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The level of uncanny that is the similarities between cezhou and sherliam NEEDS to be studied cuz what😭

Never forgetting how they had Yao Wenyu and Qiao Tianya first interaction and the first thing that they say respectively is call the other their lucky star and recite poetry on the other's beauty THEN they switched to cezhou like😭😭

ik a lot of people did not like the tadc finale but yknow what? I enjoyed it

People have been acting like TADC is this masterpiece of animation for months, and now it’s over and suddenly those same people seem to be yammering on about how it’s the worst thing ever. This feels like a symptom of a larger pattern I’ve witnessed recently and I’m not really sure how to put it.

the show is enjoyable at face value but i feel like kdrama plots with school bullying (a very real extreme problem in south korea) that showcase an attempt to make a change and fight against school violence often goes for the fantasy of "beating your bully" and taking revenge successfully but it just stops there. a fantasy. the viewers will feel satisfaction through that drama and nothing much is really done about the real world. i think the public would move if a drama has a plot where the bully gets away with it and lives their life forgetting the violence they caused while the victim suffers, because that's the reality of that premise. there's no satisfaction, no revenge, all cases where a victim exposes their bully in korea gets sweep under the rug and nothing is done about it. i know this isn't a documentary but that's just my 2 cents about why koreans are tired of bully dramas and find this specific show controversial among other things.

Help, the angst is strong in erha....

chu wanning thought he was rejected and went to sit by himself under a tree sadly, listening to the people cheering far away. and then mo ran comes up behind him and they watch fireworks together. MY HEART HURTS. This scene would have the most beautiful fan art I can already imagine it. I'M CRYING THEY'RE SO UGHHH

I love how The Summer Hikaru Died uses unconventional symbols. I mean, “Hikaru” and those chest scenes and Yoshiki’s bangs are the obvious ones, but there’s more. The use of bugs is incredible, both because Yoshiki canonically loves bugs and because bugs are misunderstood and seen as gross. The moth that dies after flying around the light in episode one? Brilliant. The summer and autumn dragon flies showing how similar the two Hikaru’s are on the outside while being fundamentally different? There’s also a part where a locust is bursting out of the shell and dies and then comes back in episode 3 I thought represented Yoshiki as the locust being caught between his feelings for “Hikaru” and the danger he’s been warned he’s in, which in itself is also metaphorical. The recurring motif of sunflowers throughout this episode is also a nice touch, especially when it shows them wilting during Yoshiki’s psychotic break. The shaved ice in episode 5 and their conversation about it and how it ties to “Hikaru” vs Hikaru? Even the raw chicken and the stupid tree is symbolic!