Winter Cicada: Difference between revisions

* [[Boys Love Genre]]

* [[Conflicting Loyalty]]: Set during the great Boshin civil war in Japan (1864 to 1869). Akizuki is on the isolationist side (expel foreigners and keep the Shogunate system) and Kusaka is on the imperialist side (open the borders and embrace modern culture). Somewhat subverted in that both main characters want to keep the borders open

* {{spoiler|[[Death Is Dramatic]]: Understatement.}}

* [[Death Seeker]]: Akizuki.

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death With Dignity]]: This is what Aizawa convinces Akizuki he must do and hands him a knife to commit seppuku.}}

* [[Gayngst]]: The two lovers cannot be together because of social circumstances (from being on opposing sides during the Boshin War to the typical prejudices against homosexuality).

* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Kusaka while fighting in the war. One wonders how in the heck they could even fight with those helmet-hair thingies.

* [[Jidai Geki]]: The arc is set in the Bakumatsu/early Meiji era.