#i have spoiled myself about how Aki ends

[pleasegivejinlingabreak]

Look, I haven't even seen more interaction between them than how they met since I follow the anime but haven't read the manga yet But But AkiAngel canon.

#i just- #they look so good together #ive seen so many fanarts #and theyre so good #and i already love them just bc of those fanarts #DUDE ANGEL HAS NOT APPEARED FOR A MINUTE IN THE ANIME YET AND I ALREADY LIKE HIM SO MUCH #He looks so fine 😩 #i have spoiled myself about how Aki ends #and im and angst lover so- #IVE SEEN THAT SCENE OF AKI LIKE HUGGING/PROTECTING ANGEL?? #BRUH GAY?? #akiangel #chainsaw man #aki hayawaka #angel devil

[batterygarden]

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cw: gn!reader sfw but no minors on my page pls

If you’re ever overwhelmed.. Aki is your list maker. He always does it without you noticing—he’ll be like “okay can you repeat all the things you have to get done today one more time…” then he’s ripping a page off his cutesy little fridge notepad when you’re finished talking and it has all of your goals written in a bulleted list. He’ll go through it with you one more time to see which things he can help with. 

Your appointment maker too. And he’ll go to the doctor with you if you’re nervous, holding your hand when you’re talking to people (No matter the appointment or procedure you will force this man to stay in the room; there is no boundaries there) 

He’ll be sitting there clarifying your symptoms for you when the doctor misinterprets things. 

He loves looking at you. This should go without saying—he thinks you’re beautiful and he loves you, but he watches you like it’s his job. 

He doesn’t need entertainment, he doesn’t need something to keep him busy while you’re doing other things—it’s enough for him to just observe you, studying your every movement with a look of content concentration on his face.

He’s just so interested in how you do things—mostly mundane, everyday tasks. He’s conscious of the fact that he can’t view you objectively anymore when the grip of a pencil between your fingers seems endearing and the way you wiggle your arms into shirt sleeves in the morning captivates him more than any movie could. Your careful movements while cooking, the faces you make when you brush your teeth, the way you pick fuzz off clothes—Aki is the one to study it all. 

He’s certain he could fill a library with all the little details he’s noticed, and if one already existed he knows he’d spend every waking minute inside, studying more. 

Aki is the man to claim to not want any pets till you come home with one someday. He’d be sooo grumpy towards you that evening, holding the little furry baby in his arms and staring at it like a mother stares at her newborn child before pausing to glare at you like “I did not okay this >:(“ 

Of course he becomes an instant helicopter dad, taking a billion pictures of the animal, documenting its growth, buying it endless toys and treats.

He ends up spoiling this lil guy way more than you too. 

“He can have a little whipped cream you fucking dictator!” 

He sneezes so loudly probably and you always side eye him and he’s like “sorry for sneezing??? Do you want an apology??” 

He’s a lawfully evil notes app user. Fucking breaking it out when no one’s looking and writing about a questionable thing someone did to talk to you about it later. He takes general notes on people too, writing their birthdays so he doesn’t forget and casually jotting down gift ideas when someone mentions their interests. He’s well within his rights to do all this but to you it feels unfair—like he’s always bringing extra study materials to tests you have to go in blind for. 

“No one’s stopping you from taking notes too. It’s honestly really helpful.” “I’m not gonna stoop to analyzing strangers on my phone, weirdo!” 

Is annoyed at the fact you don’t know how to pirate things. “A torte?” “A torrent!” He looks at you like you just asked a kindergarten level math question. “You need to know this, it’s important. So once you’ve found a magnet link..” 

he treats you like a fucking baby if you’re ever under the influence and he’s not. 

He’ll buckle you in while driving—holding no trust for your drunk brain. 

“Aki noo I can buckle myself!” He glares at you for a second then continues to do it for you but more slowly. 

When you remember that your sober self left a pomegranate in the fridge, you have immediate intentions to cut into that thing but the knife is out of your hand before you can even blink. 

Aki shakes his head while he slices it for you on a cutting board, muttering under his breath about saving money on hospital bills.

Social gatherings with Aki are great, but your favorite part is always getting back home so you can deconstruct the evening. Aki is a grade A gossip I swear, he will bring up all the points you were thinking and more. He LIVES for your cozy nights in pajamas, discussing your friends’ relationship drama and your coworker’s affair. 

He is such a considerate person to live with. He often wakes up before you for work but he’s always tip-toeing around in the mornings not to wake you, shutting cabinets so quietly and taking out pans all slow and careful. He’ll usually leave some of whatever breakfast he made in a Tupperware for you when you finally do awaken, making note of it on his handy fridge sticky notes, always with an added “have a good day, pretty” and a messy lil heart. 

This man has mild anxiety I say!! Especially with sleeping, he can’t do it the same if he isn’t touching you—he needs to know you’re safe and okay next to him.

He also appreciates your frequent texts about nothing in particular for this reason, it keeps him reassured that everything’s okay. 

Speaking of texting, Aki acts like the little memes and videos you send are dumb and his sense of humor is above them, but he secretly finds you SO hilarious. 

Like he chuckles when he’s by himself just thinking of some of the stupid things you’ve sent him. 

One time he saved a reaction pic you sent, never telling you how funny he found it, and sent it to Denji when it worked perfectly in their text conversation like 3 months later. Only the meme was so old by that point that it made him look out of touch :/ 

You remind him of it every time you show him a tweet or something and he doesn’t laugh or react, saying he’ll probably save it and send it to people later in secret. 

If there’s errors no there isn’t <3

I was also given a request for these geared towards shy reader,, hopefully I post that tmrw

#aki hayakawa x reader #chainsaw man #csm x reader #Aki fics #Aki x you #Aki headcannons #Aki fluff #aki x reader #aki hayakawa fluff #aki hayakawa headcanon #aki x you #aki hayakawa x you

[yajuachi]

So I’m reading Pandora Hearts seriously this time and hopefully i don’t decide to take a break only for that break to be indefinitely long because i have new content anxiety and get scared when i enjoy things, ( as seems to happen with many things i start.. ) But anyways wow these bitches are all so damn cute, I love Alice Oz and Gil so much. I love Gil and Alice’s bickering and, i can tell they will definitely get to care about each other a lot in the near future. I always find it really sweet observing how much affection is displayed between Jun Mochizuki’s characters. And its subtle and not always made a fuss about but i notice it and it makes them all feel that much more real and connected to each other. Silly things like Gil putting his hat on Oz or Sharon drying Gil’s hair is important to me and i appreciate that sort of subtle relationship building especially when i know I’m in for a series with a bunch of characters and interactions. If i had to pick a favorite so far, Break is definitely stealing the show as the absurd and morally questionable weirdo. He’s insensitive as hell and i love it, very old man of him. And despite his coercing i trust him simply because he’s a very honest manipulator. He’s a watch it play out and explain later kind of guy cause it would ruin the fun otherwise, he is the ¿mad hatter?…after all so he’s chaos for the sake of it. Alice and Oz are tied for now but i have a feeling Alice is gonna win my heart. Its the impression of a girl who really needs a hug and i have a soft spot for that sort of destructive loneliness i sense in her. Oz intrigues me to no end because he’s trying to be the typical optimistic smiley main character except he’s just a little more aware than i’m used to seeing and i love it. It’s the kind of attitude that’s not completely fitting for the world circumstances and even tho its used to liven up the mood it fails to convince you or the other characters. I don’t get the sense that he’s like that for other people as much as it’s for himself. His optimism is disturbing to everyone and that’s something i love to see be leaned into for a main character. “I’m curious about what it was that warped you so,”. I know there’s going to be a lot to him and i am not ready. As for Gilbert, he is so incredibly sweet that it almost guarantees immense suffering in his future. If someone has not drawn him bargaining gum with Alice and Oz like Aki from csm i might have to because they’re both in the big brother club to me. Or Oz might even be the gum dealer just to get the two to stop fighting lol.

Thats enough for now and I’m really enjoying everything so far, i will update again when something rattles me. I’ve started avoiding fan content like the plague and its real hard considering how many ph artists i’ve followed beforehand. Now that i have context for things spoilers are harder to fly over my head. There’s a lot I’ve had spoiled since forever and am aware of, just not in how its applied in the story. I’m the worst spoiler dodger ever because i convince myself i don’t care until it’s something i care about but that’s on me, and i usually enjoy stuff regardless.

#pandora hearts #pandora hearts reading #thoughts #spoilers #no further spoilers #my list of messed up blondes is getting updated with this one huh

[the12thnightproject]

Chapter 10: Lessons in Larceny Only a mischievous kitsune could turn a lockpicking lesson into an innuendo fest.

Mitsuhide x OC; Hideyoshi x MC (Mai)

All Chapters Archived on Ao3 

Logline - With Mai, Hideyoshi, and Aki missing, Mitsuhide and Katsuko reluctantly team up. Disguised as a merchant and his concubine, can they outsmart the man known as the God of Deceit?

“What do you think of my gift?” Mitsuhide gestured to his former personal quarters, which now sported a few feminine touches – a low table filled with cosmetics, a rack displaying the recently purchased peach kimono, and a delicate tapestry.

What it did not contain - a window.

With Sho next to me, oohing and aahing over the surprise gift, I could not tell him exactly what I thought about his room switching gambit. “I am overwhelmed, Master Kyubei.”

“After all, with your new wardrobe arriving soon, I believe you should have more space.” He paused and then his Kyubei disguise was marred by a smile that was pure Mitsuhide tease. “Perhaps some might say I’m spoiling you, but this is what you deserve.”

More space… ha!

The new room did not appear any larger than the previous one. In fact, it seemed smaller, with the smell of sandalwood and cinnamon pervading every corner. It would be like sharing a room with his ghost – or astral projection (not that I believed something like that was possible, although if it had been possible, I completely believe Mitsuhide could and would practice it). Crowded in, with no means of escape. Now that Mitsuhide slept directly under my old window, in the room closest to the stairway, I would not be able to sneak out in the night without waking him up.

The curtailed freedom on my end resulted in curtailed conversation for him, as I gave him the silent treatment for a few days, and our meals devolved into me glaring at him while he devoured a series of increasingly disgusting smelling meals.

(It’s possible that he didn’t consider eating in uncomfortable silence a loss).

Whatever he did while the sun was up, I had no idea. While I suffered days of beauty regimens (apparently my skin needed ‘help’ and my hands were ‘hopeless’) under the guidance of sweet but uninteresting Sho, he would, in that long dark wig, disappear in the morning and not reappear until it was time for Sho to return to the house she shared with her mother and siblings. I couldn’t leave the house with her, in case she was a spy for Shojumaru, nor could I leave her alone for the same reason.

Needless to say, the whole beauty routine was mind-numbingly dull. I had never enjoyed the twenty-first century version, and the Sengoku stuff was even worse. Thankfully, the merchant class that I would be moving about in didn’t conform to the aristocratic customs of shaving off their eyebrows and blackening their teeth.

So when after five days of repetitive afternoons and silent evenings, the first of my outfits was delivered, I was nearly tempted to kiss it in relief, even though it was pale pink. At least it meant that Mitsuhide would take me out.

Somewhere.

Anywhere…

“…the meeting of the Kaigoshu?” I was impressed in spite of myself. “How did you manage to get an invitation to that?” Even Francisco, who had been based in Sakai for several years, hadn’t managed to break through that barrier (or maybe he had, but didn’t realize what it was).

“Another spice merchant owes me a lot of money.” That was all he had to say about the matter. Gambling was illegal, so I was left to wonder what the spice merchant had done to get in Mitsuhide’s debt. Potentially that fell into the ‘you don’t want to know’ category.

