#fuckin' kaji

[noraqrosa]

rewatching Evangelion and i'm realizing that Kaji is literally the only neurotypical in the show, and that's exactly why he's the most hateable character with the most punchable face

#neon genesis evangelion #seriously kaji is the fuckin worst #eva #like damn dude you make everyone around you so uncomfortable #anime

[prickly-paprikash]

Whoever you ship Mizu with, it is ultimately gay as fuck.

Mizu and Akemi? That's just two angry wlw's haunted by the image of one another who have been pushed into different but mirroring paths that will one day intertwine, and their anger and regret will balloon into a terrifying clash. Violent? Yes. Passionate? Extremely. Sexual Tension? Nuclear-level.

Mizu and Taigen? Mizu didn't really mind the other acts of sex in Madame Kaji's brothel until she got to the dudes fuckin, and her immediate thought was how close Taigen and his lips were during their tumble in their duel. It's very clear Mizu sees her relationship with Taigen as homoerotic, and has shown some interest in it. That's just trans masc x bottom bi, baby.

Mizu, Taigen and Akemi?

So. Fucking. G A Y.

There ain't no cis-het reading of Blue Eye Samurai, bucko. This shit's the purest crystal queer in the market. It ain't cloudy. It ain't distilled.

This show is raw, uncut Mizumphetamine. Mizu is the chemicals injected into the water that's making the freaking fags frogs gay.

Mizu's the baddest bitch around. Be in awe of this undying fuck's energy. She is 2023's top bitch magnet. She doesn't get bitches. She pins them down, strikes the fear of her in them, and wields a fucking sword made to slaughter the heavens.

#blue eye samurai #mizu #mizu blue eye samurai #taigen #akemi #i lost my mind again #i watched it again #blue eye samurai has consumed my very being #the sheer thirst this beast of a warrior generated was enough to conjure up a second season #no one does it like mizu #goated show #goated mc #we won with her #mizu is gender #us gays stay winning we gon get arcane and castlevania and fionna & cake and dragon prince #blue eye samurai is just purified queer wrath we fucking got it

[sophswritingthings]

Hi I looooveee your stuff and I was thinking about mizu doesn't like to be touched and something happens to her and Ringo or Taigen tries to comfort her but she is all like don't touch me and then reader comes in and without like having to ask she lets them comfort her (I hope it makes sense AGAIN LOVE YOUR STUFF )

pairing: mizu x fem!reader

warning(s): swearing because mizu likes to be angsty

a/n: makes perfect sense!! ALSO STOP YOU GUYS ARE TOO NICE I LOVE YOU <3333

summary: after having to kill kinuyo; mizu is nothing short of a mess. she comes back into the brothel to find ringo and yourself still sitting with a tied up akemi. she looks tired. she looks nothing like her usual self. ringo attempts to comfort her; but she bats him away. yet when you try… it’s a whole different story.

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you look up from the princess sat in front of you, watching the samurai re-enter the room. she slides the door open and closed rather quickly, sliding down the wall to sit.

she looks worn out. she looks—scared. she’s shaking. why was she shaking?

“master, is something wrong?” ringo is the first to speak to her, glancing at her from across the room. “you look as if you are shaking.”

“I’m fine,” she hisses. “fuckin’ fine.”

you flinch a little as she swears; but you brush it off nonetheless. ringo reaches out to touch shoulder, but is stopped in his tracks. mizu grabs his arm, tossing him away from her. 

“do not fucking touch me,” mizu hisses, gazing at ringo with fire in those blue eyes.

normal, yes, but something was wrong.

you decide to take a crack at her. you stand up, walking across the room. you slide down the wall to sit beside her, giving her the smallest of smiles.

“.. are you doin’ okay, mizu?” you murmur, so that neither akemi or ringo could hear. “you look all shaken up by something, and that’s not like you.”

she shakes her head, turning her gaze away from you.

“no.”

that little two letter word meant the world. she trusted you enough to be open and honest with you; that was… something.

“wanna tell me why?” you cock your head, placing a hand on her shoulder. she flinches at the touch, turning back to look at you again. she glances from your hand to your eyes before speaking.

“madam kaji asked me to kill someone for her,” she whispered.

kill someone? and that was a problem for mizu?

you nod a little, “who? did you.. know them, or something?”

she shakes her head, “a girl, of madam kaji's. who was taken from her,” she takes in a shaky breath. “a young girl trapped in a bad situation, a situation she never asked to be in. i had to kill her—why couldn’t I have just..”

her words trail off for a moment, her eyes downcast to the creaky floor boards.

“.. saved her,” she whispered those last few words. “I snapped her neck.”

those words make you twitch. something about this was no sitting right with mizu, that was apparent. for someone who had no problem killing hundreds on men in mere minutes, she was acting off.

you squeezed her shoulder, gently rubbing it to attempt to comfort her, “you did what you had to, mizu. maybe.. it was for the best. she doesn’t have to suffer anymore.”

she shrugs, “I told her I would protect her, (y/n),” she narrowed her eyes, “I told her she would be safe with me.”

you take in a sharp breath, “did she seem.. at peace?”

she shrugs again. “I don’t know. she signed to me what madam kaji said she would.”

you gently tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, “if she seemed at peace.. than she went out calm and safe because of you. I’m sure madam kaji is grateful for that.”

she turned her head, gently nestling her head into your shoulder. she wrapped her arms tight around your waist. you were taken by surprise by the action, but you soon enough melted into the embrace. your arms wrapped around her neck, her hands caressing your waist.

she mumbled something that sounded of a “thank you”, but it was muffled by the cloth of your clothes.

you rubbed her back.

“you're welcome.”

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#mizu x you #mizu x reader #mizu blue eye samurai #mizu #blue eyed samurai #new fic #fic #fanfic #fanfiction #request #ask #asked and answered #fic request

[dialovers-translations]

DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION Gentei Tokuten Drama CD ”The Test Wars: Winter Break On the Line!”

Original title: 冬休みをかけたテスト戦争

Source: Diabolik Lovers GRAND EDITION Gentei Tokuten Drama CD

Audio: Here

Seiyuu: Toriumi Kousuke, Katsuyuki Konishi, Midorikawa Hikaru, Kaji Yuki, Hirakawa Daisuke, Takashi Kondou, Takahiro Sakurai, Kimura Ryouhei, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Kishio Daisuke

Translator’s note: This CD was honestly a little...disappointing? It felt like very little was accomplished in the end and none of the guys really got to shine. Even though it’s about the exams, we don’t get to see (or hear) any of them study at all. I guess it’s because they already did a CD very similar to this one, so I suppose they didn’t want to repeat that. I honestly would have much rather seen a CD about the Sakamaki & Mukami family going skiing together over the winter break. That could be a wild ride. :p

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Ayato: …Oi! Whatcha bein’ so restless for? God, I can’t believe you’re gettin’ all excited over Winter Break. How old are you, five? 

Anyway, as my possession, you’re bein’ quite cheeky, thinkin’ ‘bout how you’ll spend the break and all. You just need to spend time with me, end of the story.

You ask him how he will spend his break. 

Ayato: …Shut up, Chichinashi! That’s none of your business, is it? Why do I have to tell you? It’s already bad enough that I have to go to school period, so no way in hell I’m also adjustin’ to some stupid rules made up by a bunch of humans.

You ask if he would rather not have a winter break at all then.  

Ayato: Haah…? I never said I don’t want a break, did I? Honestly, a break sounds great just ‘bout now. Studyin’ is just a big pain in the ass after all. 

Reiji: Haah…I was wondering what the two of you could be talking about over here, but you’re already discussing your winter break plans? 

Laito: I think you might be getting a bit ahead of yourself there, Ayato-kun. 

Kanato: Agreed. Besides, she is mine, so I’d highly appreciate it if you would stop talking as if she belongs to you. 

Ayato: Haah!? Who are you callin’ yours…!? 

