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piedpip3rrr · 10 months

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All grown up

#y’all don’t get them like I do #they can be kids together 😖#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #kyouka izumi #kenji miyazawa #kyouji

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transboykirito · 3 months

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#sword art online #sao #sinon #kyouji

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namikiheights · 12 days

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i’m back with more blorbo soundtrack thoughts but the bridge of the smallest man who ever lived (taylor) just AGGRESSIVELY reminded me of shino and kyouji to the point i told my cat about them (she didn’t care)

THIS IS SO WEB NOVEL KYOUJI WHAT THE FUUUCK U CANT DO THIS TO ME WHEN IM HYPERFIXATING ON WEB NOVEL SINON AGAIN

"...And I'll say 'Good riddance'" ME MAKING HER REALIZE HE WAS BAD

"...Instead, I just died inside" HER HEART BREAKING THAT NIGHT

OUGHHH

the first few lines can be light novel kyoushino, too, pain

#sinon #kyouji

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yoonzise · 16 days

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Let’s go to the family restaurant

!!!

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cassette-on · 17 days

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Narita kyouji

Of

Kyoji?

Whatever let me know plz

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sadioradio · 1 year

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When I write about Kyouji it can be kinda hard. Because he seems like he respects boundaries but doesn't know them. Or there are some boundaries that he does know and some boundaries where he doesn't leading to him overstepping sometimes.

#sword art online #kyouji #kyouji you need more friends than shino #everyone is so mean to him ewufhiuh

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inferno-mp3 · 9 months

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sunnfish · 2 months

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[ID: A digital illustration of Shirahama Kyouji and Tashiro Gonzaburou from Sasaki to Miyano. They are sitting in the school stairwell, Shirahama leaned back with one leg outstretched while Tashiro crouches next to him with a mildly dissatisfied look on his face. The illustration uses a low angle, looking up at the two of them. The color palette uses blues, greens, and yellows and is rendered is a loose, sketchy style. /End ID]

Based on an @dirtbra1n post once again…!

Also posted earlier on my kofi!

#sasaki to miyano #sasaki and miyano #tashiro gonzaburou #shirahama kyouji #shirashiro #<-nobody even worry about that tag. smile

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stfumiyano · 4 months

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they look good together i cant lie

#sasaki to miyano #sasaki and miyano #miyano yoshikazu #shirahama kyouji #coloring

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tanukinyanya · 3 months

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🐊nanpo

#nanpou kyouji

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aranarumei · 3 months

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despite how much this guy haunts me this is actually the first time I’ve drawn shirahama

#IGNORE THE SCARF I DIDNT WANNA BOTHER WITH IT #my art #shirahama kyouji #sasaki to miyano #harusono

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imaboredbee · 4 months

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Shirabashi again because they make me so happy, drawing them makes me smile a lot so i hope my drawings can make you smile too♡♡♡

#art #illustration #hirano to kagiura #sasaki to miyano #shirabashi #shirahama kyouji #niibashi juuya #sasaki and miyano #hirano and kagiura

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transboykirito · 3 months

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them. to me.

#i can’t tell if it’s funnier who is saying it to who #sword art online #sao #sinon #kyouji

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namikiheights · 1 year

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hey, asker of the web / light novel differences that was passed over to u the other day, thank u for all the things u brought up. i am curious to hear more about kiritos violence in particular bc that aspect always felt like it was missing smth which definitely checks with the information u gave. his dream sequence and battle w internalized guilt has always interested me but again it just felt like it wasnt quite all there. im also very curious about kyouji and since that seems to be ur area id love to hear u expand. i havent gotten to the phantom bullet lns cos im trying to catch up on progressive first and im a slow reader but the way hes portrayed in the anime just felt so ,,poorly written and overall bad?? like he just completely did a 180 and it never rlly made sense to me, i just assumed his character would be more coherent in the ln and they cut it out of the anime for time or whatever.

Thank you for sending the original ask, and thank you for sending this one!

The other violent thing about web novel Kirito IMO is specifically HOW he killed the Laughing Coffin members in the raid. In the web novel, he mentions that he had sort of… lost grip of what he was doing? I guess? And got really into the fight, thus actually slicing a Laughing Coffin member’s head clean off (not a stance or slash you would take or do if you were only fighting in self defense). He does say his anger and vengeance took over in the light novel, but I think the decapitation in the web novel came from another place in his heart. Perhaps the same place that led him to beat up and steal from his beta tester friend in-game.

As for Kyouji! This boy has gone through so much, changes wise. And, as a Kyouji stan, it is my duty to not hide the monster he used to be.

TW: Mentions of sexual assault, discussion of suicidal characters, suicide attempts, and suicide as a religious and literary trope

The easiest way to put it is this:

For the most part, both Kyoujis are the same. They are nerdy and runty, something that got them bullied. That led them to dropping out of high school, so they are angry of those who seem to have it better. This leads them to make Death Gun, something that both backs them into a corner and yet also gives them an opportunity to attempt shinjuu with Shino (will elaborate what this means later). Now to contrast them a little.

Web novel Kyouji:

-Mocks Sinon when she makes mistakes (laughs in her face)

-Seems to think of Shino as a doll (or, at the very least, gives Shino the idea that he thinks this way of her)

-Is so obsessed with Shino he refuses to talk about her to anyone else because that is how sacred she is to him (that he doesn’t even want her name in other peoples’ mouths!)

