#The Morose Mononokean

[iyashikei-tournament]

Welcome to round one of the Iyashikei Tournament! Matchups were chosen randomly, and are listed below! Best of luck to all of our contestants, the polls will be up within a day or two!

Tanaka-kun is Always Listless vs Tamako Market

Hakumei and Mikochi vs Barakamon

Gakuen Babysitters vs Sweetness and Lightning

Yama no Susume vs My Roommate is a Cat

Kino's Journey vs Yokohama Shopping Log

Flying Witch vs Natsume's Book of Friends

Nekogami Yaoyorozu vs Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar

Kobato vs Let's Make a Mug, too!

A Place Further than the Universe vs The Morose Mononokean

Mokke vs Shimanami Tasogare

Girls' Last Tour vs Poco's Udon World

Aria vs March Comes in like a Lion

Laid Back Camp vs Non non biyori

Play it Cool, Guys! vs Silver Spoon

Super Cub vs Bartender

Deaimon vs Mushishi

#tanaka kun is always listless #tamako market #hakumei to mikochi #barakamon #gakuen babysitters #sweetness and lightning #yama no susume #my roommate is a cat #kino's journey #yokohama shopping log #flying witch #natsume yuujinchou #nekogami yaoyorozu #tiny snow fairy sugar #kobato #let's make a mug too #a place further than the universe #the morose mononokean #mokke #shimanami tasogare #girls last tour #poco's udon world #aria #march comes in like a lion #sangatsu no lion #non non biyori #yuru camp #cool doji danshi #silver spoon #bartender

[choujinx]

FUKIGEN NA MONONOKEAN (2013-2021) by kiri wazawa

#fukigen na mononokean #the morose mononokean #mangaedit #cat #monochrome #aesthetic #manga #*anto

[goodwhump-temp]

Ashiya Hanae Whump | Morose Mononokean

1x01 Possessed, headache+nausea+fatigue wombo-combo x9, collapses x7, nurses station x2, dizzy, pinned 1x02 Loud noise, tackled/possessed, dragged, scared, kicked 1x03 Exhausted, crying x2, legs fallen asleep 1x04 Underworld sickness, knocked down, pinned 1x05 Hit with bottle 1x06 Suffocating hug, headbutted 1x07 Headache 1x08 Shin hits rock 1x10 Unconscious, forehead flicked, crying 1x11 Crying, yokai blind, sad 1x13 Scared-unconscious

2x01 Scared x4 2x02 Scared, knocked down, motionsick, smacked, bad tummy ache :(, unconscious 2x03 Embarassed, Ep.2 sickness flashback, headbanging railing, freaking out, subconsciously ignored 2x04 Legs kicked 2x05 Paralyzed x2, choking/actually dying, traumatized, 2x06 Dizzy x3, jumpscared x4, PTSD, entranced, kicked, gutpunched 2x07 Beaten w/ pillow, scared x3 2x09 Possessed, weak, father lore 2x13 Spider bite, extreme pain, unconscious x2, restrained, possessed, bloody nose, collapse

#whump #emotional whump #whump list #whumplist #anime whump #ashiya whump #ashiya hanae #ashiya hanae whump #morose mononokean #morose mononokean whump #the morose mononokean

[ryustories]

A: Fukigen na Mononokean | The Morose Mononokean

"Most people in this world can't see yokai. As long as they're here, they're alone. So when he met someone who didn't ignore him, he was happy."

#the morose mononokean #fukigen na mononokean #ashiya hanae #abeno haruitsuki #ashiya #abeno #moja #anime #gif #anigif #ryustories #sushisweetie

[arsonmurderandjaywalking]

I'm still not over this. what do you mean Itsuki has a family that is alive and well. I thought he like. logically had to be an orphan. because otherwise what the hell did his family think was happening when Aoi picked him up. and what do they think of how he's been acting ever since Aoi got infected. everything points to him having actually lived full-time in the underworld when he was younger. that lasted for at minimum a handful of months, maybe over a year. and we can infer that they don't believe in youkai due to his whole deal about humans never being able to understand youkai which we know comes from somewhere. so what the hell do these people think happened to their child who was missing for months and then (probably) suddenly returned to them but continued to have one foot out of the door for as long as he lived under their roof and at one point he probably tried to tell them that he could see youkai. what do you do in this situation

