Yuri Manga: Sakura to Kase-san ( さくらと加瀬さん)

August 6th, 2018

In Sakura to Kase-san ( さくらと加瀬さん), Yamada is feeling a bit nostalgic about school. Graduation is around the corner and she’s a little sad she won’t be able to watch Kase-san run every day, or walk home with her everyday.  She reflects a little on the three years they’ve had together, on how she’s changed  and how much Kase-san has inspired and supported her.  

And then, finally, they graduate. Yamada goes to a new school and spends some time feeling a bit lonely, until Kase-san runs up to her. Kase-san has to run after all, and she might as well run in the neighborhood. Kase-san once again gives Yamada the energy she needs to see the day through. And Mikawacchi, who took a bunch of exams, also chose the city to study, so Yamada can see both her besties. They spend a day together.

After some shopping, Yamada brings Kase-san back to her teeny little room where they make love.  Kase-san tries out calling Yamada by her given, name, so Yui tries to manage a Tomoka or two, but gives up quickly. ^_^ Afterwards, the two of them go for a walk, hand in hand, and Yamada reflects on all the flowers that remind her of her life so far with Kase-san and how much she looks forward to being together with her in days to come. Which makes me think of my own dear wife, (my wife commented pointedly, as I read this to her. ^_^)

An extra chapter follows a rival of Kase-san’s at another high school who found Kase-san’s cheerful, relaxed attitude vexing, and then infectious.

This was an excellent fourth volume for the series. There’s no doubt that both Yamada and Kase-san have matured and both the art and writing reflect that. When I read stories set in high school, I’m always reminded of something a high school teacher I know once told me. They commented that they always knew by the end of freshman year if a student would mature past high school or be stuck there forever. I’ve noticed that quite a lot when I speak to students as well. As we read Sakura to Kase-san, we’re confident that both Kase-san and Yamada have matured and we’re confident that they can face adult life together. It’s a good feeling.

Ratings: 

Art – 9
Character – 9
Story – 8
Service – 4 There is a sex scene, it is not explicit.
Yuri – 10

Overall – 9

Kase-san, the little series that could, keeps on chugging up that hill. ^_^

4 Responses

  1. Sophia says:

    December can’t come soon enough for the English release. >_< Is the sequel series being serialized monthly in Japan? Trying to figure out how long before the first volume of that is published in Japan, let alone in the U.S.

  2. Verso Sciolto says:

    Wings magazine is published every two months but not every magazine issue has included an instalment of Yamada and Kase-san. The preview image shows a new story is scheduled for publication in the next issue – to be released in print August 28, digital approximately a month after that – but only the mangaka knows if and when their next story after that will be released. Difficult to predict a release date for the sixth volume as well. Nothing about Kase-san’s publication history has been regular or predictable.

    https://www.shinshokan.com/wings/pop_nextnumber.html

    Tagging on a bit about Kase-san OVA. Inside Japan, starting this Saturday, August 10, the short film will be screened for two weeks in three theatres of a cinema chain, Korona Cinema World. This chain did not originally pick up the OVA upon first release.

    Screenings in all other cinemas on the original list have ended. The three Korona cinemas are located in Handa city (Aichi Prefecture), Ogaki (Gifu Prefecture) and Fukui city (Fukui). Perhaps additional theatres will pick up the OVA for screening after these three as well…

    http://asagao-anime.com/theater/

    http://www.korona.co.jp/Cinema/CinemaDetail.asp?Seq=2381&Key=Coming

    With 「あさがお」, https://twitter.com/asagao_anime/status/1024225657385975809, 75 days of flowers concluded, https://twitter.com/asagao_anime/status/1024225908310167553. 「無垢で深い愛」 our point of departure, https://twitter.com/asagao_anime/status/997406078659837952 an invitation for revisits.

  3. Verso Sciolto says:

    Updated link to reflect that the OVA is screening in the three theatres mentioned above.

    http://www.korona.co.jp/Cinema/CinemaDetail.asp?Seq=2381&Key=Now

    Screening since Friday, August 10.

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