#haven't been able to fully read the manga

[subiysu-chan]

A dark reason why Griffith was probably so emaciated after his torture

I think his torturer was ordered, or decided, to make sure no one could secretely put analgesic substances in Griffith’s food, and thus either he would only allow Griffith to eat what he cooked himself, and on days where he had more victims, well, Griffith simply didn’t eat at all, or make Griffith starve for a day before each torture session to make sure he receives most “treatments” on an empty stomach. This, combined with pain and nausea, means it would take Griffith a lot of will-power to keep nutriants actually in his digestive tract. 

#theory #haven't been able to fully read the manga #berserk theory

[usareiis]

Have been reading a Real Book in the past few days idk if you guys have heard of this but it feels sooo nice <3

#i straight up haven't read a book i wanted to read since like august #besides manga and light novels #i have been reading a chapter or two of sula every day and it's so so good to be able to read at this pace instead of the school pace #plus toni morrison you have to take in slowly to fully appreciate it i think #sula isn't even that long but where many years are passing i like the sense of progressing slowly with the characters #it's good ofc i haven't read a bad toni morrison yet <3 i might go for beloved next i feel like that is her best known work

[actuallysaiyan]

I Wanna Be Adored(Nanami Kento x Fem!Reader)

warnings: MAJOR SPOILERS!! PROCEED WITH CAUTION, a fix-it fic, mentions of major character death, fluff, angst, mentions of violence/dark themes, lots of sadness, happy ending, flashback scenes are in italics, canon divergent/AU word count: 1.8k pairings: Kento Nanami x Fem!Reader a/n: I haven't watched the newest episode of JJK, but I remember the feeling I had when I read that chapter in the manga. Here's for all the ones who hate the canon story in the manga!

The night felt colder than it should have. He knows he shouldn’t have ever let you go off on your own, but everything was just absolute chaos that night. He remembers being with Megumi and Ino and then trying to make a point of getting back to you. Kento wasn’t going to let this night end in disaster when it came to you. You were his shining light, his reason to live. If he’s got to maim or kill to get back to you, he will. He absolutely would do anything to make sure no harm came to you.

The problem was how good of a sorcerer you are. Not that he didn’t believe you couldn’t take care of yourself, but he knows you enjoy throwing yourself into battle so much. He’s seen you with that same smirk Gojo usually sports. The two of you aren’t too far off in terms of personality. The same things that irk him about Gojo, they are so endearing in you. You shine so beautifully. You show him things he’s so long forgotten.

That’s why it was so important to him to find you. Despite the chaos and the destruction, Nanami was going to find you and hold you close. He’d fully confess his feelings to you, though you were already sure you knew he wanted to settle down with you and start a family. But Namami wasn’t going to let this chance pass him by. He curses himself for being so silly for waiting so long to finally spill the beans to you. Still, he knows you won’t judge him.

An uncontrollable rage filled Kento as he found the body of Ijichi lying on the ground. Though he initially believes the man to be dead, Kento is relieved to know that he’s going to be able to help him. The sudden realization of just how intense all of this is hits Kento and he’s suddenly so scared to find you in such a way. He’s scared that you might have gotten a little too cocky with everything and that you jumped head first in a battle that might have been too much for you.

After finding Nobara and Nitta, Kento vows that the next thing he’s going to do is to find you. He won’t do anything stupid or rash. Even after wasting Shigemo, Kento knows he needs to find you. His heart races with every step he takes. His anger is almost overtaking him as he begins to imagine the worst of the worst.

If he found your body on the ground, broken and bruised and bleeding, he’s so sure he’d lose his mind. You are utterly the only thing that matters in his entire life. He needs you more than you’ll ever know. You really mean that much to him, Before you, Kento was a shell of a man. You brought light into his heart and it has never gone out.

Things become even more dire as he meets up with Maki and Naobito Zenin. Not being able to find you makes Kento more nervous. The curses that come next seem to be relentless and he finds himself in the middle of a serious attack. The pain is incredible, but the pain of not being able to see you before he loses his life is even worse. Kento knows this is more than likely the end for himself.

Meanwhile, you’re out of your mind trying to find your lover. You knew you shouldn’t have run off either, but the call of a good fight to protect the people you love is what fueled you to keep going. You were going to fight until your last breath if that’s what it took to protect everyone and keep the world safe. Even after finding out that Satoru was sealed, you still took it upon yourself to take the lead in many of these fights.

You tend to the wounded when you can, but you still can’t stop thinking about Kento. You worry dearly for the love of your life. You look for him everywhere you can, but you’re always stopped by something or someone else. When you aren’t actively defeating curses, you’re on the move to the next battle. And when you’re not battling or moving to another part of the area, you’re helping the wounded or you’re caring for those who are about to perish.

Your heart clenches when you begin to imagine the worst. You think about finding your lover on the ground, broken and cracked like he’s nothing. Discarded pile of flesh and bones for you to discover in horror. It terrifies you to think that you may never get to kiss him again. You may never get to hold him. Never get to see that gorgeous smile of his again. It’s killing you inside to be apart from Kento. He’s always been your rock, your knight in shining armor. Everything about him is perfect in your eyes.

You hold out hope that you’ll be reunited with your lover soon. You’ll do anything to make sure you see him again. This night will be a very old memory one day, one you two will think was crazy and you’ll reminisce about how much you’ve gone through this night.

After the fight with Dagon, Kento wonders truly if this is the end of the road for him. He thinks of your beautiful face, that shining smile. It’s enough to keep him going, but he’s more than ready to let this all end. He knows you’ll be distraught, but you’re strong enough to get through it all without him. It’ll take some time, but you’ll fight through the pain of losing him. With a good support team and some therapy, Kento knows that you’ll make it through this. Once he emerges from the domain, he’s met with the evil curse Jogo. The pain is searing through his body as he is almost completely incinerated. He lays on the ground, writhing in pain. Even if he lives through this, you probably won’t even be able to look at him the same way. Not with his damaged eye and his scars. You’ll probably want to leave him and live a much better life than to have to take care of such a scarred man.

The later it gets, the more terrified you get. You know that you’re probably going to lose the love of your life in this battle. He won’t be returning to you. You’ll find him just as you pictured before, lying in a heap of his own blood and bones. The lifeless body of your lover will be the thing that renders you completely insane. How will you even live on without him? You try to remain calm, but you’re so damn scared. You’re fucking losing it.

You set off on your own, in search of the man who has shown you just how beautiful life is. You go looking for him, knowing this might be your last hope. Maybe you’re both strong enough to get through this. Your eyes are scanning your surroundings as you call out his name. Your heart is wrenching in your chest as you begin to find yourself losing hope. You’re about to turn around and search elsewhere when you spot him. You gasp in shock as you see him.

That voice…

It belongs to the curse Mahito. You shudder as you watch him taunt your lover. You feel like you’re running too slow to reach Kento. You shout his name, and Mahito mocks you as well. He’s yelling Kento’s name in the same desperate tone you are, angering your lover even more. Kento turns to look at you and you get to see just how badly he was hurt. You feel your heart breaking. Your beautiful lover has been so disfigured and all you want to do is reach him and hold him close. Before you can even do anything, you watch in horror as Mahito gleefully sets his sights on your lover.

“Nanamin?” Yuji’s gentle voice can be heard, and Kento turns towards his student. There’s a small smile on his face.

“You’ve got it from here,” Kento tells Yuji, then he turns to you and smiles brightly.

A loud scream escapes you as you watch your lover be killed right in front of you. You collapse on your knees as Yuji becomes enraged. The last thing Kento remembers is the sound of your voice…

“Daddy?” a soft voice is heard from the doorway. Kento opens his good eye, peeking over at the blonde little girl standing there.

Kento stretches lightly, then he sits up on the bed. He’s pretty sure he was dreaming of that dreadful night again. Kento is still not sure how he managed to escape that last attack from Mahito, but he is very glad he did. Kento smiles as he sees his daughter pitter-pattering her way into the room.

“Were you sleepin’, daddy?” she asks as she hops onto the bed. Even though his wounds have healed over the years, she is still very careful not to hurt him on his sensitive side.

“Yeah, I guess I was.” Kento says with a chuckle, pulling his little girl closer to him. She nuzzles her face into his chest, sighing happily as she gets a whiff of her father’s comforting scent. These days, he smells like old books and cozy blankets.

There’s a knock on the bedroom door and Kento’s heart swells with affection when he sees you with a tray of food. You’ve got that same playful smirk spread on your face like you always did, but motherhood has tamed you a little. You set the tray down on the bedside table and you join your two loved ones on the bed.

“Were you having that dream again?” You ask Kento, seeing the dazed look in his good eye. He keeps the other one covered with an eyepatch most times.

