2Fast 2Maru (Ichimaru is Cool: Part 2)
> be me
> start closing out all your windows/deleting random screencaps off your desktop
> realize that after THREE ENTIRE TRIES you forgot to talk about the original reason you wanted to write about Ichimaru is Cool
> fuck's sake
[Bleach 074]
Several posts ago, I began by saying Ichimaru is cool because he rolls up speaking Kansai and dismembering people, and then proceeded to not talk at all about that first part, so wrapped up was I in the dismembering part.
But his first line here gives us that flavor! He says あかん (akan), which is a commonly used phrase Kansai Japanese and which expresses, as the Viz states, that something won't do, or is no good, or is forbidden.
What's also fun, if we want to close read and get 'the curtains are blue' about it, is that 'akan' is a contraction of a fuller idiom: 埒が明かぬ (rachi ga akanu), which literally means "the fence doesn't open." Which I love, because here Ichimaru is talking about a literal fence, the West Gate (the SEIREIMON, to use its official title), and the fact that gatekeepers aren't supposed to open gates.
He's using an idiom that's about a gate to talk about a literal gate, ehehehehe. I just think it's neat.
[Dash POV]
Hush. He actually repeats the phrase right after he cuts off Jiroubou's arm, for emphasis:
And he closes out the scene with the finality of the gate closing once more:
[Bleach 075]
As an additional bit of trivia, Ichimaru's full line is こらあかん (kora akan)--conversationally, 'kora' is an interjection that connotes scolding/disapproval. It's just a normal thing someone might say. But it's also historically associated with being the language of policing (which several other posts in addition to this quora thread corroborate lol), and that can offer an additional layer as to how Ichimaru enters the chat, here. He's a vigilante, he's a cop also he's a cop
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OCKISS 2024; Day 1: Almost
— You do know that everything I’ve done, I did for you. Don’t you?
— Are you referring to what you did to save me from the death row or everything you’ve ever done during the last thirty years?
He took her hand, forcing her to look up. She blushed.
— The saving part. Before that, I was not always there for you…
— You managed to convince me otherwise at times.
He kissed her fingertips, drawing her closer.
— And you held each and every promises you ever made me. Remember?
— I… I did!
He smiled, leaning in as Eva stood as tall as she could to meet him halfway; she held his gaze, she knew what was coming. Yet, she was proven wrong as the previously dark hallway came alight all at once.
— Oupsie!
Someone laughed. The Bellavoirs blinked, already mourning the long-awaited kiss that never was.
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People really want Carlos out of Ferrari when his Virgo energy is the only semblance of order and organisation at that chaos of a team
preach bestie! my man knew what he was doing when he tried so hard to restore peace in that team immediately after he arrived. no one would fix the team as much as carlos did after 2020 disaster lmao. and he is still so so valid there thank u so much
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Eva Pate and Logan Bye's rhythm dance costumes at the 2022 US Championships. They skated to Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake and Bye Bye Bye by *NSYNC.
(© Robin Ritoss Photography)
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Diabolik fics
All canon compliant. English with Italian dialogue. AO3 links
Fall. T. 1k words. Diabolik falling in love with Eva.
First. E. 1k words. Eva and Diabolik arrive at Ghenf after leaving Caron in prision.
Halo. T. 1k words. Diabolik tries to wake Eva up.
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