illus. Hasegawa Saki "Nickit" from Evolving Skies
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In Love and Deep Water
Movies watched in 2023
In Love and Deep Water (2023, Japan)
Director: Yusuke Taki
Writer: Yuji Sakamoto
Mini-review:
I enjoyed this a lot. It's far from Yuji Sakamoto's best work, but even his lesser scripts still have above-average quality. I must admit I didn't really care for the murder-mystery part of the story, although the final twist did surprise me more than I expected. That being said, I definitely liked the romcom parts way more. The writing is as witty as one could expect from Sakamoto, and Ryo Yoshizawa and Aoi Miyazaki know how to play off each other. The banter between their characters is delightful. The rest of the cast is also great, and it's clear the actors had fun making this movie. On top of that, I also loved the social commentary that permeates the plot without overwhelming it. Overall, I had fun with In Love and Deep Water.
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Taiga Drama Awaiting Kirin by
着桃(きもも)愛好家 & mars76oops
Akechi Mitsuhide’s wife, Hiroko and his daughters , Kishi and Tama, are amused and curious by him trying on the “weird” western clothing worn and gifted by Oda Nobunaga.
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Ursaring -- Hasegawa Saki
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Paris Olympic 2024 アジア2次予選
2023-10-29 vs Uzbekistan
62' Saki Kumagai out
Yui Hasegawa in
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Top 5 non-romantic Social Links
Ooh, alright!
EASY first place for Akinari Kamiki. I initially assumed that his social link wasn't really going to go far beyond "poor guy who's terminally ill", but A) that part of the link was done so well that it honestly could have gotten away with doing just that, and B) all the elements about his writing absolutely obliterated me emotionally. And having him ambiguously vanish at the end... and being able to speak with his mother afterwards... AUGH.... It hurts so much...
I am going to go ahead and cheat by putting Saori Hasegawa at number two even though I do read her as being in love with FeMC, because I think that the writing in her social link is good enough to warrant that, and also the end of her social link pretty much nixes the idea that they could get together even if the game was willing, so... fair game. Beyond being one of my fav side characters, Saori takes the cake for me because, even though her social link does focus a lot on her development via knowing FeMC, I always got the feeling that FeMC was learning from Saori and developing alongside her as well, even if there's not much explicitly in the game to confirm that.
These next three places are subject to more changing around, but Naoki Konishi has my whole heart. I love the fact that his grief gets to be messy and irrational at times, especially when you meet him, and the game treats him with a lot of understanding and respect. And, even though it's such a small moment, the part where he talks about how he gets so emotional just opening the fridge and seeing his favorite snack is still there, even though Saki always used to steal it... REALLY got to me. (Especially when I replayed and realized you can find them at the very beginning of the game arguing by the gas station about Saki eating his snacks... 😭)
Two words. Nanako Dojima. Literally what else do you want me to say? It's Nanako!!! It's Nanako, and I love her so much it actually hurts. Enough said.
There is some bias here, so forgive me, but Munehisa Iwai has to be on this list. I instantly loved him the second I met him in P5 just because I LOVE adult characters with a gruff exterior hiding a soft side (especially because Iwai didn't have too much of a soft side to the point where he lost his gruff charm). I almost included Sojiro on this list for that very reason, lmao. And Iwai's dedication to Kaoru is soooo touching <3
thank you for the ask!!!! this was so much fun!!! :D honorable mentions go to Bebe and Mutatsu P3, Dojima, Yosuke, and Kanji P4, and Sojiro P5!
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