A new couple (to me) brings all sorts of opportunities for Junjou. Will we get a story involving character depth and realistic emotions that truly speaks to the gay experience Japan? And if you believe that, I recorded a 4 hour interview with Hayao Miyazaki that I think you’ll be interested in hearing soon.
Managed to pull Samsura to do tag for some of the episodes with new couple, so expect to see him often! This couple is my favorite because there’s the whole age gap and divorced man thing, and I hope Samsura will also like it nishishishi
Samsura: I do think that this guy is the most attractive one of the bunch
Anaaga: !!!!! Homo radar!
Anaaga: Cougars? What’s that?
Samsura: older chicks into younger guys
Samsura: this OP is pretty not that good
Anaaga: wwwwwww yeah it’s not cuz I see Misaki’s face
Anaaga: And why is everything in pink. Gay = pink?
Samsura: pink=love more like it
Anaaga: Ehhhh what a standard
Anaaga: Whoo cameo from SIH!
Samsura: yeah the guy who did that thing!
Anaaga: wwwww you need to watch it. SIH > JR
Samsura: thank goodness for introductory monologues!
Anaaga: Oh god older man *drools* And divorced too.*more drools*
Samsura: so the guy who dated his sister has a dead wife and now is going for him?
Anaaga: wife isn’t really dead, just rude
Samsura: why go to a cemetary?
Anaaga: Oh yeah first wife. Forgot about her because Gay! Yeah dead first wife
Samsura: you know, I really can’t tell who wears the pants in this relationship
Anaaga: WWWWWWWWW I was thinking the same thing. I’m ashamed because Shinobu thinks more like a girl than I do
Samsura: from cabbage to pumpkins, he should be in Soma!
Anaaga: Maybe Souma’s offspring. WITH ERINA
Samsura: has the hair
Anaaga: Jesus Christ
Samsura: definitely no skillz
Anaaga: Ok that part is kinda cute. if I only watch it
Anaaga: WOMEN in yaoi. What blasphemy
Samsura: a gal!
Samsura: Better than intolerable cousin of Usami
Anaaga: Every Usami is despicable.
Samsura: and magic, we have dinner!
Anaaga: wwwwwwww
Samsura: man, I can’t imagine how awkward this is
Anaaga: Seriously out of all times she talks about hooking back again now. How convenient
Samsura: is the old torch the dead wife?
Anaaga: Yeaahhh, his teacher. Not really a wife, more like a lover when he was a student. By the way his name IS You
Samsura: what was the age difference there?
Anaaga: kinda the same with Miyagi and Shinobu
Samsura: again, how is this not super awkward? Does the sister just not know that they are in love?
Anaaga: WWWWW no because females are dumb in yaoi. We are so dumb in yaoi it’s unbearable. And the smart girls are either lesbians or look like males
Samsura: like I always say, the worst gay panic is gay jealous panic
Anaaga: Well this one is better than Misaki. Wayyy better
Samsura: true, here there is a precedent or something like that
Anaaga: lol seriously whut
Samsura: wtf is this?
Anaaga: Lol I don’t get this moron
Anaaga: Who the hell is Risako
Samsura: the sister
Anaaga: Does Shinobu has to test Miyagi like that?
Samsura: man, this soundtrack is kinda terrible
Anaaga: lol yeah
Anaaga: woah you go girl. Er, guy
Anaaga: NOT EVEN A KISS goddamn it
Samsura: didn’t the first season show misaki taking it in the rear, now we just aren’t even gonna show a scene?
Anaaga: f- you japan
Samsura: I’ll get you some choice doujins at comiket
Anaaga: *smack kiss to Samsura*
Anaaga: Lol seriously this guy
Samsura: this metaphor is super tortured
Anaaga: I fucking can’t. They’ve been dating since forever and they still can
Samsura: rear attack
Anaaga: AWWWW. Seriously. Hurry up someone tell me that
Samsura: see that’s kinda sweet, what’s with all these shitty metaphors
Samsura: now we get a complete 180
Anaaga: Ok so two chaps in one episode
Samsura: is this even the same guy?
