if you ever thought "why does Uta's hair look like that?", worry not, for I, a beginner-ish Japanese learner, have found the answer!
you see, there is a really popular TV program in Japan called Kōhaku Uta Gassen which basically translates to "red and white song battle" and by popular I mean "was once the most-watched show on Japanese television of the year" according to Wikipedia. so her hair is red and white!
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(unfortunately I kept thinking about Uta so there is more post)
if you combine that with the fact that Uta was two when she was stolen from her home (according to this (thank you @fuc370 )), which is probably old enough to remember her own name and not just be called Uta by the Red-haired Pirates because she likes music, she was literally born to be a musician ("uta" means "song").
assigned musician by birth parents and genetics, if you will.
(no I don't care that they don't have Kōhaku in One Piece so it can't be a reference in-world)
if uta-uta no mi had any will of its own, it probably decided it just had to be hers (is there any evidence that paramecias don't have a will at all or is it possible it's just usually weaker? or is it a misclassified zoan? how does one classify devil fruits (in-world), aside from the obvious? also we're still doing the "devil fruit classifications are a human invention and that's why some fruits don't cleanly fall into just one category" theory, right? I'm not fully caught up, please tell me if I'm wrong).
also in the thing linked above it says that Uta was already really interested in creating her own perfect "dream world" before meeting Luffy but did that begin before or after eating her fruit? because that is either an incredible coincidence or being influenced by a devil fruit.
...now that I think about it, it could be just a very small child being offered a solution by their devil fruit after being left alone while their adults went out to fight. whatever. I still think my "Uta's fruit is partially sentient" theory is probable with how young she found and ate it. ...ooor it could have been Shanks finding out about the fruit and deciding it would be the perfect gift. fuck. I have to stop thinking.
anyway that is the end of today's episode of "One Piece characters that are actually just a series of puns and references that non-Japanese (and sometimes younger Japanese) people don't get". if you want more there are some in the SBS.
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Al Ghul Family Values 🗡️
(2015 vs 2024 redraw under the cut!)
OGs might remember this one!!!!!!!!!! Someone somehow found this old ass post and the notification reminded me of it… but i still thought it was funny tbh🤡 so i wanted to redraw it!!!!!
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Having an argument in the server. I need to prove I am not insane for putting sliced sandwich bread/white bread/loaf whatever do u call this 🍞 in the freezer.
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