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mangolon · 1 year

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Seasons of Kamen Rider Where a Rider’s Actor Sang a Song

1971

Hiroshi Fujioka (Takeshi Hongo) sings the first opening for Kamen Rider - Let’s Go! Rider Kick!

1973

Hiroshi Miyauchi (Shiro Kazami) sings the opening for Kamen Rider V3 - Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3

1980

Shunsuke Takasugi (Kazuya Oki) sings the opening for Kamen Rider Super-1 - Kamen Rider Super-1

Shunsuke Takasugi (Kazuya Oki) sings the first ending song for Kamen Rider Super-1 - Hi o Fuke Rider Ken

1987

Tetsuo Kurata (Kohtaro Minami) sings the opening for Kamen Rider Black - Kamen Rider Black

Tetsuo Kurata (Kohtaro Minami) sings the ending theme for Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Onigashima - Ore no Seishun

1988

Tetsuo Kurata (Kohtaro Minami) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Black RX - Kuroi Yuusha

2002

Satoshi Matsuda (Ren Akiyama) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ryuki - Lonely Soldier

Ryohei Odai (Shuichi Kitaoka) duets with Tomohisa Yuge (Goro Yura) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ryuki - Dear Friend

Ryohei Odai (Shuichi Kitaoka) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ryuki - Kienai Niji

Takashi Hagino (Takeshi Asakura) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ryuki - Spinnin’ Around

2003

Masayuki Izumi (Yuji Kiba) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Faiz - Cross a river

Mitsuru Karahashi (Naoya Kaido) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Faiz - Yume No Kakera ~ Romantico

Yuria Haga (Smart Queen) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Faiz - I wish

Yuria Haga (Smart Queen) duets with Yoshika Kato for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Faiz - Taiyou no Kage Tsuki no Yoru

Ken Mizorogi (Keitaro Kikuchi) sings an insert song for Kamen Rider Faiz - Hang on

In 2018, Kento Handa (Takumi Inui) and Kohei Murakami (Masato Kusaka) sing a cover of the opening for Kamen Rider Faiz - Justifaiz

In 2020, Kohei Murakami (Masato Kusaka) sings a cover of an insert song for Kamen Rider Faiz - Existence ~KAIXA-nized dice

In 2020, Kohei Murakami (Masato Kusaka) sings a cover of an insert song for Kamen Rider Faiz - Red Rock

In 2023, Kohei Murakami (Masato Kusaka) duets with Masahiro Inoue (Tsukasa Kadoya) for a cover of the opening for Kamen Rider Faiz - Jusitfaiz - Kaixa Day Ver.

2004

Kousei Amano (Sakuya Tachibana) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Blade - Rebirth

Ryoji Morimoto (Hajime Aikawa) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Blade - Take it A Try

Takayuki Tsubaki (Kazuma Kenzaki) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Blade - Wanna Be Strong

Takayuki Tsubaki (Kazuma Kenzaki) duets with Terunosuke Takezai for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Blade - Shout it Out

Takahiro Hojo (Mutsuki Kamijo) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Blade - Hero

2006

Yuki Sato (Arata Kagami) sings alongside RIDER CHIPS for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kabuto - LORD OF THE SPEED

2007

Toshihiko Seki (Momotaros), Koji Yusa (Urataros), Masaki Terasoma (Kintaros) and Kenichi Suzumura (Ryutaros) all sing the second opening for Kamen Rider Den-O - Climax JUMP Den-LINER Form

Takeru Satoh (Ryotaro Nogami) duets with Toshihiko Seki (Momotaros) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Double-Action Sword Form

Takeru Satoh (Ryotaro Nogami) duets with Koji Yusa (Urataros) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Double-Action Rod Form

Takeru Satoh (Ryotaro Nogami) duets with Masaki Terasoma (Kintaros) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Double-Action Ax Form

Takeru Satoh (Ryotaro Nogami) duets with Kenichi Suzumura (Ryutaros) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Double-Action Gun Form

Takeru Satoh (Ryotaro Nogami) duets with Shin-ichiro Miki (Sieg) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Double-Action Wing Form

Toshihiko Seki (Momotaros), Koji Yusa (Urataros), Masaki Terasoma (Kintaros), Kenichi Suzumura (Ryutaros) and Hochu Otsuka (Deneb) all sing an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Double-Action Climax Form

Dori Sakurada (Kotaro Nogami) duets with Daisuke Ono (Teddy) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Double-Action Strike Form

Hiroyuki Watanabe (Gaoh) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O: Ore Tanjou! - Double-Action Gaoh Form

Yuuichi Nakamura (Yuto Sakurai) duets with Hochu Otsuka (Deneb) for an insert theme from Kamen Rider Den-O - Action-ZERO

Takeru Satoh (Ryotaro Nogami) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Den-O - Real-Action

In 2010, Yuuichi Nakamura (Yuto Sakurai) duets with Hochu Otsuka (Deneb) for the opening for Chou Den-O Episode Red: Zero no Star Twinkle - Action-ZERO 2010

2008

The band TETRA-FANG is created to create music for Kamen Rider Kiva, with Koji Seto (Wataru Kurenai) on vocals

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Destiny’s Play

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Individual-System

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Shout in the Moonlight

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Innocent Trap

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Supernova

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Roots of the King

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Silent Shout

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Message

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Rainy Rose

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Exterminate Time

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen RIder Kiva - Eternity Blood

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - No Matter Who You Are

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Prayer~Message 2

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Beginning~Message 3

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Mind Garden

TETRA-FANG performs an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Lightning to Heaven

Koji Seto (Wataru Kurenai) is a featuring artist with Crimson-Fang, singing an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - With you

Keisuke Kato (Keisuke Nago) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Fight for Justice

Keisuke Kato (Keisuke Nago) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Don’t Lose Yourself

Kouhei Takeda (Otoya Kurenai) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - This love never ends

Yu Takahashi (Yuri Aso) duets with Nana Yanagisawa (Megumi Aso) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Feel the same

Keisuke Kato (Keisuke Nago) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - IXA-cise

Kenji Matsuda (Jiro) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Keep alive

Yu Takahashi (Yuri Aso), Kouhei Takeda (Otoya Kurenai), Nana Yanagisawa (Megumi Aso) and Keisuke Kato (Keisuke Nago) all sing an insert theme for Kamen Rider Kiva - Inherited-System

2009

Masahiro Inoue (Tsukasa Kadoya) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Decade - Ride the Wind

Kimito Totani (Daiki Kaito) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Decade - Treasure Sniper

In 2021, Masahiro Inoue (Tsukasa Kadoya) covers the opening of Kamen Rider Decade - Journey Through the Decade

In 2021, Masahiro Inoue (Tsukasa Kadoya) duets with So Okuno (Sougo Tokiwa) on the ending theme of Rider Time: Kamen Rider Decade vs. Zi-O - Decade Mansion’s Death Game - INSIDE-OUT Decade ver.

