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aisha-galaxia · 2 years

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The mystery of Gakushu's mother

I have seen a few people bragging the topic of Gakushu's mother but I never saw them go deeper in their headcanons, so let me present to you my headcanons about her !

When the chapter 119 came out a lot people start to think that the woman on the left is Gakushu's mother, but I don't think so.

The reason why I'm saying that is she's obviously a servant because she has a plate and wear an apron (plus there are only two chairs next to the table). But it would be weird if Matsui drew her leaving the room without a second tough.

Is the woman on the left Gakushu's mother ?

We can't really respond to this question sooo ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Canon thing

It is said in Gakushu's graduation profile that his mother is a housewife and yeah this is the only canon information about her (damn Matsui)

But there is a thing that doesn't make sense : If she is housewife why is there only two chairs next to the table ?

Headcanons

Her name is "Hideko" (秀子) and she is American and Japanese, her parents live in the U.S since her birth.

During her childhood, her parents were always saying that she should do well at school and be the first in her class, she really wanted to have a boyfriend during her earlier teenage and wanted to be married at 25 years old.

Because she was smart and hardworking she finally enrolled in the Harvard University and this is where she met Gakuho.

At first, their relationship was just that of two classmates. But after some time, Hideko started to have feelings for Gakuho because of his personality and the fact that he worked very hard and was ready to devote his whole life to education. After a few months, they finally got together.

I also like to think that she and Gakuho got in a argue because he wanted to come back to Japan, after that argue she decided to follow Gakuho to Japan because she thinked that he may be the only one for her (much to the disappointment of her parents).

When she and Gakuho settled into their now home, she was already thinking about their marriage and was waiting for Gakuho to put the ring on. She was waiting, waiting and waiting again and again but he didn't do this.

At first she was thinking that he might be really occupied with his work in his cram school and that he doesn't have enough money to buy a ring, but when he started to earn a lot of money everyday she decided to distance herself from him which saddened Gakuho. He tried every way possible to make her happy again, he bought shoes, dress and a lot more of expensive stuff for her but no ring.

One day, Gakuho asked her what is bothering her and she just respond that everything was fine and that it was just a stupid things. When she got pregnant of Gakushu, she was a little sad because she wanted to be married before having a child.

And after Gakushu was born, she was the happiest woman on the earth but not for too long. After Ikeda's death, Gakuho snapped and their relationship got worse. It was his turn to distance himself from her and when Gakushu grew up, she thought that this family was definitely screwed up.

And this is it, if you guys have headcanons about her let me know !

#assassination classroom #asano gakushuu #asano gakuhou #gakushu asano's mother #gakuho asano's wife #she deserves WAY better #fuck that housewife bullshit

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sage-reads-things · 1 month

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This is literally childhood friends to lovers at its finest. Taiyo has just asked Mutsumi if she's really okay with marrying him, and she basically tells him "You're the only one I ever wanted to marry, dumbass!" After years of being friends with him, she's seen enough of Taiyo's character to know that he's smart, reliable, dedicated, and compassionate—all traits that would make a good husband, but are also the parts of Taiyo that she fell in love with. He's possibly the only person outside of her family who has put her feelings before his own, and that was before facing his personal demons for the sake of Mutsumi's happiness, making a huge commitment just to help her out of a jam, and doing his damned hardest to protect her from threats despite having no combat experience whatsoever. No wonder she wanted it to be him!

I don't think Mutsumi allowed her feelings for Taiyo to turn into a fullblown crush, and I think she would have been perfectly happy being close friends with him for as long as she knew him. But fate led to them actually becoming husband and wife, so now she gets to fall in love with him as quickly and deeply as she pleases <3

#also i wasn't gonna say this in the actual post but it tickles me that mutsumi looks so much like kyoichiro in the last panel #i'm sure she'd hate that if she knew ahkshajdhakhdhbjdska #i actually really love when related characters are briefly drawn very similarly #it's like the visual version of when a character in a book makes a certain face and is described as #suddenly bearing a strong resemblance to their parent/sibling/child #i bet mutsumi and kyoichiro both take after their mother #mission yozakura family #mutsumi yozakura #taiyo asano #sage rambles

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gregor-samsung · 4 months

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淵に立つ [Harmonium] (Kōji Fukada, 2016)

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auxyp · 5 months

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Unknown Mother Goose - Jomei Asano (Re-Cover)

#utau #utau cover #jomei asano #unknown mother goose #wowaka

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dysfunctional-family-fight · 7 months

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Semifinals

The Asanos (Assassination Classroom) VS the Ushiromiya family (Umineko When They Cry)

The Asanos

Members: Gakuhou Asano (father) and Gakushuu Asano (son)

Propaganda:

CW: physical abuse

"Crazy dad whose misguided goal is just to make his son strong (but whose definition of real strength leaves much to be desired), and son who does see the error in his dad's ways but is brainwashed enough to imagine that his "filial duty" under the circumstances is to "take control". No one knows for sure if a mom exists, but she clearly doesn't want to have much to do with these lunatics." "The dad doesn't even consider his son family, just a "student" as he is a principal. Utterly unhumane conditions is where he trains his son in. And worst of all, they compete on who will control the other, leash included. The first time the son even considers calling him father is when he literally abuses him physically."

