For whatever reason, I am listening to Love Cook by Ai Otsuka again. And it is making me feel really nostalgic. I mean, more nostalgic than I normally feel, which is saying quite a bit, I think. So I spent a good ten minutes trying to figure out just what I was feeling nostalgic about, and I think I've figured it out.

Last summer. o__O It doesn't seem like it's been long enough to feel nostalgic about it, but apparently it is. I miss the warmth and the way I could leave my windows open and get fresh air. I miss the way everything in my room was pushed to the middle, because I was repainting. I miss going on ridiculously long walks with my dog because I had nothing else to do. I miss being such a shitty writer that I could read anything and love it (I'm still pretty bad, but for some reason, my standard for reading has gone up--how troublesome, right?).

I had just discovered Tezuka/Fuji when I listened to this album the most, so I barreled through tezukafuji, too. And I loved every single one of those fics. Every single one, even though I can't seem to stand reading half of them anymore. I miss that a lot. There also may have been a brief fling with TezuRyo before I got into TezuFuji, but other than that... These songs make me miss having so much to read.

Oh, and that was also when I was breezing through the actual manga, too. And I loved it. I absolutely adored Echizen and I cheered for him and I wanted him to win. I flipped right through everyone else's matches; they didn't matter. I hated it when Tezuka left, because he was the only other character I even kind of liked. Fuji... I didn't even notice Fuji until the very end, in his match against Shiraishi. I miss that. I mean, actually liking the canon.