#kurusu x kurata

[yoh-nuh]

Hiro x Takezou moments/interactions I've screenshotted part 11

masterlist(?)

37.

38.

39.

.bonus.

(vol 15 cover and the back of it)

#kono oto tomare! #kot! #hiro x takezou #kurata takezou #kurusu hiro #kurata x kurusu #kurusu x kurata #takezou x hiro #tokise high koto club

[kotos-and-smiles]

Ch.127 Rambling and Gushing

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR CH.127 OF KOT!

As always I will be referring to tessenpai's rough tl which you can find here

Hello hello! Yeah, I'm not even pretending that I'm not just gushing about this chapter

Know this is obvious, but I’m so suspicious that Chika wasn’t *just* half asleep at the beginning of the chapter. Like, I don’t know, he was coming out of some kind of dream. And he mentions later on that he dreamt their performance went great, but I don’t know, just seemed a weird reaction. Them squinting against the light is really cute though. But Chika looks on the verge of tears until he snaps out of it and fully wakes up. Like, maybe he had dreamt they performed and thought it was all over and that’s why he grabbed onto Takezou like that? I don’t know, and I’m probably making too big a deal out of it.

Can't believe this is actually the day they're gonna perform at Nationals. Like, we've come this far. Also should of course be mentioned how great Satowa and Hiro look and how obviously Chika and Takezou also thought this. is truly just so ecstatic to have every little experience with the club, and it’s so cute. But Momoya not wanting to lose the charm is so sweet. Like, a huge success with him. Satowa’s immediate, oh you don’t have to keep it though, like girl, please, even he values the handmade thing you gave him, people aren’t burdened by you and I still need people to remind her of that. Even Keishi gets a charm! And Chika’s little reaction after Satowa gives Keishi the charm is so cute. He’s so nervous about it.

The way Chika asks Satowa to sit with him is just, ughhslekdnc. I can’t. And Hiro once again 100% representing all of us, especially with that “Excuse me, Chika-kun!?” cuz like, that is also def how I feel about this in the best way possible. But also our girl Hiro being such a go-getter this chapter, and I love that for her. But also she doesn’t even KNOW what just went down with Chika and Satowa this chapter. Like, if she hand’t exchanged charms with Takezou, she might’ve just dropped dead from the cuteness and also jealousy. But also Natsu being so done with being on the romance bus

Satowa thinking about how it isn’t even that unusual for her and Chika to sit next to each other! And Chika is trying to play it so cool but he’s so nervous it’s the sweetest thing. And they’re both just such disasters. I fucking love so much how Chika tries to casually hold out the charm to Satowa, with his head turned away.

Like he’s just this sweet boy trying to do something for the girl he loves and it just makes me wanna scream. And I’m just never gonna get over this. Not only does he still def have the charm that she gave him (the first charm he’d ever gotten and then wrote her name on without hesitation and she considers it her charm too cuz he did that) and then he went and made a charm for her and only one for her. Like, HE MADE HER A CHARM. And then what is the first thing she does with her charm? SHE WRITES HIS NAME ON HER CHARM TOO. THEY MATCH AND THEY’RE BOTH SO DAMN HAPPY ABOUT IT! Like, they’re simply the most in love people ever. 

But like, the way he, much like her and much as he always has, tries to immediately recover when he thinks she doesn’t want it, and that’s when her ability to express how genuinely happy she is kicks in, and just the way she catches his hand holding the charm, and so she’s holding onto him as he’s holding the charm, and how easily she reaches out for him, and how easily they reach out for each other with how softly he caught her arm earlier. 

