#him looking at Akane and going

[lavatory-sealed-hanako-kun]

Pov: your boyfriend is high on pain medication after his major injury and being dragged out following chapter 71

#terukane #tbhk Minamoto teru #tbhk teru #tbhk akane #minamoto teru #aoi akane #jshk teru #jshk akane #toilet bound hanako kun #jibaku shounen hanako kun #we just decided that #he was sent into emergency care #after the incident in the far shore #since they stated that the clock keepers can't affect one another #so imagine Teru bringing Akane to Kako #him looking at Akane and going #hm can't do much about that lol take him to the er

[iamhereinthebg]

I love them all very much

#toilet bound hanako kun fanart #toilet bound hanako kun #tbhk #jshk #I can't remember what I posted on this blog to save my life so here we go #some doodles yay #my art #aoi akane #akane aoi #hanako kun #yugi amane #shinigami #hakubo #yamabuki lemon #Katakuri #you don't know how much I love him #he is an ultimate fav #look at him go #jibaku shounen hanako kun #jshk fanart #tbhk fanart

[phosphophylight-of-my-life]

oshi no ko aqua is such a fun character bc by most counts he's a more than decent guy.

in his first life he regularly visited hospital inpatients who had no visitors. he was genuinely happy and excited to help Ai deliver her babies, because he wants her to be happy on her own terms. he saves Akane simply because he can, and gets angry at the staff on her behalf. he doesn't stop at saving her life and spends sleepless nights turning around her public image. at that point there was nothing in it for him to keep akane around, she was just a person he was able to help and wanted to help.

by most counts he's a pretty decent guy who steps up when people need him most, except. except he's also a guy who really wants to kill his dad and that makes him manipulate people somewhat often and this is somehow not entirely at odds with his instinct to help others

#oshi no ko #like he's a doctor i can rly respect yknow #except for the patricide thing #gorou said do no harm unless it's my dad #also the way that gorou regularly visit patients is something SARINA has to tell the audience and not gorou #bc to gorou is nothing worth mentioning #for quite a while i was like man gorou is kind of sleazy for only visiting sarina esp when she's so young and vulnerable #but he visits the others also... sarina was just the most special patient to him because she introduced him to ai and also #because she was a kid whose parents never showed up #also SPOILERS FOR LIKE CH90+ OR SMTHING BELOW #the way aqua doesnt let akane dirty her hands like ok aqua we get it you want the best for everyone who isnt your dad #wipes tear someone get him therapy hes a decent guy who's ruining his life #also the way he is conscious of how he's playing w akane's feelings and tries very hard to be honest with her and to do her right #like sigh okay aqua i GUESS i cant hate you #and that one ghosting kana arc where i wanted to beat him up and then he was like i dont want to drag kana into this & he looked terrified #like SIGH. OKAY. FINE AQUA i cant hate you after all #like apart from the patricide (which is big know) the biggest downside to his personality is how cold he is #he pushes ppl away all the time and is just borderline rude #but like idk i feel like thats a byproduct of his 'i plan to go to jail for patricide and dont want to drag others down' mindset #which is like... well. you can't hate him for that.. he's looking out for others in his own way

[en-chi-la-da]

Tbh I think the whole class should get to smooch hajime. It’s what he deserves

im imagining hajime sitting in a kissing booth looking like lucy from peanuts in her psychiatrist booth. kisses are 5 cents. the hajime is IN.

#hajime deserves the love <3 #LMAO im trying to imagine the line up>> #teruteru BOLTS for the front but quickly gets crowd surfed to the back of the line. chiaki is in line too but she's getting distracted #by her game and isn't moving forward so whoever's behind her just cuts. kazuichi is like 3rd in line bc logically speaking #if he's FIRST in line he'll look THIRSTY for his BRO and that would be CRAZY! BUT!!! no way he's gonna be LAST that's his SOUL BRO ok #if anybody deserves haji bro kisses around here it's HIM!!! 😤 #nekomaru finds it to be a great team building exercise!! remember to kiss with your CHEST!!! 💪🏼 akane thinks it's a competition of sorts #OOPS so she tries to give hajime the Strongest Kiss Ever. does not go well but her enthusiasm is appreciated 👍🏼 #ibuki will get a kiss and then run BACK in line to see if she can sneak another one :3c #gundham kisses hajime WITH TONGUE!!!!! lmao jk gundham would definitely be like 'nobody touch me >://(' but eventually.... #he sends his sneakiest Dark Deva to run up to hajime and steal a kiss when nobody is looking... >://)c kheheheh!! #nagito is content with remaining last in line bc he's just happy to see his classmates having their little hopeful moment :) without him :) #(he does eventually get his kiss tho dw) #and uhh if you give mahiru like a dollar she'll take a pic of the kiss LMAO #ALRIGHR ALRIGHT I GOTTA STOP this is too long. god. appreciate this fucking post anon 🙏🏼 #sdr2 #danganronpa

