Love this Anime, especially Kinosaki
This anime is great. In just a few episodes it managed to become one of my favourite animes. The Characters are great, the Action is surprisingly good and the exploration of relationships seems very genuine.
Alright onto the Kinosaki section. I don't know what the fandom interpretation of Kinosaki is and i honestly don't really care. I read Kinosaki as a trans woman or someone genderfluid with a preference for feminine presentation, as such i will be using she/her pronouns when referring to Kinosaki.
Kinosaki is the fucking GOAT. i have to admit i kinda only started the anime because of a post about her in this subreddit. She is everything i would have wanted from her character and more. I recognized her japanese VA quite quickly as the same voice as for one of my other favourite anime characters (nanahoshi shizuka), so hearing her voice more was very pleasant.
As a trans woman, seeing Kinosaki in this anime really inspired me to show up for myself more. to actually let myself be pretty and work on myself.
There are probably a million more thoughts i have about this Anime and about Kinosaki, but i am not really all that good with putting my thoughts into words.
Lastly, a little ranking of my top 3 characters from this anime
- Kinosaki Mei (duh, you read the post)
- Gero Hikaru (good sign when both of the main characters are at the top of my list. just a good man)
- Bug Master (forgot his name. he is such a positive presence in the lives of his friends. very lovable)
honorable mentions:
the little hamsters (hamu)