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[mapoeggplant]

Not to paraphrase Kanechika's "Shima, are you actually kind-of sort-of a nice guy?!', but I like how Kazakami is in fact a pretty kind person. For all his less-than-ideal qualities and condescending attitude, he seems to dislike making people feel bad and genuinely likes to help. Those little scenes where he talked to that nervous girl during the festival, apologized to Takamine or Kanechika, helped out Mitsumi and Takamine with their student counseling project (even with what he said later to Yuzu lmao), or brought the papers to the teacher… I enjoy that because it's another instance of how well-rounded characters in Skip&Loafer are. The author is not afraid to show ugly sides of each character but it doesn't mean they are bad people. Makes me excited for all of the cast further development!

this really made me happy, honestly. i’ve seen so many people say bad things about kazakami but you are so right about that. he does keep his distance from people and make some mistakes, yes, but he was always very kind and wanted to help people the way he could. at the end of the day, he’s just a boy, who’s facing this very difficult moment, of course he won’t say the right things all the time!!

yes yes. sensei just perfectly writes human characters, who make mistakes, who’re trying their bests, who’re living their lives for the first time, like we all. forever grateful for that

#this ask really made me smile #aaah so cute #kazakami #skip to loafer #duckanswers

[ducksarebetter]

i lovey ur heart edit :]

hehe thanmky u bestie 💛💛

#duckanswers #i should rlly make more tbh #its so old now! we need to celebrate its anniversary or something

[zaynxducks]

Wth, you're so funny, why are you so serious about zayn and a duck story! Never change 😂😍

You see this is not just anything. it’s zayn as a tiny duckling. How can you not take that seriously

#thanks tho ❤️ #duckanswers #ask #Anonymous

[mapoeggplant]

i was reading some chapter discussions since im catching up on skip and loafer and i saw someone call mtsumi self-centered like always and this was surprising to me because i've only seen her as a positive character! do i just have shima vision in thinking she is always right? i just cant think of how she is a self-centered character and how someone could get that impression!

oh anon……i want to say i’m sorry because i’ll write a lot about this topic.

honestly, people see her like that because of the breakup chapter. i don’t quite understand why people see mitsumi as a self-centered character when all she was thinking about was shima’s feelings and a way to preserve their friendship, for the both of them.

i’ve seen people saying she’s self-centered because, in their mind, she forced her feelings on shima, which was never the case. she was always open to listen to what he had to say and gave him a chance to speak up while they were having the picnic, but she knows how hard and confusing it is for him to open up and understand his own feelings. when she started to talk about wanting to focus on herself, it was clear to me that she was just making up an excuse to preserve their feelings.

we, as readers, need to reming ourselves that we are the ones with the “bigger picture”. we know what is happening behind the scenes, we have the power to read people’s mind and understand their emotions. not the characters. mitsumi doesn’t know ANYTHING that happened with shima or his internal battles. all she knows is what he’s ready to tell her and she respects and appreciates that. she never forces anything out of him or make up stories on her mind, all she does is respect his space.

when shima says “mitsumi is always right”, this comes more from his admiration for mitsumi rather than the absolute truth. he thinks she’s this amazing person who always knows what to do and always understand her own feelings, someone that he’s not. that’s why he sees her as someone who’s never wrong.

he keeps on repeating “mitsumi said i don’t feel that way about her” and that is already a point for people to say “see, mitsumi is imposing her feelings on him”, which is not true at all. shima never had the chance to be in touch with his feelings and be the one to determine what he feels. when someone he admires and think is right says something, ofc he’ll be “oh, yeah she’s right”. but that doesn’t mean he stopped and simply accepted: he’s questioning if this is truth since the day she said it — i mean, the fumi scene? the crab scene? the talk with mukai? all he wants is to understand his feelings and see if mitsumi was indeed right or if there’s something more that he’s missing.