[mari-lair]

doodling Akane to bring my writing motivation back

#tbhk #terukane #akane aoi #every time i remember how Akane's crisis must look to everyone else in the red house fic I laugh #he is a drama queen #I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TERU LOOK AT HIM AND GO 'ah yes this one. I want this one' #i really gotta start doddling more #is pretty fun #surprisingly fast to draw too :0 #mari draws #opening doors

[todayisafridaynight]

tw // suicide

on twitter some ppl were talking about THAT jo scene from iw again and someone commented fucking "you know he was thinking about using that gun on himself" and im not sane anymore !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! added something something his faith in ichi kept him hopeful enough in the moment but then when he went to jail oh. ohhh !!!!!!!!!!!

nooo cause if That Jo Scene is the flashback scene with hoshino's death that really had to be SUUUCH a low point if not top five lowest points for him i wanted to throw up watching that <- replays it in my brain constantly

#iw spoilers #snap chats #UGH I WANNA REPLAY IW SO BAD i still wanna see the scenes with english dubbing but i wanna finish lost judgment first #in any case no i love that scene. like you can see the will to live leave jo's body as he goes to sit down #god naw cause i was laughing (read: crying) over how jo really let that dog comment get to him. loved that really .... #i do enjoy the added context to sawashiro and his relationship with ichi even if its sort of one sided #like ichis never really harbored ill will towards him- hes not happy about how sawashiro treated him back then LOL #but it was still clear he respected him #with sawashiro- like once you know the whole locker mix up secret then it contextualizes their relationship (from jo's pov anyway) #but just sawashiro having actually MET akane and speaking with her and listening to her wish .. idk. #its a nice thought that- for as hard as he is on ichi- he is trying to look out for him for akane's sake #emphasis on For As Hard As He Is like my man you dont gotta take his finger off 💀💀 in any case ... #maybe thats just optimistic thinking but its a nice thought. This All In Relation to having faith in ichi to Not game end himself 💀 #god but sawashiro in jail .. i really wouldve paid money just to know what was going through his head #how he reacted to aoki's death the moment he was told- like he already knew aoki never valued him but still... fathers love and all #ive rambled long enough vjlLKVEJVLKEJ BYE

[azumasoroshi]

ive been slowly assimilating back into durarara content via these accounts on youtube that post ~20 second clips of durarara and split them into like a million parts, probably for engagement or copyright avoidment or something

really fuckin annoying to click through like 5 videos for a one minute scene but sure whatever

i see this one clip of izaya with a bag over his head and im like wait i dont remember this

someone gives the episode number (drrx2 ten ep8) so i hop over to an anime site and start watching and bruUHHH this has no right to be so interesting what the hell

i totally forgot about the entire amphisbaena plot but like damn this scene???

izaya playing dumb is like. a joy to watch i dont even know

this smug little shit i could analyse you for hours

you can feel the calculations coming off of him lmfao like "oh this bitch set me up"

his little cat smile ugh. he still has contol over the situation.

immediately makes it clear to her that whatever resemblance he has to nakura, he is 100% definitely NOT him!! hahaha!!!! i dont know if akane's ever heard the name izaya orihara but he is not about to introduce himself to her

ok thats really cute actually askdjhgksjd she's so tiny

her still looking at izaya because he looks like nakura but he isn't?? who the fuck is that??

and izaya looking like :> but inwardly being like jesus christ dodged a bullet there

and even with all that shiki's still sus as hell of izaya

idk i feel like this is a really fun example of the mind games that goes on in durarara and i kinda wanna watch it in full now :sob:

part 2 of soro loses their mind over durarara

#izaya orihara #durarara #shiki haruya #akane awakusu #gonna be honest i only remembered akane beacuse i was looking up shizuo clips on youtube #and one of them was him doing the ehe :P time to go find my good friend izaya!! acting bit #which i do want to talk about later because shizuo canonically being a better/more talented actor than kasuka is such good idea fuel #like. the shizaya aus you could extract from that #ANYWAY #izaya is cool the writing of durarara is cool