Koji Kikkawa (Sokichi Narumi) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider W - Nobody’s Perfect

Renn Kiriyama (Shotaro Hidari) and Masaki Suda (Philip) perform an in-universe cover of an insert theme for Kamen Rider W - Finger on the Trigger

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Katsumi Daido) sings the ending theme for Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate - W

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Katsumi Daido) sings the ending theme for Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal - cod E ~E no Angou

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Katsumi Daido) with Koji Kikkawa (Sokichi Narumi) for the chorus sings the ending theme for Fuuto PI - Tsumi to Batsu to Underground

2010

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) sings alongside Maki Oguro for the opening for Kamen Rider OOO - Anything Goes! Special Edit

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider OOO - Regret Nothing ~ Tighten Up

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider OOO - Got to Keep It Real

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider OOO - Ride On Right Time

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider OOO - Sun Goes Up

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) duets with Ryosuke Miura (Ankh) for an insert theme of Kamen Rider OOO - Time Judged All

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider OOO - Shout Out

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) duets with Akira Kushida for an insert theme of Kamen Rider OOO - Power to Tearer

Hiroaki Iwanaga (Akira Date) duets with Asaya Kimijima (Shintaro Goto) for an insert theme of Kamen Rider OOO - Reverse/Re:birth

Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) and Ryosuke Miura (Ankh) sing alongside Ken Matsudaira for the ending theme of Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: the Shogun and 21 Core Medals - Ole! Te wo Tsunagou

In 2019, Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) duets with Ryosuke Miura (Ankh) for an insert theme of Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders - Time Judged All ~ 8 Years Later

2013

Gaku Sano (Kouta Kazuraba) sings an insert theme of Kamen Rider Gaim - Rise Up Your Flag

Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon) sings an insert theme of Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Baron - Unperfected World

Mahiro Takasugi (Mitsuzane Kureshima) sings an insert theme of Kamen Rider Gaim - Point of No Return

Gaku Sano (Kouta Kazuraba) duets with Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon) for an insert theme of Kamen Rider Gaim - Ranbu Escalation

Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon) sings alongside Gaku Matsuda (Zack) and Saku Momose (Peko) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Gaim - Never Surrender

Yutaka Kobayashi (Kaito Kumon) sings alongside Gaku Matsuda (Zack) and Saku Momose (Peko) for an insert theme for Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Knuckle - Dance With Me

2014

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Yongo) sings the opening for Kamen Rider Drive - SURPRISE-DRIVE

Ryoma Takeuchi (Shinnosuke Tomari) sings alonside Yuu Inaba (Go Shijima) and Taiko Katono (Chase) for an insert theme of Kamen Rider Drive - Spinning Wheel

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Yongo) sings the ending theme for D-Video Special: Kamen Rider Yongo - time

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Yongo) sings the ending theme for Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future - re-ray

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Yongo) sings the ending theme for Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser - good bye little moon

Mitsuru Matsuoka (Yongo) sings the ending theme for Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach and Kamen Rider Heart - eternity (~from SURPRISE-DRIVE)

2016

Ruka Matsuda (Poppy Pipopapo) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid - Pinple Pell

Ruka Matsuda (Poppy Pipopapo) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid - PEOPLE GAME

Ruka Matsuda (Poppy Pipopapo) sings the ending song for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy: Another Ending - Para-DX and Poppy - Real Heart

Hiroyuki Takami (Masamune Dan) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid - JUSTICE

Hiroyuki Takami (Masamune Dan) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid - Wish in the dark

Hiroyuki Takami (Masamune Dan) sings the theme song for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy: Another Ending - Genm vs. Lazer - Believer

Hiroyuki Takami (Masamune Dan) sings the theme song for Kamen Rider Genms - The Presidents - GAME CHANGER

2018

ISSA (SOUGO) is a featuring artist on Shuta Shueyoshi of AAA, singing the opening for Kamen Rider Zi-O - Over “Quartzer”

So Okuno (Sougo Tokiwa) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Zi-O - Zi-O, Toki no Ouja

Gaku Oshida (Geiz Myokoin) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Zi-O - FUTURE GUARDIAN

Keisuke Watanabe (Woz/White Woz) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Zi-O - Black&White

Shieri Ohata (Alpina Tsukuyomi) sings alongside Kamen Rider Girls an insert theme for Kamen Rider Zi-O - Tsuki no Michiru Toki

Hideya Tawada (Rentaro Kagura) sings alongside Sakuramen for the opening for Rider Time: Kamen Rider Shinobi - IZANAGI

ISSA (SOUGO) sings alongside Masayuki Tanaka, Shinichi Ishihara, Rica Matsumoto, Nanase Aikawa, Akira Fuse, YU-KI, AAA, Tourbillon, Gackt, Aya Kamiki, Takuya, Maki Oguro, Anna Tsuchiya, Shou Kiryuuin, Shonen no Kaze, Mitsuru Matsuoka, Kishidan, Daichi Miura and Beverly for the opening for Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever - Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever Medley D.A. Re-Build Mix

In 2021, So Okuno (Sougo Tokiwa) duets with Masahiro Inoue (Tsukasa Kadoya) for the ending theme of Kamen Rider Zi-O vs. Decade - 7 of Zi-O! - INSIDE-OUT Zi-O ver.

2019

Manyard and Blaise Plant (MetsubouJinrai), the lead singers of MONKEY MAJIK, sing the ending theme of Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai - S.O.S.

Manyard and Blaise Plant (MetsubouJinrai), the lead singers of MONKEY MAJIK, sing the ending theme of Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Vulcan and Valkyrie - Frontier

2020

Syuichiro Naito (Touma Kamiyama), Takaya Yamaguchi (Rintaro Shindo) and Ryo Aoki (Kento Fukamiya) all sing an insert theme for Kamen Rider Saber - Rewrite the Story

Rina Chinen (Sophia) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Saber - Story never ends

Syuichiro Naito (Touma Kamiyama), Takaya Yamaguchi (Rintaro Shindo) and Ryo Aoki (Kento Fukamiya) sing alongside Asuka Kawazu for the ending theme of Kamen Rider Saber: Trio of Deep Sin - Bittersweet

Robin Furuya (Storious) sings alongside Kairu Takano and Koji Saikawa for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Saber - Rock Scissors Paper

2021

Subaru Kimura (Vice) is a featuring artist on Da-iCE, singing the opening for Kamen Rider Revice - liveDevil

Kentaro Maeda (Ikki Igarashi), Wataru Hyuga (Daiji Igarashi) and Ayaka Imoto (Sakura Igarashi) with backing vocals by Subaru Kimura (Vice) sing an insert theme for Kamen Rider Revice - Go with the flo

Kentaro Maeda (Ikki Igarashi) and Subaru Kimura (Vice) sing an insert theme for Kamen Rider Revice - VOLCANO

Kentaro Maeda (Ikki Igarashi) duets with Junya Komatsu (Hiromi Kadota) for the ending theme of Kamen Rider Revice the Mystery - Without You

Junya Komatsu (Hiromi Kadota) sings the ending theme for Kamen Rider Revice: Dear GAGA - Without You Dear GAGA ver.

Wataru Hyuga (Daiji Igarashi/Kagerou) sings an insert theme of Kamen Rider Revice - Mirage Mirror

Ayaka Imoto (Sakura Igarashi) duets with Miku Ito (Lovekov) for an insert theme of Kamen Rider Revice - Cherry-ish!