The Ushiromiya family

Members: Kinzo, Krauss, Eva, Rudolf, Rosa, Jessica, George, Battler, Ange, Maria, Natsuhi, Hideyoshi, Asumu, Kyrie

Propaganda:

"PEAK weird family drama. Fighting over the inheritance leads to multiple people dying in gruesome ways" "The whole plot of the game is that they all are so dysfunctional it would make sense for any of them to commit murder" "This family is dysfunctional and abusive on every levels. The parents are fighting for the inheritance, because the elder embezzled money. The grandfather, Kinzo, hides in his room and never shows up. Not unusual, he neglected his family his whole life. Seems that he preferred a mysterious mistress than his family. When he talked to his children, it was to scold them for being incompetents. The atmosphere is oppressive. The children of Kinzo were bully. Krauss bullied Eva, who bullied Rosa. Concerning the next generation: Battler is in conflict with his father because he cheated on his mother. Natsuhi is putting pressure on Jessica for her to become the heir of the family, and is losing contact with her daughter. Eva has deciced what the life of Georges is becoming, and that he will not marry a servant. As for the relationship between Rosa and Maria, this is just the best mother-daughter love-hate relationship ever. And everything ends in blood, for ever and ever." More propaganda here

#polls #the asanos #assassination classroom #ushiromiya family #umineko #umineko no naku koro ni #semifinals

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kogji · 2 months

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The characters I want to see more of their relationship; Gakushū Asano and Gakuhō Asano

When I was watching the first season of the anime Assassination Classroom, I was interested in the conflict between the father and the son and Asano’s attempt to figure out his father's secrets, change his methods and bring him down. But I wanted to see more of them.

I think Asano and his father have a formal and aloof relationship at home. They never lie on the couch in their pajamas and watch football. They never hang out, make plans together for holidays, cook together. There is always a line that can’t be crossed. A wall that distances them from each other.

To me, Asano isn’t like a child who suffers from lack of affection, or attention. It seems that the principle has put all his attention on his education and has high expectations from him and is training him as his successor. of course, Asano is under pressure to be the best, but does he think that he will lose his father by not being the first? He wants his father to be overthrown but he doesn’t want to do it with marking the wrong answer. He doesn’t rebel against his father’s method openly. He wants him to be proved wrong.

He looks so proud, confident and cheerful. He knows that there should be a difference between his behavior with the man in front of him as a father and a principle, and he doesn't seem to have a problem with this. I remember that our teacher was the mother of one of the classmates, and seeing the discomfort and tension between them in the class was a laughing matter for the students.

He doesn’t seem to be afraid of his father in their first meeting at his office. He doesn’t shy away from questioning him about his secret activities. His father doesn't have a problem with Asano challenging him and considers it necessary for him to grow up, but when the boy doesn't succeed, he brutally puts him in his place. And I think he believes it is necessary for his son’s growth, too. But he also believes that his son can never be better than him. It’s like he doesn’t want to be bested by him.

When his father slaps him harshly in front of the whole class, his respond is a bitter laugh. At last, he gets to see the fatherly side of him, even as a slap. It means that he has always seen the instructor/ the principle/ the educator side of him. It must have been really lonely, and frustrating. This is sth that I wanted to see more.

@tuulikannel shared a very interesting interpretation about the slap scene that I decided to include it in my post. "I feel like Gakushuu didn't mean the slap itself, but the way his father looked after that. The man just stood there, staring at his hand, as if not believing he had just done that. Gakushuu does say something like, "you look like you're glitching. Am I finally seeing your fatherly side?"(i.e. are you actually horrified you hit your son?)" (@tuulikannel sorry I replied to your comment but it just disappeared.)

And I also liked that Asano shoots the ball towards his father. I can't imagine doing this to my parents and getting away with it.

#assasination classroom #assclass #ansatsu kyoushitsu #asano gakuho #asano gakushuu

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rojedir · 5 months

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Finished reading Oyasumi Punpun yesterday and I think it's hard to know where to begin. On one hand, it's obviously this artistically very realized portrayal of a world and its characters, and Asano Inio is a really solid writer who is really good at *suggesting* emotions and contours to these people using very small, simple scenes. It's very ambitiously thematically as it tries to articulate, through manga, the drudge and messiness of everyday living, the way cycles of abuse can be perpretated without meaning to, the way love (or lack of love) can turn these children into distorted adults, the tension between living altruistically and selfishly to survive, the way the potential for cruelty and kindness exist inside every living person, the way it plays around more conventional manga tropes, etc. Like it's clearly the work of someone who is very skilled.

(And, to be honest, I think Asano Inio isn't credited for pulling these skills that are kind of more 'invisible' in making comics? The way he paces the action around one chapter, and around one volume is great. Most chapters of Punpun have a clear beginning-middle-end, and you can kind of pull back to some of the most important ones after the work is done)

But I think what I'm more interested in are some of the thematic implications of the manga, which might be unitentional even to its creator. Just picking one of them, I think it's interesting to notice how often the 'abuse' in Punpun is framed as a woman damaging a man (the girl who crashes into Uncle Yuiichi's class; Punpun's mom; Midori to Punpun; Aiko's mom). It seems that a thematic underpining of Punpun ends up being the way some women live 'selfishly' and damage others around their life. By the end, the manga seems to have a more positive, almost nostalgic view of Punpun's dad (who was a deadbeat, a drunk and a domestic abuser) than Punpun's mom.

I say this, and I think there's a grain of truth to it, but, also, I feel like the manga is comfortable slipping into this world of moral grey-areas with its characters and story. In a way, it wants us readers to make our mind on who these people are, and it does devote an entire volume (one of the most important ones, I think) to Punpun's mother and how she is a survivor too and so on.

What I want to finish on is that it's obviously a very unique, intriguing and well-done manga, and I want to discuss it with more people, and I think talking about its intentional and unitentional themes is really rewarding.

#oyasumi punpun #goodnight punpun #asano inio #manga

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clouds-by-me · 10 months

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𝓗𝓲𝓰𝓱 𝓜𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮

Characters; Karma Akabane, Nagisa Shiota, Gakushu Asano Synopsis; How would these Ac boys react to a s/o who just needs a lot to take care of themselves? Would they help them out and support them? Or would they just straight up leave them high and dry? An | implied black reader

>Karma Akabane

Now, lets be honest. He would complain about everything.

