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[foggytiredwombat]

I just finished my Kurono x Oguro very short 3-shot and I couldn't be happier because they're so cathartic to write. Love love love

#musings #writing #fanfic #fire force #yuichiro kurono #fire force kurono #oguru #oguro #enen no shouboutai

[gastronominho]

Oguru Sushi & Bar está com novo menu

Casa atualiza o cardápio do rodízio e inclui pratos inéditos

Casa atualiza o cardápio do rodízio e inclui pratos inéditos O Oguru Sushi & Bar, em Campinas, está com novidade no cardápio. O tradicional Rodízio Oguru (R$ 195,00) e o menu executivo da casa ganharam novos itens. Também há uma nova opção de rodízio, o Rodízio Oguru Especial, por R$ 275,00. Entre os itens que chegam ao Rodízio Oguru estão: – Colher de mexilhão com molho levemente picante.–…

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#comida #gastronomia #notícia #Oguru Sushi & Bar #são paulo

[echris246]

Nothing Can - By Favour Oguru [Download Mp3]

Nothing Can – By Favour Oguru [Download Mp3]

Favour Oguru is a dynamic worship leader, songwriter, and fashion designer. Born and raised in a Christian home with both parents given to music. Favour started her musical career early in her church’s children’s choir and later migrated to the main choir. She bagged a degree in Mass Communication and seeks to use her God-given voice in service to Him.The song, NOTHING CAN will inspire and…

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#favour oguru #Miasky music #nothing can

[barid-bel-medar]

👀

“You’re the younger Iida brother, aren’t you?” an unfamiliar voice asks. 

Tenya looks over his shoulder at a man with dark hair and a scar across his face. He’s dressed in what Tenya thinks is a biking jacket and dark jeans. His knuckles are scarred up like he’s used to punching things. He’s not one of the teachers, and Tenya can’t figure out what he’s doing on UA’s grounds, but he must have permission to do so. 

The man snorts. 

“I’m here because I need to chat with All Might and Gran Torino,” he explains. Oh, Tenya guesses he must have changed his expression in some fashion. 

“Who are you?” he can’t help but ask. Maybe a police contact like the detective who pulled All Might aside earlier this week?

“Oguru Iwao. I’m a retired pro-hero,” he says. “I took an…injury a few years back that meant it was impractical to stay in pro-heroics.” He stands next to Tenya. 

“You probably used to know me as O’Clock.”

Tenya chokes, because he recognizes that name for two reasons. 

First, because he’d followed any speedster hero based in Japan when he’d been little, including O’clock. He’d been so disappointed by the man’s sudden and secretive retirement. But he also knows the name because of something Tensei let slip, even if Tensei wouldn’t admit why he knows it.  Namely, that the hero formerly known as O’clock is also the vigilante known as Knuckleduster.

#words may hurt #sticks and stones #think before you speak

[pocketramblr]

Ask Game : How about an au in where Manual is a Todoroki (Any type of relative)

oh, you mean like when i said Fuyumi should adopt Manual as her brother? Or when we just made Manual the oldest todoroki sibling here, here, (and then...) here? or the separate fic where he's the oldest sibling and also the personification of water and the water cycle itself? Or the series where Tensei and Masaki are Vampire Fuyumi's scions and they're members of the Todoroki clan?

Just kidding, im sure everyone who saw the family tree reblog knows which one i'll talk about here.

1- Masaki, eldest Todoroki Himura child, does not have the quirk his father wanted. He also did not have an ice quirk useful to the Himura family. But he is the eldest, and an eldest son at that, so he's still trained and included by the family. Growing up though, Masaki knows that he's not quite right, not quite what people wanted of him, and tries hard to overcome it. He trains, a lot. He studies the family tree the Himuara clan is so proud of, and then branches out more, as if that'll earn their approval. (he knows most of the whole chart ehehe)He trains to the point that he doesn't just have the ability to manipulate water, but create it too, as his parents create fire and ice. Unfortunately, he can only do this by drawing on his body's stores, so he ends up out of breath and dehydrated too easily when he tries, and wielding large amounts of water is terrible for finesse. Touya, a bright firecracker of a second son, is trained instead. He hurts himself in training too, but can keep going, unlike Masaki. Masaki eases off, still training, still going to be a hero, but giving his little brother more of a spotlight. He's satisfied with what he has. But his brother and father aren't.

2- Masaki stops caring about training with overwhelming power, and focuses on learning how to move small amounts of water with better grace. He dives into the detective part of the job, even as Enji largely neglects passing this on to Touya. He uses his weird knowledge of his family tree for connections- why does he keep getting invited to such high level meetings, missions, and parties?? oh well, you see, Captain Celebrity's sibling married one of Masaki's mom's siblings, so they're in-laws-in-laws, and Ryukyuu's uncle married another one of CC's siblings, so of course Masaki got an invite. He isn't even bragging about his connections, or using them for ill, he just shows up and if people ask why, he says it so matter of fact that they're like 'oh yeah of course, i mean if Manual were my cousin's cousin's aunt's neighbor i'd invite him too, cmon in man." It's amazing how most heroes are more likely to know how they and Masaki are connected than to be aware of the fact that Masaki is straight up Endeavor's son. He doesn't need to be networking this hard. he's doing it anyway. He likes, after all, to be treated normally. He just has a skewed view of normal- but i mean, so does Fuyumi! they're just different skewed views.

3- Sadly this is not a Tensaki au for the simple reason that on one of Endeavor's parent's side, Masaki is distantly related to the Iidas. Now that would not be a problem for literally anyone else, but Masaki took the advice of "if you know how closely you're related, you're too closely related and applied it to his life, not thinking that most people do not in fact have a full knowledge of all of their relatives up to tenth cousins four times removed, and a partial knowledge up to fifteenth six times removed. Tensei is bemused when Masaki asks him how the crawler vigilante is doing, since they never officially partnered, and even more so when Masaki explains "Oh, no, it's just that he's been mentored by my uncle Oguru, has my grandparent's speed quirk and he's like, sixth cousins with your mother, only three or four times removed, so i thought maybe he might have mentioned it to you. But i hope he's doing alright, seems like a good guy and i know that bee bombing thing last month was rough."

4- Masaki dyes his hair brown to look more normal, and because he feels like his natural pink hair clashes with his costume too much. (Hey wonder if all that sexism in the family maybe impacted his view of it too. He very much disapproves of Touya's actions and words but maybe he doesn't want a girly pink hair color either.) Anyway, he also didn't stay at his father's agency for clear reasons. Once his own agency is set up, Fuyumi asks him if he'd consider taking in Natsuo- because he's completely neglected by their father, mom's in the hospital still, touya's dead, and Fuyumi's busy with school, Enji, and Shoto. Masaki agrees, and Natsuo ends up going into school for logistics with a science minor, still considering med school later.