Kento sighs and he nods, “Yeah…that was some night, huh?”

Your daughter presses a soft kiss on her father’s cheek, clinging to him by wrapping her arms around his neck. He kisses the top of her head, then he ruffles her blonde curls. He can’t believe just how fortunate he is to have both of you. After that dreadful night, Kento retired and you two moved somewhere calm and relaxing. He got the chance to read all those books he thought he’d never get the chance. And of course, he started a family with you quite quickly.

“I’m so glad I didn’t lose you that night,” you murmur as you lean against him.

Kento laughs, “Me too, sweetheart.”

And for a moment, the three of you cuddle on the bed, enjoying the sensations of being so close to one another. Nothing will ever tear your little family apart…

#bacon.writes #Nanami x you #Nanami x reader #Nanami x y/n #jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #Kento x you #Kento x reader #Kento x y/n #jujutsu kaisen #jujutsu kaisen angst #jjk #jjk fluff #jjk angst #jujutsu kaisen fluff

[maychorian]

Dungeon Meshi has fully consumed me, especially a certain tiny union man, and I want to ramble about Chilchuck's traumatic backstory for a bit. Mild manga spoilers under the cut.

The first time I read the manga I missed this bit, since I was reading an online version that didn't have all the extras included. Since I've come across this litte omake, though, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It just explains so much about why Chilchuck is the way he is.

First, at a surface level, it's interesting that this backstory only comes out in the framework of talking about a monster. Chilchuck is offering basically an anecdote about succubi, adding to the conversation he and his party are having about a monster species. It's all very casual and offhand. No one even remarks on what that experience would have meant to Chilchuck on a personal level, and he doesn't dwell on it, either. You have to wonder if Chilchuck would have ever mentioned it at all if they weren't specifically talking about succubi.

But holy heck, just think about this for a moment. On one of Chilchuck's first outings as an adventurer, possibly the first time he joined a party, his fellow adventurers were planning to feed him to a monster. He's only alive now because he had the instinct that something was wrong and had the speed, wisdom, and stealth to run away. He could have died. He could have been murdered. And it's implied that this happens to half-foots frequently in this world.

How traumatizing would that have been for a young adventurer? The people he should have been able to trust to have his back were literally planning his death, all for monetary gain. He was treated as disposable, a resource to be exploited, not a person. Not only is there the trauma of narrowly escaping death here, there's also the trauma of being mistreated and abused by other thinking, intelligent beings.

No freaking wonder he has trust issues. He's been working with Laios and his party for three years at this point and he's never shared a single solitary personal detail about his life, not even his age. He can't bear to allow any vulnerability to show, because he can't allow himself to be taken advantage of again. No wonder he's so prickly and wary. No wonder he's so sensitive to being viewed as anything other than a capable, skilled, fully realized and autonomous adult. No wonder he shies away from affection and any hint of closeness, especially in the early chapters of the manga.

I'm amazed that Chilchuck had the strength and fortitude to stay in the business at all. He considered his options and took steps to keep himself safe, including only accepting pay in advance and starting a union to protect himself and other half-foots. (Another tidbit you don't get at first in the story--Chilchuck is not just a member of a union or the leader, he started the whole dang thing to begin with.)

But what's so lovely, and wonderful, what makes this story take over my brain so completely and utterly, is that Chilchuck doesn't stay this way. Over the course of the manga, he opens up more and more. He allows himself to be emotionally vulnerable; he shares more and more details of his life. He treats Marcille and Izutsumi like daughters, Laios and Senshi like brothers. He loves them and allows himself to be loved in return.

And that's one of many reasons that Dungeon Meshi is one of the best found-family stories I've come across in a long, long time.

#dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #meta #my stuff

[drrr-emporium]

What to do if Durarara over

I'm going to assume you've finished the anime and have not gone into anything else Naritaverse wise

So! You can read the novels. Since they're officially licensed by yen press, you can buy the soft cover books or get them as an ebook / kindle from barnes and noble or amazon. I don't really endorse this but I'm sure if you do enough digging around you can find old, still available, free translations like anni_fiesta who did a lot of translating back in the day. Here's the link to their Index of Translation. I still use it since it's the only place I know that has the white day story translated and it's one of my favorites (For Kadota Related reasons haha), plus a couple of other side stories.

(I think the internet archives have the novels if you do some poking around but for Narita Please Write SH 5 reasons, I'll ask you to dig those up lmao)

Speaking of Side stories, Kazinha-726 translated a bunch of drrr side stories But since they haven't updated in a while, you need to change the links from kaedesan721 to their new URL kazinha-726. I'll directly link what you need here

Izaya Spin Off Translations I don't think these are officially licensed for translation so it's fine for me to link. This is the story of Izaya now that he's been forced out of Ikebukuro, and there's two books as of writing this.

Durarara Gaidens It's some gaidens, but It's also a handful of translated convos from 3 way stand of alley relay, the links use that kaedesan721 link, so while I won't be fixing all those links for you, I can at least link the tag for all of them here. you can probably find audio for this game on youtube, though I'm not sure anyone's like.... fully translated? perhaps? Which ALSO reminds me of the relay manga

Durarara Epitome of Eighteen Histories Written along side the release of season 2, we've got some stories involving Kazane Kinomiya, who's the half sister of Shinra, and a reporter. They have all 18 listed there nicely EXCEPT the Erika and Walker Link is a little messed up, and if you search through the posts you can get to it but anyway here's the link to that story specifically

DRRR x Hakata Tonkatsu Ramens Actually I haven't seen HTR or read it so I can't really tell you about this one but if you're into that series--

There's ALSO MiniDura which are little gag comics of the durarara cast in chibis! there should be 4 books as of me writing this. Godspeed on finding translations they seem to be around.... but this post is long and I'm scared of losing it so I'll update later on how many chapters there are so you don't miss any, though I'm seeing up to 10 in my cursory search.

Shizuo, Izaya, and Celty are also in uh.... Dengeki Bunko's fighting Climax, which you might be able to find some stuff on on youtube. but since it's Dengeki Bunko you also have other series... I can only remember A Certain Magical Index / A Certain Scientific Railgun / the other titles in this series as being part of it whoops.

So you've done all that, what do you do next?

Well Narita has other series, like Baccano! which had an anime before DRRR did, which is 16 episodes. Since Funimation lost the license back in like... 2012 it's not officially uh licensed for viewing anywhere, so uh. wink wink. message me if you need more help here.

There's ALSO the novels which... there are so many more than there are for drrr, also available to purchase, though these are hardcovers! Last time I checked they had.... around 20 translated? Since I'm more drrr side I'd have to ask about fan translations and if I can still find them around. But again I don't really condone it since we want more written you know?

Narita also has a couple other series, but the one that's my favorite besides DRRR is Etsusa Bridge (It's pronounced Essa Bridge don't make the same mistake I did. )

And i NEED more people to read that one please please please please

Unfortunately, the person who did the fan translation closed their Blogspot to the public so uh. the first 4 books, and really what is the main story, is available on the internet archive here

Though I'm saying thank you to baka-tsuki for my life by having a page of links here, which includes the 5th book, 5656 part two (NARITA..... I NEED 5656 PART 2 PLEASE...... PLEASE)

and Vamp on the internet archive here and baka-tsuki here

I also know about Hariyama-san but i don't actually know... if anyone translated that one..... Narita has also written for Bleach and Fate Strange/ Fake if you're into those. Straight up just linking this wiki page in case you have any interest in other stuff he's written

And finally! Currently, Dead Mount Death Play (often shortened to DMDP) is a manga written (or co written?) by Narita! which is currently getting an anime and all of his attention.

All that being said I've been really into Trigun lately lmao

Anyone else feel free to add on or tell me what I may be missing

#durarara #naritaverse #baccano #izaya orihara #celty sturluson #shizuo heiwajima #long post #info #info post

[redrage71890]

HEY NANBAKA FANS!!! Has anyone ever thought about the linguistic skills everyone has? Concerning the fact that the cast is largely international with the inmates primarily besides the guards since majority of them are Japanese (except for Building 5 that's mainly Chinese).

Big Note: I'm not fully caught up in the manga and just basically started it, so this is all coming from an anime watcher. If its somehow explained in the manga then someone tell me please...

Though staying with the primary cast of Building 13, 3/4 of cell 13 are foreigners from specifically English speaking countries being America and Britain. So are the three of them fluent in Japanese? I guess they would because Nanba Prison is in Japanese waters with majority of everyone being Japanese. I understand that the foreign guards would have to know Japanese for obvious reasons.

So here are my personal headcanons/thoughts for the each of the primary characters in the anime (because I haven't finished the manga):

Inmates

I think it depends on the pasts and learning abilities of the inmates for them to have a better understandings of learning another language and retaining that.