And then he reaches out cuz he wants to hug her so bad. And her brain moves onto slightly different topics while his just implodes because she just wrote his name on her charm that he made her and smiled like that about it, and HE BLUSHES SO HARD HE HIDES HIS FACE IN HIS BACKPACK. Like, I’ve been wanting so badly for Chika to blush more often with Satowa, and I know he’s confident and comfortable somewhat in the idea of loving someone and being loved, but like I wanna see my boy blush, and this was like the biggest blush ever. His blushly little ears and the way he hides his whole face, and how she notices and is just so happy and also basically hasn’t stopped blushing herself since she sat down. And like, these two people have already expressed that they love each other through words, and now they just keep doing it through actions and gestures as they always have, and I just can’t believe how precious they are. But I also love that while they have said that they love each other, Chika’s immediate reaction when he reaches out cuz he wants to hug her is just like “oh shit, that was dangerous” and like just cuz she said she loves him doesn’t give him consent to touch her whenever, but also like this is the girl that has literally said she loves him and now he just wants to give her a hug and it’s just so sweet. AFTER MAKING HER A HANDMADE CHARM LIKE SHE DID FOR HIM. Like, I’m never getting over this. I’ve wanted the charms to be brought back but questioned if they even would, and now we’ve got the fluffiest chapter ever of basically just exchanging charms and I’m just gonna scream about it forever. 

Also Satowa reacting out-loud to Chika’s cover of “gonna sleep” with “suddenly?” is so funny. 

Hiro continuing to be a go-getter and persevering through the awkwardness is honestly great to see for her. She deserves some stuff happening with her own romance. Also though her mentioning that imitating Chika and Satowa, ya know, the people who have already confessed their love for each other, might be a bit much was unexpected but welcome. And Takezou being the problem solver, offering to exchange charms, and how he tucks it next to his heart and his soft smile, and how they’ll both be able to draw strength from each other’s charms. Like, Hiro really is making her love into strength. Just love Takezou's little smile so much even though he smiles bigger in a minute. There's just something so private and joyous about it.

And then Sane and Mittsu being the epitome of single life when asking each other if they should exchange charms is so hilarious. This along with Sane trying the soothing pressure points on Mittsu’s hand just really made them a whole vibe this chapter. Like, we have these two, the painfully single, Kota and Yoshinaga who are just either vibing or oblivious, the set of absolutely ridiculous love birds, and Momoya and Takinami who are just so *done*

Honestly don’t even feel the need to mention Ichiei at the end, cuz like, yeah yeah, they’re being all intimidating and scary, but my babies just exchanged charms so I don’t care. Am I also selectively choosing to ignore the very existence of Chika’s dad right now, much less that he’s at nationals? Absolutely. I need the fluff in my life right now, so my god I will take it and be thankful for it. The amount of times my babies blush in this chapter, I just CANNOT. I love it so much.

#kono oto tomare #kono oto tomare! #kono oto tomare manga #kono oto tomare spoilers #chikawa #chika x satowa #kot! #kudou chika #houzuki satowa #kurata takezou #kurusu hiro

[suzuka-akira]

Chance

(click here to read on ao3)

The first time they communicate, it’s on paper that they do.

If you’re planning on cheating in this exam, I’d suggest you refrain from going along with your plan, because I saw what you brought into the exam hall and I think I know what you’re about to do.

- From the student who sits in front of you

That day, Kurusu doesn’t manage to submit what she’d planned to write on the exam paper.

The second time they communicate, a fire almost breaks out between them.

“Thank you so much, you damned son of a bitch.”

Kurusu sticks her leg out in front of her to stop him in his tracks, and the boy in glasses almost trips. She doesn’t care - it’s her final year, and he was the one who, of all things, just had to trip her up on her chances of graduating.

“Did you know that you just cost me my grades?” Kurusu doesn’t even try to conceal the anger in her voice.

“I don’t know about that, but I do know that you almost cost yourself your continued enrolment in the university,” is all he responds. He looks her straight in the eye without so much as a strand of sympathy, and her rage threatens to spill over into her words.

She opens her mouth and it almost does, but he beats her to speaking first.

“I can help you study, though.” He smiles, and Kurusu almost can’t tell if he’s joking. “It’ll cost you nothing.”