Subaru Kimura (Vice) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Revice - #GekiyaVice

Hikari Kabashima (Hana Natsuki) sings the ending theme of Kamen Rider Jeanne and Kamen Rider Aguilera With Girls Remix - Riot in bloom

Subaru Kimura (Vice) is a featuring artist on Da-iCE, singing the ending theme for Kamen Rider Revice: Battle Familia - Dance Dance

Noritaka Hamao (George Karizaki) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Revice - George Karizaki’s Rider System

Noritaka Hamao (George Karizaki) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Revice - George Karizaki’s Rider System Dark ver.

Kentaro Maeda (Ikki Igarashi) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Revice - Kimi wa Sono Mama de

Wataru Hyuga (Daiji Igarashi/Kagerou) duets with Junya Komatsu (Hiromi Kadota) for the opening theme for Kamen Rider Revice Forward: Kamen Rider Live & Evil & Demons - Come alive

Kentaro Maeda (Ikki Igarashi), Wataru Hyuga (Daiji Igarashi/Kagerou), Ayaka Imoto (Sakura Igarashi), Junya Komatsu (Hiromi Kadota), Hayata Seki (Olteca), Kurodo Hachijoin (Go Tamaki), Hikari Kabashima (Hana Natsuki) and Noritaka Hamao (George Karizaki) all sing the ending theme for Kamen Rider Revice Forward: Kamen Rider Live & Evil & Demons - Love yourself

Noritaka Hamao (George Karizaki) duets with Hayata Seki (Olteca) for an ending theme for Kamen Rider Juuga VS Kamen Rider Olteca - Itoshi no Frenemy

2022

Hideyoshi Kan (Ace Ukiyo) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - Star of the Stars of the Stars

Ryuga Sato (Keiwa Sakurai) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - I Peace

Yuna Hoshino (Neon Kurama) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - Beat of My Life

Kazuto Mokudai (Michinaga Azuma) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - Undead Fire

Hideyoshi Kan (Ace Ukiyo) duets with Fuku Suzuki (Ziin) for an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - Live for the moment

Weather Hearts, which has Tsubasa Sakiyama (Win Hareruya) and Kaname Futaba (Hiroki Amamiya) on vocals, performs an insert theme for Geats Extra: Kamen Rider PunkJack - ROLLIN’ ROLLIN’ PUNK KING

Ryo Kitamura (Niram) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - Non-fiction

Kazuto Mokudai (Michinaga Azuma), Ayaka Namiki (Beroba), Dai Goto (Daichi Isuzu) and Shihou Harumi all sing an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - Odds n’ Ends

Ryuga Sato (Keiwa Sakurai) duets with Hideya Tawada (Rentaro Kagura) for the opening theme for Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon Meets Kamen Rider Shinobi - IZANAGI Geats ver.

Ryuga Sato (Keiwa Sakurai) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Geats - IZANAGI - Ballad Version

Hideyoshi Kan (Ace Ukiyo), Ryuga Sato (Keiwa Sakurai), Yuna Hoshino (Neon Kurama) and Kazuto Mokudai (Michinaga Azuma) all sing alongside Kokoro Aoshima for the opening theme for Kamen Rider Geats: Jyamato Awakening - CREATORs

2023

Jyutaro Yamanaka (Zukyumpire) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Gotchard - Kimi ni Zukkyun

Seiichiro Nagata (Houou Kaguya Quartz) sings an insert theme for Kamen Rider Gotchard - Living Legend

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japeneselunchtimerush · 2 months

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KNB CROSS COLORS MOMOTAROU EVENT:

Momotarou(Akashi): There is only one solution. I will go to Onigashima and persuade the demons.

Grandma(Mibuchi): Now lets do our laundry today as well

Grandpa(Mayuzumi): Peach?! Its too big, isn't it?(Mayuyu being the grandpa fits so well)

Blue Demon(Aomine): *Yawns*

Red Demon(Kagami): Hey, Blue Demon! How long have you been sleeping?

Red Demon(Kagami):Hey, Blue Demon. I'm going to do the laundry. When I'm done, let's have a one-on-one session!(Kagami being the responsible one as usual)

Pheasant(Midorima): Ken, Kenken(The sound pheasant makes)

Pheasant(Midorima): I'm a pheasant, and I've been watching your journey from the sky.(Akashi looks so unimpressed lmao)

Blue Demon(Aomine): Oh? Who are you guys...?

Dog(Kise): I have an excellent sense of smell and am extremely affectionate! I am the prince of the dog world!

Pheasant(Midorima):Ken, Ken...I'm a pheasant.

Monkey(Kuroko): I'm sa...(gets cut of lol)

Kibidango(Murasakibara): I'm Kibidango" (mumbling)

Momotarou(Akashi): And my name is Momotaro.

(I used google translate for all of this so if there are any mistakes please do correct me)

#akashi seijuro #murasakibara atsushi #aomine daiki #midorima shintarou #kuroko tetsuya #mayuzumi chihiro #mibuchi reo #kagami taiga #kise ryota #knb cross colors #cross colors akashi

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skajador · 4 months

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every tsurugi episode:

Kagami: uhh ok.. let's janken to see who goes first

Tsurugi: who is this... Jank Ken??? teach me his ways, Kagamin!

Kagami, for whom "teaching a 24 year old man about Rock Paper Scissors" is not even the weirdest thing he's done today: sure.

#kr shitposting #kins watches kabuto

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ryanpuffs · 1 year

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A Kaneko Clan Christmas Special

A short and sweet one-shot I did for the holiday season. Set just before Ken starts his detective career. He's getting gifts for his boyfriend, friends, and the kids at Taichi's division :)

For more context, go here: https://kanekoclan.carrd.co/

Now, here we go

December 23rd

December 23rd, the day before Christmas Eve. Ken’s surprisingly too bothered by the freezing cold despite forgetting to wear any winter clothing aside from his new blue detective outfit, having gotten used to being outside during the Winter years ago when he was homeless. He’s impressed his body is still conditioned like that, probably because he had to deal with being a street rat for eight years.

Right now he’s doing some Christmas shopping for Naoki, Kagami, and the kids under Taichi’s care, Kaito, Minato, Haruto, Natsuki, and James. Ken was thinking of getting a gift for Taichi, but he’s still off the radar. Ken’s thinking he should’ve done it way earlier if it weren’t for the fact Naoki would probably get way too curious if he tried to hide away a gift for a period of time. Ken has been saving up from his honest job from the cleaning service he does with Naoki, as heists have been slow recently. His budget is 100,000 yen, which he thinks is enough for the day.

Shibuya is absolutely packed, with people rushing to get their own shopping done. Ken’s being pushed around a lot by shoppers who seem to be not even noticing him, which his short height doesn’t help. Ken takes a look at the list he wrote down, which consists of ‘something shiny and/or pretty’ for Naoki given his fascination with shiny things and his love for him. For Kagami, he’s looking for a new game for him, and while he’s not sure what specific game, Ken will take a shot in the dark regardless. And for the kids, probably And finally, for the kids, Ken is aiming for sweets for them. Pretty simple, but it’ll work as he’ll be catering to all five of them.

Bzzzz. Bzzzz. Bzzzz.

Oh, it seems like someone is calling. Ken goes to get his phone while still being overwhelmed by the crowd, and then sees the caller is Naoya. Ken answers.

“Hello?” says Ken

“Hey Ken. I’ve noticed you left your winter clothing in your apartment. Are you gonna be ok?” Naoya says.

“Ah, don’t worry. I’ll be fine. I’ve… I’ve been through worse.” Ken replies.

