Tag Archives: Spring

The first of a four-part in-depth analysis of the script of May Sky, one of the best of the 31 visual novel localizations to come out of al|together. A lonely newly-minted salary man meets a mercurial teenage shrine maiden…

Cars with cherry blossoms and actual cherry blossoms seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, in April 2024.

I share my March 27, 2007 photograph of a bright red rose at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

I review May Sky, the penultimate visual novel submission to the al|together festivals. This 2008 translation of Gogatsu no sora, which features two lonely characters who are “[m]ore than strangers, less than friends,” ranks among the finest and longest al|together novels.

Grape hyacinths and the deep blue sky.

“We find the best charm of the beautiful spring-time, / And welcome the touch of the sweet-scented breeze.”

Baby goose, baby goose, duck (no – another baby goose).

On the “dainty weee blue flowers” that serve as “gentle messengers of spring”

One of anime’s most beautiful scenes: Takaki’s distant everyday memories in 5 Centimeters Per Second.

A fun inflatable “HAPPY EASTER” carrot with three inflatable bunnies seen in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

There is no surer sign of spring than an ant home invasion.

“Forget not to blossom always when the springtime comes.”