A fire had almost broken out between them, but the only fire remaining at this point, is the flush on Kurusu’s face.

The third time they communicate, Kurusu asks a question amidst the math questions on paper they’ve been attempting to solve together for the past hour.

“If you saw me bring in the handwritten notes into the exam hall, why didn’t you tell on me straightaway?” The curiosity spills over from Kurusu’s lips onto her words. “Why did you give me a chance?”

He smiles, and Kurusu can tell he isn’t joking.

“Because I’m a pretty good judge of character, and you don’t look like one to do things without reason.”

A brief silence; eventually, “Thank you so much,” is all Kurusu manages to utter, really meaning it this time.

The fourth time they communicate, no words are needed.

Something green and small is taped to Kurusu’s exam paper; on closer inspection, Kurusu realises it’s a four-leaf clover.

No words are needed, but Kurusu hears his well-wishes loud and clear.

Five minutes till the exam ends, and Kurusu thinks a miracle has occurred.

First of all, she’d actually finished her exam paper ahead of time. That hasn’t even happened on the days she’d cheated.

Secondly, she’d actually knew how to do the questions. Without cheating.

Thirdly, if she hadn’t been designated to sit in this seat, they’d never have met. Maybe she would have been caught cheating the previous round, and expelled immediately. She wouldn’t have found a great study partner (though he really was more a tutor to her than her study partner).

She wouldn't have found the kindest person to ever exist, and she knows she'd be a fool to let him go.

They’d never have met, and the seeds would never have sprouted in Kurusu’s heart.

Thank you so much, are Kurusu’s only thoughts, and they’re her silent words of gratitude to whatever higher being exists - to Fate, to Providence, to the Universe, to Chance, for having let her have the miracle of such a chance encounter; for giving her a chance, as he had, just one semester ago.

They'd met, by a random stroke of chance, and Kurusu almost can’t believe her luck.

Five minutes after the exam ends, a slight commotion seems to be going on behind her.

She thinks it’s just the noise of post-exam discussion, but before she can get up from her seat (eager to thank her Well-Wisher in person), the chief invigilator, an old and high-ranking professor, seems to be…

…walking up to her?

Beside the invigilator is a girl she recognises, and not in the best of ways, because all it does is bring the worst of memories to her recollection.

They’d been in high school when it occurred.

Minami was her best friend - or rather, Kurusu had thought Minami was her best friend, so she trusted her, and told her about her plans to bring her notes into the examination hall. “Maybe I wouldn’t even need to use it, and it’ll just be a good luck charm,” Kurusu had joked.

Turns out, Minami was not her best friend after all, and although Kurusu ended up not using her cheat sheet, her grades were halved thanks to Minami’s report, which is why Kurusu is in a university far from the university of her dreams, in a course far from the course of her dreams. 

Of course she’d struggle in university - mathematics was never what she wanted to do. She'd even had to resort to cheating, for real, and, well, joke's on Minami, the perpetrator of her self-fulfilling prophecy. Three years in, and Kurusu is struggling to graduate. 

More precisely, Kurusu was struggling to graduate, but a miracle had occurred, allowing her to meet Kurata Takezou, her benefactor-turned study partner and tutor, who’d given her a chance; who’d allowed her to give herself a chance.

And before she knew it, she was no longer struggling, and Kurusu almost can’t believe her luck.

She was thriving, and so were the flowers that had started to bloom in her heart.

And no way is she intending to give up this chance…

…but a dark shadow now looms over her and her future, in the form of a girl she recognises from high school, in the worst of ways.

Kurusu can’t believe her luck.

The chief invigilator, accompanied by a girl she wishes she doesn’t know, is walking up to her.

“This student claims she caught you bringing your notes into the exam hall, but dropped in on the ground right before it started.” He brandishes a stack of paper in front of her. Her full name, Kurusu Hiro, is written on it in black pen, and she doesn’t even recognise the handwriting.