that reminded me of another point that people broght up once that absolute make no sense to me: people said that, when fumi said mitsumi’s only good at studying, she’s just poking fun at both of them (mistumi and shima) with how terrible they are with love and understanding their own feelings. in fumi’s point of view, shima DOES like mitsumi’s romantically, and she’s surprised that mitsumi can’t see that herself, since she said “he doesn’t feel that way”. she’s not, at any point, confirming that mitsumi is selfish nor saying that she only thinks about herself.

i don’t know…mitsumi showed to be one of the most selfless characters out there. we even have a chapter with her exhausting herself to help everyone with the festival, starting to work just so she could buy her sister another wallet, asking the girls not to treat shima differently after knowing about the breakup….she’s ALWAYS thinking about others, which, in my opinion, isn’t even that great for her, i wish she would think more about herself and be more selfish!

anyways, sorry for the long rant, but this subject kinda makes me mad!!! like how can people see that sunshine as a self centered person?? absolute crazy!

hope i made myself clear!!!!!! but we can discuss more if you want, i’m always here for it 💛

#duckanswers #skip to loafer #i’ll protect shima and mitsumi with all my strenght #i don’t care who challanges me

[mapoeggplant]

What do you think are Shima and Mitsumi’s greatest personality strengths and weaknesses? Why? What do you love about their dynamic?

THIS IS SUUUUCH A FUN QUESTION OMG thank you so much for asking me this!!!!

ok so, I think I will divide this in topics if you don't mind just so I can organize it well inside my head OIFJASOIFJ

mitsumi

strengths: her heart is one of my favorite things about her. I think mitsumi is someone who can look at the bright side of things without having that naive or infantilized look to it. her positivity is something that inspires me a lot and her mindset of always coming back up after a fall is something that I wish I could add to my life.

weaknesses: I think she needs to be a little more incisive with her desires and voice them more. I do think she's getting better and better with this, but I know that she's bottling up a lot of feelings that she's too afraid to say it out loud. I want her to be a little more selfish and think about herself, put herself first.

shima

strengths: I really think shima has a lot of kindness inside him. I think he might be a little clumsy with the way he acts, but I do think he's trying very hard to always show kindness to people. I also admire how he's trying hard to fight his past ghosts and how he's resilient.

weaknesses: I think it's the obvious one, in the end: shima still needs to learn how to trust people and how to act on his own and not the way people want him to act. in this point of the story, I think he's like way better than he was before, but there's still a long way to go. he's also a little impulsive sometimes and I wish he would stop and think more before speaking in moments of anger.

what I love about their dynamic is how they are a safe space for each other. even that shima can't completely open up to mitsumi, he does feel like she's someone he can trust and someone he loves a lot, which is one of the reasons why he's always so scared of losing her. I love how their friendship started to grow little by little and how they were curious about each other, wanting to get to know each other without any second reasons.

I think their platonic relationship is beautiful. both are very worried about each other and respect each other a lot. I also like how shima let himself go a little and let his silly side shine when he's with mitsumi and I love how she's always so open and so comfortable around him.

love how mitsumi is respectful and understand that shima needs his space, doesn't force him to do anything and even after the breakup, she urges the girls to now call him out and respects his space a lot.

idk I think I could be here for a long time but I feel like this answer is already huge!! I just love these two dorks and I'm happy to see their friendship growing more and more. can't wait to see what sensei's planning!!

thank you for the question 💛

#duckanswers

[mapoeggplant]