“And you’re permitted to bring me?” Sounded fishy. I doubted that anyone else would bring a courtesan to what amounted to a city council meeting.

“I am certain you’re aware of the concept ‘it is better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission.’” It was the night prior to the meeting, and rather than go back to my room to sulk, I had allowed my curiosity to get the better of me and had followed Mitsuhide into his office. “In my observations, it appears to be your primary mode of operation.”

“I’m familiar.” I could not deny that I’d found myself asking for forgiveness a lot.

From the look he gave me, Mitsuhide had expected that answer. “Not that it would make any difference in this particular situation, for Kyubei is not the type to ask for either permission or forgiveness.”

Yeah. I’d figured. “Do you have a particular plan? Or is this simply for reconnaissance?” Maybe he already had a theory to test out. Who knows? I wasn’t in the loop.

“Oh my, I see you’re talking to me again. Did we get bored with the silent treatment?” He didn’t look at me when he asked, preferring instead to unroll a scroll of paper, and read (or pretend to read) it.

“I’m talking to a co-conspirator about a mission. As soon as we get those details figured out, then you will become invisible to me once again.” Well, he probably hadn’t been invisible since birth, but I would give it my best shot. “So? Plan? Generalized snooping?”

He put down the scroll and sighed – theatrically, so I am sure he didn’t mean it. “If you can wander amongst the Portuguese merchants and listen to their conversations, that will allow me to concentrate on the Japanese ones.” He didn’t mention Shojumaru specifically, but I figured the man had to be at the top of our suspect list.

Ok. Cool. Was that so difficult to tell me? “And if it looks like you’ve gotten into trouble, I should create a diversion so we don’t have to fight our way out? Not that I couldn’t fight if you need me to.”

“Dear me, are you questioning my competence? I will not get into trouble.” He picked up the scroll again and I am certain he was just using it to shield himself from me.

I took no offense. I was just happy that I was finally going to be permitted to do something. Well. Tomorrow I would be doing something. Tonight… I couldn’t face another night staring at the windowless walls of my new room.

It wasn’t until my third circuit of the office that I realized I was pacing.

Mitsuhide glanced up and distracted me from my walkabout. “Is there a reason for your prowling? One would have thought that you went through here thoroughly the other night.”

“The other night I was looking for something in particular.” I paused in front of a neat display of musical instruments – a flute, a koto, and a biwa – arranged neatly among some Noh masks – had these, like the furniture and décor, belonged to the previous tenant? They looked too exquisite to belong to whomever had painted the walls red and black, and owned that gruesome screen in my former bedroom. Something told me that these were Mitsuhide’s, although I couldn’t back that up with any evidence. Just… a feeling. “Now, I’m just looking.”

He finally put the scroll down. “Any competent spy ought to be able to perform both at the same time.” He motioned me over to his desk, opened the drawer for like… three seconds… and then slammed it shut again. “What is in the drawer, brat?”

Oh.

A game.

A puzzle game.

I love this stuff. “A pot of ink, a spare brush, three locks – probably Chinese in origin, a roll of paper, and not my letter, which you really should return to me.”

He raised one eyebrow. Ok now you’re just rubbing it in that you can do that and I can’t. Then he opened the drawer again and peered inside. “You missed four items.” He pulled them out of the drawer as he named them. “A small clump of dust… a crumb of… mm… is that dried rice?” He popped it in his mouth and bit down on it (and… ew). “Still unknown. And a set of lock picks.” He held up a few metal rods of varying lengths and thickness.

Oooh. Lock picks. That was interesting. I wondered if he could show me how to…

He derailed my thought by asking, “what does this combination of items tell you?”

“That the desk is commonly used by a thief who writes a lot of letters and rarely dusts? Particularly a correspondence thief who also has a cast iron stomach.” I sent him a look of contrived innocence along with the snark.

“Consider the order of the items in the drawer. The placement shows that the locks were used more recently than the paper.” He laid them next to each other on the desk. They were all rectangular shaped padlocks, one with kanji characters written across it, although I suspected it was Chinese, not Japanese, simply because most locks in this era were made in China. “You do appear to be interested in these – considering brushing up on your burglary skills?”

Hey, a girl’s gotta have a parachute.

“Aki says no knowledge is ever wasted.” Show me. Show me. Show me.

The eyebrow went up again. It was getting a workout tonight. “Yes… you are indeed uncharacteristically fixated on these. Dare I suggest a lesson in larceny?”

I mimicked his bored tone. “Why yes, I believe I would find that a pleasant interlude.”

Aaaand of course he took my wording and ran with it. “Oh my. If it’s a pleasant interlude you want…”

Walked right into that one.

He smirked and patted the cushion next to him. “Sit down. Observe. It’s simply a matter of sliding a shaft,” he held up one of the metal rods, “into a tight chamber, and finessing it until you gain entry.”

That totally deserved an eyeroll, so I provided it, but I did want to acquire this skill, so I sat where indicated and waited for him to begin.

“A very eager pupil indeed.” He set the three locks in front of me. The one with the kanji opened by combination, and would be impossible to pick, but the other two were keyed locks, with the keys already resting inside the locks.

“The bolt is spring-held in place by its shape, wider at one end than the other. The key is generally used to push the spring open.” He pulled one of the keys out, fastened the lock, then slid the key back in. “Listen to the sound it makes when it hits the spring.”

Click.

“However, the process is easier to feel than it is to explain.” He locked the lock and handed me the key and the pick. “First unlock it with the key but slowly. Get used to how the motion feels when the key presses on the interior sides to free the bolt.”

I have in fact unlocked locks with keys before, even these antique (though not at the moment antique) rectangular ones. Unlike modern padlocks, which rely on rotation, the locks used in this time require a bit of force to open, especially if the pin sticks – which it did in this case. In the end, I had to jam my palm against it to exert enough pressure on the key.

“Some things do require a bit of sensitivity.” He locked the lock and returned it to me. “Try with one slow, smooth stroke. Caress the inside of the lock.”

Seriously?

I side-eyed that one, and received from him a look of such theatrical innocence that I’m surprised the Gods didn’t smite him for it. Great. And I’m sure that if I called out his wording, I would be the one accused of having a dirty mind. Fine. I returned my attention to the lock and put the square key back inside, trying to pay attention to the moment the key depressed the spring enough for the lock to disengage.

Click.

“Now the keys to these locks vary somewhat in shape.” He held up the key I had just used which was basically a square tube. Then he showed me the other key, which was two horizontal double bend curves, running parallel with about a quarter of a centimeter between them. “They operate in the same fashion – to compact the spring on the other end.” He returned the curved key to the other lock and the bolt disengaged. “As you have no doubt already surmised, if you want to go about opening locks, it’s impossible to carry with you the number of appropriately shaped keys in which to do so. Hence, these.” He lifted up two of the two metal rods.

Returning to the original lock, he inserted one of the picks on the left side of the square keyhole and pushed it all the way through. Then the other pick on the right. With a minimal amount of wiggling, the bolt slid out.

Hm, that seemed almost too easy. I repeated his actions on the lock…

Click.

… it was literally that easy. “I don’t understand. What’s the point?”

“There’s a reason why most people carry their most important valuables on their person, or hire armed guards.” Mitsuhide handed me the other keyed lock, the one with the curved hole. “Although this one should take slightly more effort.”

In seconds I had the other lock open.

“Of course, it’s also true that most people – most honest people - don’t expect to encounter a lock, or they find themselves unexpectedly in chains. So, one must improvise.” He pulled two of the sticks from my hair. Of course, my hair immediately jenga’d into total entropy. He relocked the locks and gave me back the hairsticks. “Try it with these.”

I blew my hair out of my eyes and got to work. With the wooden hairsticks, it was a bit more difficult – I was afraid to put too much pressure on them because –

Snap!

“Damn.”

“Such language.” The tone was teasing, but I got the sense he really did not appreciate me swearing.

With half of my hair stick now wedged in the lock there wasn’t much else I could do. Reluctantly, I turned the lock back over to Mitsuhide who shook it until the reminder of the stick fell out. He silently handed it back over to me. I suppose he didn’t want a souvenir of #lockpickfail.

“Now this one.” He held up the combination lock. It had five rotating barrels, each with four kanji characters on them. “There is no key, it will open when you arrange the letters in the correct order.”

Yes. I had gathered that part of it. “So it’s a matter of trial and error until I hit the correct combination?” Math has never been my strength. I knew there was a formula for figuring out how many possible combinations there would be, but I didn’t know what that formula was, and to be honest, I wouldn’t be able to do that sort of calculation in my head anyway. I had a feeling the answer would be in the realm of ‘reallybigion.’

“Hm. You could try that.” Mitsuhide waved to a cushion on the other side of the room. “Over there.”

Yeah, I don’t want to sit next to you all night either.

I took the lock to the indicated spot and proceeded to try and solve the combination.

About twenty minutes later (just a guess, no clocks in the Sengoku), when I realized that the job was made more difficult because the barrels were slippery, Mitsuhide’s voice interrupted my concentration. “Did I fail to mention that you likely will not have enough time to go through all the potential combinations before you are interrupted, or your prison cell floods, or you are executed at dawn?”

“Why yes, I believe you did fail to mention that.” Dammit, I had lost my place.

“Or even,” Mitsuhide oozed over to my side, “in addition to being chained to a wall, it’s completely dark in the cell… or you’re wearing a blindfold.”

That was all the warning I got before the world turned pink. Figures he’d put a pink blindfold on me. “Hey! Ask permission before you do something like that.”

I reached up to remove the blindfold but was immediately distracted by Mitushide, who seated himself directly behind me. He reached around my waist and put his hands on top of mine. His breath tickled my neck, and the steady rhythm of his heartbeat pounded against my back. It was like being enveloped in the essence of him, surrounded by cinnamon and sandalwood, and Mitsuhide.

He adjusted my grip on the lock. “Can you feel the tension on the bolt?”

I could, in fact, feel tension everywhere.

His heartrate had picked up slightly.

Or maybe that was mine. We were so close together it was impossible to tell any longer.

Resolutely I ignored that (pretty sure he was trying to distract me on purpose) and concentrated on the barrels of the lock.

“Keep the pressure on the bolt.” He placed my index finger on the underside of the bolt. “Now, can you feel as I turn the barrel the moment when it becomes slightly looser?”

I held my breath – why, I don’t know, it wasn’t necessary – ignored the pounding in my ears, and concentrated on the barrel he was turning. He was right – there was a moment when the were less pressure on the bolt.  “There!”

“Very good. Now, the next one. Keep the tension level even but slide your finger to the next barrel. Feel the pressure while I slowly twist it.” His voice rasped in my ear. Had he lowered his tone to a sensual purr just to further distract me?

Well, it won’t work, sir. I concentrated on the tension in the lock and not the curious breathlessness that was building inside me. Not on that buzzing that was traveling along every nerve ending. Not on the way certain muscles had tightened. “There!”

“Good. You might have a talent for more than chaos.” He moved on to the third one, and again, I identified the spot relatively easily. “For this one, you rotate the barrel. Slow, even speed.”

Those cool calloused fingers guided mine across the rough bronze surface of the lock, placing my thumb and pointer finger on the fourth barrel. “Don’t forget to keep pressure on the bolt. You don’t want to undo all the work by releasing prematurely.”

Carefully, I twisted the barrel, trying by feel to reach the place that would loosen the bolt another degree. In one sense it was not unlike when Aki had taught me how to listen to the wind when I was practicing archery. And yet in another, it was unlike anything I had ever experienced. All my focus was inward, as only the tiniest shift would alert—

There! Without checking with Mitsuhide, I moved on to the final barrel. He made a faint hum of approval, so I knew I had been correct.

