#I’m missing 5 billion cultural touchstones bc this is all so deeply regional (Kyoto) and about a specific thing (geiko and maiko lifestyles

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In my week of horrors I’ve gotten quietly obsessed with The Makanai, about two codependent teen girls who join a maiko house (trainee geiko/geisha house) and one ends up the cook and the other the rising star. Look. Look. It’s a story about… deep friendship?? Ok. Ok. In my world. They are in love.

That’s beyond being sisters, okaa-san !! [caveat: I have seen how Netflix translates subtitles; this could be anything]. No really I’m clawing my face.