"I thought the outside world would be more extravagant than this, I found myself thinking."
How delightful: a chapter excerpt from #anime screenwriter Okada Mari's autobiography, translated into English. And $7 on Kindle? Bought! Of course I love the cover—Anohana and Anthem of the Heart mashup, I think?
"As I cried my eyes out, some part of me wondered if sad tears and happy tears tasted differently. I tried licking my tears, and they really did taste differently from usual."
Um of course I should clarify that cooking isn’t by any means the limit of gender roles in these societies nor that equality in the kitchen translates to equality everywhere else, just that, I’m happy to see the gender roles assigned by society subverted in any way that invites people to live their lives and treat each other independent of socially received wisdom.
Ah, she also was screenwriter for *Toradora!*, another show I liked a lot, in no small part because the 🐉 guy (regularly!) prepares breakfast for the 🐅 girl 😍. Subverting gender roles is always something I can get behind.
She's worked with Nagai Tatsuyuki as director more than once too, to great effect. Awesome.