Man, I am happy that shima is making progress but… the whole situation makes me nervous. There is this, idk how to explain it, menacing undertone through the whole chapter. He is finally acting on his wants, but making a lot of rush decisions largely based on jealousy and loneliness (the fact that we see again how people keep his distance from him. The class politics bit was funny but also kinda sad). The Frankenstein's monster kills people as an act of vengence, but essentially it's a desperate cry for love and attention born out of jealousy, abandonment and hurt. Something Shima relates to a lot. The thing is, while jealousy motivated him before in a positive way (joining the club, confronting ririka), it is not healthy when it's your main compelling force. Of course Shima isn't really doing anything wrong (or i guess it depends whether people agree with Yasaka's perspective) and he wants to hang out with Mitsumi because he enjoys her presence. But there is a lot of other very complicated feelings bubbling in Shima and he is still unable to communicate with her properly. I can't help but wonder what if it ends up hurting her again? And what if this time she really gets angry? We've seen them "fight" before - once when they didn't know each other that well and the second time when shima didn't stand up for her and she ended up kinda swallowing her own feelings. The thing is, Mitsumi is lovely, considerate and forgiving person, and she loves Shima, but she is only a human. In a way, getting angry and allowing herself that feeling would be an interesting development for her too. As for Shima if he were to hurt Mitsumi again, who would stand on his side? Not the girls, Mukai probably wouldn't be too happy with him either. In that scenario - wouldn't Shima prove to himself that he is a monster doomed for life of loneliness? Well, not really, because conflicts are part of any close relationship and I think Shima has to learn that. He is no Frankenstein's monster, just 16. I find it interesting that he will perform the play twice.. perhaps with a different interpretation each time?

That was a whole lot of speculation and watch me be completely wrong and their Kyoto date being the fluffiest and sweetest chapter lol. Also, so sorry for writing a whole as essay, i surprised myself there 😭 

hi! first, please don't be sorry, it's completely ok for you to send a big question to me like this!!

I totally understand and see your point. it is very difficult for shima to be dealing with feelings as heavy as these and to see himself as a monster. it's not healthy and it's not the best feeling in the world, and feeling jealous is always something that hurts a lot.

but I also want to give you a new perspective on this: he's finally acting on his own, be it for acting itself and for trying to express his feelings to mitsumi. he, for the first time, didn't kept it to himself and just stayed in the corner, sad and resentful. he acted a little spoiled and needy? yes, but it's not a terrible thing to act like that once in a while.

now I want to hit a point that you said and I understand where you're coming from: shima hurting mitsumi again. I'm not going to lie, ofc this stays in the back of my mind and I do think about this a lot, not only for the Kyoto trip, but their whole relationship. it's sad to see him not being able to understand his own feelings and acting out on impulse and risking loosing mitsumi but, if it ever comes to a point that he does hurt mitsumi and make her cry, shouldn't we hold him accountable for that?

listen, I'm a shima defender till I die. I'm on this boat for two years (and a half??????? I'm bad with dates, sorry LMFAO) now and I won't back down but if he eventually does something wrong, why would I stay by his side and deny he ever did something wrong? to love a character is to accept that they can fuck up and pick it back again. I won't ever put him in a standard of being perfect and not able to hurt mitsumi at all, but I won't also put him on fire because he made a mistake. he's a teenager. he's traumatized. he's carrying a pain that has been with him longer than his life without certain pain. ofc he will make mistakes and ofc he will fuck it up and...that's completely ok. that's fine. that's life.

I know he's fictional and that his actions are created by a person. he isn't real so like, there IS someone controlling him but for the whole narrative of skip to loafer, we saw characters that were very human, that made mistakes and stood back up, that got hurt, that have complex feelings. so I trust sensei to give me a character that can do something wrong, acknowledge that and fix it. my problem would be if she decides that shima can't do anything wrong anymore or make him commit a lot of mistakes and never realize them (which he never did. he knows were he was wrong, even on the situation between the other girls that left mitsumi sad. he knows he was wrong).

also, shima isn't a monster. him finding solace and seeing himself on frankenstein doesn't mean that he's going to act exactly like the monster himself. actually, in the chapter, he sees the monster's mistakes and reflect on them. he also sees the scientist mistakes. sometimes we find comfort in morally gray characters and that doesn't make us a bad person — what it does is how we act upon that and how we behave accordingly with it.

so, what I want to say with all this: shima is slowly finding his place on earth and trying to make his feelings fall into place. that means he won't ever make a mistake again? no, never. who knows, maybe he can fuck it up on the Kyoto trip and we, as readers and as people who love him, need to call him out. and honestly, I would be very glad if mitsumi was the one to call him out and say "listen, you are hurting me. I'm not going to put up with this". she's sweet, kind and open minded, but she can also stand up for herself, like she did other times as well.

