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shima-draws · 1 year

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SO I just finished binging all of Romantic Killer bc it came up in my recommended. And oh my god I loved it so much;;

There’s definitely mixed reviews about it WHICH IS FAIR bc the premise is about a girl named Anzu who isn’t interested in romantic relationships but she then gets pushed into typical dating sim situations with Really Cute Boys in an effort to like. Force her into a relationship. And obv this kinda comes off as arophobic. But the fact that she so stubbornly refuses to partake and tries so hard to veer away from those situations makes it so fucking funny, especially when she rejects the boys with faces like this

And it turns out it’s really just a show about found family and overcoming trauma and developing healthy friendships with people and UGH. UGHHH it’s so good.

I actually adore Riri lmao they’re SUCH a little shit and I very much enjoy insanely chaotic characters like that. And we start off thinking okay wow this person’s kind of an asshole for forcing a girl to get a boyfriend by taking away her cat, her favorite hobby and her favorite snack, but then we find out OH, they’re just a cog in a corporate machine and they don’t really have much of a choice about it. And we slowly see Riri actually gain true affection for Anzu, and see how much they come to care about her as a person rather than just as a test subject, to the point of them actually breaking the rules of their contract just to make sure she’s safe. AND NOT JUST HER. They make sure the people she’s associated with are safe too, even if it risks them getting in Big Trouble with their boss. AND the fact that they canonically go by they/them pronouns but can ALSO transform into a boy or a girl depending on their preference, and they playfully flirt with Anzu in both forms?? It’s so good. Also thinking about the effort that Anzu goes through to make sure Riri gets to stick around;; like even tho she’d never admit it. She’s come to care for them too in some very strange way lol

And Junta;; the fact that Anzu is actually so concerned about him possibly being brainwashed into the position of childhood friend? Like she doesn’t immediately push him away or shut him down, she actually cares about him as a person and wants him to find happiness and wants to get him out of the situation she thinks he’s in. But then she finds out oh wait he actually IS a childhood friend. And he’s such a good boy. I love love LOVE how they handle the love triangle aspect in this, because obviously yes there’s a bit of jealousy, but not enough for things to get petty between him and Kazuki. They actually treat each other with respect and regard each other as friends and are kinda rooting for the other in their own way. Kind of “may the best man win” sort of thing. There’s no toxicity, there’s no classic “fighting over the female love interest” trope, they actually genuinely like each other after a bit of awkwardness enough to feel comfortable with living together and living with Anzu. They’re SO fucking sweet god dammit //shakes fists

(Honestly tho I really wish we got more episodes focused on Junta. Bc he really seemed like more of a background character and made the whole “love triangle” aspect not feel as prominent. Which is fine I guess?? But I felt so bad for him lmao)

And Kazuki 😭 My beloved. My poor sweet boy who deserves the world and everything in it. Just the build up. The subtle hints of his trauma that pop up every now and then. And when it all comes together you’re like oh!! Ohhh. THAT’S why he acts so aloof and cold all the time. THAT’S why he doesn’t like being the center of female attention. THAT’S why he gets distressed at things that, at first, seem so insignificant. THAT’S why he got attached to Anzu so quickly. And I love the way they handle his trauma, how they don’t make it seem any less important or alarming just because he’s a guy. And how Anzu’s there for him through everything 🤧 How she’s the person to pull him out of the darkness, how she stands up for him time and time again, how she just KNOWS when he’s uncomfortable and steps in to protect him. She ends up caring about him so much despite how they were set up to encounter initially. And he cares about her so much too. And I just 🥺 I care them

Also the fact how everyone came to help Kazuki when they found out what was going on. No judgement, no “you’re making this up”, no “isn’t this your fault to begin with?” They all just step in without even hesitating and support him through his trauma and immediately go “Okay we’ve got a problem so here’s our gameplan.” SEE. IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE FOUND FAMILY,

And one of my favorite things. Riri 🤝 Hijiri using their influence and power to protect both Anzu and Kazuki despite the risks to their reputation and social standing