Jyugo: I find it hard to believe he would be able to learn another language easily or even moderately. He probably tries to copy how someone pronounces something but he struggles with reading and writing. From all the prisons he's been to internationally, he probably has basic English that was kind of refined from Uno helping.

Uno: Out of everyone in cell 13, Uno would most likely be bilingual with English and Japanese. I don't think he would be completely fluent however, he might struggle with more complex sentences or words he's unfamiliar with. (Also who doesn't think Uno might slip into some angry British English or something...)

Nico: I think Nico would be able to speak more Japanese than English because of watching anime. He can't read so he's going off hearing, so he might have picked up on words from how they're used in phrases and puts them in his everyday. Along with all the guards and Jyugo probably teaching him in some way.

Rock: Honestly, I see Rock using more English than the other three. Using it more emotively especially when he's angry or frustrated, mainly to himself. His Japanese I'd say is decent but not as fluent.

Tsukumo: Definitely bilingual and possibly trilingual. Japanese and English and I'll say Chinese that his 'mum' encouraged him to learn because of possible roles. Probably maintains them by trying them with English and Chinese speaking inmates.

Liang: Japanese and Chinese straight up. Doesn't know English well at all because of the environment and situation he grew up in, but he probably doesn't care about learning another language and just keeps Japanese and Chinese. Too busy training anyway.

Upa: Same thing with Liang. Don't really care and too busy training. English? I think he'd be really competitive against like Liang to see who's better at English.

Qi: Trilingual. Qi is pretty smart so I'm not surprised he would know three languages or so. He might've had foreign clients before he went to prison so he'd have to know English at least. Its Japanese, Chinese and English he knows to spell it out.

Musashi: Most likely the most knowledgeable out of the inmates, considering Musashi went to college so I'm saying trilingual. For all I know he might not be fluent in Japanese but he’s certainly fluent in German and English for obvious reasons (he’s German if anyone forgot).

Honey: Bilingual. He’s half Japanese and American but we don’t know anything about his family so who knows if he was actually taught Japanese at a young age. But Honey is quite smart with his bullets and the thread so I’d say he knows English and Japanese well to near fluency.

Trois: Most likely also bilingual but possibly trilingual. Trois is very intelligent considering his somewhat sadistic self with machinery, in my mind he probably has enough brain space for two at least languages. French is one and the other is Japanese, I said trilingual because I'm not sure if he would know English somehow.

Guards

They gotta be smart in a way and physically strong enough to keep these inmates from escaping. Not to mention the foreign guards having to learn another language to work at Nanba.

Hajime: Strikes me as a man that at least knows decent English but not fluent. I think he's very knowledgeable in other languages but he's too busy to study them or learn them.

Yamato: I don't think Yamato knows a lot of English or any other language besides Japanese. I'm not sure how he met his wife since she's Russian but I think she's bilingual while he isn't really.

Seitarou: Shy English speaker and isn't that confident in his skills, but he knows it decently. Though he doesn't give a vibe that he knows anything other than Japanese or English.

Samon: For obvious reasons he's bilingual with Japanese and Chinese. I like to think that the Chinese inmates and guards talk to each other in Chinese as a way of retaining the language. I see Samon helping some inmates retain their Chinese if some happen to forget like writing.

Inori: Again, bilingual. Highly doubt he would try to learn another language. Would he speak it at Nanba with anyone else? Honestly, he might but probably not often at all yet he somehow still remembers his Chinese.

Kenshirou: I'll be honest here, Kenshirou most likely knows the basics for a bunch of languages from his years in the police and he might of had to pick up basics for other languages for situations or so. Currently, I see his linguistics being a bit broken from not using it and or he forgets because of his work.

Hitoshi: Probably really knowledgeable on linguistics and other cultures but might have trouble speaking. Is very curious about other cultures and actually wouldn't mind learning from the people and feeling a great amount of appreciation for them. Considering the fact that he remembers that Hajime told him that Germans like beer a lot so I think Hitoshi wouldn't mind learning about other languages.

Kiji: This is hard. But I don't think Kiji would be extremely good with learning another language but I think he would know a few words. Like random words he can use and say in the correct times, though he probably would be too busy with his duties

Mitsuru: Ironically, probably knows many languages and surprisingly doesn't butcher any of them. Most likely favours English the most and is most likely fluent. Reason I'd say is from music he listens to or just saying shit for the jokes and memes.

Momoko: Relatively knowledgeable on other languages but isn't fluent in those languages. I'd say as the warden she'd have to encounter many foreigners so she'd know other languages for conversation and what's necessary.

#nanbaka #nanbaka musashi #nanbaka anime #Nanbaka headcanon #nanbaka jyugo #nanbaka uno #nanbaka nico #nanbaka rock #nanbaka upa #nanbaka samon #nanbaka liang #kenshirou yozakura #hajime sugoroku #samon gokuu #mitsuru hitokoe #momoko hyakushiki #yamato godai #seitarou tanabata #kiji mitsuba #hitoshi suguroku #inori hakkai

[trigun-manga-overhaul]

hi there! im sure with the advent of a trigun rerelease upon us you've gotten a lot of asks about this over the past couple of days, but in the case you haven't been asked that: do you still plan to move forward with overhaul 2.0 even with the news of a reprint? i ask this with no disrespect or hopes that you do cease work on it, but im interested in hearing your thoughts and feelings about how to proceed.

as well, I'm curious to hear your take on this, do you believe dark horse will redo the translation? or simply edit it? i haven't read much dark horse manga so im not sure historically how they would handle a reprint for a manga that has been out of print for so long, especially since, imo, at this point they would have to meet or exceed your excellent translation. similar to how official video game rereleases at the bare minimum have to meet the current emulation standard- if that makes sense.

btw i just want to say thank you for your in depth and explanatory answers to the many questions you get regarding translation nuances and the work that goes into cleaning and typesetting from scratch and the logic behind your choices. i speak the language but still love hearing the thought process other translators go through when they make certain decisions. it's awesome how much passion you have for trigun and this project as well as helping people to understand choices in the original text and how you translated them for your text.

Hey there and thank you for your question!

We have not been asked specifically about this yet, so your question is very welcome.

We fully intend to continue with Overhaul 2.0, even in light of a Trigun Deluxe release, which the team is ecstatic about, by the way. The need for a digital version for people to read on their computers, phones and other devices remains, and the quality of life that comes with it. Larger pages, the ability to zoom in, very crisp black and white differences, all of these factors can be helpful for people who might find reading difficult due to various health or mental health conditions.

On top of that, it will be free for those who are not fortunate enough to be able to buy expensive Deluxe releases, or the very expensive regular releases, for that matter. We always encourage people to eventually find a way to support the original creator, which is why we suggest buying the digital version of the manga on Dark Horse Comic's own website and not buy second hand books. But until that is economically responsible for people to buy, we offer them a chance to read an accurate translation online in the meantime.

Personally, I doubt they will redo the translation, as the translation for the Berserk Deluxe release remained the same. I don't know if the translation was changed for the Deluxe Hellsing release, but given the trend with their first Deluxe release, I also doubt it.

Of course, they could have changed their procedures for these releases over time and decided some lines or words needed to be changed, however it remains to be seen. Were they to update the translation, we would be very interested in reading it to see the differences, and then determine if it has improved.

Not one wishing to question other industry professionals when it comes to translation, I must still say that Dark Horse comics has repeatedly proven to engage in assembly line translation. Each translation isn't deeply studied, engaged with or understood by the translators, and the work is passed to several individuals with no communication, as is evident by the changing translation of names and words. They do not have the time or means to study the text they are translating, and therefore will ultimately always release a somewhat clumsy but passable script.

None of the translators are incompetent, that is clear, they are instead bound by their workspace regulations to follow the set procedure within the company. You can draw comparisons between the translation industry and production industry; we have the perfect-every-time, cookie-cutter, assembly line product that will do its job but only that, and then the handmade, personalized and polished to the tiniest detail product. Of course, handmade products can come with imperfections caused by the work being done by hand, but that either adds character or can be corrected through recipient engagement.

Thank you so much for your kind words, though. We try our best to be as informative and transparent as we can about our project, while also spacing out information and avoiding to repeat ourselves too much. It is interesting to write about our process too, as it does put the work we do into perspective, even helping with reflection upon how we do it and how we might improve.

So everyone is free to ask about our team, our process or anything that might interest you, and I'll answer to the best of my abilities!

#answers

[claudemeiyu]

How about headcanons of Tetcho falling for his (female) best friend who he’s known since they were kids? He confesses and she reciprocates. We need more Tetcho Suehiro content in the world.