shima is one of the most important characters for me in a whole while. I see myself a lot on his journey to self discovery and just love him and the way he's written, overall. as a writer, he's even my style of character, the type I love to write. so yeah, I will still be making analysis on him, will still defend him with my eyes closed and will still love him. but I will also recognize his mistakes, expose them and try to understand why he did it (all ofc analyzing him as a character, we need to remind us of that!! he's a character and the characters around him, mitsumi included, don't know about his traumas at all).

I hope I didn't sound rude in any way, because that's not what I meant to. I just wanted to be very frank and open with you, because I understand your frustrations and I see what you mean. honestly, it's hard to say "this and that is going to happen" right now, since we're in a very "open" part of the story, starting a new arc that's far from its climax. I hope you understood what I meant and that you can find some sort of comfort on my words.

well, i hope you feel comfortable enough to keep making questions and having a discussion with me!! reflecting on this was very fun and I loved it a lot. hope it was good for you too!

thank you 💛💛

#shima sousuke #two years and half as a shima defender nonstop #I won't back down too soon lmao #duckanswers

[mapoeggplant]

Can I ask, if you have top favorite romantic couples (can be canon or non canon) of all time from any media? Why love them? Thx :D

oh, fun question!!! I'll select 5, is that ok? if I don't put a limit on myself, I'll go crazy OIJFASOIFJ. I also have a problem that I love a lot of romantic couple as platonic love so it's normal to see me talking about the same "couple" as romantic and platonic LMFAO

ok so, in no particular order:

kageyama and hinata from haikyuu: when I think about soulmates, I think about them. I love their whole trajectory together and how they kept each other in their lives even when they were far away, living their dream

shima and mitsumi from skip to loafer: I mean, do I need to explain? their dynamic is beautiful, the way they care so much for each other is amazing and the way their relationship is developing makes me extremely happy.

yuzuki and makoto from skip to loafer: I already shipped them but the pudding scene changed something inside me. I just love them together and the way they see each other in such a beautiful light

tanaka and irie from mobuko no koi: I absolute love their story and how they are growing and changing together. love hoe they have an amazing communication and trust each other so so so much. I fall in love with them every chapter.

emma and aleksander from veil: their intimacy screams with just a hold of hands. you can see how in love they are with just some fast moments of their lives. it's just UGHHH AMAZING

thank you for asking 💛!!!! if you want more, I can think of 5 more

#duckanswers

[mapoeggplant]

Hi......If you don't mind, can I ask, what are your top 10 (or top 7) favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series/video games)? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....

whaaa that's such a fun question, thank you so much for asking!!!!!!

hmmm, since I'm a very terrible person with deciding things, would you mind if I give you top 5 mangas and top 5 books?? I feel like focusing on them, it will be easier for me and I'll be able to talk more about them!!

ok so in no particular order, here are my:

top 5 mangas

ikoku nikki, by tomoko yamashita

I think I fell in love with this manga the second I start to read. it's just incredibly well written, with beautiful characters that are well developed and well explored. yamashita is one of my favorite authors of all time, so I could go on and on about how much I love her writing.

it's a beautiful story about personal connections, grief and future!

shimanami tasogare, by yuuki kamatani

this story is a safe space for me. not only because I love the way it's written and the way it's developed, but it was a huge help for me in my process of self discovering and acceptance of my demissexuality. I will forever be grateful for what this story brought me and all the tears I shed reading it

skip to loafer, by misaki tamakatsu

I think it's already obvious that sukirofa would be on the list OIFJASOJF. I just think it's a gorgeous story that focus a lot on self discovery, growing up and platonic love. I absolute love the "I love you as a person" message that it evoques. I wish there was a story like this when I was a teenager...

