Nao & Ue @ U Β°7.6Β° VG
S2 opens with Nao dreaming of a wedding. First comes college. They're going to colleges across the street from eachother. Neo spies on Ue's campus the first day. He's voted the new campus hottie (of course). Someone comments on how β¨ all the girls are in college. Neo looks around and notices that all these girls do seem to sparkle. She's getting nervous.
Nao picks up a new friend at her campus. Yoshida Madoka from Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru plays the adorable Ota Kayo, who is known to sport two high ponytails that she's fashioned into buns. They almost look like fairy horns.
Another friend they pick up is Natsume, who seems like an insincere and cavalier womanizer on the surface, but he's actually a good guy. S2, in part, revolves around him and Neo getting into all kinds of situations that would be considered romantic if they were each unattached. In this case, it's only fodder for Ue's jealousy.
Ue & Nao each separately get talked into going to the matchmaking mixer, though he was only told there was a party with food. Nao was a little bit angry at him and decided to step out on her own. Ue walks in just as Marina is lying, saying that neither she nor Nao ever had a boyfriend (π³β). Ue's voted most popular, Neo is voted most submissive.
Ue ends up working in the school lab. The main lab assistant is a beautiful but nerdy woman who is borderline unhinged. She's a blast. Takahashi Maryjun from Avalanche & My Dear Exes is Kumanomido Saeko. Yes, it sounds like βPsycho.β She's got some luscious lips for a woman in a lab coat.
In S2 it becomes clear how much growing up this pair has to do, emotionally. They started as roommates, so they continue to live as roommates, and do not get very romantic with eachother. Neither one of them seems to know how. Neither one of them has very much experience. Ue seems to think it would demean him to be jealous. Nao takes that as him not carrying at all
Abe decides to write and produce his own play. His prince and princess become ill at the last moment and have to back out. Nao ends up being his new princess. Ue refuses to play the prince so (π₯π₯π₯) Natsume gets the role.
This time around I thought eps6-8 started to drag slightly. Nanase's pained expression gets really old really quickly. Weirdly, the first time I watched I thought the entirety of S2 was pure confection and the payoff for suffering through S1. So, please don't argue with me. I'm doing fine all by myself. The mood one is in when watching a feature factors heavily into the perception.
βDon't make me laugh. You're afraid, right? That she might leave you herself. And that the other guy might make her happier. That's your excuse. You're just running away to avoid getting hurt. In the end, the thing you hate the most is getting hurt. You still love yourself more, right? Right,β says psycho. She stabbed him. She pierced Ue's π. His jealousy makes him believe something because he /fears/ it's true, even though the irrefutable evidence is that she's only loyal to him.
Nao doesn't know how to tell Ue about a pass another guy made, so she keeps it quiet. Her friend tells her it's smartest to say something right away. βThe longer you wait to tell a secret the more important or big it seemsβ. That's good advice. Another method, though, is when a guy (especially your boyfriend's friend or family member) makes a move, punch him in the jaw, or opt for the low attack. Done and over. Easy peasy.
S2 ep5 is entitled: βPlaying a tragic heroine is fun.β All that attention is fun, until it's not. It only satisfies for a few moments. Furthermore, when everybody else catches on to that, then ALL we have is tragic heroes & heroines (just look at social media). Furthermore, more and more minor things get built into tragedies. If we're all tragic heroines, then almost none of us are. We're miserable because we're totally consumed with our own miserable selves. The key is to forget yourself once in awhile. One of the best ways to do that is to go volunteer or help somebody. Another way is to watch Chinese dramas. They'll teach you about suffering, lol. They make me feel better.
It seems like all Neo talks about is her love life. While she tries to help her friends, even a lot of that is about her. Her kindness is at times about her. We see that in society today. In the name of kindness, alot of it is actually about feeding pride. Many kindnesses undermine people and hurt them in the end. Nao really does love everybody around her. That doesn't mean she can't be prideful and her actions aren't wrapped around her ego. There is nobody among us who does not have a pride problem. That's part of being born 100% selfish, as we all are. It chameleons into many different colors.
Onlookers can sense fragility in their relationship and most try to help. Two others concoct a plan to split them up. The 2 plotters come around in the end. The look of relief on their faces is noteworthy. When you Let It Go - all those pretensions - the selfishness, the devious plans, the lying - especially lying to ourselves - When you Let It Go, it's such a RELIEF. Take all that energy and work on yourself: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. People get pulled away from the light by what they want: Jealousy and covetousness. Hand in hand, they're of the fabled seven deadly sins. We get to see them under the microscope in S2. In this beautiful but flawed world, we are always tempted to do wrong. That's because we're born 100% selfish. Maturity is all about learning to be unselfish; to have a loyal, kind, forgiving, and true character. Doing the right thing & choosing the right thing is always the hardest thing to do, but it's worth the effort for the freedom it supplies.
QUOTEπ£
You're the type that hurts others without even knowing about it.
You decided all on your own and went ahead changing itβ¦. That means you're only thinking about yourself.
