#barnaby brooks jr

[tnbscans]

Art from The Beginning DVD/Blu-ray

#tiger & bunny #2013 #barnaby brooks jr #dvd #blu ray #kotetsu t. kaburagi

[polmcarts]

The husbands

#tiger and bunny #kotetsu t kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr

[aakipple]

happy taibani reunion month

#long time no t&b art💥 i miss them sm #tiger & bunny #kotetsu kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #usatora #akima's art

[stellalights]

cleaned up a sketch from a year ago

#tiger and bunny #taibani #kotetsu kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #stellart #i miss them

[plastilina-bana]

super late but i did the color wheel challenge with reqs from my insta @plastilina_bana

individual pics under the read more

#color wheel challenge #ini miney #phoenix wright #ace attorney #susato mikotoba #the great ace attorney #stella winx #winx club #kotetsu t. kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #tiger and bunny #hatsune miku #vocaloid #thanatos hades #hades game #hades supergiant #(and my friend ronnieon cyan with miks) #plasti art

[moksutinn]

some older taibani sketches

#tiger & bunny #taibani #barnaby brooks jr #kotetsu t kaburagi #drawing #tiger and bunny #nathan seymour #antonio lopez

[sumsarem]

13 years of these little guys...

#TIGERBUNNY #tiger and bunny #tnb #tnb2 #kotetsu kaburagi #kotetsu t. kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #taibani #タイバニ #sum scraps

[incorrecttigerandbunny]

#kotetsu t. kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #taibani #incorrect tiger and bunny #tiger and bunny #tiger & bunny #incorrect tnb edits #bunny it's too late everyone knows

[pochiikou]

#just the two of us #they finally had their date #tigerandbunny #taibani #taibani2 #tiger and bunny #tiger x bunny #tiger & bunny #kotetsu t. kaburagi #kotetsu x barnaby #Barnaby Brooks Jr #wild tiger #タイバニ2 #タイバニ #腐向け #digital art #digital sketch #clip studio paint #pochiikou

[interstate35south]

reading the tiger & bunny character wikis and im convinced there’s not a single normal man on this show. what do you mean yuri’s hobbies include conversing with his houseplant. what do you mean barnaby owns five pairs of the exact same glasses. what do you mean ryan is good at buying in bulk. is that something you can be bad at??? what do you mean kotetsu brushes his teeth in the bath. what do you mean ivan’s hobbies include googling himself. what do you mean one of keith’s future goals is for his dog to get married. what do you mean one of antonio’s dislikes is “too many women”. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN

#tiger and bunny #yuri petrov #barnaby brooks jr #ryan goldsmith #kotetsu t. kaburagi #ivan karelin #keith goodman #antonio lopez #im not tagging all their hero names i don’t have the patience #this isn’t even the extent of it there’s so much more #love them all dearly

[chippuyon]

i love an ojisan who could just beat me up

#tiger and bunny #taibani #kotetsu t. kaburagi #Barnaby Brooks Jr #chip art

[tnbscans]

2012 Barnaby message card

#tiger & bunny #2012 #clear poster #Barnaby Brooks Jr

[nutbranch]

drinks :-)

#my art #tiger and bunny #tiger & bunny #taibani #kotetsu t. kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #kotetsu x barnaby #tiger and bunny the rising

[aakipple]

happy anniversary tiger and bunny!!!! thank you for changing my life

#tiger & bunny #tiger and bunny #kotetsu kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #fanart #akima's art #long time no proper tnb art....i miss them.... #i think i popped off with barnabys jacket actually teehee

[mousjoy]

I am not recovering after season 2

#tiger and bunny #kotetsu t. kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #kotetsu x barnaby

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

The only relationship I've watched in anime that has absolutely convinced me that big age gaps can work out romantically is the one between Barnaby Brooks Jr and Kotetsu T Kaburagi in Tiger and Bunny.

12 years age gap. Barnaby is 23 and Kotetsu is 35. They're literally the newest rookie and the oldest veteran in the hero scene. And you can say "they are not canon" as if the creators hadn't gone out of their way to state that they pretty much don't care how you interpret it, a romantic reading of their relationship is as valid as anything else.

Their respect for each other? Their partnership? They're both treated as grown ass men on the same level.

Somehow Kotetsu can call Barnaby a "cute little bunny" and still he never reduces Barnaby to a naive child who doesn't know a thing about life. Kotetsu treats Barnaby like a man, a professional. He never infantilizes Barnaby for his trauma or his past. He helped Bunny as much as he can, goes beyond his limits to help him reaffirm himself and recover his independence. Kotetsu wants Barnaby to be respected, to not feel powerless, helpless, he wants his partner to stop being manipulated. Bunny's whole arc is that he wants to stop having decisions made for him!!!! Kotetsu knows it!!

On the other hand, Barnaby jokes all the time that Kotetsu is old, calls him grampa, that he should retire, the complete dance. Yet, Barnaby has never seen Kotetsu as a father figure. Kotetsu is Bunny's hero partner, not his superior. Thanks to Kotetsu's respectful treatment, they're friends. Hell, Bunny treats Kotetsu like a man. He doesn't pity Kotetsu for having lost his wife. He doesn't treat Kotetsu any differently when he meets Kaede, Kotetsu's daughter. There are moments when you forget the age gap because the story focuses on them being equals!!! They can take care of each other, they can share their burdens, they talk it out if they are frustrated, they communicate with full responsibility, etc etc etc.

Normally I don't like big age gaps at all. It's more of a personal preference, since those dynamics make me uncomfortable.

Kotetsu and Barnaby are the exception and the standard. God bless the Tiger and Bunny creators.

* also it has some of the best treatments of a teen girl having a crush on an older man I've ever seen. It's nothing predatory 'cause Kotetsu completely respects Karina and never takes advantage of her, also completely healthy because Karina uses that to sort out her teenage conflicts and figure out how she wants to be treated, how she deserves to be treated, what he's looking for in a relationship, how older people should approach her, etc.

Kotetsu is a gentleman through and through. An absolute must watch if you want to learn how to write those types of characters and relationships.

#tiger and bunny #tiger & bunny #tnb #t&b #kotetsu t. kaburagi #kotetsu kaburagi #barnaby brooks jr #barnaby brooks jr. #wild tiger #bunny #taibani