#kiri wazawa. kiri wazawa please pick up my calls. I need you to answer me #how much do you wanna bet that he goes no contact the second hes able to. because he absolutely does #fukigen na mononokean #the morose mononokean #fukimono

[ruanbaijie]

F is for FUKIGEN NA MONONOKEAN @animangacreators challenge 3 ✧ alphabet challenge

#amcalphabet #fukigen na mononokean #fnmedit #the morose mononokean #dailyanimegifs #animeedit #anisource #dailyanime #fyanimegifs #*gfx

[carrotcouple]

My favorite thing about Ashiya Hanae is the inherent unsettling-ness of him that is actually not around that often.

#fukigen na mononokean #the morose mononokean #fnm #tmm #ashiya hanae #hanae ashiya #sunny arts #this is kind of my first time sharing a gif esque #or animation esque thing #i also think tumblr just shot the quality so i'm going to scream #i haven't read the manga in so long #i need to #i'm trying to draw a series of protagonists in #mangas rooted in japanese mythology #for myself you know cause i'm a nerd #next up is natsume takashi

[skiesbun]

I don't know about you all but in my mind they're already married. I CAN'T GET OVER THIS BITTERSWEET ENDING PLS 😭

HARUITSUKI AND HANAE MY BABIES 😭 THEY'RE THE LOVE STORY THAT'S WAITING TO HAPPEN

#abeshiya #fukigen na mononokean #the morose mononokean #mononokean manga #abeno x ashiya #abeno haruitsuki #ashiya hanae #they deserve their happy ending #they deserve to be together #they deserved the fucking world #they are everything to me

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

#the morose mononokean #fukigen na mononokean #anime #polls

[romana-colasour]

—So… I feel like betting on zero. That idiot can’t die.

Fukigen na Mononokean - Chapter 73

#digital art #manga coloring #fukigen na mononokean #abeno haruitsuki #the morose mononokean #ramblings: #coloring panels is so quick and easy~ #I’ve mainly colored covered pages in the past #and on one occasion i tried to do a paneled page #but it was harder than a cover #i maynever post that one #mainly cause it’s extra content that the mangaka didn’t want distributed #i just really wanted to color it because #it makes me mentally insane #also back to fukinamono #i really wanted to color just Itsuki #but most of covers are full color already

[choujinx]

FUKIGEN NA MONONOKEAN (2013-2021) by kiri wazawa

#fukigen na mononokean #the morose mononokean #abeno haruitsuki #ashiya hanae #mojja #mangaedit #*anto

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group E Round 2: #E7 vs #E3

#E7: Teenage boys use empathy to solve problems for youkai

#E3: Sending us penguins will NOT fix our terminally ill sister, but thanks anyways

Details and poll under the cut!

#E7: The Morose Mononokean (Fukigen na Mononokean)

Summary:

Without realizing it, a high schooler named Ashiya Hanae shows kindness to a youkai and is subsequently possessed by it on the first day of class. The spirit clings to his shoulder, making him progressively sicker each day. After a week of collapsing on his way into school, Ashiya notices a “Help Wanted” flyer for an exorcism service in the nurse’s office. Desperate, he calls the service, only to find that it is run by his grumpy classmate.

Abeno Haruitsuki prefers youkai to humans, sleeps through class, and is the master of a sentient tea room called the Mononokean, where youkai come for help with their problems. It turns out that they’re mostly benign, and exorcising them to the Underworld is safer for them. Ashiya convinces Abeno to exorcise the spirit possessing him, but Abeno demands he work part-time for the Mononokean as repayment. Abeno’s intimate knowledge of the spirit world and Ashiya’s empathetic nature form a great contrast as they work together.

