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tetsunabouquet · 7 months
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Tetsuna's Kinktober Fanart Event Round 2
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mariocki · 11 months
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Onna hissatsu godan ken (Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist, 1976)
"This route is excellent. However, I don't know how they heard, but apparently American agents are coming to Japan."
"Agents?"
"That's why I've come to Japan."
"As soon as we know their faces, we'll get rid of them."
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sorakazeno · 3 months
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Sailor Moon Infinity Art Book Part 2
Fukami Rica, Sailor Venus
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Ogata Megumi, Sailor Uranus
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Katsuki Masako, Sailor Neptune
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Kawashima Chiyoko, Sailor Pluto
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Minaguchi Yuko, Sailor Saturn
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Araki Kae, Sailor Chibi Moon
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Han Keiko, Luna
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Takato Yasuhiro, Artemis
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Nishihara Kumiko, DIana
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Undersea Princess Serenity drawing by Asamiya Kia, Silent Mobius manga
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chireila · 25 days
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if kisedai can have reunion, then the chance for the national team isn't 0% either.
imagine after winter cup, they go to nearby bar/restaurant to catch up with each other and because the brief conversation wasn't enough. their talk? mostly about how's life now and reminiscing back to when they were younger and fit. the married trio (eiji, kagetora, and masaaki) talks about their family and such, meanwhile kagetora teasing the remaining three to get married soon (typical asian parents WKWKWKW). the three just huff and resign XD
p.s.: they also have been shown in fandisk where five of them walking down the cobblestone drunk (the obvious is kagetora), meanwhile masaaki and katsunori walk leisurely behind them. the sad thing is eiji isn't there
:((( [well it's between 2nd and 3rd season so ...
bonus:
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ni-kol-koru · 1 year
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Masako Araki Birthday
January 3rd 2023 : Happy birthday to THE girlboss 🖤
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xisanamii · 6 days
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clown nose honk it's time to start the greatest show
very brief drabble under the cut bc i don't know if i have the capability to write a full-length chapter about this no matter how hilarious the concept is
"Why does Masacoach get the coolest role?" Erika grumbled. "Teachers don't even have to participate in Volunteer Day."
"It is for the sake of the children that have requested the presence of a circus troupe," Liu Wei responded, poking his rubber bodysuit. "I believe, however, that the usage of this attire was not necessary." If one were to look closely, they could see the beginnings of a pout of his stoic visage. "I have muscles of my own..."
"You can't be half naked in public in Japan," Himuro stated.
"You can't be half naked, but you can wear booty shorts in public?" Erika arched an eyebrow.
"If it isn't your real ass," Himuro shrugged.
"Can we just start already?" Murasakibara grumbled. "I look stupid. This is stupid. Our school is stupid."
Masako merely shook her head at the group of complaining teens. "It's only for a day, and you all practiced your acts. You'll be fine."
"I didn't say we weren't fine, I just think it's unfair - ow!"
"Perhaps one day A-Xiang shall be learning the lesson of not responding with snark to our circusmaster."
"So, are we going to pretend that Erika-chan dressing like a seal isn't the weirdest thing about this Volunteer Day?"
Erika glared at Himuro. "Everyone else was gracious enough to ignore the obvious! You suck."
"Well-" Himuro waved his hand around helplessly. "I thought you were practicing riding a unicycle."
The manager looked away, clearly refusing to answer. Murasakibara and Liu Wei exchanged looks, wondering if they should blow the whistle. In the meantime, Masako tapped her shinai against her shoulder, sighing deeply. This was going to be a long day.
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le-amewzing · 1 year
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PTO
These two have been on my mind for a long time, so I'm happy to have found the inspo to write them! -w-
Fic: "PTO" [FFN] [AO3]
Pairings/Characters: established!Masako Araki/Alexandra Garcia, Himuro Tatsuya
Rating: light T
Words: ~3,310
Summary: There are a variety of things spinning around in her American girlfriend's head. Still, Masako can't stay annoyed when Alex's zigzagging train of thought leads her…here.
      "Ah, Coach… There's someone here to see you."
      Masako exhaled and, with some concerted effort, dragged her eyes from the scene on the court, where Murasakibara set a poor example for the first years by milling about while he didn't have the ball in his possession. She glanced at her team's new captain—and did a double-take at that practiced smile. "Himuro…"
      Almost imperceptibly, the beauty-marked teen's smile widened. The only giveaway was the twitch of said beauty mark.
      Masako's grip tightened on the hilt of her shinai, which rested against her right shoulder at the moment. Himuro's smile was all the warning she'd get, even as she turned her head and—
      "YAHOO~ Masako~"
      Unfortunately, everyone's attention diverted from basketball practice at Yosen that evening once their blond, foreign guest came prancing indoors. But Masako didn't let her players dawdle for long, swinging her bamboo sword around to smack the tip against the floor with a resolute THWACK that brought them back to their senses. Several of the first years literally jumped at the noise, but the second and third years got right back on track. And all without their coach needing to utter a word.
      Which was good, considering Masako would need to reserve her energy for the blonde sidling up to her now. "Are you surprised to see me?" she asked the jet-haired coach.
      Masako sighed as the other woman gave Himuro a gigantic hug. "Alex, are you even here to see me? Or are you here to see one of your protégés?"
      "Ah, but that's the brilliance of Yosen—two birds, one stone!" Alex chirped. She pouted when Himuro unhooked her arms from his neck. "Tatsuya…!"
      "Not in the middle of practice, Alex," he said, tiredness leaking into that smile as he stuck to Japanese with his mentor. Masako had noted him doing that more since Alex first turned up in Japan last year, during the rare instances she traveled up north…around the same time the former professional player began flirting with the Yosen coach, actually.
      Masako narrowed her eyes at the sly fellow.
      Himuro, for his part, ducked her stare and shrugged away from Alex. "We can always catch up later," he promised the taller woman, and he jogged to Murasakibara's side before Alex could protest.
      Alex's pout lingered for a few more seconds. But then she turned towards Masako. "So, Masako—"
      "Himuro's right. Not in the middle of practice." She faced forward and tried to give her students her full attention, but it wasn't long before Masako darted her dark eyes up and to her left. "You know better than to interrupt."
      Alex grinned. "…maybe. But someone keeps her shinai instead of her phone glued to her hand."
      "No phones at practice—for both student and coach alike."