That approving hm reverberated through me, fizzing, celebratory.

But not yet. I had one more piece to decode.

My hands almost were too small for the lock, because in order to establish the final placement of the last barrel, I had to keep the pressure on the bolt and make sure none of the previous tumblers slipped out of place. I wanted to speed through, to hurry, but that would be the worst possible strategy. I bit the inside of my cheek for control, did my best to keep from trembling.  If I messed it up now and had to start over, I would scream in frustration.

“Slowly, stay steady. You’re almost there.” Maybe it was my imagination, but it seemed Mitsuhide was nearly as breathless as I was.

As soon as the final barrel was in the correct position, the bolt disengaged with a –

Snap

It shot out of the lock…

… and it clattered to the floor.

Finally, I let go of all the air that had damned up in my lungs.

Mitsuhide backed away from me in that instant. By the time I had ripped the blindfold off, he’d beamed himself back to his desk, put the lock back together and rescrambled the barrels. “Practice. With your eyes closed, because I don’t have another lock.” He handed me the lock.

I jumped to my feet. “Um, yeah. Great idea. I think I’ll go do that in my room.”

“Mm, yes, the quiet of your room would be advisable.” The smile he gave me had dialed the wicked up to eleven. “You do appear to be rather overstimulated.”

I didn’t exactly run out of there. But it felt like I did, especially as I thought I heard Mitsuhide’s laughter follow me out the door.

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@akitsuneswife

#10things #ten things i hate about mitsuhide #ikemen sengoku #fanfic #mitsuhide akechi #ikesen mitsuhide #no locks were harmed during the creation of this chapter #but they were a little... embarrassed #U.S.T.

[amai-no-ura]

I think I'll do Sorting hat typing for characters from Given. I just finished watching and reading it (anime, movie, ova, manga to latest chapter) and I REALLY love the story.

First, as a gay person, I have quite antagonistic stance about BL and yaoi in general because most of them fetishize and romanticize gay relationship. Like, gay sex has to be that sliva-filled affair. Please, that's ... yuck! or how relationships have to revolve around bottom being harassed by top. There is a difference between dating and coercion, you know?

But this series blew me away. First, I'm a music lover and I'm aiming to be guitarist so the story about music AND relationship sort of hooks me right in. Then, the character developments. First between Mafuyu and Ritsuka, this is what I'd call realistic gay relationship development. Especially if one party is late bloomer (Ue...), it's not that Ue turns from straight to gay, but rather he discovers that he is gay because he meets Mafuyu and the fact that their relationship is not sexual even after they date (only one very brief kiss near the end of anime and another brief kiss after they date). And the fact that this story is about healing, trauma and relationship makes it even better. This is like, I don't know what to say. I just love it. Then another couple, Aki and Haruki they also develop quite well. But I shan't say no more. For I'll spoil everything.

Oh, and songs were great too. Frankly, without this anime, I'd never try getting into music again and I'd never settle my past without it. It kinda heals me too. So I'd love to pay it some respect.

Ok, brief mbti and sortings. (full version later, I'll indulge myself by watching and reading them all again first ><)

Mafuyu: INFP 9w1 sp/so. Double Badger.

Ritsuka: ISTP 6w5 sp/so. Badger-Bird.

Akihiko: ESTP 9w8 sp/sx. Double Snake.

Haruki: ESFJ 2w3 so/sp. Double Badger.

Ugetsu: ISFP 4w3 so/sx. Lion-Bird.

Hiiragi: ESFP 7w8 so/sp. Double Lion.

Shizusumi: ISTP 9w1 so/sp. Exploded Snake primary-Bird secondary.

PS. No, I will not sort Yuuki. As much as I like him, he doesn't have enough screen time to explore his motivations and methods. Enneagram and mbti wise, from his brief screen time after episode 9, I'd say he is ESTP 8w7. He said the sea was killing him (well, it's winter, so ...) but after Mafuyu said it's his first time coming to the ocean, he immediately said "Ocean is great!" to which Mafuyu replied something along the line "lying is your second nature isn't it".

That's low Fe talking, which also shows just how much he cares about Mafuyu. But he definitely isn't high Fe (FJ) but high Se, so I think he's ESTP. His friends describe him as domineering and larger than life, and to the end, it was his anger and pride that ... "that" him. His reactivity and volatility lead him to "that".

#Given #mafuyu given #uenoyama given #haruki given #akihiko given #ugetsu given #hiiragi given #shizusumi given #I so love this anime #Best BL ever #Aww!! #yuki given

[chixibrown]

Upon finishing the Stardew Valley comic

Since the Stardew Valley comic has been released by Fangamer, I am now able to write about what I had been doing in secret for one long year.

■ Gratitude

First of all, to the original creator Eric-san who entrusted the task in my hands, to Kari-san who helped me from early development all the way to printing, to Ryan-san, to Steven-san who did the translations, to Kari-san's mother who assisted in the creation of the envelope, to Erica-san for product photography -- And last but not least, everyone at Fangamer and FangamerJP.

It's thanks to the support of many people that I was able to finish the comic, and I wish to extend my sincerest gratitude towards everyone involved.

■ Chronology

"Chihiro! Big News! Let's create a new merch together!" was a request that I received around autumn of 2018. At first I was wondering if I was going to be asked to design a T-shirt, but turned out to be an invitation to draw a comic book!

At that time, I was posting comics on Twitter at random. Not even in my wildest dreams have I thought that my little comics would be appreciated so, and thus I immediately burst into tears.

I'm very honored and thankful for the opportunity to pen Fangamer's very first comic.

■ Contents

I'll try not to spoil anything about the story in this section.

The content requested by the original creator Eric-san for the comic was: "The story before the farmer comes to the farm" "With focus on the community center and Joja" "And the protagonist should have no set characteristics"

These were really the ONLY information that we received from Eric-san throughout the whole process (whyyy).

I was definitely worried. In reality, for around six months when I did my preliminary research, I played Stardew Valley every day, took countless pictures, and absorbed myself in collecting materials.

I I ended up taking a little over 20 thousand screenshots total (lol).

I wholeheartedly agree with Eric-san's guideline not to give the protagonist any set characteristics. I think one of the keypoints of this game is that "Anyone can be the protagonist".

The story is set from a few years before the prologue of game, so I was rather careful not to show my own personal interpretation. In principle, the actions of the characters were mostly taken from their in-game dialogue where they mention having done something in the past (For example, the reason Sam got in trouble lmao).

It took a lot of effort outlining the story, which involved things such as "Which characters would be in contact with each other?" and "Which characters may not be present at the valley at the time?". This is the reason why the preliminary research took around six months.

By the way, I was the one who proposed to include a "letter" with the comic, both as a bonus and major spoiler, in a way. But uh, many fellow Japanese may not be able to read it, so... I'll secretly tell you the what's actually written on the letter:

It's the handwritten version of THE letter you receive in the English version of the game's prologue. It's in your hands now. So in conclusion, it's probably exactly what you think it was.

I was quite adamant about how the letter needs to be handwritten. And as who wrote it... I shall keep it a secret here.

The reason why the comic had little to no dialogue is because it was the style I had back from the time I was drawing Stardew Valley fan art. Since Stardew Valley is a media not originally from Japan, that style serves to fulfill my two wishes: "I want people all over the world to be able to read my work" and "I want to cherish the feelings of each individual player" -- That sort of idea, really.

To summarize,

"I want people all over the world to be able to read my work"

"I want to preserve the unique interpretations each individual player might have"

"Anyone can become a Stardew Valley protagonist"

I drew the comic with these concepts in mind.

■ About me

I would like to talk about my experiences throughout the development of the comic.

My name is Chihiro Sakaida (a.k.a. Brown Junimo), I was already working for a game company, so I took advantage of that experience to work on game design and illustration.

Of course, while I was working on the Stardew Valley comic, I was a freelancer and had other jobs to worry about as well, so I ended up spending a lot of time working on the comic at night after work. I also studied digital art for a month for the sake of the comic, and I think it helped improved my work efficiency.

Those were truly, very fun days for me. The only thing that did bother me was the fact that even though I was working on my favorite Stardew Valley content day after day, I couldn't really share it with anyone.

I didn't want to take the risk of accidentally running my mouth on Twitter, and I no longer had the time to draw and post online like I used to -- So I had to resort to posting only low-risk tweets, so to speak, and to be honest, it was quite disheartening.

As such, I felt truly supported by the trusted individuals who knew about the comic. Tori-san, Aki-san, Kari-san, and Ryan-san, thank you so, so much.

■ Those who supported me

Tori-san is my partner, and also a person I respect as a novelist and screenwriter. She kindly and carefully reviewed and summarized my messy story.

Aki-san knew about the comic existed, but also knew next to nothing about it. Because of that, I think it was more than a handful to support me. It must've been really hard on Aki-san, who didn't know the contents of the book and thus had no way to accidentally spoiling the surprise, but whom also probably held even more feelings of shame than I did in regards to social media... I'm sorry that you've had to put up with so much. I was very proud to have you be the first reader of the finished book.

Kari-san is the illustrator of the Official Stardew Valley Guide Book, and I respect her a whole lot.

Both her work are her personality are very kind and easy-going. Together with her partner Ryan-san, she's managed to assist and encourage me many, many times.

No matter what I drew, I was sure to be greeted with her "Chihiro, you're so great!" or "Chihiro, you really did your best!" (Even my own mother have never praise me this much!) Overall, she feels just like an older sister I've always longed for, and it makes me very happy.

No matter what merch was in the process of being created, she would say "Let's make a brown one!!", solely because it's my signature color. It makes me very happy, although probably a tiny bit embarrassed as well to have her value my one schtick this much. She's even came to Japan many times, and listened to me talk all day long. After all, I wouldn't have been able to get this job to begin with if it wasn't for Kari-san, so she's a real lifesaver.

I didn't get to talk directly with Eric-san, the original creator and developer of Stardew Valley. Obviously I received some feedback via Fangamer, but I was refraining from being in contact with him as much as possible. I didn't think I could convey my full sincerity towards him before the comic was completed. I strived to be able to earnestly understand the feelings he wanted to convey via his own words -- Whether it was the game dialogues, his words on the developer blog and interviews, etc.

There was, by the way, no revision whatsoever to the comic. Eric-san did, however, carefully check all of my ideas and always provided words of appreciation; which made me happier than anything else. Those words became my motivation to live, in a sense, which in turn allowed me to freely and happily work on the comic.

■ Going Forward

While I've been talking about how proud I am to have finished the comic, I also would like to talk about what's coming next. While I certainly plan to continue working with Fangamer for the foreseeable future, at the same time, I have also decided to work for another game development company, and I plan to devote my time working on game development for at least the next year.

It has been my dream for the past 15 years to work for this particular company, and I'm elated to see it come true.

However, as a result I think I will have less exposure to social media. I don't think it's going to be easy to recreate that warm and wondrous time where I could interact with people regularly, but my memory of that time is something I will treasure for the rest of my life.

I'm really sorry that I have absolutely nothing to give back, but I sincerely hope the comic has brought a smile to everyone who's read or even merely noticed it.

■ Finally

I'm such a fortunate person -- I've come this far due to everyone's support, and for that, I would also like to extend my deepest gratitude. Thank you so much, for everything, always.

It would delight me if all of you could stay with me from this point on.

As I try to polish my skills and improve myself as a whole.

PS: Thanks to my best friend Ryou-chan for translating this!

