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Jul. 30th, 2011 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennariaMARIA WATCHES OVER US/MARIA-SAMA GA MITERU
Genre: Shoujo-Ai
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: Lesbian love at a Catholic girl's school.
Well, sort of. This particular school has a system of 'soeur's, by which an older student takes a younger one under her wing. This may or may not have a romantic element: this isn't the sort of series that would dwell on that particular question. However, it's not a guaranteed or assigned thing. Enter one particular girl with a bit of a crush on one of her elders - and a pressing reason for that particular elder to take a 'soeur.'
Because this really isn't That Sort Of Series, Yumi (the younger girl) objects to Shimako's taking her as a soeur just to avoid acting in a play with a boy. And so the student council declares a kind of contest, a 'game with penalties'. If Shimako can't persuade Yumi to be her soeur by a certain time, then Shimako has to act Cinderella, complete with male prince. If she can - well, someone has to take Cinderella's part, and since it's Yumi denying them the girl originally cast, it should be Yumi who takes the role.
Overall opinion: I kind of love slow courtships, I have to confess - and I don't object to series that take things slow, so long as I know where they're going. Definitely going to watch more (and not just because I bought it blind at Anime Boston).
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Lunch has been had, and Ziggy has rejoined us. He keeps hopping up on the couch and trying to peer at our screens, as if we'll abandon our typing and pet him instead.
Genre: Shoujo-Ai
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: Lesbian love at a Catholic girl's school.
Well, sort of. This particular school has a system of 'soeur's, by which an older student takes a younger one under her wing. This may or may not have a romantic element: this isn't the sort of series that would dwell on that particular question. However, it's not a guaranteed or assigned thing. Enter one particular girl with a bit of a crush on one of her elders - and a pressing reason for that particular elder to take a 'soeur.'
Because this really isn't That Sort Of Series, Yumi (the younger girl) objects to Shimako's taking her as a soeur just to avoid acting in a play with a boy. And so the student council declares a kind of contest, a 'game with penalties'. If Shimako can't persuade Yumi to be her soeur by a certain time, then Shimako has to act Cinderella, complete with male prince. If she can - well, someone has to take Cinderella's part, and since it's Yumi denying them the girl originally cast, it should be Yumi who takes the role.
Overall opinion: I kind of love slow courtships, I have to confess - and I don't object to series that take things slow, so long as I know where they're going. Definitely going to watch more (and not just because I bought it blind at Anime Boston).
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Lunch has been had, and Ziggy has rejoined us. He keeps hopping up on the couch and trying to peer at our screens, as if we'll abandon our typing and pet him instead.