“Those aren’t my notes-” she tries, but before she can continue, the professor stops her, not even giving her a chance.

“She said you’d cheated before in your high school final examination. This gives us reason to suspect that you’d do the same, in your university examination-”

A hand smaller and slimmer than his suddenly takes the papers from his hands, and he recoils in shock.

“What are you doing-”

“Those aren’t her notes,” Kurata repeats Kurusu’s words for her, not even giving him a chance to continue speaking. “This is not her handwriting. Also, she doesn’t use black pens. And she’d never write her full name on any paper that isn’t an exam paper.”

Kurusu doesn’t know what to say; not even she had noticed those things about herself.

“She isn’t lying,” comes a voice from behind them - it’s another invigilator, a young professor that Kurusu recognises from one of her Psychology electives. “And neither is he.”

And the chief invigilator argues no further, even if the one who had just spoken is a junior professor, because even he knows better than to go against the better judgment of Takinami Suzuka, aspiring star in the field of criminal psychology and body language, lovingly nicknamed “Prof Lie Detector” by his students.

The fifth time they communicate, it’s after the graduation ceremony that they do.

It’s spring and the cherry blossom trees have bloomed, and so have the flowers in Kurusu’s heart.

But if there is anything more fleeting than cherry blossom flowers, Kurusu doesn’t know what it is. A thin, pink piece falls from above her, landing beside her foot. She fears her chance may suffer the same fate.

There’s a lot she means to tell him - more than thank you and how can I ever repay you and can you continue to spend time with me and I don't think my life will be the same without you and I don't think I will be the same without you and I don't think I can do without you and I want to do something for you and I want to do many things for you, and -

“Will we ever meet again,” is the only thing that escapes her mouth, but her hands speak for her, because she grabs him by the wrist, lest her chance disappears like cherry blossom petals from a tree branch.

(The fifth time they communicate, Kurusu is determined to not let it be their last.)

“Of course,” He smiles, and Kurusu can tell he isn’t joking this time either. He interlaces their fingers together, and Kurusu can’t believe her luck.

“Because I’m a pretty good judge of character, and I'd be a fool to let you go.”

(The fifth time they communicate, is far from their last.)

#kot #kono oto tomare! #kono oto tomare #kono oto tomare fanfiction #kurata takezou #hiro kurusu #takezou x hiro #kurata takezo #takezo x hiro #takezo x hiro fanfiction #takezo x hiro fanfic #kot fanfic #kot fanfiction #この音とまれ! #この音とまれ #takehiro

[murdersquazh]

Bro Kurata loving planes is like the most wholesome and adorable thing ever

#kurata takezou #kurusu hiro #kurata takezo #kono oto tomare #manga recommendation #manga screencaps #manga #I NEED THIS SHIP TO HAUL ASS AND MOVE ALREADY #THE KUDOU X SATOWA SHIP HAS SAILED AND I NEED THIS ONE TO GET THAT ANCHOR OUT OF THE WATER PRONTO

[mizunoakira]

Greetings

Hi Tumblr! This blog is just a little repository for my fic collection KOT! alternate universe: a university setting, with senseis (Suzuka, Akira) as profs, and the koto club students as students.

A bit about this AU:

Retains every part of the canonverse settings (location, timeline, etc.) except that (1) the characters are older, being either in university or being full-fledged university professors and (2) the characters didn't go through the same nonsense, so they're less angsty.

The main fic is of the sensei pairing (Suzuka x Akira) because this ship needs more love. (ง'̀-'́)ง Also, Yamamoto Taishin (the math teacher from the rival school Hakuto) was actually their (accidental) wingman.

Ships about the students, specifically Chika x Satowa as well as Takezou x Hiro, have also featured in spinoff fics. Hoping to get a Momoatsu up soon, as well as do non-romantic fics of the other side characters...

A bit more about the main fic:

Fluff + crack (+ background angst followed by hurt/comfort)

It's entitled Marriage is an institution (in an institution) because I can't help but make lame jokes about that famous phrase, but I feel like I might change it soon.