Need to get your hair styled? he's complaining about how much it cost. Need some more clothes? Don't you already have enough? and then some

And no matter how much he complains, he'll always be the first person to complement how nice you look in all of your glory

he loves to show you off too

every time you get something new, he is parading you around like your a trophy made of pure gold, holding you close with the most smug look on his face.

his complaining is always playful, so he will always end up getting you whatever you want

and the first person to ever disrespect you, (cause there's always somebody hatin') will be instantly threated. seriously, he will always make sure that no one, besides him, will ever put you down

he has so much pride in you, and will dress you in all of the latest high fashion items, just for the fun of it

not to mention that he'll want fashion shows

he will get SO many outfits and accessories at one time, just so you can just him his own personal fashion show

>Nagisa Shiota

Nagisa knows a lot about fashion because of his mother, so he knows what good outfits to get you, and he'll get the both of you matching outfits, just for the fun of it

he also knows you well of enough to know what you will and wont like so there is nothing that he will get you that you don't like

though he definably how beautiful you look, hes not the type to show you off and parade you around, he more on the subtle side

"oh yea, they're my partner."

don't get me wrong he will be supportive and take care of you but he's just more chill than someone like Karma

he also knows how to do hair, so sometimes, instead of you going to get your hair done, he'll just do it for you. he'll put small pieces of Jewlery in your hair as well. just to make you shine a bit more.

this man loves doing facial routes with you

he's smart enough to catch onto your interest, and things that do or don't work for you

like if your trying out this new shampoo he will definably notice the affect its having on you hair, and the same goes for facial items, lotions, creams

if he ever finds someone hating, he will keep his composure, but less be honest, he is fuming on the inside. he'll get them to back off(bc we all know that he can be scary when he needs/wants to)

then when you both get back home, he'll make you feel so loved and special, even if that persons words had no affect on you. will literally get you everything that he knows that you want

all in all, he's great to have around while being high maintenance, helpful and supportive

>Gakushu Asano

we all know that this man has money

lets just be honest, he's high Maintenace himself

this man wont even know if you need it, he'll just get anything for you, anything that reminds him of you, hes getting

he will get you any, and everything that you ask for, no questions asked

fashion shows, with him all the time

you two are like a fucking power couple, dressed beautifully in all the expensive clothing and accessories. and its easy for him to get whatever he wants, in turn its easy for you to get whatever you want

and of course hes showing you off for the world to see

he will literally give you a shit load of money and just tell you to go crazy, buy whatever you want, but there are somethings that hes wants you to get

he loves specific hairstyles on you, so he'll have you get those unless you want something else

there are just somethings that he loves to see on you, so that means whenever you go to the store for your shopping spree he'll give you some money to get those thing specifically

since he has such a large amount of power and control, there's no way that anyone will ever try to say anything about you

but on the rare occasion that someone does try something, he is getting rid of them immediately. not in the killing way, just getting them away from you, and messing with their life just a little bit, making things just a bit harder for them

#black reader #x reader #gn reader #reader insert #assassination classroom #karma akabane #karma assassination classroom #nagisa shiota #nagisa x reader #asano x reader #asano gakushu #headcanon

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luna-loner · 8 months

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Day 1: Paint Tales From Their Childhood

Asano Gakushuu:

It wouldn't surprise anyone to know that Gakushuu was an expert in the many forms of art; and painting certainly was on the list. What they might not know is that he's been doing it since his diaper days.

Good Guy Gakuhou fawned over every single masterpiece his little Da Vinci made, believing that each one meant something important about his child's development. Each one.

"He already understands the concept of complementary colors!" He squealed when he Gakushuu used red and green.

"He's figured out how to mix colors!" He exclaimed when Gakushuu accidentally added blue to the red blob he 'drew' on the canva.

"Oh, he's practicing Kanji already." He smiled at the random brush strokes his infant son would make. He legit believed every stroke was his boy trying to draw a kanji he'd seen before.

It's safe to say Gakuhou has an album dedicated solely to Gakushuu's artwork, which he still keeps to this day, partly to subtly brag about his kid, and partly to tease said kid.

Sakakibara Ren:

After doing a finger painting at school, little Ren went home with a new goal in life-- to become a painter. His parents got him all the canvas and materials he needed. Ren mostly painted nature scenes since humans and animals were too complicated for his five-year-old self, plus he's always loved nature.

A week later, he was back to his books. He didn't touch his art supplies again until mother's day when he decided to author a short story starring his mom; and since it was going to be about his mom finding a magical rose garden (her favorite flower), he decided to add illustrations!

So he did just that. He folded the papers and used the strappler pins to make a book. He ended up with two extra pages, so he used one to write a short poem and the other to paint him and his mom holding hands (he wanted them to be hugging but it was too hard for him to do). His mom has the book to this day.

Araki Teppei:

Once, little Teppei was reading an article on renaissance artists with his dad when he suddenly decided he, too, wanted to be a famous painter. He got out a normal A4 paper and started painting random stuff since he didn't have a clear vision in mind, so he ended up using a lot more paper than he intended.

Eventually, he settled on a family portrait. Sure, the stick figures had disproportionate body parts and the colors were a bit messy, but his dad loved it nonetheless. Not only did he proudly hang it on the refrigerator, but he had his own surprise for his little artist the very next day: A news article on the famous painter, Teppei, was hung next to the artwork.

Years later, Teppei still has the artwork and the news article.

