Double post yesterday. Wasn't planning on it but had an encounter yesterday that made me wrote whatever i did.
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My addiction to anime continues. For some series, i felt so enamored to the plot and characters that i started to seek original sources that the anime adapted from.
First one i wanted to collect is the Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru (やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている), shorted to Oregairu. Story-wise, it is really different from the average love comedy trope that most series in the Romance x School setting conforms to.
Currently there are 2 seasons of anime which i completed watching in 2 days and a third season which will begin airing from 10 Apr onwards. I am still conflicted if i wanted to do a weekly catch-up or wait till its full release before viewing. Another thing that blows my mind is how season 3 took 5 years since season 2's end, considering the kind of cliffhanger ending it had.
...so, going for the original adaptation, the light novels, i learnt that the Japanese release ended about 4 months ago with Volume 14. There is an official translation but publications are about 5 books behind, currently at Volume 9.
...so i went to a bookstore at a not-so-far location yesterday to look for it. The search was futile so it was a complete waste of time going out yesterday.
Until my train reached my stop. As the train was slowing to a stop, my eyes caught someone who's wearing a mask. Although the mask covered her lower half of the face, the uncovered top instantly brought an image to my head.
If i took out that one time when i was staring at you from outside your bus without you knowing, it has been 10 years since we last met. I know because i was reading about on this blog a few days ago.
I couldn't believe it and felt that i had to make sure that it is you. So when i stepped out of the train, i immediately walked towards the opposing platform.
It didn't help that her back was facing me. I stood there for maybe the longest 2 seconds just looking at her back. When she turned, i spun as quickly as i could and turned my back towards her.
I don't know why. I felt that, i want to see her and talk to her again...but probably not like this. Not in a setting i am not prepared for. Even if our eyes met; even if it's really you, what then?
I walked away briefly as soon as i turned, never knowing who she really is.
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Romance is a really hard topic for me.
In my life, i can name 4 girls i had a crush on. When i had a crush on them, i really cannot focus on anyone else. Most of the time, i guess i can likened this to some kind of obsession even.
Of the 4, i had the crush on one of them for the longest. Taking their initials and the sequence of when i had a crush on who, it'll be like Y-C-S-C. C2, 2 being second position, was the someone i had a crush on the longest of time...7 years until i learnt that she found a mate then i never really bothered to talk to her anymore. As the years go by, i also stopped wishing her "Happy Birthday"
So yeah, it was C2 that came into my mind yesterday.
Actually, whenever i feel really depressed and down, i usually think about her too.
Hence, that encounter yesterday spurred me into writing that nonsense.
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Of the 4 periods, C2 was probably the one i was most nonsensical with. Despite being younger during the times of Y1, i was most immature during C2's time for the age i was in.
Looking back now and whenever, I sure had a lot of hope for not really doing anything significant.
...but that was the period when i grew the most. Wanting to impress her, i spent more time than i felt like i had to studying. There was no doubt in me that, if i wasn't enamored with her at the time, i probably wouldn't have gotten where i am now.
I'd still hope to see her someday and have a good talk with her...but if not, i sure hope that she is happy.
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Ah. I went ahead and ordered the current released Oregairu light novels. The thought that the full release will carry on till 2022 is a bit disturbing for me but i guess that's one more thing for me to look forward to.
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My addiction to anime continues. For some series, i felt so enamored to the plot and characters that i started to seek original sources that the anime adapted from.
First one i wanted to collect is the Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru (やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている), shorted to Oregairu. Story-wise, it is really different from the average love comedy trope that most series in the Romance x School setting conforms to.
Currently there are 2 seasons of anime which i completed watching in 2 days and a third season which will begin airing from 10 Apr onwards. I am still conflicted if i wanted to do a weekly catch-up or wait till its full release before viewing. Another thing that blows my mind is how season 3 took 5 years since season 2's end, considering the kind of cliffhanger ending it had.
...so, going for the original adaptation, the light novels, i learnt that the Japanese release ended about 4 months ago with Volume 14. There is an official translation but publications are about 5 books behind, currently at Volume 9.
...so i went to a bookstore at a not-so-far location yesterday to look for it. The search was futile so it was a complete waste of time going out yesterday.
Until my train reached my stop. As the train was slowing to a stop, my eyes caught someone who's wearing a mask. Although the mask covered her lower half of the face, the uncovered top instantly brought an image to my head.
If i took out that one time when i was staring at you from outside your bus without you knowing, it has been 10 years since we last met. I know because i was reading about on this blog a few days ago.
I couldn't believe it and felt that i had to make sure that it is you. So when i stepped out of the train, i immediately walked towards the opposing platform.
It didn't help that her back was facing me. I stood there for maybe the longest 2 seconds just looking at her back. When she turned, i spun as quickly as i could and turned my back towards her.
I don't know why. I felt that, i want to see her and talk to her again...but probably not like this. Not in a setting i am not prepared for. Even if our eyes met; even if it's really you, what then?
I walked away briefly as soon as i turned, never knowing who she really is.
---
Romance is a really hard topic for me.
In my life, i can name 4 girls i had a crush on. When i had a crush on them, i really cannot focus on anyone else. Most of the time, i guess i can likened this to some kind of obsession even.
Of the 4, i had the crush on one of them for the longest. Taking their initials and the sequence of when i had a crush on who, it'll be like Y-C-S-C. C2, 2 being second position, was the someone i had a crush on the longest of time...7 years until i learnt that she found a mate then i never really bothered to talk to her anymore. As the years go by, i also stopped wishing her "Happy Birthday"
So yeah, it was C2 that came into my mind yesterday.
Actually, whenever i feel really depressed and down, i usually think about her too.
Hence, that encounter yesterday spurred me into writing that nonsense.
---
Of the 4 periods, C2 was probably the one i was most nonsensical with. Despite being younger during the times of Y1, i was most immature during C2's time for the age i was in.
Looking back now and whenever, I sure had a lot of hope for not really doing anything significant.
...but that was the period when i grew the most. Wanting to impress her, i spent more time than i felt like i had to studying. There was no doubt in me that, if i wasn't enamored with her at the time, i probably wouldn't have gotten where i am now.
I'd still hope to see her someday and have a good talk with her...but if not, i sure hope that she is happy.
---
Ah. I went ahead and ordered the current released Oregairu light novels. The thought that the full release will carry on till 2022 is a bit disturbing for me but i guess that's one more thing for me to look forward to.
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