[daily-terus]

#✧ charming princes ✧ #teru looks like he's going “ehehe” #also the direct---somewhat unknowing---comparison of him and kou... #jshk #minamoto teru #teru minamoto #tbhk #This is chapter eight! I am going to be rereading a LOT of JSHK for this... #Akane is very pretty in this chapter btw #both of them but mostly hee with hees glasses

[skyedancer2006]

OH MY GOD WE JUST READ THE NEW DBS TBHK UPDATE

HOLY SHIT

HOLY SHIT

#rambling about the update down here #don’t read if you don’t wanna be spoiled!!! #toilet bound hanako kun #tbhk manga #jibaku shounen hanako kun #jshk manga #OK RAMBLING TIME #TSUKASA APPEARING AFTER THE CLOCK BREAKS #THEN HIM KISSING NENE WHILE HER AND HANAKO ARE FROZEN #I WAS NOT EXPECTING ANYTBING LIKE THAT AT ALL HELLO????? #AND THEN HE JUST PICKS HER UP AND CARRIES HER AWAY??? #HANAKOS FACE WHEN AKANE AND KOU FOUND HIM TOO #OH MY GOD HE WAS FUCKING DEVASTATED #EVEN AKANE LOOKS CONCERNED FOR HIM #AND THEY DONT LIKE EACH OTHER AT ALL #I wanna see Hanako go apeshit so bad #his brother just stole his practically girlfriend so he has plenty reason to #but holy shit I can’t get his devastated face out of my head #have we ever seen him with that much emotion before?????

[bibiana112]

It's so weirdly fascinating to me how you very much can go through Door 3 and skip all the dialogue with the Kurashikis if you just grab the cards and remember the code without finding it's clues, like, on some other puzzles like the Kitchen one if you forget to grab the frozen chicken with the code hint then Santa just hands it to you and you can't input the code at all until you cook it because Junpei's sure he still has a clue to find somewhere, making them fail-safes so the characters can't skip those interactions even if it's not your first loop essentially he's gotta learn about those hexadecimals! but what is skippable is the exchanges Junpei has with the only two people there who know they're doomed by the point they find themselves in the Shower Room and who know this setup well enough to not make a big deal of him just guessing the password because they get how that could be possible, even if it was probably a bit startling to actually see, especially for Santa though I can't imagine Akane would be feeling too good about not being able to reminisce one last time with him like she expected either. It's fascinating that it makes it so there's canonically a history in the game where they end up behind the Door 3 dead end and then die without even getting those convos out of their chests

#there's like. so much weight to those two convos from their perspective... #santa both here and in Door 6 feels like he's grasping at straws for any way to talk about the Thing that he can #even without being able to give every or even most of the details at all when he knows all's about to be lost #the only person that could possibly be empathetic to his grief around is Junpei because he's the only other person Akane was ever close to #he can't say it's her but it's better than nothing #and Akane just had a meltdown which I personally believe to be very genuine #and was probably hanging on to having at least one last pleasant interaction with Junpei before having to go through the ringer again #and then they just watch him input the code without so much as looking at the hints and know exactly what it means #and have no choice but to keep with the program and go right ahead #like. man I think so much about them #zero escape #999 spoilers #akane kurashiki #aoi kurashiki #junpei 999

[worthlivingmuses]

"I can't go any farther. I can't." (To Akane ^^)

"Sure you can. I know it can be really scary and all.. but you gotta believe in yourself the way the rest of us believe in you! Mika, the kids, myself.. we all believe you can go so far, what's holding you back besides yourself?" Akane looked at him with a smile on her lips. "Just believe you can, and anything is possible-!"

