside from kyo teasing tohru about being tiny (which is adorable and very flirty), the majority of this chapter is kyo following tohru around town because he knows something is wrong with her and he finds her right as she’s about to break down. i love the close up to kyo’s hand around her forearm and his fingers lingering in touching her because 1) latent sexual tension and pining, and 2) p&p parallels. i’m 99% sure that wasn’t takaya’s inspiration, but i’m sure as fuck running with it. (alexa play “your hands are cold” from the pride & prejudice soundtrack).
i’m just gonna say it. it’s the sexual tension. i’m being very transparent but whatever. i love the starry shojo backdrop. i love kyo settling his hand over her’s. i love the fact that they’re clearly making eye contact. it’s a very intimate scene. i’m really excited to see this animated bc of all of the above AND i already know the music they’re going to play over this is going to be so soft and romantic and i’m gonna die.
this scene is all kinds of adorable and funny and i already know that it’s going to be *chefs kiss* amazing when it’s animated. but it honestly is just my favorite kind of thing. like they’re both mutually pining, their unresolved romantic and sexual tension is through the roof, and kyo’s just a tortured little teenage boy who doesn’t understand that it’s completely okay to be attracted to the girl you’re in love with. someone needs to sit that boy down and give him the talk no joke. (also there’s an emphasis on tohru’s legs here that’s hinted to be from kyo’s pov so chances are he was actually checking her out and not just reacting to her comment and why has no one pointed that out??)
do i even need to explain this one?? it’s peak romance. look at tohru’s blush!! look at kyo’s eyes!! look at the close up on her taking the flower from his hand!! it’s honestly just a breathtaking moment that’s on level with the “you have bewitched me” scene from pride & prejudice. it’s high romance. i will die when i see this animated.
i dont really feel like i need to explain this one all that much either. it’s a wonderfully written moment. it’s tohru- in some last ditch effort to stop herself from falling for kyo- revealing how she painted her father as a villain for “trying to take her mother away” and adopted his manner of speech because she didn’t want anyone to speak ill of her mother. kyo, despite her fears, accepts her anyway because he can connect very deeply with this. it’s a prime example of tohru and kyo being each other’s confidantes and trusting each other beyond all else. it’s one of my favorite aspects of their relationship. also this is just a gorgeous panel.
3. second rooftop conversation
this is a moment that impacted me very deeply for some reason. i’m not entirely sure why, but what i do know is that i love the intimacy and the emotions of the moment. tohru is upset bc she hopes that kureno and arisa can see each other despite kureno claiming that he never can because of his promise to akito. kyo obviously doesn’t know this but he can glean that she’s sad. at one point, he jokes about her getting herself a boyfriend and tohru denys it. and then, he (*creep by radiohead starts playing*) says that if she ever decides to get a boyfriend, he will support her, despite looking very sad about it. tohru inexplicably begins crying (the audience knows why) and asks kyo what he wishes for. kyo, apparently having seen every john hughes movie, wipes away her tears and says that he wishes that “a certain someone will stop crying” like the 80s romcom love interest that he is. i am very excited to see this animated.
i know i know. this is every kyoru clown’s favorite moment, and i adore it, but it’s still my number 2. regardless, this moment is literally euphoric in how satisfying it is to see these two idiots finally get their shit together and get together. something about what kyo says here really gets to me. @lesbianuotani explained it very eloquently when they said that so much of kyo’s life was defined by hatred and how it was very natural of him to describe his love for tohru in terms of hatred. but he doesn’t hate being in love with her; he hates not being with her. there’s something extremely poignant and beautiful in that. this chapter gets me emotional everytime i read it. i literally always listen to “never let me go” by florence + the machine when i read it.
i adore this moment because i truly count it as the moment their romance begins to kick off. i know that tohru claims that she was already in love with kyo when she chased after him, and i believe her, but this is the moment where kyo started to let her in. he stopped seeing her as “kyoko’s daughter”- a role he was forcing himself to see bc his guilt wouldn’t let him see her as anything else- but instead as “tohru”, her own person. the girl that accepted him, monstrous form or not. the girl he was falling in love with. also this moment is what solidifies their beauty and the beast dynamic and that is my favorite trope as you all may know. surprisingly, this is the moment that i’m most excited to see, and the fact that we’re so close to it has me borderline feral ngl.
thanks for the question!! i loved answering this❤️
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