Contract Marriage AU!!! The two profs get married on a contractual basis.

Inspired by the J-drama 逃げるは恥だが役に立つ (Nigehaji or Nigeru wa Haji Da Ga Yaku Ni Tatsu) & the K-drama 이번생은처음이라 (Because This Is My First Life)

Longfic, but mostly due to formatting.

Here's a masterlist to help navigate the blog better, sorted by chapter and sidefic. Alternatively, you can choose to read them on AO3.

Main fic: Marriage is an institution (in an institution): Pairing: Takinami Suzuka x Doujima Akira

Chapter 0: Prologue - We finally meet

Chapter 1: Running away is shameful, but useful

Chapter 2: Getting married (for a house)

Chapter 3: Can I have your number?

Chapter 4: Home

Chapter 5: Home?

Chapter 6: Unexpected pairings

Chapter 7: Totoro

Chapter 8: Totoro...

Chapter 9: Speed driving is shameful, but useful

Chapter 10: Not in the nood

Chapter 11: Mileage

Chapter 12: Saved a little space

Chapter 13: Protocol

Chapter 14: Camomile & Hazelnut

Chapter 15: White Day

Chapter 16: TO BE UPDATED

Side fics for Kudoo Chika x Houzuki Satowa:

Behind closed doors

strawberries and chill

Side fics for Kurata Takezou x Kurusu Hiro:

Chance

If you enjoyed the fics, I'd really appreciate if you could leave a kudos on the fic on ao3 (hyperlink available on each chapter's tumblr page, or here). If you'd like, you could also buy me a coffee, for which I will immensely be grateful, and if you'd like, I will write you something for free. <3 I also accept commissions!

[alexiethymia]

WTF(what the fluff)?! Why are they so cute?? (forgive the low-quality screenshots) Hard recommendation. I can’t believe I only found this now. Kono Oto Tomare has both a first season and second season. The manga is currently on-going. The anime was beautiful, especially the koto performances. 

Basically, I loved this so much because it reminds me of Chihayafuru. The whole reviving a club from ruin, the struggles of geniuses and ordinary people, the wonderful wonderful and colorful cast of characters with their own stories and heartaches, the subtle romance (!!!). Honestly, the series does uses cliches and tropes a lot, but it also comes up with some honestly touching and heartbreaking moments. In that respect, it also reminds me of Dengeki Daisy. 

The relationships and friendships are just so well-crafted. (T^T) Especially the romance!

Like I said, I’m reminded a lot by Chihayafuru by this series, but also less heartache since the couples are so clear-cut.

I mean you have the typical uptown girl ojousama with the misunderstood delinquent. Very tropey, but both of them are just so endearing. What subverts the trope I would say is the connection they both share through their somewhat similar experiences and heartaches. The guy is the usual dense type, but he just comes out of the blue and says the most romantic of things. Like, they bicker like cats and dogs, but the guy just sincerely admires her, ‘from the bottom of his heart’, calls her both beautiful and cute, while at the same time fighting her about being better than her, while at the same time wanting so badly to catch up to her (in that way he reminds me of Taichi towards Chihaya). There are so many things going on here. They both have such a sincere love for the koto, and you can see throughout the series, despite that it’s not the focus, why and how they could fall in love so strongly with each other, while being selfless and putting their feelings aside so as not to detract from their club’s goal. 

And the other couple, which to be sure is an unusual one, the megane type with the fashionable girl. Again, you can see the progression of feelings, how both of them fall in love with each other. And they are just so cute with both of their unsaid feelings, and the blushing, which is so rewarding with how they start out, and how they’re like the dad and mom of the club as the senpais and president and vice-president. 

I just fell in love with this series. Seriously, one hundred percent recommend!

