hontou ni sou omou?

When I read bakaboobie’s characterisation of Sara’s first meeting with Yakumo as being "yuri-lific", just had to grab the raw. (Which sort of explains the black bars in the screenies.) Previously I was never quite sure whether Sara wanted to go on a date with Akira or Yakumo after the whole wedding dress photo-shoot bustup thing but now it seems that it’s definitely Yakumo. ^_^

While Yakumo is a hot favourite among Sukuran fans, I did not really find her very interesting initially - a bit of pastiche of Azumanga’s reticient, cat-loving Sakaki and Da Capo’s mind-reading (though without text) Kotori. Sure I liked her character design and her devotion to her sister but it got a bit boring. It’s really only after she became fascinated by Harima: being unable to read his thoughts at all and his animal friendship ability and was drawn into the role of his confidant, adviser and helper on his manga that she became a more complex character. The Sara angle makes her even more interesting as it shows how lonely she was.

The long glances, stills of faces, sakura petals and hair in the wind. Looks like love at first sight. :P Given that Yakumo can read the minds of people who love her (including the sisterly love of Tenma), I wonder what Sara’s thoughts were? Anyhow, full marks for her gallantry. Dog bites are not fun and is the reason why this blog was thus named.

Her tendency to doze off is actually quite Osaka-like. -_-;; Anyhow, it must be a great comfort for her to find a friend in Sara. I am rather hoping that she’ll finally answer the spirit’s question with: “I don’t hate guys but the person I love is a girl.” Mwahahaha!

Again, really enjoyed this Harima-Eri scene. Especially Eri’s eyebrow twitch when Harima’s loin cloth fell off. How many times has she seen him naked already? To her credit, she didn’t alert the other girls to his embarrassing situation and also covered up with him in the end by saying that she was looking at a monkey.