Koyama Natsuhiko:

This boy grew up roleplaying as a heroic wizard in his own little world. One day, he decided he wanted to bring his magical world to life, and what better way of doing so than by drawing and painting background pictures and taping them to the walls? He was home alone that day, so little dude got to enjoy his fantasy as much as he pleased. The paintings, while simple, really made his adventure all the more immersive.

His folks weren't exactly happy with the mess that greeted them once they arrived home. Literally every wall was covered in at least a dozen paper! Still, they didn't scold him for it...because little Natsu was already asleep by then. Evil little gremlin

Suffice to say, cleaning was a pain, and it took them two weeks until they could no longer find anymore of these papers. (Seriously, just when they thought they've put them all in trash, they find one on the ground, under the sofa, or still tapped to the wall! How?!)

Seo Tomoya:

Unlike the rest, Seo seemed to use his art supplies for anything other than art.

Once, he decided to fake chicken pox to skip school after watching Tom and Jerry (in you case you don't recall, there's an episode where Jerry paints red dots on a sleeping Tom and convinces him he's sick) so he did just that and came 'crying' to his parents.

His parents didn't buy it, and a grumpy little Tomoya was sent packing to school.

When Halloween was right around the corner, Tomoya decided he wanted to be an alian and thought painting his skin green would be the perfect costume. Not only that, he also decided to "dye" his hair green as well.

Guess who spent his Halloween grounded? Yup, Marvin the Martian over here.

In a similar instance, Tomoya discovered something called something called food coloring and decided, "Cool! I can make a flame-colored cake with my paint!" Because if it's colorful, it's edible, right?

Fortunately for everyone, his mom arrived home just in time to stop him. He had such a field day helping her clean up the kitchen...

#assassination classroom #ansatsu kyoushitsu #big five #five virtuosos #b5week23 #headcanons

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stuffnonsenseandotherthings · 4 months

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5 QL Adaptations I'd Love To See in 2024 (or beyond).

2023 was definitely an eye opener for me in terms of finally (oh so finally) getting a chance to properly immerse myself in QL media and oh boy have I had a lot of fun with my journey so far. There have been highs, there have been lows, there have been laughs, and there have been tears. There have also been many many amazing shows and adaptations, quite a few of which I still have to catch up on.

Still, just because I have a backlist (is that the right term to use here? Probably not) as long as my arm, that won't stop me from dreaming and looking ahead to the future and look to the future I will because, up until this year, I was definitely I was definitely someone who got most of my QL fixes through reading them rather than watching them and, as a result, I have some suggestions, requests, and some wild dreams from books, webtoons, and mangas I would love to see brought to life in 2024 (or in 2025, I'm not fussy).

1. Our Dreams At Dusk - Yukhi Kamatani

Tasuku Kamame has just recently moved to a new school when a classmate nearly outs him as gay. Struggling accept his own desires and scared of facing future filled with rejection and social ostrisization, Tasuku is contemplating doing the unthinkable when he meets a mysterious woman named "Someone". This chance encounter introduces Tasuku to the local drop-in centre, a place where he finds community, friendship, and a chance to discover who his is and who he wants to become.

First serialised in 2015 this four volume masterpiece of a manga series is frustratingly and upsettingly difficult get hold of nowadays but oh my god it should be required reading everywhere (and I'm only half joking). A truly queer work with representation spanning nearly all the LGBTQIA+ acronym across a multi-generational cast of characters, it's a work with so much love (and magic) at its heart.

This could be a breathtaking drama, Japan, all you have to do is reach out and grab it.

2. Concerning Our Daughter - Kim Hye-Jin

An unflinching look at the prejudices which permeate modern Korean society (and the world all over as well), Concerning My Daughter centres around the fraught relationship between a mother and her queer adult daughter. Told from the perspective of the mother, struggling to come to terms with her daughter's choice to live openly and proudly as a lesbian as opposed to living a "normal" life, this story works to examine and unpick what it means to "fit" within society's boundaries.

A scathing but equally moving critique of homophobia, heteronormativity, ageism, discrimination, and tradition, Concerning My Daughter is not a fun ride by any means, but it is important and, in the right hands, it has a potential to be an earth-shattering drama.

3. No.6 - Atsuko Asano and Hinoki Kino

This might not be gays in space but it is gays in a sci-fi setting and that's more than enough for me. Set in the seemingly utopian city of No.6, this series tells the story of Shion, a boy born to wealth and privilege and who seems set to live a "good" and "productive" life but who finds his life completely de-railed after a chance encounter with the mysterious and enigmatic Nezumi.

A series full of adventure, intrigue, and shady government plans and topped with themes of sexuality, gender expression, class, and environmentalism, No.6 would be an incredibly fun drama to watch (although the production company might have to shell out Alice In Borderland level funds to make it reality).

4. Sasaki and Miyano - Shō Harusono

A BL manga series about BL manga, Sasaki and Miyano is honestly just a whole lot of fun. The series follows the two eponymous high schoolers after a chance incident leads Sasaki to discover Miyano's deep love of BL manga (and a bout of curiosity leads him to ask for recommendations). The story that follows centres around the budding friendship and eventual romance between the two, leaving plenty of time for comedy, hijinks, and deep dives into different BL tropes, as well as an (un)surprising amount of self-discovery, growth, and growing up.

It's fun, it's funny, the relationship is On Point 👌 and Sasaki and Miyano are two of my favourite characters I've ever had the pleasure of reading about. Make it, Japan, make it now and no the anime was not enough for me.

5. Ordinary Men - Lesh

A sweet, lively, and quite frankly lovely story about the very frazzled and done-with-it-all Nurse Jiyeon and his younger, puppy-like admirer Dr Kim, this webtoon had me tuning in every week while it was coming out and still has me coming back for more. The ups and downs of their courtship and eventual relationship are truly a joyful (and at times hilarious) ride but it's characters; their endearing traits, their growth, their relatability, and their love for each other that really makes Ordinary Men shine. You can see why they love each other, because you love them too.