haikyuu!!, by haruichi furudate

haikyuu have a deep, deep place in my heart and it's a story I will cary with me forever. it's one of the reasons why I came back to the internet to share thoughts and one of the reasons why I made so many beautiful friends, but also it changed me for the better and it was with me on difficult times. everyone should read it, tbh.

blue period, by tsubasa yamaguchi

one of the reasons why blue period is so important to me is because yatora is a character that resonates A LOT with me. reading it for the first time was like being punched on the face multiple times because I saw a lot of me on it and a lot of my struggles and self doubts. yatora will forever be a character that is extremely important to me.

bonus: "I want to be a wall", by honami shirono and "hibari no asa", by tomoko yamashita

top 5 books

the white book, by Han kang

han kang is one of my favorite authors. I absolute love her writing and, as a writer myself, she inspires me a lot. I find this book to be absolute gorgeous. never in my life I read something that talks about grief and loneliness such as this book. gorgeous, from beginning to end.

the bell jar, by sylvia plath

this book was very important for me growing up. I feel that I picked it up at the right moment of my life and it just stayed with me forever. the fig scene is something that I think about constantly and reflect a lot on it. I feel that I should reread it now that I'm way older.

meu desconhecimentos, by eliane brum

i'm so sorry to say, but I don't think this book was ever translated to english...but I would love to talk about it a little. it was first introduced to me by my therapist and it stayed with me since the moment I started reading it. I resonate a lot with eliane's trajectory with writing and she inspire me a lot too.

the unwomanly face of war, by svetlana alexievich

this book is non fictional and it covers the soviet women who fought on WWII. this book impacted me so much that I still remember vividly scenes from it. it's not an easy book to read and it's extremely graphic, but it definitely left a mark on me.

the good son, by you-jeong jeong 

I wouldn't say this book is one of my favorites of all time, but I doo catch myself recommending it A LOT, so it would be weird not to include here. it's a great, great narrative with a highly unreliable narrator that manages to convince you from beginning to end. it's not an easy read as well, since it's a very slow one and can be repetitive.

WELL!!! I think that's it?? idk I feel like every time someone asks me about my favorite something my mind goes blank OIFJASIOJF but I hope I was able to answer your question 💛 thank you for asking!!

#duckanswers #recommendations

[mapoeggplant]

I really hope this is a set up for the senior year trio to become much closer! Kinda mirrorring Mitsumi's "unlikely group of friends".. I am sooo curious to see where Takamatsu-sensei is taking us

yes, yes, yes!! i'm so excited to see more of them and their relationship. it would be a beautiful contrast between them and mitsumi's friend group, making the story even richer. SO EXCITED

#skip to loafer #i want to see them being bffs so bad #duckanswers

[mapoeggplant]

Man, I reread some of the Kazakami and Takamine scenes and i love how much the new chapter adds to those moments. Especially the soccer thing. When Takamine says at first that Kazakami was very devoted to soccer club, she actually is right! She is later "proven wrong" when she overhears Kazakami acting dissmisive, but during the festival scene, when they talk at the stairs, we learn much more about his reasons. And he is surprisingly honest, in fact. Kazakami's comment how "it wasnt very gifted of him to get injured" always stood out to me, even pre chapter 58. And with the new context (and remebering extra comic that describes him as very hard working, but pretending that nothing need his full attention) we can suspect that he totally sees the injury as a personal failure to live up to his own (quite impossible) expectations. He is a huuuge perfectionist, just like Takamine! Just hides it well lmao. At least, so far.

you are so right about all of it!!! knowing a little more abou kazakami add so much more depth to those scenes and those moments, makes you really second guess a lot of things he said!

I always felt bad for him for having to leave the soccer club, but now I think that joining the school council was a way to distract him from it. and yes, I do believe he sees it as a personal failure. I feel so bad for him, really hope he can find new dive action figures...