5- "hey uh pocket is dabi not touya here" well that chart was made before the reveal. by not a whole lot of time lol. So, MASAKI doesn't think Dabi is Touya. After all, Touya is Dead. and Dead People do not attack school camps and set trees on fire. Dabi is, therefore, infinitely more likely to actually be Masaki's half uncle- he's pretty sure there are other kids on the fire side of the family, and it gives him a reason for hating Endeavor and his kids so much. Masaki stands by this even as his other siblings start cottoning on to the true identity of the arsonist. He's too normal to believe Dabi could possibly be Touya. After Jakku, he gets a call from Tensei like "hey man, i just heard about the news and i'm so sorry, you know you helped me a lot with my brother and family mess so i'll help you with your brother and-" and Masaki goes "OH THANK YOU i know other things like Eraserhead cutting off his own leg are more important, but i cannot believe my uncle would steal my dead brother's identity like that, with that awful dance-" and Tensei is like 'ah, right.' and just... lets him rant a bit to feel better, before he sniffs and goes 'its actually touya, isn't it.'

#anon #pocket talks to people #ask game #wow. i dont know if this man is very ill or very well. maybe both.

[samasmith23]

Evangelion: You Can (Not) Marathon — (Part 11)

Neon Genesis Evangelion, “Episode 11: In the Still Darkness/The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still”

Continuing my Evangelion re-watch marathon with NGE, “Episode 11: In the Still Darkness/The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still”! For my thoughts on the previous episode, click the link to the post below:

So here’s some very interesting trivia about Episode 11! The animation for this episode was actually produced primarily by Studio Ghibli instead of Gainax. I couldn’t find much information about why exactly Studio Ghibli were guest animators for this episode specifically, but if I had to haphazard a guess I’d say it was probably due to a combination of both Studio Gainax’s rapidly declining financial resources during the early & mid-1990s which heavily impacted NGE’s budget and production going forward, as well as the fact that Studio Ghibli’s founder, the famed Hayao Miyazaki, was a former mentor for and is good friends with NGE’s director Hideaki Anno. And Ghibli’s fingerprints are definitely visible in this episode as not only does the art style in the animation stand out as a bit more wonky and overly expressive than in previous episodes of the series due to differences in animation director Toshio Kawagushi’s graphic rendering style, but Episode 11 includes multiple humorous gags that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Ghibli movie! 

The booklets for the original Platinum Collection DVD boxset provide some further in trivia regarding Studio Ghibli’s involvement in the predation of this episode, including some background Easter-Eggs: “The animation for this episode was handled by Studio Ghibli, known for their work on such films as ‘My Neighbor Totoro.’, Nozomu (written as ‘peek’) Takahashi, the city assembly electoral candidate, who only appears as a name is a twist on the producer of Ghibli, Nozomu (written as ‘aspire’)” Takahashi. [Blooper here, since the name of the guy in the episode is pronounced ‘Nozoku’.]”

Similarly, the Oguru Commentary #44 elaborates: “Studio Ghibli is in charge of the original drawings. Takahashi Nozomi, a city council candidate who appears in the play, is named after Ghibli producer Nozomu Takahashi at the time. Mr. Takahashi used to be an editor of Animage, and Dr. He was in charge of the serialized article "Video Lab" under the name Nozomu. Some readers may remember him. Although it has nothing to do with Ghibli, the poet Hideaki Antani appears in the "My Resume" section of the newspaper Fuyutsuki was reading.”

But with all of that out of the way, let's finally dig into the episode itself!

Lol! I love how the episode opens with Aoba getting a UCC Coffee can out of a vending machine at his local laundry mat! I guess the first two Rebuild movies weren’t the only times Evangelion plugged that particular bit of product placement!

So this introductory scene of Ritsuko, Maya & Aoba at the laundry mat before meeting Professor Fuyutsuki on the subway is incredibly intriguing on multiple levels. Similar to the previous scene from Episode 10 showing the NERV Staff relaxing during a non-chaotic situation, this allows us to get a further glimpse into the daily lives of NERV’s personnel outside of their usual military industrial setting. It makes these characters feel a lot more human and three-dimensional in that regard. It’s also interesting to see how while Ritsuko is very casual in her interactions with Fuyutsuki, Maya & Aoba still address him as their commanding officer even when off-duty.

But even more importantly, the subway scene further fleshes out the world-building of Tokyo-3 as a fictional setting, as Anno reveals some rather interesting details about the city’s political structures and institutions. Specifically, Fuyutsuki & Ritsuko reveal to Maya & Aoba that the city’s official council are largely just figureheads despite politicians still holding elected positions of power, and that in actuality the majority of the Tokyo-3’s decision-making process is relegated to the Magi supercomputer system down in NERV HQ’s Central Dogma. While Maya makes an off handed remark about this system still being “democratic,” I can’t help but find the idea of restricting policy-making to three sentient AI programs to be rather authoritarian and undemocratic in actuality. Like, the idea is that humans are inherently distrustful and incapable of being trusted with making important political decisions is not only an incredibly nihilistic perspective, but you are still restricting power to three “superior” authorities rather than giving power to the people themselves. 

It’s honestly a rather fascistic system of government when you stop and think about it, and I can’t help but view it as an intentional choice on Anno’s part given that EVA takes a lot of inspiration from the themes of Ryu Murakami’s novel Fascism of Love and Illusion, which according to the EVA Geeks Wiki, focuses on “the ‘activities’ of the ‘Hunting Company,’ a political association that thoroughly rejects the weak and weak democracy and aims to establish a dictatorial and fascist society. The story is set in Japan, which is in the midst of a crisis of global depression and a sense of extreme stagnation, and the political organization ‘Hunting Company’ engages in both open and closed conspiracy, violence, and terrorism.”

In that regard, there are actually quite a few parallels between Murakami’s “Hunting Company” and both NERV and its parent organization SEELE in EVA, the latter two of which are depicted in increasingly negative and vilified lights as the series progresses.

Even Aoba somewhat addresses my concerns about the authoritarian nature of a supercomputer administrated government by not only dismissing Ritsuko, Maya & Fuyutsuki as “technophiles!” Furthermore, his his comment also correlates with the second episode’s title “The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still” being an overt reference to the classic sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still, since both stories explore the implications of humanity’s relationship with and over-reliance on technology. 

Again, I can’t help but wonder if this was also meant to serve as some kind of critique against fascistic authoritarianism in-relation, only in this case through placing total authority onto science & technology instead of a traditional human dictator?

Lol! I love the expressionless look on Misato’s face as she casually tries to shut the elevator doors as soon as she see’s Kaji rushing towards the doors, only for her facial expressions to immediately shift to cartoonish annoyance as soon as Kaji stops the doors from closing and gets inside with her!

Sigh… poor Shinji… I can’t help but feel incredibly bad for him here as Gendo coldly and rudely dismisses his own son when he tries to call about parental approval for a vocational education form, demanding that Shinji never call him on that phone line ever again. Have I mentioned before how much I absolutely despise Gendo’s guts?

Also, I don’t think I’ve given Spike Spencer’s voice acting as Shinji enough credit during this marathon. While Spencer’s delivery does start off pretty rough in places during the first few episodes of the series, you can really see him grow more naturally accustomed to the role as the show progresses. Spencer conveys Shinji’s feelings of anxiety, confusion, and rejection during this pay phone interaction so well!

