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asteriass · 4 months

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Seeing people say Jinshi is not all that and how his relevance doesn’t make sense HURTS ME… 😓

Guys, he’s a complex character, trust me 💔💔 People often seem to forget that he’s not just a silly ‘airhead’ in love. Even Maomao MULTIPLE times acknowledges & mentions how scary and intelligent Jinshi is. Like, he realized Maomao was literate in the matter of a few mins and then he used that against her cuz he realized she must’ve been the one who warned Lady Gyoukyo

And then there’s just some people who hate him cuz he’s twisted & say that makes him a sh*tty leading character

Which i don’t get?? Of course the leads of a thriller mystery will be manipulative or sly. Or at the very least flawed to some capacity. Even Maomao herself is almost equally twisted and tends to be self serving Them both being flawed is what makes them intriguing characters. They both have their vices that they acknowledge - vices that add another layer of complexity upon their characters. Do you imagine how uninteresting this series would become if Jinshi was seriously JUST a silly lover boy and Maomao was a simple girl ready to help ANYTIME AND ANY DAY instead of being the way she is? This story’s charm comes not only just from the intriguing setting/mysteries but also how these flawed, yet interesting, characters act and think in said settings.

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #manga #based on light novel #Light novel #manga adaptation #adapted to anime #Maomao #jinshi #mystery #historical #drama #thriller #Ka zuigetsu #Complex characters #intriguing dynamics #Character relevance

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otaku553 · 2 months

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Outfit breakdowns for all of my Kirby hero of yore ocs! I don’t know if I can count Galacta (or Papi) as ocs but my interpretations are rather far from the source material at this point ^^;

First is Galacta, the Hero of Heart, who is the hero among heroes of the four of them. The most honored, the most gallant, the light and hope of Halcandra.

Second is Nebula, the Hero of Dream, who is a laid-back, mostly relaxed figure who is calm and kind. Though they can often be found napping in various locations around town, in battle, they are a fierce warrior, and are very protective of Galacta.

Third is Papilio, the Hero of Soul, also known to many as Lio, or by their personal name, Anax. They are the smallest and the youngest of the heroes, a prodigy with the blade, and known as the fastest and most light-footed of the heroes.

And finally, the Hero of Dark, whose true name is only known to their friends. They are the quietest of the heroes, and wield a spear, though most of their powers are long range magic.

#kirby gijinka #kirby oc #heroes of yore #I have been having So much trouble naming them. my god #nebula was the easiest name because I wanted them to act as a foil to galacta but also a close friend who grew up in similar circumstances #their names are quite similar because of this: they both have three syllables and end with an a #but put emphasis on different syllables: gaLACta and NEBula #then papi is based on of course papi from the light novels #I wasn’t sure if I wanted to rename them but I definitely wanted their name to be a bit longer and have more gravitas #hence the genus papilio which also matches the naming pattern for morpho #the other name anax is based on a specific species of morpho butterflies (or subgenus? I forget) called anaxibia #the hero of dark is still a bit up in the air but I think their name is Koilos #based on the Greek word for hollow and also based on the deer genus odocoileus

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liquidstar · 7 months

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honestly does anyone else think that the what:if routes are perhaps telling us that some sort of collision between subaru and reinhard is just inevitable in nearly every route

#re:zero #my game theory. i mean. light novel theory... is that somewhere somehow down the line subaru will have to face reinhard #and when that happens he will be his worst obstacle yet like in most alt routes #made worse by their relationship at this point #but also maybe perhaps UNLIKE in all the alt routes something will be different #and i dont mean that in a good way. im thinking maybe subaru could finally figure out The Trick to beating the strongest man alive #somehow.#and it might involve garfiel based on some stuff thats been foreshadowed who knows #what exactly would beating entail though? he cant die bc of the divine protection of the phoenix #but that being said if he somehow had all his divine protections taken away i mean... hed actually be relatively weak imo #his body would still probably remember how to move like a sword saint (like therisia's did in arc 5)#but like that can also be a bad thing like #would his body perhaps also forget that he has to ACTUALLY DODGE PROJECTILES bc they wont just magically miss him anymore?#will he try to walk on water only to sink like an idiot?#will he not check the label on the sugar only to find out its salt?#either way he wouldnt be the strongest man alive anymore hed just be a skilled swordsmen. julius could probably match him at that point #which im sure would be surreal to juli after years of admiration+envy+being gay about it

