new top tier yuri dynamic just dropped 👀
Someone has already introduced the topic, but I want to delve deeper and give my vision on the matter.
This is the kind of thing that, when you think about it, is so obvious that you can't help but feel a little silly for not noticing it sooner.
When we talk about cooking, the doors are opened for many interpretations, but we will not go to something as complicated as… analyzing the dishes that appear next to the names of the episodes. It's something much simpler.
Cooking is something that we can associate with independence and maturity. I think this is easily represented by Arajin's mother, who, although she can be somewhat eccentric at times, let's not forget that she is also the owner of her own restaurant, in addition to having to take care of her son practically alone (as far as we know) both being responsibilities that are not exactly easy to carry. We even have Arajin himself, who despite demonstrating questionable behavior throughout the story, we know that he helps his mother, again, a responsibility about which he usually doesn't complain, being one of the few things that probably helped him with his trauma and develop a skill necessary for adult life, or in his particular case, a business that he will most likely inherit.
We can talk about the scene in which Arajin and Matakara cook together, these are already my conjectures, but perhaps it is a way to contrast how each one has tried to cope with their lives, and it's even more revealing if we remember that they were making gyozas ( They are stuffed/external part, internal part), showing us that Arajin (despite what one might think) has had more tools at his disposal (which his mother also provided him) to move forward than Matakara, who has managed to do so, as we can see, with great difficulty.
Akutaro is another one we see cooking in episode 7, but since it's something he's doing more out of obligation (and possibly threat) perhaps it's more to emphasize that HE NEEDS INDEPENDENCE (he depends on Ichiya) and learning to manage with his own resources to mature.
Now let's talk about what really matters, cooking and love. Cooking has an important relationship with love, being very commonly represented as one of the most sincere gestures of affection, both for those who cook and those who eat. Let's remember when Marito is hospitalized and Mahoro visits him, the food that she prepares for him is well… we know… peculiar, but we see that despite this, even if it's not in front of his sister, Marito makes the effort to eat what she prepared for him, making us understand that despite seeming distant, he appreciates her.
On the other hand we see it in Arajin's mother and the effort she puts into preparing his lunches for school.
We also notice it with Matakara while he prepares the party to welcome his brother, where he offers to help Arajin to make the food. Let's remember that the only person with whom we have seen Matakara cook apart from Arajin is his brother, therefore, the two people for whom he feels the most affection. That's why he wants Mitsukini to eat something that he prepared with his own hands.
But here there is something else. We talk about cooking as a sign of maturity and affection for those we love, but there is something else, and you should already imagine what I mean. Cooking as a representation of a home and its warmth. We already see it with all of the above, especially Arajin, who if there is something he doesn't lack is his mother's love and support . Personally, this makes Matakara's situation even sadder, because if we are good observers, we have NEVER seen Matakara eating or cooking with his "relatives." Basically yelling at us that he doesn't feel part of them, which is confirmed when he simply leaves after what happens with his brother.
In contrast, Arajin's house is a place where we know that beyond being also a restaurant, it's a place where cooking is done with love, therefore,it's not just a house, it's a home.
And now that we know about his past, it's just heartbreaking. Deep down, Matakara not only wants strength, he wants someone who won't abandon him, he wants a home and feel its warmth, maybe that's why we see him so happy making gyoza with Arajin, because it had been a long time since he could experience it. In the end, for Matakara, any place where he can be with a person he loves is his home.
my honest reaction after watching what I thought for months was Arajin gazing at Matakara and Mahoro just for it to turn out that he was looking at some random girls:
redraws of some old rosiemillas because ive been replaying styling star for the nth time and i remembered i love them. old ones under the cut!
look at them having a jolly ol time while their vessels are getting mentally tortured now isnt that sweet
even if she tested my patience by want she said to my boy Matakara I have to be strong….I will not hate her…..she’s just a girl doing….stuff :3
bucchigiri fanart from 2024 i didn’t finish up until now 😭
Unless you're familiar with Japanese music I don't think you'd realize this so I thought I'd make a post about it.
All of the episode titles are references to the titles of songs. They mixed the names of love songs with Chinese food names.
Ep 1: 「合体!?恋するフォーチュンバンバンジー!」 Merge!? Fall in Love with Fortune Bang Bang Chicken!
Song: AKB48 - Koisuru Fortune Cookie Fall in love with a Fortune Cookie
Ep 2: 「君を乗せたい!チューチュー・チンジャオローストレイン!」 Wanna Take You On! The Chu Chu Chinese Pepper Steak Train!
Song: Exile - Choo Choo TRAIN
Ep 3: 「なぐり愛!世界に一つだけのウズラ」 Love at Fist Fight! The One and Only Quail in the World (The first part of the title is a play on words with 殴り合い(fist fight) but they replaced the second kanji with the kanji for love.)
Song: SMAP - Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana The one and only flower in the world
Ep 4: ストップ戦争(ウォー)!~時には食せよゴーヤチャンプルー~」 Stop the war! ~Sometimes You Gotta Eat Goya Chanpuru~
Song: H Jungle with t - WOW WAR TONIGHT ~時には起こせよムーヴメント〜 WOW WAR TONIGHT ~Sometimes You Gotta Start a Movement~
Ep 5: 「戦慄!エビチリは雪のように!」 Frightening! Chili Shrimps Falling Down Like Snowflakes!
Song: Hamada Shougo - 悲しみは雪のように Sadness is like Snow (Looking at the lyrics of this song, it's actually saying sadness is accumulating like snow but sure... good enough)
Ep 6: 「友情マシマシ!ニラレバリューション21!」 Much Much Friendship! "Nira-Reba"-lution 21! (I don't even know why they didn't even try to translate the food this time. It's garlic-chive liver stir fry. It says "garlic-chive liver-lution".)
Song: Morning Musume - Renai Revolution 21 Love Revolution 21
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