Propaganda:

The Morose Mononokean is a beautifully written and animated coming-of-age story— with youkai, which can only ever make a piece of media better. The characters, both human and youkai, are fully three-dimensional, and although there isn’t much of an overarching plot in the first season/early manga chapters, the episodic stories contribute to the growth of both Ashiya and Abeno; their juxtaposed methods of problem-solving, and the way they affect and learn from each other’s perspectives as they become closer, are very satisfying both to analyze and to experience on an emotional level. Beyond the writing, the art is outstanding as well. The designs for the youkai characters are frequently adorable, occasionally terrifying, and always quite original, brilliantly incorporating characteristics of existing creatures in novel ways. The occasional visits to the Underworld are always a visual treat, with vibrant colors and a unique animation style painting the backdrop. Both the art and the characters are delightful and moving, and the OP is a banger. As a connoisseur of urban fantasy, Fukigen na Mononokean’s focus on emotion over action has made it my all-time favorite anime in the genre.

Trigger Warnings: None.

#E3: Mawaru Penguindrum

Summary:

For the Takakura family, destiny is an ever-spinning wheel, pointing passionately in their direction with equal tides of joy and sorrow before ticking on to the next wishmaker. With their parents gone, twin brothers Kanba and Shouma live alone with their beloved little sister Himari, whose poor health cannot decline any further.

On the day Himari is given permission to temporarily leave the hospital, her brothers take her out to the aquarium to celebrate, where the family's supposed fate is brought forth with her sudden collapse. However, when Himari is inexplicably revived by a penguin hat from the aquarium's souvenir shop, the hand of fate continues to tick faithfully forward.

With her miraculous recovery, though, comes a cost: there is a new entity within her body, whose condition for keeping her fate at bay sends the boys on a wild goose chase for the mysterious "Penguin Drum." In their search, the boys will have to follow the threads of fate leading from their own shocking past and into the lives of other wishmakers vying for the Penguin Drum, all hoping to land upon their chosen destiny.

Propaganda:

Do you like weird artsy stuff? Do you love magical girls? How about weird, messed up character dynamics? Then boy oh boy, Mawaru Penguindrum is the show for you! The show starts out funny enough, but will quickly spiral into an intense and intricate plot, involving fate, the mafia, magical destiny-rewriting spells, and penguins. Which yes, before you ask, the funny penguins are in fact plot relevant.

Penguindrum isn’t really a show about all that stuff though, even though it is. It’s a very symbolic story, about living under the crushing heel of capitalism, and the quiet poison of the societally expected nuclear family dynamic. I could write an essay on each and every single one of the characters, as they’re all given a lot of depth and time to grow. Every character has their own baggage that, one way or another, ties back to someone else. Everyone in this show is connected in some way shape or form, and that’s really highlighted when everything starts to fall apart. Be warned: this show is NOT a light watch! If you’re the type of person who gets really into deciphering symbolism and creating your own meaning from pieces of media, then this show is for you!

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Flashing Lights/Flickering Images, Gender Identity/Sexuality Discrimination, Guns, Incest, Kidnapping, Nudity, Pedophilia, Rape/Non-Con, Smoking, Suicide, Bomb Threats/Attempts and Terrorisim

It’s a very major plot point. This show is HEAVILY based off the 95 Tokyo Sarin Gas Attacks, so if content like that is triggering to you, tread lightly.

When reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

If you want to criticize one of the shows above to give the one you’re rooting for an advantage, then do so constructively. I do not tolerate groundless hate or slander on this blog. If I catch you doing such a thing in the notes, be it in the tags or reblogs, I will block you.

Know one of the shows above and not satisfied with how they’re presented in this tournament? Just fill up this form, where you can submit revisions for taglines, propaganda, trigger warnings, and/or video.

#anime #best underrated anime #polls #poll tournament #tournament #anime tournament #animation #group stage #group stage round 2 #tournament polls #group e #the morose mononokean #fukigen na mononokean #mawaru penguindrum #penguindrum

[ryustories]

A: Fukigen na Mononokean | The Morose Mononokean

"You'll have friends in the Underworld. Don't worry, just go on."