OH AND I wanted to mention. I love that all of the classic romantic tropes i.e. something happening to your cute neighbor’s apartment so that they’re forced to live with you while it gets sorted out--those are generally really cheesy and make huge plot holes and don’t make ANY sense in the narrative. But that’s the thing about RK, they make it funny, yeah your cute boy neighbor’s apartment flooded bc we need him to come live with you. We did it with magic. Yes your childhood friend is living with you now bc we had a weirdo break into your apartment--with magic. So now he feels like he needs to stay with you and protect you. Yes you got hit by a car with a really rich boy inside and now he’s interested in you. We also did this with magic. Everything that would be regarded as a “coincidence” and is a badly written plot point just to push two characters together is actually explained through the hilarious concept of magic and I LOVE that it’s so fucking funny

Honestly this show is really up to interpretation too which I like a lot? Some people think hey yeah, maybe Anzu will end up with someone. Others say you know what the message here is that friendship is the most important thing and sometimes platonic relationships are better than romantic ones. The ending is pretty ambiguous so it could really go in any direction.

Anyway I have so much more to say but. Just watch Romantic Killer it’s really good thanks bye

(Trigger warnings include sexual harassment/assault, stalking, panic attacks/PTSD, and attempted murder, so please take care while watching <3)

#Romantic Killer #Romantic Killer spoilers #Anzu Hoshino #Riri #Tsukasa Kazuki #Junta Hayami #Shima speaks #Long post #I'M SORRY I JUST REALLY ENJOYED IT AND WANTED TO SHARE.#Anime recs #I love Kazuki so so so much #Probably bc he reminds me a LOT of Todoroki #Like. They have the same calm disposition and mannerisms #And they talk the same way too #I could not. Help but think of a BNHA crossover while I watched this. SORRY #But yeah it's so good 😭#Kazuki my sweet angel my cinnamon roll who's never done anything wrong in his life ever #Also lmao like. Love triangles yeah okay. But Anzu has TWO HANDS. So does Junta and Kazuki. LET THEM DATE.#Or at least be in a happy platonic relationship together

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ririinies · 2 months

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happy valentine's day 🦇

#riri's art #genshin impact #haikaveh #vampire au #sorta #kaveh #alhaitham #art #fanart #genshin fanart #10000% inspired by mignon please watch it it's so good

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ninjaaa-go · 2 months

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as someone who is very much on the aro spectrum I would just like to say, thank god for romantic killer

#it’s just such a great show #I just rewatched and episode and oh my god I forgot how good it is #an on top of being fantastic aro rep it’s just absolutely hilarious #and really sweet at times too #but I seriously don’t think I’ve laughed so much at any other show #anzu committing violence against riri will always be funny #anyway if you haven’t seen romantic killer do yourself a favor and check it out #romantic killer

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fang99o · 9 months

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insp by the tabiness fic strawberries and lemons which everyone should read RNN

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meloriri · 3 months

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AKECHI GORO — PERSONA 5 NAME ANALYSIS

Major p5r spoilers, minor “The Boy Detectives Club” spoilers.

First and foremost, I’m starting with Akechi because I thought his name was the most obvious, so I know the references in his name better. I will be making a post about Joker too, and hopefully more if I find enough material.

Akechi, meaning wisdom and intellect, Goro meaning “Fifth son.”

You might think that it was smart of the persona devs to name him Akechi for this reason, but it actually goes far deeper than that. (There’s reason for the name Goro too!)

(i promise this is relevant) Edogawa Rampo is a Japanese author who is highly important to mystery and thriller genre. He lived through the 19th-20th century and wrote many books considered classics.

Being a mystery writer, of course Edogawa had a main detective character. Known in the stories as “Japan’s greatest detective” is Akechi Kogoro, a private investigator inspired by Sherlock Holmes. That being said, naming your detective character “ Akechi” is pretty much equivalent to naming your detective character “Holmes.” Funny, right?

Akechi Kogoro is undeniable a genius, but quite eccentric. (For any BSD fans, the character Rampo is somewhat based off of Kogoro!) He appears in MANY of Edogawa’s books, as well as Edogawa’s juvenile fiction series, The Boy Detectives Club. Kogoro is a master of disguise, particularly good at disguising as young women. (Perhaps explaining Goro’s more typically effeminate appearance?)