Laito: Nfu~ Kanato-kun’s casually trying to claim her, but Bitch-chan belongs to me, remember? 

Subaru: Haah!? Cut the crap! I can’t believe you’re just lettin’ these guys say all of this stuff…Why don’t you talk back a lil’ too, huh!? 

 You frown. 

Shuu: Pwaah…Nn…Shut up…You guys woke me up. You really are a nuisance. 

Reiji: I believe you are the biggest nuisance of us all for sleeping in such a place. Although right now, I have to give Ayato a reality check first. 

Ayato: Haah!? What do you mean, reality? Honestly, you always talk like you’re the shit.

Reiji: Good grief…Sorry to break it to you Ayato, but I am afraid you simply do not learn. 

Ayato: …What’s your problem, you fuckin’ Four-Eyes!? Dare say that one more time!

Reiji: I do not mind repeating myself as many times as needed if that is what you wish. 

Ayato: Che…!

Reiji: Since you appear to be completely ignorant of your current predicament, allow me to take this opportunity to make it clear to you. While you are free to get excited about the break, please do not forget that there will be exams right before. 

*Poing* 

Ayato: …!? E-Exams...you say!? 

Laito: Aha! Geez, Ayato-kun! Seems like it completely slipped his mind!

Subaru: How do you even forget about that…? You’re a sophomore, aren’t you!? 

Kanato: I’m sure he’s the type of guy who conveniently forgets everything he doesn’t want to remember. 

Ayato: …Fuck off! Get off your high horse already! I only forgot ‘bout those stupid tests because I didn’t deem them worthy to remember!

Kanato: You plan to ignore Father’s orders? I doubt you will get away with that. …Aah, but, I suppose that could be interesting as well. Right, Teddy? 

Ayato: N-No way! I never said, did I!? 

Reiji: Ayato. Your homeroom teacher called me in to talk earlier. Your grades are far too terrible, if you keep this up, you will surely have to repeat the year.

Ayato: Repeat the year…!? Oi, are you bein’ serious!? 

Reiji: Why would I lie about it? For one, you sleep through most of your classes. So how would you expect your grades to be stellar when you never study at home either? 

Ayato: Keh…

Shuu: Tests are just a big pain in the ass. I honestly don’t understand the people who get all serious about them. 

Reiji: Shuu. This warning applies to you as well. After all, who is the guy who already had to repeat his year once because he could not be bothered to do anything? 

Shuu: Oh yeah, I guess that happened. Well, I definitely don’t want a repeat of the North Pole fiasco, so I actually anticipated and did the bare minimum this year. 

Reiji: …

Laito: Reiji. Too much anger is not good for your health. Shuu has always been like this, so why get upset over it now? 

Reiji: …Either way, to ensure that no other member of this family gets held back a year, I shall personally tutor you so Ayato, please bear that in mind. 

Ayato: Haah…!? 

Reiji: By the way, you do not have the right to refuse. If the results of your tests are not up to par, then you will devote your entire winter break to your studies. 

Ayato: Reiji, you bastard…Don’t be decidin’ this for me! …Also Chichinashi, what’s up with that look? Don’t tell me you’re pityin’ me!? 

Laito: Bitch-chan is so kind~ Those bad grades are something he brought upon himself, so no need to pay mind to it. More importantly…How would you like to spend our winter break? How about we both retreat to my room for some ‘naughty fun’...~? 

Subaru: Don’t make me gag! I don’t see how anythin’ good could come from lettin’ you have her during the break. 

Laito: Oh? Would you perhaps like to join in as well, Subaru-kun~? I don’t mind. I guess the three of us can all have a good time together then!

Subaru: Did you listen to one word of what I said!? Fuck…I never alluded to that, did I!? ーー O-Oi! Whatcha touchin’ her for!? 

Laito: …Mm~ Bitch-chan’s hair smells so wonderful. This fair skin of yours as well…Even just looking at it makes me weak in the knees…I guess it’s because your blood is just so sweet and delicious? 

Shuu: Oi, Laito. Can’t you shut up for even one second? It gets even worse when you’re around her so back off. 

Laito: Eeh~? No way. If anything, I want to cuddle even closer to her. Nfu~ I wouldn’t mind having a little sip of her blood eiーー 

Shuu pulls you away from Laito. 

*Rustle* 

Shuu: Enough with the bullshit. …And what is your deal, huh? At least fight back a little more. By reacting like that, you’re basically asking him to suck your blood. 

Laito: Excuse me, Shuu? Could you not pull her away out of nowhere? She seems to be in pain. 

Shuu: …It’s your fault for trying to suck her blood.

Laito: Eh? You’re putting the blame on me!? How cruel!

You frown.

Shuu: You always seem to be having such a good time when I suck your blood, so can’t you let this one slide?

Kanato: Please just let go of her hand already. It’s highly upsetting. …What is the problem with you guys? Are you trying to show off on purpose? 

Shuu: Not really…That’s not my intention. 

Kanato: Honestly…You’re not in the clear either. You always let everyone do with you as they please…Are you testing my patience, perhaps? While I do like submissive dolls, it isn’t exactly enjoyable to witness other men have their way with you right in front of my eyes. You don’t seem to realize that you belong to me. You are my plaything. Therefore, all you need to do is do as I please. If you fail to comprehend that…Perhaps I should just make it so you cannot move at all? 

Subaru: …Ugh. 

*THUD*

Subaru: Cut the crap! …Oi, you! Come here already!

Subaru pulls you his way. 

*Rustle* 

Kanato: …!? What do you think you’re doing, Subaru!?

You thank him.  

Subaru: Ah? …No need to thank me. Honestly, these guys just keep on spoutin’ bullcrap…It pisses me off!

*THUD* 

Reiji: Please leave it at that! We have gotten quite a bit off-topic…but the matter we need to discuss right now is Ayato’s grades problem. 

Ayato: Who cares ‘bout that crap!? 

Reiji: Stop being so stubborn, Ayato. If you fail these upcoming exams as well, you will no longer get any pocket money!

Ayato: …Hah!? Fuck that!

Laito: Ayato-kun, I think you might regret going against what Reiji says~ Or else it won’t just be during the winter break, but you might never get any money again.

Subaru: Heh! Serves you right!

Ayato: That’s fuckin’ dirty, Reiji!

Reiji: Call it whatever you please. Besides, as a noble Vampire, you should be ashamed of yourself for getting worse grades than mere humans! 

Ayato: Fuck…Guess I have no other choice. Just this one time, ‘kay!? Still, you really think I’m gonna study all by myself? Chichinashi and all of these fuckers will suffer with me as well!

Subaru: Haah!? Why do we have to keep you company!? 

Kanato: Exactly. You’re the one who’s at risk of having to repeat his year, correct? This doesn’t apply to us!

Shuu: I’m definitely not tagging along.

Laito: Hm~ Personally, I wouldn’t mind joining in if Bitch-chan is there as well~

Reiji: How ridiculous…Are you perhaps hoping that I will be more lenient with more people around? I believe it is time to you stop struggling in vain and just honestーー 

Kou: M-neko-chan~!

Reiji: You guys…

Kou: Hey, hey! It’s almost winter break, right? The four of us are planning a ski trip so why don’t you join us? 

Ayato: Aah!? Are you out of your fuckin’ mind!? She’ll be hangin’ with me during the break!

Kou: Eh!? You don’t have any time to play, do you? Don’t you have to study? I’m pretty sure that you’ll be stuck studying the whole break if you get bad grades on the upcoming exams so you won’t be able to hang out, will you? 

Ayato: Kuh…

Reiji: Eavesdropping, I see. What a nice hobby you have there.

Laito: Hm~ The whole Mukami family is here, it seems. 

Kou: Man, you really must have it rough having to keep up with the selfish whims of the Sakamaki family. …Hey, don’t you think so too, Subaru-kun? 

Subaru: Shut up!! I mean, I’m part of that family too, aren’t I!? I bet you’re askin’ me on purpose!

