Last minute speculation about the next chapter, which will hopefully leak today. 247 will carry the title "Originality" according to PO2 Scans.
In this chapter, Noa rounds up the Japanese players for a strategy meeting. He finds Igaguri and Kiyora training (calling it now: they're rehearsing malicia foul 💀), while the other seven are in the monitor room checking out the new rankings.
...but there's ten players in BM.
...Kunigami, I'm trying to give your emo ass plot relevance, bear with me.
More likely than not, "Originality" will be Noa glazing Isagi and his MV powered plays, during the strategy meeting. Maybe it'll be the coach throwing Igaguri, Kiyora and Neru a bone at last, with an order to showcase their originality. Because they're unseen talents, that might give BM an edge over PXG.
Go figure. But what the title made my mind jump to was the inverse of originality: imitation.
Kunigami is Noel Noa's mimic, the Wild Card copycat. Although it's hard to get a read on the frigid bastard, it's unlikely he's pleased by this hulking teenager trying to ape his playstyle. He's an egoist himself, after all, if not one in Ego Jinpachi's mould. Besides, the experiment has arguably failed.
Being Noel Noa hasn't worked in Kunigami's favour.
Wild Card improved his physical stats, robbed him of his ability to co-operate on the pitch, and has rendered him next to invisible in Bastard Munchen. Yukimiya and Hiori had more impact in round 3 against Ubers, and the latter barely played five minutes of that match.
I could go on and on, but I already have: here I talk at length about Kunigami's character arc. But in short, in my view, this is the key thematic question of the Neo Egoist League, for both him and Isagi:
"Originality" is one of the qualities needed to adapt and survive. Isagi shows it in spades, and has all but conquered the team for himself. It's about time Kunigami took that advice on board and changed tactic.
But.... let's see. Watch the next chapter be an Isagi-glaze fest—I'll head to Tumblr Live on its deathbed to wipe the egg off my face.
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I’m sorry but I don’t ship nischaaaa 😭😭😭 nothing against it I just prefer Noel single tbh
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If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.
- Noël Coward
Where today’s woke Hollywood and Disney studios go wrong is to put the cart before the horse. Craftmanship first, the moral message second.
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rewatching pll and i actually feel insane rn i’m looking around like “?is no one else uncomfortable? this doesn’t bother y’all or anything?? no? damn” because no one is treating ezria like the crime it is
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I have a great idea - what if we sack Paul and Prue and bring back all the previous non-baking presenters to be judges? No nasty snide comments or ambiguous instructions, just a group of genuinely interesting and fun judges who choose winners based on actual baking ability and not bullshit timed challenges and personal flavour preferences!
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Reading PLL-books once again for nostalgia and am still so bitter that the show strayed so far from them, especially when it comes to the identities of A and some of the endgame-ships... Both will always have special places in my heart, but come on...some of the book-stuff would’ve been so amazing to see on screen.
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and while we're on the subject of terrible writers wasting the beautiful found family trope, I'll use this opportunity to remind you all that we hate the Highlander series in this house. Duncan was always trash but my beloved Tessa and Richie were perfect and they both deserved better
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Hi there! I was wondering if I could get a Tumblr Header of Marlya and Veronica from Fairy gone? (Idk how likely it'll be but if it's possible I'd like to avoid glowing type colours as I find those overstimulating, thank you!)
It's my new hyperfixation and has taken over my brain ^^;
Thank you!
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where do all these men like andrew tate come from and why aren't we hunting them for sport
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i hate ships w jane, nischa really sucks, constance i feel is straight, ocean i also feel is straight or aro, and noel x ricky is superior, oh and i feel like people should maybe ship mischalia a little more. (it’s literally the only CANON ship...)
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