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WRAPPING HEADPHONE WARNINGS

Makio and Asa are getting adjusted to living together, as Makio turns to the support of two of her friends -- with which she has some *quite* deep connections! This episode gets our story even more layered and I'm so invested, already!

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Romania Black - Journal With Witch: Episode 2 Reaction! WRAP?!

LINK TO REACTION: https://pixeldrain.com/l/wrY9uR9J **WRAPPING HEADPHONE WARNINGS** Makio and Asa are getting adjusted to living together, as Makio turns to the support of two of her friends -- with which she has some *quite* deep connections! This episode gets our story even more layered and I'm so invested, already! Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

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Popy

When I click the link it takes me to the correct video but the title says Gachiakuta ep 2 . Don't know if it's a glitch on my end or misslabeled but have a look ^ ^

vacant

The bit with cinnamon is a wordplay thing--commonly, cinnamon in Japanese is just the English loan word translated into Japanese syllables (シナモン). The na (ナ) and mon (モン) syllables are totally fine in Japanese, but the "ci" in cinnamon doesn't exist, and the closest you get is shi (シ). This is pronounced more like "she" in English, so neither the vowel nor the consonant really get there. Incidentally, death (死) is also read as shi, so Makio saying she can make the tea if her cinnamon isn't dead is a funny thing to say (which Daigo keeps trying to follow up on).

Shimoyama

I don't think Makio thinks that far since the conversion with Daigo is rather reflexive, but your point is interesting

vacant

yeah, my impression of the scene isn't that Makio said it to be funny, but that Daigo thinks it's funny that she said it that way

Sunspots

Loved the reaction and discussion! Another wonderful episode and we’re meeting some beautiful characters already! 🥳 The toeless socks are a mystery to me, as well! I don’t have great circulation in my toes anyway, so I feel like that would just compound my problems. 😅 I absolutely adore Daigo and her darling laugh! 🥰 And the fact that she chose an “activity” for the meal, rather than just cooking for them, is perfection. That scene made me fall in love with Daigo immediately, because she approaches this situation with incredible emotional intelligence without ever drawing any attention to what she is doing. Before Makio could even get fully trapped inside any kind of overthinking about how much she should be “letting” Asa do, Daigo cuts through that paralysis by providing momentum (and silliness) and a 'structured activity.' And her personality and mannerisms ease things so well, I feel. 🥰 I think gyoza (or any kind of dumplings) are so perfect for it: there are many small steps, and a lot can be done simultaneously by multiple people, and it is really forgiving as an activity, I feel. People with different confidence levels can get to do things. This always inspires me to make some gyoza from scratch (rather than just do the frozen ones). 🥰 Love the note about the way Makio’s immediate assumption about the ‘impact of a single remark’ comes from a negative perspective vs Kasamachi’s and Asa’s. That really helped clarify something for me personally, thank you! 🫶 And completely agree with the discussion around Kasamachi’s remark regarding children. I get where Kasamachi was coming from, and I think he expressed his own feelings well there… I do. I just also personally find it irksome when people say something like that, because to me: having/wanting 'a child of your own' is essentially an idea from another plane of existence in comparison to a situation of taking in a child who needs a home due to something like what has happened to Asa. And I truly feel like that should be obvious! To me that’s like someone saying: 'I thought you didn’t like the colour blue? Why did you help this person who fell down the stairs – they were wearing a blue jacket.' Full on clownery! 😆 As I expected, amazing discussion throughout, much like Makio and Daigo analysing the text message – layer by layer. 🥰 Looking forward to the next episode! 💙

romaniablack

OH! That is weird! I'm going to correct that right now, so it should be fixed soon! Thank you for letting me know about that!

romaniablack

Oohhh, thank you for noting the wordplay! That’s interesting to note! And ooohhh, that connection to Cinnamon and Death - that makes more sense; thank you for the comment and explaining that!

romaniablack

Thank you so much for the comment and kind words! The cast is expanding and I’m THRILLED! I don’t have great circulation in my feet, either, so I’m not sure if it would be helpful for me, too. Maybe it’s to let the toes breathe? 😛 Daigo is such a great friend for Mako. I really love that she uses the cooking “event” to bring Makio and Asa closer. She would make a great counselor or teacher! Gyoza are so delicious, but it really is a great activity for a group to do that isn’t too hard! This really made me want to make the made from scratch Gyoza as well! And you are welcome; these little notices with Makio vs. Asa (and Daigo/Kasamichi) are so intriguing to me, watching! I understand Kasamichi’s feeling of betrayal that she “took in” Asa as a “child of her own,” whereas he wanted to raise children from the baby stage – but yeah, this is different than what he wanted. It’s a WHOLE different world with different outcomes/needs/EVERYTHING – maybe once Kasamichi “meets” Asa, he’ll have a different idea of things! Thank you so much for the comment and kind words! So many layers in this story and I really have been loving each one! Onwards!