Oh boy! It’s during this scene where Shinji’s being scolded on the phone by Gendo that crap truly starts to go down in this episode! Not only does Shinji randomly lose his father’s signal during their call all of a sudden, but at the exact same moment the power completely goes out in NERV HQ, trapping Misato & Kaji in the elevator in the process! Even all of the emergency back-up generators have completely shut down, therefore rendering NERV and all of Tokyo-3 completely without electricity. Additionally, Fuyutsuki orders that all little remaining power be completely redirected towards operating the Magi, even if it means completely cutting off NERV’s life-support systems (again, reinforcing the inherent authoritarianism behind relegating all political power to 3 supercomputers). 

Like dang! This entire scenario of NERV and the city of Tokyo-3 experiencing  a mass blackout not only makes for an incredibly entertaining premise for the episode, but from a thematic perspective it effectively conveys why putting all of our faith and trust in technology to administer our lives and daily routines has its serious drawbacks and risks!

Wait, why does the street have “EVA Socket” written across the left lane in big orange letters? That seems like a random detail…

Asuka continues to demonstrate a similar type of toxic patriarchal attitude that I previously discussed with Misato back in Episode 4, wherein she mocks Shinji for “not acting like a man [and] letting everything get under his skin.” Not only is this reflective of how attitudes of toxic masculinity and patriarchy so systemically interwoven into societal institutions that they can influence of women to uphold said traditionalist perspectives and not just men, but it also highlights a particular characteristic of Asuka’s character specifically. Namely, “masculine protest,” which according the Wikipedia article for this episode, is “a psychological term for a form of rebellion identifiable in women who are tired of the role stereotypically associated with the female gender. [In this regard] Asuka acts as if she is trying to prove herself and surpass the male gender, fusing an inferiority complex and radical rivalry.” 

Not only does masculine protest inform Asuka’s egotism and competitive behavior with Shinji during the previous three episodes she’s appeared in so far, but it’s particularly on display here in Episode 11 as the trio of pilots are forced to infiltrate navigate NERV’s maze-like network of during the middle of the blackout.

Asuka’s “masculine protest” also serves as an interesting contrast to Shinji’s behavior being more feminine coded at times, highlighting how her rivalry with Shinji is largely artificial, a byproduct of not only her own deep-seated psychological trauma, but also her unwittingly playing into toxic societal expectations and gender stereotypes despite actively trying to rebel against them. In essence, Asuka wants to prove her own “superiority” to Shinji, but at the same time she tries to force expectations of toxic masculinity onto him in order to inflate said-competition! This also ties into the episode’s underlying themes regarding the fallacies of authoritarianism, since Asuka repeatedly tries to reinforce her own singular authority upon her fellow EVA pilots whom she perceives as being inferior to herself, only for the majority of said-efforts to be undermined by her peers, thereby demonstrating just how inefficient authoritarianism actually is.

And to cap off this scene, I love the subtle look Rei gives as Asuka is emasculating Shinji. As if to indicate that she’s beginning to question pre-programmed societal and gender expectations? That wouldn’t surprise me considering that Rei’s overall character arc is all about gradually questioning and later defying Gendo’s abusive gaslighting and expectations in order to achieve independence by discovering her own individual sense of self. In a sense, while Rei was designed as a cog in NERV’s authoritarian machine in order to fulfill Gendo’s patriarchal ambitions to resurrect his wife Yui Ikari (due to Rei’s nature as a clone of Yui artificially created in a lab), she’s beginning to question the expectations and norms imposed upon her since birth!

So this episode actually introduces one of several unanswered mysteries which EVA fans have continued to speculate & debate about in the decades since the series’ release: who exactly was responsible for the blackout in Tokyo-3? 

Misato & Gendo both come to the realization that the blackout must be a deliberate act of sabotage since they state that it’s impossible for all three of the generators which supply NERV HQ and the city above with electricity to simultaneously shut down. Despite the episode raising the question of who exactly cut the power, the culprit’s identity is never confirmed either here or later on the series. While some fans have speculated that it was either a random terrorist, or agents of SEELE who caused the blackout, I’ve personally also believed to Kaji be a likely suspect due to him being a double/triple agent for both NERV and SEELE who’s true allegiances are similarly left incredibly vague!

If Kaji is indeed the culprit, then him rushing to get on the elevator only for them to get conveniently stuck inside during the blackout definitely wasn’t just an excuse to continue making flirtatious advances towards Misato then! 

Lol! The dramatic irony here! Just as soon as Fuyutsuki states that he hopes an Angel doesn’t show up to attack Tokyo-3 during the blackout when NERV is defenseless, the scene immediately cuts to the JSSFD detecting the Ninth Angel, Matarael, slowly approaching Tokyo-3 on radar! 

All that’s missing here is the “wa wa wa” trombone sound-effect!

I love the brief montage of Misato, Aoba, and Rei each realizing that the emergency phone lines are down as well! Great editing on Gainax & Ghibli’s part there!

Asuka immediately taking on the self-assigned role of “group leader” the moment she, Rei & Shinji realize that they need to break into NERV HQ themselves in order to assess whether or not anybody inside is in danger. While this is definitely both funny and perfectly in-character for her, it’s also further reflective of her inflated sense of pride and competitive streak while also correlating with her artificiality of her “masculine protest.”

Not only does Asuka bring up the idea of a group leader when it wasn’t even suggested by Shinji or Rei, but she quickly assigns said-role to herself while asking if the two have “any objections?”, in essence forcing them to go along with her games that are designed to validate her own pride. It really does demonstrate how despite Asuka’s constant attempts to frame herself as a “mature grown-up” in the eyes of both her peers and commanding officers, in reality she is acting incredibly childish and immature by doing so. Brilliant screenwriting and characterization on Anno’s part!

Lol! And Rei immediately partially exposes in the inherent childishness of Asuka’s “masculine protest” by pointing out that the emergency entrance to NERV HQ is behind Asuka just as she boasts about leading the way ahead of Rei & Shinji!

Yup… more toxic reinforcement of gender stereotypes on Asuka’s part. She immediately defers to Shinji manually opening the door, essentially ordering him to do all of the heavy-lifting despite her desire to prove her “superiority” simply because she thinks heavy-lifting is “man’s work.”

Interestingly, this scene of Shinji doing the “heavy-lifting” for Asuka is juxtaposed against Hyuga delivering Misato’s laundry for her just as soon as he hears a JSSFD plane overhead warning about the approaching Angel. It seems that while Misato has at least somewhat worked through her previous attitudes concerning toxic patriarchal expectations of men when it comes to Shinji, she’s still actively engaging in such attitudes when it comes to having her subordinate Hyuga basically act as her secretary…

Lol! The Studio Ghibli animation is definitely noticeable in this scene where Kaji suggests that Misato “take off her shirt” when she’s dying of sweat in the elevator…

No joke, when I first saw this scene several years ago of Maya telling Ritsuko that the commanders were “still cool and in control” despite the growing heat and lack of air conditioning, only for it to then cut to Fuyutsuki’s bare feet in a bucket of water behind the desk and to have him tell Gendo, “It’s hot…,” I immediately burst out laughing! 

I think it was the combination of the contrast of Maya’s impression of Fuyutski’s professionalism against the silly image of his bare feet in water, as well as VA Guil Lunde’s dry delivery of Fuyutsuki’s line that made me laugh so hard! Haters like to say that EVA is nothing but depressing psychoanalysis, but scenes like this prove that EVA can actually be incredibly funny whenever it wants to be!