I really hope we'll have more scenes of him with takahime. I would love if they could talk about pressure and this need for perfectionism. I think it would be very hard for him to open up like that but, who knows!! maybe sensei will surprise us

#incredible how every single character in stl is well thought #sensei really is amazing #skip to loafer #duckanswers

[mapoeggplant]

If you don't mind me asking, can I ask your top 5 (or top 3) favorite characters from Skip to Loafer? And why you loved them? And your top 5 favorite moments from the series? Sorry if you've answered this question before....Thanks....

OOOOOOHHHH this is such a hard but amazing question oh my god thank you so much?? this will be long so I’M SORRY

ok characters:

1. shima

i think it’s kinda obvious that he’s mu favorite character since i wrote like 170831 character studies about him. but really, shima is a character that enchanted me since day one, that made me fall in love with skip to loafer even more. i just love to watch him grow and watch him get more in touch with his own feelings, with his own needs and finally accepting that he’s worthy of love. he’s just amazing, my baby boy, i’m so proud of him

2. mitsumi

i mean, is it possible not to love her????? she’s just the perfect main character for me, who makes skip to loafer be the story it is, full of love, understanding and fin light moments. she just makes me want to be a better, more understanding person, to believe more in myself. and we’re both countryside girls who left their past lives to live in the big city so i see a lot of my own fears on her owns.

3. nao-chan

i honestly can’t think of any other character like nao. she compliments the story and the characters extremely well and brings to the table her own amazing personality and background. she’s so adoring and so grateful, such an amazing inspiration to so many people who sees themselves on her shoes. i just adore her

4. fumi

i know we don’t have much about fumi but the little we have already have such an impact on me. she’s such an amazing character, so full of love and light. i love to see her relationship with mitsumi and how supportive she is. i also thing the countryside girl on me have a big influence on this love too

5. mika

i don’t make many character studies on mika because she’s so similar to my teenage self in some ways that i feel like self analyzation HDJWJDJWK i just adore her. i love to see her opening up and chasing her own dreams and accepting herself little by little. can’t wait to see her taking over the world

now moments:

1. the breakup

oh how i wish i could read this chapter for the first time again. it’s just so gorgeous and so full of understanding and love. it’s so rare to see stories aimed at an younger public to touch such a sensitive topic and not jump straight to the romantic love of it all. i just love it

2. the crab scene

i just love sousuke shima and his constant battle of emotions

3. the flower bracelet

should be in a museum. out of this world. gorgeous. i cry just remembering it

4. the tomato scene with nao and her mother

the levels of story that such a simple scene carries….and how amazingly done it was…

5. the friendship bracelet

i just love female friendship so much and i LOVE the girls with all my heart

i hope i wasn’t confusing!! and sorry for writing so much omg

#duckanswers #i talk to much….

[mapoeggplant]

Hello again, can I ask your top 7 fav BL manga/manhwa? Feel free if you want to write the reasons of why you love them or not. Please and thank you....

oooh that's a fun question!! I don't track a list of favorites for bl but I do have a lot that I love and would love to share it!!

so here is 7 recs in no particular order:

NOTE: some of these are NSFW or have 18+ themes so beware

boku no papa to papa no hanashi, by roji: ok this is actually one of my favorites OFISAJOFJ I would say top 1 fav bl. I just think it's gorgeous. I love the themes they discuss, the hardship of being a gay parent and how to raise someone. love it sm

the eve festival, by pharmacy: this one is a webtoon that I love it and find it sooooo fun!! I absolute love pharmacy's art style and the way they draw expressions, so that makes the reading experience even better. they are silly, love them.

cherry magic, by yuu toyota: a classic that will never get old. it's funny, gentle, caring and just such a fun reading. it's impossible not to feel happy while reading it!

fake fact lips, by machi suehiro: I kinda love banter to love plot but I feel like not everyone can pull it off right, but suehiro-sensei made it right. they are so stupid and in love...and the art is just AMAZING.

keisenjou no cantata, by dentou hayane: hayane-sensei is one of my favorite bl authors. I think the way they write stories are very tender and very beautiful. this one in specific is the sweetest to me. I can't recommend it enough, I just love it a lot.

kieta hatsukoi, by wataru hinekure and aruko: i think this one already became a classic, right? it's funny from beginning to end and so delightful to read. perfect for a time you want to read something light!