“Ken, I’m serious. I don’t want you to get Hypothermia”. Naoya says. There’s a deep worry in his voice. Ken can understand the concern, but Ken is insistent regardless.

“It’s fine dad. Really. Gotta go, the crowd here is getting intense. Bye!” Ken says, then hanging up. He feels bad about hanging up on Naoya like that, but he can’t risk not losing attention in a place as packed as this.

After the call, Ken then spots a game store, which he decides is his first stop. He mainly wants to get Kagami’s gift done first since he thinks that will be the easiest to do out of the two. After trying to maneuver his way into the shop, Ken ends up getting pushed on the ground by a particularly rude guy, falling on his face. As if that wasn’t enough, he gets his leg stepped on, causing the boy to yelp in pain. After getting his leg trampled by the man who pushed him, a girl who works at the shop runs up to him and kneels, looking at Ken. “Are you okay sir?”, the clerk asks.

“I’m okay, just a bruise,” Ken replies, despite the fact his leg is now absolutely hurting. While it’s not a serious injury, Ken feels like a bone is broken anyway. He grabs the clerk’s hand, who gives him a friendly smile. “I’ve been through worse. Thanks.” He gives a nervous smile at her, mainly trying to hide the pain. He doesn’t want to cause a scene. Not during the holidays, no matter how much he suffers.

“If you say so. Anyways, welcome to Pixel Camp. We sell old and new games here! Feel free to look at our selection!” the clerk says. Ken hasn’t even taken a step after being helped up and he is already impressed. They have a lot of video game memorabilia stored here, alongside games from different platforms. Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, all PlayStation systems, old SEGA consoles, they even have Xbox games here, which is surprising given how Ken was told by Kagami about how that family of systems isn’t popular in Japan. Thankfully, besides the man who pushed him, it’s surprisingly not as crowded here.

Ken begins to walk around and look at what they have, struggling to stand due to his slightly injured leg. Ken knows that Kagami prefers action games, particularly from the West. Granted, there are a few exceptions for his taste as he likes Like a Dragon and games by FromSoftware, but again, those are exceptions.

He gets to the area consisting of games that can’t be shown openly due to their high CERO rating in the back of the store, which is where Ken now has to make his decision. He sees a few copies of the Saints Row reboot. “I can avoid that, given how Kagami went on how that game isn’t like the previous games. I never played those games, but best to eliminate that.” Ken can only imagine how Kagami would react if he gave Kagami that for Christmas for a laugh, but Ken isn’t that type of person. He’s not like the former prankster Taichi.

He sees God of War: Ragnarok, but Ken doubts Kagami would be interested since he expressed that he’s not really into the way recent PlayStation exclusives have been taking their gameplay style in.

Finally, Ken sees a copy of No More Heroes III, which seems to have gotten its PlayStation 5 port. Ken has heard of the series but hasn’t played it, mainly since it doesn’t seem like his type of game, but he does think Kagami will like it, even if it’s not foreign as Ken was looking for. Ken takes the copy and crosses off Kagami from his list.

Even though Ken now has the game, Ken thinks he may have some yen to spare. What if he got something for himself? Wouldn’t hurt to self-indulge, especially with the leg injury, the cold, and getting pushed around. He looks at the Nintendo Switch section, looking for a game to pick for himself. He sees Danganronpa Decadence, which Ken might try out. Aside from knowing it’s a murder mystery game as he was told from Kagami, Ken knows nothing else and he doesn’t really have any expectations. He grabs a copy and heads to the front.

The clerk sees Ken. “Did you find anything to your liking?” she says. She seems to be eyeing Ken’s leg, which is still shaking. It’s good that she is concerned for his well-being, but Ken doesn’t want to use the injury to get sympathy from people. It seems like a selfish thing to do in his mind.

“Of course. Just getting something for a friend… and something for myself.” Ken replies. He looks away for a bit, a bit nervous and not wanting any attention on his leg.

“I see. Well, I’ll ring these up!” The clerk replies. She seems to be preventing herself from looking at Ken’s leg, probably having figured Ken wants it to be ignored. “Alrighty! Here’s your total!” 12,000 yen. That’s actually not that bad, and Ken still has 88,000 left. Ken pays the required amount and puts the games into a plastic bag. “Happy holidays! Hope your leg feels better!” the clerk says. Ken will let the wishes slide, since she’s just trying to be nice and supportive. Ken takes his leave.

Seems like the crowding has settled down. Ken still has the limp, but now things won’t be so bad. Now that he’s got Kagami’s gift done, Ken will set his sights on the gift for the children. Since he just plans on giving them sweets for the holidays, it won’t be too hard. However, Ken isn’t gonna settle on some cheap snacks. No, he wants to get something extra special for them this year.

Trying to limp his way to a new place, he sees a sweet shop. Ken makes his way there, only to bump into someone. “Oh, I’m so sorry!” Ken says, only to realize he’s meeting a familiar face. It’s Naoto, who seems less than pleased to see the guy dating his brother. “Oh, h-hey Naoto. Glad to see you here.” Naoto is all wrapped up in black winter clothing, with a gray scarf wrapped around his neck. Seems like he doesn’t like the cold that much.

“Your tone of voice indicates you aren’t.” Naoto replies, giving him a cold, slightly angry stare. Yep, he’s already pissed off at Ken’s presence.

“Well uh, I just didn’t expect to see you here, you know?” Ken says. He’s a bit afraid, given how very disapproving Naoto is of Naoki and Ken’s relationship. “You doing Christmas shopping too? I am. Just getting some sweets for the recruitment kids.”

“Of course. I got something for my brother, and now I am going to get some sweets for myself.” Naoto says. “I’d get something for Taichi, but he hasn’t been answering my calls. He seems very broken up about that prank he did on Naoki.” Ah yeah, the leg injury incident. Naoto seems to notice Ken’s shaking leg. “That shaking doesn’t seem to be from fear. How did you get hurt?” Oh! Some concern from Naoto.

“Well… I tripped, and someone stepped on my leg… very hard. Some guy, huh?” Ken answers.

“Hm, while I won’t deny what he did was awful, for all we know, he could’ve been in a hurry. People are doing last minute shopping after all.” Naoto says. “Has he apologized for what he did?” Ken then scratches the back of his head.

“No, he didn’t, but I’m not gonna let it bother me. I uh, don’t like holding grudges.” Ken replies. Naoto, after a few seconds, gives a very small smile.

“You’re incredibly naive. Forgiving, but very naive.” Naoto says. “You never mentioned your hatred towards Masaru and Kazunori, have you?”

“I mean, I don’t forgive those two given how much they did, but I just don’t like being fueled by hate.” Ken answers. Naoto’s smile then fades away.

“Well, at least you can control your anger nicely, or lack thereof. Changing the topic, what are you getting for my brother?” Naoto says. Ken then blushes, now thinking about Naoki.

“Oh! Well, right now I’m focusing on the kids from–” Before Ken can finish speaking, Naoto grabs Ken by the neck. Not strangling or hurting him, but clearly trying to get a hold of him.

“What are you getting for my brother, Ken?” Naoto says. Ken’s eyes grow big and he looks very afraid.

“U-uh, something expensive! He loves shiny things, doesn’t he?!” Ken says. Naoto slowly lets go.