I received this request more than a year ago and never finished writing it, but I want to write more again! <3 ☹️🫶

Also, I haven't read bsd in a very long time. Someone should totally fill me in on the manga updates 😩🫶

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tetchou confessing to his f! childhood friend 🌸

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You and Tetchou had been best friends since primary school.

The two of you had done everything together back then, whether it be watching ants at the park, playing video games, or even something as simple as homework (Tetchou never understood the equation for slope.)

You had even had a little crush on him during high school - but held back from telling him since you thought he wouldn’t reciprocate. 

But now, you’d gone your separate ways. You had your own job, and Tetchou had joined the Hunting Dogs (The strongest unit in the military, so you’d heard.) 

Because of his job, you weren’t able to meet up as often as before, which made you a little sad.

Of course, you were still friends and usually met up once a month to catch up and have some food together. (Tetchou still had all of those weird food habits that his mother had told you he would grow out of one day)

While you were grateful that you still even got the chance to spend time with him, you feared that one day he wouldn’t have time for you at all. 

But then he shows up at your doorstep at 8 PM, in his sweater that would look so much nicer if it wasn’t soaking wet from the thunderstorm that was going on.

“(Y/n), I need to tell you something,” he exclaims, grabbing your shoulders and looking at you with pure desperation.

“Wh-What is it, Tetchou?” You’re still a little shocked at seeing him like this in the first place, and now he has something so important to tell you that he came here in the rain at night.

Maybe he’s pregnant.

Naturally, you invite him inside and while he takes a shower, you look for some clothes that he could change into.

You’re not too surprised to see some clothes in your wardrobe that belong to Tetchou himself - he’d stayed over far too many times to count, and over time, accidentally left you with a bunch of his clothing.

Sometimes you wore it to remind you of him

While he was finishing up, you made some tea. 

He joined you at the table and asked where you kept the mustard. You direct him to it and he pours it in his tea

“So, what did you need to tell me?” You try not to think about what he just did 

He looks up from drinking his mustard tea and stares at you intently

“Jouno says I’m in love with you. Normally I don’t trust his judgment, but I could not tell what I was feeling, so I asked him over dinner. He said I should tell you, so I rushed over as soon as I could.” 

So you’re just sitting there wondering if 1) you heard correctly, and 2) how could he have said this so bluntly?

“Y-You’re what?” You mumbled, refusing to meet his eyes

“In love with you. Did you not hear me?”

You just continue to look away, staying silent as you try to process what he just told you

He looks down at his tea with a blank expression, then back up at you, then at his tea again. He stares you dead in the eyes.

“Do you not feel the same way?”

His expression is hard to read. He looks curious more than anything, but you can see a hint of longing in his eyes.

“A-ah, no, I do– I mean– ” you stop yourself and hide your embarrassed expression behind your hands, still having not processed your emotions fully.

“So you love me as well?”

You peek at him through the gaps between your fingers. Words don’t come out, even though you know exactly what you want to say. 

You fear your silence will convey a different message, but he knows you better than that.

Tetchou doesn’t like to admit when Jouno is right, but he can’t help the pink that blooms on his cheeks as his heart races thinking about how elated he is, all the things you and him will do together in the future, how cute you look when you’re embarrassed, and how he’s oh so glad that Jouno’s prediction was perfect–

Jouno was right. But he knew he wouldn’t have it any other way.

#bsd #bsd hunting dogs #bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs x reader #bsd x reader #suehiro tecchou #suehiro tetchou #suehiro tetchou x reader #suehiro tecchou x reader

[kyouka-supremacy]

Any predictions on what is going to happen in and after this arc?

I don't think I'm very good at predictions (╥﹏╥) I really can't guess what's Dostoyevsky's deal, but if else, that makes following the current manga events all the more exciting! Again, by the looks of it we're going to find out the backstory of a character that was first introduced in 2013, so reading the last chapter was a real “whoa” moment for me. As for the guesses I can take, it really doesn't go much further than:

Whatever is going on in the last chapter between Dostoyevsky and Bram is probably going to lead to Bram's demise as it was shown in chapter 102.

I think there's likely some connection between the scars (?) on Bram's face and the way medieval Dostoyevsky displayed an analogous one in the last chapter, because they're too similar to be put there randomly.

Something I haven't seen being brought up is the possibility of Dostoyevsky being able to time travel rather than be eternal, which even though doesn't feel like the most convincing explanation, I feel like it's too soon to fully exclude either?

Jokes aside, I don't think Akutagawa has any real chance to play a role in this, because it's evidently something that's happened in the past. And though the author looves time traveling shenanigans, that feels a bit of a stretch. Although the last attire we saw Akutagawa in did resemble a medieval aesthetic, so who knows if he doesn't have some other kind of connection to the events…

But I DO feel like the change in appearance must be telling of some new alliance. Likely something from Europe. We know the author is probably going to move the focus to European authors next, they already seemed to suggest so in an interview, and if God allows it it's finally going to be time for Agatha and the Order of the Clock Tower.

I. Idk. Have been growing an underlying suspicion that the 2-hours-later sskk scene is going to be a spinoff movie to come some time in the future. It's going to feature time traveling shenanigans (see the very limited timeframe skip) and Fukuchi coming back in a new weird form and sskk getting their rematch with him I have been saying they narratively deserve. Overall it's something that won't be covered by the manga à la Dead Apple, standalone and that can be skipped past. It does make sense marketing wise because it'll be years before the manga will have released enough content for another anime season, and given that the bsd franchise is comparatively very popular right now, I highly doubt they'll let the hype slowly die– that's also why I'm waiting for the announcement of a new Wan anime season any day now. I've said before it doesn't look like we're getting the cool sskk scene in the manga soon, and that it most likely solved the purpose of a teaser for the next arc for various reasons; the last chapter seemingly skipping past it seems now to confirm that. The very high quality of the animation of that scene in the anime might be a further hint in the movie direction, to be honest. (I'm only now realizing that if that's true, it means that we are not getting that scene in Harukawa's art style, and am suddenly hating everything and not want it to become true). That said, a Stormbringer movie seems likely too, so who knows.

Back to chapter 113. The jokes about Dazai not being included in the ada family picture are hilarious, and I do personally believe Dazai is more distant to the rest of the ada than other members; that said, I doubt it has anything to do with the panel itself, and as of now I don't think it's that deep ahah. In general, I find it very hard to believe that Dazai is the one that's going to be transferred to the pm: that feels to me a quite lazy direction to take storytelling wise. We already saw what it's like to have Dazai in the pm, no need to relapse to that. That's why, regretfully, I doubt Atsushi is going to be taken in either, because we already know what pm Atsushi is like (VERY very regretfully for me. Because I'd love more Atsushi screentime and because my brain quite automatically makes a jump from “Atsushi joins the pm” to “sskk canonly live together”. Also all the “sskk are Double Black 2.0” that has been tormenting sskk shippers since the start of time, might as well make them the New Double Black for real this time.). Tanizaki sounds like a good bet to be honest: because, on top of being the only ada member with a completely unexplored backstory, we already saw him interact with the pm a lot over the course of the whole manga, which can be taken as a slow build-up for the moment he ends up joining their ranks; from the pm perspective, since he showed to be a challenge for them in more than one occasion (he even intruded the boss' chambers once), it would make sense to try and get him on their side. And Tanizaki having already volunteered to join them in chapter 65. Honestly, everything seems to point in that direction right now.

I hope the following chapters also explain why taking the sword off Bram didn't kill him as previously established because as of now the seemingly plot hole is bothering me a lot.

That's all that comes to my mind right now, excited to see what the manga will be up to next!

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd ch 113 #mine #people asks me stuff

[marvel-starwarsfangirl]

Mori Ougai (I just want to talk about him)

Guys, I've been thinking a lot lately about Mori and his Beast counterpart. I really, really, really love Beast Mori and everything that he represents. He's not just the "good Mori." In my eyes, and others as well, he represents Mori's humanity (side note: I'm not saying Mori is secretly a hero or something) and what main story Mori could've been if he wasn't in the mafia.

I also just want to talk about Mori in general because he's actually very fascinating and more complex than some make him seem.

Just hear me out, ok?

Also, shoutout to @hopefull-mindset. Their analyses on BSD have been very interesting and definitely have given me a different perspective on Mori and helped me understand Beast Mori so much more.

Anyways, these are just a pile of thoughts I have on Mori as I began to understand him more. Please note: these are my personal thoughts gathered through lots of analyses digging and reflection on his character. If you dislike Mori, that is completely valid.

