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121. It makes me sad to have recommended the series earlier, since I was excited over the art and the characters. I still don't understand why we, as an audience, should be invested in the Yoite/Miharu relationship as I don't yet understand how THEY got so invested in their relationship. I know somehow their connection is supposed to signify a refusal of their previous apathetic attitudes, but somehow they seem to be sucking the energy right out of each other.

To quote Michael Scott, I hate so much about what they choose to be. I try to watch a fun anime, and they make it... not that way. There is so much more life in their interactions with basically every other character on the show (who seem to have much more compelling stories to tell).

I haven't read the manga beyond the anime; I assume it stays very Yoite/Miharu-centric?

I still don't understand why we, as an audience, should be invested in the Yoite/Miharu relationship as I don't yet understand how THEY got so invested in their relationship.

Exactly. The relationship is supposed to be a force that moves them ahead, yet it seems to affect only Miharu, and only to a certain extent. And even in the manga I didn't find the way they "hooked up" very convincing. Frankly, I don't see much chemistry between them, never did. (And I'll be crucified for this, but I think Yoite is a very clichéd character. I've seen this type a zillion times in fanfic and doujinshi, usually with more optimistic and proactive partners and less angst.)

As for the manga, well, the story goes on, interesting stuff happens every now and then, but sadly the focus stays quite firmly on Miharu and Yoite. (In fact, it even worsens Yoite's condition in a way that I couldn't help but find ridiculous, especially because it doesn't seem as though the author wanted to do anything with this particular detail other than using it as a reason to make Yoite angst even more. Thankfully it seems that the anime won't include it, though.)

Oh, I heard about that detail! It's pretty much the only thing I'm spoiled for (you risk spoilers when you're a TV Tropes junkie like me). I agree with you that, that detail aside, Yoite is still a really clichéd character.

The first, and only time, I got truly smashed, I had been drinking with two friends of mine. We had gone to high school together, but beyond being misfits we didn't have much in common. In between a period of blankness, I distinctly remember them clinging to each other on the kitchen floor, sobbing.

One said to me, "Naomi, you just don't understand our friendship. It is DEEP. It is REAL. You cannot experience what's between us. Right now."

I didn't really know what they were talking about, and then I vomited on their curtains before passing out.

That's like Nabari no Ou.

Haha, yeah, that's a pretty accurate description of Nabari. Which is a shame, really, because it could've been so good, if only the author had excercised some self-control. (She should've done what many other mangaka do, drawing doujinshi for her own works. It's always for the better.)

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