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Sakura and Syaoran - Cardcaptor Sakura

Princess Sakura and Syaoran - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Kobato and Fujimoto - Kobato

Same poses, similar faces by CLAMP for their couples.

I love them so so much !!! I never really got into clear card but these three and their story will always be very special to me.

#clamp #cardcaptor sakura #kobato #tsubasa reservoir chronicles #this.... fuck..... #them..... #💙💙💙💙💙 #ah love #my otps

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BSD Drama CDs Masterlist

Due to post limitations I had to move this section from the main bsd masterpost to its own post. Now updated to include the complete album track listings and character songs, as well as new translations. Please listen to the Chuuya / Akutagawa / Kajii dramas, they're too good to miss.

• Drama CD 1: Somewhat Extraordinary Days (playlist)     1. Swept Away by the River, Dazai Osamu and One Person More (translation)     2. A Bored Famous Detective (translation)     3. Forgot the Request (translation)     4. Yosano Akiko's Heart-Pounding Dissection Works (translation) • Character Song Mini Album Vol.1     1. Young Boy, Run Under the Moonlight (Atsushi's character song)     2. The Detective Agency During a Publicity Conference!? (translation)     3. Goodbye to the Attempt on Eternity (Dazai's character song)      4. Kunikida's Critical Moment!?      5. Unclouded by my Ideals (Kunikida's character song) • Character Song Mini Album Vol.2      1. Labyrinth Deciphering Game (Ranpo's character song)      2. Return of the Detective's Good Mood (no translation avaible :( )     3. The Way of Honest People (Kenji's character song)     4. The Port Mafia Did Something Wrong!?     5. Bewitching Screens (Tanizaki's character song) • Character Song Mini Album Vol.3      1. From the Trembling Dark World (Akutagawa's character song)      2. Kajii's Science of Cooking!? // Alternative translation      3. DARKNESS MY SORROW (Chuuya's character song)      4. Lunch Time, Accidental Mischief (part 1) (part 2)      5. An Inquiry Into Irreversible Phenomena, With Specific Regard to Changes of State (Kajii's character song) • Short Drama: Welcome to Hot Springs (Armed Detective Agency) • Short Drama: Welcome to Hot Springs (Port Mafia)

#bungou stray dogs #drama cd

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Not anime Saori embracing godhood because she thought that would make Seiya smile at her more, because Seiya actually cared for Athena and not Saori Kido, I—

#what the fuck what the fuck what thw fuck no what the fucfjk #saint seiya #😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Look it's been way too long since I read tsubasa but these gay vamp twins have constantly haunted me for like a decade now...

I don't remember if The Past with seishirou is ever defined (what happened, why the beef etc etc) but my hc about that would be-

seishirou's life was in danger and subaru gave his blood for saving him. His life is saved and now he wants ???? but kamui clocked that he is bad news and will ultimately lead to subaru being harmed. So they run. Plot twist: the whole life in danger thing is also just a part of This Bitch's plan to get subaru.

#tsubasa reservoir chronicles #subaru sumeragi #seishirou sakurazuka #tokyo babylon

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New Akatsuki no Yona in Chinese outfit theme illustration x EEO STORE.

#akatsuki no yona #them!!!! #💙💙💙💙

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General Tsubasa/xxxHolic Line-Up

Considering the series has been done for a while and there are sequels coming, I’m probably a bajillion years late with this, but! I constructed a list of where Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and xxxHolic cross over. I couldn’t find a list online that met my needs, so I made two of my own. Here is the very simple, non-spoilery version.

Tsubasa 1 with xxxHolic vol 1 and 2:

Tsubasa 3 with xxxHolic 3

Tsubasa 5 with xxxHolic 4

Tsubasa 6 with xxxHolic 4

Tsubasa 7 with xxxHolic 5

Tsubasa 9 with xxxHoli 6.

Tsubasa 10 with xxxHolic 6.

Tsubasa 11 with xxxHolic 7

Tsubasa 12 with xxxHolic 7

Tsubasa 15 with xxxHolic 9

Tsubasa 17 with xxxHolic 10.

Tsubasa 18 with xxxHolic 11

Tsubasa 20 with xxxHolic 12

Tsubasa 22 with xxxHolic 13

Tsubasa 23 with xxxHolic 14

Tsubasa 26 with xxxHolic 14 

Tsubasa 27 with xxxHolic 15

Tsubasa 28 with xxxHolic 16

Post-Tsubasa (or Tsubasa World Chronicle) adventure referenced in xxxHolic 16 as well. 