-Is partially sexually motivated (remember the scene where he lightly touches a picture of Sinon on his computer? In the web novel, he, uh… does the nasty to it)

-Actually killed someone (he didn’t just play the part of Death Gun in the game)

-Doesn’t feel remorse for doing so

Light novel Kyouji:

-None of that lol 😭

This is what I mean by just a few cut sentences can change a character entirely! Without him being aggressive and ruthless and misogynist and this possessive, he ends up being a good friend who is just a bit whiny sometimes. The removal of his sexuality also makes it so that his motives are entirely religious. It’s still wrong for him to force that on Shino, but I think there is a difference between a delusional boy who doesn’t realize what he’s actually doing and thinks he can save both himself and this girl he cherishes who actively thinks she’s going to Hell… and an asshole boy who is very much attracted to this girl and is using this as an opportunity to force himself on her (which he nearly does, Shino is almost entirely naked by the end of the web novel’s iteration of the scene, but she fights back and then Kirito saves the day).

Wait, hold on! Religious motivation?

Here comes the part where I explain what shinjuu is. Shinjuu means lover’s suicide, in which a couple take their own life together. The religious component is that shinjuu is specifically a Buddhist practice and, within that, a free ticket to Heaven.

Hold on! But Kyouji and Shino aren’t a couple!

They may not be, but they like each other. This is certain in the light novel, and sort of there in the web novel. Shino thinks to herself that she does like Kyouji and want to date him, but simply thinks her trauma would cause too many problems in their relationship. Kyouji knows this and accepts it.

But also probably gives him the idea that this shinjuu thing could actually work.

In Kyouji’s mind, and partially Shino’s, the two of them are fellow tormented souls (Shino with her PTSD, Kyouji just not wanting to be here anymore). With the added layer of Shino thinking she’s going to Hell for having killed someone (real line in the light novel!), shinjuu sounds perfect! And with the religious belief that there’s something after death as well as Kyouji’s own delusional mental state, the gravity of death disappears.

Okay, this sounds plausible. But the word shinjuu is only ever used in the Sachi side story! How do you know this is the intended reading of the murder suicide attempt scene?

Some more context on shinjuu now. It’s actually a trope, having its own subgenre known as shinjuumono (“love suicide story”). It was popularized in theater in the 1700s, when playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon wrote Sonezaki Shinjuu (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki). The format of shinjuumono is that there are two lovers (usually a merchant and a courtesan) who cannot be together (think Romeo and Juliet), so they decide the only way they can get their happy ending is in Heaven. A motif of the older theatrical shinjuumono is that they would have Buddhist chanting as part of the performance. Very religious indeed.

So, shinjuu is sort of a big deal in the creative world. It makes sense for an author who unabashedly pays tribute to his inspirations to include it. I’ve gone over how Kyouji and Shino’s story is particurly similar to Sonezaki Shinjuu in the past, so I won’t delve too much into it here. The point is that Kyouji’s murder suicide attempt is shinjuu.

Some smaller tidbits that point to that are the placement of Kyouji’s hands during the scene. He puts the syringe on Shino’s neck — not on her side like in the anime or manga, which pisses me off! — which is where the protagonist of the Sonezaki Shinjuu places his knife on his lover. Kyouji’s whole spiel about reincarnating into a better world is also Buddhist, and so is his reassurance that “I’ll carry you all into the mountains where nobody is, and then I’ll follow right after you. So wait for me once you’re there, okay?” The mountains are a place in the afterlife in Buddhism, and this sort of journey he speaks of is often poetically depicted and performed in shinjuumono classics.

But I digress. This is just me trying to make sense of what’s in Kyouji’s head as he does what he does. When it’s just this, without any sexual motives like in the web novel, it paints a more depressing tale rather than one of abuse and fear. But since the anime frames it in a more sexual way (as they always do) and ALSO cuts out Kyouji’s backstory (that he was bullied and extorted for money, that he isn’t doing well in cram school) and makes it seem like Shino never liked him…

Well, it’s almost like they reduced him to a shell of his web novel self instead of adapted his light novel self. He’s no longer a misguided boy in pain (who feels remorse for his actions, so much that he can’t speak at ALL, unlike his web novel counterpart who bragged about killing and only refused to talk about Shino), he’s a one dimensional creepazoid like all the others in the show. It’s a disservice, since the light novel went out of its way to take out the sexual assault whereas most of the other villains didn’t get theirs cut out (it almost seems like Kyouji specifically was edited that way… because they knew the character he COULD be, as opposed to the other villains who were too far gone).

And, man, I’m real sad about that! Because now my favorite character is just a meme, someone people barely remember anything about other than him screaming Shino’s name.

There’s a lot more I can say, but I think this covers a lot of it. I hope this helped you understand him more! If anyone wants to ask clarifying questions, please go ahead! I know it can be confusing to know which Kyouji I’m talking about sometimes, lol…

Thank you for reading!

#sinon #kyouji #kirito #mortale fucile #web novel #meta #sonezaki shinjuu tag #long post #sword art online #shinjuu tag

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aquaritos · 1 year

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⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀are you falling in love? i have a feeling you are.

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cassette-on · 24 days

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finally in korea!

wip

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