That's one of the only shows that will ever make me cry :< it wasn't so bad in the manga, but the OVAs man, you really get all the feels O_O from their longing to how it ended so badly for them after the war and finally that scene in the snow ;__;
Reading the rest of the manga is always the best cure though HAHAHA
I expected the tragedy to be when Akizuki was injured, but then I remembered there was another episode and got all confused. When I saw where it actually went from there, I spent the rest of the time feeling horrible because their hearts were so far apart. :'( And man, yeah, the suicide scene-I was crying so hard that my cheeks are still sore. I mean, I always cry during movies and such, but I don't normally cry *that* much.
I was like one volume away from the end of Haru wo Daiteita and I don't know why I stopped reading-I think I just sort of forgot to keep going at some point. I really like that one because of how well the main characters are portrayed. It never falls into the "uke must become a girl in every other way" trap.
*sigh* This is the reason why I haven't watched the OVAs. After having gone through the experience (yes, I call it an experience) of Hybrid Child, I have steered clear of tragic stories. I don't like to cry. I cry so easily, too. And I'm ugly when I cry, too. And lots of fluids get involved.
Yeah, I think you should finish Haru wo Daiteita so you'll feel better.
I cry easily too, but I kind of enjoy it, so... Actually, Fuyu no Semi was a lot more painful for me than Hybrid Child was. Because at least with Hybrid Child there wasn't a long, protracted period of suffering: they had one night before they knew he was going to die, and then it was over, nothing but an open wound. Fuyu no Semi, I had to watch the end coming and their hearts far apart for a whole third of the thing, and that hurt a lot to watch. I don't think I'll watch it again. It was good, but even *I*, the tragedy lover over here, found it kind of hard to watch towards the end.
I did. I really love that couple. They might be the best yaoi couple I've ever read. They're the only ones I've seen grow and mature as adults and stay "men" the whole time.
Well, you won't find an English major arguing seriously against the Bard, but there are a lot of aspects to it that I really do agree are better. The pacing and presentation could have been a lot better (this may have been the fault of the OVA, not the mangaka), but the story at the base of it was excellent. I feel like it wasn't quite delivered as well as it could have been, for such an excellent premise, and of course the smut bits make it completely impossible for me to recommend to anyone else, but the development of the two characters was much better than Romeo and Juliet, who were basically just hormonal teenagers. I mean, it took Romeo how long to switch from Rosaline to Juliet? I know this was part of the point, but it made the tragedy partially a tragedy of teenaged stupidity, at least to me. That said, I feel like with more time the development between Akizuki and Kusaka could have been a lot better, too.
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Reading the rest of the manga is always the best cure though HAHAHA
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And man, yeah, the suicide scene-I was crying so hard that my cheeks are still sore. I mean, I always cry during movies and such, but I don't normally cry *that* much.
I was like one volume away from the end of Haru wo Daiteita and I don't know why I stopped reading-I think I just sort of forgot to keep going at some point. I really like that one because of how well the main characters are portrayed. It never falls into the "uke must become a girl in every other way" trap.
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Yeah, I think you should finish Haru wo Daiteita so you'll feel better.
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Actually, Fuyu no Semi was a lot more painful for me than Hybrid Child was. Because at least with Hybrid Child there wasn't a long, protracted period of suffering: they had one night before they knew he was going to die, and then it was over, nothing but an open wound. Fuyu no Semi, I had to watch the end coming and their hearts far apart for a whole third of the thing, and that hurt a lot to watch. I don't think I'll watch it again. It was good, but even *I*, the tragedy lover over here, found it kind of hard to watch towards the end.
I did. I really love that couple. They might be the best yaoi couple I've ever read. They're the only ones I've seen grow and mature as adults and stay "men" the whole time.
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Yes, Katou and Iwaki just might be the best yaoi couple ever. They certainly have my vote.
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There are couples I've found cuter and liked more, but in a certain sense those two are just "the best."
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That said, I feel like with more time the development between Akizuki and Kusaka could have been a lot better, too.
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