SUBJECT: East of the Stars and West of the Wank

This wank has everything.

EVERYTHING.

It's as if the quiet little kettle of fandom was in fact just boiling with wank, but the lid was on so tight it couldn't get out.  Then a 'clink', a hiss of steam, and everything exploded.  It's BEAUTIFUL.

*ahem*

'East of the Stars' (Higashi no Hoshi) is what we might call a 'cult' anime.  It has a small but loyal following who line up to download the lastest episode every Wednesday night and then congregate in the LJ community to talk about mysterious swords, pink-haired bishounen, and fox-girl ninjas with big tits (like its wank, this show has everything).  The fandom's small enough that everybody knows each other, which may be why nobody wants to start anything.

Until now.

It is probably needful to know that the major slash pairing of the fandom is Umi/Makoto.  Umi has blue hair and owns the blue Adamant Sword.  Makoto has pink hair and owns the pink Adamant Sword, which was given to him by Umi in the first episode.  There's a running joke about how people are forever mistaking Makoto for a girl, and he's forever flipping out about it.  Get him and Edward Elric in the same room, shout "I SEE SHORT CHICKS!", and you'd have a party.


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Umi Aokai -- blue-haired involuntairy drag king.  Does nothing to correct people about her gender, having been raised by her father, a wandering samurai trying to perfect his kenjutsu.  Owns the blue adamant sword and is the one to deliver the pink adamant sword to our hero.

Yamazakura -- unfortunate son of Hana Yamazakura, owner of a small dojo and intended owner of the pink adamant sword.  Umi arrives just after his mother is buried...and thinks he's a girl.  Most people do. He thinks it's the pink hair.