“He does. I’ll give you a deal Ken.” Naoto then walks up very close to Ken, looking him straight in the eyes. “If it exceeds his expectations, I’ll give you a gift. If it does not, I will kill you. Do not disappoint me brother.” Naoto quickly grabs Ken by the collar. “Come on, we’re going in.” Naoto proceeds to drag Ken into the sweet shop by the collar.

As Ken gets forcefully taken in, he sees how stocked this place is. Like, this is quite amazing. There’s sweets from different countries and native treats from this country. While the game store was more independent, this store seems much more supported. They have lots of fancy decorations and they have a lot more people here, which is kinda worrying due to the state of Ken’s leg. Naoto lets go of Ken, having him fall onto the floor. “Now, you said you were gonna get the children something here?” Naoto asks. “Then after that, you’ll get something for Naoki, will you?” Naoto asks.

“Well, yeah. Saving him for last so I can use the rest of my budget, or just more time to think it over.” Ken replies.

“Are you saying you don’t know exactly what to give him?” Naoto says, with an icy stare.

“Uh–”

“Ken. Do not let me down. Do not let him down.” Naoto says. “I’m going to get some treats. See you tomorrow.” Naoto then tries to leave, only for Ken to run up to him and grab his shoulder. Naoto looks back at him. “Do you need something?” Ken lets out a sigh, especially with the running wearing down his still hurting leg.

“Naoto, can you ease up a bit? It’s the Christmas season, we should be nice to each other.” Ken says. “I know you’re not serious about the death thing, or I hope you aren’t, but please, just for Christmas.” Upon being told this, Naoto looks down for a bit, only to look at him again.

“...Alright, I’m sorry. I still don’t want you to disappoint me, but I’ll try to calm down for the holidays. I apologize, now let go of me.” Naoto replies, shaking Ken away. Naoto then walks away, leaving Ken alone.

Now that Ken is left to his own devices, he begins searching for some sweets for the recruitment children. This time, the search is much easier, finding a big bag of konpeitō, which should be enough to share between five kids. Ken grabs the bag and heads to the register, only to see a familiar face. It’s Naoya, holding some winter clothing. “Dad?” Ken says. Naoya walks up to him.

“Hey, finally found you. I got these to keep you warm.” Naoya says. Naoya then hands the clothes, consisting of a jacket and beanie. Naoya is wearing a white beanie, a white scarf, and a big green jacket. Underneath that, he seems to be wearing his usual black suit from what Ken can guess from the pants.

“Dad, I’m 21.” Ken says. “How did you even find me?”

“Well, I put a tracking device on your phone.” Naoya says.

“...Huh?” Why would Naoya do that?

“You nearly died multiple times. I’m worried about you.” Naoya says. “I don’t care if you’re an adult, I don’t like the idea of you freezing to death. You’ve been stabbed. You’ve been shot. You’ve lost your arm.” Naoya seems to be overreacting to Ken going out in the cold without proper winter clothes, but he’s just concerned, and the examples he gave are very valid, Ken has to admit. Those were very unpleasant and frightening events, so Ken can’t be mad at him. Naoya then notices what Ken is holding, changing his mood. “What do you have there?”

“Oh, these? Just some konpeitō. Got them for the kids.” Ken replies. “I’ve also got some games. One for me and one for Kagami.” Naoya gives a smile, looking pretty proud of him.

“Heh, you’ve always had a big heart.” Naoya says. “I’m… still not sure how to deal with your friendship with Kagami, but you seem to really care. Just… promise you’ll stay loyal to the Traditionalists, will you?”

“Yes.” Ken says. “But really, he’s not a bad guy. He’s just… troubled.” Ken looks away for a bit. He’s telling the truth about Kagami, but he knows Naoya is still gonna be suspicious.

“Right. Now, are you done Christmas shopping?” Naoya asks.

“Oh, no. I still gotta do Naoki’s gift. I wanna get something special for him!” Ken replies, with a small smile growing.

“Ah, that’s very kind of you!” Naoya says, with a smile. “But, will you have enough money for him?”

“Well, this bag is around 8,500 yen, so I’ll have 79,500 left.” Ken says.

“And what do you plan on getting for Naoki then?” Naoya asks.

“Um, something shiny! And expensive!” Ken replies. He seems rather excited. Naoya strokes his chin, seeming kinda doubtful.

“Are you sure you’ll be able to afford him something? Naoki has very high standards.” Naoya says. Ken looks away nervously as his smile drops, as he knows Naoya is right. Naoki can be quite expensive.

“I-I’ll try my best. Really. Just watch!” Ken says, back to smiling. Naoya looks at him, only to nod a few seconds later.

“Do you want me to take you somewhere? I know a place that might have what you need.” Naoya says. “I’ve been there multiple times myself. I have found quite a lot of things that look pretty. You can probably find something Naoki will like there.”

“Well, if you know the directions.” Ken says. “But uh, I’d go alone.” Naoya then sighs.

“If you say so. It’s actually closeby, when you leave this shop it’s just to your left..” Naoya says. “Though, once you’re done, I’m escorting you home.”

“Alright.” Ken says. He knows that Naoya isn’t gonna stop worrying anytime soon. As Ken tries to go to the counter to pay for the bag, Naoya then runs up to him.

“You’re limping. What happened?” Naoya asks. Oh, the leg. Now this is getting worrisome. Ken really wants to get this shopping done, but Naoya is getting really concerned now. Ken takes a deep breath.

“Uh, someone pushed me… and stepped on my leg. Hard. But it’s ok! It’s just–” Before Ken can finish, Naoya grabs the bag.

“I’ll be paying this for you, and then I’ll be taking you to your apartment.” Naoya says, with a stern expression. “Now come on, I’ll help ya up.” Naoya then grabs Ken’s arm in order to support him so he doesn’t have to use his injured leg that much.

“Wait, what about Naoki? I haven’t gotten his gift!” Ken says.

“We’ll figure something out.” Naoya says. Naoya then pays for the konpeitō and leaves, taking Ken with him. “I’m taking you to your apartment. You rest up, okay?”

“Yeah, but Nao–”

“Ken, I understand your concern, especially since you two started dating recently, but you need to let your leg heal. Plus, I already told you I’ll figure something out for you.” Naoya says, interrupting Ken.

“Yeah, but wouldn’t it be more special if–”

“Ken Ito.” The uttering of his full name was enough to keep Ken quiet. Yeah, seems like he isn’t gonna be able to finish what he started. Hopefully, Naoya will provide great assistance tomorrow.

—

December 24th

It’s Christmas Eve. Ken’s leg has healed nicely and surprisingly quickly, though since no bones were broken, it’s not much to think about it. He’s sitting down in his apartment, looking at the small Christmas tree set up, with Kagami’s gift all wrapped up.

Ken is still worried though. Naoki is about to come home and Kagami is coming over, but since Ken was forced home, he couldn’t go to the recruitment division to deliver the candy.

Bzzzz. Bzzzz. Bzzzz.

Huh, a phone call. Ken grabs his phone and sees that it’s Naoya. Ken accepts. “Hello?”

“Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I delivered the konpeitō in your name.” Naoya says. Oh, so Naoya did the gift delivering then.

“You did? Will they know it's from me?” Ken asks. Naoya gives a light chuckle.

