Kanoko is on awkward terms with Hime after dating Sumika and still being Hime’s best friend/SP. there’s so much which Hime doesn’t know… and Kanoko feels bad about it. She’s worried they’re going to break apart with all of this change, Hime reassures her it won’t happen. “As long as we both want to be together, then everything will be fine. That’s what we’ve been doing all this time, isn’t it? It’s because you chased after me that I now understand the things that scare you” - because they properly talked! Because Kanoko didn’t run away and hide! “I don’t intend to stop pushing my way into your life, so don’t pull away from me either!”. Hime changed Kanoko’s life-! Pulled her out of the cold and the dark and let her bathe in the warm sun beside her! I think that’s truly wonderful!
Kanoko at one point met an older woman who took advantage of her innocence and manipulated her into playing her sadistic game(this woman also has her own story but for now imma paint her as the villain- sexual assault is NOT ok! The series makes it very clear! Even if “nothing physically happened”, it’s not nothing happened *at all*. Abuse is abuse.) “It’s true that nothing was done to you physically … but you *were* threatened! She made you say things that you didn’t want to say! Someone *hurt you* Kanoko-chan, I’d say that’s violence!” Kanoko is visibly alarmed but says nothing in response. “Of course how you feel about the matter is most important so I’m not going to pry any further but I want you to keep one thing in mind; you are a victim, Kanoko-chan and you can rely on us at any time if you ever need help” 🥹her boss. A very kind woman, luckily she found out what happened and responded accordingly.
“Thanks, Nene-san. I love you” “I told you to stop joking like that.” “… I’m sorry” - Love is a serious thing. Nene is a lesbian, she struggles with this. Sumika ends up a lesbian too but she’s still learning a lot. Love can’t be said whimfully. It has to have proper meaning and should be respectful. The series says this too.
Hime and Mitsuki talk about consent, what they are and aren’t ok with. While they’re not dating, they are still friends. Hime explains that she’s not good with being touched, that it makes her flustered and not that she hates it. She says she’s ok with holding hands and a hug now and then is fine too. She explains that bathing together is too much for her, as well as seeing each other naked. “I hoped that you’d pick up on all of this… but from now on I’ll say things more clearly. So let me do so right now, we promised we’d be honest about our feelings after all” - words which make Mitsuki smile brightly. “In that case, if you can speak from the heart like that, then I can be together with you with no worries!” Mitsuki says happily.
#yuriismyjob #watashinoyuriwaoshigotodesu #watayuri a beautiful manga which teaches consent, boundaries, what constitutes as abuse (and how to deal with it) #yuri #manga #deepmanga it also has an anime~ tho the manga covers a lot more of the story so I recommend that🫶(or both😘)