Anyway, it is no secret that Korea excels at hospital dramas so now I think it's time for it to turn its hand to making Ordinary Men come to life, preferably in full length drama form.

5.5 Honourable Mentions (it's not cheating if I keep it brief)

My Gorgeous Fiancé - Kwak Sae and Teunteun

Centering around two guys getting engaged to each other because of a bet between their parents and grandparents, My Gorgeous Fiancé was perhaps the most enjoyable fever dream I've ever had and now I want to see it on screen.

You Get Me Going - Moscareto and Oh Doyeon

Bed Friends but make it Korean, that's all I'm going to say.

Our Youth - Hinoon

Take all your straight-A student x school bad boy stories and add a heaping helping of tears, I actually felt this one deep in my heart, as in I actually felt my heart lurch reading this. Yes it's a high-school romance but it's also so so much more than that and I'd quite like to share the experience with the BL watching world.

#japanese bl #jbl #korean bl #ql #ql drama #there are no thai recs because it is hear tearingly difficult to find translates thai literature atm #and the translated books on meb have been adapted already #one day though #2024 wish list #or perhaps more accurately 2024 pipe dream #but that's not going to stop me 💪#i want things I can't have #its fine #*cries*

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gregor-samsung · 1 year

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淵に立つ [Harmonium] (Kōji Fukada, 2016)

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o0o0thorn0o0o · 4 months

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Mineko Old Art Dump, Cont.

Part 2 of 2 :

Now, time for info!

So, for starters: her name. As mentioned multiple times by now, her name is Asano Mineko, as in 峯子. Whereas Karma gets his kanji from their mother (my OC Kuniko) and Gakushuu gets his partially from their father, Mineko gets the remaining two from both. I was trying to see if there was a similar “updated” thing with Gakuhou’s second kanji (like how 学 is derived from 學), but that doesn’t seem to be the case from what I could find. So even though I don’t need to explain why they did that for Gakushuu and Mineko, I came up with one anyway: it’s a trade-off. Gakushuu keeps the reading over the exact kanji, and Mineko keeps the exact kanji over the reading (Mineko was always the plan, though; not fond of “Houko”, especially for her).

I also mentioned this before, but since I’m dumping quite a bit of info about her here, I’ll mention it once more: Mineko’s the middle child, with her birthday being January 1st, just like her younger brother. In these AUs, Karma could be born on the same day, or he could still be born on Christmas—both ways are possible, though I have a slighter preference for the former for some reason.

Before I get into her personality a little, lemme explain some of the drawings. Only some things. The rest will definitely be mentioned in a character sheet—or before: if I happen to draw it again before it gets done, I’ll probably talk about it at least a bit. Let’s go in order now, shall we?

So, um, height? Mineko’s tall, but idk, I feel like I made her too tall in that Until Dawn AU sketch (she’s not in the AU officially, but I do think about her in it from time to time. And jeez, I need to post about that AU some more…). Either that, or I made Rio too short. Like, idk, year 3 Mineko is 5’6” (167 cm), and she’ll be 5’8” (172 cm) at her tallest.

Second: er, you know that sketch that looks like she’s holding a large ice cream cone in a weird way? Uh, yeah, that’s supposed to be a telescope ^^;;; I just never got around to adding the tripod… or, like, referencing an actual telescope instead of from memory, oops. I might actually turn that into a proper post, but no plans as of the moment. But yeah, anyway: Mineko loves astronomy, and one of her favorite hobbies is star-gazing.

Another one of her favorites that I feel like mentioning now, too, is she loves listening to and composing music—mainly instrumentals/orchestral music. She’s the kinda girl you’d invite to an opera, haha (though, not romantically; she’s aroace. The main reason why this is is because I did not want to end up making an OC to pair with her (this has happened multiple times before with others, so this is a way of me putting my foot down with her, haha). That, and it kinda references the fact that at some point in time I headcanoned Karma and Gakushuu as aroace. Though, I still do personally see them being somewhere on the spectrum. But yeah, she aroace).

Then that one sketch where the art style’s very different from the rest—I’m actually not too fond of it anymore, especially the face, but I thought to include because I like the rest of the sketch and especially because—you know that art style I dub my doodle style? The one where the nose connects to the upper lip, and if the mouth’s open, I add a bottom lip? The one I introduced Mineko in? Yeah, fun fact: this sketch was the start of that art style. It’s changed a lot since, but perhaps I wouldn’t have drawn in it were it not for Mineko, haha.

Last thing before I get to her personality and stuff: I’ll mention something about the traditional sketches. Idk if you can tell, but Mineko is a huge junk-foodie—a sucker for fast food. She still keeps track of healthy food, for the most part—but yeah, she’d never turn down fast food, haha. Also, regarding the water: she’s more likely to casually see food in a “romantic light” than she ever is people, haha.

Speaking of, I headcanon both Karma and Gakushuu as good cooks—they can whip up something decent, at least, haha. Mineko on the other hand has no such interest. She’s got her brothers, after all. She doesn’t see a reason to… until she grows up, and her brothers are living their lives, and she realizes she’s got no one to cook for her anymore… Welp, fast food and restaurants have never left her down before, haha.

Ok, now I’ll finally discuss her personality a bit… well, traits? I wanna talk about her intelligence first. She’s a very smart girl, being in 3-A, but she’s not as smart as her brothers and has to try harder to somewhat be on the same level grade-wise—definitely not touching the virtuosos, but 3-A all the same. She also participates in extracurriculars but not nearly as many as Gakushuu—she can only handle so much.