#the morose mononokean #fukigen na mononokean #ashiya hanae #abeno haruitsuki #ashiya #abeno #moja #anime #gif #anigif #ryustories #sushisweetie

[serexvu]

rippo from the morose mononokean

#🎥 serexvu icon set #twitter layouts #twitter #twitter themes #twitter layout #anime icon #twitter headers #manga #manga icon #anime #anime icons #manga icons #the morose mononokean #fukigen na mononokean #rippo

[nebulize-my-mind]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

(I don't know anybody here, so nobody tagged me, I just thought it'd be fun, sorry if I've committed Tumblr crimes lol)

How many works do you have on AO3?

8! But if you don't count my original story snippet it's 7... but if you count my one fanfiction-dot-net-only fic that I've been too lazy (and slightly embarrassed bc it's old) to transfer over... it's 8 again lol

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

With my original story snippet: 16,705 Without my original story snippet: 15,047 And for fun... Including my fanfiction-dot-net-only fic but not original story snippet: 105,467 (lmao)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Oh boy here we go. Well. The fandoms I currently have fics posted for are Danny Phantom, Natsume's Book of Friends/Natsume Yuujinchou, Batfam/DCU (and does the Teen Titans animated show count as a different fandom or nah?), Spider-Man/Marvel, and Harry Potter. However. The fandoms I have fics for including unposted WIPs are as follows: Danny Phantom, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ben 10, My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia, Batfam/DC, The Morose Mononokean/Fukigen na Mononokean, Gravity Falls, Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja, Star vs the Forces of Evil, The Magnus Archives, Spider-Man/Marvel, How to Train Your Dragon, Rise of the Guardians, Harry Potter, Natsume's Book of Friends/Natsume Yuujinchou, Sk8 the Infinity, Bungou Stray Dogs, Be More Chill (the musical), the Rick Riordan universe (Percy Jackson, etc.), and Big Hero 6.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

So I don't have a lot of fics actually posted and obviously I can't count the one that's only on fanfiction-dot-net so... 1) They Say Right, Let's Go Left (Batfam Titans Tower AU; 2,871 kudos as of 11/12/2023) 2) Skia Tou Myalou (Batfam Meta!Tim AU; 1,832 kudos as of 11/12/2023) 3) How To Summon A Halfa (Without A Ouija Board) (Danny Phantom 30-minute oneshot; 178 kudos as of 11/12/2023) 4) And Thus, I Repent (Danny Phantom/Teen Titans crossover preview posted for International Fanworks Day 2022 that still hasn't been updated; 144 kudos as of 11/12/2023) 5) What A Lovely View (Natsume's Book of Friends/The Morose Mononokean crossover oneshot for International Fanworks Day 2021; 74 kudos as of 11/12/2023)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

As much as I can! A lot of the time I'll respond to a lot of comments after I post the story but forget as time goes on lol. I appreciate them so much nonetheless! I'm always flabbergasted that someone took the time to tell me their thoughts and feelings about MY story, it's so cool. Gotta make sure they know how cool I think it is and they are!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Okay... so I haven't actually had any angsty endings per se, at least none that I've posted. Because of where the prologue chapter leaves things for Fractured (Danny Phantom/My Hero Academia) it's currently the most angsty thing I have posted, but I haven't posted anything past the prologue chapter and the story will get more lighthearted. I once accepted a request to write a major character death oneshot, but I never was satisfied or finished it. If I had, it would definitely be the most angsty. As for WIPs/unposted things... I have a "choose your ending" Tim Drake AU series in the works and the "bad ending" will be the most angsty ending I've ever written or planned once I get there.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Oh, most of what I write has happy endings, I'm honestly a hopeles romantic. I'd call on Skia Tou Myalou (Batfam, Meta!Tim AU) for that probably, mostly because half of They Say Right, Let's Go Left's (Batfam, Titans Tower AU) fluffy ending is in the author's note and also it's a oneshot. As for WIPs/unposted things... I have no idea lol.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

The only real hate I ever got was on my fanfiction-dot-net-only fic and I still don't know what the guy had against me other than being mad at my author's notes and that I was following a canon plotline... after I said that that's what this fic was going to do before branching out after I finished the rewrite. The positive feedback completely outweighed them though! Thanks to those folks!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

