[110 gou]
Kimi ni Todoke doesn’t jump out at me. It doesn’t make my heart go aflutter; it doesn’t make me want to sit in front of my computer with a box of chocolates in hand.
And yes, that’s been known to happen.
But even without the bittersweet pining and the hesitant blushing and the warm acoustic guitar, the show does have something.
It has heart.
Considering the kind of reception the show has been receiving – unlinkable, since I don’t want to track down the countless positive impressions posts and tweets – I thought I would fall for this at first sight. I was setting myself up for another legendary shoujo, for the kind of emotional bliss that I haven’t felt since reading my last Arina Tanemura manga.
And I can’t say that I was disappointed…but I didn’t quite find what I expected.
The problem is, I was expecting love at first sight – of the same variety that Sawako and Kazehaya felt. Although, it’s a bit too early to assume that there’s no chance for a bond like that; perhaps it’ll be a late reaction, something that grows over time? In the four episodes that air over a month?
Anyway, what I mean to say is that Kimi ni Todoke doesn’t seem like the be-all-to-end-all that the hype is making it out to be, but that doesn’t make it a letdown. It has, like I said, heart. And isn’t heart what matters the most in shoujo? The people who want action watch shounen and super robot; for drama, visual novels, and for story, seinen. Shoujo can share traits with any genre, but the most important thing is heart. Without heart, Sawako is just Sadoko and Yuki Sohma is just gay.
(Some might still like to argue that Yuki is gay, but that’s beside the point).
At any rate, after sorting and skimming and not really reading most of the impressions posts, I intuitively feel that Choux said it best. This series has awakened my inner fluffy fangirl, she’s not about to go away any time soon.
~ ETERNAL
つづく
P.S. That red umbrella reminds me of the creepiest thing.
From Me to You with Kimi ni Todoke
Kimi ni Todoke doesn’t jump out at me. It doesn’t make my heart go aflutter; it doesn’t make me want to sit in front of my computer with a box of chocolates in hand.
And yes, that’s been known to happen.
But even without the bittersweet pining and the hesitant blushing and the warm acoustic guitar, the show does have something.
It has heart.
Considering the kind of reception the show has been receiving – unlinkable, since I don’t want to track down the countless positive impressions posts and tweets – I thought I would fall for this at first sight. I was setting myself up for another legendary shoujo, for the kind of emotional bliss that I haven’t felt since reading my last Arina Tanemura manga.
And I can’t say that I was disappointed…but I didn’t quite find what I expected.
The problem is, I was expecting love at first sight – of the same variety that Sawako and Kazehaya felt. Although, it’s a bit too early to assume that there’s no chance for a bond like that; perhaps it’ll be a late reaction, something that grows over time? In the four episodes that air over a month?
Anyway, what I mean to say is that Kimi ni Todoke doesn’t seem like the be-all-to-end-all that the hype is making it out to be, but that doesn’t make it a letdown. It has, like I said, heart. And isn’t heart what matters the most in shoujo? The people who want action watch shounen and super robot; for drama, visual novels, and for story, seinen. Shoujo can share traits with any genre, but the most important thing is heart. Without heart, Sawako is just Sadoko and Yuki Sohma is just gay.
(Some might still like to argue that Yuki is gay, but that’s beside the point).
At any rate, after sorting and skimming and not really reading most of the impressions posts, I intuitively feel that Choux said it best. This series has awakened my inner fluffy fangirl, she’s not about to go away any time soon.
~ ETERNAL
つづく
P.S. That red umbrella reminds me of the creepiest thing.