      The American heaved a sigh. "Then what point is there in texting you that I might drop by?" She lifted her left hand, noted how red her bare fingers were, and rubbed her hands together and blew on them for warmth. She shoved her hands back into her coat pockets after and fought back a shiver. "Ahhh, Akita is so cold…!"
      Masako shook her head at the sight. "Of course Akita's cold. It's November, in the snowiest region of Japan. This is the polar opposite of California and you're not dressed for the climate."
      Alex glanced at her long coat over her jeans. She at least had her coat zipped up all the way today, but Masako would bet a full tank of gas for her motorcycle that the blonde had only a t-shirt on underneath. Alex chuckled and shrugged it off. "Well, I might not be dressed for the climate, but that just means you can warm me up later…"
      Masako ignored her flirty words and glanced at how things transpired on the court. Himuro had them going through passing drills, so she decided it was all right to move her attention elsewhere…such as turning around to the benches along the wall by the doors connecting the gym to the general arts building. She rested her shinai against the wall for a second while she rummaged in her bag. Once she found her prize, Masako grabbed the shinai and marched wordlessly back to Alex on the sidelines. She thrust the small item at the blonde.
      "A hand warmer…?" Alex blinked. Then she shook off her surprise and kneaded the pack to activate it. Alex held the gift between her chilly hands and bumped shoulders with Masako, half leaning on the shorter woman. "Aww, you do care."
      At that, Masako grimaced. She didn't like being doubted same as she didn't like having to repeat herself to her team.
      "But, hey, that whole you-warming-me-up thing wasn't a joke, just so you know." Alex tucked the hand warmer into her left pocket for now and linked her right arm with Masako's. She continued while they watched over practice together, "I actually came in person because I thought a surprise might better convince you."
      "Liu, good connection!" Masako called out to the third year. "Murasakibara, watch the space around you…!" She gritted her teeth, half in annoyance that her Kiseki player clung to old habits and half with trepidation over her girlfriend's words, but— "All right, I'll ask: Of what do you need to convince me?"
      Alex's grip on her arm tightened by a hair. "Well, you're as stubborn as they come. So…" She cocked her head Masako's way. "Take some time off," she coaxed.
      Annoyance, anxiety, anger—none of that came to mind. Instead, Masako offered up a flat expression and an immediate, "No."
      "What? Why?!"
      "Why do you have to ask, why?!" Masako gestured with her shinai to her students. "It should be obvious!"
      "Masako-chan…!" Alex tried, tacking on the honorific and drawing it out in a cutesy pitch.
      But the jet-haired coach would have none of it. She pulled her arm free with a huff. Once more, she gestured to practice. "We may be winding down, but we've still another twenty minutes of practice left. You've got a hand warmer and you've said your hellos, so you can leave now, Alex."
      Alex blubbered, though, in response, and Himuro hustled over to the pair. If her incoherence were words, then he understood the matter and glanced as his coach.
      "You can see her out, Himuro."
      But he gave her a timid smile this time, as well as a one-armed shrug. "I will, but, Coach…taking time off might not be that bad?"
      "Do you want to end practice today with laps?"
      He paled but pushed on. "All I mean to say is, breaks can be good things. Especially for people who go…above and beyond," Himuro finished, though that pause clearly felt like a delay while he searched for a polite way to rephrase "overboard."
      Masako narrowed her eyes at him for the second time that day. "Direct that advice only towards those who actually go overboard." She let her eyes wander towards their second-year center.
      But Himuro needn't look to know who she meant, and he nodded in agreement. Instead, he focused on Alex and ushered his mentor back through the outside doors through which she'd come, and finally practice was peaceful once more.
      Alex's interruption seemed like a fever dream when practice wrapped. Masako left the boys to clean up, entrusting Himuro to lock up behind them, and she returned to the faculty room to catch up on odds and ends.
      There wasn't anything pressing waiting for her at her desk. As the P.E. teacher, she had a handful of get-out-of-class excuses to sort through, but too many of the reasons were rehearsed or reused these days, even for this time of year, so the task was a breeze to complete. There were a few reports due soon…and meetings to schedule…but those either needed input from other teachers or simply could wait, so Masako packed up.
      She went past the gym on her way to the employee lot and double-checked that Himuro had locked the doors. A firm tug confirmed it, so Masako hurried to her car.
      They hadn't had a good, proper snowfall yet, so nothing much had built up, but it was cold, and Masako relished the warmth once her car had the chance to heat up after a few minutes of running the engine. She pulled out of the lot and took the right to head home, but she caught the first red outside the school. Not the worst thing in the world, since she had the heat on full blast.
      On the passenger seat, her phone chirped with a new text.
      Masako glanced at her purse and how her phone lay partway out the opening… …well, this light was a long one, so it couldn't hurt to check, right? Still, Masako checked the surrounding, nonexistent traffic before picking up her phone and reading Alex's message:
-HEY! U should b done by now~ If u r, then I'm nearby at Ichiyan's
      Oh. Alex was at the ramen shop close by? Masako wondered why it surprised her so much…although, given the way Alex popped around Japan, checking in on Himuro and on Kagami or following up on interesting games and upcoming star players or even traveling for themed cafés for her favorite anime, Masako actually knew precisely why she was so stunned. Alexandra Garcia wasn't someone who liked to sit still for very long.
      Masako didn't bother replying to the text, knowing Alex would see she'd read it. Besides, Ichiyan's was a ten-ish-minute walk in good weather and quick drive in the scant traffic she had at the moment. Barely three minutes after seeing Alex's text, Masako rolled up on the little hut just as Alex exited the shop, takeout in hand. "We're not eating here?" she asked when Alex climbed into the passenger seat.
      Alex leaned across the console and planted a lingering kiss on her lips—warm and salty, like the ramen she'd just finished—before settling back and buckling up. "Masako, it's cozy in there, but their walls are still thin as hell. I got double, though, and it'll still be plenty hot back at your place."
      Masako briefly touched her bottom lip before blinking herself free from her stupor and getting them back on the road. She found it in her to smirk at the mention of her apartment. "I take it that means you're staying over?"
      "I have an invitation with no expiration date," Alex quipped, and her grin stretched from ear to ear, which Masako glimpsed out of the corner of her eye when they paused at a crossing.
      Yosen's coach shook her head but didn't deny the fact. "I'm guessing you stopped in Tokyo first?"