#secondtrumphet #muse ;; akane hyakuya #v ;; tbd #this honestly looks like it would be a memory he would have as older him and going back for more guidance :') #and now i cant get the thought out of my head

[iamhereinthebg]

Gonna share badly translated panels from the official french translation because I can

I can’t verbally explain how much Akane ROASTED Aoi in chap 69 . He really took the ‘I am gonna end this woman’s whole career” to a next level

:))))

--> to explain the ‘you’re pretending you don’t know’

#for her defense #Aoi actually said that 'he suck!' rather tan him being stupid #she was also fcking done on her part #Teru really went 'oospie?' when he saw them #I can't invent this sht he said 'mince alors' I wanna burn the translators #ty Mari for being okay with my half assd translation from french to english of the whole chapter too #Akane finished his rant and litteraly looked at her and go 'well?' #they need to insult each other every two pages in this translation idk why #Teru really went 'not cool bro' when Akane said 'what are you doing here?' #idk why the vibes of the french translations are so chaotic #but I am here for that #Aoi also said 'I asked you more than once :)))' when talking about his watch l o l she was done #oh and in terms of emotionnal damage they also put wavy texts #when the characters are either dying or have really strong emotions and idk what to do with myself with this #toilet bound hanako kun #aoi akane #akane aoi #nothing too special on the others chapters tbh I just really wanted to translate this one because I love their talk ahah #Akane just refers to the seven mysteries as deities rather than gods too #which is closer to the idea of Kamis to me #good volume as always #next one is in one month :))) chap 71/72/73/74 are all good I am not ready #tbhk #random french translation #disclaimer: it's hard to translate the context which is why I didn't do more page too ahah #I can just say that they are using slangs and are hasrher l o l #the vibes is just 'Oh yes you're testing me uh?' #jshk #jibaku shonen hanako kun fanart #jibaku shounen hanako kun

[monstersqueen]

welp. that sure is a reaction snake is having to her death

and now i'm remembering that one year later she disappears, and then rad-6 infects the world, and then the nuclear explosion. fuck. snake :(

#myposts #i can only hope akane grabbed him too #but fuck if she didn't #can you imagine #junpei post ztd not knowing what happened but missing a few daus of memories #light looking for clover #and then decades later #having seen what clover's disappearance did to him #meeting clover just as she was when she disappeared #in another of those fucking games #WHAT was going through tenmyouji's mind when he saw her? #(i'm assuming light got in touch with junpei/junpei heard about clover's disappearance and offered help #because i love the idea of junpei meeting clover in vlr and realizing akane did that to snake and clover) #mq liveblogs 999 #zero escape #999 spoilers #ztd spoilers #vlr spoilers

[vashtijoy]

have you seen the commentary from the p5r artbook going around? the shuake part of my dash is losing it a bit at the implication that their wishes were mutual!!! that seems to be what some people are getting from the commentary at least… amy insights?

Hi! I have been through the artbook. It's great, isn't it? :D

The image above is called "One Ending", and the creator caption (by illustrator Akane Kabayashi) reads:

When I think about how Akechi's wish was to play chess after school with the protagonist, I almost want to call him out with "You liked him after all, didn't you!"

Look at that. We're told about Akechi's wish, and what it included. We're as good as told outright that he likes Joker—and this isn't the only time, there's also this:

—There are a whole lot of things we can imagine, based on how the protagonist was depicted as someone special to Akechi. Those are more or less the exact emotions represented during Akechi's confidant. (Mumon Usuda, chief designer)

"someone special" here is 特別な存在 tokubetsuna sonzai—literally "a special presence". It means a special person, and more than that; it describes someone you find compelling, someone you can't look away from, someone who becomes one of your most important people, the centre of your world. It's another term that is often romantic, but isn't necessarily romantic.

(In the same way, I think Kabayashi's suki jan! is more tongue-in-cheek than it is a cast-iron confirmation that Akechi was canonly in love with Joker. The language there is teasing, it's ambiguous, it's baity; Kabayashi is joking. This is a rank 6—as they say, if you know, you know. But it is of course ultimately up to all of you.)

There's another mention of this image, down in the creator interview:

Out of all the Maruki ending illustrations, it was Akechi's that stuck with me the most. It made such an impression to see them opening up as friends, having a fun, peaceful time together like high school students should. (Mumon Usuda, chief designer)

What really strikes me in all of this is the emphasis the creators put on the fact that this is Akechi's illustration, Akechi's wish. Because I've thought for a while that we know Akechi has a wish. You can see him struggling with his refusals to Maruki in the first week of January. And you can hear his wish spoken—when Maruki repeats it back to him, during the boss fight, on 2/3:

Maruki {F1 81}君たちとなら、君も過ちのない道を歩めるかも知れないじゃないか！ {F1 81}-kun-tachi to nara, kimi mo ayamachi no nai michi o ayumeru kamoshirenai ja nai ka! If you're with {F1 81}―kun and his friends, you could begin to atone for what you've done! Think about it! With [Amamiya]-kun and his friends beside you, you could choose a path with no mistakes as well!