#clamp #useful #reference

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#winx club #yeah yeah i know not anime #fanart #!!!! #💙💙💙💙💙💙 #oh this is soooo different!! and soooo goooooddddd 💙💙💙💙 #thank you op for the blessing #stella is giving me some kinda Feelings

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fukuzawa yukichi, age 30+, father of three

#bungou stray dogs #bsd #fanart #!!! #oh my godddddd 💙💙💙💙 #i am getting suffocated by this cuteness #oda with his curry #and the two gremlins 💙💙

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what we couldve had 😔😔

#bungou stray dogs #bsd #fanart #!!! #💙💙💙💙💙💙 #it's the alternate universe ada!! #hilarious

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#clamp #tsubasa reservoir chronicles #fanart #💙💙💙 #gorgeous gorgeous fanart #ohhhhhh 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 #tsubasa chronicle

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More artworks from CLAMP for Yuzuru Hanyu's GIFT ice Story book

#clamp #ahhh #yuzuru hanyu #💙💙💙💙💙 #now this. this is my infinity war what's marvel?

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what made you fall for chuuya?

LOADED QUESTION

let's go through this step by step

1.) his design. there's so much to talk about there!

One thing I really appreciate about harukawa's costume designs is that despite the series taking place in 2010ish, the main cast's outfits have a very old fashioned vibe. like they're from the mid-20th century. very fitting considering that the bsd world is just recovering from a World War event. So we always get a really interesting mix of different time periods when it comes to the fashion in the series.

So i like the classy, timeless aesthetic of the design as i do with most of the characters but i also appreciate how ... punk it its? Like the gloves, the belts, the tie with the buckle, the hat, the FREAKING CHOKER. let's remember that chuuya was a teenager during the 2000s and then look at the edgier elements of his fancy executive outfit

so many layers! so many accessories!!!!!! there's so much happening here but it doesn't look like too much. But the hat especially, it's a really fun call back to the namesake poet but it's such a good identifiable part, instantly makes his silhouette interesting. The big cape/coat too, and to a lesser extent the gloves and cuffed sleeves are really cool features for his silhouette. shame they got rid of the belt and hat chain for the anime. i'm also a weirdo who finds drawing the hat fun

Overall I like his color palette. i'm a bigbigbig fan of warm tones and red/orange color schemes, and chuuya's is that but darker and muted. very nice to look at. I like his hair especially, I like that its long but not really long like when harukawa draws it. I like that he has a weird haircut. I spent a lot of time staring at it to figure out the mechanics of it but settled on 'it looks nice!' I like the color harukawa uses for it the most, a really dull red, bordering on light brown. it's so nice.

2.) his personality!

He acts so cocky, and overconfident. It's fun that he's so expressive. you'd think that a person in his occupation should maintain stoicism (which he can! he's so good at deception if 15, sb and meursault have shown us anything) but i think it's so interesting that he chooses to be more emotive with his expressions.

I think it's interesting that he chooses to be honest and try to play fair against his opponents even though it would be easier to just decimate them without talking things out, (even though that has seriously put him at a disadvantage. i'm thinking about how much easier it would have been for him if he just bust down the hospital and had his squad rush the ada in cannibalism instead of giving them a chance to negotiate). it's cool how he uses earnestness to trick people into thinking they've got an upper hand over him, like in 15-stormbringer. (on that topic though it is rough that he got matched up against ranpo in cannibalism LMAO)

I like how childish and snarky he gets with Dazai. i like how he tries to put on a totally cool put together energy infront of his colleagues (and kenji who's a fan). i like how he looks so done and ever suffering when he's with mori. i like how when he tries trying to put on a neutral face hoshikawa and harukawa draw him looking a little tired and melancholy. just a little extra on the eyebags

Stormbringer chuuya's probably the most compelling to me. If there's one thing that you have to understand about chuuya's character, it's that he's at his core a deeply sad person. <-His ability is called "for the tainted sorrow" after all (delightfully edgy name too btw. it's so dramatic.)