      "Mm. To see Taiga, yes, as well as check in with Seirin…" Alex stared out the window. "They let me study their practice for a while, and it got me thinking, so I dropped in on some practice matches Shutoku had, too."
      "Shutoku?"
      "Yeah. That Midorima kid who's Taiga's age. He and Seirin's Hyuuga…they're both shooting guards, same as Tatsuya."
      Well, that wasn't news to Masako. But she frowned when Alex huffed.
      "Tatsuya—is good. But Hyuuga's disciplined in his own way. And then Midorima—"
      "You don't even have to finish that thought. Training them or going up against them—the Generation of Miracles more than lives up to that moniker." They arrived at Masako's apartment complex, and the coach turned into her spot alongside the left side of the small building. She cut the engine and gave Alex a sly look. "But if you come up with some idea of special training for Himuro like what you gave Kagami last year, I wouldn't turn it away."
      Alex blinked and burst out laughing. "Ahhh, Masako…!" She swiped at her eyes. "While I do think Tatsuya's between a rock and a hard place—well, I'll think about it. Tatsuya's stubborn, so he'd also have to accept me training him."
      Damn. She hadn't thought of that.
      Alex hummed to herself as they got out of the car and headed inside. Her voice reverberated in the stairwell, though, causing Masako to shush her, but that only sent Alex chuckling again. She kept at Masako's heels as the shorter woman unlocked her apartment door on the third floor.
      "I know you like a challenge, but does the idea of trying to coach Himuro right now really amuse you that much?"
      "Oh, I stopped thinking about that five minutes ago. Even if I whipped up a training menu for him, the Winter Cup's too close."
      Masako shrugged out of her coat and blazer and hung her outerwear and Alex's up. They both changed into slippers and Masako undid the first few buttons on her Oxford. "Then what?"
      Alex placed their takeout on the nearest counter and took a second to tie up her hair. Then she slipped her arms around Masako's waist from behind, sighing contently as she pressed against the shorter woman's back. "Thinking about Akita. And Tokyo. And California. Shinkansen—and wishing we had that in America."
      It wasn't too difficult to follow her line of thought, given all the travel Alex did. Masako shuffled (hard to do little else with her girlfriend attached to her back) into her living room to tidy up a bit, and her eyes glanced at the small messenger bag that lived to the right of her TV stand. The bag was one of Alex's "go bags," something she liked to leave in the places she frequented most.
      "…although I will say, shopping in Akihabara is almost like coming home," Alex said. She laughed.
      Masako snapped out of her thoughts. Wait, how had they gone from travel to the shopping district? "You don't have any bags with you, though…"
      "Yeah, I left my haul at Taiga's place. I'll take care of the shipping another time or have Taiga do it for me." She squeezed Masako's midsection. "I did have a train to catch, after all."
      Masako half smiled and pecked her cheek, but then she disentangled herself from the blonde's embrace and went into her kitchenette to grab spare napkins at the very least. She checked the takeout and found it'd kept its temperature, and the shop had thrown in chopsticks, so they could dig in. "If you'd waited a bit, you'd be here closer to the Winter Cup, though."
      "Hmm… I've never been skiing in Akita? Or snowboarding."
      She stared at Alex with one eyebrow quirked. "And you think I have?"
      "Potential date idea, Masako."
      "More like something to add to a bucket list."
      "Ohhh! A bucket list! That's a good idea. Hey, hey, what else is on your list? Me, I wanna climb Mount Everest, I think… Go fishing in Thailand…" She tapped the end of her chopsticks against her chin. "Hmm, maybe pet cheetahs, but I think you can do that at a zoo in Australia, probably not on a safari…"
      The more outlandish Alex's items became, the easier it was for Masako to picture them. The younger woman hadn't been allowed to stay a professional player in WNBA, but she'd kept her physique intact and, on the rare occasion, even coaxed a rare one-on-one match from Masako. So an Alex weathering blustery conditions up a mountain's peak or fishing in clear waters or finding herself at home petting domesticated wild animals—yeah, it all sounded very much like the Alexandra Garcia she knew and loved.
      "…and…well, less a bucket list item—"
      Masako slurped some noodles and lifted her head. When Alex didn't continue, she lowered her chopsticks. "If not a bucket list item, then—?"
      Alex reached across the kitchen counter, where they stood on opposite sides, and lightly placed her fingers on Masako's wrist, her thumb tracing a tiny circle along the bone. "Masako, come with me to New York City."
      Her eyes widened as she stared at the taller woman. Even though Alex had told her earlier to take time off, this time the invitation hit differently. "…what?"
      Alex's smile was small but no less bright than usual. "It would be my treat. But." She took a breath and ran her free hand through her fringe. "I've been back and forth between here and home a lot since last winter, setting up Kiyoshi with the right doctors and accompanying Taiga and some of the Seirin seniors to visit him… But I don't have only L.A. contacts. I have NYC ones, too. And going back to California wasn't only about helping Taiga's senpai get treatment." Alex paused and something flashed in her eyes, an odd mix of envy and pride, perhaps, as she continued, "Part of it was to introduce Taiga to a few scouts. And, yeah, there are some people from New York who want to meet him and didn't get to last time, so I'll be chaperoning a bit, but my ideal plan to spend my time isn't all business."
      Masako jolted when Alex paused a second time for emphasis, because this pause came with a subtle squeeze, and Alex stroked the underside of her wrist, as well. Masako jerked her hand away on impulse, but Alex caught her fingers before the other woman was out of reach.
      "I actually really want to see the city lights with you, Masako." Her teal eyes softened behind her pink frames. That look was akin to a nonverbal, "So say 'yeah,' for me?"
      The jet-haired woman's mouth popped open in a small "o" and she licked her lips while she tried to sort her thoughts as the last few minutes replayed, back and forth, in her mind. Still, no matter how well she tried to situate herself when faced with Alex's true surprise, Masako came up dumbfounded. So, she settled for her argument from earlier. "What—What about my coaching? I can't just up and leave, Alex."
      "And Taiga wouldn't leave Tetsuya and Seirin for long unless absolutely necessary. But the Winter Cup's more than a week away. So don't worry. We'll go on holiday. Just—a long weekend. What do you say?"
      What was there to say? A tiny part of her, the part that enjoyed waving her shinai around at school, was doubtful about the logistics. And yet…
      If their schedules could work out… And Alex—her lackadaisical Alex!—was putting her heart into arranging this right before crunch time. Then…
      "…I wonder what New York's lights look like in person, too," Masako answered, entwining her fingers with Alex's.