Of course, Akechi Goro in Persona 5 is inspired by Akechi Kogoro, but it goes farther than that! I believe Goro is specifically based off of Kogoro in “The Fiend Of Twenty Faces,” the first book in Edogawa’s juvenile fiction series. The fiend of twenty faces is a gentleman thief based off of Arsène Lupin. I don’t want to spoil his name, So I’ll be calling the gentleman thief Kichi. Kichi and Kogoro have a relationship of mutual respect despite being rivals. Kichi is particularly well known for a character inspired by him, that character being Joker from Persona 5. I’d say Kichi is a notably worse person considering he threatened a group of ten year olds, but thats another story.

I won’t get too into whatever Kichi has going on since that’s more related to Joker than Goro, but you get the idea. Initially however, Kichi was going to be called “The phantom thief of twenty faces” but it was ruled out because… It wasn’t appropriate enough for kids..? Regardless, Joker and Goro are clear parallels to Kichi and Kogoro, from Mutual respect to their rather dramatic rivalry.

SECTION TWO - Akechi Goro & Akechi Mitsuhide

Goro’s name holds a genius double meaning — The other being historical figure Akechi Mitsuhide. Considering this is based on reality rather than fiction, this part may be a bit disturbing. I’ll be using Goro for Akechi Goro and Akechi for Akechi Mitsuhide, because it feels wrong to use his given name.

PS: Im a random canadian teenager, Please tell me if i got any history wrong!!!

Akechi was a samurai in the Sengoku period, but also a grand traitor. Best known as Oda Nobunaga(One of the three great unifiers of Japan)’s killer. Akechi was Oda’s bodyguard, but rebelled against him and forced him to commit seppaku, which is essentially suicide. Goro’s use of mental shutdowns is likely a reference to this, as is his rebellion against the Phantom Thieves.

SECTION THREE - Crow, Kuro, and Karasu.

Goro’s codename “Crow” is pronounced in Japanese as “Kuro”, which is “coincidentally” also the word for black. Because of this, as soon as the Black Mask was mentioned (i had already been spoiled on Goro’s codename) I immediately knew it was going to be him.

Crows represent misfortune and death, but also self-reflection and intelligence.

And finally, something that was most likely unintentional but I found funny nonetheless. When Akechi first teams up with the Phantom Thieves, he suggests his codename be “Karasu”, meaning crow. The other members suggest Crow instead since they all have english codenames. The first time (I think?) Joker is given an official name is in a spin-off manga, in which they call him Akira Kurusu. It probably means nothing, but I found the idea of codename Karasu working with Kurusu pretty funny, so I decided to mention it anyway.

That’s all I caught on to!! Let me know if I got anything wrong :)

#WAHHHH #So. many. words #i have so many thoughts on p5 naming choices….#persona 5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #goro akechi #akechi goro #edogawa rampo #character analysis #kind of ?#name analysis #joker persona 5 #i think goro is overrated just a lil secret….#but hes undeniable an excellently written character and his name references are SOOO good #classic lit mention and i go wild #cross posted on tiktok #riri ranting

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eluxcastar · 7 months

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Idk how interesting this information would be to anyone else but in my notes all of my reader characters have names so I can keep track of which one the notes belong to. There's only one exception and it's Pantalone's husband— he's just Loverboy 😭

#☆ — riri says.#it's a Queen reference #because I was like #Pantalone is so Killer Queen #he needs a Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy #and for some reason that stuck 😭#he doesn't even get a title #like in my One of Repetition notes I call the reader Brighella #he didn't get any of that #pantalone #pantalone x reader #pantalone x male reader #genshin impact #genshin #genshin impact x reader #genshin x reader

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xisanamii · 8 days

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"i want to give my blood and follow in your shadow."

i felt the need to doodle this scene from sannan-san hakumyu because like... it's just so endearing? shion's chizuru really captures the wholehearted dedicated pining she has for him in his route (i mean, you really gotta CHASE this man). honestly she's in top three of my favorite chizurus. and of course, teruma's sannan-san really did grow on me. i was used to mikata's sannan-san (since i'm a hakumyu boomer), but i adore both their portrayals and voices.

haven't drawn hakuouki in a hot minute, but it'll always have a special place in my heart.

