100 book quotes #4

He'd learned that however odd a thing might seem, if Yimt did it it was worth copying... except when it came to recipes... and crute... and drink... actually, there were a lot of exceptions, but often the dwarf got it right.

~ "The Light of Burning Shadows" by Chris Evans

30 Days Relationship Challenge #23

Shion & Nezumi, No. 6

These two... these two push all my buttons! Shion is so much like Charles and Nezumi so much like Erik that they make me ridiculously happy. And don't let anybody tell you that this anime isn't shounen-ai/Bl/whatever-the-fandom-calls-the-genre-now! This is a gay anime. Shion and Nezumi ARE in love. They kiss, a full-on lip-lock, not just a peck on the cheek.

So, Shion is a genius boy living a privileged life in a futuristic city. Nezumi is an escapee from a correction facility. Shion saves Nezumi and enables his escape - but for that he's stripped of all his privilege, he loses his scholarship, simply everything and ends up becoming a glorified repairman. Then he gets infected with a disease that's spreading throughout the city, turning people into into hollowed husks, just cocoons for giant insects. He's sent to a correction facility - very same correction facility from where Nezumi escaped many years before - to be eliminated. But Nezumi, who lives outside the city and has joined a terrorist group - and never stopped watching over Shion - kidnaps him... Thus a beautiful love story begins.

( I need to cut the rest because I can't talk about Shion and Nezumi's relationship without being spoilery... )

Kimi to Boku 7+8

Yuuta was so sweet when the girl asked him out and he realized what her friends were up to. Aww... And when then Yuuki jumped onto his back and demanded a date too, LOL! But the funniest thing was...



... when they talked about girls and having a girl or three or four - "if that's your preference" - and Shun's reaction. You had to wonder: Was his reaction "three or four" or "girls" related?

And the manga episode, it was hilarious! When Shun said he wanted to draw a fantasy manga and Yuuta replied...



Or when the boy from Yuuki's club always saw Shun as the "girl" - the damsel in distress or Pink Ranger! I think it's really sweet that the boys accept Shun's... otherness.

And an obligatory cat!