      Alex's entire face lit up. She tugged Masako to the side, away from the counter and closer, pulling Masako flush against her and indulging in another kiss. But this time, Alex pushed her glasses up into her hair and deepened the kiss.
      Butterflies stirred in her stomach—both at having Alex so close in so long and at the idea of them being in New York City soon—so Masako let go of Alex's hand and hooked her arms around the other woman's neck instead.
      But that was a different kind of invitation for Alex. She had one hand sinking fingers into Masako's hair while the other undid the buttons of Masako's shirt from the bottom, tugging the blouse free and fussing with the fasteners on her pants, too—
      Masako broke the kiss and clonked her forehead against Alex's, stalling that hand. "Alex. Dinner will go cold."
      She received a whimper in reply.
      Yet Masako held firm, and she kissed the sore spot on Alex's forehead. "I simply want to eat with you. Then I'll make good on the me-warming-you-up thing you suggested earlier this evening," she added, hating how badly her cheeks burned as she echoed the blonde's sentiments.
      Alex gaped at Masako.
      (Needless to say, it was the fastest either of them ever had wolfed down ramen in their lives.)
Done for the 5, 10, 20, 50, 70, 100 Fandoms Challenge as well as the If You Dare Challenge (for prompt #933: New York) in the HPFC forum on FFN, as well as for minifemslashfeb 2023 (scenario 4: "One more word on this topic and I'll kill you"—*lol* it was implied) on tumblr. So! I'm slowly writing more for KnB. While I enjoy the femslash ships for it, I haven't written any of them, so that changes now. The title, btw, is a bit of a twofer: PTO being paid time off (a vacation!) or place, time, occasion (tho usually the order there is TPO for time, place, occasion XD). Alex is especially bad at TPO, tho, wanting to be smoochy wherever and whenever, *lol*, but I think Masako would adapt to her without real trouble; Masako's good at training the unruly types, after all. XDDD Let's see… Little mentions of fav charries and implications of Muramuro/Murahimu and Kagakuro for me, *lol*. Also, just, Himuro being a sort of matchmaker and wingman btwn Alex and Masako? I can't get enough of this idea. ;D I'm also here for Alex throwing around her moolah and whisking Masako off to wherever they wanna go. They deserve it. Ahhhh, this A/N is just me dithering about Garciraki and is gonna get worse if I don't stop here, so.
Thanks for reading, and feel free to leave an anon/unsigned review via the FFN link or comment via the AO3 link at the top of the post, especially if you enjoyed this! Check out my other KnB fics if you liked this, too!
~mew
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knbmangareread · 6 months
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I think most people know that Genta Takeuchi along with Masaaki Nakatani (Shutoku), Katsunori Harasawa (Tōō) and Eiji Shirogane (Rakuzan) and Kagetora Aida (Riko's dad) were all in the Japanese national team in their youth.
What is less well-known is that Takeuchi was in love with Riko's mom and had a rivalry against Kagetora to win her over. Obviously Taketora ended up marrying her. Clearly he didn't recognized Riko's name (or her face if she looks like her parents) or he probably wouldn't have disrespected his old teammate's daughter (and her team) like that.
Takeuchi also tried to woo Masako Araki (Yosen's coach) unsuccessfully (on several occasions).
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Can you imagine coming from Teiko, The Strongest Basketball Team, respected and feared by everyone and going to high school, to be faced with this kind of disrespect ? Kuroko is not used to it and he does not likes it.
He is used to people disregarding him but not to people disregarding his team
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fictional-birthdays · 4 months
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Happy (late) Birthday! (January 3rd)
Aisa (One Piece)
Iceburg (One Piece)
Fujitaka Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Gamabunta (Naruto)
Homura (Senran Kagura)
Izumi Wakase (Lucky Star)
Joey (Animal Crossing)
Juzaburou Mohri (Prince of Tennis)
Munehiro Kabaji (Prince of Tennis)
Kyoshiro Tohdoh (Code Geass)
Masako Araki (Kuroko no Basuke)
Naoto Kaguyama (Big Windup!)
Naruhiko (Pop’n Music)
Kobayashi (Gintama)
Shin-Ah (Yona of the Dawn)
Yukino Yukinoshita (OreGairu)
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nia-nyaa · 10 months
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Basics you need to know!
Akimoto Ayumu
She/her & pan
Hair : Medium straight skunk hair
Eye colour : Hazel
Love interest : Aomine Daiki
Touou Academy's student
Basketball player (Point Guard)
Great basketball player but will never be better than Aomine
Fav food : Chocolate ice cream
A perv???
"Aomine? Is he the tan skin guy? That super hot guy??!"
Araki Ayato
He/him & gay
Hair : Short wavy orange hair
Eye colour : Orange
Love interest : Murasakibara Atsushi
Yosen High's student
Araki Masako younger brother
Used to be a basketball player but stopped after he was injured in a car accident
Loves to cook
Fav food : Orange cake
"Murasakibara is so adorable! I don't see why you guys are afraid of him?"
Momozono Yuna
She/her & bi
Hair : Long wavy dark purple hair
Eye colour : Dark purple
Love interest : Akashi Seijurou
Rakuzan High's student
Rich x3
A rebel
Has an identical twin sister that her parents love more
She is GORGEOUS
Fav food : Strawberry eclair
"I'm willing to do anything just to make my family's life a living hell, Akashi"
Shuyo Sheri
She/her & straight
Hair : Long wavy maroon hair
Eye colour : Maroon
Love interest : Kagami Taiga
Seirin High's student
Lil bit shy
Loves dancing
Cutie patootie <3
Fav food : Cherries
"Is that Kagami guy scary? You know, cause he's big and tall...?"
Hagiwara Nashi
She/her & straight
Hair : Straight long black hair
Eye colour : Hot pink
Love interest : Kise Ryouta
Kaijou High's student
Smart x3
Volleyball player
Part of the students council
Fav food : Fruit salad
"Kise? Are you running away from your fans again?"
Tachibana Riya
She/her & straight
Hair : Straight long brown hair
Eye colour : Brown
Love interest : Midorima Shintaro
Shutoku High's student
'Works' at Midorima's fav store
Very talented in music
Soft-spoken
Fav food : Matcha and white chocolate chip cookies
"Midorima, you're very handsome so I don't understand why are you still single..."