NOPE. Not my thing, totally chill if it's yours. I am too sex-repulsed asexual for that lmao.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

ABSOLUTELY! You may not believe it from what I have posted (or actually maybe you will) but my main genre is crossovers, specifically involving dimension travel. I wouldn't call any of them particularly weird combinations honestly. Maybe What A Lovely View (Natsume's Book of Friends/The Morose Mononokean) or my WIP "Nanashi" (Danny Phantom/The Morose Mononokean) because of the more obscure fandoms.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Thankfully no, and I always make sure my fics are tagged where exactly I've reposted them under my own accounts so there's no misunderstandings.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not yet, that'd be the dream, wouldn't it?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nah, I don't really have people I know in the fanfic community.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

That sure does change monthly! Currently I'm vibing with Reki and Langa from Sk8 the Infinity, can't wait for the next season of that show!

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have a couple of unposted WIPs that I call "cancelled" WIPs because I never plan on continuing them, it's mostly a couple Danny Phantom crossovers from my early days. As for posted things, work on Fractured (Danny Phantom/My Hero Academia) is actually trudging along pretty well even though I haven't posted anything, I had to completely reorganize the notes for it into a section of their own because they outgrew my standard page formatting! And Thus, I Repent (Danny Phantom/Teen Titans) is at a wall though I plan on continuing it eventually. What's really been getting me is my fanfiction-dot-net-only fic that's been going on since before it was first posted in 2019 but at a standstill since 2020 and the pandemic. I've really been struggling to get any work done on it, which sucks because it's my longest fic but it's also from the early days and I have a love-hate relationship with it and its fandoms.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Hesitantly... imagery? Scene description? I love writing a good, visceral chunk of text that makes you feel like you're there. It lands... sometimes lol

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Trying to develop relationships. Romantic, platonic, any. I have no idea how to pace these things or sometimes how to move them forward, I'm not a super social person and I don't have any experience in romantic relationships, so it's harder to pull from my own life. I'd love to get better though, and relationships are so important to writing and fun to see unfold.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I think it's fine as long as you're respectful of the language and culture. Like, the title of Skia Tou Myalou (Batfam, Meta!Tim AU) (sorry for the lack of accents, I don't have access to the right keyboard right now) is in Greek because the language is cool af, and I had a reader confirm it was correct. Some people get worked up specifically over including Japanese honorifics in anime fics sometimes, but I think it adds a lot of nuances to character relationships so as long as you do your research and apply them correctly and respectfully, I don't mind it at all. I personally prefer to do so when writing fics in anime fandoms where they're used for that extra level of attention and detail. Y'all have no idea how long I spend researching this stuff!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

This one was never posted and deleted way back when, but when I was in middle school I wrote a Percy Jackson and the Olympians OC oneshot lol

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

Y'all trying to make me choose? Betrayal... and it changes every time I work on one lol. Currently I have a certain fondness for an unposted Bungou Stray Dogs Chuuya-joins-the-ADA-with-Dazai AU but my favorite posted is Skia Tou Myalou (Batfam, Meta!Tim AU). Sure it's a little eh in places but I love elemental-ish powers and Tim Drake is my favorite Batboy lol

#20 questions #writer #writeblr #writing #fanfiction #danny phantom #avatar the last airbender #ben 10 #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #dc #batfamily #the morose mononokean #fukigen na mononokean #gravity falls #randy cunningham 9th grade ninja #star vs the forces of evil #the magnus archives #spiderman #marvel #how to train your dragon #rise of the guardians #harry potter #natsume's book of friends #natsume yuujinchou #sk8 the infinity #bungou stray dogs #be more chill #rick riordan #percy jackon and the olympians

[iyashikei-tournament]

Round 1 Match 9

Propaganda below cut

A Place Further Than the Universe:

a cute story of girls trying to and getting to go to antarctica. it's really sweet, and very power of friendship, and appreciation for the world around us

The Morose Mononokean:

story about a guy who gets roped into helping out spirits as a job. fuzzy is super cute

#a place further than the universe #the morose mononokean #fukigen na mononokean