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oseike · 4 months

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Some more of the boy (Jesse Venetiaan from Third Wheel Strikes Back)

From what I remember reading, the fashion of the Holy Kingdom favored long robes, where the Empire in contrast sported short jackets and shirts. I'm thinking Rome vs German inspiration (and by Rome I really mean the Vatican and priest robes). According to the novel, Jesse normally wears clothes he brought with him, but he has occasion to wear the Empire's fashion at a couple points.

#TWSB #third wheel strikes back #oseiart #jesse venetiaan #i love giving him embroidery and all these light colors #i know this differs from the webcomic design but i like to imagine my own appearance to him based on how i read and interpret the novel #i do wonder why they designed jesse with the shirt and pant combo though #maybe the author hadn't made the decision about robes when they were designing him?

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lazycranberrydoodles · 8 months

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the people in the tags understand me. starembers art is super pretty but also weird at times.

#xie lian has been doing manual labor for a living (breaking boulders on his chest WITH NO SPIRITUAL ENERGY brick laying farming etc)#im anti twink xie lian #also i dont think he should have mxtx protagonist snowy white skin. maybe as a sheltered prince. but he has been planting rice for years.#AT LEAST GIVE HIM A TAN #and hua cheng died as a malnourished 17 year old (he has been working out since then but i still prefer skinnier headcanons).#why does everybody have light eyes (even putting aside the colorism in the novel.)#why does xie lian have this wide-eyed-lips-parted-blank look and hua cheng have bedroom eyes all of the time #(not that they can't necessarily make these expressions but augh.)#why are they tall as fuck in every full body shot #why are their hands so big.#again i don't want to put any opinions in an actual post because i havent read the comic and it might be different than i think #but just based on the art ive seen... theyve been very yaoified. thats the best word i have #even by the point the manhua has reached (lqq arc iirc)#they've been having sincere and vulnerable moments #and i havent really seen panels that tell me that. let them be silly and awkward and fuck up. even if it makes them less sexy for a moment #and also?? xie lian (again just based off the art) seems to have lost a lot of agency?#he is a 'go with the flow' guy but he is also pretty situationally aware and clever #but the vibes i get are that he gets wide-eyedly dragged from plot point to plot point #(in the case where hua cheng slung him over his shoulder literally??)#(he would not fucking do that book 1.)#please correct me if i'm wrong #i'll probably get around to reading the manhua faster if someone tells me theyre more in character than i think they are #lmao #if you love the manhua disregard me.#not art #to delete l8er #(possibly)#(if i turn out to be wrong about this which is possible)#(or if someone decides they are very emotionally invested in my medium intensity feelings)

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lamentfulwarbler · 5 days

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Chuuya Week Day 4 - Human

(Drawn for @chuuyaweek2024 ‘s Chuuya Week)

#there were like. No good references for arahabaki #like zero. had to go off of a single frame from the anime. the light novel description and a dream #its not even bipedal in canon #its described as quadrupedal but that wouldn’t fit in the mirror-#we take creative liberties in this household #if anything looks off. no it doesnt. thanks for coming to my ted talk #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd chuuya #bsd chuuya nakahara #bsd nakahara chuuya #bsd arahabaki #bsd fanart #chuuyaweek2024 #chuuya week 2024 #chuuyaweek24 #chuuya week 24 #(i am once again covering all my bases bc i have not learnt from last time and don’t know which is the correct one 👍)

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kaicean · 1 year

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it’s a promise. 💫 // happy rikunami day 2022!!