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tetsunabouquet · 7 months
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You know, I find Kinktober Round 2 way more interesting then Round 1. Like, Akashi was clearly going to win Round 1, there was only one time where Haruka came pretty close to him, but for the most part he had a comfortable distance between him and the rest of the competition. But the women? Oh this is way more of a competition! Like, currently, Jun Tao, Isabelle Lightwood and Masako Araki are all tied for the number 1 spot and the same goes for the other two spots!
As number two is currently a tie between Alex, Ruka and Shizuka whilst the number 3 is tied between Rima, Catarina and Lily. At this point, do I need to consider possibly affording a bigger sketchblock for my watercolor paintings? Because I might need a way to combine mulitple characters and references to the number 2 and 3 spots if it continues to keep up at this rate. I am so excited to see how this is going to turn out.
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shadowsphere · 1 year
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☾Sphere's Kuroko No Basket Masterlist☽
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"𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦." -𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘈𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮." -𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯
☀︎ - 𝘚𝘮𝘶𝘵 ☁︎ - 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 ⛅︎ - 𝘍𝘭𝘶𝘧𝘧
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🔮Generation of Miracles
☽ Seijūrō Akashi ☽ Shintarō Midorima ☽ Ryōta Kise ☽ Daiki Aomine
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🔮Players
☽ Tetsuya Kuroko ☽ Taigo Kagami ☽ Shun Izuki ☽ Shinji Koganei ☽ Yukio Kasamatsu ☽ Kazunari Takao ☽ Kōsuke Wakamatsu ☽ Kensuke Fukui ☽ Wei Liu ☽ Kotarō Hayama ☽ Chihiro Myuzumi ☽ Kazuya Hara ☽ Kentarō Seto ☽ Ryūhei Kasuga ☽ Daisuke Narumi
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🔮Coaches
☽ Riko Aida ☽ Masako Araki
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🔮Other
☽ Satsiki Momoi ☽ Alexandra Garcia ☽ Shigehiro Ogiwara
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your-lovely-rose · 1 year
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• 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
31.12./01.01. ┇ New Year's Day/Eve
— 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 - is a term coined by Cliff Arnall to define the most depressing day of the year, supposedly falling on the third Monday in January.
• 𝐙𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬:
22.12–19.01 - Capricorn ♑︎
20.01–18.02 - Aquarius ♒︎
• 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲:
= 01.01. ♑︎
- Yoshiko Hanabatake (Aho-Girl),
- Haru Ichinose (Akuma no Riddle/Riddle Story of Devil),
- Gakushu Asano (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),
- Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach),
- Principal Nezu (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Mao (Code Geass),
- "Radical Edward" | Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (Cowboy Bebop),
- Hajime Hinata (Danganronpa),
- Izuru Kamukura (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair // Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School),
- Gao Mikado (Future Card Buddyfight),
- Kochoube Asuko | Asirpa (Golden Kamu),
- Asahi Azumane (Haikyu!!),
- Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen/Kaguya-sama: Love is War),
- Daichi Tachiaki (Miira no Kaikata/How To Keep A Mummy),
- Might Guy (Naruto),
- "Fire Fist" Ace | Portgas D. Ace (One Piece),
- "Mr. 1"/"The Killer" | Daz Bonez (One Piece),
- Takeo Gouda (Ore Monogatari/My Love Story!!),
- Tsubaki (Servamp),
- Masato Oujou (Shakunetsu Kabaddi/Burning Kabaddi),
- "Super Rookie" | Kaede Rukawa (Slam Dunk),
- "Vongola Primo" | Ieyasu Sawada / Giotto (Reborn!),
= 02.01. ♑︎
- Mariko/Maririn | Mimori Kishida (AKB0048),
- "Sir Nighteye" | Mirai Sasaki (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Mutsuki Nakano (Danchigai),
- Ayumi (InuYasha),
- Mio Aoyama (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai/The World God only knows),
- Maria Louise (Kidō Butōden G Gundam/Mobile Fighter G Gundam),
- Emelenzia Rudiger Beatrix (Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!/Venus to Mamoru!),
- Tsubomi Kido (Mekakucity Actors),
- Kenzo Tenma (Monster),
- Peepley Lulu (One Piece),
- Mitchie | Mitsuhiko Nagafukada (Robotics;Notes),
- Isshinsai Ogata (Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi/Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple),
- Gralat Berlurik (Shoukoku no Altair/Altair: A Record of Battles),
- Akane Shinjo (SSSS.Gridman),
- Taichi Dan (Tennis no Ōjisama/The Prince of Tennis),
- Jun Fuyumi (The Idolmaster SideM),
- Ren-Ren | Reina Suzuki (Wake Up, Girls!),
- Marie Tennouji (Yumeiro Pâtissière),
= 03.01. ♑︎
- "Seiryuu" | Shin-Ah (Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of the Dawn),
- Hiromi Iwasa (Baby Steps),
- Alecdora Sandler (Black Clover),
- Fujitaka Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura),
- Kyoshiro Tohdoh (Code Geass),
- Keisuke Yuuki (Fushigi Yuugi/Mysterious Play),
- Haruko Saeki (Idoly Pride),
- Masako Araki (Kuroko no Basket/Kuroko's Basketball),
- Gamabunta (Naruto),
- Aisa (One Piece),
- Iceberg (One Piece),
- Mukki | Mutsuki Tsuyama (Saki),
- Kotone Noda (Sakura Trick),
- Ichiro Ogami (Sakura Wars),
- Itsumi Natsume (Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel),
- Arata Inanaki (Sousei no Onmyouji/Twin Star Exorcists),
- Bart Garsus (Vandread),
- "First Sniper" | Haruaki Azuma (World Trigger),
- Shinji Fuyushima (World Trigger),
- Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari ore no seishun rabukome wa machigatteiru/My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU),
= 04.01. ♑︎
- Tsubomi Hiiragi (22/7),
- Michio Sumiyoshi (All Out!!),
- Tadaomi Kurama (Argonavis from BanG Dream!),
- Kaname Izuma (Beelzebub),
- Kyusaku Yumeno (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- Senku Ishigami (Dr. Stone),
- Aiichiro Nitori (Free!),
- Aobimbo | Aoba Tsuzaki (Jinki: Extend),
- Arthur Trine (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Shīdo Desutinī/Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny),