Kou: Geez, how cold. If you keep on making that scary face, you won’t get any love from M-neko-chan~

Subaru: …!! You bastard…!!

Yuma: Oi, Sow. Yer grades aren’t half bad, are they? Then why don’t you join us before Ayato gets ya involved in his mess? 

Azusa: Hey, Eve…Let’s hang out together…I’m sure skiing will be fun…Ah, but I guess it might not be with me around…Although in my case, I enjoy any time as long as we spend it together…

You assure Azusa that you enjoy his company too. 

Azusa: Ah…I’m happy…You really are so kind…

Kanato: Kuh…Why are you guys here? 

Azusa: Why…? We just so happened to pass by…That’s all…

Kanato: Please don’t tell such blatant lies! I bet you secretly followed us, didn’t you!? That’s so creepy, it’s making me gag!

Yuma: Oi…! Stop throwin’ a hissy fit over every fuckin’ lil’ thing! 

Kanato: How about I sew that loud mouth of yours closed instead!? 

Yuma: Aah!? The fuck did ya just say!? Ya wanna throw fists, mate!? 

Ruki: Cut it out. What’s the point in lowering yourself to their level? There is no need for us to give those guys any attention, is there? 

Ayato: Ahー God! Shut up already, all of you! We stay quiet for two seconds and you instantly assume you can just run your damn mouths! All I need to do is pass my exams, right!? 

Ruki: I honestly cannot imagine that happening to the guy whose grades have been rock bottom the whole semester. 

Ayato: Kuh…Oi, Ruki! Don’t think you’re the shit just ‘cause you’ve got good grades! I can pass those exams with ease as long as I put in just a little effort. 

Kou: A little, you say? That’s an interesting claim, Ayato-kun. Ruki-kun is pretty smart, you see? 

Ayato: Shut up! Keep that mouth of yours shut!

Ruki: Then, how about our families having a competition to see who can get the best average score? The winning family earns the right to keep her all to themselves over winter break. 

Ayato: Heh, interesting. You’re on!

Subaru: Don’t be decidin’ that on your own! I’m not doin’ this shit!

Yuma: Hah! Is Mr. Hikikomori scared of losin’, huh? 

Subaru: You bastard…Are you pickin’ a fight with me? 

Azusa: …Can we win? …Right. We might be able to…if Eve cheers us on. 

Kanato: Please do not voice your ridiculous fantasies out loud. It’s unsettling. 

Shuu: I don’t want to deal with any trouble. 

Laito: I like the idea of all of us fighting over Bitch-chan like that! It kind of sounds like the plot of some cheap romantic drama, it’s giving me the shivers! 

Reiji: Good grief…Things have become quite bothersome because of you. However, we cannot back down now. Very well. We accept this challenge!

Ruki: It’s settled then. I hope you will not have any regrets, whatever the outcome may be.

*TIMESKIP*

*Thud* 

Ayato: So this is where you’ve been Chichinashi! Don’t make me look for you!

Reiji: One would almost assume that you are avoiding us on purpose. Do you understand that you are not entitled to do so, I wonder? 

You try to explain yourself.

Reiji: You do not wish to get in the way of our studies? How imprudent of you. Seeing as you are part of the reason why this challenge was set up in the first place, do you not believe it would only be logical to help us out? If you fail to realize your own position, then I believe I will have to make things extra painful for you today. Please brace yourself. 

Laito: You heard him, Bitch-chan~ Reiji can be quite scary, can’t he? Personally, I would ensure that you experience the ultimate pleasure alongside the pain, so what do you think? 

Reiji: There is nothing to think about. She does not have the right to choose after all. You will come to my room once we’ve returned home, do you understand?

Laito: Eeh~? Then once you’re done with her, can it be my turn next? I’ll show you a world・of・fun~

Subaru: God…I thought we were goin’ to study? 

*Thud* 

Kou: Ah! M-neko-chan, found you~! Come and study with us~

Ayato: Aah!? Chichinashi’s goin’ to help me with my studies! Fuck off!

Yuma: Haah!? I bet you’re the one who decided that on your own!

Ruki walks up to you. 

Ruki: I doubt you have the time to look after other people right now, do you? You should worry about your own grades first. Come here. I’ll help you study.  

Your eyes widen in surprise.

Ruki: Don’t look so dumbfounded. Are you really that surprised by my offer to help you out? While I hate unintelligent women, I believe you have potential. 

Azusa: Lucky you…Ruki is a great tutor, you see…

Ruki: Come here already. 

You join Ruki. 

Ruki: Do you have any questions regarding the test material? 

You point something out. 

Ruki: I see. Well, you’re supposed to use this formula and…

Kou: Ah-aah~ Ruki-kun snatched her away. Look at how they’re basically huddled together. I want to cuddle up to her as well. I tried so hard to finish all of my work in time too, it’s no fair Ruki-kun gets to have all the fun…

Ruki: Kou. If you are going to talk badly about someone, at least lower your voice. How is she supposed to concentrate? 

Kou: But I mean…When do we ever get the chance to study together like this~? So even if it’s only for a short period of time, I want to spend every second of it together. You feel the same way, don’t you? 

Ruki: Come on. How long are you going to stay distracted? Stay focused. …Your cheeks are flushed. Your breathing is somewhat ragged as well. Heh. Seems like you’ve got some other things besides studying on your mind. 

Kou: Heeh~? Are you perhaps hoping to get sandwiches in between Ruki-kun and I as we both suck your blood simultaneously~? 

Ruki: It would be rather absurd if that were truly the case. While it still makes sense for us to crave your blood, for you to seek out our fangs as well…What a greedy Livestock you are. 

Kou: Ahahaha~ For real! You actually have some nerve. If my fans find out about this, they might just kill you, you know~? 

Yuma: Hey, how much longer? It’s our turn now, isn’t it? …Heave-hoh.

*Thud* 

Kou: Ah…Hey! Yuma-kun! I can’t believe you lifted her up with the chair and all…You’re such a brute.

*Rustle* 

Yuma: …There. Oi, help Azusa and I study as well. …Hah? What are you sayin’? Why bother askin’ Ruki for permission if you’re fine with it? Come on, teach us already. 

You start explaining. 

Yuma: …Oh. Hmー Hm. …Heh!? …You’re pretty good at this! I think ya could totally become a great teacher!

Azusa: But for now…She’s our own personal teacher…

Yuma: Heh. A private lesson with a female teacher, huh? Sounds pretty good. 

Azusa: In that case…I’d love to learn more about you…instead of the subject matter…Although, I suppose that’d make you feel troubled, wouldn’t it? I’m sorry for saying something inappropriate…

Shuu: If you know that you’re being inappropriate, then you won’t complain if we take her back, correct? Let’s go. 

*Rustle* 

Shuu: Why are you so easily won over by others? The triplets are throwing a tantrum because you were taken away. If you want to pretend to be a teacher that badly, then go ahead and do so close to me.

Azusa: …They left. 

Yuma: Che…That guy pisses me off with everythin’ he does!

*TIMESKIP*

Ayato: Ahー This shit makes zero sense! I find the motivation to keep goin’!

Reiji: I am teaching you in a way that even an idiot should be able to pass the exam. If you have a somewhat-functioning brain, at least try your best to remember this. 

You return with Shuu.

Laito: …Ah, Bitch-chan~! We’ve been waiting for you! Those Mukami’s didn’t pick on you too much, did they?

Ayato: Oi, Chichinashi! Teach me this part. Havin’ Reiji teach me is an absolute nightmare. 

Kanato: Excuse me? She will obviously teach me first. We already know that you will fail the exam, Ayato, so it’d just be a wasted effort. 

Laito: I’d love to have you thoroughly teach me as well~ …Okay, Bitch-chan? 

Reiji: Good grief, you lot…You want her to teach you that badly? Right. I suppose if I teach her first, then it will naturally reach you guys as well. 

Ayato: Ah? The fuck are you sayin’? 

