A Sign of Affection
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| After watching the first episode at a Crunchyroll premiere I'm sure I'm going to like this. I haven't read the original manga, so I don't know how good the adaptation is, but I thought it was perfect. They make very cute moments when it's time, funny moments when it's time and they also show very well the environment in which the protagonist finds herself and her insecurities and joys in life. For his part, the other protagonist immediately realizes the girl's problem and does his best to communicate with her. It may be a bit clumsy or however you want it to be, but it seemed to me that the girl has been looking for someone like that for a long time and hadn't found anyone but her friend. |
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Yuki-San She is so cute 😍. |
Ricky16Jan 6, 6:07 AM
| Ain't this just a copy of A silent voice? |
Reply to jtredenick
Ain't this just a copy of A silent voice?
| @jtredenick Yup, in many ways which is one, but is slightly different in its execution. |
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| What a beautiful episode. It was very cute and wholesome. |
何それ？意味分かんない  |
| Pretty obvious to draw comparisons with a silent voice given the female lead here is a deaf too. Though hey, Shouko there wasn't talking inside her head the way our main heroine is doing here lol. Anyways, as it goes in the world of anime, just when the main girl found herself in the most anime-ish scenario… I mean a sort of foreigner asking her for directions, there appeared a super handsome guy with silver hairs no less, helping her out. Needless to say, like any other shoujo guy, this dude already started acting overly familiar with Yuki, I mean you don’t usually pat on someone’s head… a girl, no less on your very first meeting, right? Lol. By the way, it was cute to see she and her friend trying to know more about the main dude by visiting the bar sort of he works in, I guess. I mean the way they conversed with whiteboards and all didn’t really feel awkward, if nothing. Just the first episode, and the main leads have already exchanged contact information, so that’s something of a feat ig lol. It’s again one of those stories, where one of the mains is already in love with the other one from the first minute. Oh well, anyways. Nice, “It’s Fine” gesture though:) Okay start. Engrish wasn’t too bad as well lol. |
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| I loved the hell out of mangaka duo suu Morishita's Hibi Chouchou a.k.a Like a Butterfly, so the next evolution of their latest work of Yubisaki to Renren, I know the manga is amazing and stands in line with Koe no Katachi a.k.a A Silent Voice being very similar in their aspects. Novelbright is back with another OP, and this is just some smooth, good music. ChoQMay's ED is also light-hearted delightfulness. The world of Yuki Itose, she may look like a typical young woman enjoying the typical life, but her meeting a foreigner on the train who requests for directions, this silver-haired young man helped him, whom she recognizes as part of her friend's Cultural Exchange Club in college. The truth is, Yuki's deaf and can only relate in sign language, so he makes his lip-syncing easier to read for her. That was their first meeting, and Yuki's friend of Rin Fujishiro recognizes him as Itsuomi Nagi, whom she has a crush on his cousin Kyouya Nagi, who's working in a cafe n' bar as both worker and boss respectively. But holy wow, Nagi's hands can cover the entirety of Yuki's head, apart from being the English, German, Chinese and German trilingual backpacker who recently came back from Canada, entertaining customers both local and foreign. The kiss is expected of a foreigner saying hello, and Rin has already made her move to get Kyouya's contact deets, though Yuki is late to the party, whom Rin gives her a push as Itsuomi walks her home. The feelings of love piled up on Yuki enough to encourage her to get Itsuomi's contact, and he wants to get into her world, which she obliges. This is a Shoujo romance story that you WILL feel the hearts for. Definitely one of the romance shows to look out in this season. |
KANLen09Jan 6, 7:54 PM
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| The series has been getting a lot of love from the shojo fans I follow, and it totally makes sense why they're so excited about it. Novelbright's OP is very calm and soothing, just what I'd expect for a show like this. The visuals were the biggest surprise for me—so vibrant and colorful. While ChoQMay's ED is pretty chill, nothing too out of this world. It is one of those unique ones that shows the preview of the next episode though, so that's neat. Yuki, a college student navigating the challenges of being deaf, finds herself having a tough day. It's Itsuomi, an upperclassman from her school, who steps in without hesitation to help her out. What's heartwarming is that Itsuomi doesn't treat her hearing impairment as a barrier; he interacts with her naturally. Slowly, as he introduces Yuki to new experiences, she starts to develop feelings for Itsuomi. Yet, it's a random meeting on a train that brings Yuki face-to-face with Itsuomi's friend-of-a-friend, another student. This unexpected encounter begins to open up her world in ways she hadn't anticipated. Obviously, this gave me major Koe no Katachi vibes, and seeing as that's one of my favorite movies in general, not just anime, count me in. What really got me with this episode was how absolutely gorgeous it looked. I mean, every detail, from the little movements of the characters to the choice of colors, gave the show this incredible vibe that was just so charming. And you know what? It didn't make a big deal out of Yuki's disability; it let her story unfold naturally. The subtle use of muted sounds in the opening scene, giving us a glimpse of the world from her perspective, was a nice touch. But the best part? It focused more on Yuki experiencing her first taste of love, complete with all the excitement and awkwardness that comes with it. It turned out to be a delightful watch. I was already interested in the show, but now I'm even more hooked. Can't wait for the next episodes. |
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| Peak shoujo romance is finally here. It's so great to see Yuki and Itsuomi in the anime. They are soo cute together. Great start. Can't wait for more wholesomeness. |
ARK-13Jan 6, 6:18 AM
| For this work 12 episodes is a very few. I will read the manga after the anime for sure. |
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| Perfection! Every emotions are perfectly convey and every interactions have meaningful intent. The cute and beautiful visual is the cherry on top. Definitely gonna be one of the best series this season.  |
| After Mid kun at lvl 99 and My mid marriage here comes another shoujo romance, hope this one will be good and live upto the hype unlike the other two and rest which I don't even remember the names. Those weren't bad but weren't even close to how good people were praising them to be. This looks better than those from the first episode atleast. |
ArimaKanaJan 6, 6:33 AM
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Reply to jtredenick
Ain't this just a copy of A silent voice?
