Sasameki Koto

Whispered Words
ささめきこと
Kamisama to Dance

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Synopsis

Sumika Murasame is not a cute girl. Nicknamed "Violence Murasame" by her peers, the tall and imposing Sumika shows little signs of femininity. And unfortunately for Sumika, her best friend and crush, Ushio Kazama, only likes cute girls. Ushio loves to gush about her endless crushes, completely oblivious to Sumika's feelings. During their first year of high school, Sumika and Ushio encounter Tomoe Hachisuka and Miyako Tamae, two other girls of a similar orientation. Desiring to start a club for "girl-loving girls," the group attempts to find a fifth member and get their club approved. Though Sumika has some reservations about the purpose of the club, she recognizes this as an opportunity to get closer to Ushio and resolve her unrequited love. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shot: Volume 6: Kamisama to Dance

Publication notes

Sasameki Koto was published in English as Whispered Words by One Peace Books as 3-in-1 omnibus volumes from May 13, 2014 to March 17, 2015.

Published

Jan 27, 2007 to Sep 27, 2011

Authors

Ikeda, Takashi

External links

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Adaptation

Sasameki Koto (anime)

Main characters

Sumika Murasame215 fan favorites
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Height: 175 cm Sumika is in love with her best friend, Ushio. Much to Sumika's dismay, Ushio only likes cute girls. While the athletic, sarcastic and long-legged Sumika is just not cute. She wishes she were born the kind of girl one wants to protect, while being a little shorter and maintaining a little clumsiness, but it's a lost cause. Sumika loves karate, but gave up practicing it formally because it was "uncute". She is prone to jealousy as she is forced to watch Ushio crush again and again on girls who cannot return a mutual feeling. Sumika always ends up patching up her broken heart as her feelings always end up unrequited. Despite her own feelings, Sumika wants Ushio to be happy and wishes her friend could find love, even if it's not with her.
Ushio Kazama50 fan favorites
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Ushio is the best friend of Sumika, the protagonist, and always has been —oblivious to Sumika's feelings for her (though she does at one point recognize that Sumika is in love, and feels guilty, even, for not realizing it sooner; she just doesn't understand that it's her Sumika feels that way with). Ushio has made it clear that Sumika isn't her type; Ushio's "type" consists of —cute— girl; small and feminine and innocently curious, the kind one would want to protect, and Sumika far from falls into that category. Ushio is constantly falling for girls like that —only to find her crushes unrequited again and again, leaving Sumika to end up consoling her when her heart breaks. She wishes just once that she could find a girl who would return her feelings. Her spirits are lifted, however, upon a lesbian couple in her class forming the Girls Club for women interested in women with her and Sumika (and her straight friend Kiyori, who goes along with the idea due to make the necessary number of people needed to form a club). Ushio lives only with her brother (a yuri novelist, ironically enough); her parents, she says, are "gone", her place a mess because of this. She seems to have gotten over what happened, for the most part, in the story.