Understanding Beast Mori

When I first read Beast, I was so confused. How could Mori be so different when every other character had basically the same personality? Mori in the main story is cruel, cold, and manipulative. Yes, he is very pragmatic and smart, but that doesn't take away from his bad qualities. However, the more I dug deeper into the mystery of Beast Mori, the more things started to make sense. The Mori we meet in Beast is still the same Mori from the main story. And for those who question that, look at Beast Aku and Beast Atsushi. They may have swapped organizations but their fundamental traits are still the same. Atsushi, PM or ADA, still has major guilt and self-worth issues that stem from the Orphanage Director. Aku is the same. Even if he is in the ADA, he still has his intense bloodlust and determination.

So, why is Mori different? As @hopefull-mindset has pointed out in one of their posts, he's in a different environment. There are no negative influences or stressors unlike the mafia. Also, he's working with children. Children often represent innocence and positive emotions. Mori, surprisingly, is really good with kids because we the see the orphanage thrive in his care. It makes perfect sense that Mori, who likes kids (and not in the creepy way), would learn to become a more caring figure. In the main story, Mori is often presented as a necessary evil; he's the dark to Fukuzawa's light. But now that Dazai replaced him, Mori can act without always making the optimal solution at the cost of anyone that gets in its way, himself included.

Honestly, I think Beast Mori does humanize him. It doesn't erase the wrongs he did (and believe me, I haven't forgotten), but it does show you a different perspective. Beast shows us that Mori has complexities. He's not just an evil monster for the heroes to overcome. There's more to him than that.

Note: I am not saying any of his actions towards Yosano, Dazai, or any other character are justified. He hurt them emotionally and psychologically. It wasn't fun to watch or read. Saying Mori is more than a one dimensional villain doesn't take away from the bad things he did. I'm just trying to offer a different perspective because Beast Mori is that interesting, at least to me.

Elise

I've never been able to fully reconcile with this aspect of Mori. It is weird. It is uncomfortable. It is perplexing. Elise to an extent, is Mori. She is a part of him manifested and can act on her own. And I get the controversy behind it; it's not normal. That being said, never have we seen Mori in either the manga or the anime act in that nature towards her or even Yosano. He makes weird comments about Elise, sure, but nothing super explicit. At most, they're treated as weird jokes. And, for the record, that doesn't make them ok or any better. I won't argue back and forth on this topic because it's a difficult subject.

However, I don't believe he is actually a *you know what* because of Beast Mori's entire existence. Riddle me this, why would Asagiri-sensei write a character as a *you know what* and then have his counterpart work at an orphanage full of children? That, at least to me, crosses a moral line. It makes it even more weird and uncomfortable. Also, idk about y'all, but I wouldn't find it fun or quirky if someone portrayed a very famous and beloved author as a perverted creep, just saying.

So, where did Elise even come from then? Well, she's a companion to Mori in many ways. He's rarely seen without her. Mori's backstory is a mystery to us. My honest theory is that Elise manifested as a companion for Mori because he was in a really bad spot. Either he was abused in some shape or form or was very isolated and alone. We know that Mori's had her since the Great War. He was 26 at that time. That's still fairly young so I think it's safe to say he's had her since he was a child or a teenager. Of course, I could be wrong. But based off what we know about abilities so far, I think it's safe to say that Elise didn't manifest without reason.

The Optimal Solution

Going into more speculation about Mori's backstory, I have so many questions. Mori essentially has the same big question as Kunikida for me: when and why did he decide to follow the optimal solution. For Kunikida, it's his ideals. Both characters stick so adamantly to their beliefs that it leads to conflict externally and internally. Mori's optimal solution is the reason why Yosano was traumatized.

It just got me thinking, when did he develop this line of thought? After all, a kid who grew up with an average life usually doesn't worry about the "optimal solution." Between this and Elise, I strongly believe he came from a dysfunctional home. It would certainly explain why he tells Dazai that the latter reminds him of himself. Mori is very good at repressing his emotions; he's hard to read which makes him dangerous. He likes to take advantage of situations and manipulate them to his will, or whatever he deems to be the optimal solution. The battle with Fukuzawa during the Cannibalism arc is a good example of this. Mori knew he couldn't win so he decided to get Fukuzawa to let his guard down enough to strike. In my area of study at school, the home life of a person can be very telling as to why someone may act in a certain way. Mori coming from a rough home without love seems pretty plausible to me.

Mori is a very well-written character with a lot of complexities that tend to get overlooked. Why does he do what do? At what point did he decide to follow his optimal solution? It's such an interesting question because it affects so many characters and situations.

Conclusion

If y'all got this far, congrats! I hope that people will take the time to look deeper at his character. You don't have to like Mori. I'm just tired of people portraying him as something he's not. I also don't want fans harassing other fans because they like Mori. And I'll admit it, I was so quick to judge both him and Francis. Had I kept up my shield and continued to shoot unwarranted hatred at them, I wouldn't have appreciated their characters as I do now.

And yes, I do overhate on Fyodor (mainly bc the man is cockroach and he hurt Kunikida). I get it. However, I know Fyodor is a deeply complex character. His way of thinking is actually quite fascinating and I have so many questions about him. I don't like Fyodor, but I'm not gonna let my personal grievances stop others from enjoying him.

#bungou stray dogs #mori ougai #my thoughts #beast mori #kafka asagiri #let me enjoy Mori please

[canmom]

brief comints on some comics

need to find energy to write some more Comics Comints but here are some very brief ones on some comics I read of late...

I read a bunch of Shintaro Kago stuff (The Princess of the Neverending Castle, Dementia 21). truly one of the best to ever do it, and I really need to do some kinda deep dive into what makes his stuff kick so much ass. but Kago's stuff has this absolutely ingenious playfulness to it - obvs it's got the 'fucked up body stuff' ero-guro aspect as a central pillar in which Shintaro Kago is uniquely inventive, but it's also constantly playing around with form in a way that like, you see the ideas getting developed from page to page from 'oh here's a fucked up thing' to the basis of an incredibly abstruse storyline that somehow feels fully coherent in its internal logic, even as the entire panel structure disintegrates into castle noodles.

he's also just both plain very funny and an absolute drawing monster. the two Neverending Castle books (Princess and Twelve Sisters - narratively disconnected but playing off the same ideas) are a special treat, gorgeous huge printings that really let you see all the crazy intricate little details, and the high concept is incredibly productive. Dementia 21 is bit more directly like... not so much commentary so much as using existing social tensions (in this case, caring for old people) as a jumping off point for darkly funny vignettes. also the interview at the back is great for Kago just completely no-selling most of the interviewer's attempts to pry.

started in on Oyasumi Punpun by Inio Asano. and guys. the expressions in this manga! honestly, the level of storytelling confidence is off the charts. I think I'm starting to get some idea of what it's doing and what the recurring interests are, but also damn, there is so much going on here. the manner of stylisation is really fascinating - it's like a great example of a sort of effect you can achieve if you understand realism forwards and backwards and then push it.

the eponymous punpun is heavily minimised in his own story - which is part of the premise, that he is so powerless and so completely failed by the adults who are too caught up in their own shit that he might as well be a cartoon bird. we have recurring invocations of the futility of human connection, it's doing a lot of stuff with religion-as-imaginary-friend and mixing sort of deliberately crude 2D graphical elements or really abstract compositions with the hyper detailed style. it's somehow like... moment to moment it looks super melodramatic but it's sort of processed through this dissociative haze which means the actual story ends up quite low-key.

I can see why people rate this one so highly, can't wait to get my hands on more.

I read some of the Sláine series - the Celtic barbarian character written by Pat Mills. in this case I had the Sláine the King arc, and some of the earlier comics, so I got a taste for the druid airships and stuff. Glenn Fabry's art is astonishing, it's as solid as an Otomo drawing but it doesn't feel sterile, it's got this incredibly expressive aspect, like it does so much to sell our sword-and-sorcery protagonist Sláine as a guy.

I'm someone who tends to read a lot more manga than Western comics in general, which is both a different approach to line and tone and also you tend to have the same artist drawing the whole series - in contrast, with 2000AD comic like this it's really striking seeing both how much value can be achieved with pure monotone, no greys, and also getting to see multiple artists tackle the same character in roughly the same idiom to highly varying results. there are approximately ten billion of these, but I haven't yet been able to track down the Horned God arc which is the one that was recced to me. hopefully soon.

comics are great

#comics #shintaro kago #neverending castle #oyasumi punpun #inio asano #pat mills #glenn fabry #sláine

[mays-corner]

(This post is a bit random so if you get it you get it if you don't get it it's fine)

It's 2024. I should be going to the disco, which I dislike.

Instead, I decided to hyperfixate on a Welshman.

One thing that baffles me to this day, and trust me it has happened more than once, is has anyone ever tried to protest at least a bit to still have Matt as John? Did no one try hard enough? Or have the attempts failed?