Reiji: This is in your best interest as well, so I will not take no as an answer. In that case, I am counting on your full cooperation. 

Laito: Eeh~? We’re going to study? 

Subaru: Haah…I’m headin’ home first. 

Reiji: Hold up, Subaru. I shall not allow you to leave. 

Reiji stops him. 

Subaru: Oi, let go of me. Ayato’s the only problematic one here, right? 

Reiji: Excuse me? This concerns our whole family. Even if it is just Ayato who fails the exam, all of you will have your monthly allowance cut. 

Subaru: Aah!? Fuck off!

Kanato: Why do I have to face the consequences of Ayato being an absolute idiot!? 

Shuu: Haah…Ridiculous. 

*Rustle* 

Shuu: …!

Subaru: Oi, Shuu! Don’t you dare try and sneak out by yourself!

Reiji: Well then, let us get started. If Ayato gets a failing score, then I shall give all of you a taste of Hell. So keep that in mind. 

*Whip* 

*TIMESKIP*

*Flip* 

Ruki: The results are in but…

Reiji: As much as I hate to say this, it appears that our challenge has ended in a draw. 

Ayato: Hehe! How’s that? Pretty amazing, huh? I skillfully dodged failin’ my exams!

Kanato: Oh please, don’t brag about that. 

Laito: Oh well, all’s well that ends well, I suppose?

Azusa: Since we both got the same score…Does that mean Eve will have to hang out with us…as well as with the Sakamaki’s…? 

Yuma: So we can’t have her all to ourselves durin’ winter break? 

Subaru: Hah! Serves you right! Told you we wouldn’t let you fuckers have her!

Yuma: Shut up! Ya guys can’t keep her all to yerselves either!

Shuu: Oh well, I suppose we’ll have no other choice but to accept these results. 

You suggest you all hang out together. 

Shuu: …Hah? 

Reiji: …All of us together, you say? You mean both of our families…? 

Ayato: No fuckin’ way! I don’t want to spend time with them!

Subaru: Che…Ridiculous. I’m not gonna pretend to be pals with these bastards. 

Kanato: It’s unpleasant but I suppose we have no other choice. Those who have a problem with it can simply spend the break by themselves. 

Ayato & Subaru: Fuck off!

Subaru: Who says I have a problem with it!? 

Ayato: I never said I’d spend the break alone, did I!? 

Laito: You won’t gain anything from that kind of attitude. Just try and make the best of it~

Kou: Yeah, exactly~! Let’s all have a blast together! Right, M-neko-chan? 

Azusa: Mmh…I’m also looking forward…to spending winter break together, Eve…Say, what should we do…aside from skiing? 

Yuma: There’s still some time until the end-of-term ceremony, so we’ve got plenty of time to brainstorm. 

Ruki: Right. Why don’t you come over to our place so we can set up a plan? 

Kou: Nice idea, Ruki-kun!

Azusa: Well then, with that settled…Let’s not waste any more time. Eve…Let’s go. 

Subaru: Hold up! Don’t be tryin’ to abuse the situation to take her away! Didn’t you agree to spending the break all together just earlier!? 

Yuma: Hah! Says the guy who didn’t seem to like the sound of that at all!

Azusa: Mmh…Yuma’s right. 

Subaru: Shut up!! Besides, why do you guys get to decide everythin’!? 

Ruki: The more people, the more difficult it becomes to come to an agreement. Rest assured, once we’ve settled on a plan, we shall inform you guys as well. I cannot deny that the challenge ended in a draw after all. However, winter break has not yet started. 

Kanato: Exactly. Do you really think that twisted logic of yours will fly? 

Yuma: What do ya mean, twisted logic!? He’s makin’ perfect sense!

Azusa: Exactly…I don’t believe Ruki is wrong…

Kanato: Are you an idiot, Azusa!? I’m trying to say that I can’t give you guys permission to take her to your house. 

Subaru: No way we can trust some kind of shady plan you fuckers came up with. …Come on, you too! You don’t need to feel obligated to go with those guys. For today, just come back home with us, ‘kay? 

Ruki: Do not make a fuss simply because things have not gone your way. It is painful to watch. 

Subaru: Kuh…Ruki…You bastard! Meet me outside so we can fight it out!

Ayato: Cut it out, you shitheads! It was always the plan for her to spend the winter break with me!

The Sakamaki’s and Mukami’s start arguing in the back. 

Reiji: Well, I do find it frustrating that we were not able to put those Mukami’s in their place, I suppose I can hardly complain seeing as Ayato did manage to pass his exams. …That being said, I am already getting a headache just from knowing that I will be the one having to constantly stop them from arguing. Good grief…Haah…

ーー THE END ーー

#diabolik lovers #dialovers #shuu sakamaki #reiji sakamaki #ayato sakamaki #kanato sakamaki #laito sakamaki #subaru sakamaki #ruki mukami #kou mukami #yuma2016 #azusa mukami #diabolik lovers translation #diabolik lovers drama cd #but as far as drama CDs are concerned

[duhragonball]

Neon Genesis Evangelion 15

Fuckin’ finally.

I wasn’t looking forward to this one, because the next-episode preview acted like this was going to be all about Kaji and Misato “figuring things out” or some other will-they/won’t-they romantic bullshit.  I mean, if it was a different couple, then I could be down for that, but Kaji sucks, and I hate his oh-so-punchable face.  If Misato gets back together with him, it’ll suck because she could do so much better, and if she doesn’t get back together with him, then a story about it will have wasted my time. 

Fortunately, it looks like Kaji is some sort of double-agent?  We’ll get into the particulars later.

Anyway, Ritsuko, Misato, and Kaji all attend a wedding for some mutual acquaintance, and Kaji shows up late, probably because of some spying he was doing.  Misato drinks too much, and while she’s in the restroom, Kaji gives Ritsuko some kind of object, and Ritsuko warns him not to dig to deep into whatever he’s up to.  Cryptic as always.

Meanwhile, Shinji and Gendo visit the grave of Yui Ikari (1977-2004), Gendo’s wife and Shinji’s mother.  Today is the anniversary of her death.  We don’t know what happened, but Gendo says there’s no corpse, and the gravestone is just a marker. Shinji has no memory of his mother, probably because he was so young when she died, but also because Gendo destroyed any photographs and recordings of her.  I guess it never occurred to him that their son might want to see her someday. 

They came here before in 2012, but Shinji ran away.  This is part of the reason he wasn’t looking forward to returning here.  That, and he didn’t want to face his father, although things seem to go well enough.  Earlier, Misato encouraged him to see this through, because unless he takes the next step, nothing will ever change between him and his dad. Shinji tried asking Rei for advice on talking to his dad, since they seemed to get along so well, but she acts like she doesn’t know anything about Gendo, which sounds fishy.

During that conversation, Shinji mentioned that he saw Rei wringing out a washcloth, and he thought she handled it in a motherly way.  She’s deeply touched by this, I guess, though she doesn’t let on.  Wait... is Rei a clone of Yui Ikari or some nonsense like that?  Is that where this is going?  No... it couldn’t be.

No.  It couldn’t...

No.

Well, at least the Ikari boys part on good terms, even if their conversation is terse.  Rei’s in the aircraft that picks Gendo up, and I guess Shinji has to walk. 

When he gets home, Shinji plays the... cello? I think that’s a cello.  Asuka comes home to find him playing, and she seems genuinely impressed that he can play.  Shinji says his teachers made him practice and no one ever told him to stop, so he just kept at it.  He doesn’t think he’s very good at it, but Asuka seems more impressed with his persistence than his talent.  Can you play Classical Gas on a cello?  Yes you can.

Anyway, one of Asuka’s friends tried to set her up with her brother or something, and she got bored and ditched him in the line for a roller coaster.  Wow, Asuka sucks.  I always got the impression that she’s the most popular character in this thing, but like 90% of her presence in this show is just her being a huge pain in the ass.  I mean, she’s being nice to Shinji at the moment, but that’s only happening because she did something thoughtless to some other poor slob. 