#stardew valley

[putschki1969]

Aki no Sakura EP ~ My Review

Today is the release day of Wakana’s very first EP 『アキノサクラ/Aki no Sakura EP』. Since I am impatient and can’t wait for my copies to arrive I purchased the mini album on iTunes.

Everyone, please be sure to support Wakana by buying this release! Physical copies of this EP are available at a very affordable price on CDJapan and Amazon Japan. Those online stores ship overseas and they accept foreign payment methods so you shouldn’t have any issues. Wakana’s music is also available digitally. If you use iTunes just like me, please don’t hesitate to purchase the digital version of 『アキノサクラ/Aki no Sakura EP』. They are literally giving it away for nothing. I paid less than €3 for the whole mini album. There is no excuse not to get it! You can also stream it on Spotify!

Now let’s get to the review〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

1. eve

Why is this so short? I am aware it is meant to be an overture but still, I want this to be 10 minutes long. Such a gorgeous orchestral composition. This sounds like it belongs in some sort of epic fantasy/fairytale movie or maybe an old-school Disney film. I am glad Wakana doesn’t have any lyrics, lyrics may have been a bit overbearing with a track like this. The way she is just blending her vocals with the melody is very lovely. It’s so magical and beautiful, I am utterly smitten. Part of me wishes that Wakana would have sung this with her more operatic voice because then this would have been the most excellent piece of music EVER. I understand of course why she sang it with her more delicate and flimsy voice, she wants it to be in tune with the rest of the EP - and it definitely is - but it’s still a bit of a shame. Anyways, a grand start for sure.

2. Aki no Sakura (アキノサクラ; Cherry Blossoms of Autumn)

After watching the PV last night and seeing Wakana’s expressions while she sings the lyrics (which I adore btw), I immediately became more attracted to the song. It took a while to appreciate the melody but I think I finally can. I am not sure whether I like the verses or the chorus more. Towards the end of the song I kinda prefer the chorus. It’s not my favourite track of the EP but I think it still has potential to grow on me. As for the PV, I simply love, love, LOVE all the scenes with Wakana strolling in the park with her gorgeous cardigan and her blinding smile. Can you remember the times when we felt utterly blessed to get a glimpse of Wakana’s smile in one of Kalafina’s PVs?? [smiles were so freaking rare in those PVs! T_T] And now her radiant smile is everywhere, we are being spoiled!! Not a huge fan of the city section of the PV, mainly because the location doesn’t look very aesthetic (I am guessing it’s meant to look kinda unpolished and real/gritty but I can’t bring myself to like it - I prefer to look at pretty things in my PVs). Plus, the heavy use of the blurry effect makes me feel a little dizzy XD Anyways, Wakana looks beautiful and that is everything that counts for me. The dress is not something I would personally wear but it just SCREAMS Wakana to me so I can’t help but like it. I am so ecstatic that Wakana can FINALLY wear the things she wants and feels most comfortable in.

3. Koi wa Itsumo (恋はいつも; Love Is Always)

I was SHOOK when I first heard this song. Instant throwback to the 80s or 90s or whenever that sort of music was rocking the charts. I can’t believe I am saying this but it might actually be my favourite track of the EP. Up-beat and funky songs like this are usually not what I am into but when you listen to “Koi wa Itsumo” you immediately succumb to its beat. It’s such a catchy tune. You cannot help but go with the flow and fall in love. It’s a feel-good song and it motivates you to start dancing. Ahhhhhh, will have this on repeat for a long time I think. In my opinion, Wakana’s light/delicate and kinda Pop-ish singing style fits this sort of song best. I imagine this must be super hard to perform live. Curious how Wakana will handle it.

4.Orange (オレンジ)

When it comes to my favourite songs of the EP, I think it’s a tie between “Orange” and “Koi wa Itsumo”. I am so sursprised that I gravitate more towards the “up-beat/mid-tempo” songs in this mini album. Typically I am always a sucker for ballads. Maybe it’s due to her changed singing style which is more suitable for songs like this that I find myself liking them a bit more. I am just so used to hearing Wakana’s tragic voice when it comes to ballads so to have her use a less rich and rather frail voice is kinda off-putting. Anyways, “Orange” is great. I have loved it from the moment I heard the short radio version and nothing has changed about my opinion. Not entirely sure I am a fan of the harmonica. I was definitely taken aback when I initially heard it in the full version. For nostalgia’s sake I am willing to embrace it though. Surprisingly this is the ONLY song where Wakana wrote the lyrics. I thought she would have provided more lyrics but alas, she didn’t. I guess they were in such a rush to release this EP before her Winter Lives that Wakana didn’t really have any time to come up with a ton of lyrics. The best option was to choose songs that already had lyrics. Anyways, I can’t wait to get a good look at these lyrics, the fact that Wakana has written them, makes them so much more special to me.

5. Yuuyake (夕焼け; Sunset)

Since I am generally not a fan of the acoustic guitar I didn’t expect to like this but I actually do. I am glad they also added some strings. The melody is lovely, it reminds me of another song I like but I can’t put my finger on it. It’s an old pop-ballad I think...Anyways, I think I will fall completely in love with this once I hear it performed live at her concert. Just like “Ato Hitotsu” this is a song that really shines in live performances where Wakana can be expressive and convey emotions.

Overall thoughts

It’s a good release for sure. Wakana can be proud. It isn’t like anything you have ever heard from her or Kalafina for that matter. You will have to go into this with an open mind, I know we all have certain ideas and expectations when it comes to Wakana but when we leave those behind it’s much easier to appreciate her new music.

There is nothing I utterly dislike about this EP  and there are three out of five tracks that I really adore. All the Wakana interviews have headlines saying that this is the REAL Wakana, this is herself shining through. I am so happy to see her being able to express herself in such a manner. Who would have known she was so much into old-school pop?? Haha XD

I am having a hard time comparing her album to this EP because they are inherently different. It feels unfair to say that one is better than the other. Her album had a lot more - what I would call - “traditional” ballads so I think I might be a little more biased to that but her EP is such a breath of fresh air, I can’t help but love it too.

I wonder if Wakana will continue using this particular delicate singing style? I like it just fine for this EP because it fits the genre of most tracks and I am glad she gets to experiment but I don’t think it would fit her other songs or any of the old Kalafina pieces. Really curious how she will sound at her Winter Lives.

#kalafina #wakana #review #aki no sakura #aki no sakura ep #アキノサクラ

[onepieceimaginationdomination]

I has a question... If you could go in the one piece world, what would you do? What powers would you have? (Like supernatural or devil fruit or maybe both also haki?) Would you be a Marines or a Pirate? Would you tell them you're from a different universe or lie and say you were born there? Would you change the main story or keep it the way it is? What kind of bounty would you have? What I'm asking is, can you make a short story if you were ever stuck in the one piece and can't come back

Oooh ok! I never thought anyone would ask about what I would do in the One Piece world! I'm gonna do this in bullet form ^~^

🌟 What would I do? Good question, it depends how long I was alone in that world. If I was there for many years, I would find a small village that is in need of help and fix it up: making clothes, gathering resources, making houses, making weapons, cook, just give that group hope and build connections with people but mainly protect them. I would love to have a house by the water, on the beach since the ocean is one of my loves.

🌟Powers: Both a Devil Fruit and Supernatural. I can see myself with either a Mythical Zoan fruit or a Logia fruit since I have a deep connection with myths and legends but also elements. For the Supernatural, I would like to be able to master all forms of weaponry, including nature-being able to cut someone with a flower petal, being able to hide in plain sight like a chameleon, etc.

🌟 Haki: I would have the Kenbunshoku Haki because I'm a very observant person, plus it would aid me when I needed to fight since I can use my supernatural power and hit my enemy.

🌟 Marine or Pirate? Pirate, 100%. The ocean is my home and I live for adventure, plus with the right crew, I could have a second family. If I had to pick a Pirate crew..it has to be the Straw Hats since I love each of them so much for different reasons.

🌟 Would I lie or tell the truth origin wise? I would be upfront and tell them I'm from a different world, but won't go into too much detail about it since it could mean life or death for me.

🌟 Would I change the main story or keep it the same? I honestly wouldn't change anything about it other than a few deaths because I feel like a few people got the short end of the stick. I'm not saying which deaths since I don't wanna spoil anything.

🌟 Bounty: Well I guess it would be pretty high after joining forces with the Straw Hats. I dunno how high, but high enough where I can get a nickname from the Marines since I want them to know I'm not messing around.

🌟 What do I look like? I'm very short, (4'10), with blue eyes, really short ginger hair, SUPER pale complexion, medium colored freckles everywhere, on the chubbier side and a...rather large chest. I also have a few birthmarks and I'm built like a football player: large rounded shoulders, big arms, thick thighs and toned calves. (Maybe I'll do a reveal one day).

🌟 Personality in 10 words or less: (I asked someone what they thought of me, here are the results) Sweet, Goofy, Sassy, Loving, Protective, Caring, Strong, Bold and Fun

🌟 Weapon of choice: Either a massive batttle axe, dual swords or tonfa blades.

🌟 Anything special on my body? Yeah, I plan on getting a few tattoos and piercings. Tattoo wise, mostly on my back and arms, two on my thigh. Piercing wise, a philtrum piercing, tongue and more on my ears.

🌟 What do I like to do? I'm very artsy and tend to do a lot of stuff with it- I draw, sing, dance, play a few instruments, craft things, photography, etc. I also can cook really well, especially baking. I play video games all the time. I take care of animals and release them back into the wild.

🌟 Would I date anyone in One Piece? Absolutely but you'll never know who ;)

🌟 Anything interesting about you? I am multilingual- Italian, German, Russian, ASL and Spanish. I'm a huuuge fan of horror and dress in the Romantic Goth style

🌟 Theme song: Famous Last Words by MCR

🌟 Quote I live by: "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." ~Marylin Monroe

I think that's it~! That's me in the One Piece world!

[theky2aqw-blog]

Goblin Slayer ep 1 review and its review from Anime Feminazis

Yay I am back from the dead for some laughs and giggles before I will send some scary Pilipino, Japanese, Melayu, Indo, and ancient Greco-Roman Stories that will either put you on the edge or make you laugh to death.

But for now let us go and either debunk or give a two cents from our famous misandrists from Anime Feminist - Yay my internal sarcasm will not let me laugh.

Because you know every rape depiction in fiction is to be banned even though there is parental guidance for shit like these

and we have a cute depiction of Goblin Slayer killing goblins.

Well before we start --

At the start of the episode we get to see what a fantasy anime can show, well at the very first start would be the shittiest hero introduction I can imagine. Maybe, just maybe if they were not simple dipshits who do not underestimate their opponents I will not probably tackle the bland first quarter of episode 1. Well they went off for an adventure to slay goblins, but the sad news is that their overconfidence caused them to be defeated and the party almost being wiped out by goblins - A common mistake by beginners that can kill you in the first move.

Well I can fill you in the two quarters of the episode, Goblins raped the Fighter girl, killed the dumbass fuckboy who thinks a sword longer than a spatha or as long as a Tai Chi can work well in cramped spaces(mind you they are beginners with a confidence level that can annoy you to the bone) in a very brutal fashion and manner, their mage was stabbed in the gut by a poisoned blade in a fast swing of events starting with mage, then fuckboy, and then fighter who got raped.

In these seemingly dark turn of events, our beloved Priestess tries to carry Female Mage and try to escape but was shot in the shoulder by a poisoned goblin arrow. All hope was lost until

Our Hero, Goblin Slayer came to save the day. He proceeded on granting Female Mage’s wish to die and giving Priestess the Antidote despite her protests. She then assisted him in slaying more goblins to save her last surviving friend. Of course when the killing of baby goblins was shown, she protested on thinking there are some good goblins, but Goblin Slayer just said:

Well soon, she became his one and only party member and the series will start from here.

