#skip and loafer nao

[cappiecarp]

hello everynyan here is a piece that has no significance whatsoever because flower crowns mean nothing in skip to loafer yep yep yep ummmm yeah! anyways if you'll excuse me im going to go explode now!

[meikiran]

mitsumi and her aunt

[pizzicato-drops]

If anyone cares about skip and loafer I've been mikamaxxing

[himawaari]

@animangacreators pride month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

favorite LGBTQ+ character -> NAO CHAN

[lizzbian-himbo]

Nao and Mitsumi from skip to loafer!!

[bluegad]

buncha cool kats.

[prokkoli]

a sketch from a while back because miss them </33

[aplaceforallmystupidshit]

In my Skip and Loafer re read I’ve been struck by how much Mitsumi is a product of her environment? Like I mean obvs, with Chieri’s eternal read of “You must have been raised in an environment with a lot of love” [paraphrasing] but like, it’s also in Chapter 20 right? How Mitsumi falls down a lot but is able to *pick herself back up*. When Shima doesn’t want her to get hurt we realize he’s kinda projecting his feelings about his younger self onto her, cuz he was raised in a tumultuous environment and is only now starting to learn how to want and grow.

and it’s like, so often characters (esp protagonists) are great at dealing with situations cuz of their complex and tragic backstories. And there is a point to that! It is in many ways a skill to be accustomed to dealing with the disasters of life. But also like, I enjoy that Mitsumi is a shining example of how it is kinda a superpower to have a strong and stable foundation, and how that makes her a greater presence in everyone else’s life for it. It’s not that Mitsumi doesn’t have problems, but when she does she has the ability to learn and grow without it destroying her self image. Which I think it an amazing superpower in it of itself

[monotcchi]

happy trans day of visibility to HER!! 🏳️‍⚧️

[bearinhiberation]

i forgot that i made this when i started reading skip and loafer i hope that someone else relates

[roboticsorcerer]

[skip and loafer chapter 29] something fun as i am thinking about this post again, is how sukirofa has a constant theme of "you never really realize how much effect you have had on others", and as I am rereading it's really fun to find it in other ways. Similar to how Shima doesn't realize how much his kindness affected Mitsumi (And how extraordinary that kindness was), here we're show how Mitsumi thinks of her younger self as kind of a burden to a younger Nao while musing about how Nao has been taking care of her. And immediately after we're shown Nao thinking she didn't take good enough care of Mitsumi, while remembering how Mitsumi's affection deeply affected her at a hard time in her life. (Later on we even have the chapter where Nao talks to Goro about how she feels she does too little for Mitsumi, and Goro responds by reminding her of her kindness towards Mitsumi and how it's appreciated). Something along the lines of "You never know how much you mean to someone, and they'll never know how much they mean to you. Unless you tell them."

[jariten]

魔女と猫の話 (Majo to Neko no Hanashi), Shino Shinomiya トラと陽子 (Tora to Yoko), Fuyuko Kurosaki ポーの一族 秘密の花園 (Poe no Ichizoku: Himitsu no Hanazono), Moto Hagio スキップとローファー (Skip and Loafer), Misaki Takamatsu R先生のおやつ (R-Sensei no Oyatsu), Cookbook by Rika Fukuda and manga by Haruko Kumota 金の国 水の国 (Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom), Nao Iwamoto

[cutecapybarapics]

[mapoeggplant]

new skip to loafer pop up store with eeo 🎂

WE FINALLY HAVE NAO MERCH 😭😭 i can’t believe it!!

the theme is “candy dress” and here you can have a closer look at all the merch available:

for more informations, click here

[birbliophile]

So I read all the chapters of Skip And Loafer I could find and oh my god I love it for so many reasons but I just wanna gush a little about how awesome I think Nao’s character is. Like I totally thought she was gonna be the token adult family member just hanging out and being the Adult Presence in a slice of life focused on the teenagers but she’s…actually a whole character? She has FLASHBACKS, she has DEPTH, and it’s all so very poignant and relevant to the coming-of-age themes in the story! And then of course:

Me at the start of Skip And Loafer: whoa trans character, neat! Guess she’ll be in the background supporting role that’s cool

Skip And Loafer: whole ass flashback of pre-transition Nao to show how the simple love and acceptance of her toddler niece made such a lasting impact on her when she was isolated and depressed 

Me: whoa what the—

Skip And Loafer: here’s a whole chapter about how when you’re a trans woman it’s normal and fine to mourn the young girl in your heart who was never able to be happy because you thought the things normal girls did would be forever out of reach for you and so it feels like you can’t ever redo your childhood and get that joy you deserved, but that pain doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful to see another young girl you love like your own child thriving the way you never could because she means the world to you and you never want her to ever feel a drop of heartbreak

Me: WHOA OKAY 

Like…oh my god. You’d think that the birthday chapter would focus on Mitsumi and her friends, maybe some shenanigans as the group tries to give Mitsumi the bestest birthday, but there’s relatively little focus on the kids for this chapter—they have a good time and Mitsumi’s happy, but the chapter is ultimately about Nao and her guilt over feeling jealous of Mitsumi’s Normal Teen Girl Life despite being happy as an adult, as well as how much she and Mitsumi cherish each other.

Nao feels so human and real and I love that for her, and I especially enjoy how every part of her character is affected by her being a trans woman. She’s fashionable which makes sense for her job as a professional stylist, but her being trans also adds a dimension of how self expression through clothes and makeup would be deeply important to her. She’s outwardly bubbly and cheerful, but the flashbacks to her pre-transition self and her quieter moments of contemplation make it very clear just how powerful it is that she’s able to be happy now, after so many years of suffering. She offers advice to the girls of the cast like any older woman would (older being relative, she’s only in her mid thirties!) but because she’s trans it carries the weight of “no one was there in my life to tell this to me, I want to make sure you have it better.”

Nao’s portrayal in the manga feels both realistic and…gentle, at the same time. She still experiences transphobia and her transition wasn’t easy for her (it seems like her father wasn’t as supportive as her brother and mother are shown to be, but so far we don’t know the details), but she’s overall happy in the present and her story ultimately to me speaks of trans joy, and I think that’s neat. It’s not like things are perfect for her, but she’s made it through the toughest times.

Also the scene with the pancakes made me want to cry haha

[lastnightstoryart]

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