- Lina/Angie | Angelina Kudou Shields (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei/The Irregular at Magic High School),
Torii Natsumi (Nurarihyon no Mago/Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan),
- Fumiki Mizutani (Ookiku Furikabutte/Big Windup!),
- Takeru Fujiwara (Prince of Stride),
- El Cid (Saint Seiya/Zodiac Knights),
- Kotonoha Katsura (School Days),
- "Galand the Truth" | Galand (The Seven Deadly Sins),
- "Gourmet Surgeon" | Atashino (Toriko),
= 05.01. ♑︎
- Eri Ibusaki (D_Cide Traumerei the Animation),
- Prince of the Capital/King | Mei Narumiya (Diamond no Ace/Ace of Diamond),
- John Brown (Ghost Hunt),
- Ichigo Kohinata (Girlfriend (Kari)/Girl Friend Beta),
- Terence T. D'Arby (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure),
- Kuroh Yatogami (K-Project),
- Keitaro Urashima (Love Hina),
- Ozma Lee (Macross Frontier),
- Strawberry (One Piece),
- Sion Todo (PriPara),
- Ryō Yoake (ReLIFE),
- Kae Hiiragi (Re:Stage! Dream Days),
- Momiji Kanō (The Unlimited Hyobu Kyosuke/Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited),
- Mew Berry | Berry Shirayuki (Tokyo Mew Mew),
- Wanko | Inumaru (Ueki no Housoku/The Law of Ueki),
- Ichigo Amano (Yumeiro Pâtissière),
= 06.01. ♑︎
- Anna Nishikinomiya (Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist),
- Jeanne d'Arc (Fate/Apocrypha),
- Nene Kinokuni (Food Wars!),
- Jeanne d'Arc (Drifters),
- Nobara Yukinokouji (Inu X Boku Secret Service),
- Saki Morimi (Eden of the East),
- Makoto Sawatari (Kanon),
- Shingo Komoi (Cardfight!! Vanguard),
- Tatsuma Suguro (Blue Exorcist),
- Haji (Gintama),
- Kiyoko Shimizu (Haikyu!!),
- Sherlock Holmes (Moriarty the Patriot),
- "The Darkness of the Shinobi" | Danzo Shimura (Naruto),
- "Fifth Raikage" | Darui (Naruto),
- Ebizou (Naruto),
- Oimo (One Piece),
- Tilestone (One Piece),
- "Sailor Saturn" | Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon),
- Amidamaru (Shaman King),
- Oluo Bozado (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- "Liz" / Elizabeth (The Seven Deadly Sins),
= 07.01. ♑︎
- Konekomaru Miwa (Blue Exorcist),
- "Jack Mantis" | Kamakiri Togaru (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Genya Shinazugawa (Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon Slayer),
- Samui (Naruto),
- "Square Sisters" (with Kiwi) | Mozu (One Piece),
- Guang Hong Ji (Yuri!!! on Ice),
= 08.01. ♑︎
- Kai (Akira),
- Mars (Black Clover),
- Hiashi Hyuga (Naruto),
- Hizashi Hyuga (Naruto),
- "Okama King" / "Miracle Person" | Emporio Ivankov / Iva (One Piece),
- Ching Tao (Shaman King),
= 09.01. ♑︎
- Kaede Kayano (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),
- Reika Rikudou (Fate/Apocrypha),
- Haku (Naruto),
- Pickles (One Piece),
= 10.01. ♑︎
- Braz D. Blood (Blood Lad),
- Koyo Ozaki (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- Yukichi Fukuzawa (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- Ittetsu Takeda (Haikyuu!!),
- Eustass Kid (One Piece),
- Otohime (One Piece),
= 11.01. ♑︎
- Todoroki Shouto (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Itomimizu (One Piece),
= 12.01. ♑︎
- Schneizel el Britannia (Code Geass),
- Dr. Hiriluk (One Piece),
- Ricardo (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),
= 13.01. ♑︎
- Cutthroat (Akudama Drive),
- Gordon Agrippa (Black Clover),
- Cornelia Li Britannia (Code Geass),
- 13 (Dorohedoro),
- Ikaros Much (One Piece),
= 14.01. ♑︎
- Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach),
- Ayumu Tojo (Gintama),
- Snoozer (Hamtaro),
- Sweet Pea (One Piece),
- Estarossa (The Seven Deadly Sins),
= 15.01. ♑︎
- A.O (One Piece),
- Historia Reiss (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- #81194 | Ray (Yakusoku no Neverland/Yakusoku no Neverland),
= 16.01. ♑︎
- Revchi Salik (Black Clover),
- Jirou Kyoutoku (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Boodle (One Piece),
- Felix Argyle (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),
= 17.01. ♑︎
- Kazuo Tengan (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School),
- Capone Bege (One Piece),
= 18.01. ♑︎
- Rhya (Black Clover),
- "Dabi" | Toya Todoroki (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- Kiyomizu Yukihiro (Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited/The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited),
- Katsuhiko Teshigawara (Kimi no na wa/Your Name),
- Hannes (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
= 19.01. ♑︎
- Coyote Starrk (Bleach),
- Lilynette Gingerbuck (Bleach),
- Edgar Allan Poe (Bungo Stray Dogs),
- "Baron Zeppeli" | Will A. Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Part 3),
- "Prince of the Sand Waterfall Gourd" | Gaara (Naruto),
- Spandine (One Piece),
= 20.01. ♒︎
- Sakura Kouno (Horimiya),
- Maki Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen),
- Mai Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen),
- First Mizukage | Byakuren (Naruto),
- Tetta Kisaki (Tokyo Revengers),
= 21.01. ♒︎
- Antonio (One Piece),
- Miss Friday (One Piece),
= 22.01. ♒︎
- Miki Okudera (Kimi no na wa/Your Name),
- Merry (One Piece),
- Mii-chan | Michelajul Lortelia (Senyuu),
= 23.01. ♒︎
- Yumacchi | Walker Yumasaki (Durarara!!),
- Haruki Komi (Haikyuu!!),
- Nobu | Nobuo Terashima (Nana),
- Shino Aburame (Naruto),
- Charlotte Dosmarche (One Piece),
- Charlotte Nusstorte (One Piece),
= 24.01. ♒︎
- Inoichi Yamanaka (Naruto),
- Kairiken (One Piece),
- Miss Monday (One Piece),
- "Witch of Greed"/ "Witch of Wisdom" | Echidna (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),
- "Quinque Fanatic" / "Mad Mado" | Kureo Mado (Tokyo Ghoul),
= 25.01. ♒︎
- Shingo Mido (Death Note),
- Rintaro Suna (Haikyuu!!),
- "The Fourth Hokage" | Minato Namikaze (Naruto),
- Giolla (One Piece),
= 26.01. ♒︎
- Kuromarimo (One Piece),
- "Nero the Sea Weasel" | Nero (One Piece),
- Meene Montgomery (Shaman King),
- "Attack Titan" | Grisha Jaeger (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- "Old Warrior" | Aldrich (The Seven Deadly Sins),
= 27.01. ♒︎
- Loly Aivirrne (Bleach),
- Takahiro Hanamaki (Haikyuu!!),
- "Sailor Uranus" | Haruka Tenou (Sailor Moon),
- Charlotte Lola (One Piece),
= 28.01. ♒︎
- Doctor Onishi (Akira),
- "Gran Torino" | Sorahiko Torino (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),
- "Puppet Princess" / Tianzi | Jiang Lihua (Code Geass),
- Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!!),
- Mansherry (One Piece),
- Naki (Tokyo Ghoul),
