Pt.2 of me summarising anime plots in a few sentences!
(Pt 1 here)
Possible spoilers ahead!
Anohana: grief, trauma and love triangles
Bungo stray dogs: great writers of the past, except this time they’re not misogynistic p3dophiles (well, most of them) solve crimes and give me gender envy. Also they all have superpowers and a lot of gay subtext with their rivals…like A LOT
Stars align: y’all remember when this was a sports anime and not about these kids trauma?
Your name: pretty animation and soul connections go brrr
Bloom into you: two lesbian demiromantic’s fall in love and the whole cast gets a bit too relatable for me to be fully comfortable
Terror in resonance: fucking traumatising game of cat and mouse
Death parade: fucking traumatising game of life and death
A silent voice: fucking traumatising
Wandering son: the most wholesome example of trans ftm/mtf solidarity you ever did see
Komi can’t communicate: local teen with social anxiety gets adopted by two extroverts and then they work together to help her adopt more extroverts (and a few introverts too for bonus points)
Ace Attorney: the sped up version of the gay lawyer game but made gayer, somehow
Buddy daddies: two assassins accidentally adopt a child and then accidentally end up in a queer platonic relationship and if you thought you were safe from the angst, you were sorely mistaken
Given: music as a love language and overcoming past traumas
my top anime recommendations, all of which feature sci-fi and the heart wrenching concept of what it means to exist in relation to others in a world that doesn't care for your safety
orange / kaiba 2008 / zankyou no terror / 91 days / anohana / kiznaiver / houseki no kuni / princess tutu