Another funny moment! Hyuga basically just carjacked a news van in order to not only warn people about the rapidly approaching Angel, but also to break through the barricades to NERV HQ! Feel sorry for the poor news anchors he dragged into this though…

Fuyutski & Ritsuko’s theory about someone deliberately sabatoging NERV’s power systems in order to get a complete read-out of the headquarters and the system’s layouts definitely provides credence to the fan theory that this was all part of SEELE’s plans to later launch an all out invasion during The End of Evangelion, especially since Episode 7 previously established that NERV was also facing severe budget cuts for their defense program! Anno is very efficient in subtly foreshadowing and planting the seeds for future payoffs incredibly early on! Kudos!

Also, Gendo’s line about “mankind’s greatest enemy [being] man himself” after Fuyutsuki expresses frustration about the first being to truly infiltrate NERV HQ being “a member of [their] own species.” This highlights how despite the looming apocalyptic threat that the Angels represent to humanity, at the end of the day the principle antagonist of the Evangelion franchise is ultimately humanity itself! A sentiment which will later be reflected by Misato & Hyuga during a similar exchange in The End of Evangelion!

Lol! Looking at this image of Asuka, Shinji & Rei marching single file through NERV’s dark tunnels, combined with Asuka’s own childish games of “leadership,” I can’t help but think that Asuka would fit in perfectly with John, Michael and the Lost Boys of Neverland from Disney’s Peter Pan!

Actually… considering that John and the Lost Boys were similarly playing in childish games of “hunting Indians” (yeah… some casual 1950s colonialist racism on Disney’s part there… classy…) while including anti-Indigenous slurs in their “Following the Leader” song, while also dismissing Peter and Wendy visiting the Neverland’s mermaids as “girls stuff” in a misogynistic manner, the Peter Pan reference is actually more apt than I originally thought considering that those are similar authoritarian & gender-essentialist societal “norms” that this episode is criticizing Asuka for actively engaging in...

As funny as it is to see Asuka immediately defer to Rei leading them to the shortcut after the overhear Hyuga overhead warning about the Angel despite still proclaiming to be the leader, it does feel a bit out of character for Asuka considering how much she hates Rei especially for reminding her about the parts about her past that she hates about herself. Or is this Anno deliberately conveying subconscious cracks in Asuka’s armor?

Oh boy, Shinji finally asked one of the biggest questions a lot of fans were probably having by this point in the series (myself included when I first watched it): “What exactly are the Angels and why are they attacking us? Aren’t they supposed to be messengers from God?” 

And of course Asuka does little to answer his questions by shutting him down with her, “What are you, stupid?”, catchphrase before giving him the reductive answer of, “Who cares? They attacked us first? And when someone’s attacking you, you attack back.” 

It’s definitely reflective of Asuka’s narrow-minded and immature mindset…

Holy crap! The scene where the trio makes a wrong turn (once again due to Asuka’s childish egotism), only for her to open a door back to the surface with the 9th Angel, Matarael, lurching across the city and stopping to stare directly back at her, leading to Asuka to quickly shut the door in an understandable panic, is still legitimately terrifying and chilling! The soundtrack “Angel Attack III” certainly helps emphasize the fear in tension on display here!

Returning to Matarael specifically though, I do quite dig this Angel’s design here. Not only does Matarael have this unique arachnid-like aesthetic, with its giant lumbering legs making it strongly resemble a daddy long-legs spider (which make the Angel’s movements feel simultaneously slow yet menacing) but also the multiple Illuminati-pyramid eyes that are spread out all across its body! While some fans have obviously connected the pyramid eyes to SEELE considering the organization’s similarities to Illuminati conspiracy theories, I can’t help but be reminded of Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls every time I now look at Matarael’s eyes!

Are we sure Matarael is actually an Angel and not just a relative of Bill Cipher’s from the Weirdmaggedon dimension? It’s certainly possible considering that not only is inter-dimensional travel a firmly established precedent in Gravity Falls, but the series finale of that show also references a lot of visual imagery from EVA!

Being serious again though, in regards to this Angel’s name, Wikipedia states that, “The name Matarael (Hebrew: מטראל) also comes from the Book of Enoch, where he is described as the angel of rain. The name of Evangelion's Matarael refers to its offensive strategy and its powerful, corrosive acid, which it rains on its enemies.”

Lol! The image of a Hyuga driving a news van directly into Central Dogma is in-and-of-itself a hilarious image!

Despite my open and justified disdain for Gendo Ikari, I do have to begrudgingly give him some credit for having the ingenuity and foresight for the possibility of having to launch the Evangelions manually if the power ever completely ran out (despite all the aforementioned failsafes), even having a back-up diesel generator on stand-by for such an emergency. 

It pains me to say it but… kudos Gendo? No, it I still feel dirty saying that!

Oh boy… I love this heavy and intense confrontation between Asuka & Rei as the latter once again tries to properly guide the trio to Central Dogma after Asuka’s previous multiple failed attempts. Seeing this as the third strike Rei has inflicted upon Asuka’s pride (Strikes 1 & 2 occured back in Episodes 9 & 10), Asuka is seriously beginning to make some serious negative presumptions about Rei’s character, not only projecting her own sense of inflated superiority onto Rei, but even expressing jealousy over the fact that Gendo seems to be playing favoritism with Rei. 

And I love how Rei immediately counters Asuka’s accusations about “not feeling superior or being favorited by anyone,” stating that, “I am treated no better than anyone else here.” Is Rei slowly starting to realize that Gendo’s treatment of her is actually incredibly toxic and abusive?

Asuka telling Shinji, “First Child is definitely aggressive, and I’ll bet she’ll do anything to stay number one! Some people just think that they’re better than others!” Yup, definitely some hypocritical projection on Asuka’s part…

Geez! Even imagining just how unbelievably heavy manually inserting that Entry-Plug into Unit-01 via a rope-&-pulley system must be, even with Gendo and half-a-dozen other people doing so, just hurts to even think about! I bet all of their muscles are incredibly sore for the rest of the day…

Lol! I love how while Shinji & Asuka fall out of the air vent and land on top of each other in, Rei instead gently drops herself down in a composed and graceful manner! A great method of visual contrast and characterization!

So this is the first of two scenes in which Shinji starts to develop a false sense of hope that his father is finally starting to appreciate and value his existence. Shinji is shocked to hear from Ritsuko that his father personally helped prepare EVA Unit-01’s Entry-Plug, with her stating that Gendo “believed in him,” before Shinji looks up to see Gendo still pulling on the rope to lift the plug. 

While Ritsuko’s words feel rather unhelpful and hollow due to what an abusive piece of crap Gendo actually is, considering that The End of Evangelion later reveals that Gendo does secretly love Shinji but has always purposefully neglected his son out of fear of hurting him due to his own self-loathing, I can’t help but wonder if there’s actually some truth to Ritsuko’s words here? I mean… its certainly possible considering that its also later revealed that Ritsuko is sleeping with Gendo (again… gross!).

It’s actually pretty neat seeing the NERV staff being forced to prepare the Evangelions for launch manually and without electricity, unlocking all of the heavy machinery locks either by hand or with what limited power that the diesel generator provides them, as well as the fact that the pilots themselves have to use their EVA Units to push the walls locking them in place as well! It certainly creates a visually distinct and unique variation of the traditional EVA launch sequence! I love it!