- Chosuke Nakamoto (Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited/The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited),
= 29.01. ♒︎
- Kotaro Takebayashi (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),
- Gadjah (Black Clover),
- Carla Jaeger (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
= 30.01. ♒︎
- "Kosaku Kawajiri" | Yoshikage Kira (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Part 4),
- Eld Jinn (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),
- "Parka Freak" | Misuto Kiriya (Corpse Party: Blood Drive),
- Suleiman (One Piece),
= 31.01. ♒︎
- Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach),
- Shizuku (Naruto Shippuden the Movie),
- Aladdin (One Piece),
- Ippon-Matsu (One Piece),
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ni-kol-koru · 1 year
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KnB 30-Days Challenge
Day 12 : Favorite Coach
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Araki Masako 💜
There aren't many choices here, so it wasn't too difficult to choose who my favorite coach was. Still, I was pretty torn between Masako Araki of Yōsen and Masaaki Nakatani of Shūtoku. Then I remembered how cool Masako was, and that it just had to be her.
When it's about her coaching, I cannot say so much. She is a coach of a power school, she surely deserves that place. I am guessing it's because she used to be a really good basketball player herself and knows how to put misbehaving kids into the line, by hitting them with a sword, of course. Still, I can say she is pretty dedicated, gathering CDs and always having game strategies prepared in advance.
When it's about her personality and past, there is much to talk about! She is a P.E. teacher in Yōsen! It is kinda in line with her, somehow, as I can see her as someone who seeks some form of action in her life. She also has a really interesting hobby! It is motocycles. When she was young, she even used to be a part of a biker gang! Now, if you know something about Japanese culture, you probably heard of how big of a problem gangs are. Biker gangs are no different! Making noise, disrupting traffic and smashing things, were just some of the things Japanese biker gang members would do. Well, Masako being part of a biker gang can only mean she was a savage, a rebel, and a troublemaker! Well, now that she is older and more mature, she doesn't do any rebellious activities, nor is she a part of any biker gangs. She only takes care of motocycles now! There is a silly story related to her past that always makes me giggle. It is about her and Genta Takeuchi (coach of Kaijō)! When he was younger, he used to be in love with Masako. Well, he decided to confess his love to her, with an intention of marriage, but he just ended up being chased away by her biker gang and even got a sweet hit by her sword. A hilarious and rather interesting and unexpected interaction between two coaches! Well, she is still single to this day. She is a girlboss, so, perhaps, she doesn't need, or want, a husband.
I also love Masako for something rather stupid. It is her motto: "Those who put off what they can do today till tomorrow are stupid". Sometimes when I want to procrastinate and leave something for later when I have time to do it, I think to myself how Masako, the coolest woman ever, would call me stupid if I really did that. And if Masako called me stupid, I would think I have failed in life. So, she is a part of the reason I never turn in my homework late!
Araki Masako is just really cool and I think she is a girlboss. I wish we had more of her, and Yōsen, it would be so interesting and I know I would enjoy every moment with them all! 💜
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we were worthless | masako araki x yandere!reader
for @dust-of-fandoms who asked "can I ask yandare!Reader and Masako Araki? Maybe reader is the manager of the team or someone from her past as a biker?" if you can't tell, i adored this ask.
cw: alcohol misuse, violence
She had complained about Takeuchi Genta not being able to take a hint. Araki Masako didn’t want a boyfriend, but even if she had wanted one, she certainly wasn’t interested in him. Overly cheerful prat. Not her exact words, but you could read her thoughts back then.
So you beat him up. Left him curled up on the ground with a black eye and a stomach that must have been bruised dark purple. When you told her what had happened, the next day, she laughed. Real laughs, not that subtle shaking of the shoulders that she usually did. You mimicked the way in which he had cried for help, as he bounced against the concrete, and she laughed.
That was a different Araki, back then in high school. Sure, she was never violent - certainly not like you, who revealed in the stereotype that true bikers loved fighting as much as they did their bikes - but she didn’t mind it. She always provided a sympathetic ear as you recollected a day’s victories, humming along as your wound yourself up again with the sheer adrenaline of just remembering it. Sometimes, if you’d gotten off a little worse for wear, she’d even share her strawberry parfait with you. The two of you took turns with one spoon.
High school Araki smelt of strawberry and fuel.
But, she started changing towards the end of her second year, start of her third. She’d always liked shooting a hoop, but now she was regularly skipping bike meets to practice with her school team. Word on the street was that she had some teacher she adored. The kind of fucker that made the useless kids like you and her think they were someone special. How many times did you tell her he just manipulating her, didn’t mean any of it (and that it was only you who really understood her, and shit, Araki, don’t you fucking dare to walk away from me now!), who was he to trust - who in their right mind trusted teachers?
And yet she actually listened to his nonsense.
She only met up with the gang once in the summer of her third year. It was barely even a gang at that point; most people had graduated from it to prepare for adulthood. They’d found apprenticeships, jobs, or buried themselves in the local boxing club. There were only three people, including yourself, who met up regularly, who’d sit together in an abandoned garage, dumbing themselves with alcohol. Occasionally, going out for a ride together, drunk and angry, speeding so fast that the slightest swerve would have killed you. Once, it almost did.