#kingdom hearts #riku #namine #rikunami #namiku #rikunami day 2022 #my art #I LOVE THEM #based on the light novel #SO MANY rikunami soft hand holding #and hugs #my extreme hurt/comfort ship

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gummi-ships · 2 years

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#kingdom hearts 2 #kh2 #the world that never was #scenery #my gif #i wish to know the significance of this building #yes it looks very cool but i always felt like there was more to it #it's called memory's skyscraper and we see two significant battles take place here #one with sora vs xemnas in some sort of alternate plain where there's nothing but a void while they fight at the base of this building #and one with riku vs roxas with riku fighting for sora's memories and roxas fighting in memory of xion #which has significance to the name of the building #i can't help but raise an eyebrow to how the 358/2 days novel refers to it as a facade of a buliding #what does that mean... what is this place #OH and something in ddd happened here too. sora had a distant memory of himself riku and aqua from the past #HMM..#oh and i like how there's a truck that smashed into the side of the building and is left there still running with the lights blinking #which organization member did that

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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 2 years

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Okay, so???? In the Twisted Wonderland light novel, the Ramshackle Ghosts claim that “more than 800 students had enrolled at Night Raven College”. Now, this could mean that 800 students is a minimum estimate and true number is much higher, or it could mean that the Ramshackle Ghosts are misremembering information/recalling information that was only relevant at the time they were alive and not at present, but for the sake of argument, let’s roll with 800 as our number.

800 is... a weirdly low number for a campus as big as NRC?????? Like, I understand that it’s a very prestigious school and that not many people are capable of using magic to begin with, but the campus is so large, has so many facilities, and entire pocket dimensions to house each dormitory that it seems excessive that they wouldn’t be able to host hundreds more. 800 is NOT a large number, especially considering that it is split between SEVEN dorms, across FOUR years (since the fourth-year students are away from campus on internships, but are still considered “enrolled” at the school). If we assume that there’s an equal divide (which I don’t believe there is in canon; Heartslabyul is said to be “overcrowded” compared to the other dorms because Riddle doesn’t let anyone fail, flunk, or drop out)... That’s only ~114 students in each dorm (800/7; ie 114 students in Heartslabyul, 114 students in Savanaclaw, etc.), and only ~29 students in each year for each dorm (114/4; ie 29 Heartslabyul first years, 29 Heartslabyul second years, etc.)

And if THAT’S true, then that makes what Azul did in episode 3 of the main story all the more terrifying??? It is explicitly stated in episode 3, chapter 10, that Azul has 225 students as indentured servants; if this is the case and we accept that NRC has roughly 800 students enrolled, then that means that Azul effectively got over a QUARTER of the student population under his thumb (~28%, 225/800).

Epel says that there are 200ish freshman and we learn in book 1 Heartslabyul has the most people/least number of dropouts, meaning the other dorms have less… so the distribution cannot be equal across the board, most students should be in Heartslabyul.

In conclusion, MATH MAKES NO SENSE WITH REALITY AND MY NAME IS NOW DEUCE SPADE.

#Azul Ashengrotto #twst light novel #twisted wonderland light novel #Riddle Rosehearts #Deuce Spade #Ramshackle Ghosts #spoilers #this math is all based on a lot of assumptions #so don’t take it super seriously #I’m just being silly 😩

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kirbyliker12 · 8 months

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redraw from 4 years ago..sneef...and other witchs house things because i recently reread the 9 chapter manga and had the most agonizing experience (would def recommend) contentwarnings in tags....ehehe

#kirbyliker12art #the witch's house #ok so theres parental neglect and psychological abuse uhh a handful of killing and some body horror #theres so much psychological torment i know i said this but i cant stress this enough this will Absolutely Ruin You #the witchs house is about the corruption of an innocent wish after being used by another and punishment never being delt #theres a shit ton of unreliable narration and reading between the lines and reoccurring symbols and other insane stuff #ive genuinely never seen a character get written in such an unlikeable way but in a very slightly pitiful way(and 100% being intentional)#theres also the light novel this was based on (The Diary Of Ellen) n theres some small details and symbolism exclusive to that #like. ok i cant really say it here i dont wanna spoil but thats why its better to read it after the manga #u can notice all the details not present in the manga and think abt all da implications #however said body horror is elaborated on in a more detailed way and since its text u cant really skip past that as easily #u can prob pirate the manga if im bein honest and theres a fan translation link for the light novel on the wiki page at the bottom #why is this so weirdly well written its the prequel to an rpgmaker game .u guys know what witchs house rpg is right..u better #u dont have to know what happens in the game before reading i think its more intense that way (the game is more surprising though)