#sannan keisuke #yukimura chizuru #hakuouki #hakumyu #sanchi #salmon arts #riri arts #honestly i could draw more from this musical but i chose the scene that isn't in the game but is unique to the performance #it was just... so good #i will say romance wise i felt it more from shion!chizuru than teruma!sannan-san but #it kinda fit the vibes #context so for some reason i've been just decided to keep playing the hakumyus in the background while i draw #i have looped sannan-san's hakumyu arc a billion times at this point #i still really do miss the original hakumyu cast members but the new ones have kinda grown on me #and in any case i have rewatched the older ones a lot too lmao #kazama-hen (first one) and heisuke-hen will always be my favorites #character wise sannan-san is still my bias tho lmao #well you already knew that if you've followed me for a while i'm just rambling for anyone new #anyway that's it i took a break to draw this scene because i felt the URGE #tsukikage no shou localization when?

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generallysapphic · 1 year

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okay y’all already know fr fr let’s talk about it !! this one is gonna be a doozy so if not tonight possibly tomorrow because i don’t have class tmr i just have work but it’s coming i promise ! also let me know if you want to be tagged, i already put down a few regulars so just let me know!

it’s gonna be a long one folks. remember what i said in the nsfw alphabet ? first session was 8 hours strong … yeah this is that 🫢

i’ll keep y’all posted!

#deijah talks #shuriri x reader #riri williams x reader #shuri x reader #trust me it’s coming i’m working as fast as i cannnn!!#i’m done with finals too so that’s good #it’s really just work right now that’s beating me up

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02x14 · 1 year

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crying because there's so much good scenes in wakanda forever I want to gif but I can't find a download

#wakanda forever #black panther 2 #mcu #like i wanna gif #shuri x namor #amd shuri x riri #and shuri & killmonger that one scene is so good #godddd #spoilers

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reckless-rider · 6 months

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hey!! i saw you liked romantic killer!! thats on my to watch list; do you mind telling me a little bit about it :3

OMG YES ITS MY COMFORT SHOW OMG!!! ITS SO SILLY <333

Ok its basically a reverse harem anime thats just oh so good omg

It's about a teenager named Anzu whose three favorite things are chocolate, video games, and her cat (Momohiki). So things happen and she ends up in a irl dating sim by a small little stress balled sized wizard named Riri. Who takes Anzu's favorite things away for the sake of romance.

Anyway to get her things back she needs to not fall in love and she just doesn't have an interest in dating. Riri makes her have these strange and silly situations with these "hot" guys. Anzu again has no interest in dating them but instead becoming great friends with them.

It shows how important platonic relationships are and Anzu is so aro/ace coded imo and they are just all in a platonic relationship trust me bro. But the last few episodes get pretty dark fyi (i won't spoil it but be careful around like ep 10)

#i really wish there was a second season #bc its so good #and i hope she doesn't end up with anyone in the long run #bc it wouldn't feel right imo #but i would love a riri stress ball lmao #anyway its super super good and super funny and i love kazuki <33 #romantic killer #asks #vinylbiohazard

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circeaianthe · 1 year

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petition to call junta, anzu, kazuki, and riri the roommates

#romantic killer #junta hayami #anzu hoshino #kazuki tsukasa #tsukasa kazuki #riri #hoshino anzu #hayami junta #this might just be my new favorite show #I’m serious it was so good please watch it

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wlwsuperheroine · 1 year

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Literally me right now with:

#black panther #wakanda forever #shuri #riri williams #lunella lafayette #moon girl and devil dinosaur #basically black genius marvel girlies #also reexploring rick riordan books #especially magnus chase series I really wana get to know alex fierro #and surprisingly the new casting of Annabeth gave us some really good art #and puss in boots #shrek basically but I’m fixating on puss #i saw one of artwork of him as a hispanic young woman and that’s literally all i can think about when he appears on the screen #i’m so lost

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i-am-just-a-girli · 1 month

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Relationship advice please?

I started dating this Tumblr mutual in Jan 2024 he talked to me really nicely and gave me time for the 2 months everything was perfect uk but then March came and he doesn't give me time . He has University and also works so I give him his space but on the weekends aswell he doesn't talk much.

Well have you talked to him about it? If you haven't yet then you certainly should. Tell him how you feel and then see.

From his POV, it's understandable since he has uni + he works so maybe he wants his space or rest so he doesn't talk much but then again, if he can't handle being in a relationship along with managing all that then he shouldn't have entered into one.

So talk to him and see how he does from now on, if he still doesn't change or put in any effort then you should probably ask for a break and then use that to focus on yourself and try to figure things out. And then take your final decision.

Hope it helps!