| @jtredenick No the story is completely different. Silent Voice is a coming of age story wherelse this one is a pure romance. |
| That was a sweet first episode, specially that ending scene. That caught me offguard a bit, so adorable. So are they dating now? Hoping the best for Rin chan too, she's a great girl. This looked so pretty btw, the artstyle/visuals really suits the story. Yuki looks like Rinko from Ore Monogatari and is sweet like her too. OP/ED were both nice. Was looking forward to this as I heard lots of good stuff about it. So far the first episode was pretty good. Liked the setting and stuff even though it's mostly typical shoujo stuff. Hope it'll turn out to be a good romance. |
MegamiRemJan 6, 8:12 AM
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Reply to kisaragi_eki
@ZXEAN so 40 chapter is not enough to make 24 eps?
| @kisaragi_eki If they adapt 2+ chapters per episodes then NO. |
| This is very cute, and I like to see a disabled MC, since that's pretty rare. I'm a bit iffy with one of the dude's lines on the train, and the surprise touches, but otherwise it's fairly fluffy. This also reminded me that I need to find a good Swedish Sign Language app to learn it, since my grandma is starting to lose her hearing. I'll have to try to keep an eye out for what difrferences in JSL and SSL there are, through this anime and learning for myself. |
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| Really liked this opening episode Yuki is so adorable and lovable |
| peak shoujo and the best romance of the season is finally here!! i haven't been this excited for an anime since fall 2022 and this first episode didn't disappoint. reading the manga already made me feel warm inside and experiencing it in anime format again did the same. opening is beautiful and i'm loving the osts, although i'm not sure if i've seen anything else from this studio so i'm worried about whether the visual quality will drop or not but so far so good. yuki is so cute and itsuomi's deadpan faces are jokes. excited for more positive vibes and i hope the rest of this adaptation goes well. this is definitely gonna be the show i look forward to the most every week this season. |
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| That was beautiful episode to watch, Yuki is so adoreable. |
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| These two are so fucking cute together! And holy shit Itsuomi is the god of rizz This has potential to be the best romance anime of the season, maybe even the year if it holds up, and likely will become one of my favorites |
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| This guy aiming to be penta-lingual, I half-expected Yuki and Rin's clapping to gradually shift from genuinely impressed to *dude are you trying too hard* XD I love the character designs! It's something that anime featuring college-aged students have over high school and office demographics: no uniforms (or suits that function as uniforms), more opportunities to show off characters' unique styles. Like aahh those scarves ^^ |
Reply to jumbosan
They were cute and look like the romance is purest thing, but i have to say how can the guy be overly familiar to her, or am i delusional. Also she fall in love in first meeting is the most shoujo thing ever.
| @jumbosan I agree he's being a little bit too familiar with her, but he seems like he might be a little socially inept, so perhaps he just doesn't understand social boundaries. As for falling in love on the first meeting, it's a bit cliche but it isn't far from reality, it happens sometimes especially for someone who's new to the feeling |
coreynjJan 6, 8:05 AM
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| Extremely pretty anime all around. The first 5-6 minutes were an incredible intro IMO and the best part of the episode, got me goosebumps. Great sound design. |
| My diabetes <3 Not too anything deep, their relationship is just so sweet and what carries this series IMHO as a manga reader. |
| It seems a nice little romantic series. The build-up of their relationship was a bit too fast for me, but let's see where it is going. |
夏草や 兵どもが 夢の跡  |
| So far it seems nice but my Japanese reading isn't good enough to follow what they were talking about, luckily they were not only talking true text so i could follow some of what was going on. I like Yuki's inner dialog tho. |
| Peak romance anime of this season is here. |
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