just binged all 12 episodes of blend s in one weekend · 5:58am Jul 5th, 2022
The central protagonist's name is "Maika", by strange coincidence (the girl with the pink background). So everytime they say "Maika-san" it's like they're calling out to me 
Maika is unintentionally "sadistic": although she's a kind and happy-go-lucky person, she was born with an unintentionally evil-looking stare that she uses at Cafe Stile to attract customers that have, essentially, a humiliation fetish (It's anime, okay?) This anime was my excuse for not writing this weekend. 
(And then the weekend after I'm off to Tahoe; another excuse! 
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It's kinda similar to how I feel when I write emotionally intense, violent stories on this site, e.g. My Sister Cozy Glow. People here seem to love my sad stories, and I'm best at writing sad stories--but I feel bad sometimes because it makes me seem like a very deep, dark-minded person, even though I'm generally pretty chill in real life! (Although perhaps I'm grasping at esoteric similarities between my fictional internet persona and a homophonically-named fictional anime girl (what has my life come to!))
I also wish I could look as good in a maid dress as Hideri~
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I'm going to look back at this blog 5 years from now and say "I was so cringe back then"
Also Happy 4th of July I guess, but I hate fireworks, they sound like war bombings to me, so I always stay inside.
Ah, I remember this show, it was very fun.
I’ve been wanting to watch this show since I heard the opening in a meme compilation video and thought it sounded cool.
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I have now spent all morning watching the show.
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Wonderful!
Hideri (the “surprise” person with the green background) is the most popular character from the show, but interestingly he doesn’t show up till episode 8.
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Oh, I know. I made it there. I wanted to see the femboy/easily-able-to-be-read-as-trans character.
Probably going to watch more shortly, too.
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I don't think Hideri is trans, just a crossdressing “otokonoko”; he talks about himself using the male pronoun "boku". He's still a style icon, though. Sidebar, it's also interesting linguistically how in Japanese, first-person pronouns are gendered, which allows you to self-identify your gender without having to add "my pronouns are xxxx".
If you're looking for examples of a trans/non-binary character in anime, rather than just an "otokonoko", there's Osana Najimi from Komi Can't Communicate, or Mogumo from the Fukaboku manga (Love Me for Who I Am)...that's all I know of.
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Ah, I guess I just don’t understand Japanese. That one’s on me. Sorry.
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No need to apologize, I don't understand Japanese either, but you can pick up a few words and phrases from anime.