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confirmed: cherry magic thailand WILL be fun.
not personally as invested in cherry magic as others (just not my thing) but it’s sweet, feel good, i think it’s better than the source material, at least in my enjoyment, and e6 was really stellar. i understand the 700k tweets. also taynew cute 👍
While watching the latest episode of Cherry Magic, it dawned on me that the show does a wonderful job of using different love languages to make the audience feel the amount of love within the office, both romantic and platonic. The series highlights this part of itself through the way characters reflect on and outright bring up different ways of expressing love — but what I loved most is just how ever present it is. Cherry Magic, to me, is about all of the ways people express their love for each other.
A main one is obviously acts of service. Karan is the only one in the office who picks up on the amount of acts of service Achi is performing for the entire office. He keeps things running smoothly, unspoken and unnoticed, and he is always performing acts of service for people. Achi stays longer for people. He helps. He wants to do these things for people, out of kindness, and that is part of what Karan loves and cherishes about Achi.
Likewise, Karan expresses his love for Achi through acts of service, and it is the acts he performs which make Achi sorely feel his absence when he’s gone. The inclusion of the post-it note of times of the day Karan does things simply for Achi, like bringing down the blinds, further exemplifies this. Love is expressed through the small, consistent actions of care that our leads afford each other.
And it isn’t just our leads. What the greater series loves to highlight is the greater community within the main cast, and how they want to help each other. In this episode, for example, we see Pai talk about why she wants to help Achi in whatever way she can. Everyone in the office wants to help each other! To put in the effort to care.
Then there’s gift-giving, which is also used a ton. In this last episode, we see Jinta absolutely delighted over a small gift Min gives him. A book. This is framed as part of the dating how-to steps, and played comedically, but it also reveals how the series itself uses gifts very often.
Karan brings Achi small, considerate gifts with a lot of earnest feelings behind it. He brings him drinks, snacks, and whatever else he can think of, because he loves him. And gifts, little tokens of affection, mean a lot. The show makes great use of objects, like pens in a pen holder or a small origami keepsake of a boat ride to physically show the courtship between the main characters.
Words of affirmation is also highlighted by the story itself. It’s Achi’s words, understanding the effort Karan puts in, that makes him fall in love with him. And it’s through Karan’s words about Achi that he can feel good about himself. Being recognized by someone else, seen in all of your strengths, is important, not only for showing love, but for being affirmed as a person. The main cast all come to adore each other. We can see the way Rock admires Pai’s spirit, or the way all of the co-workers never fail to bring each other up. And we can see the important of words of affirmation in moments like Karan talking about just how great Achi is, even when he won’t see it himself.
Time is needed for connection. It’s always needed between people, and I see it as the currency that people deal in most of all. Everything needs time, and as such, we can see quality time through the ways the characters seek out each other’s time. This is probably the least noticeable, in a sense. But the series does make each opportunity to be together, every moment of joy through being with someone else, whether it’s one person or a group, feel special.
And of course, to top it off, touching people is highlighted perfectly because of the nature of the mind-reading powers. A slight brush of the shoulder. A hug. Touching hands when picking something up. Every small moment of romantic tension through physical touch, or every touch revealing greater community, is all significant to the story. By nature of the premise, touch is dramatized, made huge in each moment for the characters. A slight lean.
A hug. When Karan and Achi finally connect on their feelings, and Achi responds in realization of his own feelings, they hug, and it is all about the way they touch. The closeness. And that is a pure expression of love. The love they have for each other, and how sometimes, there is no need for thoughts. There’s just joy.
Cherry Magic is really skilled at utilizing different forms of love and care for people. Of course, most love stories have characters who use all of these, but I felt like highlighting this series because of how every small action contributes to it in a way that feels very special. Being giddy over being handed over a pen holder. The slight bump of shoulders. Heating up the water. Breathing in the presence of the people in your life. A kind word.
That’s a part of the joy I breathe in when I watch the show. It’s the joy of loving and being loved.