“Ken, I used to work in thievery. I can still do stealth work. Age has slowed me down but this was very easy.” Naoya replies. Oh, that’s good then. At least Ken will get his thoughts and appreciation towards the kids well. “They’re still sleeping, so they’ll wake up to see what you got from them. Oh, and Ken?”

“Yeah?” Ken asks.

“Check your front door. I told you I’d help ya with Naoki’s gift. Gotta go, bye!” Naoya then hangs up. With Ken putting his phone away, Ken opens the front door of his apartment and looks down, spotting a gift wrapped box. It has a tag reading “From: Ken. To: Naoki”. He also sees a note, which Ken picks up.

I spent your remaining yen on this, just so your effort wouldn’t go to waste. Hope he enjoys it! -Naoya

Well, Ken isn’t gonna complain. Ken puts the note in his pocket, grabs the box and takes it inside, putting it beside Kagami’s gift. Just as he does so, he hears the door open. Ken looks behind him, and sees Naoki and Kagami walking in, with a surprise visit from Naoto. Well, maybe not too surprising since he’s Naoki’s brother.

“Happy Christmas Kenny!” Naoki says. They’re all holding gifts themselves. Naoki has two while Kagami and Naoto have one. “How you doing?” Ken seems kinda caught off-guard, not expecting them to come this quickly.

“Oh, I’m fine. Heh, just moving some stuff. What do you all got there?” Ken asks. Kagami walks up to him.

“Oh, you know, Christmas shit, because the holiday is here.” Kagami responds. Naoki and Naoto don’t seem to mind him much, so it seems like they can tolerate Ken’s friendship with him.

“Everyone, sit down.” Naoto says. “I wanna see what Ken has in store for my brother.” Well, this is nerve wracking. Ken isn’t sure what Naoya got to help him for his gift to Naoki, but he’s just hoping it’ll be good enough. Naoki then looks at everyone.

“So… who’s going first?” Naoki asks, weirdly calm. “Anyone?”

“Uh, Naoki!” Ken says. “Wanna do my gift first?”

“Nope nope! I wanna save you for last now that you’re my boyfriend!” Naoki replies. But he just asked who's going first, but Naoki is very unpredictable, so Ken shouldn’t be too surprised. Kagami then hands his gift to Ken.

“Fuck it. Me and Ken will do it. Now come on, open it!” Kagami says. He seems rather excited, and not in the thrilling way but in the happy way. Ken then looks at the box Kagami gave him, noticing how big it is. He then opens it up and inside he finds a skateboard, with the front being black. Kenp pulls it out to look at the back, seeing a blue color. “You see, I’m not sure if ya knew, but I really like Tony Hawk. Dude’s a great guy, and he inspired me to get into skateboarding. If it’s not your thing… Just keep it around your apartment, or if you wanna try it out, hit me up. I can help ya.” Ken nods.

“Well, I’m very open towards trying new things. Thanks!” Ken says. While Kagami’s mouth is still covered by his black neck gaiter, he can tell Kagami is giving a smile. Naoki then leans towards Kagami.

“Ken, can I try it too?” Naoki asks. Before Ken could respond, Kagami answered instead.

“Hell no! The weight from your big ass would break it in two.” Kagami says. “Ken’s like 115 pounds, and I got that model that’ll support his style nicely. From what he told me, you weigh fucking 200 pounds. So no, you can’t!” A bit of an extreme response, and Naoto doesn’t seem very happy about what just happened. Though in all honesty, Kagami isn’t wrong, given how much Naoki weighs. Regardless, things got pretty heated.

“Uh, Kagami, best not to blow up like that during the holidays… especially not around Naoto.” Ken says, clearly concerned about how unhappy Naoto looks.

“I’ll be fair, Kagami is not wrong with what he said… But he definitely should’ve said it better.” Naoto says. Judging from Kagami’s expression, this is enough to calm him down, at least just for Ken’s sake.

“Right, sorry.” Kagami says, sighing.

“So, where did you steal it from?” Naoki asks, seeming very eager to change the topic. He’s not even too bothered by Kagami’s rant. Then again, nothing bothers him that much.

“What? I paid for this. It’s Christmas.” Kagami replies.

Naoki looks at him weirdly. “You guys too? I wanted to steal some things for Ken and Naoto’s gifts, but Naoto told me I should pay for them. Why?” Naoki says, looking rather confused. He does take thievery very seriously, to the point he thinks stealing is right. He has a lot to learn. “At least he gave me money to pay for stuff.” Naoto puts his hand on Naoto’s shoulder.

“It’s more meaningful that way. You steal stuff all the time.” Naoto says. He then hands his gift to Naoki. “Now, here’s my gift to you. Merry Christmas.” Naoki looks at the box and tilts his head. He opens it up and pulls out a golden diamond. “It’s a civilian thing where you can find it in a jewelry store, but it fits your shiny taste, doesn’t it?” After Naoto asks, Naoki then hugs him, clearly elated by the gift. Even Naoto, who’s usually stoic and cold, has a big smile on his face. Ken smiles at the brothers’ happiness, though still nervous about what could be in his gift for Naoki.

“So, is it made out of gold entirely, or is there an actual diamond underneath?” Kagami asks.

“Who cares? It’s great either way!” Naoki says, clearly ecstatic.

Afterwards, Naoki then quickly hands his gift to Naoto. “C’mon! Open open!” Naoki says. Naoto nods and then slowly opens the gift, only to blush once he sees what’s inside. “So?” Naoto then pulls out a stuffed animal of a shiba inu. Huh, didn’t know Naoto liked plushies. Naoto looks at Naoki and rubs his back. “See, Naoto loves plushies! Don’t you?” Naoto looks kind of embarrassed, but also very thankful towards Naoki. Guess his liking towards them was a secret.

Ken then tries to ask Naoto a question. “So, Naoto, next year should I–” Before Ken could finish his question, Naoto gave Ken a cold stare, which promptly shuts Ken up.

Naoki then throws his gift to Ken, which he catches. “Your turn!” Naoki says. Ken smiles, opening it up. Once he sees what’s inside, his eyes light up. He pulls out a blue dress, and it seems rather big. “Trust me Ken, the skirt is massive. You’ll love it!” Ken has a huge smile on his face. Looks like Naoki is supporting his crossdressing hobby well.

“Ah yeah, you said you liked feminine stuff, didn’t ya?” Kagami asks. “Well, don’t wear it if you use the skateboard I gave ya, unless you want that dress fucked up.” Kagami’s right, and Ken wants to treat this very delicately. Not just because Ken wants to treat his dresses with care and safety, but also because it came from Naoki, so this one is really special to him now.

“Right, that’s a good idea.” Ken responds. He then looks at Naoki. “I cannot wait to put this on!” Naoki seems very happy that Ken is enjoying his gift. The couple is very happy.

Now that Naoki’s gift to Ken is done, it’s down to Ken’s gifts to Naoki and Kagami. Since Naoki said he wanted his gift last, he hands Kagami his gift. He opens it up and sees the copy of No More Heroes III. “You’ve told me all about the stuff you like when it comes to games. I have a feeling you might like it.” Ken says.

“Of course, man. Funny enough, I just finished the previous games. You just made it easier for me!” Kagami responds. Ken seems pretty happy his gift to Kagami went very well. “I’ll tell ya what, I’m gonna force your ass to play the other games.”