Lol! The image of Units-00 through 02 crawling through the giant air vents with giant battery-packs on their backs just looks so silly! But still… again I love it

Shifting away from silly imagery though… Matarael oozing acid directly out of its eyeball to burn its way down into the GeoFront is simultaneously incredibly disgusting & disturbing, further emphasizing the EVA’s Angels as these eldritch alien monstrosities!

Alright! So Asuka’s actually demonstrating some legitimate leadership skills during the Angel fight of this episode! While this is still another veiled egotistical effort to prove her own “superiority” as part of her “masculine protest,” her strategy of having her Unit-02 act a living shield to protect Shinji & Rei’s respective units from Matarael’s acid as the two try to retrieve their dropped rifles at the bottom of the vertical shaft, with Shinji Unit-01 acting as an offense to whom Rei’s Unit-00 will serve as backup to by throwing the rifle up the shaft towards, thereby allowing the Shinji’s offensive EVA unit to fire a barrage of gunfire at the Angel above as the Asuka’s defensive EVA unit gets out of the way, destroying the Angel! 

Like, this is actually some mature and calculated planning on Asuka’s part! A definite contrast to her previous immature boasting and lack of sense of direction while navigating NERV HQ during the rest of the episode. Asuka actually is capable of showing emotional maturity when the time is necessary!

Although from a motivation perspective, Asuka’s strategic planning is still rooted in her misguided sense of pride, since she not only immediately interjects Rei’s offer to serve as defense against Matarael’s acid by demanding to take her place, but tells Shinji that it’s her time to save him so that she doesn’t owe him any favors after he previously rescued her after the fight with Sandalphon in the previous episode!

Also, Rei being assigned the role of backup instead of offensive further illustrates that Asuka holds Rei in even lower regard than she does Shinji…

In addition to being such clever strategic planning on Asuka’s part, the actual execution of Asuka’s strategy is incredibly epic as well! I especially love the quick choreography of seeing the units drop down and prop themselves against the walls of the vent in rapid succession, with Asuka blocking Matarel’s acid, Rei using her Units booster jets to descend to the bottom of the pit, and Shinji firing a rapid volley of gunfire upwards which kills the Angel! Badass!

So… was Kaji actually looking up Misato’s dress like she speculated as she was up on his shoulders desperately trying to open the elevator roof while dying from a bursting bladder? Or was he just trying to look at her opening the door? Because if it’s the former, then that’s rather creepy on Kaji’s part…

Lol! If the Fuyutsuki with bare feet in a bucket of water scene is my favorite gag in this episode, then this right here is easily my second favorite! Just as Misato & Kaji are trying to open the elevator roof door, the power suddenly comes back on and the two lose their balance as the elevator starts to move again and reach its intended floor! Only for the door to open to reveal Ritsuko, Maya & Hyuga on the other side, and the three see sweaty and exhausted Misato & Kaji lying on top of each other in the floor! And given that Misato has her jacket off combined with her & Kaji’s exhaustion, sweat and unfortunate positioning, the three immediately assume the absolute worst, with Maya coldly commenting in response, “Sex fiends…” 

Absolutely priceless!

As gorgeous as this closing scene of Shinji, Asuka & Rei gazing up at the starry night as Toyko-3’s power comes back on is, it does raise some very interesting philosophical questions. While Shinji can’t help but appreciate the beauty of the night sky with he absence of light pollution, discovering the beauty which technology and electricity makes us forget, Asuka can’t help but state that she feels much safer and more comfortable with the artificial light that electricity provides, stating that it makes her feel closer to humans.

Not only does this harken back to the Hedgehog’s Dilemma in which people will pursue empty and hollow relationships out of fear of hurting each other, but it also argues that it is primarily due to humanity’s over reliance on technology that they are able to obtain the power that they possess. This is further reinforced by Rei’s comments about “Man [fearing] the darkness, and so he skirts away at the edges of it with fire,” which insinuates that technological advancement is derived from a desire for power, and that a desire for power is derived from fear of the dark, of the unknown. 

It’s this desire for power & control, and fearing of the unknown & the other which is sadly the source of humanity’s sins and crimes throughout real-life, especially considering that the countries at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution were also the ones who perpetuated centuries upon centuries of colonialism, slavery, and genocide upon those that they othered and exploited for their technological advancements. It’s honestly a rather insightful critique about the correlation between over reliance on technological advancement and the adherence to fascistic authoritarianism which I alluded to at the start of the episode concerning Tokyo-3 utilizing the Magi supercomputer system to make all of the important political decisions in the place of an actual democratically elected government.

Also, the fact that Shinji then speculates over whether or not this “fear of the dark” and technological advancement is not only “what makes mankind a special species,” but also the reason that the Angels want to destroy them, implying that what makes humanity “special” it’s sins and flaws, and that the Angels are therefore passing divine judgement upon them. It also harkens back to Gendo’s previous words of “Mankind greatest enemy is man himself.” Some strong thematic writing on Anno’s part there! 

And of course, the episode ends with Asuka demonstrating that despite her growth during the fight with Matarael, she still has a LLLOOONNNGGG way to go as she once again falling back on her old childish habits by dismissing Rei & Shinji’s philosophical questions with, “What are you? Stupid?! Who knows what [the Angels] think?”

So that was NGE, “Episode 11: In the Still Darkness/The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still,” and overall it was another incredibly strong entry into the series! In addition to further emphasizing Asuka's flawed superiority complex through the lens of her "masculine protest" all throughout this episode, I especially loved the thematic and philosophical questions it raises about the dichotomy between technology, nature, humanity, & power, which is definitely a correlation with the kinds of elements found in the anime films directed by Anno's good friend Miyazaki. In that regard, it's actually kind of fitting that Studio Ghibli served as the guest-animators for this episode. Additionally this episode not only enhances the overall intrigue and ambiguity surrounding the shows mysteries through the unknown culprit behind the NERV and Tokyo-3 blackout, the fight with Matarael was another banger Angel fight, and this episode features some the absolute funniest moments in the entire series (special thanks to Fuyutsuki and Maya! Your comedic bits were most definitely appreciated)! 

Next time it’s gonna be Episode 12!

#Evangelion: You Can (Not) Marathon #neon genesis evangelion #evangelion #nge #eva #hideaki anno #shinji ikari #asuka langley soryu #misato katsuragi #ryoji kaji #rei ayamani #ritsuko akagi #fuyutsuki #maya ibuki #makoto hyuga #shigeru aoba #peter pan #bill cipher #gravity falls #90s anime #anime and manga #studio ghibli #NERV #Matarael #gendo ikari

[primegrim]

people i would ship eiko with ( not one fandom based and legit for no particular reason i just did this list because i wanted to ) :

zhongli ;

yagi toshinori / all might ;

kayama nemuri / midnight ;

baizhu ;

dehya ;

albedo ;

alhaitham ;

todoroki enji / endeavor ( EXTREMELY specific portrayals ) ;

sosaki shino / mandalay ;

yelan ;

iida tensei / ingenium ;

yae miko ;

dainsleif ;

tsutsumi kaina / lady nagant ;

all for one ;

pantalone ;

oguru iawo / knuckleduster ;

dottore ;

capitano ;

sako atsuhiro / mr . compress ;

ganondorf ;

arlecchino ;

pierro ;

murata himeko ;

kaveh ;

kafka ;

leon s . kennedy .

lady dimetrescu ;

karl heisenber ;

joel miller ;

ocs .