But while she knows she may not have as high an IQ as her brothers, she very much believes she has a higher EQ than them. And to her credit, she does, but probably not by nearly as much as she thinks. See, she’s emotionally repressed, too—don’t let that smile fool you, haha.

For one, she doesn’t like conflict and does her best to smooth things over when/if she can, play the middle man (she likes to think of herself as a bridge, connecting two conflicting sides (especially her brothers; she also likes to say that’s the reason why she’s shorter than them, as (certain types of) bridges tend to dip below the two points they’re connecting, haha. Just a silly thought she likes to muse)). She likes fixing conflicts but would never intentionally start any. Cautious of stepping on toes.

That’s always why she tries her best to plaster on a smile regardless of how she feels—everything’s fine, don’t you know? She’s completely happy with her circumstances; don’t ever worry otherwise! She should be more worried about you than you about her! But yeah, she’ll either only let it slip should a situation get too stressful that she can’t keep it up or if she believes she’s all by herself. All that said, she’s usually fine. Usually. It’s just… when she isn’t…

Also, this girlie’s got major trust issues and is a misanthrope (Gakuhou’s her dad; enough said). She does believe that, of course, not all of humanity is bad. It’s just… she doesn’t trust individuals, especially the more friendly seeming ones. She’s been raised in a family of masks, adorning one herself, so she has no clue whether someone is being genuinely kind or not. It’s just easier for her not to trust them rather than be let down. Everyone’s got hidden agendas, it seems.

And while she’s friendly and polite to everyone regardless of her suspicions—even when there’s blatant evidence she’s right. Because she wants to be kind and helpful regardless. And again, she kinda believes most are like that anyway. Proof is just more of a confirmation of something she believes already—and while most would find her company agreeable, she currently doesn’t have any friends outside her brothers. And nor does she care to. She doesn’t see what she’s missing. Why would you hang out with someone who’s potentially fake? While helpful, she tries to make herself scarce whenever she can.

But yeah, the only way she’ll ever make friends is through a whole lot of interaction; she needs to be able to build up that trust and feel safe. Being close to her brothers is a good start, but she’ll still be wary for a good while. Not something easy, essentially, and could take years. Hence, no friends as of the moment.

Er, yeah, I guess that’ll be all I’ll share for the moment. Ended up being a lot longer than I thought, but I don’t feel like cutting anything either. So yeah; here is she! I adore her, so I hope you like her, too, or find her interesting at least ^^

I feel like you know about her more than the other OCs I’ve already revealed when they’ve been out for a couple years now. Oops ^^;;

#assassination classroom #ansatsu kyoushitsu #asano mineko #assassination classroom oc #ansatsu kyoushitsu oc #oc #original character #oc art #traditional art #traditional sketch #traditional doodle

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"Goodnight Punpun" is a critically acclaimed Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Inio Asano. It follows the life of a young boy named Punpun Onodera and his coming-of-age journey. The story spans several years and is known for its dark and surreal themes.

The narrative begins with Punpun as a child, depicted as a bird-like figure with a face drawn in simple, black lines. Punpun lives in a dysfunctional family, which includes his abusive father, distant mother, and his younger brother. He attends elementary school and faces the usual challenges of growing up, such as making friends and dealing with crushes.

As Punpun enters his teenage years, his life becomes increasingly complicated. He develops a crush on a girl named Aiko Tanaka, and the story delves into their tumultuous relationship. Punpun and Aiko become friends, but their connection is strained by personal issues, including Aiko's troubled family life and Punpun's struggles with anxiety and depression.

The series explores Punpun's internal conflicts and his desire to find meaning and purpose in life. As he navigates adolescence, Punpun grapples with his identity, experiences heartbreak, and becomes entangled in a web of complex emotions.

As the story progresses, Punpun's world becomes more surreal and metaphorical. The bird-like figure representing Punpun takes on different forms, reflecting his changing mindset and emotional state. The narrative blends reality and fantasy, using symbolism and surreal imagery to explore Punpun's inner thoughts and struggles.

Throughout the series, other characters are introduced, each with their own unique storylines and backgrounds. These characters often serve as mirrors to Punpun, highlighting different aspects of his personality and providing insight into his journey.

As Punpun enters adulthood, he continues to grapple with his inner demons, facing difficult choices and confronting the consequences of his actions. The story tackles themes of loneliness, alienation, love, loss, and the human condition in a poignant and thought-provoking manner.

Without delving into every specific detail, it's important to note that "Goodnight Punpun" is a complex and emotionally intense story. It explores the dark corners of human existence and portrays the raw realities of life, making it a challenging and deeply impactful read.

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Oh god, this manga is about me: Dead Dead Demon's Dedede Destruction

On December 2nd, 2022, a YouTube livestream broadcasted the rollout of Northrop Grumman’s latest technological marvel to thousands of people. Countless hours of R&D, cutting edge engineering, and assembly all lead to this moment. Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden spoke from a podium about “the next generation of capability” and “defining what this nation is capable of when we work together” while the livestream chat gawked and called her Mommy.

After Warden’s speech, the hangar door behind her slowly opened. Blue stage lights cast a powerful aura over a hulking monolith draped in a white cloth. Cinematic orchestra music blared and the lights pulsed with the music. The chat screamed “TRUMP 2024”, “METAL GEAR”, and “MOMMY” still, if you can believe it. The music reached its explosive crescendo, and the curtains dropped: the B21 stealth bomber was introduced to the world in all its glory.

Admiral Christopher W. Grady called it an “Airborne Extended Deterrent”. In his speech after the reveal, Grady waffled a bit about national security, and about how this plane REALLY matters and was, like, TOTALLY worth the tax dollars, guys. “This isn’t just another airplane. It’s not just another acquisition. It’s a symbol and a source of the fighting spirit that President Reagan spoke of” he said.