So this wish has several parts. First, there's that kimi mo, "you also"; it's tempting to read this as Maruki also wanting his new world to erase his past mistakes. Second, there's the first part, "if you're with [Amamiya]-kun and his friends". Where to even start here?

Being with Joker and the others is a prerequisite for the second half of Akechi's wish. It doesn't just coexist, it enables the rest of it. Just like his words in the engine room, "I wonder why we couldn't have met a few years earlier, [Ren]..."

Remember, Akechi's whole arc is about his rejection of trust and friendship, and his insistence on doing everything himself. This is precisely what Futaba calls him out on—"you trusted no one", or "you played life in single-player mode". This is what he unlearns at the climax of the engine room, when he realises he isn't prepared to let the others die—and follows through to save them.

Akechi is nothing without others, and he knows it. Without their support, which he believes he has no right to, he has no hope of living a better life, even were he to be given the chance—and he knows that, too. He has learned, and he has grown—and yet he knows the things he needs and wants so badly are forever inaccessible.

And his wish is about all the Phantom Thieves, not just Joker. There are many tiny references to this end—not least the original Japanese rank 10 line for his confidant, where he sacrifices himself for all of you. Joker is his compelling presence, his someone special, but he's formed small bonds with the others too, God help him.

and then there's the crime thing

The localisation frames Akechi's wish in terms of atonement, but that's not what's on offer. You cannot, after all, atone for things you never did. We see Akechi's wish put into practice, in the Maruki ending, where he appears with his friends beside him, wholly innocent and with unstained hands. And we see it in the first week of January, after he has finally met Maruki and spoken to him:

Akechi: Ah, that reminds me—there was one more thing I wanted to tell you. Akechi: About the reality Maruki's put us in... Akechi: It seems that Okumura and Wakaba are both considered alive by all accounts. [Ren: They're not dead anymore? / What do you mean?] Akechi: They aren't mere illusions, or cognitive beings—they truly are alive and existing in this world. Akechi: In fact, their deaths seem to have never taken place at all in this reality. [Ren: What happened to Shido?] Akechi: Shido was the only one arrested on the crime of attempting to overthrow the government... Akechi: It seems the Phantom Thieves were causing a stir in this society as well, but there's no record of your arrest now. Akechi: Basically, in this reality, you and I haven't committed any crimes.

While Akechi still remembers his crimes, they never took place. They have been undone, and only his lingering memory—and Joker's, at this point—speaks to them. He objects to this on countless levels, he summons all the strength he has to refuse it, but don't make the mistake of thinking that means he doesn't want it. This is Akechi's wish in action.

People are often very certain that Akechi's resolve in the third semester is like iron—that he rejects Maruki's offers right away, is never tempted, never wavers. But that can't be true. We know he's afraid to die. We know about the bad end where you don't complete the Palace, where Akechi says nothing and stares at the floor, seemingly blaming himself internally while all the others blame themselves aloud, for being unable to say no to Maruki's temptations. We know how he responds to this assertion of Maruki's—Maruki, who has perfectly summed up what we know all the other PTs wanted, and who (even if Word of God hadn't just confirmed Akechi's wish) we have, honestly, no reason to doubt.

Because Akechi never refutes this wish that Maruki describes. He never says he doesn't want it. He just rejects it—like all the others, who so desperately want what Maruki could give them. Futaba's mother, Haru's father. Akechi's life, and his innocence. And the people who might have been his friends, if he could dare, one day, to ask.

Akechi is tested just like the others, and the price he pays for his defiance is perhaps the highest of all.

and finally

[The Maruki ending illustrations are] of Maruki's world, where everyone's wishes are granted and they seem happy. The scene shows their actualised wishes, which were never granted in the real world. (Mumon Usuda, chief designer)

We shouldn't forget the price Akechi pays for his impossible wish. Sure, the vision of himself being altered like Sumire clearly haunts him, and I'm sure it made the choice easier—but I don't think it made it that easy. Instead of taking the dream Maruki offered him, Akechi chose to face up to what he'd done, and who he'd become; at the very end, in the third semester and in the engine room, he always makes the right choice.