#yeah #* (&. headcanon ) beauty in the decaying .

[sellatease]

[mrskurono]

title: What’s Your Deal? || Yuichiro Kurono x fem!Reader a/n: my mental health is shit? better retract back into my Kurono themed snail shell  word count: 1.8k (i have no idea why it’s so long...) tags: fem!Reader, language, idk nothing really, semi edited character(s): Director Oguru (fire force) ft. Kurono + Nataku synopsis: Your boss doesn’t get you. And he really doesn’t get you when he scopes out ten years worth of work history to understand exactly what keeps you at the power facility. So, what is your deal?

“You know...you could work closer to the main office with a resume like this. And by close, I mean, the main office under the President.”

Glancing from your screen to see Director Oguru’s face contorted in some semblance of confusion as he stared harder at the tablet in his grasp. You sit back in your chair confused by his remark. Apparently it was obvious on your face because he looked across the room at you with a coy smile.

“No seriously, what exactly is your deal?”

“My deal?” You don’t mirror his smile. Instead scowling at your supervisor as he goes back to scrolling through whatever it was he was doing, “What the hell are you talking about?”

Pale and boney finger pointing at the screen he turned your way. It’s honestly pointless this far across the room but Oguru makes a big scene of flicking through about five pages before returning to looking at the tablet himself, “You did your residency here and stayed? Seriously?”

Skeptical and confused about the man you look over at him leery of what he was going on about, “...lots of medical staff ended up working where they did their residency...so your point?”

“My point is with scores like this and a work history like this you should be grabbing the entire medical branch of the company by the throat!” Oguru chuckled and leaned back into his wheeled thrown, “Just your work alone on tephrosis could earn the President so much more.”

“It does already earn him that much,” You remark, “I’d be doing the same thing closer to the Empire or out here.”

“But you’d have so much more space.” Oguru gestured at the office space he’d bullied his way into sharing with you when he came down from the main office, “A better title. Undoubtedly a pay raise. So many people under your command.”

“Ew.”

“Ew?” Oguru parroted you with a disgusted look on his face at your unwanted remark.

“Yes eww.” You shake your head and return back to your computer, “That sounds awful. Besides-” A smirk crosses your lips even while you remain looking at your screen, “Working here means I’m as far away from you as possible.”

Tapping his index finger on his lip as Oguru crosses his legs and ganders back at your Haijima portfolio, “It’s true. You could earn me so much more money working closer to the Empire.”

“There’s a good reason right there not to take the upgrade.”

“Your work mainly focusses on tephrosis. Not exactly the adolla burst research everyone is clamoring for but-” Oguru stops on a file dedicated solely to your newest work with Nataku Son and by default Kurono, “It seems your knowledge spans far past just what you’ve already done. You’re one smart cookie huh?”

Throwing a lazy glance his way you look at him unamused, “Is there any point to this conversation Director?”

“Besides the fact I’m your acting supervisor?”

“Besides the fact you’re looking at material that has no real meaning to the adolla bursts or the pillars at the moment.” You correct him.

Oguru clicks his tongue clearly ignoring what you just said as he scrolls on his tablet without a care, “You’ve been with the Power Development facility for what...ten years now? And Kurono’s been here...well since he was seventeen.”

Unamused by his deduction skills you stare at him, “And your point?”

“Seems like you two have had more than your fair share of time to get to know each other.” Oguru, smiling to himself as he fiddled with the hand held computer, “Seems your residency was up...around the same time Kurono was offered to join the Fire Squads.”

“And?” You tapped away at your laptop trying not to feed into his childish gossip and willfully hoping he’d shut up sooner than later, “We both made career path choices. Everyone does when they’re young.”

Oguru spun himself around in his chair and wheeled himself closer to your desk across the room. Still not giving you a peak at his electronic device in his hand but the coy man was more than happy to look over your shoulder at the patient work you were doing. 

“You control him better than I do.” Oguru’s casual slimy smile, “What’s your secret?”

Your complacent look finally dipped into something different. One of disgust as you frowned at him and finally had enough of his poking. You turned around so you were both at eye level and gave him listless shrug, “I don’t have one.”

“I don’t believe it.” Oguru squinted as he rubbed his chin looking at you skeptical, “This isn’t a fairy tale like beauty and the beast. Kurono could never make the part of either beast or beauty.”

“What are the possible inclinations of our history is important to you Director?” You sighed, leaning into your desk with a propped up elbow and lazy glare in his direction, “Last time I checked. There’s some married and dating staff in most Haijima facilities. So unless you’re nit picking protocol-”

“I’m not nit picking anything,” Oguru chuckled, “You both do your jobs swimmingly and make me look great. I wanna know what makes the duo tick. Wanna know how the duo even functions.”

Blinking unenthused you shake your head, “Well unlike you, treating people not like tools and stepping stones really helps.”

“You and I both know Kurono is not the coworker you go out to drinks with to climb the cooperate ladder.”

“We actually went out for drinks once.” 

“Key word being once.” Oguru highlighted.

You roll your eyes and turn away from him back to your computer, “We decided dinners were more our thing than drinking.”

Sliding himself up to the edge of your work space. It was Oguru’s turn to prop his elbow up and lean in casually to look at you, “And lunches. And now you two basically have a kid together so- Oops-” He grinned ear to ear when the mention of Nataku caused your typing to go awry in the heat of the moment, “Sorry, I don’t mean kid. I mean Nataku Son so-”

“I know what you meant.” You cut him off sharply without taking your attention away from the screen.

Sighing like he was admitting defeat. Oguru pushed off your desk and spun himself around in his desk chair so he was facing out towards the rest of the office, “It’s just got me thinking is all. Kurono’s a good worker now. It’s almost like he’s working towards something now. You wouldn’t happen to know what the something is, do you?”

Hands resting on the keyboard. You can’t help but take a deep sigh. Striking anyone would be cruel. Striking your boss would be foolish. Though Oguru pushed the limits of that. You supposed from the outside Kurono does stir a different emotion in people that what you feel.

“So, you wanna know what’s my deal or Kurono’s deal?” You set your work aside to give the Director your entire attention.

“They seem kind of interchangeable don’t they?” Oguru smirked.

One long sigh. Why couldn’t he be like every other coworker who was just terrified of the man in question.

“Yes my residency was mostly taken up by Kurono’s tephrosis case.” You relay to him flatly.

“And you were able to get it to carbonize only within his right arm. Yes yes yes. I could read all that if I cared.” Oguru waved off the facts he could just read about.

Scowling you crossed your arms with a huff, “What are you, twelve?” His annoying smug face told you enough. Once more rolling your eyes at your boss you fall quiet for a moment before speaking, “...It’s true we both were up to go somewhere else. But when Kurono requested to stay here, the staff here extended the offer to me.”

“So you can control him.” Oguru nodded enticed by the idea.

Your frown of disgust says enough but you continue, “He’s still a person. There’s no controlling anything.”