Livestreams and marketing of this nature aren’t uncommon in today’s late capitalist dystopia. Gun manufacturer Heckler and Koch shows off flashy trailers of their submachine guns, edited with a slow-mo Booj and the musical timing of a Battlefield trailer. At the time of writing, there’s even an extremely late sale on their website for “MARCH MAG-NESS”, with a toggle at the top for civilian and law enforcement of course.

When looking at these pieces as part of my research for this post, I’m left with a sinking feeling that’s hard to describe. I feel swallowed by a culture and a system so determined to casualize warfare, to justify violence against a perceived, sometimes invisible threat. As the planet warms, the rich elude responsibility, and I whittle away my days at an office job, precisely one thought bounces around in my brain: “I can't wait to go home and play videogames”.

This exact feeling is captured in amber by Inio Asano’s latest finished work, Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction! (henceforth referred to as Dead Dead Demon’s). Set 3 years after a UFO appeared above Tokyo, Dead Dead Demon’s follows two high school grads just living their life while the literal and figurative “end of the world” looms overhead. What starts off as an unassuming pre-apocalyptic slice-of-life unravels into a deeply fascinating vivisection of our current geopolitical climate and how its effects trickle down to the youngest generations like countless streams of Ronald Reagan’s piss.

It’s impossible not to see the political implications of Dead Dead Demon’s. After the giant UFO suddenly appeared above Tokyo, The Japanese military panicked. They shot down the countless smaller UFO’s that poured out of the main craft, raining debris down on Tokyo’s denizens. Thousands were killed, including Kadode Koyama’s father. Kadode’s mother, left traumatized and paranoid after this tragedy, becomes the manga’s version of a conspiracy truther. 3 years after 8/31, Kadode’s mother leaves Tokyo and her daughter behind to live in a commune with her new boyfriend.

In the midst of her high school graduation and early college career, Kadode is left alone. Or, she would be, if not for Ouran Nakagawa, her childhood best friend. Ouran is Kadode’s rock-solid foundation. As the manga comes back to time and time again, they are absolute; an unwavering, unconditional love connects the two in a way that’s rarely portrayed in manga. A running theme throughout the manga is that the people you love can pull you through anything, not through fixing your problems, but simply by being by your side. Or at least, it would be. More on that later.

The duality of Kadode and Ouran is explored throughout the manga in such a way that it builds the two protagonists to be distinct but codependent. Kadode, a victim of bullying in elementary school, developed a discomfort with how easily society labels its ingroups and outgroups. Her only respite from relentless bullying was Isobeyan, an ongoing gag manga that her father worked on.

The titular Isobeyan and his incredible technological gadgets allow a neurotic teenage girl named Debeko to find wacky solutions to her problems. Debeko, unable to escape her own cycles of narcissism and self-loathing, constantly relies on Isobeyan’s gadgets to get her way. Kadode sees her own destructive tendencies in Debeko, and fantasizes about using Isobeyan’s gadgets to fix her own life; it’s a potent fantasy to give someone who is marginalized. Full-color snippets of the fictional manga bookend each volume of Dead Dead Demon’s, serving as a clear visual and structural metaphor for the invaders and how their advanced technology would seem to be able to fix anything.

While Kadode Koyama is cynical but reserved, Ouran Nakagawa is a firehose of sparkly anticapitalist rage. She’s brash and completely unfiltered, swinging from scathing cynicism about the future of Japan to raucous joy about the latest patch for her favorite FPS within literal seconds. Ouran is the candle that burns twice as bright and twice as long, loudly proclaiming herself to exist in equal parts joyous laugh and viscous battle cry.

However, that’s not the whole story. Beneath the mask is a deeply empathetic high school girl who really just loves the people she surrounds herself with. She may tease her friends after a bad date, but she’s there to hug them while they cry. Although she talks a lot of shit, she clings to her friends like they are the most important people in the universe to her. Ouran embodies both the hopeless circle-jerk of being at the bottom rung of late-stage capitalism and the boundless love that powers us through the worst of times within that system. And yet, further beneath that, something stirs within her. More on that later.

The alien invasion is a clear allegory for (INSERT HOT-BUTTON GEOPOLITICAL TOPIC HERE). It’s equal parts climate change, refugee crisis, and 9/11. The so-called invaders don’t exactly live up to their name, being about the height of a grade-schooler and waddling around with cute old-fashioned submarine helmets on. They are about as unassuming as an extraterrestrial threat could possibly be, and we even get some chapters with the invaders from their perspective as they try to survive in Tokyo’s quarantine zones. To them, Earth is a hellscape they did not intend to die on. And oh my god, do they die.

This is the part of Dead Dead Demon’s that pulls on some horrible discomfort deep within me. The genocide of the invaders is sponsored by tech industry giants like Samsung and Google, literally mowing down crowds of child-sized invaders with machine guns, while Kadode and Koyama go about their daily lives just a few blocks away. The dissonance between high school antics and the screams of what look like dying children hits close to home. It’s impossible not to see the parallels between how we, as consumers in a post-industrial society, often live willfully ignorant to the cruelties our lifestyles enable.

I’ve grappled with the question, “what is Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction about?” ever since I first sat down and read it. After a third re-read, I’m not sure that I could boil it down to one specific, sexy thematic clause, and that seems intentional. Inio Asano, the manga’s author, is notorious for creating stories that revel in complexity. Dead Dead Demon’s welcomes, interrogates, and explores a whole host of questions about life in the modern era. And then… the big reveal happens at the midway point; the truth of what this story was really, always about.

Spoilers from here on out, folks. The manga takes a pretty significant turn, one that I actually really like, but it will give you whiplash if you aren’t ready for it.

Okay. So. Time Travel.