A foggy night. Araki hadn’t replied to your text for three days now. Driving with the lights of your motorbike off, daring a car to kill you. Your buddies behind, starting to slow as you sped up, recognising that this was real stupid - even for the three of you. A truck. The squeal of brakes. A feeling like you and your bike were falling out the sky.
Two days later was the last day Araki would meet up with the gang. None of you had been expecting her, especially not you, covered head to toe in injuries, drunk out of your mind to hide the fact that even moving your pinky hurt like hell. You wouldn’t have been drunk, had you been able to look forward to seeing her. Wouldn’t have needed the alcohol. A glimpse of her gleaming hair and sharp eyes was stronger than morphine. (But she still hadn’t texted you back at that point.)
Looking you up and down, Araki stepped into the rundown shed and, as if she had forgotten the years the two of you had spent together, said, “you’re a disgrace. You’ll be dead by the end of the year if you don’t get your act together.”
"Date me and give me something to live for then,” you cried out.
She said nothing. You grew desperate. While the other two grinned at what the toughest member of the gang became after a drink, you clung to her leg and told her you loved her, that you’d kill for her, die for her, and everything in between.
Someone laughed, “He’s drunk out of his mind, Araki.”
But Araki didn’t smile. She looked down at you, shook you off her leg, and walked away.
For a while, the two of you lost contact.
Well, she must have thought you lost contact - had she even spared a moment to think about you, between her new life of basketball and friendship with the types of people you’d previously mocked while she hummed in agreement. And, sure, all your messages to her no longer went through. But you lose contact with her? Any fucker could sign up to watch the national team play basketball, and you had just realised how enthralling the game could be.
How many hours did you spend watching her score three-pointers on repeat, as your mother yelled from behind the door about how it was time you went out and got a job?
How many nights did you spend riding your bike in the shadows, following the national basketball team’s van drive the players home?
How many weeks did you spend thinking only of her, till both your daydreams and nightmares were filled with nothing but the scent of strawberry parfait?
Then, one afternoon, Araki’s walking to her local convenience store, hood over her head, not trying to attract attention. She's not looking where she’s going. She bumps into someone, and their hand grabs her arm before she can even stumble.
“Araki? No way, after all this time!”


She glances up. There’s a small smile on her face. There’s a violent grin on yours.
“Long time no see,” she chuckles softly - maybe she sees the way you’re dressed to the nines, as if returning home from a high profile job, not the alcoholic she used to know. “How are you?”
Wrapping your arm around her shoulders (she doesn’t flinch; this intimacy between the two of you could never die, even after all these years), you laugh, “great. Well, great now that I’ve seen you.”
You go on to tell her how you’re an accountant now, how you listened to her advice and changed for the better, though of course you still have your bike, what a relief to know she still has hers, maybe the two of you should go out for a ride together, unless she has someone in her life who might get jealous? No? Brilliant. Free next week, Araki? You have to attend your students’ match, huh? Yosen High - never fucking heard of it. But I’m sure their basketball team’s good, if you’re coaching it. It better be.
Soon, you find yourself adding something new to the weekly routine: watching Yosen’s matches. Dressed in all black, you sit with a bottle at the very back of the stands, never observing the basketball, always staring at Araki instead. It’s amazing just how boring the sport is when she’s not the one playing it; who wants to watch a pack of teenage boys run around all sweaty for an hour? Even the championship match is tedious. Surrounded by parents and friends who are screaming their sons’ names like said kids aren’t just chucking a ball around, you sit hunched and focus your gaze on Araki.
Focus your gaze on how all her students are crowding around her, cheering and crying with the joy of victory. How those fuckers are hugging her.
(Something in you snaps; it’s an emotion you haven’t felt in quite some time, but you’d be lying if you said you weren’t enjoying it.)
First to leave the stands, you hide yourself in the shadows by the exit you know she’ll be taking. The minute she steps out, you’re standing in front of her, blocking her path.
“Really? You let them hug you?” you hiss.
She rolls her eyes, high like her students with happiness, too cheerful to realise that you’re not kidding. It’s disrespectful, that’s what it is, so you pin her against the wall. Hold her by the neck.
“You think this is funny do you? You’re trying to forget me again, aren’t you, bitch?” Part of you wonders why you’re hurting her, cursing her out, she who you love more than you’ve ever loved anyone - but the rest of you can think of nothing but violence, regardless of who the victim is. “You think you’re so superior now you’re on some posh school’s paycheck, huh? You’ve forgotten who you are. You were one of us, worthless trash just like me, you knew what it felt like. And how you’re going to treat me like-“
Boys, all over 6ft, come rushing out to help her, yelling at you, thinking they’re tough shit because wow they can fucking dribble, surrounding you, shoving you, and you shove back. Someone asks Araki if this weirdo hurt her; another tells you to get out of here before you get hurt. You start to cackle. Me get hurt, you’re thinking, me who was fighting in the real world while they were ‘fighting’ on the court.
One guy, sincere looking, gets real close to your face and tells you (faintly polite, but mostly firm) that you should leave. Now. Araki calls his name, warns him to back away from you - not his fight, she says.
“Let him, Masako,” you purr, “let him try. He’s a big man, aren’t you, kid?”
Your fingers curl around the handle of the knife in your pocket.
When you're done, you wonder, will Araki be laughing like she used to?
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bloodyspade0000 · 3 years
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Things I would say to the knb characters if they were real part 3 because someone asked and I was gonna do this anyway :)
this is for @aylablack15
part 1, part 2
Momoi
Step
On
Me
Please?
Riko
Kiss
Kiss
Fall in love with me 💖
Please?
Masako
Marry
Me
You're hot as fuck
like fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Alex
Take
my
virginity
like fuck
Haizaki
I'm sorry the anime completely ruined you
Trash baby
My son
I simp over you too
I am sorry for causing you so much pain and suffering
but I will never stop 😂
Stop being stupid
Smile more
You're a DUMBASS
I CAN STILL FEEL YOUR INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA FROM HERE
Himura
You have a crush on Kagami
I can feel it
Admit it
It's okay
Your mirage shot is super cool
Ishida
You look like kiyoshi
but shorter and grumpy
Are you guys related?
How do you deal with Haizaki?
Mochizuki
I'm sorry Haizaki smacked you in the anime
What happened to all your hair?
No offense
Did Haizaki do something to it?
omg 😂 that would be hilarious
again no offense
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