I think a lot of misconceptions about his character come from the fact that despite seeming to be relatively straightforward outwards, he's full of contradictions. If he's happy he'll play it off as aloofness, fear he'll turn to anger, when he's really angry he'll choose not to act on it, and he'll push down his sorrow and grief and make it seem like he's fine and everything is fine. Stormbringer was like an insane crash course in compartmentalization and chuuya went from being consumed by his hopelessness to 'ah guess it doesn't matter.' like damn bro, you actually doing good or are you just saying it?

bonus but i think it's really under talked about how easily he puts on masks. especially cheerful ones because he's got that too. the parallels between him and dazai are insane...

i think about the arcade confrontation scene in the fifteen manga and the tunnel fight too much.

Anyways here's some more chuuya expressions from the mangas because he's got so many good ones and ilovehim

2.5) fun entrances and his not-quite-villainy

I know asagiri has totally abandoned the idea of the Port Mafia being actual villains, but as an antagonist, Chuuya is,,,,,,,, he qualifies because he's in the Port Mafia, i think.

Every time he shows up, he's usually only there to help the ada in a terribly roundabout way (usually on mori's orders). The only time he was genuinely a threat to our heroes was cannibalism . . but he seriously dropped the ball there lmao XD Even though he's a criminal and enjoys a good fight it's nice how killing people and overpowering his enemies isn't really his first option, even though that'd be so easy for him. this one exchange of him and mori is so funny for that reason too, chuuya is so alarmed

another thing i really really find fascinating is how during the Guild Arc, Atsushi got the idea of teaming up with the Port Mafia because he saw Chuuya and Black Lizard defending the streets of Yokohama. It's like Asagiri was literally waving to us and saying hey hey hey they aren't the bad guys and you should want them to succeed.

i hope chuuya and atsushi can meet. they're my favorites.

Overall i think despite him having a limited pagetime, I think it's all used very very effectively (except in cannibalism. but that's a different story). A lot of his actions ultimately aid the heroes more than anything, which is cool for a character who's apparently a key member of the enemy org.

anyways.

3.) his BACKSTORY. strap in.

context time!!!!! when i was first reading bsd (reading bc I started with the manga) i was still mainly hyperfixated on Evangelion and this is very very very relevant.

Neon Genesis Evangelion IF YOU DON'T KNOW (why are you following me if you didn't actually) is a psychological horror disguised as a scifi-mecha anime. It focuses a lot about grief and depression and messed up interpersonal relationships. but it's story is about child soldiers, government exploitation, war trauma, human experimentation etc and the likes. And so to put it REALLY SIMPLY, Chuuya's reminds me of Asuka and Rei and that's one reason why i really hooked onto him. I've joked that he could be a strayed Eva pilot but i am being genuine.

So now that THAT's out of the way. Fifteen & Stormbringer are a very very well crafted side story/prequels that gives a lot of insight to the BSD universe and really narrows in on some of the horror of this world. And I think Asagiri did a very good job with integrating this overarching lore with Chuuya's story arc, and also pacing out these releases. So.. lemme give you a play by play on how I got through this

Chuuya I think was set up from the very start to have a lot of mystery surrounding him. When we first meet him he's a cocky little shit but you're also wondering, "He's dazai's ex-partner? what did that entail? what did they go through?" And then the Lovecraft fight happens and now you're thinking "what the FUCK is corruption and WHY the fuck is corruption?" So you're casually making your way through Bungo Stray Dogs not really seeing much of him until you realize that the light novels exist so time for Fifteen!

And honestly the twist in Fifteen really DID get me too because at that point I started reading Chuuya kinda like. kinda like Naruto, lmao. The "I am Arahabaki" moment was wonderful. But there's something actually horrifying about that scene as well, the way his entire face becomes blacked out when he confesses that he's the one they've been running around looking for for the entire book. the way he completely rejects his own humanity, the way he fights with his hands in his pockets because it puts him at a disadvantage? the way he really does think he's nothing but his powers and the singularity inside him.

^^ something that's really really interesting is that despite being so strong, chuuya sorta sabotages himself a LOT. I do think some of that is intentional but hmmm different story but the abridged version is that even though he feels like he needs to have control over himself, I think he does want others to take that control away from him. And also Chuuya's loyalty , which is his key trait, is really rooted in who takes care of him. So he lets the Sheep take advantage of him, because they took him in, and he chooses the Port Mafia bc they gave him stability and defended him. He 'forgives' Verlaine because Verlaine wanted to do what he thought was best for him. He trust's Dazai with his life because Dazai validated his humanity. ,,

okay so anyways. nothing can begin to explain the sheer brain rot i got over Storm Bringer. Genuinely the most insane thing i've ever read in my life. Especially the lab parts with N, fundamentally altered my brain chemistry. I literally cannot think about chuuya without thinking about it. It's like, psychological horror story and a buddy cop story and a tragedy and a coming of age and the most sci-fi that bsd has ever gotten and it's so much. it's so so so much. wat?