IMHOγ°π
π£7.8 π7.5 π8 π7 π¦5 π¨7 π΅/π7 π βͺ π7 β‘3 π 4.5 π2 π±1 π―3.5 π€’1 π€4.5 π€0 π€5.8
Age + S2. sexual situations and discussion
Language: Fπ£
Rated S1-G, S2-15+
Re-πΊ? Did
Nao picks up a new friend at her campus. Yoshida Madoka from Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru plays the adorable Ota Kayo, who is known to sport two high ponytails that she's fashioned into buns. They almost look like fairy horns.
Another friend they pick up is Natsume, who seems like an insincere and cavalier womanizer on the surface, but he's actually a good guy. S2, in part, revolves around him and Neo getting into all kinds of situations that would be considered romantic if they were each unattached. In this case, it's only fodder for Ue's jealousy.
Ue & Nao each separately get talked into going to the matchmaking mixer, though he was only told there was a party with food. Nao was a little bit angry at him and decided to step out on her own. Ue walks in just as Marina is lying, saying that neither she nor Nao ever had a boyfriend (π³β). Ue's voted most popular, Neo is voted most submissive.
Ue ends up working in the school lab. The main lab assistant is a beautiful but nerdy woman who is borderline unhinged. She's a blast. Takahashi Maryjun from Avalanche & My Dear Exes is Kumanomido Saeko. Yes, it sounds like βPsycho.β She's got some luscious lips for a woman in a lab coat.
In S2 it becomes clear how much growing up this pair has to do, emotionally. They started as roommates, so they continue to live as roommates, and do not get very romantic with eachother. Neither one of them seems to know how. Neither one of them has very much experience. Ue seems to think it would demean him to be jealous. Nao takes that as him not carrying at all
Abe decides to write and produce his own play. His prince and princess become ill at the last moment and have to back out. Nao ends up being his new princess. Ue refuses to play the prince so (π₯π₯π₯) Natsume gets the role.
This time around I thought eps6-8 started to drag slightly. Nanase's pained expression gets really old really quickly. Weirdly, the first time I watched I thought the entirety of S2 was pure confection and the payoff for suffering through S1. So, please don't argue with me. I'm doing fine all by myself. The mood one is in when watching a feature factors heavily into the perception.
βDon't make me laugh. You're afraid, right? That she might leave you herself. And that the other guy might make her happier. That's your excuse. You're just running away to avoid getting hurt. In the end, the thing you hate the most is getting hurt. You still love yourself more, right? Right,β says psycho. She stabbed him. She pierced Ue's π. His jealousy makes him believe something because he /fears/ it's true, even though the irrefutable evidence is that she's only loyal to him.
Nao doesn't know how to tell Ue about a pass another guy made, so she keeps it quiet. Her friend tells her it's smartest to say something right away. βThe longer you wait to tell a secret the more important or big it seemsβ. That's good advice. Another method, though, is when a guy (especially your boyfriend's friend or family member) makes a move, punch him in the jaw, or opt for the low attack. Done and over. Easy peasy.
S2 ep5 is entitled: βPlaying a tragic heroine is fun.β All that attention is fun, until it's not. It only satisfies for a few moments. Furthermore, when everybody else catches on to that, then ALL we have is tragic heroes & heroines (just look at social media). Furthermore, more and more minor things get built into tragedies. If we're all tragic heroines, then almost none of us are. We're miserable because we're totally consumed with our own miserable selves. The key is to forget yourself once in awhile. One of the best ways to do that is to go volunteer or help somebody. Another way is to watch Chinese dramas. They'll teach you about suffering, lol. They make me feel better.
It seems like all Neo talks about is her love life. While she tries to help her friends, even a lot of that is about her. Her kindness is at times about her. We see that in society today. In the name of kindness, alot of it is actually about feeding pride. Many kindnesses undermine people and hurt them in the end. Nao really does love everybody around her. That doesn't mean she can't be prideful and her actions aren't wrapped around her ego. There is nobody among us who does not have a pride problem. That's part of being born 100% selfish, as we all are. It chameleons into many different colors.
Onlookers can sense fragility in their relationship and most try to help. Two others concoct a plan to split them up. The 2 plotters come around in the end. The look of relief on their faces is noteworthy. When you Let It Go - all those pretensions - the selfishness, the devious plans, the lying - especially lying to ourselves - When you Let It Go, it's such a RELIEF. Take all that energy and work on yourself: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. People get pulled away from the light by what they want: Jealousy and covetousness. Hand in hand, they're of the fabled seven deadly sins. We get to see them under the microscope in S2. In this beautiful but flawed world, we are always tempted to do wrong. That's because we're born 100% selfish. Maturity is all about learning to be unselfish; to have a loyal, kind, forgiving, and true character. Doing the right thing & choosing the right thing is always the hardest thing to do, but it's worth the effort for the freedom it supplies.
QUOTEπ£
You're the type that hurts others without even knowing about it.
You decided all on your own and went ahead changing itβ¦. That means you're only thinking about yourself.
IMHOγ°π
π£7.8 π7.5 π8 π7 π¦5 π¨7 π΅/π7 π βͺ π7 β‘3 π 4.5 π2 π±1 π―3.5 π€’1 π€4.5 π€0 π€5.8
Age + S2. sexual situations and discussion
Language: Fπ£
Rated S1-G, S2-15+
Re-πΊ? Did
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