Nishida Shin

Today's post was another request from the shoutbox. From the anime Jigoku Shoujo, or Hell Girl's third season, fourth episode. I'd never watched the show before, but it definitely looks interesting.

Don't let the tied up bishie scare you. This post is really about the guy who rescues him. For future reference though, this is Yukawa and he gets bullied a lot because he's basically a pushover pussy.

Three punks tie him up naked outside and throw snowballs at him. Er, snowballs with rocks inside. Jerks! But then . . .

This guy shows up.

Nishida Shin. He's on the kendo team and has a super manly voice actor.

After he scares them off, he helps Yukawa down . . .

You can't tell from this screenshot, but Yukawa is totally blushing the whole time. Can't really blame him, because Nishida is HUNKY.

This is Nishida's "come hither" look.

But Nishida mistakes Yukawa's blush for body-image embarrassment. So he shrugs off part of his kendo uniform to show that he's also smooth-skinned, even at the ripe old age of (gasp!) 22. Well, they are both Japanese. Hah! Hah!

He has a manly laugh with himself while Yukawa stands there awkwardly all naked. In winter. Er, he is probably Very Cold.

Anyway, the two soon become fast friends! They do everrrrything together.

Yukawa even travels with Nishida to cheer during his kendo matches. Then hang out together in the locker-room. (lucky bitch!)

Nishida was talking about how smooth he was before, but check out those hairy arms.

The two have this whole conversation with Nishida shirtless and Yukawa obviously noticing his shirtlessness. You'll just have to take my word that they were bashfully flirting the whole time.

Yukawa is all awkward about it because he probably thinks Nishida won't feel the same way, but Nishida obviously knows what he's doing when he calls Yukawa cute. The stammering afterwards is adorable!

Then he asks him out on a date.

This is when the episode gets REALLY gay. The pictures speak for themselves.

You have no idea how nice it was to watch an honest-to-god gay romance happen here. This isn't a gay/yaoi show, it's just a regular anime. A mature, horror anime, yeah, but I was still touched by how well they handled it. One half of the pair is even bara! That just . . . usually doesn't happen.

TOO BAD IT WAS NOT TO LAST.

After Nishida, er, fails to try and fight crime while riding the bus, Yukawa condemns his soul to hell. Yeah, WTF. I guess stuff like this happens a lot on the show. I dunno.

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