Well of course you guys wanted me to go on Anime Feminists article? Ok I will

Ok now I have pretty much laughed on any article that contains their own buzz words and their supporters being too morally superior in the argument but it is better for me to dissect and if there are dubious claims I will debunk them Shall we(also I will not put the entire words of the article word by word just snippets of it as I point out the arguments the article will make.):

1.”Y’all, I’ve got something that’s gonna blow. Your. Mind. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.Okay so it’s like. An MMO—Okay that’s not the part I meant.So it’s like an MMO, right, but it’s like. What if when you got overwhelmed in a raid it was, like, REAL LIFE, and there was BLOOD—” - Yeah your Sarcasm is never straight to the point. No wonder why I added this snippet for fun, its pretty obvious its not an mmo in its genre just pointing that out.

2.  “ My point is that GOBLIN SLAYER, putting aside its repugnant content, is a brainless copycat loudly braying about its cleverness despite being incapable of a single original thought. It would be pathetic if it weren’t so nasty, like a parasitic worm only worth grinding under your heel. “

 - umm its a no on the copycat shit thing. - Also Brainless???? I cannot stop trying to laugh had it not been for my tooth extraction preventing me from doing so. - Single Original thought? Umm almost every fantasy genre in anime/manga/light novels have ever shown this level of savagery and brutality in its first episode, a few did like GATE:JSDF, and sorry to say this Shit, but it is Sword - -- oh wait my friend said it was just like Berserk - pathetic? well its opinionated grounds but I have seen more hentai far pathetic than this outside from

Please not this bullshit of a yaoi hentai....known as Boku no Pico.

ok....off track already...

4. “ It is laughably obvious that GOBLIN SLAYER longs to be Berserk, with its lone, implacable monster slayer and excessive focus on rape as an increasingly meaningless vehicle for cheap shock horror. Except that Berserk had a striking visual style, at least attempted to use assault in a meaningful way early on, and was a pioneer in its genre. Meanwhile, Goblin Slayer is limping in decades late with broken pacing and visuals so generic I look forward to people misattributing the GIFs of it on hentai blogs three seasons from now. ”

- umm article its not focusing on *Hears Boku no Pico Music* ahh fuck this I will just continue debunking....*internal death* Its not trying to be berserk in any shape or form...please stop this boku no pico music..... Also your sentences just implies it is going full Boku no Pico and Aki Sora on this. I am just cringing while listening to Boku no Pico since the pacing is pretty generic yes but not broken and you are just thinking about boku no pico

before I continue I just talked about Boku no Pico many times.....please I am dying internally.

5. “  It can’t even hit the basic watermark of the famous tentacle rape porno Legend of the Overfiend, which in addition to being very boring had genuinely impressive, fleshy-looking monster designs that turned the stomach to look at. Goblin Slayer has generic fantasy orcs and a boner for its own nonexistent cleverness. “ - I digress on the non....ok I will play with you because the song of Pico is killing me that I will just play along with your dubious claims. Well since its overly subjective. I will let you off for this dubious claims.

6.  “  The show’s treatment of women is upsetting, but not in any new or noteworthy ways. If I tell you that this Edgy Edgelord Show starts out with three untrained female characters getting in over their heads, I bet you can fill in the rest (you can even have “the one male adventurer dies offscreen while the women are tortured at length in full view of the camera” for free!). “

 - It just shows what goblins should be projected, a band of savages that is a threat to humanity. Also women in the older days are a profitable treasure that must be used to its fullest extent. I cannot say more since you are going to cherry pick me.

7. “  I bet you didn’t guess the deliberate close-up of our unnamed healer peeing her pants in terror, because this is nothing if not a fetish porn without the courage of its convictions, but two out of three ain’t bad. “ - What else do you want them to depict, them comforting her?! I cannot stop laughing while the cringy yaoi shit is playing in my ears, Won’t you pee in fear when your life is at its greatest edge writer? especially in her shoes that she cannot do anything...ok this is getting long...I need to contain myself from sarcasm and laughing.

8. “  Oh, and I’ll also throw in the end-episode reassurance that the kidnapped women are all broken for life with no hope of recovery, because these kinds of male-empowerment fantasies view women as a collection of holes dragging a punchline behind them. Because it can’t even bother with being a lazy “rape is the only trauma we can think of to have women grow strong from” story. “ 

- I cannot comprehend this feminazi anymore, I can easily debunk this by saying that once a woman who broken of rape and has PTSD because of her brutal experience from the beasts IDK like giants or what. What do you think, can you easily overcome such trauma? Oh wait you don’t because you are virtue signalling now.

- Also the last phrase is not lazy, its a simple pretext of how actual trauma and fear works. I cannot say more since I do not want to drag this on with Morals vs Logic arguments.

9.  “  And I’m just gosh-darned invested in the plucky and still-unnamed healer’s decision to go on more adventures with him so that the show can scar her in new and ever more masturbatory ways. “

- She called Priestess you dimwit. I cannot spoil the manga or anime for you kids, but soon she is the very person Goblin Slayer - Sama would care and protect 24/7 in his adventures killing goblins.(So No more Arguments I want to tackle, yay)

aaaaannnnd that is how “I can talk to you on this shitstorm

Well I wanted to add more but since the shit music of boku no pico has finally stopped I can now take more than 2 cents about this than before. Goblin Slayer is the anime where I can say its never gonna be shown to children obviously well they would still watch it because its an anime. I cannot talk in a straight face because my laughter on how they think this is a copycat and an edgelord anime/manga/light novel is legit stupid and deserves another level of insults from these real world goblins. 

Time to see you next time

#review #anime #manga #light novel #goblin slayer #boku no pico #rape #debunking #anime review #feminist #feminazi #aswang

[hotcocosharing]

Double Troubles - the reunion. Part 6

Recap or familiarize with what happened click here

Picking up a little further ahead than where it was left off; the cast of Glory Days 20 years later have come back together for a college reunion; with life experiences, maturity (we hope) and are all hoping, for the least to have a good time. Let the magic unfold.

OC Eriko Sato & Midori Katayani

Voltage Canons Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Toshiakia, Shinichi Kagari & Rikiya

Part 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

OC Eriko Sato & Midori Katayani

Voltage Canons Yukihisa Maki, Shunichiro Tachibana, Toshiakia, Shinichi Kagari & Rikiya

Midori’s POV

An offhand, un-thought through witticism is about to skim a sweet escape from my lips yet it’s stopped tersely by the sound of my phone pinging that I’ve got tucked away in my purse along with some cigarettes and a lighter; the holy trinityI carry everywhere with me regardless of the occasion or circumstances. Plucking it out; I ignore the drink which gets placed down in front of me – for once, highly concerned about something that doesn’t involve alcohol yet does bring a past I’d rather keep concealed up to the surface and in a split second, I excuse myself with nothing more than a mumbled announcement of ‘I’ll be right back.’

The text reads no more than ‘Outside. Now.’ and from the sender, it shows up from – I know better than to waste time dawdling.

Out front of the gymnasium; the sight of a black stretch vehicle sends my heart into a rattled race of dread as a repulsive bile begins to nauseatingly coat the back of my throat. The familiar sound of ‘mommy’ kick starts my maternal instincts into overdrive of which I swore years ago I’d never have and in the blink of an eye, I’ve crouched down to scoop up and cradle a tiny crying pre-schooler. “What’s wrong princess? Why are there tears? Mommy doesn’t like it when you’re upset Sakura.”

It’s an incoherent response as sniffles and a head of hair bury into the crook of my neck as my ex-fiancé comes into view – his usual cocky expression and carelessness demeanor. “She wanted to see you - acts and behaves just like her god damn mother.” Eyes rolling and lips pursing into a thin line of hindrance, I ask Ryoichi to leave and attempt my best at balancing a child in hand whilst calling a cab. He’s a man of few actions and even fewer words – huffing that he’ll be away on business book release for a while now that he doesn’t have to take care of a child, our interaction ends promptly with the slam of a car door before wheels squeal off into the distance.

So much for enjoying a night out to reminisce. “Sakura, baby; Mommy needs to put you down so that she can make a phone call, is that ok?”, I ask with a smile whilst wiping tears from her tiny red raw eyes. Not having Shunichiro’s number to ask for advice and not that I’m sure that I’d want him to see me like this; I message Yukihisa instead, aware – fully – that he’s got the kind of mouth that can open and blurt out just about anything.

Aki’s POV (New Character Alert)

There’s no reason for me to be hanging around this reunion amongst older folk apart from the fact that I’m helping to assist with the catering for the night when an older woman manages to catch my eye with some kind of allure and draw that I can’t explain. Never one for being afraid to get knocked back, knocked down or plain ignored for starting any kind of conversation; as soon as I’ve made the connection of acuity and observation that she isn’t with anything; although the men’s jacket that she has draped over her shoulders may prove otherwise, I’m over like a moth to a flame. Not afraid – at all – to be hurt or burnt.

“Excuse me ma’am – pardon me if this is too forward but if I’m allowed to say, you look absolutely exquisite this evening.”

Glancing all over for a smirk, a blush, the rise of an eyebrow or even a carefree chuckle at how ‘naïve’ or ‘juvenile’ I must seem; the woman doesn’t give off any hint of how she feels or makes of my words. Way to make a horrible first impression – I think to myself before stepping in closer to close any gap of personal space between the both of us. “Beautiful woman like you must have a name to match – so how about we start with the formalities?”, I ask, reaching out to brush some hair neatly behind her ear, “Fujishima, Aki Fujishima”, I introduce myself with a boyish grin, “…and you?”

Mission one – become acquainted.

Maki’s POV

Blasé is how I feel as a deep breath sighs from deep within my chest to see Eriko with another man //boy// this one, definitely half her age… maybe a student even with how baby-faced he seems yet my indifference comes to a primary halt as a text comes through from Midori that I’m not expecting asking for help. Not bothering to read the entire thing, I announce quietly to Tachibana that there’s an issue out front and finish my drink before beginning to pace outside.

Shinich Kagari’s POV

The problem with staying sober gets in the way of distracting myself from the uncomfortable atmosphere with the doctor of mischief. Slightly older but probably not any wiser, by the looks of it- the boys from twenty years ago haven’t exactly gone far, we still react pretty much the same way in her presence.

Eriko Sato, the woman I often refer as “the one who got away” though I was actually the one who walked out the door. Turning my back when her supposedly dead brother came to life, leaving her alone in a foreign country when she needed to be in my arms but I had problems of my own, my sister- someone else who needed me more and there was no doubt that Eriko would manage, she could take every man down with a snap of her fingers.

A puzzled expression comes and go before the tipsy doctor could notice as the lady of the hour returns into view – grateful, elegant yet still sexy as heck.

Eriko Sato’s POV

Neither impressed nor flattered at the additional attention from a caterer who’s far too young to even interact with me.

“I am too old to be your acquaintance.” I absently say, lips curling but eyes tracing after Yukihisa who stands up and abruptly leaves the party.

Whatever the universe has in store for us, I’m keen to find out. With only few steps behind, two dark figures are outside the gymnasiums, two and a half to be exact. A tiny little girl hides behind a long champagne colored dress but couldn’t conceal the beautiful green eyes she has inherited from her mother- a ghost of my past, an old friend I once treasured and adored to bits then to realize none of it was real. Midori Katayani, the same woman who wasted my drink and stormed off without an apology or acknowledge my presence.