I mean-

I'm a newer fan (even with content crumbs I am a fan) still, so I can't be sure, but I'm amazed that in all these years that have passed, no one ever did anything, and now he can't even play Constantine (I think).

And now, the only role I've seen is him dubbing John 💀

Ignoring this discourse about John, I've decided to search for other roles, movies, and series, and what I've found was interesting, to say the least.

I am becoming passionate about him for various reasons. Other than wanting to revive pre-pandemic activities, I have noticed a pattern: I enjoy searching for things that I only watch. These are some thoughts I had about some things I could not find in Italy:

Hard to find (for example, I'm still searching for "The Halcyon," and the funniest thing about this is that in Italy, it was shown on TV (on an RAI channel, RAI is an Italian broadcaster) during 2017 and it's not available on their platform.

Region-locked content (the DCAU being region-locked is such a crime; we only have House of Mystery, and that's it) or even trying to watch a simple cameo when the entire series is region-locked (the Harley Quinn one). However (and this is good news), while searching for Away (one of his movies to watch), I found Tubi and used a free VPN. It was slow, but it worked, and I watched it.

Expensive (I paid Assassin's Creed Black Flag in installments, so that wasn't expensive, but still...)

It was a play, so they haven't recorded it, but to see and better understand the role he played (in this case, read), I read Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, and it was still effective.

Not even available on Chili (an Italian streaming platform on which you can rent or buy movies), the title only appears but is not available for streaming (lol).

Using Vinted or secondhand shops in general (it’s not the best time for me to go fully secondhand, but I suppose I could find some things there).

At the moment, I've watched just what I could easily find without resorting to piracy (which is ironic, since in Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Matt voices Edward Kenway, a pirate.).

In this list of things I could easily find, we have:

Constantine (thanks to another fan)

Criminal Minds/Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior (I had Disney Plus for a month, so I've watched it from there)

Flypaper, Adverse (Prime Video)

Arrow (Prime video)

Legends of Tomorrow (Netflix and Mediaset infinity)

House Of Mystery (Amazon prime, you have to rent it but still)

While writing this I found that "Layer cake" is on Sky, which I have and Now TV too.

Pocket Money (While watching it I just understood two words out of an entire short and I'm a c2 in English 💀)

Away, Wild Decembers, Armistice, Blood Monkey

So, you might have been asking yourself... Have I gone mad? To search and find for stuff not even available in my own country? In my own continent, too?

But I thought this is what comes with being a fan of someone, even if the career is what it is.

Considering me being unlucky, I was never able to see Matt when he acted and then had premieres at the same time.

Asssassin’s Creed Black Flag? I was 10, a child, lol.

Legends Of Tomorrow? I liked anime, manga and everything japanese.

And the list goes on...

It's nice to see what was like and what I couldn't live, gosh, I'm praying hard that we get to see him act again, I want and I wish to be present, live or not.

I wanted to make a really nice speech but nothing comes to mind, when I get it maybe I'll post it 💀

#matt ryan #nbc constantine

[sneezemonster15]

Greetings. I hope you're well.

I started reading naruto earlier this year and it is one of the best mangas I've read, I haven't finished it yet I just started the war arc, but I started watching it, to see the fights and powers animated. My question is, WHY do so much people hate sasuke? The website I use allows you to comment on the episode and i see alot of people hate him and I wondered why?

Sasuke risked his career to feed naruto, sacrificed himself for naruto despite having goals of his own and more than once was willing to give his life up, when itachi came to the village his first thought was naruto's safety not getting revenge which was his goal. In the beginning of shippuden he did not kill the hundred soldiers that orochimaru ordered him to do, sasuke just replies he become merciless when he needs to.

I can understand why some will hate him since, even though hes my favourite, there were times I wanted to hit him over the head such as for stabbing Karen, trying to kidnap killer bee and ditching team taka even though they did not hesitate to save him during battles and putting themselves at risk. I understand he was In a dark state as he learnt the truth about itachi, so he went psycho but when I look at what people say about him, their reason to hate him is that he's emo, b#tchy, crybaby ( when the real crybaby is that pink pig) and lots of other things.

I see that a lot of people choose to ignore the good in him and focus on his bad and act like he is the worst character in the show, while miss pink, miss purple and danzo are right there. When sasuke wants revenge people hate him for it, understandably as revenge is wrong and does not bring happiness and the path he took for it was wrong, but when shikamaru, ino and choji wanted revenge, people fully supported them and one even said "shikamaru only took two weeks to get revenge, sasuke took three years he should take some tips from shikamaru", and I'm like " I thought you lot said that revenge was bad?", (shikamaru and the others took their revenge in the right way though).

Also it seems the hate come entirely from the west? In the manga sasuke usually comes in the top three in character polls. But I don't see why it would be hard to understand sasukes character whether you're from the west or not, since I'm from the west and understand his character (not a 100% but I'm able to see a little more than just surface level).

This ended up being long and in really sorry for that, I just had to rant, I just want to know why hes hated so much when he is one of the most complex, best and beautifully written character I've come across in a long time. The fact that love is one of the core pieces of his character, how he only thinks of others pain and what they've been through instead of thinking what he himself is going through ( him thinking of itachis pain rather than his own). The fact that he had multiple chances to kill naruto but did not as he could not bring himself to kill the only one he loves ( that scene in the rain T~T). My favourite scene is when they fight against garaa and, even though sasuke was in immense pain cause of the curse mark, he still used his body to cushion naruto as he fell, like it was not fatal if naruto hit the tree but he did it anyway. My heart is just argh.

Instead I see that pink and purple trash being treated like their the best or have the best development, I think "did we read the same manga or watch the same show?" I mean yeah, sasuke does not have to be everyone's favourite just because he's mine but come on. Wheres the understanding you lot are meant to have that the story teaches you about?

Again I am so sorry for it being so long, may god bless you for your patience and have a blessed day. Thank you! \(^ w ^)/

Hello.

From what I have noticed in the fandom, Sasuke is disliked or hated for reasons such as :

1) He abandoned and thus really hurt Naruto.

Yes he did. Naruto was beyond heartbroken when Sasuke left after vote 1. But he had his reasons, which Naruto couldn't understand earlier.

Sasuke's reasoning being that Naruto was always alone, so he couldn't understand what it meant to have bonds and the grief and hurt at losing them.

Naruto couldn't understand it then. But after he loses Jiraiya and experiences the (temporary) death of several people he cared about during Pein arc, he now understands Sasuke and his motivations better.

Naruto, as a character, evolves and keeps evolving, learning more and more, getting stronger each day, all just to be able to reach Sasuke, understand his heart.

2) Some of the fans dislike him for the same reasons you mentioned, he tried to kill Karin, abduct Killer Bee and ditch Taka. And I get that Sasuke doesn't come off very well in those instances but he is not emotionally attached to Taka, even if he is a good leader. He doesn't pretend to be anything but a leader, and even though Karin and Suigetsu try and bring him into the fold of friendship or romance, he makes it clear that the team exists only for Sasuke's goals. Sasuke is about efficiency, when he goes out to battle. By the time Danzou is out for blood with his Sharingan eyes, Sasuke knows the truth about Uchiha massacre and Itachi, and I can't even imagine the pain. Does he go overboard a little bit? Yes. But it won't be fair to judge him because of that, especially when we know the very much understandable reasons for Sasuke's wrath. And as for him joining Akatsuki, that's a stretch. He never joined Akatsuki for the same reasons Akatsuki was formed. He has nothing to do with Akatsuki's goals. He did it as a means to an end, his own ends, to gain power for the sake of his goals, and once it is done (even if he didn't really succeed at abducting Bee), he promptly left. And even though Tobito tries to reprimand him, Sasuke remains irreverent towards him. Sasuke's fighting practices are essentially transactional.

Does he deserve the hate he gets for it? Absolutely not. This kind of emotional dishonesty is pretty standard in Naruto fandom, especially when Kishi puts so much effort to show why Sasuke committed these actions. And he isn't all that indifferent to Taka either. He protected Karin from Killer Bee despite the odds as Juugo remarked, so it's not like he is entirely unfeeling. He was ready to save Juugo during the war arc, and he generally finds Suigetsu likeable. Before he came to know the truth about the massacre and Itachi, he showed ethical practices (as much as one can in their world) by not killing the ninjas Oro brought him for training, he even warned Taka to do the same.

He is a deeply traumatized person, and people who have experienced deep trauma don't always make the most humanist of all decisions, especially when they are overwhelmed with warring emotions. He is only human, and I get why he did what he did. As for trying to kill Karin, killing Danzou means more to him than protecting Karin. The former lies heavy on the scale of his priorities than the latter. Which makes sense to me, in the given context.

3) Some fans think he is a misogynist for treating Sakura badly.