Cherry Magic Thailand VS Cherry Magic Manga for ep.10/vol.11
30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2020) | Valentine's Day / Rokkaku dir. Yuasa Hiroaki, Kazama Hiroki, Hayashi Masataka
2k20 ↳ Favorite Character: Kurosawa Yuichi (Cherry Magic)
[ID: A doodle of a person with a speech bubble that illustrates what they're saying. Overlayed over the speech bubble is "I love cherry magic". Overlayed over the person is "Seeing socially and romantically awkward adults, who are still figuring things out, find romance makes me feel happy. You're never too old to have your first kiss or any other first. You're never too old to be happy", which illustrates a more detailed explanation in their thoughts that they're not sharing. /.End ID]
someone on twitter transcribed kurosawa’s resume and the essay he wrote to show adachi’s parents
adachi is an unreliable narrator because kurosawa is a big gay loser and adachi will still be like wow he's so slick and cool no you idiot you think he's cool he thinks the pinnacle of romance is champagne and bathrobes he's a loser
cannot describe the damage that the words “he wasn’t a morning person” did to my psyche.
cherry magic - Loving touches
Note: bringing the first fanfic on my blog! ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧, Taking the idea from the penultimate chapter of the anime, I hope you like it and I apologize in advance for any translation errors ✿
Summary: Kurosawa looks for ways to express his love for Adachi in the office, it was difficult to think of something until a fun opportunity presents itself
Word count: 433
Since both confessed their feelings, Adachi decided to keep a low profile regarding his romance with Kurosawa, especially at work. "People with office romances are insane," said the dark-haired man. On the contrary, Kurosawa wanted to express his affection at all times. He wouldn't make a scene like kissing him in front of all their colleagues, but occasionally, he would give him a chocolate or one of those drinks Adachi always enjoys, small gestures that melted Adachi's heart.
In Kurosawa's thoughts, he could only think of new ways to show his affection in the office towards his dear boyfriend. He pondered until an opportunity presented itself. They both had to present a sales report, and Kurosawa kindly offered to help him, of course, to spend time with him.
The sound of a keyboard, the click of a computer mouse, and soft breaths—maybe Kurosawa was too observant to notice all these details, but when it came to Adachi, his concentration was entirely on him. The dark-haired man didn't take long to notice that gaze that could burn his cheek with all the love radiating from it.
"Stop doing that."
"Doing what?"
"You know what I'm talking about."
A simple, soft smile escaped Kurosawa's lips, his elbow resting on the desk while his head rested on his hand.
"You're cute when you have that serious expression."
As a loving gesture, Kurosawa gently squeezed Adachi's side, his reaction was totally unexpected—a squeal similar to that of a mouse, and consequently, rosy cheeks. Tense, Adachi slowly turned to look at Kurosawa, who now had a slight surprised expression.
"You have..."
"No, don't say it."
"Oh God, that's so cute!"
He had finally found a way to touch Adachi and show his great affection, gentle touches and affectionate squeezes in different parts of his body, ribs, or hips.
"S-stop it! It's...," like the king of shyness, Adachi was one of those types who couldn't pronounce the word with 'T.'
"What? Tickles?"
A deep blush covered his entire face at Kurosawa's direct words. How was he able to say it so deliberately? The pressure was too much for Adachi, the touches that made him have small spasms, and worse if they were accompanied by teasing.
"That's enough! I-I have to go to the bathroom."
With a suddenness, he gets up and heads to the bathroom, feeling the need to moisten his face to dissipate that intense blush. Kurosawa could only watch his cute dark-haired boy escape like a frightened lamb.
Since that day, Kurosawa gives sudden taps on Adachi's sides or hips whenever he finds an opportunity.
kurosawa 🤝 phupha
getting caught taking pics of their crushes
What am I supposed to do when you are making me like you even more than this? I…might really like him a lot.
Happy International Women’s Day 2022 to a-spectrum women from Asian Dramas:
Mae-Yi ‘May’ Park from Run On episode 6 & 15 (2020)
Amm from Friend Zone 2 Dangerous Area episode 14 (2020)
Kodama Sakuko from Koisenu Futari/Two People Who Can’t Fall in Love episode 1 (2022) cap by @kyanitedragon
Fujisaki Nozomi from Cherry Magic episode 4 & 12 (2020)