Fifteen-Stormbringer is what REALLY got me hooked on Chuuya's character. Like he was intriguing for me until this, and I'm a weirdo who doesn't always latch onto characters based on vibes alone so i needed A Reason to like him as much as i do and i found it soooooo

4. conclusion! but not really i'm GOING to keep rambling about him in other posts lmao ;D

Chuuya might be a side character but he has SUCH a presence. I have a huge soft spot for protagonist type of characters, i'm a little basic like that but most of my favorites from a lot of fandoms are usually the main characters. And Chuuya might not be the protagonist but he is definitely the hero of another story in a way...

I think i kin him a little bit. maybe a little i can't really tell. Not self aware enough for that 🤔 you tell me.

Asagiri and Harukawa really hit the jackpot with him though

#bungo stray dogs #bsd #really interesting!!!

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The scene where Kunikida and dazai swap places remains the most iconic thing like THEY DID THAT!!!!!

#bungou stray dogs #ATE THAT SHIT UP #<- prev THEY DID THEY DIDDDD #THEY CAME THEY SERVED ABSOLUTE CUNT THEY LEFT

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ℙ𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕄𝕒𝕗𝕚𝕒 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕚 𝕆𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕚

#bungou stray dogs #bsd #mori ougai #oh this scene slaps!!! so!!! hard!!! #The Reveal The Drama #the essential episode where the protagonist meets the antagonist without recognition and hate

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[1]

Chapitre 190 - Those Who Know The World

Ohohoho I see how it is Clamp.

It’s Gay Vampire Photoshoot Part 2: this time with The Problematic fave of all time.

Aka IN HIS CLUTCHES. 

A lot of the imagery is very similar to last time we did this (187?), so I won’t go back over that, but what I WILL say is having these two pose together here in the final arc with their entire storyline completely unresolved is SUCH a power move! Go Clamp give us nothing!

Then again, the splash text reads something along the lines of:

They knew that the time

when they would see each other once more

was not too far away

So maybe it will happen! Either way you can SEE who's excited about this and who isn't.

It's GOOD. The visible contrast!! Seishirou is cradling Subaru’s arm and leaning into his touch, clearly happy to be there, but Subaru is not mirroring his smile - and their faces aren't aligned either, they're at different angles despite both looking right at the camera. Subaru’s not even trying to touch him - Seishirou is drawing him in, forcing the distance between them to close.

Their visual styles don’t align either - they both wear black with white accents, but Seishirou’s are straight lines while Subaru’s are all curves and angles. They’re mismatched, and it’s easy to see that only one of them actually wants this scenario to occur. And it’s WILD that Seishirou can make even THIS pose look predatory. He’s INSIDE the circle of Subaru’s vampire claws. He’s INCHES away from an accidental finger twitch slicing him right open. Subaru doesn’t even want to BE there, even as he hovers over him like the archetypal vampire predator that his twin was so good at emulating. And EVEN THEN, despite the powerlessness that the position should bring, Seishirou is still completely in control here. HE’S pulling Subaru closer and taking the affection he wants, even though it would traditionally be the other way around.

Poor Subaru!

#clamp #tsubasa reservoir chronicles #If you can’t catch up to your fleeing love interest in canon #Then store bought is fine! #ashdkgjlflhkp #tasty tasty analysis of the bare crumbs of content for them that clamp decides to bestow on us #honestly I just want to lock this bitch seishirou with the bitch seishirou that was in tb/x just to see both of them get irritated

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Glen Murakami’s 2003 Teen Titans vs. DCAU’s 2001 Justice League 2004 Paradise Toronto Comicon program book cover (2004)

[the artist Tim Levins made a humorous comment about the people criticized his artwork over giving the characters smiling on their facial expressions:

“although lots of people have complained about how everyone in the picture is smiling. Guess I should’ve added some blood in there somewhere…” ~ Tim Levins ]

Art by: Tim Levins and xl99

#yeah yeah i know not anime #justice league #teen titans #dcau #dc comics

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#clamp #tokyo babylon #fanart #💙💙💙💙 #both of them!! their expressions!!!! #*chefs kiss*