I call bullshit on this opinion. He is not. If anything, in part one, he tries to be nice to Sakura even though she keeps being a pest to him. He protects her multiple times in part one, comforts her when she is feeling depressed before the Chuunin exams, and tries to console her when he is leaving Konoha. He is emotionally intelligent and kind enough to tell something is off about Sakura before the Chuunin exams when no one else could.

Sakura keeps getting into his space, pouncing on him and forcing physical contact multiple times when he specifically tells her not to. Hell, she lustfully wanted to see his underparts, if that's not creepy behaviour, I don't know what is. It's the kind of behaviour one would expect from Jiraiya, and that's saying something. If only the roles were reversed, if Sasuke was a girl and Sakura a boy, no one would find this treatment problematic. In kage arc, he tried to kill her as a response to her trying to kill him first. Does he not have a right to defend himself? Sakura stans usually do this, as if Sakura was the one in the right. She manipulated her friends and teachers to do something she wouldn't have had a chance to succeed at in a million years. Honestly, I would have gotten a lot of satisfaction if he had succeeded. But it was still nice to see her failing and how, and cherry on top, Naruto tells him he understood Sasuke's reasons for doing so. Lol. Game set and match.

Karin is another oversexed fangirl who keeps throwing her body at him, and it doesn't take a genius to tell how damn uncomfortable he is.

4) Some uber nationalistic fans claim that Sasuke betrayed Konoha, and get upset that Naruto chose Sasuke's 'friendship' over Konoha. They feel like Sasuke didn't deserve such treatment from Naruto, because Sasuke is a terrorist.

What can I say? This is a gross misinterpretation of both Sasuke and Naruto's characters and the story. Sasuke is deemed a terrorist, for what? Because he killed Danzou, a mass murderer? Danzou who was also responsible for the attack on Konoha in part one? Hell, he majorly contributed to the war arc, they would never have won without Sasuke. How is he a terrorist?

And of course, because they do not understand the true nature of Sasuke and Naruto's relationship, they feel justified in believing that Naruto shouldn't have prioritised Sasuke over his country. 🙄

Not like Naruto on several occasions, wasn't motivated to protect Sasuke over everything else. He would die for Sasuke than live for Konoha, because no one accepted Naruto 's existence more than Sasuke.

Sasuke's well being is Naruto's oxygen.

Also why would Sasuke be expected to preserve the same people that killed his clan so brutally, and used their organs for their own wretched evil interests, people who discriminated against and forced Uchiha clan to do something drastic, who were not even given a chance to table their concerns?

No matter what one says, the truth remains that Uchiha clan didn't summon the kyuubi. But they were punished for it nonetheless. In such a brutal, inhuman manner. Anyone who feels justified in hating Sasuke for his actions can go hug a tree, I don't especially care for their thought processes. Kishi put all sorts of effort in telling this story where Naruto and Sasuke's love trumps all other kinds of love, love for their country, love for the people of their country, love for their friends etc.

Kishi didn't leave any stone unturned to define this love that is so great, nothing can stand in front of it. This kind of love that makes for the most epic love sagas, and Naruto and Shippuden are epic love sagas. While this story depicts tussles between different philosophies, ethical practices, belief systems, different sides of a war, different sides to peace, different sides to love, Sasuke and Naruto's love comes up on top of everything else. A love that is manifested once in several lifetimes, the kind of love that becomes the key factor to saving and ultimately changing the world. The kind of love that is larger than all constructions built by humans. Love is essentially irrational, it never follows reason, that's the love we are witnessing here. So what am I missing here?

5) Then of course there are those who think he is an emo bitch, whining about his clan and family all the time, getting manipulated by people left and right.

Most of them are Naruto stans, and I love Naruto but his stans are fucking dumb. A lot of these are incelish dudebros whose sole focus is on battle jargon and techniques, who fought whom, who killed whom, who is stronger, they are happy to take the lowest common denominator of the story and run with it, thinking they have caught on to the central narrative of the story. That's what they read/watch Naruto for and that's all they care about. Like I said, dumb as shit.

Truth is Sasuke went with Oro being completely aware of the situation. And once he has learnt everything Oro could teach him, he kills Oro. Sasuke never liked the way Oro carried out his business, and he was motivated to kill him right from the start, once he had achieved his goals. And that's what he did. Obito does manipulate him, but had it not been for Obito, Sasuke would never have found out the truth. And Obito calculates the risks of telling Sasuke. He knows Sasuke's trauma, he knows what motivates him, he knew what would affect Sasuke, and if that resulted in Sasuke killing Danzou, I am all for it. No one in Konoha seemed anguished about what happened to the Uchihas. No one else seemed even minutely interested in bringing the fate Danzou deserved to be served to him except for Sasuke. None of the hokages and Kakashis and Shikakus and Jiraiyas and Inoichis of Konoha seemed interested in a massacre that happened overnight in their own village. No one seemed to bat an eye and dish justice. If Sasuke wanted to, where did he go wrong? No one in the history of the world has ever gotten freedom and justice by appealing to the moral sense of those who were oppressing them. Why should I expect Sasuke to? Especially when his reasons are this significant?

His ways might be a little extreme in a couple of instances in the latter half of Shippuden but they weren't unjustified in the least. And those who downplay his trauma and belief systems seem to me like privileged and spoilt idiots who have never known strife and common sense. Those are the kind of fans that are not allowed on this blog.

Yes, you are right. The core element of Sasuke's character is love. Love for his family and clan. This love turns to hate when they are killed off so brutally. Even Naruto realizes that one misstep and Naruto would have found himself in Sasuke's shoes. Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. The ONLY reason Sasuke wanted to 'cut off' Naruto from his life so he could finally be alone, he wouldn't be distracted by Naruto and his love for him, so he would be able to mete justice to the killers and detractors of his dead clan. He loves Naruto. And yes, his reason to kill Naruto isn't the most positive, but it's understandable. Naruto is the only one that can stand to budge Sasuke from his goals and Sasuke doesn't want that, he wants to achieve his goals with all his heart. But in the end, Sasuke gives in to their love. And this is the ending, the conclusion of the story. Their reunion. Like you said, Sasuke loves this boy so damn much, he can't even stand to have Naruto hurt even a little bit, he would become the cushion to break Naruto's fall. This moment.

Shikamaru's revenge is justified for having his teacher killed. Omoi and Karui's revenge is justified for having their teacher killed. Then why not Sasuke's, when he had his entire family and clan killed overnight and the body parts of their dead ones were used as commodities? Kishi had to do it this way, where Kakashi criticises Sasuke for his goals, and additionally Sasuke is generally portrayed as someone who is in the darkness, so as to corner Sasuke in the narrative, to isolate him, to put him in a position where he would be pushed to do something extreme. A position that facilitates the protagonist, the inventor of empathy in their universe, to finally break the chain of revenge by bringing Sasuke back. Naruto applies his skills to the likes of Nagato, Obito and Zabuza, seasoned victims of war and strife turned villians, but Naruto's greatest test was still Sasuke. Sasuke who wouldn't be mollified by anyone else, that is Naruto's job and his and his job alone, no one else's. So Naruto finally turns the tide of fate by making Sasuke accept his love. Kid Sasuke was full of love and affection. But then the tragedy happened and he became embittered, agonized by the deaths of close ones. This love turned hate directed him to become able to carry out his goals, but these goals would have eventually pushed Sasuke into such darkness, he wouldn't have been able to come back, if it weren't for Naruto. So this hate was trumped by his love for Naruto. And hence this love persevered and persevered and finally turned Sasuke away from a self destructive path. This is the crux of the story.

Honestly, I don't take Sasuke haters seriously, their interpretation of him, the story and even Naruto's character is so warped and biased, it's hard to do it. So I attached a disclaimer for them to keep away, and I am good with that, never having to entertain their silly ass opinions and takes. Sasuke is a complex, beautiful, tortured yet kind, graceful, just and ethical for the most part, emotionally intelligent, passionate and loving character and anyone who doesn't see the merit of that isn't worth engaging with.

#ask #naruto #sasuke #uzumaki naruto #uchiha sasuke #sns #sasunaru #narusasu #naruto analysis

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Dungeon Meshi Thoughts 02

Okay, I read another batch of chapters and finished Chapter 28 where they just finished the Dragon fight. And I need to get some thoughts out cause I am filled with "DREAD". Am I just traumatized from other things because I feel an immense sword of Damocles hanging above these character's even though it's mostly just been happy meals together paired with some questionable morals. Also you fans who've replied or dm'd me are really good at keeping a lid on stuff, which I appreciate, cause yall are being cryptic in ways I can't decipher. I feel like spoilers might be a part of reading this so I'll keep in-depth thoughts below the 'Keep reading'.

