#whispering you a love song

[yu2ki]

<3

[elainiisms]

me watching two leaves fall into a puddle right next to each other: yuri.

[bleghxy]

More GL manga recs:

Summary: Aya is a high school student who is captivated by the mysterious "Onii-san" who works at a CD store. The real "Onii-san" is actually Mitsuki, a girl in her class with whom she had never spoken to before.

Review: This is a very cute read!!! The story doesn't drag out any drama. When I first started reading this, I was afraid it'd drag the secret of Mitsuki being the "Onii-san" but it doesn't. It's very well paced while also being a slow burn. They're both very well written.

Status: Ongoing

Summary: Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means...

Summary: They're both so adorable!!! I love their relationship sm. There's a lot of other wlw relationships in this manga so that's a plus point. There's also some angst here and there. It also has an anime adaptation coming out next year!

Status: Ongoing

Summary: England, the early 1900s. Alice, a young noblewoman, has a Japanese maid named Hanako working in her household. The two have a fairly typical relationship…until the day Alice begs Hanako to kill her. As Hanako tries to figure out why her mistress would make such a terrible request, she and Alice grow closer until an entirely new feeling begins to blossom between them.

Review: The summary doesn't really do justice to the manga's plot but I don't want to say much because I'll mistakenly give out spoilers so I'll just say it's angsty so prepare yourself for that. Both of the characters and the relationship between them are very well written.

Status: Completed

Okay this isn't a manga, it's a manhua(chinese comic). I haven't read enough GL manhua to make a list about it so I'm putting it here. This manhua is called Tamen de Gushi. I think the English translation of the story name is called "Their Story"/ "SQ begin w/your name"

Summary: The funny romantic story of how Qiu Tong and Sun Jing met and fell in love.

Review: It was one of my first GLs so it has a very special place in my heart. I laughed a lot while reading this. It's mostly on the comedy side. Qiu Tong and Sun Jing's relationship is so so adorable. The side characters in this story are also lovable. The characters in this feel very relatable. Unfortunately due to censorship in China the author had been told to remove the confession scene of the main characters in the physical copies and the author rejected to do that. Because of this, the manhua doesn't have proper chapters anymore but the author still does post little snippets of their life together on weibo and twitter. However there's still 200+ chapters of wholesomeness so please do give it a read!

If you want more GL recs:

[limbforalimb]

「もっと　ほれさせるから　覚悟してね。」 // "I'll make you fall even more in love with me, so be prepared."

— S1E01, Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau.

[all-blues]

『ささやくように恋を唄う』

[books-are-my-life-stuff]

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau (Whisper Me a Love Song)

Broadcast starts April 14

[sapnere]

Mizuguchi Aki and Izumi Shiho — Whispering You A Love Song

[unwingedunplumed]

I could not resist posting more shiho x aki content

[lovers-instead]

Sasakoi anime character designs from the official website! Airs April 13, 2024

[risingshards]

One of the big things I was wondering about for the Whisper Me a Love Song adaption was how they'd handle Aki. I remember when my bestie rec'd WMALS to me they said something to the effect of the main couple being great but the side couple being even better, and they were 1000% correct and Aki quickly became my fav. And so far in the anime version, it feels like they're doing a wonderful job!

(Some WMALS manga spoilers past the break)

So much of Aki's character is just brimming with painful but beautiful angst. Aki's default state when dealing with Yori is supportive friend, but that pushes down her own feelings for Yori regularly. When she hears someone confessed their love to Yori, she teases a bit, but when Yori says she might love this girl back, for a split second Aki's eyes well up.

It's so brief, but just that brief expression carries SO much pain in it. But as Aki does, she covers it up quickly, trying to be a wingman for her best friend, because performing that role is easier than admitting her feelings, admitting how much she's hurting from this unrequited love, and deep down the roots of this hurt coming from her recent friendship with Shiho falling apart.

Aki's downright relieved when she learns that Himari told Yori that she was just in love with her music, not her, joking about it, and looking pleased. She says it's hilarious, and it probably is to her, but deep down it means that she can still pine for Yori without worrying.

Then Yori keeps talking about this girl. And in a brilliant shot, you can see a blurry Aki in the background start to realize that Yori isn't letting up, and it's heartbreaking.

When she comes into focus, you see that she's blushing. She defaults again to advice giving/jokey wingman best friend, but you can see the hurt, especially when Yori keeps going about this girl.

The subtle expressions that don't linger very long have me very excited for this series and what's to come with Aki.

And everything else seems super well done so far, and Himari and Yori are perfectly cute with Himari's bubbly energy matched by Yori's dweeb lesbian style.

The OP also has me SUUUPER excited because of the shots of Aki and Shiho mirroring each other, showing already that we may get to the root of her angst in this adaptation. And hopefully get to the happiness and healing that comes from working through the angst.

[osakiiz]

⟡ yori asanagi - whisper me a love song

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[elainiisms]

need a constant steady flow of yuri content or i will wither up and die

[limbforalimb]

— S1E02, Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau.

[all-blues]

「ささやくように恋を唄う」

[orionbreisgau]

[thelastconfessor]

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau ep.1