The Ouran we’ve seen throughout the first half of the story is without a doubt eccentric. The glimpses of her that we see in flashbacks, however, look like a totally different person. As a child, Ouran is shy and quiet and rolls with the punches. She even stands idly by as Kadode is bullied by her awful classmates. For lack of a better term, she’s perfectly normal. Somewhere along the way, something seriously changed for her.

When Ouran and Kadode were young, they barely spoke. The story goes that they grew close over a summer cram school stuck together, but the secret that brought them together builds out the world and history of Dead Dead Demon’s in a pretty surprising way: Kadode and Ouran found an invader 8 years before the invasion of Tokyo.

Kadode and Ouran go full ET mode and keep the invader disguised in Ouran’s bedroom. After some debate on what to do, the invader finally speaks up for themselves using a small alien device as a translation tool. The invader’s purpose for coming to earth is clear; they are a scout sent by “the home country” to see if Earth is a good place to finally come and colonize.

The interaction here between the scout and these two schoolchildren is fascinating. The scout speaks in vague terms, but they make it clear that humanity exists on earth to create a breathable atmosphere for the invaders, much like how trees create a breathable atmosphere for us. Invaders are beings that aren’t so strongly tethered to a body or physical form; compared to humans, the invaders are actually much more spiritual and transitory. Their child-like bodies only exist as a vessel through which they interact with the world around them.

Kadode and Ouran are bestowed with an impossible burden. They believe that they must prove themselves, and by extension humanity, as welcoming and friendly to this alien civilization. The scout is content to watch this with scientific, unobtrusive collectedness. If they can get a clear read on humanity and its potential threat to the home country anyways, the scout might as well entertain these two girls’ efforts.

Through actively volunteering to do good, the girls feel like they are painting a good picture of humanity for the invader to see. However, it soon becomes clear that the system they are a part of is too big for two small girls to change. Kadode and Ouran can’t do anything about the scandalized politicians, con artists, and criminals. Kadode, fully grasping the situation and its implications, decides that she can do more. No, she needs to do more.

Kadode manages to steal a few powerful tools from the Invader. A small device that sends a devastating force out from its tip, enough to send a car tumbling sideways. An invisible cloak that perfectly obscures its wearer. A device worn on the head that allows one to fly. When these technological marvels are put together, Kadode goes from being an unassuming grade schooler to something else entirely: a vigilante dead-set on purging the horrible people from this world.

Before long, news started to break of a train wreck, and of a politician turning up dead after a hospital stay for a minor medical issue ended with a bullet-shaped wound. Ouran’s favorite pop band member quit, and suddenly the concert was canceled thanks to a technical accident. Over the course of a few days, Kadode has been tracking down horrible people, nearly killing them, and asking them one simple question, “Tell me the worst person you know.”

Ouran finds out that Kadode has been doing this vigilante work, and for the first and only time in the manga, they fight. Kadode, grappling with the sheer weight of trying to fix our world, is left cold, distant, and apathetic. Ouran finds this new side of Kadode to be frightening and alien, like she doesn’t even know who she is talking to. After an argument and a brief physical confrontation, Ouran is left alone for the first time. She is devastated.

Kadode doesn’t show up to class for a few weeks. Then she moves away. In one last ditch effort, Ouran goes to Kadode’s new home and asks to speak with her. Kadode is disheveled, but seems somewhat happy to see Ouran. Therapy has convinced her that Kadode hallucinated or dreamed up her vigilante spree, but talking to Ouran reminds her all too well that what she did was real. The people she killed, the burden of proving humanity to be good, and the destruction of her relationship with her best friend, all push her beyond her limits. She can’t do this anymore.

In the middle of their brief conversation, Kadode jumps from the fourth story of her apartment building.

This series of events, observed by the invader, force them to come to one conclusion: Earth cannot be trusted and should not be visited by the Home Country. Hopeless and devastated, Ouran asks the invader if there’s anything they can do to bring Kadode back. While the invader can’t bring back Kadode, he can do something else: transplant Ouran’s consciousness to a different timeline. This would come with all sorts of risks, such as mental deterioration, but it would allow Ouran to relive her summer school cram days to do things right. Ouran could direct the timeline so that the two never encounter the invader all those years ago. Ouran ultimately accepts the invader’s offer.

I’m kind of obsessed with this decision because it underscores the tragedy and beauty of Ouran as a character. The crazy, chaotic Ouran we’ve been with for the entire story is actually a time traveler from another timeline. Since she never met with the invader, the Home Country was not notified that Earth was dangerous, and thus they appeared above Tokyo, killing Kadode’s father among thousands of other people as collateral damage. When given the choice between inadvertently destroying humanity and losing the one person that gives her life meaning, Ouran chose for herself. I really can’t blame her for that. What good is humanity anyway?

There’s more to this story, entire twists and plotlines I’ve glossed over and cut out of this post, but this moment speaks to the core of what this manga is about. Dead Dead Demon’s is about aliens, time travel, and corporate espionage, but it’s also about the people that need to live beneath those exact colossal forces battling overhead. When the system is this fundamentally broken, filled with flashy ads for the newest line of submachine guns, giant alien-destroying mechs sponsored by pop stars, and live streams where the CEO of a death machine company is called Mommy, it’s impossible not to feel weighed down by it all. The sheer scope of capitalism has never been more visible and more damaging to its denizens.

I often feel like my life is a rollercoaster. Right now, I feel like I’m at the part of the rollercoaster after the big buildup, where an amazing view beckons to me. I’m at the top, but I can feel gravity subtly pulling me down. In our current moment, the system is buckling under the weight of problems created generations prior. The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and basic hopes like owning a house or even a new car are well out of reach for many, many people. Without sweeping change, we’re fucked.

I can’t wait to go home and play videogames.

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