{"id":145391,"date":"2020-12-31T05:07:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T02:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cute-romance-with-average-depth\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T05:07:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T02:07:07","slug":"cute-romance-with-average-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cute-romance-with-average-depth\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cute Romance with Average Depth"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cute Romance with Average Depth<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Adachi and Shimamura review<\/em><\/p>\n

Season aired<\/b>: Fall 2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Number of episodes<\/b>: 12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Genres<\/b>: Romance, Drama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thoughts<\/b>: It\u2019s been two years since <\/span>Bloom Into You<\/span><\/i>, the acclaimed yuri anime<\/a> starring Yuu Koito, a high schooler who had never felt any romantic feelings, and Touko Nanami, the flawed senior she meets, streamed, and many people awaited who would follow in its footsteps. <\/span>Adachi and Shimamura<\/span><\/i>, an adaptation of the light novel series<\/a> by Hitoma Iruma,<\/span> decided to step up to the challenge this season with a simple story of two girls, Sakura Adachi and Hougetsu Shimamura, who meet each other while skipping classes. As they spend more time around each other, feelings beyond that of friendship slowly grow between the two girls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Is <\/span>Adachi and Shimamura <\/span><\/i>as good as <\/span>Bloom Into You<\/span><\/i>? The simple answer is no, but I certainly won\u2019t fault the anime for trying. It\u2019s a cute love story that fits into many shoujo-esque formulas of relationship developments and pacing. While these sorts of stories can become boring because of how often anime and manga have overused the formulas, it\u2019s still important to note that love stories featuring lesbian couples in this simple romantic format are rare in anime. As a result, its representation of the LGBTQ community is something to app<\/a>laud on its own.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My biggest issue with the story was how unbalanced the writing felt between the two girls. Adachi\u2019s point of view follows a very realistic journey of a girl discovering her lesbian sexuality. Her gradual growing desire from wanting to hold Shimamura\u2019s hands to wanting more sexual activities such as making out and physically touching is realistic and follows good pacing. However, Shimamura lacks any such progression on her end. The story tries instead to make her complex by hinting at her past. In one such flashback, Shimamura remembers how in her childhood, she acted friendly and happy and social<\/a>. Now, she finds herself annoyed at the surface-level friendships she makes with her classmates and skips classes with no interest in her future. Yet, despite numerous reminders of how the current Shimamura vastly differs from her younger self, the anime never attempts to sincerely explore how she changed from optimistic and social to withdrawn and pessimistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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