Yes, I registered just so I could commend Live-Evil on the job you're doing in fansubbing Yawara. Thank you so much for picking this up and subbing what should be called a classic of the seinen sports genre.
Incidentally, does anyone get the feeling that Ginban Kaleidoscope was written as a response to Yawara? Tazusa is aggressive, cocky, and usually angry, has no doubts about wanting to win a gold medal in figure skating, and doesn't strive at all to find a man and be a "normal" Japanese woman (Pete finds her, after all). Plus Tazusa's rival, while beautiful, is very yassashi and not at all boastful as Sayaka is on her humblest of days. Though I sing Yawara's praises, you have to admit that the show is a bit, err, dated as far as gender expectations go. It's likely that Ginban Kaleidoscope was written by women who felt a need to strike back at Yawara's 1980s sensibilities. That is, a female Olympic-level athlete can be Yawara's personality opposite and still gain a following, as well as a man. Err, sort of (watch the series to see what I mean).