Oguru waved his hand flippantly, “Yes yes no using people as tools and so forth. Tell that to someone who hasn’t climbed the cooperate ladder.”

“You know if you actually cared maybe stop interrupting so much.” 

“Fine fine fine.” Oguru held his hands up innocently. Instead of saying another word he made a motion like he was zipping his lips and throwing away the key.

Once more you sighed and dreaded the idea you didn’t have a cyanide pill like in the movies, “...They asked me to stay because Kurono asked about it.” Reaching up to palm the back of your neck there was a second you felt a little silly saying this all out loud after a decade, “I just- I wanted to help him. And his tephrosis. So I asked if I would be able to continue my research with him and astoundingly they all said yes. Looking back on it I see it’s very marketable if Haijima could reverse tephrosis. And subsequently work their companies even harder if that meant pryokenetic abilities no longer had a worry for bodily harm.”

Like he’s gestured, Oguru didn’t actually pipe in with a single word. Though you were speaking money. Something he was sure to be fond of.

“So...I stayed.” You think back to the past decade. The ups and downs. Some with Kurono some just on your own. And some of them together. Compared to now as you look over at the screen right next to you. A big picture of Nataku on the case file of him hanging off you while Kurono stood right next to the both of you. An untrained eye might actually think it’s a family photo. 

“So the deal-” Oguru followed your line of sight to the picture still up on your screen, “Is that you fell in love?”

Before you could answer. The hefty office door swung open. None other than Nataku bolting in as Kurono held the door open for the kid. His flame retardant sleeve flapping as he came bounding over to you seated in your chair. Going on about something and lunch of course. Until you hushed him up with a hug and you glanced over at Kurono. Who was undoubtedly scowling with all his might at the Director across from you. 

“Yeah.” You combed your fingers through Nataku’s hair as he looked up expectantly at you and Kurono finally broke his glare from Oguru’s direction. Only to meet his complacent stare and find a smile spreading on your own lips the second your gaze met, “I guess that’s my deal.”

#fire force #fire force x reader #fire force kurono #kurono #kurono x reader #kurono yuichiro #kurono yuichiro x reader #en en no shōbōtai #en en no shobotai #enn enn no shouboutai #enen no shouboutai #fire force oguru #oguru #director oguru

[maozne18]

Haijima's executive and his bodyguard

#fire force #en en no shōbōtai #kurono yuichiro #oguru #director oguru #haijima #art #digital art #fanart #digital fanart #digital drawing #digital illustration

[yourcommissar]

#en en no shōbōtai #fire force #haijima #Oguru

[yuichi-ro]

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20+ blog (18-19 welcome to read just don't directly interact unless we're mutuals)

characters are aged up no matter what

no posting schedule + no guarantee everything you send in will get answered or get an elaborate answer

do not dm me unless we are mutuals or have talked previously

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ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ&ꜰᴀɴᴅᴏᴍꜱ

these kink lists are not comprehensive and change

YES to ─» mommy kink | pegging | overstim | oral | masturbation | pet/hybrid play | sex toys | mild humiliation | nipple play | wlw content | lactation | crossdressing/feminization | gangbang + group sex | frottage + docking | mild bondage | gloryhole | watersports | spit | poly ships | more... NO to ─» daddy kink | dom!Male roles | cow hybrids | heavy dacryphilia | bimbo | sub!Reader | blood/knife/gun play | scat/vomit | cheating | more...

DARK CONTENT ─» noncon/dubcon/cnc | incest | age gaps | drugs | somnophilia | manipulation | gore | more...

ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ **bold indicates favs who may or may not result in a more sub!Reader role or no dynamics whatsoever

ᴅʀ ꜱᴛᴏɴᴇ ◇ Senku ◇ Kinro ◇ Ginro ◇ Chrome ◇ Gen ◇ Kohaku ◇ Hyoga ◇ Ukyo

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀꜱᴇ ꜱᴛᴜᴅʏ ᴏꜰ ᴠᴀɴɪᴛᴀꜱ ◇ Vanitas◇ Domi ◇ Astolfo ◇ Roland ◇ Olivier

ꜰɪʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ◇ Kurono ◇ Shinra ◇ Hinawa ◇ Maki ◇ Konro ◇ Benimaru ◇ Karim ◇ Oguru ◇ Arrow ◇ Sho ◇ Hibana ◇ Viktor ◇ Joker

ᴍʏ ʜᴇʀᴏ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍɪᴀ (currently not writing) ◇ Izuku ◇ Bakugou ◇ Shinso ◇ Kendo ◇ Toshirnori ◇ Rody ◇ Shoto ◇ Dabi ◇ Shigiraki

ʙᴜɴɢᴏᴜ ꜱᴛʀᴀʏ ᴅᴏɢꜱ ◇ Akutagawa ◇ Francis ◇ Twain ◇ Steinbeck ◇ Chuuya ◇ Dazai ◇ Tachihara ◇ Higuchi

ᴛᴏᴋʏᴏ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇʀꜱ ◇ Naota ◇ Draken ◇ Mitsuya ◇ Kazutora ◇ Baji ◇ Hanma ◇ Hakkai ◇ Kisaki ◇ Koko ◇ Inui ◇ Rindou ◇ Yuzuha ◇ Shion

ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏ ᴘᴀꜱꜱ  ◇ Ginoza ◇ Kogami ◇ Akane ◇ Makishima ◇ Yayoi ◇ Karanomori ◇ Togane

ʜᴀɪᴋʏᴜᴜ (currently not writing) ◇ Kageyama ◇ Atsumu ◇ Suna ◇ Makki ◇ Kindaichi ◇ Tsukishima ◇ Yachi ◇ Kuroo ◇ Iwaizaumi ◇ Omimi ◇ Gao ◇ Tatsuto ◇ Hoshiumi

ᴊᴜᴊᴜᴛꜱᴜ ᴋᴀɪꜱᴇɴ  ◇ Megumi ◇ Getou ◇ Choso ◇ Noritoshi ◇ Utahime ◇ Miwa ◇ Mahito ◇ Urame ◇ Shigemo

ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ... ◇ Kekkaishi ◇ Ao no Exorcist ◇ Bleach ◇ Mob Psycho ◇ Soul Eater (ask about these first)

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[gastronominho]

Novidades no cardápio do Oguru Sushi Bar

O conhecido Sushi Bar apresenta novidades no cardápio, nesse mês de janeiro.

O conhecido Sushi Bar apresenta novidades no cardápio, nesse mês de janeiro. No tradicional Rodízio Oguru (R$195) incluíram novos itens – que se estendem também para os menus executivos – além de mais uma opção de rodízio, o “Rodízio Oguru Especial.” Começando com o Niguiri de Hokkigai que é feito com um molusco do Atlântico Norte canadense. Para quem prefere opções quentes, tem Bao de…

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#bar #Campinas #Novidades #Oguru Sushi Bar #rodízio japonês #são paulo #sushi

[tarithenurse]

Spark - 19

Fandom: Enn Enn no Shouboutai / Fire Force. Pairing: Shinmon Benimaru x fem!reader. Content: Angst. A/N: Okay...this took a turn I didn’t originally expect, so next chapters might be coming a biiiit slowlier. Feel free to ASK (or reblog) for tag – in fact: always reblog. Thanks to those who have already <3

19. Fuel

...  Reader  ...