Love this goofy dude.

Okay, first of all I just want to touch on the immaculate vibes and execution around the sharing of meals. And discovering things through them. Because the core concept of this manga is cooking and learning about creatures no one else has explored, it's able to double up and hide the other core concept. Which is learning about others through sharing a meal. Love is found in sharing food with others and this manga shows that off brilliantly. They sit around a meal and talk and laugh and learn about each other. This manga also executes the goading of friends into eating questionable food so well it sometimes feels like an episode of Parts Unknown. But through cooking together and sharing ideas and that downtime together we find out about our characters in such a gentle way and it's just such a good way of showing it that I'm in awe. But it also only works as well as it does because of the central conceit of it all. I scream at the brilliance.

And speaking of learning about the character's, I am so curious about every single one of them. Especially Senshi. Because he's drawn in such a way that most of his expressions are hidden, he seems enigmatic and detached but his consideration for others and his harmony with the dungeon betrays a sense of empathy. But I wanna know more!!! Like why is he living in the dungeon? Who were his companions? Why does he hate magic? So mysterious and I want to know more.

Also a part of me wonders if I'm reading too much into it or having totally wrong reads like maybe Senshi is just an outright psychopath but I don't think I am because the trail of breadcrumbs I've been following has seemed very purposeful so far.

And speaking of breadcrumbs, It feels like some really dark stuff is being laid out. Like souls can't leave bodies? What in the necromantic hell is going on there? The worldbuilding of this all has been absolutely phenomenal. Like the slow building of spirits to the concept of resurrection that was used as a punchline before being fully explained and then used in the context of a political tool and the master of the dungeons power was pulled off subtly and expertly. It still feels like it's in wait of a payoff so I'm looking forward to how that goes. But this explanation of dark magic that Marcille uses also feels like a tee-up to something deeper.

I also wonder what the payoff of the other adventuring party is goin to be? The ones that Laios's group already passed a few times and stole barley off of. It feels like some misunderstood revenge might be in store for our party.

Okay, so is a dark elf just literally a brown elf? We going oldschool DnD rules (we'll save the drow rant for another time), huh? Jokes aside, this line kinda keyed me into something weird. Dark Elves exist but common people don't know what it means and soon after we get a proper introduction of the kid in the painting but in current times. And it makes sense they haven't aged as much because it was also pointed out how different races age differently. So maybe this elf rose through the ranks of the royals, became court magician and became the master of the dungeon. And being a reader of Solte the Traveller and it's isekai shenanigans makes me wonder if the underground castle was isekai'd into this world from another, cause how do you not notice an entire underground civilization under you?

Also this moment. Is everyone in love with Farlyn/Falin(wikipedia says Falin so I think I'll stick to that)? But her coming back into the group makes me wonder about the dynamic. I thought she was the common sense of the group since it's immediately after she's gone that Laios starts eating monsters and thinking about going solo into a dungeon, but after coming back, she's totally cool with it. Also she seems too gentle to be putting Laios in his place so I wonder if it was one of the other two party member's that aren't with them anymore? Maybe the guy with a crush on Falin that we haven't seen since he split? Anyways, I love Falin and the rest of the group so much already, they're all really unique and likable in their own ways while having flaws.

And speaking of flaws, this guy. I love him so much. Up until the above panel he was a whimsical, daring, detached, morally ambiguous, and hilarious bastard to me. And then this panel happened and now I am fully in. This recontextualized Laios's whole demeanour and also shed a light on how exhausted and haggard the party actually was. It seems that the way the world works in this manga demands a certain sense of detachment from it's inhabitants to stay sane. Death is usually not permanent and weird edible monsters are everywhere and a whole-ass economy has popped around invading this anomaly that just one day appeared in the ground. And our heroes tackle this detachment with humour. But we see how tired they get. Hell it was the first thing they mentioned in the first fight with the dragon. And how desperate they get as they get closer to Falin. The cracks in their whimsy start appearing and bags form under eyes and concessions are made. And when Laios finally hugs Falin I realize that his upbeat attitude the whole way through was hiding his desperation and the weight of having two lives placed on him. That desperation hits a crescendo when he literally jumps in a dragons mouth just for a chance at getting his sister back. They all became desperate. Marrcille used forbidden magic and Chilchuck put himself actively in harms way. They dredged through bones. I am so invested right now. And writing this helps me feel each beat even more. Also one last note. Falin is like half-dragon or something now? She has the magic storage of a dragon or just dragon magic or forbidden magic? That little tidbit is definitely leading somewhere. ALSO WIPE AWAY THE MAGIC CIRCLE BAD ELF ALREADY FOUND IT!!!

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #manga #manga discussion

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Is Genocider Syo in the 4コマ manga? I’m not sure if you’re still willing to post manga screencaps or if there’s a place I’m able to find said manga in its entirety.

JAKSGHFJKDFGHBAHJ I'M SO SORRY I TOOK A BREAK DUE TO HOLIDAY SHINANIGANS AND DIDN'T SEE THIS AAAAA

Genocider is totally in the 4コマs! I haven't done her as a separate character yet since no one's requested her (or anyone else for that matter ;-;), but I can make a post about her in a couple hours if you'd like to see!

Also, unfortunately, not all of the series has been fully translated, though I'm pretty sure you can find the first one or two volumes online if you look hard enough.

I know I downloaded one of the volumes a couple years back, but I got a new PC since, so I don't have any of the info relating to how I got it. Sorry T^T

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Also, as a side note, I'll always be cool posting photos from the 4コマ! It's honestly a great time waster and gives me an excuse to re-read everything lol. I'm refraining from making any more posts about them without hearing about what kinds of photos people like to see, but that doesn't mean I'll stop completely lol.

TL:DR - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK!!! I'm so sorry I'm getting to you so late ;-;

Syo should be up on my page in a couple hours :D

EDIT: HERE YOU ARE KIND STRANGER

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#ecogirl #ask #I really hope to be a place where people can go for the entirety of the 4 koma KINGS series but that'll take a while #I've already got someone willing to help me out though. so with any luck it'll be before 2026 lol #No promises though hehe #For now I'll stick with character photos #And that one Ishimaru comic but yk

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Miscellaneous Migi & Dali Observations

Some random thoughts I've had. I may or may not expand these in subsequent posts.

Spoiler warning as always!

I think it's fair to say that Dali has always been protective of Migi, and while Migi does his best to make Dali happy, he wasn't really "protective" toward Dali because he believed Dali was strong and was not aware of his underlying issues. After Episode 9, I think it's fair to say that Migi became protective towards Dali, now fully aware of both his strength and weakness. This caused Dali to become aware of Migi's strength, as the twins become mutually protective of each other, and I think that this shot from Episode 12 best symbolizes this.

2. I can't believe I've never brought this up before, but putting these shots in parallel is quite interesting, as it shows how Migi rejected and then accepted Dali, and later how Dali rejected and then accepted Eiji. I might write more about this if I can think of anything.

3. I wonder, whose idea was the aquarium date? Migi’s or Dali’s? I’m leaning towards Dali, considering he seems to know some things about romance, and it was him who proposed the date in the first place.

4. By the way, how does Dali know so much about romance and seduction? Did he learn all these techniques from books? I know he’s a heavy reader, but I think it would take a lot more than just reading to pull it off this well. I'm thinking that it's a combination of reading, his determination to fulfill the mission, and his natural charisma. Also, maybe Dali's disguise and act reveals what Dali's ideal partner would look like? At the very least, it's clear that Dali actually has interest in romance, similar to Eiji.

5. Speaking of Sali, how did Dali pick his outfit and wig? We know that there are tons of choices in Youko's closet, so how did he decide? Perhaps he has a good(?) sense of fashion, or perhaps this is once again another example in what Dali thinks an ideal girl looks like.

6. In the manga, the twins were seen in the orphanage reading "The Three Billy Goats Gruff", which is a fairy tale about three goats who were able to cross a bridge guarded by a troll by combining bravery, wit, and teamwork to trick and defeat it. I wonder if there's anything meaning to this...

7. Speaking of Dali's books, he is seen reading what appears to be "Franny and Zooey", which was one of J.D. Salinger's major novels, which is likely how Dali came up with "Sali" from Salinger. I haven't read it myself, but I found a description of the novel that says it explores themes of identity, spirituality, familial relationships, and the search for meaning in a world that often seems meaningless; it is also celebrated for its sharp wit, incisive dialogue, and psychological depth. Honestly, that sounds just like Migi & Dali, and I do wonder how much influence Salinger's book had on Sano's manga. Probably not as much Kristof's Book of Lies Trilogy, but who knows. Maybe I'll read it when I have the chance.

#migi and dali #migi to dali #observation