“Oh, if you say so.” Ken says. Not the first time Kagami has done so, since he’s very enthusiastic about getting Ken into the games he likes, even if Ken doesn’t really get into any of them. They just have very different tastes.

Now that Kagami’s gift is done, all there’s left is Ken’s gift to Naoki. Ken looks at the wrapped box, and then at Naoki. He’s very nervous right now, not knowing what’s in it. “So, uh, Naoki. Your gift from me is up last.” Ken says, handing the box to Naoki. Naoki seems very curious about what could be inside, while Naoto looks at Ken very sternly. Naoto did apologize for the threats, but Ken can imagine he still wants him to get something that would meet Naoki’s expectations. Naoki opens it up, and once he sees what’s inside, his jaw drops slightly.

“Wow…” Naoki says. He then pulls it out, revealing it to be a book, but with the cover being golden. Naoki flips through the pages, and shows everyone there’s nothing. Turns out it’s a journal. “A golden journal… I can log all my heists in gold!” Naoki then hugs the journal, and then goes to give Ken a huge hug. Ken hugs back.

“Uh, Naoki?” Ken says.

“Yep yep?” Naoki says, letting go while still looking at Ken smiling.

“Uh, just gonna let you know… Naoya helped me.” Ken says. He wants to be honest about it. Kagami seems rather confused, while Naoto just watches the two. “Um, I hurt my leg yesterday. Really bad. So, Naoya forced me to our apartment before I could get my shopping done… I told him I was gonna get you something shiny and expensive, and he used the rest of the money I was using for the shopping. So um…”

“Ken…” Naoki says, with a straight face. Ken’s getting really nervous now, not sure what Naoki is gonna say next. Then Naoki smirks. “Does it matter? In my heart’s eyes, you got it for me.” Naoki then quickly gets close again. “Doesn’t matter if you had to get help! Plus you said your leg got injured.” Well, this is a calming turn of events. Ken is very relieved now

“So, how did you get your leg hurt?” Kagami asks.

“Ken told me someone pushed him over and trampled on it very hard. It was enough that he was limping when I saw him yesterday.” Naoto replies. Now Kagami looks very pissed off.

“Anyways, Ken, you remember their face? Maybe a name?” Kagami asks.

Ken nervously laughs. “Uh, there’s no need for that Kagami. It’s in the past.” Ken says.

“Anyways! The first thing I’m gonna write down here is the gold diamond Naoto got for me and this journal you got for me!” Naoki says. “Thank you guys!” Ken seems happy about Naoki’s joy, while Naoto looks rather neutral towards Ken, but still seems happy that Naoki is still happy. “By the way Kenny, I have one more gift for you.”

“Oh? And that is…?” Ken says. To Ken’s surprise, Naoki proceeds to kiss him. While still surprising, Ken is still pretty happy about it. He looks at Naoto, who looks suspicious towards Ken. He then sees Kagami, who gives a thumbs up towards him. Naoki then let’s go. “…Well!”

“Glad you liked it!” Naoki says. “Well, guess that’s everything for gifts! What now?”

“Uh, I got myself a visual novel, if anyone is interested to watch.” Ken says. “It’s called uh, Danganronpa Decadence.”

“Oh, that series.” Kagami says. “This is gonna be an interesting night. Naoto, you’re staying with us.” Naoto sighs, nodding towards Kagami. Ken’s guessing he’s doing so so he can stay with his brother some more. Ken takes out the case he has, inserts the cartridges to his Switch dock connected to the TV, and turns it on.

#Kaneko Clan #Ken Ito #Naoki Kaneko #Kagami Akiyama #Naoto Kaneko #Naoya Kaneko #OCs #Original character #Fiction #Christmas

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Analyzer - Félix & Emotion, Part 1 (Miraculous Ladybug)

So, now that Season 5 of Miraculous Ladybug has finally ended (and left us with an abysmal conclusion), I’m here to deliver my thoughts on how Félix was handled this Season. I have heard all kinds of reactions and opinions, but I’m here to present you my unfiltered thoughts in regards to him and his actions.

But, before I start, I’ll preface this with saying that I’ll be splitting this analyzer into three parts: Pre-Emotion, Emotion & Post-Emotion, mainly because of the shift that happened in that very episode.

So, let’s start the party!

Last we left off, I talked about Félix in Season 4 and basically praising him for being an unapologetic gremlin who causes chaos anytime he appears. Given how I felt nothing for the heroes in the Season 4 Finale, I frankly couldn’t care less about Félix’s “betrayal”. The only thing that annoyed me were the idiots who clowned on Maribug for somehow not having the ability of mind reading and realizing Félix was cosplaying as Adrien.

We’re starting off with Episode 2: Multiplication. There isn’t much to say, aside from the fact that Maribug has figured out that Flairmidable was Félix, while Adrichat was stewing in his own jealousy over Maribug having a team of heroes to help her to figure that one out. Not to mention, even after Adrichat mentions how Félix and Monarch might be connected, he completely forgets not only that Félix was interested in sticking around at the Agreste mansion, but that he found a spy glass which should’ve hinted that Félix was investigating something or someone - namely Gabriel. Great start!

So, here’s where we learn a bit more about Félix,... and why does he have a Wikipedia page? Also, I thought his surname was Graham de Vanily, but it appears he has retained his father’s surname rather than taking his mother’s.

Anyways, we find out that Félix is the son of the American billionaire Colt Fathom, who died the previous year, and his mother, Amelie, is actually the aristocrat Lady Graham de Vanily. He’s also a triple kung fu and horse riding medalist, chess prodigy and England’s youngest graduate. He’s also the only one who has any braincells in this show.

Skipping over the boring stuff, we learn that Amelie had been covering up for Félix, pretending that her son was not at home so Maribug and Adrichat wouldn’t search for him.

Behold, the only parent in the Rich Kids Club who actually cares about her child. Gabriel, Tomoe, André and Audrey could never!

We can already tell from the scene that Félix is up to something, with Duusu wondering if he’s her new holder and Félix responding with: “I’m much more than that, Duusu.” This is what we like to call “foreshadowing”.

Skipping ahead to Episode 18: Emotion, we finally learn what Félix’s plan is. To quote Red: “It’s murder. The plan is murder.” Ooops!

The episode itself starts off with an Adrinette scene and I’m gonna skip over this, because honestly, I couldn’t care less about the Love Square since it feels more forced than 8-year-old me mashing a Barbie and Ken doll against each other while shouting “Now, kiss!’’

Anyways, we see Félix, once again cosplaying as Adrien as the Diamond Dance and spotting a ring on Kagami’s hand.

Don’t worry, I’ll get to that. First of all, how do I know this is Félix and not Adrien? Because there is no way Mr. Oblivious himself would have such reaction to a ring on Kagami’s hand. Second, where the hell is Adrien even? I sincerely doubt he agreed to Félix’s idea of pulling another switcheroo. Did Félix kidnap him or something?

Anyways, Félix has a sudden realization about Kagami that I will address a moment later, while Kagami just glares at him. The tension is then broken up when Amelie barges into the building, yelling at Gabriel about how Félix is still missing.