And that choice was taken away from him. Agency over his life and death, his own acts, and who he would even be—Joker and Maruki take it all away from him and make him a puppet, just like Shido.

Maruki's ending isn't pretty.

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#asks #persona 5 #p5 meta #things i translate #japanese language #word of god #shuake #goro akechi #takuto maruki

[harunayuuka2060]

Note: I have decided to re-write Unveil for you to have a better understanding of the story.

Female Protagonist: Yuurin (as you know who's in male disguise)

Yuurin's mother: The invitation to Night Raven College has arrived.

Yuurin's mother: You did well, Yuurin.

Yuurin: Thank you, mother.

Yuurin's father: I expect that you will do perfectly on your studies like you always do.

Yuurin's father: Do you understand, Yuurin?

Yuurin: Yes, father.

Yuurin's mother: Oh! And Yuurin-dear, don't forget to take your medications.

Yuurin: Yes, mother. *then turns to walk away*

Yuurin's mother: Ah... Look at our son, honey. Time flies really fast.

Yuurin's father: *nods in agreement*

Yuurin's father: We have raised him well.

Yuurin: *knocks on her brother's door*

*A servant opens the door.*

The servant: Welcome, Master Yuurin.

Yuurin: Is my sister awake?

The servant: Yes, master. Please come in.

Yuurin: *walks in*

Akane/Akihiro: *looking out the window of his room*

The servant: I shall take my leave. *bows respectfully; closing the door as she exits*

Akihiro: Congratulations, Yuu. *turns his head to smile at her*

Yuurin: Thank you, Aki.

Akihiro: Hm? What's wrong? You don't sound happy.

Yuurin: *approaches his bed* *then sits next to him*

Yuurin: I wished you had been chosen instead.

Akihiro: That can't happen.

Yuurin: But Aki... it was your chance to escape here and be you.

Akihiro: *smiles* You think so?

Akihiro: I'm sure our mother will try to stop that.

Yuurin: ...

Akihiro: Cheer up, Yuu. *chuckles softly*

Yuurin: ...

Akihiro: ...

Akihiro: Ah. Before I forget, there's something I would like to give you.

Yuurin: Huh?

Akihiro: *pulls out a small rectangular box* Here.

Yuurin: ...

Akihiro: Open it.

Yuurin: *opens the box* Oh.

Akihiro: It's beautiful, isn't it?

Yuurin: *smiles* It looks great, Aki.

Akihiro: It's not forbidden for you to wear a necklace. Though I wished I could give you something more feminine, but I didn't want to get you in trouble.

Yuurin: Thank you for this, Aki.

Akihiro: *goes to pat her head gently*

Akihiro: Always be safe, Yuu.

Yuurin: ...

Yuurin: I'll do my best, Aki.

Yuurin: Someday, I will get you out of here.

Akihiro: *smiles gently* Hm.

Yuurin: *subtly observing the students*

Yuurin: This place isn't any different from the previous schools I've been.

Crowley: Yuurin, the Dark Mirror will show you the dorm that you'll be in. *smiles* Good luck.

Yuurin: *approaches the Dark Mirror*

The Dark Mirror: Yuurin... SAVANACLAW.

The Savanaclaw students: *seem to be confused and restless*

Leona: ...

Ruggie: That student—

Leona: Shh. Don't say anything.

The Savanaclaw students: *all agreed to their housewarden*

Yuurin: *has arrived to Savanaclaw dorm*

Leona: You guys continue with your practice. I'll just talk to this newbie.

The Savanaclaw students: Yes, housewarden! *then immediately leaves them alone*

Leona: ...

Yuurin: ...

Leona: I know you've heard from the Orientation that it's my duty as a housewarden to tell you what will be your life here.

Yuurin: Yes.

Leona: ...

Leona: You have the masculine built and your voice sounds masculine too.

Yuurin: ...

Yuurin: What are you trying to say?

Leona: I'm sure Night Raven College isn't co-ed.

Leona: Lady, why are you pretending to be a man?

Yuurin: ...

Yuurin: *her expression turned serious* How did you—

Leona: Most of us here are beastmen. We knew you are a girl the moment you walked in.

Leona: Besides, those eyes can't lie.

Yuurin: Are you playing with me, housewarden?

Leona: Are you going to say that I'm wrong?

Yuurin: ...

Leona: Well, of course, if you see yourself as a man, we'll respect that.

Yuurin: ...

Leona: ...

