Week 1 🎆 佐々木と宮野 - Sasaki and Miyano discussion thread (Beginner Anime Club)

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Welcome to week 1 of the Sasaki and Miyano anime club !

We are watching this show as part of the Beginner Anime club.

Sasaki to Miyano
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Week 1 Starting August 3rd
Episodes 1 & 2
Next week Week 2
Home thread 佐々木と宮野 - Sasaki and Miyano

Vocab sheet

No vocab sheet for now.

Discussion guidelines

This thread is here to comment on your impressions of this week’s episodes and to ask any question you have regarding the vocabulary or the understanding of them :grin:

Spoiler Courtesy

Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent ネタバレ. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one.

  • Any potential spoiler for the current week’s watching need only be covered by a spoiler tag. Predictions and conjecture made by somebody who has not read ahead still falls into this category.
  • Any potential spoilers for external sources need to be covered by a spoiler tag and include a label (outside of the spoiler tag) of what might be spoiled. These include but are not limited to: other book club picks, other books, games, movies, anime, etc. I recommend also tagging the severity of the spoiler (for example, I may still look at minor spoilers for something that I don’t intend to read soon).
  • Any information from later in the book than the current week’s watching (including trigger warnings that haven’t yet manifested) needs to be hidden by spoiler tags and labeled as coming from later sections.

Posting Advice

  • When asking for help, please mention the number of the episode and time of the section, and check before posting that your question hasn’t already been asked. As the threads get longer, it becomes more convenient to use the Search function, which is located in the upper right corner of the forum. It is the magnifying glass which is near your profile picture! The best way to search is usually to type part of the sentence you are confused about, and select “in this topic”. This will show you all posts within the current thread which has that string of text.
  • Be sure to join the conversation! It’s fun, and it’s what keeps these clubs lively! There’s no such thing as a stupid question! We are all learning here, and if the question has crossed your mind, there’s a very good chance it has crossed somebody else’s also! Asking and answering questions is a great learning opportunity for everyone involved, so never hesitate to do so!

Membership

Will you be watching with us this week ?
  • I’m watching along
  • I’m planning to catch up later
  • I’ve finished these episodes
  • I’m watching after this club is finished
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So this anime is the sweetest BL I’ve ever seen (which tells nothing because I’ve seen very few BL :sweat_smile:). Anyway, I’m glad to be able to share it with you, so I hope you’ll enjoy it too, even if like me you get impatient in front of slow burn romantic stories :smiley:

I also have the vague hope watching it will encourage me to resume my srs studies :pray:

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Watched episode one today:

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Was happy to recognize 探偵 despite it being one of my many leeches. I did have some trouble distinguishing between flashbacks and present day, but I think I got the gist of everything.

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Episode 1

Okay the cuteness gets an 11 out of 10. It’s always infectious to watch someone excited about their interests gush about them. The way Miyano takes notes on what Sasaki likes to give him more manga is just…perfection. I’m honestly scared about future episodes at this point, because their relationship already seems perfect.

Lots of interesting words in this episode too. 腐男子(ふだんし) = man who likes BL

Episode 2

The way Sasaki accommodates everything Miyano is afraid of is just peak cuteness tbh. Wait, is Sasaki just going to confess every episode? I guess confessing every episode until you’re taken seriously is a good strategy…

Actually initially in episode one Miyano noticed the スキンシップ so maybe he’ll notice if Sasaki is holding himself back?

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AAAAGGHHH episode 2 was even cuter! I understand Sasaki more often than Miyano, maybe because Miyano is prone to getting flustered and then he starts speaking quickly. They’re both so cute and I would take a bullet for either, which is ironic because usually I prefer some plot before feelings develop. And I’m also happy with how well I can follow along without needing to look at the translations.

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I only had English subs available so I decided to watch intensively. Which is going okay but really, really slowly. I have enjoyed the first 8 minutes I’ve seen so far.

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So I’ve seen the two first episodes and I was like awww all over again in front of those two cuties. Love the slice of life structure, but I agree with that:

In episode 1, it’s not always clear. Fortunately, the confusion stops in episode 2.

Some thoughts
  • I love the little patterns around them when the scene is a little intimate :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
  • I like how Sasaki holds back when he feels he’s being too pushy and wants to respect Miyano’s pace.
  • The ending song is just… well in fact I usually listen to it a lot within a year. I love the voices of the voice actors, by the way.
  • I watched with the subtitles in french at the bottom of the screen and the subtitles in japanese at the top and it was perfect.
Some answers

Yeah, without noticing, he gets really really cute :grin:

He tries not to be too pushy, but he’s clearly bold by nature. By the way, confessing a lot to Miyano might be necessary because Miyano tends to be totally oblivious :woman_facepalming:
We’re clearly not in a fast burn romance here :joy:

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A little late, but my plan is to watch two episodes each day this week to catch up. Watched episode 1 and started episode 2 now. Pretty cute so far.

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