“Hi,” Down on one knee with a hand out to introduce myself, now that is an acquaintance I would like to make. “My name is Eriko, an old friend of your mama. Nice to meet you.” The shy little one steals a glance at her mother for approval before joining our hands and mumbling her own name. “Sakura, what a beautiful name.” Eyes widen at the surprise in her palm, I ensure both mother and daughter that it’s a very healthy treat.

There is no hug or smile exchange as I get onto my feet and face Midori, “What? We are nearly forty, why is it even shocking that I’ve dealt with kids before? Or is she supposed to be a secret?” Head swaying back and forth at the two dropped jaws but the jacket dripping over my shoulders remind me I’m still wanted inside, “Thought I’d help but guess I’ll leave you two then.”

Answers- I couldn’t have come expecting for answers, hoping one of them would explain their absence in my life, what had I done so wrong to deserved to be cut off and forgotten. Twenty years is a long time and perhaps it is time to put it all behind me, burying it along with memories and trash that I had no recollection and use of.  

A do-over, a clean slate- whatever the term shall be, the idea of rekindling or picking up where Yukihisa and I have left off has become a preposterous joke. Tonight is supposed to be fun and pain-free but the string of history is getting overwhelmed. I’m better off inside, among the crowd, within the men who spoil me. God, twenty fucking years and I’m still that little princess at heart- eager to be loved and cherished, yet is that so wrong?

With a wave and spin, I say goodbye and leave this odd pair of old friends be.

#glory days #double troubles #irresistible mistakes #asa #after school affairs #shunichiro tachibana #toshiaki kijima #yukihisa maki #eriko sato #voltageocrp

[sublimazion3]

I see, there are a lot quest about kojima haruna so i see at her grad stage that aki-p write her letter,if u don't mind can u translate that?and there is vtr show some member comment for her like from paruru,izurina and the other can u translate that too

From the VTR: 

Yokoyama Yui’s excerpt from something she said to Kojima on her seitansai last year; “By the makeup-artists and the staff, we would always get told, “whenever you borrow and then give back something where there’s written “Kojiharu” on it, be sure to properly express gratitude to her”. Now, as a person, that’s just good manners, it’s obvious we’d do that, but I also realized that it is something maybe we don’t really always get the chance to do. But then,  by following those instructions for the past 10 years, and by seeing you doing just the same, I realized what an amazing person you also are not only on the outside, by showing off this cool attitude and beautiful looks, but also on the inside.”

Excerpt from something Minegishi said at Kojima’s 2010 seitansai;“Haruna has kinda got this character that is easily misunderstood, doesn’t she? Like, don’t people tell you that you look like you lack of motivation? - Haruna: yeah…. - However, I, being part of a 3 people unit with her, and also being one of the original members, I get to know sides of her which others might not know. She can be actually very reliable, and despite she’s got this pretty face, she doesn’t stay quiet when she sees something she doesn’t like! (T/N: meaning, she isn’t easily tamed, or submissive) And she always tries her best to make MCs funny and to say something interesting. That’s why, it’d be great if y’all could see these sides of her, too”Excerpt from Mariko-sama’s letter read by (Takahashi) Minami on Kojima’s 2011 seitansai;“I really love you, Haruna, who haven’t changed not even a bit in the past 5+ years, and have kept that my pace attitude. However, I know. I know all the tears you’ve shed. Tears which made me think, “I wanna stay by her side forever”.” Excerpt from something (Takahashi) Minami said at Kojima’s 2010 seitansai (again);“To be honest, I really didn’t expect to get so much along with Nyan-nyan. She’s always the one to let out a “don’t worry~ it’s alright~” when someone is nervous about something, when in reality she’s kinda nervous too. So it has come to my eyes that you’ve been doing that in order not to let others see that, and worry about you”. Excerpt from Shimazaki’s letter to Kojima on her 2016 seitansai;“Many times I have been saved by Kojima-san. And there’s a time in which I also cried reading a mail you had kindly sent to me. You’re beautiful, you’re funny, and more than anything, you’re a sight for sore eyes. And I love you so very much. I’d like for you to stay by my side forever.” Letter from Oya Shizuka on ANN; “I became a fan of AKB48 as I, on 2006, watched for the first time the MV of Sakura no Hanabiratachi. My first impression of Kojima-san, as a fan, was, “She looks like someone who doesn’t think about a thing the entire day, with nice looks”. Then, when I first met you, as a member of AKB48 when I joined in, was, “She totally looks like she’s got her head in the clouds”. Then, when my first resshuffle happened and we ended up in the same team, I had the chance to spend more time with you, and talk to you, and so my impression of you changed drastically. I realized you’re actually someone who pays attention to her surroundings, who is kind and caring to everyone, who knows how to be professional when there’s some work to do, and how to have fun when there’s free time.”Izurina’s letter on ANN: “To me, Kojima-san is a goddess. I feel like I can say that if it weren’t for Kojima-san, now I wouldn’t be here. *sobs* During the time of Kojimatsuri, by being everyday with Kojima-san, I found myself noticing a look in your eyes I had never seen before. I realized you have been carrying very strong memories with you, and it’s a side of yourself you don’t usually show. Being around you makes me feel anxious, but I also have tons of fun and thus I love it.”Akimoto’s letter:“Kojima Haruna-sama,You’ve always been a diligent member. Even when I was at loss with the strong personalities of some of the original members, you’d always neatly do what had to be done. 

When AKB48 still didn’t sell, during the interview of a recording-studio in Daikanyama, you suddenly told me;“Unexpectedly, I’m pretty good at singing!”Of course, with your usual playful way of saying things. But because you were so diligent, I ended up not paying much attention to what you said, so you started being sulky and complaining. You were right. Your singing was indeed good, and I ended up forgetting about it. So I quickly came up with a WCenter song for you and Maeda Atsuko; “Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?”. 

I’m sure many are the times in which you ended up thinking about graduating am I right? Especially after seeing same generation members leaving you behind, one after another. 

Some years ago, you said there was something you needed to talk to me, so we went to have dinner in an italian restourant in Azabujuban. I’m sure you were seriously thinking about graduating that time as well, but eventually we ended up only joking about it. I feel like, just like a father who doesn’t want to hear about the person his own daughter is planning to get married with, I was always trying to avoid the graduation-topic with you. 

Not to mention that you’d keep thinking about the future of AKB, you’d keep taking care of younger members and never bringing back up the topic insistently. So I just went along with it, let you do all that, and I truly thought that it’d have been nice if you stayed within the group even after you turned 30. 

And now, as you’re celebrating your graduation today, April the 19th 2017, at the AKB48 theater, finally I am gonna ask you this; 

“Haruna, would you stay a little longer?”Just kidding. I won’t get spoiled by you anymore. Just keep being yourself. Even if to others you’ll look like you’re lacking of motivation, or that you’re cutting your way through life; because in reality, you’ve loved AKB48 so far with more seriousness and honesty than anyone else, with a real sense of responsibility, and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

Thank you. 

Congratulations on your graduation. I bless you on this second new start of your life. 

Akimoto Yasushi.”

#anon #kojima haruna #akb48 #shinoda mariko #takahashi minami #minegishi minami #shimazaki haruka #izuta rina #oya shizuka #yokoyama yui #akimoto yasushi #mirokutrans

[crazy-grrrl-on-the-computer]

Hmmmm let's go with Boubei! (haha i still need to watch that eventually :p)

Aaaah,thank you, Jenna! This is the one I was waiting for. XD (Yes, you should watchBoueibu at some point and then tell me what you think of it! ;P)

How I entered/learnedabout the said game/show/movie/etc of that fandom:

Let me take you back to Valentine’s Day 2015. I was waiting for Starkid to upload their new Trail toOregon musical, and I was in the mood to watch something cute and fluffy totreat myself in the meantime. I had been considering trying to get back intoanime again, so naturally I went looking through some deviantart polls forValentine’s Day anime recommendations. Because why not? It was a perfectopportunity.

Then, Isaw it. Someone highly recommending a hilarious new show about “gay magical boys”and that intrigued me. I hadn’t heard of magical boys before, so I was like“okay, this HAS to be good” and I Googled it and discovered that 6episodes had already come out. Perfect!

I watchedthe first episode and I laughed harder than I had in a long time. I was soamazed by how clever and whimsical the parody was that I kept watching all theway through. And I immediately called my older brother afterwards to explain tohim exactly what I had just watched because I thought he would appreciate it asmuch as I did. We were both laughing so hard, it was great. Best Valentine’s Day up to that point (especially since I began watching Coffee Prince later that night after watching the Starkid musical and that was a whole other world of beautiful). XD

I toldmyself I wouldn’t get involved with the fandom. This was going to be my privatespecial thing that gave me joy every week when I so desperately neededsomething as pure as magical boys saving the world with the power of love,since I was lacking so much light in my life then. I caved exactly three dayslater and dived head on into the Tumblr tag. Boueibu has since taken over mylife. I had also told myself I wouldn’t write fic, but I wanted to give somethingback to the wonderful, loving, and accepting community that I had found, so… Iended up getting in over my head with that, too. ;;v;;

And I’vemade (and keep making) so many amazing friends because of this series, so Ihave a lot to be grateful for.

Fave character:

I loveevery character in the series! Main characters, the loveless, animal mascots, side/guest/backgroundcharacters, even characters that didn’t get any lines because they were onlythere to fill in space. I love each and every one of them! They are all mybabies~

But…thanks to the otome game, Io is special.

I mean, one of my favorite scenes inthe anime is the bathroom scene in S1E3 because, Io, oh my god why, but thegame is something else. All of the moments in the Io/Ryuu route where Io talkedabout dressing Ryuu up in costumes to make money off him just made me go“omfg, child, what even are you?!”, but it was the moment where theygo shopping with protag-chan that really sealed it for me.

Io and Ryuu pick outan article of clothing that they think protag-chan should buy (Ryuu chooses askirt and Io chooses a sweater) and protag-chan has the option of choosing apair of shorts for herself. And if she chooses the shorts, Io commentssomething along the lines of “But aren’t they a bit short?” and myreaction was just “CHILD PLEASE! THEY ARE SHORTS! THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BESHORT! THAT IS THE POINT! AND THEY AREN’T EVEN THAT SHORT ON HER EITHER. OH MYGOD YOU POOR PRECIOUS THING. THAT’S IT YOU’RE MINE NOW. I AM ADOPTINGYOU.”

And therest is history.

Least fave character:

I don’thave a least favorite. I love them all.

OTP(s):

This is adangerous question. I multi-ship the crapout of this series. The only thing I don’t ship is incest and alienxhumanships. ;;v;; But I have my main go-to ships that I’ll mention because otherwisethis post would never end if I listed EVERY. SINGLE. SHIP. *sobbing in acorner*

Io/Ryuu

Akoya/Arima

En/Atsushi

Kinshirou/Haruand Aki

Yumoto/Megawa

Goura/MissBara Beach

Kou/Masuya

Since Ireceived another Ask requesting Boueibu, I’ll mention some other important ships there~

Pairing that everyonelikes but I don’t get:

Theonly thing I don’t ship is incest and alienxhuman ships. So, like…Goura/Yumoto and Aki/Haru are not my thing, though I know there are quite a lotof people who like them (not “everyone”, of course, but enough peoplefor it to count for this question). I also remember seeing some Yumoto/Wombat,but I haven’t really seen any other aliens being shipped with humans so far.But yeah, that’s not my thing either, though I don’t know if it’s still somethingpeople ship?