#kono oto tomare! #chihayafuru #satowa x chika #kurusu x kurata #ships #manga #ramblings about manga #ramblings about anime #taichihaya

[mina-ahavi]

#kono oto tomare! #kono oto tomare #mangacap #chika kudou #satowa houzuki #houtsuki satowa #chika x satowa #kudou chika #kurusu hiro #kurata takezou #saneyasu adachi #so cute

[inahochi]

#kono oto tomare! #kono oto tomare #hiro kurusu #takezou kurata #takezou x hiro #stop this sound! #official art #amyuu #11illustrations

[cercasinomeworld]

FAVORITE ANIME AND MANGA SHIPS pt.13

Ulgar e Luca - Astra lost in space

Zack e Quitterie - Astra lost in space

Kanata e Aries - Astra lost in space

Takezo e Hiro - Kono oto tomare!

Chika e Satowa - Kono oto tomare!

Tetsuki e Isaki - Kono oto tomare!

Suzuka e Isaki - Kono oto tomare!

Suzuka e Akira - Kono oto tomare!

Kiyoharu e Shizuku - Ballroom e Youkoso

Kugimiya e Idogawa - Ballroom e Youkoso (I really don't know why, but...yeah they are kinda cute)

#favorite anime ships #anime couples #anime ships #astra lost in space #ulgar zweig #luca esposito #ulgar x luca #zack walker #quitterie raffaelli #zack x quitterie #kanata hoshijima #aries spring #kanata x aries #kono oto tomare! #kurata takezou #takezou x hiro #hiro kurusu #chika kudou #chika x satowa #houzuki satowa #takaoka tetsuki #tetsuki x isaki #isaki kudou #suzuka takinami #suzuka x isaki #akira doujima #suzuka x akira #ballroom e youkoso #kiyoharu x shizuku #kugimiya x idog

[elliejoys]

- You should be careful. If you trust her, one day you’ll— - Don’t worry. Since I’m a better judge of people than you”

#kotedit #kono oto tomare! #kono oto tomare #kurata takezou x kurusu hiro #takezou x hiro #myedit #mygifs #this episode gave us so many great moments

[thoughts-of-a-magical-girl]

#thoughs of a magical girl #shonenblush #cute #blush #manga #source: kono oto tomare! #kono oto tomare! #i ship them #cute manga moments #hiro kurusu #takezou x hiro #takezou kurata

[yoh-nuh]

Hiro x Takezou moments/interactions I've screenshotted part 12

masterlist

40. bro has learnt

41. screaming crying crumbing

.bonus.

#kono oto tomare! #kot! #tokise high koto club #hiro x takezou #takezou x hiro #kurusu x kurata #kurata x kurusu #kurusu hiro #kurata takezou #sane mittsu no kouta

[kotos-and-smiles]

The Most Powerful Charm (Takezou + Hiro)

Spoilers through ch.127

And the most powerful charm was their love and support for one another all along. The way they're both so nervous but believe in each other so much is just the sweetest. Also, here we have the type of lovebird idiots who don't immediately take a marker to their homemade charms. Takezou's little smiles and Hiro's confidence even when she's nervous are everything

#kono oto tomare #kono oto tomare! #kot #kot! #kot spoilers #kurata takezou #kurusu hiro #takezou x hiro #me posting about Takezou and Hiro? who woulda guessed it

[ice-kyuubi]

Kono Oto Tomare Chapter 20 to 70

All those times I wish I was Satowa or maybe Chika

And then a bonus cap! Kurata-kun admitting his feelings for Kurusu-san ❤

#kono oto tomare! #kono oto tomare #kuduo chika #chika x satowa #kudo chika #houtsuki satowa #kurata takezou #kurusu hiro #takezou x hiro

[professionalfangirllife]

Reading Kurata/Kurusu scenes like

#kono oto tomare! #kurata takezou #kurusu hiro #takezou x hiro #manga #*my post

[banyeet]

#[dj khaled voice] another one #kono oto tomare #kot #kurata takezou #kurusu hiro #hiro x takezou #manga coloring #watercolour