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This is truly one of my favourite moments between UmeSaku. If I could summarise it, I'd be using these 3 words:

Trust.

Faith.

Love.

Whatever shape said love may take, I think they've reached the point that they do love each other in some capacity

I love how the chapter itself is named Oath. I love how they've come so far that Sakura who once had trouble trusting others, has grown to have absolute faith in Umemiya even when Sakura couldn't recognise him during his wrathful state

I love that the moment Umemiya saw Sakura, the light returned to his eyes. That even when he's in so much pain and desperate to bring down Takiishi, he snaps back into focus the moment he realises Sakura is there

Maybe

Warning: spoilers for the new chapter

Heya, I've mentioned this before on Twitter but I'm thinking of writing out my favourite UmeSaku moments throughout the series (in both the manga and anime) right from the start. Gonna try to do it as a weekly thing so here's the first of it all:

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As noted, we're introduced to Sakura first of all. Umemiya won't appear until much later but I like the indirect moments they have in this chapter. To be more specific, I like how Umemiya's actions in changing Fūrin to the point where it was given the name Bofūrin by the town had allowed Sakura the first steps to heal

I love how Umemiya unknowingly gave Sakura a home, a place to belong. Somewhere that he can find friends and even a family.

This is the 1st indirect mention of Umemiya; the powerful top of Fūrin and whether Kotoha admits it or not, her overprotective foster brother

Early on in the chapter, I noticed that while Umemiya is generally cheerful, he and Kotoha are quite similar in how blunt they are, getting straight to the point. No nonsense, like shooting an arrow straight to the heart of the matter

Its also the 1st instance when Sakura hears about the leader of Bofūrin from the people who knows him instead of rumours

But what I love is this moment right here:

When he witnessed how kind the people are and how the thugs and delinquents of Fūrin he once thought that'd be shunned or scorned were not only accepted but seen as heroes and protectors, Sakura screams out on how cool that is

He doesn't think its lame nor sees it as people putting on airs but as something admirable and very cool. Umemiya's vision and goal had allowed many people to be accepted, to be considerate and non-judgemental

To be kind

And because of his actions, Umemiya gave Sakura a chance to finally heal, a safe place

A home

Its subtle and indirect but I think throughout the series, there are all sort of instances where UmeSaku influenced each other. The most recent would be in ch. 158 where Sakura's unwavering faith in Umemiya had allowed Umemiya to fight back and win against Takiishi or how in ch. 162 where Umemiya thanked Sakura for bringing in back-up because it hadn't crossed Umemiya's mind to do the same

So yeah, I like this moment because its the 1st of many where UmeSaku slowly intertwined in each other's lives

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Hi again!

Okay, so for this week, we're introduced to Nirei and in turn some more details about Fūrin. Again, there's not a lot that could be considered UmeSaku moments but we get to see some distant interest from these:

Its emphasised time and again that Sakura is an outsider throughout the series and we didn't see until recently when Umemiya pointed it out that its a strength and an advantage especially during the war against Noroshi

Here, we see a silhouette of Umemiya and the rest of Fūrin when Nirei explained the town's heroes. At this time, Sakura only had his interest to fight his way to the top so his attention in regards to Umemiya is that of the Big Boss he needs to bring down

I think this moment leans more to his budding friendship with Nirei as it seems that Sakura's surprised that someone is willing to help him to the top. It could also be a moment when Sakura would be interested to know more about Umemiya as a means to defeat him one day

And here we finally have the Leader (and Sakura's future hubby 😏) himself! Not an UmeSaku moment but still, its when we get to see Umemiya talk yknow?

So yeah, thats it for my fave pseudo UmeSaku moments for this chapter. Thanks for reading this far!

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As always, thanks for reading this far!

While I did watch a few clips of Sakura fighting during the Shishitouren arc, what got me curious about Wind Breaker was a tiktok post about Umemiya's past. I got curious watching the post of the chapters and it made me wonder if this is the tragic past for the MC of the manga. It surprised me that it wasn't the case

Nonetheless, I checked out the anime to satisfy that curiosity and got hooked on it. So immediately after I finished the 1st season, I picked up the manga where the anime left off

Tbh, I became a bigger fan than I imagined. I honestly didnt expect to love Wind Breaker as much as I do. Or how much I love Sakura and wanting him to be safe and at home