Amelie Graham de Vanily: (struggles to make her way in through the guards) Gabriel! My son Félix has been missing for weeks now! (storms towards them) Not only have you and your friends been no help with the search! But now I'm not even invited to the ball?! You haven't been the same since my sister Emilie disappeared! Why are you rejecting us?

Parent of the year! No, seriously, even if she’s only acting, her giving a verbal smackdown to Gabriel is always pleasing to hear. Hell, she even questions Nathalie why the hell she’s still working for Gabriel despite his obvious cruelty.

Anyways, moving on to the actual Diamond Dance, which really is just a party for snobby rich kids (as established by Chloé, who has been really done dirty this season, turning her into a caricature of herself, because Astruc apparently can’t stand the thought of people being fond of her).

We spot Félix and Kagami talking to each other, with Kagami still believing that the person next to her is Adrien. I have to say, while probably a bit awkward, I do like the interaction between them, especially how Kagami calls Félix more assertive and braver, and being willing not to go between “Adrien” and Marinette, because Marinette is her friend. Wait, wasn’t she gunning for Adrien in Season 3 regardless of the fact that Marinette is her friend?

Eh, who cares, because the writers certainly don’t.

Félix doesn’t care either, as he’s here to just play his role as Adrien, at least until the right opportunity. Kagami continues telling him how they don’t have to play as the puppets for their parents, and Félix counters with their parents still be the ones controlling them. Kagami replies that she, being a descendant of Samurai women, obeys orders because she wants to, which makes me wonder whether any of the writers ever did research on samurai. They didn’t obey orders because they wanted to, it was because they had to, even if it caused the samurai or their family to suffer. In fact, the word “samurai” means “one who serves”. Yeah, the implications are a huge “yikes” given what is revealed in this episode.

Félix, ever the charmer, dares her to leave the party, leaving a protesting Kagami stunned when he tells her that he can do that. Once again, pure cunning and gremlin attitude coming from him. Not to mention, Kagami is visibly excited about the idea of just getting away.

So, if all that’s needed for her to fall for a guy is for the guy in question to be rebellious, I’m seriously wondering why the hell she ever fell for Adrien, who has the spine of a wet noodle? I suppose she thought he was similar to her, a lonely rich kid who dreamed of freedom and would grow a spine and escape the expectations Gabriel put on him. That, or it’s because the writers said so.

Anyways, Kagami changes her mind, with Félix being disappointed.

Félix!Adrien: See? You're not as free as you claim. Don't you think we should be able to decide our future?

Keep in mind that conversation about freedom. It’s kinda fascinating.

So, before they can open up the ball with a dance, Marinette runs towards Félix, rambling about how “Adrien” could’ve told her how he went to the dance even tho he didn’t want to go to it... and seriously, couldn’t you send him a text message or call him to tell him that? Because you know what this is? This is more unnecessary drama to make fun of Marinette being “oh, so in love with her boyfriend” because no one in this show knows how to write actual romance unless it’s accidental. Honestly, what is with the writers’ obsession to clown on her every damn episode?

It did serve a purpose to Félix’s story, though. After all, Félix only knows Marinette as that one girl who sent Adrien a love confession on the anniversary of his mother’s disappearance/death/whatever. Now, he saw a girl who was willing to break into a high society party to tell her “boyfriend” she loves him. That’s some crazy dedication. After a little nod from Kagami, he starts dancing with her.

It gets even more interesting with this piece of dialogue:

Félix!Adrien: All eyes are on you.

Marinette: They're looking at me like I'm a monster.

(Adrien's face turns sour.)

Félix!Adrien: Look closer, Marinette. (stops dancing, and whispers in her ear) They're the monsters.

Honestly, this is leading to some really interesting characterization in regards to Félix, but I’ll get to that in a moment. Marinette figures out this guy isn’t Adrien, with Félix giving her a devious smirk.

I just love this little gremlin. Félix then proceeds to transform...

...in front of everyone? Has he not learned that, if your identity is revealed, your Miraculous will be taken away? Unless you’re one of Marinette’s classmates and not named Chloé, because screw Chloé.

I gotta say, the transformation is quite short, if snappy. Furthermore, Argos outfit is miles above Flairmidable. I suppose Félix spent the previous 16 episodes coming up with an outfit for his big reveal.

Now, here’s where I have to clown on Marinette. This girl sees Félix using the Peacock Miraculous to transform into Argos, a Miraculous she knows was last held by Mayura and then Shadow Moth. She also knows that Félix was the one who either gave the other Miraculous to Monarch or had them taken away. Yet, she still doesn’t put two and two together and ask Félix about what he knows about Monarch. Admittedly, she may have more pressing matters to deal with, given how Argos reveals the solution to all of his problems.

It’s murder. The solution is murder.

Long story short, Argos creates a Sentimonster named Red Moon and then uses it to Thanos-snap everyone he doesn’t care about out of existence - including Gabriel!

Argos: Good evening, uncle! You can call me Argos now. Gabriel: How dare you! I will never allow you to— Argos: Oh, I think you will, uncle! It's time for someone to finally put an end to your endless 'trying to control people'. Adrien, my mother, me; turn us into whatever you want us to be! I'm freeing us from you! (Argos snaps his fingers and Gabriel disappears into thin air.)

Wooo, end the episode right there! That bastard Gabriel is finally dead! Félix/Argos saved the day! Let’s break out the good stuff and party!

Yeah, considering how this wasn’t the finale of Miraculous Ladybug (too bad), it’s obvious Gabriel will be brought back, but let me enjoy the moment.

Anyways, I’ll end Part 1 of the Analyzer at this moment, and discuss instead Félix’s character up to now. In Season 3, we saw him being very reserved, showing disdain for Adrien and his friends, and willing to go so far to sabotage him. Season 4 showed more of Félix’s cunning side, as he was the only one to figure out that Gabriel is Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth, being willing to confront him even though Gabriel threatened his life. Not only that, but he also achieved his goal of taking possession of the Peacock Miraculous, fooling the heroes and making a fool of Gabriel.

It is established that Félix is a very morally grey character. He’s observant and self-serving, looking out mainly for his own safety, with there only being a few people he genuinely cares about, like his mother and Adrien. As shown in Season 5, he clearly cannot stand the people around him, save for Kagami and Marinette, calling everyone else monsters and desiring to be freedom, not only for himself, but for others as well, and even resorting to make everyone vanish to achieve that.

I know people consider Félix a villain, but I don’t think he can be called one. The title of Anti-Hero actually fits his character more. He’s selfish, having put the safety of Paris in danger by giving Gabriel all of the Miraculous, but here he just snaps him out of existence, ending the reign of Monarch once and for all, and Gabriel cannot do anything about it. Technically, he saved Paris, and he did it because he had enough of Gabriel being a controlling bastard.

Félix continues being awesome in his own way, and while the rest of the episode explorers who he is as a person, I’m afraid that his is the peak of his awesomeness.

Links:

#Analyzer - Félix & Emotion, Part 2 (Miraculous Ladybug)

#Up Ladybug (Masterlist)

#Ten's Thoughts #Up Ladybug Analyzer #felix agreste #felix graham de vanily #felix fathom #duusu #ml argos #ladybug #chat noir #miraculous ladybug pv #miraculous ladybug #ml salt #love square salt #ml writers salt #thomas astruc salt #gabriel salt #kagami tsurugi #marinette dupain cheng #chloe bourgeois

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