Story 1: Heart-wrenching?! Heart-wrenching… Heart-wrenching? Whose heart was wrenched during that first story? I felt like we were ok with the pacing until Murasaki kicked Tsukumo out, then everything afterwards felt like it was moving too fast. Despite both their loneliness being shown, the dramatic conflict didn't “wrench” me at all and it felt like we were just getting info dumped.
My heart was very whelmed, matter of fact.
Story 2: … Sure, man. Whatever. I checked it when I realized this was just porn anyway.