Samsura: I believe you call this a bitch fit
Anaaga: Ok the definition of date is subjective. Seriously
Samsura: are you trying to be impossible?
Anaaga: is this guy in his period
Samsura: he might be bleeding…
Anaaga: can’t they just say where he wants to go. I mean I always do that. “Dude let’s go to xxx”
Samsura: yaoi rule 42: never ever ever be honest with your feelings
Anaaga: Lol the chibi Miyaki part is cute because ossan is <3
Samsura: he’s got tastes of an artsy fartsy dude
Samsura: you know, I think learning your partners hobbies is one of the priorities in a relationship
Anaaga: And they’ve been dating for years too. Just what do they do together?
Samsura: butt stuff
Anaaga: wwwwwwwww
Anaaga: Oh look it’s not an iPhone. His voice sounds the same to me, same crappy voice
Samsura: I see people with flip phones all the time in japan
Anaaga: so anime has been lying to me?
Samsura: insecure but not jealous, I will take it
Anaaga: Is fever that bad in Japan?
Anaaga: Ew seriously
Samsura: its not like I want you to feel better or anything baka! I think he’s trying to kill him!
Anaaga: wwwwww I think this part is cute. I go out when it rains
Samsura: seriously, sulky shinobu came out of nowhere!
Anaaga: Make up your damn mind woman
Anaaga: in the end it comes down to one thing. SEX
Samsura: no relationship, gay or straight, is this simplistic. Though if someone told that to me I’d be like “heart overload!”
Anaaga: Awwwwwwwwww. I don’t have someone to tell me that :'(
Samsura: this season seems to be heavy on the co-habitation
Anaaga: *hug 2D husband*
Samsura: *stares at waifu*
Anaaga: Ok seriously now he’s asking shinobu his hobbies?
Samsura: *Anaaga and Samsura cry it out*
Samsura: that ended on a pretty sweet note
Anaaga: yeahhhh it was cute. Definitely a break from shitty misaki. Although shinobu is also a tsundere he’s still expressive
Samsura: episode 2 was pretty good, then episode was like 6 steps backwards
Anaaga: he’s a deredere I guess?
Anaaga: Everything about Romantica is bad. OH GOD we’re getting Misaki again next week
Samsura: then why did we just watch it?
Anaaga: Romantica is the main story. Terrorist is Shinobu. Egoist is Hiroki
Samsura: ahhh, that makes no sense but what evs
Anaaga: you should read the manga, my young padawan
Samsura: question: do these couples ever interact in show or manga?
Anaaga: yes they do I guess? Akihiko is Hiroki’s best friend, and Hiroki is Miyagi’s co-worker. Shinobu and Misaki attends the same uni. Because apparently the gay world is a small place
Samsura: I guess what I’m asking is has there ever been a Junjou orgy?
Anaaga: lol no not yet. Probably in the hentai doujins. This is not Pico. At least not yet
Samsura: *cracks the fanfic writing arm*
Anaaga: *takes out draft*
My feelings on this episode are somewhere between “D’ahhh” and “Ugh.” We got some genuinely sweet moments between this weeks couples and a lot of poor dialogue and tortured metaphors. And I swear that the Shinobu from act 1 is a totally different character from act 2. But I still pick these two over Usami Misaki, so in the end I’ll say I rather liked this episode. But really, lets find some better sweet nothings to whisper into our lovers ears than “Miyagi poisoning.”
This was definitely better than Misaki’s story. Way way better. Despite of his tsun tsun action, Shinobu was able to express his fondness of Miyagi directly. The relationship progress between the two is also decent. At least, there is some progress. The relationship between Shinobu and Miyagi progressed from “nothing” into “something.” I guess this is the reason why I don’t nitpick this couple that much. Despite of the lacking in the characters, there is some kind of concrete proof that the two’s relationship is way better than how it was before – unlike the dear Misaki who is always stuck in the same stage. So yeah, characterization needs some improvement, but at least there is something to show that the characters did try their best when it comes to their precious relationship.