Later, they get a call from Misato that’s she’s staying out late with Kaji. Asuka thinks she won’t return until morning, because it’s Kaji, and Asuka thinks he’s the only worthwhile male specimen on this planet.

Misato ends up getting so drunk that Kaji has to carry her home, at least part of the way.  So drunk, in fact, that Misato finally comes clean with her feelings.  She admits that she dumped Kaji mostly because he reminded her so much of her dead father, whom she loathed in life, but who also sacrificed himself to save her. 

That scared her, so she joined NERV to get revenge on the Angels who killed her father, but then she found out her dad used to work for NERV as well, so no matter where she went and what she did, she kept coming back to her daddy issues.  She thinks she’s a hypocrite for telling Shinji to confront his feelings about his dad, when she can’t seem to do the same.  And she thinks she’s a coward who uses men...

Kaji kisses her to put a stop to all this self-flagellation, and scene.

Meanwhile, Asuka wants to kiss Shinji, mostly because she’s bored.  Shinji’s like “okay” and she holds his nose shut because she doesn’t like him breathing on her. 

This goes on for quite a while.  Shinji finally pulls away, but I give him credit for his perseverance.  When they finally separate, Asuka runs to the bathroom and washes out her mouth, apparently regretting the whole experience.

Finally, Kaji gets Misato home and they put her to bed.  Kaji says his goodbyes, despite Asuka inviting him to hang out for a while.  Ah, that’s why Asuka was looking for ways to pass the time.  She wanted to see Kaji again when he and Misato came home. But it’s late and he needs to change for work tomorrow. 

The next day, Rei’s absent from school... again.  Huh.

That’s probably because Gendo has her bottled up in the Tang Tube here in the Central Dogma.  Well, that’s what the room is called, but I have no idea what any of this is.  They smile at each other, and that seems to be all we’ll get from this.

Even further below the Tang Tube of Destiny, Kaji tries to get into some even deeper, darker secret room, and Misato catches him and puts a gun to his head.  She reveals that she knows his secret.  Kaji works for NERV’s Special Inspection Department, but he’s also on the payroll for the Japanese Department of the Interior, who want him to spy on NERV for them. 

Kaji apologizes for deceiving her, but he wants her to see what’s in this room, which Ikari and Ritsuko have kept hidden from her.

And it’s Adam, the First Angel who exploded, causing the Second Impact fifteen years ago.  I don’t know how any of it survived the explosion, or how they recovered the remains, or why it’s been nailed to a cross, but there’s orange liquid coming out of its body, so maybe this is where they get that LCL fluid they use in the plugsuits.  Kaji says this is the source of everything after Second Impact, and I think that means the Eva’s an all the other research Gendo Ikari is in charge of, it all stemmed from Adam’s body.

And yeah, this is much more like it.  Not only are we revealing a few deep dark secrets behind NERV, but this episode has more character development than the last dozen episodes put together.  Misato gets drunk and confesses her hangups about her dad?  Shinji plays the cello?  Asuka kisses Shinji?  Gendo talks about his dead wife?  Rei blushes?  They could have spread these moments out across multiple episodes and it would have been great!  Instead they just built it up and waited until now to release it all at once.  That seems like a bad idea, but better late than never, I always say. 

And of course, we can’t overlook Adam.  I think a big reveal like this should have waited until Episode 15 or so, so I’ve got no complaints there.  It’s starting to look like I suspected.  They captured Adam in 2000, and they’ve been desecrating his corpse ever since.  The other Angels keep coming to NERV headquarters to recover the body, or to avenge their comrade, or maybe they’re just trying to destroy NERV so none of them suffer Adam’s fate.  In any case, it sure doesn’t look like NERV are the good guys...

Also, next episode apparently involves Shinji learning a “new level of anguish and despair”, so it looks like we’re finally entering the phase where this show goes apeshit.  At last, I finally meet the true Neon Genesis Evangelion. 

#neon genesis evangelion #2024ngeliveblog #shinji ikari #asuka langley soryu #rei ayanami #kaji ryoji #misato katsuragi #ritsuko akagi

[rei-does-stuff]

Uhh so been watchin evangelion and i got some thoughts, almost half way through it

—

-Uhh I like shinji, I know ill probs hate him after the hospital scene but for RIGHT NOW i like him

-All the fan service is weird, they’re in middle school I should NOT be seeing Asuka tits its rlly fuckin creepy

-Shinji needs to stop doin shit with Asuka when she’s sleeping, ik abt the hospital scene but he tries to kiss her when she’s sleeping, ik your 14 but cmon man

-SPEAKING OF THEYRE 14 why are doing this, ik it’s because they bond with the evas more but still!! These kids need so much therapy!!!

-OH and uh, the fuckin heat suit asuka has to wear is 100% a fetish thing like cmon, again FUCKING WEIRD AND CREEPY

-ALSO The adults are weirdly creepy towards the kids, mainly Kaji, again stop man!!! They’re 14

—

But overall the show is pretty engaging, i like it, waiting for the white haired twink to show up

#rei says stuff #neon genesis evangelion #nge #evangelion anime #evangelion

[fuckyeahmeikokaji]

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) as Lady Snowblood (修羅雪姫) by the amazing Sloane Leong (@sloanesloane) commissioned as part of a Kickstarter.

So fuckin’ good.

#Meiko Kaji #梶芽衣子 #Lady Snowblood #修羅雪姫 #Sloane Leong #commission #art

[appbeljuice]

gavin, me, and our bf were all watching evangelion and immediately started joking about how hot ryoji kaji is and not even an hour later we split him….

i swear as soon as things immediately go wrong in our day to day life we split SO easily. anytime a character catches our eyes its fuckin over for us i swear. we are at 119 registered rn

-duck

#system things #system thoughts #actually dissociative #dissociative identity disorder #otherwise specified dissociative disorder #osdd system #did system #traumagenic system #actually plural #plural stuff

[ininsulaavalonia]

SNK officially ended today and it's been a much more overwhelming experience than I would've thought. The manga left me feeling apathetic - it killed my interest in this series for what, a year? Two? So I had 0 reasons to think the anime would coax anything else out of me.

...

I was wrong. Admittedly, not like we're talking purely positive emotions here - I still have a lot of resentment, bitter regret and the itch to shake all the yens out of Isayama's pockets. But even so. I guess I should've known better - the writing has [had] its flaws. The voice acting and the music/score, tho? Never did. Not a one.

Add to that MAPPA's mindboggling dedication and passion for the craft and source material. I'm not perfectly happy with them for very biased reasons [they did away with a few of my RM crumbs], but no sane person could ever deny that they knocked it out of the fuckin park. They did all that while juggling 9620 other major franchises [and killing it there, too]. Ufotable will always be my #1, but MAPPA has come very close these past few years. Just hope everyone who worked on SNK post-changing hands gets to take pride in their work and maybe actually like.see their families or smth, lol.

But yeah - I will never be able to stress this enough: like at least 60% of the reason SNK had the ridiculous impact on me it did, of the reason it will be remembered as a classic/ legendary series, despite its flaws, of the reason precious few fictional works, irrespective of genre/medium will hope to ever even come close to the level of pure, raw exhilaration and emotional immersion SNK served on a pretty regular basis...was [and always will be] Sawano's masterpiece. Yamamoto has proven himself to be an A+ understudy/disciple 'Ashes on the Fire' will always slap], and ofc the likes of Linked Horizon, Ai Higuchi, Mika Kobayashi and all the other contributing artists deserve their fair share of laurels. But this score will always be Sawano's baby. I've a lot of comfort/fave soundtracks and the like; I can't remember one that did so much for its story, tho. Complemented its own brilliance this incandescently and profoundly.