Leona: *sigh* Your secret is safe with us. Though I'm going to ask you one thing.

Yuurin: ...

Yuurin: What is it?

Leona: In my dorm, you're free to be who you are.

Yuurin: !!!

Yuurin: ...

Leona: In my dorm, you're free to be who you are.

Yuurin: ...

Yuurin: *turns on her phone and sure enough, the text messages of her parents*

Yuurin's mother — Which dorm are you in, Yuurin? I hope it's not Pomefiore or Heartslabyul.

Yuurin — It's Savanaclaw.

Yuurin's mother — That's perfect! I've always known you belong among the strongest! Always do your best, okay?

Yuurin: ...

Yuurin's father — Congratulations again, son. You always make me proud.

Yuurin: ...

Yuurin: *decides to message her brother*

Yuurin — Aki... I got into Savanaclaw.

Akihiro — (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

Akihiro — Looks like my other wish came true.

Yuurin: ...

#twisted wonderland #twst yuurin #twst leona #twst ruggie #twst savanaclaw #twst crowley #twst akihiro/akane #twst unveil

[todayisafridaynight]

I may just be delirious but I kind of feel like there's something there about some of the most traumatic events in Arakawa's life arguably stemming from/being made worse by being loved too much.

Like, Toshio's death, right. The death of a parent is always always going to be traumatic, particularly when your other parent is abusive, but I feel like being there, being the first to the scene, made it so much worse. Especially when it should've been a good memory.

Non-zero chance I'm just projecting because I was there for my own father's death and I was around Arakawa's age at the time, but it's like... it did have very specific life-long effects, didn't it... the way he keeps coming back to Peking duck and talks about it like he's had it before when he can't even bring himself to eat it unless he's with family (and indeed, never did, up until right before he died)...

And then there's his former patriarch. Of course, he seemed to see Arakawa as more of an object--fully under his control and something to be thrown away at the first sign of autonomy. But I feel like, before then, Arakawa must've been his "favorite," if he was willing to arrange a marriage between his daughter and Arakawa. Which I expect is what made his reaction when Arakawa told him he was (technically) having an affair with Akane and wanted out of the family that extreme in going as far as to send men after Akane and Ichiban.

The last one I can immediately think of is not exactly traumatic for him, though it is traumatic For Me so I'm counting it, but it's of course what we were talking about with Jo hesitating so much at the thought of killing Arakawa that he passed up the chance to save him.

I Dunno I Am Delirious but... there's a pattern somewhere in there... Anyway. Uh. "Happy" Father's Day am I right

happy fathers day :]]]]

#snap chats #I HAVE NOTES DOWN HERE AS ALWAYS I PROMISE JUST. no better way to cap off a post with a smile :) #plus yk. i dont have any major notes to add thats not restating but i do enjoy Restating so in the tags we go #also ngl im a lil tired so if im gonna look right silly cause my brains functioning like a bowl of cereal ill do it down here as per usual #totally waited to answer this when its technically fathers day my time and i didnt just stare at a wall #listen if someone has a proejcting problem its me alright. its ok if someone else has a turn at it esp when its within fair grounds 🥴 #in any case Yeah.. everyone loves patterns ones a coincidence two's a pattern three should incite murderous intent #i definitely wouldnt call it delirious thinking Thats My Job right LMAO #in all seriousness the importance of at least one positive adult figure in a trouble child's life cannot be understated #im pretty sure i talked bout that already so i wont give the whole lecture again LMAO #in any case its not unreasonable to want to assert love being a theme with arakawa- if not a detriment in some way #it was arakawas intense love for akane that inadvertently fractures their family to be #it was arakawas love for masato that didnt allow him to be harder on him when he should have been and caused both their eventual downfalls #and of course- as mentioned- while not a result of arakawa's own feelings #it was ultimately jo's. //vague hand gesturing// towards arakawa that stopped him from killing him outright #yet jo's love for masato that didnt allow him to lie and go directly behind his back #so yeah love just. works against arakawa unfortunately. an especially sad thing for a troubled child #because as a troubled child that's all you ever really want isnt it- to love and to be loved without worry #so its a cruel irony in that despite arakawa's childhood and general growing-up it didnt stop him from trying to love his family #it makes me wanna throw up (depressed) #in any case i have to stay up a little longer so i can steal water for later SO im gonna be up to uhhhh idk :) Stare At My Wall