Fave thing about thefandom:

I love how accepting, loving, and supportive the fandom wasduring season 1. It was like having a small family here and it was a beacon of light in a very dark time for me. Ever since season 2, I’vebeen a bit distant from the fandom for personal reasons, but it’s still reallycomforting to see that there are still so many people trying to make this fandoma welcoming place. ;;w;;

The most despisedthing:

I couldhave definitely done without the violence/aggressiveness, especially regardingthe twins, ever since season 2 started airing. I had to retreat from the fandomwhile that happened because I didn’t really like being called an “abuseapologist” and other downright uncalled-for things for liking the twins orfor simply liking what the season had to offer. Thankfully, that has died downquite a bit in the last few months, but I still occasionally see things that makeme feel a bit alienated. For my own health, I’ve just learned how to seek outthe good things and avoid/ignore the bad, though. Everyone is absolutely entitled to their opinion, but bullying people over a difference in opinions is something that should never happen and now I’m wary of certain subjects because of it. ^^’

If there is somethingI would change from said game/show/movie/etc., what would it be:

Oh god, Idon’t even want to answer this question, so I’ll keep it short.

The cuddlejokes in season 1 got out of hand real fast and started to make meuncomfortable about halfway through (even though I appreciated how it was used to subvert common shota tropes), so I was glad that they toned it down alot in season 2. Though, the dead sensei jokes increased to compensate, itseems. Please let Tawarayama-sensei live. He has a family. They miss him somuch. Think of the children. AND, HONESTLY, HE COULD BE SUCH A GREAT MENTOR TOTHE BOYS IN THIS SITUATION IF GIVEN THE CHANCE.

Otherwise,the writing in season 2 could have been a bit stronger. I think the staff didthe best they could with the time and resources they had and I appreciate itgreatly, but it could have been paced a bit differently to give each of thecharacters a proper focus. I won’t go into detail about that because I don’twant to spoil it anymore for you and, also, I really don’t want to talk about myopinions publicly. ;v;

Most of myconcerns/issues with the series will eventually be addressed in my series rewrite anyway… where I simultaneously proceed tomake few things better and everything worse. //bricked

Feelfree to send me more fandoms~

#Ask That Dork #boueibu

[toastnekohime]

Part seven of a 2018 Camp NaNoWriMo Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Elementshipping novel. Based on rp’s between myself ( @getyouraoion ) and my amazing, precious Twin’s Jaden ( @kiibx ), By The Pulse Of A Heartbeat tells the story of how Aoi and Jaden met at Duel Academy and formed their incredibly tight friendship, eventually falling into a relationship, and how they handle the various threats thrown at them over their three years of schooling.

There are currently no triggers, but should any arise, they will be tagged.

STILL IN PROGRESS. Please forgive any typos you may find~

Tagging @starisia, as this wouldn’t exist without my wonderful Twin <3

Summary:

Duel Academy is the place to be, the dream school for many kids. Be it through intense studying, duel prep schools, scholarships, or being rich enough to buy their way in, most kids have had their sights set on it for a long time, knowing it to be the perfect place to start towards a career as a professional duelist. Someone has to Dethrone Yugi and take the title of King of Games, and everyone wants a shot!

Except that is, for Aoi Sakazaki.

Falling in love with Duel Monsters when her father bought her several cards in her childhood, she makes the choice to try her hand at the entrance exams, despite having no idea what she wants to do with her life… And just barely squeaks her way in. Her poor exams scores, combined with even poorer grades, land her a solid spot in the Academy’s Slifer Red dorm - The lowest of the low, where students are almost expected to drop out if they don’t advance to Ra Yellow or Obelisk Blue, first.

The rank comes with the rest of the school looking down on them, as well as the worst lodging the furthest distance from the main campus and fewest privileges  compared to the other dorms. But it also brings a surprise friend in fellow Slifer student Jaden Yuki, who seems to have absolutely no problem with the hand they’ve been dealt.

It’s not long before Aoi and Jaden find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of an adventure, dealing with exams, classes, ‘evil’ teachers, and somehow still finding enough time to explore the island they now call home. But living on Academy Island isn’t all fun and games; shortly after their schooling begins, things around their home begin to change, and rarely for the better.

Neither friend has any idea what lies in wait for them in the next three years… But is it an adventure they’ll be able to tackle together, or will it end their time at the school - and them - before it’s even begun?

It’s time to put their skills where their mouths are and find out!

By the time Aoi returned to her dorm room, curfew had long since come and gone. Honestly, she hadn't even known they had a curfew until Banner had stuck his head into Jaden's room to point it out, kind enough to not get angry at them for breaking a dorm rule, though still stern enough to remind them they were breaking it regardless. How were they supposed to know being in each others' room between 10:30 at night and 6 in the morning was off limits? She'd never cared about it before, let alone had a male friend!

Though she'd not expected her roommates to still be up, an attempt to quietly slip into her room bringing a stare of blue and grey from the top bunk. A stare that made her jump once she'd turned around, the two boy-crazy duelists reminding her more of lions stalking their prey than actual teenage girls with the way the peered at her from the edge of Kassidy's bunk. “You're back late. Did you find something interesting to do?”

“...Kindda.” She wasn't about to tell them of her new friendship with Jaden or the fact she'd spent the day with him, tucking her binder under her arm as she reached down to undo the straps on her boots and kick them off. The last thing he needed was the two of them all over him like white on rice! “Had a duel, went f' a walk. It's nice out here – Quiet an' got some good scenery.”

“With your cards?”

She glanced down to the binder in question. Not a bit of it was a lie; she had dueled Jaden, and they had gone for a walk after dinner, mostly just circling around the dorm while chatting  They'd just gone back to his room to talk and play a game afterwards while his roommates were still out, enjoying the afternoon and evening to themselves. Of course, between Syrus and their other roommate, Chumley, returning and Banner's reminder of curfew, she'd been uneasy enough to leave.. But at least it'd been fun, right?

Stepping around the corner, Aoi tugged open the door to their closet, drawer following so she could slide the thick and stuffed book into it. With her bunk in the middle, she didn't exactly have an 'under the bed' to keep her collection, and under her pillow just made it lumpy. “S' what? I dueled a friend. We traded.” That was a lie.

And it was a lie her roommates picked up on rather quickly, sharing a glance before Mia sat up, giving her a better look at the curlers in her auburn hair. “A male friend? Because I'm not seeing new cards. I'm seeing a glow- you're happy. Something more happened.”

The matter-of-fact tone had Aoi fighting the urge to roll her eyes. “I told y', I dueled a friend an' traded some cards.”

“Male friend.”

“Mia. Includin' us, there's six girls in this dorm. Dunno how many in Ra, an' dozens in Obelisk. Kindda goes without sayin' it's a boy.” Sighing she shrugged out of her vest and grabbed a hanger to slide it onto. “An' n', I'm n' introducin' y'.”

That was the breaking point, it seemed, a huff following her refusal. Honestly, what was it with these two and wanting dates? “Hey... What kindda decks y' two play, anyway? Y' never talk 'bout classes.” It was always boys and makeup, and while she could stand the makeup talk, they were in a school for duelists. They hadn't needed to enroll if all they wanted was a date with a student.

“Prince charming,” came Kassidy's reply a second later, the blonde rolling onto her back and lifting a hand to examine her nails. If there was one thing she'd learned, it was that Kassidy was practically obsessed with her nails, changing their polish and design every few days and constantly admiring it while checking for chips and scuffs. This had to be the thousandth time since they'd arrived days earlier, though Aoi bit the tip of her tongue and tugged her shirt up and over her head, instead, swapping it out for the pale pink tanktop draped over the edge of her bunk.

By the time she'd switched from capris to shorts, Kassidy had examined all of two nails, rubbing out an invisible smudge from the third. She loved a good manicure as much as the next girl, but this was ridiculous! “Prince... Charmin'? Really?”

“Frogs.”

Her forehead connected with the edge of her bunk before she could stop herself, the light thud cocking Mia's eyebrow as she made her way down the ladder. “Frogs. Lemme guess- Y' kiss 'em, they're princes? C'mon, we're here t' duel!”

“And what, exactly, do you play that's so much better?” A petite hand reached out in passing, flicking the ends of one pigtail. The action won a small smile at least, her eyes following her roommate until she'd crawled into her own bed.

“Charmers.” She hadn't meant to let the pride she had in her new deck slip out, though to her relief, it wasn't much. Despite her loss to Jaden, she already loved the setup, tugging the belt free of her pants before tossing them aside. Sliding the attached deck case off, she slipped it under her pillow and tossed the belt aside next, briefly watching it sail through the air. “I run charmers. S' much better than frogs.”

One more, Mia huffed, though this time she couldn't see the other girl. Instead, she focused on untying the ribbons in her hair, the silky pink fabric easily slipping free of its bows. Setting each on her deck, she undid the clasp on the back of her matching choker,  draping it over the light colored wood. As much as she loved her hairstyle, it felt surprisingly nice to have her hair down, a quick pass of her hairbrush through the raven locks further easing a light headache she'd barely noticed. Maybe the duel after spending yesterday adventuring was a little too much...

“Hand me that stick on my desk.”

“Orange stick, yeah?” Grabbing the small stick in question, Aoi pulled herself up to the top bunk, carefully balancing herself on the edge of Mia's to pass it to Kassidy. “What shade's that polish? Kindda looks like th' night sky.” A rich, deep amethyst shade, it caught the light and sparkled  with embedded iridescent glitter, though not obnoxiously so. Every twist and turn of her hand made her nails sparkle more, obscured only by her other hand and the pointed stick she'd started using to clean out the space underneath them.

Without even looking at her, Kassidy rose both brows. “You know what this is called?”

“Mhm. I like getting' m' nails done. Usually did 'em with m' mom, an' nothin' really fancy, b' I d' like getting' spoiled, t'.”

“....Dark Magic. From the LeFaye line. If you want, I could do your nails for you. I'm sure you'd look good with small hearts on them-”

“E-Er... I'm good on that front, thanks.” Dark Magic... She'd have to see if she couldn't find a bottle next time she was in Domino, or at least write about it in her next letter home. For the time being, she was just happy to crawl into her bed, sliding underneath the already mussed blankets to curl up. When had the old mattress gotten so comfortable?

“You can borrow it, then.”

“Thanks. I've got a pretty blue y' might like in return.”

“You know who likes blue? Aki.”

Mia's chirp from bellow normally would've startled her, coming out of completely nowhere, though she was thankful for the wave of tiredness crashing into her. Jaden made everything more fun and exciting, but also exhausting; she'd sleep well for the first time since they'd started classes! “Mhm...”

“Aki's in yellow. Why would he like blue?”

“It's his favorite. He's so dreamy, Kas! That voice, those eyes-!”

“Dreamy is that upperclassman out on the pier- Right Aoi? Which one's dreamier?”

Groaning heavily, the raven shoved her head inside her pillow case. She didn't care who was 'dreamier',  all she wanted was to sleep before her morning classes! Why did this have to be going on now?!

“See? The third year obelisk boy!”

“Aki!”

“Pillow, why aren't y' soundproof...” Why couldn't she just sleep on the roof-?!

#By The Pulse Of A Heartbeat #kiibx #starisia #blackthvnder #part seven #Elementshipping #More with the roommates- #Mia and Kassidy as such dorks #Aoi's already done with them tho XD

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Record of Kaikeidou Servants (excerpts 1 through 6)

Excerpt from the Sea God Bookstore's "Record of Kaikeidou Servants:" a text whose author and editor are both unknown.

Innocent of the Kaikeidou Minamo Kai (海 みなも)

Species: Mermaid Ability: Same capabilities as your average mermaid Human friendship level: Low Danger level: Medium

● A mermaid living at the Kaikeidou in the deep sea, who guards the front gate with her sister, Suzuri Kai. ...That being said, though, the Kaikeidou hardly gets any visitors in the first place, so most of the time she's just playing tag with Suzuri near the gate. A young mermaid, who's still full of innocence.