And ofc the seiyuus were always excellent. That was not news to me. I'll always sing Kamiya's praises and keep Yui's future roles on my radar [and Marina almost stole the show here]. But most of my respect and admiration -sheer awe of, really- has to go to Yuki Kaji. He has such an incredible body of work, but I'd be shocked if people genuinely thought this, Eren's part,*wasn't* his defining performance. The role of a lifetime. It's not just his VA chops, either- the man's a pro in every sense of the word. Despite what Isayama put Eren through, despite that BS insult of an ending [painted in the most pathetic and pitiful colours, for all the world to see] that MAPPA sadly didn't alter [...made it worse, actually, what with Isayama's revisions/ additions and all] - he still gave it his all, still tried to see things through Eren's perspective to the bitter, mockable end. K I N G.

I wish I could heap this kinda praise on the writing, too. Sadly, this will stay one of my biggest frustrations and regrets re: any fictional work I've ever consumed. Isayama's expanding on the Armin-Eren heartfelt talk at the end made me feel, either successively or simultaneously. soft, emotional and mournful... and/or horrified, outraged and baffled by what his messaging seemed to make even more explicit/ double down on: that Eren, the protag the audience/readers got to see grow, the one they came to emotionally invest in? Was really just an 'idiot with too much power'. Ultra!Hitler stripped of his perceived alpha traits: just a lonely, pathetic, petulant, ridiculous *boy*. And while the 'I'll go to hell with you' spiel from Armin was one of the things that turned on the waterworks for me, I fully reject this attempt by the narrative to paint him in similar, bloodstained colours [or maybe I don't reject it - even if that were true, Armin will always be a hero to me. And sadly, my 2nd fave character after what Isayama did to Mikasa's character].

I'm just so fucking tired and angry by this nihilistic, cynical trend of backstabbing your audience/readers for the grave offence of their placing their trust in you. GOT did it first, ofc -and Isayama went 'hold my beer', apparently-. But the thing that makes this even more frustrating and painful - is that unlike those 2 fucking hacks, Isayama is an actual writer. A fantastic one / credit where credit is due [and funnier than he's usually given credit for, as the finale reminded me]. His skill isn't the issue - his cynicism / 'nothing is sacred' attitude is. The fact that he just yeets characters' dignities out the window can and has added so much heartache, tragedy and realism to his story and his overall style. But it also leads to this sort of betrayal.

I guess the underlying message of 'how to live with the horrible things you did for others/ for your own survival' is pretty hopeful. Armin's 'I felt like I was born for this moment', the ~it's the apparently pointless, little things, and the people you share them with that you have to hold on to and cherish ~ point has always, will always resonate with me. But I doubt it will ever be enough to get rid of all the bitterness [also: not even gonna get into Founder!Ymir, that shitty parallel to Mikasa, and that entire 'BECAUSE LOVE' clusterfuck. This isn't real life, Isayama. Fiction needs a why. YOU KNOW THIS]

Sigh. Anyway. In the end, even the fact that I felt this strongly, considering... is also a testament to the insane sort of impact this story is capable of. SNK -and RM [and Levi! The one good thing not even Isayama managed to taint -*...knock on wood*- That beautiful, awkward, baddest-of-the-baddies KING. The heart, soul and embodiment of the Scouting Legion-]- have meant so much to me - were a lifeline in the aftermath of the worst thing I've ever experienced. I'll never forget that sense of unique, intense exhilaration I felt while watching the first few episodes, a decade ago, in a Durham seminar room. Or the rollercoaster every feeling I'd ever had --and a buncha new ones- went on those following nights, as I binged the remaining episodes and the manga. Or RM. I wish things could have been different. But that doesn't mean I'll ever throw it out of my mental and emotional Hall of Fame. Thank God for fanfic.

That and. I *will* always carry that weight, I guess.

#had to get it off my shinzou #felt fitting. I'm in a weird place in my life lol #ramblings #ramblings: SNK #if this pops up in the tags or some shit - no it didn't #Favourite Napoleonic Ball of Contradictions

[citadelofswords]

fuckin kaji. blasting off

#lb: evangelion

[very-grownup]

THE YEAR IS 2020 AND I WATCHED NEON GENESIS EVANGELION FOR THE FIRST TIME, PART 11

Episode 23.

Misato is going to be haunted by fuckin' Kaji forever and so am I. Fuckin' Kaji.

This appears to be the episode where I have to assume budget and deadlines were becoming intractable foes for Anno because there doesn't seem to be any easy way to paper over gaps and I spent the entire time feeling faintly like the experience was dissolving.

My grappling for understanding behind the cut.

Here's what I do know: Misato is so absorbed in listening to fuckin' Kaji's message in her office that Shinji and Penpen are left to their own devices, which are just being concerned about Misato.

Ritsuko talks to her grandmother about a dead cat.

Ritsuko's desktop background is an old photo of her, her mother, and Gendo Ikari, where her mother left room for Jesus between her and her daughter instead of her and Gendo (you'd need at least five Jesuses for protection from the hollow-eyed ghoul of insecurity and misery). I hate it.

Overcome with her sense of failure, Asuka's just broken into the class rep's home and has imposed the world's longest and worst sleepover on this poor normie girl. Asuka's just playing videogames, crying, and sleeping which ... yeah, fair. At night Asuka shares a bed with Hikari and curls on her side, far away and miserable, her face hidden, whispering about her failures and her hatred and her hatred of self. Hikari stares at the ceiling and can say nothing of substance because she is also a child.

The Obelisk Committee is back, interrogating Gendo to absolutely no end because you have to ask questions AND get answers to them for an interrogation to work and also when he gets notice that there's an Angel sighted he just nopes right out of there. Your interrogation is not going to be successful if the guy you are trying to pin to the wall can just go 'sorry I have to take this call' and flush the phone down the toilet while you watch.

This week's Angel is a giant hula hoop made out of light and x's which I feel probably puts it right in the middle of the cuteness scale. It's not horrifying to look at but it also doesn't have a cute little face. I miss the ones in the early episodes that had cute little faces.

The obelisks are determined to crush Gendo and suspect he isn't loyal to them which ... again, the obelisks make some good points.

The plan is for Rei to sniper the Angel with Asuka providing backup. Asuka feels terrible, miserable, and pointless about the whole thing because seriously it seems like no one has talked to her since last week when she was psychologically tortured by the Angel? I'm surprised Asuka's even there, in the robot, but I suppose habit is powerful.

Once the EVAs are deployed, the Angel turns into a long sticky laser snake which Rei tries to shoot with her giant robot sniper rifle. This is not effective and the Angel begins to burrow under the EVA's armour to the fleshy bits underneath and shit gets veiny.

In the NERV command centre someone talks about the Angel trying to make first psychological contact and you can't keep saying that, this is the fourth time AT LEAST we've seen an Angel try to do weird brain reading with one of the kids so this is at least fourth contact. We are all operating on the assumption the Angels are ... some kind of unified force or being or ... something, right? Like, they're all on the same ... side? Part of the same force? If they're all independent and unrelated monsters of the week, NERV makes even less sense.

So, so, so Rei's EVA gets veiny and Rei gets veiny and Asuka is given orders to provide backup and then when her EVA is on the surface she and it just ... stand. Asuka tries to make it move but nothing happens. Finally, NERV lowers the EVA elevator again.

Gendo remembers he has a son and Shinji is deployed in Asuka's place to rescue Rei from the veins and not only does Asuka have to deal with her failure to pilot the robot in this moment, but she's filled with sad jealousy that Shinji wasn't sent to help her last week. Oh, honey.

So the light tentacle snake is making the veins and probing Rei and her memories and the EVA and like with the other kids, Rei confronts herself. One Rei is waist deep in the orange tang of the sub sub sub basement ocean while the other Rei floats above the surface. Rei is lonely? Or, one Rei is lonely, while the other Rei tries to express that Rei is lonely because unlike Rei, who is surrounded by others, Rei is by herself. One Rei knows more than the other, one Rei emotes more than the other. I am confused. None of the Reis seem as distressed as Shinji or Asuka did when they were getting psychoanalyzed by an Angel, at least. There's a weird shot that's just on one of the Rei's mouths, smiling and getting distended and wavey and also a Rei has a vision of smiling, glasses-free Gendo. Rei in the EVA comes back to herself when she realizes she's crying but the Angel is still doing its vein attack and all that pulsating Akira flesh starts happening and the light snake shoots out to Shinji, which is bad. There's more pulsating Akira flesh, just overflowing masses of veins bursting up and above the EVA, trying to shape something, the torso of Rei's EVA bulges out into, like, an armoured pocketed dome ball, which seems bad.

