![]() 6 is the same as what I get out of Towards the Terra, Ookiku Furikabutte and even Wolf’s Rain, in that they all seem to deal with male friendship in sensitive and reflective ways. Perhaps, then, the draw for female viewers is that there’s no set point-of-view character to feel constrained by? Since neither Shion nor Nezumi are female, there’s no need to feel tied to one or the other, and that both can swing from masculine to effeminate portrays a relationship that is free of assumed gender roles?įor my part, what I get out of No. ![]() Since Nezumi is the more aggressive and therefore, presumably more masculine of the two, my first thought was that Shion was the female point of view character, but there’s a key moment in episode 5 that confuses that line of thought: Nezumi cross-dresses, basically becoming a woman called Eve for half an episode. 6, isn’t your gender excluding you from Shion and Nezumi’s relationship? Or are you imaging what it’d be like to be one of Shion or Nezumi? ![]() It must be escapism, but usually with that, there’s an obvious point-of-view character for the viewer to latch onto, but if you’re a girl watching No. When I watch a series like this, I’m wondering, what does the female audience see in it? What’s a girl getting out of watching two men engaged in a (potential) relationship like this? 6 has the opportunity to become something unique, because Shion and Nezumi are relatively normal people (that ‘relatively’ is important, given Nezumi is bat-shit!) This is a mainstream series not some low-budget trash produced for the fans-only, but a noitaminA series animated by the famous Studio Bones, to be seen by all (well, all adults.) For the most part, anime is not the best at dealing with male homosexuality, I mean, just look at the gay characters (or should I say caricatures?) in Gurren Lagann and Tiger & Bunny. ![]() 6 is heading in that direction and, quite frankly, I hope it does. That ‘yet’ is important, because it strongly feels like No. This is not a yaoi series though, it’s not a sexual or pornographic thing, I’m not sure it’s even shōnen-ai, it’s merely homoerotic in the sense that Shion and Nezumi are yet to take things that far. I’ve now seen up to episode 5 and it’s notable how blunt it’s becoming in suggesting that Shion and Nezumi are in love. 6 - Asano Atsuko, No.It’d be hard to watch No. Language: English Words: 24,441 Chapters: 13/13 Comments: 76 Kudos: 282 Bookmarks: 43 Hits: 6,104 He'd hallucinated many things, many times in the past couple of years. He seemed hesitant to enter despite the intense cold. come in?" Nezumi asked, his face shadowed by the snow and dark street. How does thinking work? Why was the hallucination not coming inside? His scarf blew like a flag in a hurricane. The figure just stood there, shivering violently, gloved hands running up and down his arms in a desperate attempt to warm himself. Shion was pretty sure if someone had taken his photo he would have looked absolutely stupid, standing there with the door open, wearing only thin pants and a t-shirt, gaping at the figure in front of him. They will be pretty in-character because I took pages of sample dialogue notes from the original novels (never read the manga, tho, sorry). Language: English Words: 6,000 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 19 Kudos: 179 Bookmarks: 21 Hits: 1,467Īnother story of Shion and Nezumi reuniting. Because no matter where he goes, he always, always finds his way back to Shion somehow. "I won't kiss you like that, because then it'd just be a goodbye kiss."Īnd, really, it was all it took to make a laugh escape Nezumi's lips. "Nezumi… would you, erm- would you kiss me? Like you did before you left?" He hesitated, bit his lip, and hesitated again, before finally speaking. Shion looked away briefly, then back at him. As Nezumi had noticed before, it suited him. The blush on his face deepened, turning a bright pink-nearly-red color. The boy looked like a deer in headlights. I don't wanna be your friend (i wanna kiss your lips)
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