● She simply looks like our adorable baby sister for the majority of the time, but when outsiders appear at the front gate, she attempts to chase them off. Her expression at those times, though, hardly looks like that of a young girl. Not rage, but a frigid lack of emotion. Like she's only thinking about carrying out her duties. Reminiscent of how children taught only to fight show no hesitation when the time comes for them to kill.

● Out of all the little sisters, I think she's probably the most adorable? I mean, duh, she's the runt of the litter so of COURSE she's cute. But even that aside, she's... what's the word. Childlike? Oh, and she gets called to hang out with our Eldest Sister the most out of anyone here. Aside from m-- *cough* aside from SOMEbody, of course. She comes back wearing a new outfit every time. I think the most recent one was... like, a white dress and a blac (*The text is cut off here.)

● Our Eldest Sister certainly does dote upon her. Also, despite her youth, the dances she performs as a pair with Suzuri are quite the spectacle t' behold.

● The most pure of all my sisters, and the most innocent. For a gate guard, though, that works out just fine. On her own, she can't quite stand up to that clam youkai's ability, but together with Suzuri there's no trouble at all. Above all else, she has a mercilessness to her that Suzuri just can't match. She probably ranks second-highest out of all of us sisters, in that regard.

● I come by the front gate and talk to the two of them from time to time, but every time, I find myself wanting to sit them down on my lap. They quite like it; in fact, they want to sit on my lap so often that I can't help but spoil them. Oh, but now that I think about it, it's more often Minamo who asks. Suzuri's... a little more precocious, perhaps?

● She's my little sister and we're real good friends!

Downer of the Kaikeidou Suzuri Kai (海 すずり)

Species: Mermaid Ability: Same capabilities as your average mermaid Human friendship level: Low Danger level: Medium

● Ninth of the ten sisters of Kai. She guards the Kaikeidou's front gate with the youngest sister, Minamo. Her eyes are sullen-looking, so she gives off a somewhat listless impression, but when she and Minamo are playing tag out front, she looks like any other excitable young girl. Also, Minamo tends to end her sentences with "nano", and Suzuri ends hers with "desu". Whenever they're both talking, it's practically a little chorus of "nano desu"s, which comes off as really immature. Maybe they should drink more milk?

● She's my big sister, and we're like, twins almost!

● Oh, she used to come by with Minamo all the time... I feel somewhat sad about that.

● She's a little precocious, but she's a good kid. Always listens to what her big sisters tell her, y'know? She always looks kind of moody, but that's just the way her face is. Lemme tell you, when she's eating tasty food, or playing with something fun, you would not believe the smile on her f-- OW! Hey, Suzuri?! Being embarrassed doesn't mean hitting is okay, you know?!

● I don't usually interact with the littlest ones unless we're all gathered for a meeting, but during those meetings, she and Minamo are always sitting by our Eldest Sister's side. They scoot up next to her like little guardian dogs; they're usually a little nervous with all the formality, but it's still just so cute.

● She's usually guarding the front gate with Minamo. She may seem a bit precocious, but with how she still wants to sit close to me from time to time, or to go visit her big sisters, you can tell that she's still a young girl. Oh, and unlike her sister, she can create these small whirlpools! Right now, nobody really understands the principle behind how they work.

Coquette of the Kaikeidou Iroha Kai (海 いろは)

Species: Mermaid Ability: Same capabilities as your average mermaid Human friendship level: Medium Danger level: Medium

● One of the sisters of Kai, tasked with duties such as patrolling the Kaikeidou's interior, performing at feasts, serving food, and other out-in-the-open hospitality for guests. She's natural and innocent in a different way from Minamo, and serves as a symbol of good cheer amongst the sisters. You can often see Tsushima, who's on food-serving duty with her, being dragged along by Iroha's exuberance in various places throughout the Kaikeidou. Also, since Iroha and Tsushima's basic outfits are coloured orange, autumn red and so on, older sisters like Hananishiki often refer to them as "the oceanic Aki Sisters". Or not.

● From morning 'til night, that cheery attitude of hers just doesn't quit. Plus, if she were just making a big racket by herself, then I wouldn't mind, but what makes her hard to deal with is that nine times out of ten, I get dragged into it too. And then if some commotion ends up happening, I get scolded right alongside her...!

● ↑ Well, you always start snacking when you go in the kitchen, Sis, and you only take cleaning duty about once in every ten times, so coming from you...

● ↑ Shut uuuup

● Much like our two youngest sisters, they form an excellent defensive line. The greatest peace of mind that Kiyokawa and I can enjoy, after all, is when we have nothing to do. Additionally, Iroha, Tsushima and the two youngest are all irreplacable valuable to Kiyokawa. Indeed, to the point where she'd protect them no matter what the cost.

● A cheerful little sister, always refreshing to be around. Iroha always responds to my summons, albeit somewhat reluctantly. She often argues with her elder sister Tsushima, but in spite of appearances, the two are close friends. The one thing that's a pity, I suppose, is that whenever I call them to come spend time with me, Tsushima alone doesn't respond...

●When we're doing preparations here in the backstage area, Iroha and Tsushima are the sisters we can count on most. We often find ourselves entrusting them with many things, but Iroha always follows through with that natural optimism of hers. She's a lifesaver, really. Also, Eldest Sister, would y'mind telling me about that in a little more detail later?

The Deep Sea's Little Big Sister Tsushima Kai (海 つしま)

Species: Mermaid Ability: Same capabilities as your average mermaid Human friendship level: Medium Danger level: Medium

● She doesn't come to spend time with me very often...

● Tsushima and Iroha do so much. Always helping with the cleaning here and there, sometimes serving food for our guests, sometimes performing on stage as dancers... when it comes to sheer volume of work, they're probably at the top of the ranking amongst us sisters. Sometimes, though, Tsushima does quietly skip out on work, or plays pranks here and there, or gets up to mischief with her sister. Hananishiki-san does get mad and scold them for it most of the time, though.

● Tsushima, huh? She's pretty flippant, but you can't fault her for it. She plays tag and danmaku with me a lot when she comes over to my and Kuronami's area. Her danmaku with Iroha is really cheery and bright, though; it's fun to watch, but also makes me feel a little jealous? Oh, and unlike Iroha, she looks kind of embarrassed whenever she calls me "Big Sis." I can't even BEGIN to tell you how cute it is!

● ↑ Have mercy. Look, she's already huddled in the corner with her face beet-red.

● She's the oldest sister out of the lower four (at least, that's what I call them). Since she's more or less responsible for the younger kids, it seems like a pretty tough position to be in, but I think her work ethic more than lives up to that role. She cuts corners every so often, but... well, it's not a huge issue, and if I think of it as her way of taking a breather, I don't mind. Plus, Hananishiki usually picks up after her anyway.

● She can be sort of mischevious, much like Iroha, but you can easily see how much effort she puts in. Compared to Iroha, she's a little awkward and beats around the bush, but I'd say that's just another one of her charming qualities.

The Deep Sea's Athlete Kiyokawa (清川)

Species: Mermaid Ability: Same capabilities as your average mermaid Human friendship level: Unknown Danger level: High

● She's the youngest out of the sisters who have kanji names, and often gets treated like one of the little sisters when they're all gathered for a meeting. Perhaps as a reaction to that, she loves her younger sisters dearly, and can often be found interacting with them when she's not on backstage guard duty. Her role as a guard doesn't involve much physical activity, but her strength and stamina are beyond compare. She's tough enough to play with all four little sisters at once without breaking a sweat. Also, she's not as cautious or adversarial as Kuronami, but if someone hurts her little sisters, she'll show them no mercy. NO. MERCY.

● One of our little sisters, who guards the backstage door with Kuronami. The room in front of the backstage door is really spacious, because Kiyokawa always jumps and runs around so much that we had to ask a certain friend of ours to expand the space in there. Honestly, I'd appreciate it if she could follow Kuronami's example and settle down a bit... huh? You say her mischief reminds you of me...? Please don't joke like that, Eldest Sister.

● The four youngest sisters, despite their idiosyncracies, all have relatively pure natures. From Kiyokawa on upward, unfortunately, they all have a strong sense of individuality, so they can be quite a handful. She hasn't even been wearing her kimono lately, let alone letting me help her put it on. It can't hurt to open your heart to your big sister a little more, you know?

● She charges ahead recklessly and loses control quite often, but for an immovable guardian like myself, a fast-moving spear is quite the reliable partner. When our younger sisters are busy elsewhere and the two of us have free time, she spends the whole time talking fondly about them. In a worst-case scenario, she'll spend the entire day going on like that. Also, she probably has the strongest reaction out of all of us when someone upsets her, so perhaps that's also one of her standout qualities.

● I'd say she's the most free-spirited out of all us sisters. She's not quite one of the youngsters and not quite one of us grown-ups, so she always sort of has her head in the clouds. Like she doesn't know quite where she ought to be... so, I head out to visit her and see how she's doing from time t' time. Kuronami is rock-steady when it comes to her role, but Kiyokawa seems like she's searching around for what her role ought to be. I reckon that difference between them is exactly what makes them such a good team.

Gatekeeper of the Kaikeidou Kuronami (黒波)

Species: Mermaid Ability: Same capabilities as your average mermaid Human friendship level: None Danger level: Medium

● Guardian of the gate to the Kaikeidou servants' backstage area. Amongst us ten sisters, she's the fifth eldest. She has a very stern personality, and would likely sooner die than let anyone through without permission... in that sense, she's head and shoulders above even her fellow sisters. However, perhaps out of excessive loyalty to her duty, she doesn't move an inch from the backstage entrance except when I call for a group meeting. As such, she almost never interacts with the other sisters, and her sisters, too, feel an enigmatic impression from her. Now, the six eldest sisters each have their own room, and the youngest four share their rooms in pairs; as such, Kuronami has a room all to herself, but... well, just have a look. As you can see, she doesn't keep anything to sleep on at all. We take humanoid forms, so I hardly think it would hurt to live a more human-like lifestyle...

● She talks to little Kinryu in front of the backstage door sometimes, but aside from that, I've never seen her talking to any of the other sisters. Even during our occasional group meetings, she somehow looks like she feels out of place... I've been thinking lately about what I can do to be more of a sister to her.

● Ah yes, Kuronami. She probably 'fits in' the least out of all the Kai sisters, but from us non-sisters' perspective, even that makes for a somewhat adorable quality. Also, she's not so uptight as to cause any concern for those around her. She may not make use of her room, but she still keeps various things in her pockets to pass the time with. I caught a glimpse of it just this once. She was...

● ↑ Oh, oh, those! Yeah, a while ago she was weaving friend-- *suddenly muffled*

● I guess I don't really see what everyone else does in her? Maybe it's just because I check in with her a lot, since I'm the backstage coordinator and all, but I see her talking about silly stuff with Kiyokawa a lot, and sometimes she practices... kenpo forms, I think? Just passing the time in her own way, you know. Also, it's superrare, but I've seen her a few times just casually walking off to somewhere. Where could she be going?

● A stern and taciturn guardian. As Owa... *ahem* as that girl says, she can sometimes be stern to the point of being inflexible, but all the sisters who understand her seem to hold her in the highest of confidence. After all, it's for precisely that reason that she was chosen as the other bearer of the keys Lady Otohime prepared.

● ↑ About that. She may be in charge of the keys, but could you tell her to stop making storage rooms for her knitting projects all willy-nilly?

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