Then the light snake attacking Shinji turns into a giant naked Rei with a strange nightmare face who tries to make out with the EVA even though thankfully we at least have been spared horrible human lips to go with the horrible human teeth and fingers we know are in it.

Rei is like, do I want to become one with Shinji so I'm not lonely anymore? Is that what laser snake is trying to tell me and I just don't even know where to begin with all of this, where are you even getting this stuff Rei?

Rei realizes that letting the Angel snake made of light that looks like a giant her make out with Shinji's EVA is not the answer to her existential crisis and exerts her will over it or ... something? I don't know, she makes it like a rubber band that's suddenly reached its end. SNAP goes the light tether between giant naked Rei and Rei's EVA and it whips away from Shinji and the nightmare Rei's light face looks upset by these developments before it's like SCHWOOM back into the EVA ... ... and all the pulsating flesh becomes unpulsating and the dome stomach bits get popped like each segment of the dome is a bubble wrap bubble and then Rei blows herself and the EVA and I guess also the Angel up and I guess it's more effective than guns.

The obelisks want to interrogate someone, Gendo and Number 2 are already dealing with the fact that Rei is dead and just have some really weird conversation in front of machinery about how Rei is all of Number 2's sins and all of Gendo's hopes or ... or something? The obelisks go through a powerpoint of all the Angels defeated so far and I GUESS the kids have been fighting Angels that are all listed in the Dead Sea Scrolls and according to the Dead Sea Scrolls there's only one Angel left which, sure, we're on episode 23 of 26.

Shinji's lying on his bed not listening to music (music is playing but he doesn't have the headphones in) and Misato comes in to try and talk to him about how Rei killed herself to save Shinji. Shinji talks about sadness that's so intense even when tears can't come ... There's no time in this episode to dwell on this honest, awkward little pebble of grief, though. Misato tries to take Shinji's hand to comfort him but that isn't what he needs, he just wants to be alone and rejects Misato's overture.

Misato wonders about whether Shinji has a fear of women (what?) or intimacy (huh?) but when even Penpen refuses to be company for her, she realizes maybe she was projecting her own issues onto Shinji which hey, good catch, Misato! You and Shinji are similar but not the same.

ANYWAY NO TIME FOR THAT BECAUSE REI IS DEFINITELY MIRACULOUSLY ALIVE AND NOT DEAD even though Ritsuko and a bunch of dudes in HAZMAT suits were going over the spot where the EVA blew up and Ritsuko found something that had her going WELL THIS IS SOME X-FILES SHIT.

Shinji goes to see Rei at the hospital where she is bandaged all to hell and staring vaguely at nothing in the hall and he tries to thank her for her exploding sacrifice on his behalf. Rei basically says you're welcome but I have no idea what you're talking about. Shinji doesn't make much headway in expressing his gratitude further because Rei just straight up says I probably don't know what you're talking about because I'm the third Rei. Just straight up 'oh if I seem weird it's probably because I'm clones'.

It's not that Rei is clones that is surprising, it's just the total nonchalance with which Rei drops 'I guess I'm clones' on Shinji.

SO ANYWAY THE OBELISKS ARE INTERROGATING A NAKED RITSUKO BECAUSE GENDO WON'T LET THEM INTERROGATE REI AND HE'S JUST LIKE HEY THIS SCIENTIST WILL SPEAK ON HER BEHALF AND ALSO SHE'S NAKED but who knows who had the bright idea of naked interrogation. Maybe it was Ritsuko. Say a brief, silent prayer of thanks that there's no naked Gendo interrogation because if there is one thing I have learned so far in Evangelion, it's that the more of Gendo I can see, the more distressed I am.

I DON'T EVEN ENTIRELY KNOW WHAT THE OBELISKS ARE ASKING RITSUKO ABOUT.

Rei goes to her apartment and removes all her bandages and she's fine because she's clones so sure, all the bandages were for show. This Rei sees Gendo's old glasses and picks them up and starts to try and crush them in her hands but also she's crying? Reis is conflicted?

Misato's found a datachip that fuckin' Kaji hid in a pill and she's listening to another recording which is maybe all the stuff he learned while spying on NERV I don't know I don't know I don't know anything at this point.

Ritsuko calls Shinji and tells him he's temporarily not being monitored so he ... look, narrative cohesion and scene transitions are a thing of the past, we don't even have glue between disconnected bits anymore. RITSUKO TALKS TO SHINJI ON THE PHONE.

Then Ritsuko is ... somewhere ... work ... I DON'T KNOW MISATO IS BEHIND HER WITH A GUN AND THEN RITSUKO'S LIKE OKAY I'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING BUT SHINJI IS HERE SO WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM TOO and it's like just flip on the lights in this one spot and bam there's Shinji NO TIME. ELEVATOR. DOWN DOWN DOWN. DOWN DOWN DOWN. THIS SUBBASEMENT LOOKS LIKE REI'S APARTMENT. BECAUSE IT IS REI'S APARTMENT. WATER MEMORIES. LOOK THIS ISN'T WHAT MISATO IS HERE FOR, MISATO IS HERE FOR THE GIANT SEPHIROTH AND KABALLAH AND CROSS HOLLOWS FULL OF GIANT BONES. EVA skulls and bones and Ritsuko's just like yeah those are all the prototypes from ten years ago that didn't become murder robots piloted by teens we just keep them in these religious pattern caves to form the basis for some real gothy jigsaw puzzles. Oh PS Shinji if you find it familiar it's because you've been here before even if you don't remember it this is where the experiments that kill disappeared your mother went down. NO TIME FOR ANYONE TO REACT TO THIS.

LOOK I'M SURE IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THIS AND YOU KNOW THE SERIES YOU ARE LIKE RITSUKO AND ARE LIKE GET ON WITH IT JUST GET US TO THE CHAMBER WHICH RITSUKO SAYS IS WHERE THE DUMMY PLUGS ARE MADE AND THEN SHE TURNS ON THE LIGHTS AND WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE AQUARIUM. THE ONLY EXHIBIT IN THE NIGHTMARE AQUARIUM ARE REI CLONES SMILING AND GIGGLING AT YOU FROM THEIR ORANGE TANG HABITAT. Ritsuko says the captive Reis have no souls, they're just vacant flesh in the shape of a human, there's only one Rei /personality/ which is the first Rei and I guess when she dies they take another one out of the tank and she becomes the Rei with the soul I DON'T KNOW. Ritsuko hates the Reis not because they are the result of some human science meddling in things they cannot understand or control but because somehow the existence of the Reis mean ... Gendo doesn't need her?

BECAUSE RITSUKO, LIKE HER MOTHER BEFORE HER, ALSO WANTS TO BONE DOWN ON THE MAN WHO IS HATE'S SKELETON, WITH MARROW OF PARENTAL NEGLIGENCE, AND A BLACKHOLE SUCKING HIS FLESH ILLUSION EVER INWARDS TO DARKNESS.

NOW IT IS TIME FOR RITSUKO TO TURN OFF THE TANG AQUARIUM LIFE SUPPORT AND ALL THE GIGGLING REIS BEGIN TO BREAK APART, GIGGLING AS THEIR LIMBS SEPARATE AND THEIR ENTRAILS SPILL OUT AND ALL IS DARKNESS BUT THEY'RE STILL GIGGLING AND HOW ARE ANY OF US SUPPOSED TO RESPOND TO THIS?! Oh, and the obelisks' plan for the destruction of Tokyo-3 is proceeding on schedule WHAT WAIT WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO PROTECT TOKYO-3 no wonder Misato drinks. No wonder /you/ drink. This concludes my report on Episode 23 of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Edit: the obelisks talk about having lost the spear of Longinus. It's on the moon, obelisks. You're welcome.

