[ 3 ☽ 5 ☼ 2015 年 ]

Submission by Kazuto_Kirito: 
"Anime Question of the Day! Here's a challenge question: Plum (ume) blossoms are considered the symbol of spring in Japanese poetry. They're flowering right now in Japan. Name an anime/manga that references or depicts plums or plum-by-products."

Ahhhh, my favorite quote from the Fruit's Basket involves umeboshi [Tohru]:

If you think of someone's good qualities as the umeboshi in an onigiri, it's as if their qualities are stuck to their back! People around the world are like onigiri. Everyone has an umeboshi with a different shape and color and flavor. But because it's stuck on their back, they might not be able to see their umeboshi.

"There's nothing special about me. I'm just white rice."

That's not true. There is an umeboshi — on your back.

Maybe the reason people get jealous of each other, is because they can see so clearly the umeboshi on other people's backs. I can see them, too. I can see them perfectly. There's an amazing umeboshi on your back, Kyo-kun.

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【 fwachan - written 1462 days ago 】