3 ban sen no campanella, by atsuki kyouyama: this one hits hard to me because I feel like the protagonist is extremely demissexual, so that hits home perfectly as a demi person. it's a beautiful story about self discovery and acceptance. beautiful.

bonus:

sankaku mado no sotogawa wa yoru, by tomoko yamashita: this one isn't focused on romance, focus more on discussing good and bad, questioning life and much more. if you're interested in romance I wouldn't recommend but if you want a mystery, go for it.

cure blood, by arata togaya: I'm not a vampire girl, but I became one when reading this. GOD IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, but not a very happy ending story. something to cry a little.

link and ring, by yuruco tsuyuki: honestly this is just a story about two people who love each other deeply. and I love that for them.

hope you found some new titles here and that you have fun reading it!!! thank you for asking 💛

#duckanswers #bl recommendation

[mapoeggplant]

Have you ever read/watched Fruits Basket?

yes i did!! i really liked it heheheh

#duckanswers

[mapoeggplant]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "mapoeggplant "?

oh I think I'll disappoint you but I don't think I have a top 10 favorite fics...I do have a lot of fics that I read and loved but some I didn't save/bookmarked, so they ended up getting lost. but I'll tell you some that I love!!

sunny, by roxast: chris (the author) is a friend and a great inspiration for me as a fic writer. they were also the ones who encouraged me to post my first one! sunny is very chris core and I think it's extremely well written, the characterization is perfect and the story is amazing.

the fish who swallowed the sun, by awesomecookies: one of my favorite haikyuu fics ever. it's just beautiful.

apple juice and peach, by yuriduty: it's not only because clown is a dear friend of mine, but I do find this fic so beautiful and so tender. and it's so easy and fast to read!!

my sweet sincerity, by kirma: another friend! maybe I'm not being fair but what can I do if I love my friends writing? kirma is fun and silly, just like her writing. it's such a great read.

and the story behind mapoeggplant is because of a chapter from ikoku nikki!! asa and makio are discussing about a lot of things and makio drops this beautiful line, that's why I chose it!

thank you for asking!!!

#duckanswers

[mapoeggplant]

Thanks for answering. Then, can I ask (again), if you have another top favorite romantic couples (can be canon or non canon) of all time from any media? Why love them? 😁

hmmm ok, I'll tell 3 more because my memory is starting to go bad IOFJSAIFJASI

marcille/falin, from dungeon meshi: I just love them and love their dynamic so much. it's just the perfect equilibrium

adachi/kurosawa, from cherry magic: I mean, do I need to explain?? I love their dynamic sooooo freaking much and love their story. I could read 800 chapters of cherry magic

sawako/kazeyaha, from kimi ni todoke: my favorite shoujo couple I think. it's impossible to read and not kick your feet happy while reading

thank you for asking!!!

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So, ever since I found BL & GL manga/manhwa a few years ago, my interest in het romance decrese a lot, and what I search for is just the dynamic between mc (male) and male lead or mc (female) and female lead...I don't want to read mc (female) and male lead or mc (male) and female lead...And what I want to read mostly are just mlm or wlw stories for romance....

What do you think is happening to me? Is it really weird?

hey, please, don't feel bad about yourself nor think it's weird.

I think that it's grate that you are exploring new genres and discovering new things to love and read. sometimes, as we read new things, the old things we liked started to sound a little boring and that's absolute ok. our tastes are always changing, always following the moment in which our life is. there's nothing bad about it!

maybe you're exploring more about yourself and your taste, maybe you're just in a moment that lgbtqai+ themes are more comforting than het ones and hey, that's totally ok!!!

hope you don't feel bad about yourself and that you find a little comfort on my reply. hope you find more mlm/wlw stories that are amazing and you can carry for your whole life!

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