#neon genesis evangelion report #fuckin' kaji

[sgdlr]

some of my favorite given pages/panels in no particular order

#given #given manga #mafuyu sato #akihiko kaji #uenoyama ritsuka #haruki nakayama #yes its 2am yes im fuckin sobbing over fictional gays #ch26 #ch27 #ch28 #26-28 are literally my favorite chapters i will not fucking shut up about them

[sword-dad-fukuzawa]

Ok ok I'm on my Watch HTR Goddamit!! Agenda again. So lemme explain.

Hakata Tonkatsu Ramens pretends its a sports anime about baseball. It's not. Baseball is the fun found family bonding activity that the main cast engages in during their free time, and occasionally it's a narrative framing device to set up each episode/facilitate character growth. The point is not that these people play baseball.

The point is that they're all hitmen.

I exaggerate--not all of them are hitmen. Most of them are hitmen, and all of them are hitmen-adjacent. HTR is set in a fictionalized version of Fukuoka where murder just kinda happens and the police don't really care. "BUT THAT'S UNREALISTIC!!" shhhh. HTR doesn't take itself that seriously and neither should you.

So, you've got your main character, Lin Xianming. He's a crossdresser who thinks it's fuckin hilarious when people mistake him for a cute girl and he gets to say, in his deep ass voice (thanks Kaji Yuki), "Fucking moron. I'm a man." Because that's the sort of guy he is--rough around the edges, a bit of a cynical jackass, trigger happy, and holds grudges like nobody's business.

(He's also interminably lonely, as such people tend to be.)

After a mildly convoluted plot of betrayals and defections, he ends up as a freelance hitman. Enter Banba Zenji, who runs a detective agency as his day job and does murders on the side. He's pretty different from Lin, all things considered--easy going, kind of a rake, charming in an exasperating way. Banba does Lin a favor, and the two of them end up as roommates? Hitmen partners? Best friends for life? Something like that.

And also Banba is a massive baseball nutcase who gets Lin to play for his grasslot team, the Hakata Tonkatsu Ramens. The entire team is made of hitmen-adjacent folk that all help with schemes/jobs/have their own narratives. Jirou deserves a highlight all on his own for being an "avenger" that will take eye-for-an-eye jobs--he's gay, has an adorable daughter, and is one of the sweetest members; and so does Enokida, a hacker with a hilarious backstory and the bitchiest attitude known to man.

Anyway, I think HTR's strongest aspect is how the writers took the concept of Chekhov's gun as their central dogma. Everything that occurs in the setup of an episode has a payoff later, and half the fun of watching it is trying to figure out what the hell the relevance is of a particular wig. It can't possibly be used later!

No. No it will be used later. And you're going to lose your shit when you realize how they use it.

But anyway!! If you want murder found family +incredibly well executed keikaku + hitmen hijinks, HTR is the anime for you :)

#hakata tonkatsu ramens #htr

[eyelessdoll-y]

YUUKI KAJI SEIYUU OF KANATO RECORDED AN FUCKIN YAOI WITH OTHER SEIYUU (DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS FOR OVER 18) AND I CAN'T FIND TO HEAR AT ALL

SOMEONE SHOOT ME NOW

[dialovers-translations]

DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN Vol.1 Sakamaki Saga [TRACK 3]

Original title: 葛藤と困惑のADAM

Source: Diabolik Lovers LOST EDEN Vol.1: Sakamaki-hen

Audio: Here

Seiyuu: Toriumi Kousuke, Katsuyuki Konishi, Midorikawa Hikaru, Kaji Yuki, Hirakawa Daisuke & Takashi Kondou

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TRACK 3: ADAM OF CONFLICT AND CONFUSION (12:50 - 18:02)

Ayato: Che…They can come at me all they want! I’ll show them what these powers are capable of if that’s what they want! I never asked for these…That fucker…The Old Fart just pushed them onto me!

*THUD*

Ayato: Chichinashi!!

Ayato walks over to your bed. 

*Rustle* 

Ayato: Chichinashi! Wake up!!

*Creaaak* 

Ayato: So you finally got up. 

*Creaaak*

Ayato: Oi…Lemme suck your blood…

You seem hesitant. 

Ayato: That’s a direct command from your Master. So come on, hurry!

*RIIIIIIP*

*Rustle* 

Ayato: Shut up! I’m in a bad mood right now. So just shut up and obey me!

Ayato bites you. 

Ayato: Nn…Mmh…Hah…

*Creaaaak* 

Ayato: Haahn…

*Sluuuuuurp* 

*Rustle* 

Ayato: How’s that? I bet you’re slowly startin’ to feel good?  

You shake your head. 

Ayato: Tsk…Not enough yet for you, huh? 

He continues sucking your blood. 

*Sluuuuuurp* 

Ayato: Nnh…Nn…

*Rustle* 

Ayato: Haah…? What’s the problem? 

You note that something seems different about him.

Ayato: Hah? Not really. I’m no different from usual.

You frown. 

Ayato: Why are you lookin’ at me like that…? 

*Creaaak* 

Ayato: …Fuck!

You ask Ayato what happened.

Ayato: Aah…? I just feel strangely awake for some reason. Even though I should be sleepy. Then once I went downstairs to the living room, those idiots showed up one after the other. 

You nod.

Ayato: Each of them claimed they couldn’t fall asleep either…Like they could sense somethin’. 

You tilt your head to the side and ask him what this ‘something’ is.

Ayato: How am I supposed to know!? …What? Got a problem? 

You seem concerned about it.

Ayato: Of course it’s fine. If they want to ‘sense’ somethin’ so badly, then they can go ahead and get themselves involved with any shit they want. It’s none of my concern. I’ll deal with whatever trouble comes my way by myself. 

*Creaaak* 

Ayato: Anyway, when did you become my mom or somethin’, huh!? Fuck off!

You apologize for holding Ayato back.

Ayato: …!? Haahー!? What makes you think I’m havin’ to hold myself back and act in certain ways because I have to be mindful of you!? Don’t be gettin’ the wrong idea now! I think you might be a little too self-conscious? …Tsk!

*THUD*

Ayato: Ugh…And here I thought you’d make for a good distraction. 

He leaves the room and slams the door shut. 

*THUD*

Ayato: …Fuck!

( Now that I was given these powers, it is my duty to protect this family. Of course, I knew that very well. I was the only one within my family who was truly aware of what was steadily approaching us, as well as how severe this situation was. The Old Man’s powers are most definitely the reason behind that. However, these powers are just far too great for me to handle. No, I suppose it would be more accurate to say that I felt terrified and hopeless. No matter what I did, none of it would work out because these powers are too overwhelming. 

On top of that, I can’t even properly control them. Just like he said, the fact that I badly injured Chichinashi after those powers flurried out of control still continues to haunt my mind. Even though I became more powerful, it also felt like those exact powers were keeping me in their grip. So I did the most obvious thing and turned my back to it, pretending not to see nor notice. I do not want to be pushed around by my own powers any longer. )

…Che! It’s none of my fuckin’ concern.

ーー TO BE CONTINUED ーー

#diabolik lovers #dialovers #shuu sakamaki #reiji sakamaki #ayato sakamaki #kanato sakamaki #laito sakamaki #subaru sakamaki #diabolik lovers lost eden #diabolik lovers translation #diabolik lovers drama cd #drama cd

[peanutscratch]

Godd I just found out there is a lot more of Tsurezure Children than I expected and I read like 120 new chapters

#Kamine and gouda are still relationship goals #Toda and suna are fuckin adorable #Kaji and akagi are the way they are #And Takano and Sugayan are... Trying Their Best #tsurezure children #wakabayashi toshiya #Pointless peanut post