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asteriass · 4 months

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For liver failure, take a shot everytime Maomao comments on or references Jinshi’s beauty in the light novel lmao

There are so many more instances and this is all just from volume 1 of the LN alone lol 😭

#Light novel #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #adapted to anime #adapted to manga #Jinmao #jinshi #maomao #praise #compliment #ship #Based on webnovel #Drama #historical

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non-fantasy · 3 months

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Hello!! I saw your post about the game you're making - it sounded fascinating, and out of curiousity about a genre I don't know much about I got into a visual novel/dating sim related rabbit hole.

If you don't mind my asking, do you have any recommendations? VN or datesims or both! or any adjacents too.

(thank you, and good luck with the game!!)

YIPPEE!!!

i'm a huge fan of it gets so lonely here because it does a lot of cool things with the narration and multiple playthroughs. her tears were my light does similar things with the multiple playthrough thing and it was the first visual novel to really open my eyes to what the genre could be like! and because apparently today is horror yuri day i will add liar liar and liar liar 2. the artstyle is very cute! and there's blood!

for less horror yuri and more dating sim, i am currently completely obsessed with tokimeki memorial girls side 1-3, the dating sim/visual novel/stat-raising hybrid that inspired a lot of otome games—— and for good reason, too, because it's JUST THAT GOOD. i almost exploded something trying to play the fourth game but i will not let that stop me

in pure visual novel, i have to recommend heartbaked, it was one of those games i played in my free visual novel frenzy when i was younger and it really stuck with me! i still think about the radley ending.

i adore adore adore pacthesis games and i would love to direct you to my number one favourite and inspiration, number days sim date, because the intertwining of plot and romance and friendship was wonderful. xolga and mr toko is more point and click but check those out too

i love you was REALLY GOOD and i adored it. if you want proactive women and blushing boys this is the game for you! kill them with blushing right now

senpai please look at me was good!!! i love it! absolutely worth sticking around for all the bonuses! very short and sweet and you will love it

sweetest valentine is a game. in a genre called :). if you don't know what :) means don't worry about it!

play yuki 4p for lesbians and its sequel, scheme, for even more dumb lesbians. i am absolutely begging you to click those links because the names are too long for me to type out and i don't know if googling lesbians scheme will bring you to the masterpiece properly

hermes and gry is REALLY FUNNY but also one of those games that opened my mind to how complex the ren'py system could be. you made a map, a constantly-updated journal, an inventory, and the best damn ending ever? i was screaming when all my evil schemes came together. absolutely 10/10 worth it if the creator wants my liver i'd hand it over

hot coffee is SO SO SO good that i ended up reaching out to the creator just to praise it so much please play it please i'm on my knees please

speaking of games i am begging you to play

absolutely play i want to pursue the mean side character and my sweet zombie!!!! tsun is a great artist and the stories are good and you have to have to have to have to play okay!!! tsun is also making i just want to be single which is so so so cool the game of the year every year and it hasn't been released yet and you need to become. a fan okay because aro pride is right now

#thank you anon it really was delightful to hear that you liked my game even before it was released!#i wanted to recommend no-good noelle but. apparently the creator just went offline?? sad #there was also our life beginnings and always which is very acclaimed and i loved the demo #but i haven't finished the full game so i don't want to recommend something i didn't finish #xoxo droplets is also good but it's half free half paid and i was focusing more on free stuff that is underrated #(p)lanets and heartstring bugs are also games i played years ago that i'm fond of #but like in a nostalgia kind of way.#it was absolutely wild to play tokimeki memorial girls side and realize that heartstring bugs was so heavily based off it tho #like it wasn't copying characters or settings but the stat raising and events and clothing system were all drawn from it #special shout out to corrine cross' dead and breakfast which isn't a visual novel or a dating sim #i just like it #i also need to clarify that her tears were my light is not like HORROR horror but like. existential gay nightmare kinda deal

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colorisbyshe · 3 months

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why are we publishing books titled like lowbrow isekai anime