It’s not the first time you wake with a pounding headache from having been knocked out...and judging by the general tendency of such things happening, you begrudgingly accept that it probably won’t be the last time either. Not that you want to make a habit out of it.

Rather than warm fragrances and soothing light beyond the eyelids, the place (wherever you are) comes across hard, cold, and dark. Blinking under the single electrical light, you take in the damp looking surroundings through a haze until the first wave of nausea passes. Not Asakusa. Admittedly, that’s the understatement of a lifetime but it helps you ground yourself. Chapped concrete walls, a simple cot made of steel, and over in the corner (which really is no further than two steps away) is a table and chair made of the same material. No windows. Only one door without a handle.

Your (or rather Benimaru’s) clothes are gone, replaced by a stiff jumpsuit in an indiscernible grey-faded colour. The idea that someone’s undressed and dressed you intensifies the nausea, but you manage to swallow it down together with the bubbles of fear.

And you wait.

Sometimes there’s the sound of footsteps passing by at the other side of the door, each time making you hold your breath with dread. But nothing happens – not even when the passer by(s) stop outside as if they’re about to enter. Time just passes and you start to tire from the constant vigilance.

At some point, a bland meal arrives through a hatch and slide in the wall by the desk. Nothing impressive. Nothing that tempts you enough to risk anything by eating or drinking it out of fear of what might be in it. I’m overreacting. They caught me, so why would they spike the food or water? But the worry remains unmoved by any amount of logic you can muster.

...  Konro   ...

Everything has descended into madness.

After returning from the kitchen fire, Konro had presumed that the absence of Beni and [Y/N] was a natural result of their slow start together, but when the night had almost dragged by and the world started to stir, only the captain returned. A grim expression on his face was underlined by the clench of his jaw and fists, his clothes singed and torn.

“Where is -” The question is unnecessary. “Where did you search?”

Benimaru sinks down on the nearest chair. “Third. She’s not there.”

The aftermath of Benimaru’s unsanctioned “search” hit shortly after that.

Representatives from Haijima and the highest up of the Special Fire Force are staring down at the two men from Asakusa, one of which has his mind somewhere else entirely. The last thing needed to dissolve some of the tension is for the captain of Seventh to come off as wry, cooperative, and standoffish.

“I don’t know about a guy with a dark coat and wide-rimmed hat,” Konro sighs, rubbing the scar running across his face, “all I know is that an Asakusan citizen is missing now and that captain Giovanni has practically harassed us on several occasion previous to tonight.” Say something. He attempts to project the desperate wish into Benimaru’s brain. Something useful, he adds.

An exasperated huff betrays one of the Haijima guys, a sleazy man called Oguru, but it’s the Agency Chief who speaks up. “Giovanni...is not a captain anymore.”

Finally, the only captain present seems to listen although his face reveals nothing.

Konro lets his hand fall from his face. “Please explain.”

“As you might know from co-operating with Company Eight, certain...issues have come to light that have dishonoured Giovanni’s standing and warranted his arrest which was set to be handled less than 48 hours ago.”

“Was set to be...?” the lieutenant stressed the grammatical choice.

A potent silence drags out.

“...a simple task which the Fire Force leadership was not able to carry out,” Oguru butts in coldly, “instead allowing him to escape with his research and plans.”

“Hrm,” the Chief grumps, “probably into the Nether.”

Konro’s mind blanks out for a second, not even able to think of curses strong enough for what he knows will happen.

...   Reader   ...

Your body has betrayed you, allowing you to dose off after hours of hyper-vigilance, and so it comes as a shock when the door is wrenched open to allow an oddly dressed girl to enter the room – a baggy, white onesie that somehow doesn’t manage to make her appear anywhere near decent is topped by a crown that has slid past the forehead.

“Awww! You didna wike what we gave you, huh?” she trills, an edge of insanity looming close in her voice, “well, don’t wowwy wittle girl! We won’t give you anymore.” The last sentence stands in sharp contrast, suddenly void of any emotion or caricatured childishness.

Rather than engage, you remain on the cot and only watch the cold mannerism disappear to make room for impatience. She’s insane! Whatever horrors you had concocted at night, growing up in fear of the many dangers a homeless girl could suffer, none has prepared you for this.

“Get up!” the girl orders.

She can only be a handful of year younger than you. Reminds me of a spoiled toddler. And just like a brat, the tantrum follows much too quickly and unleashes an electrical jolt that spans the distance and enter your body with a sharp pain before everything turns numb.

“Wha-...?”

Numb, but not limp. Your body moves as if invisible strings have been attached at every joint, forcing you to stumble past the grinning girl and into the dark corridor beyond. Fear claws at your lungs, causing bile to boil in the guts at every useless attempt of regaining control.

“Don’t fight it, pwetty girl,” the giggle torments, “you belong to us now.”

#benimaru x reader #Shinmon Benimaru #Shinmon Benimaru fanfic #Shinmon Benimaru x fem!reader #Spark 19 #fire force benimaru #Fire Force #Enen no shouboutai #enn enn no shouboutai #Benimaru shinmon #Benimaru x fem!reader #Shinmon Benimaru love #Benimaru angst #Benimaru pining #Benimaru protective #Benimaru slow burn #benimaru x y/n #fire force fanfiction #fire force fanfic #Enn Enn No Shouboutai fanfiction #fanfiction #fanfic #writing #wip #Anime #Anime fanfic #Anime fanfiction #x fem!reader #x reader #Company 7

[comicparanoia]

Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

#4      by Mike Mignola &   John Byrne

        released by Dark Horse Comics on June 1, 1994.    

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BIRTH        name : tamao oguru        date : unknown. BASICS        nickname(s) : queen bee, kuin hachisuka, bee keeper        age : 16***        species : Human, quirk user.      personality : Outwardly, she's generally really cheerful, described as "weird" by her friends, however she is actually a ruthless villain, not caring of the destruction caused by the victims of her bees. She's rather manipulative and enjoys toying with the emotions of her potential victims. She also cares a lot about her bees.        Her personality is a fusion of parasitic bees, and the host's own brain. When under the Trigger drug*, her underlying spirit is revealed, and the bees mission takes less priority (whilst still amplified) and the host's feelings begin to emerge.        quirk : "QUEEN BEE." a swarm of Apocrita, bee/wasp-like creatures, nested behind a medical patch in her left eye. The number of insects produced are numerous as she is able to dispatch her phalanx to cover a heavily populated metropolitan area. Kuin is bio-physically connected to the swarm and receives pain whenever they are injured or destroyed as well as gain insight to whatever experiences or information they glean. The stingers act as syringe delivery systems which are useful for the injection of drugs or other such contaminants.   Kuin is also able to make them explode, but the damage done does not appear to be large, and she can only make so many of them explode since she also receives pain.        biography : wip.         sexual orientation : ??        marital status : unmarried / single APPEARANCE             height  : 162 cm, 5'3"        eyes : green.        hair : brown.      style : usually in her school's uniform, and striped thigh highs.        noticeable trait(s) : a white eyepatch, usually covering her left eye. bangs parted to cover that.        piercing(s) / tattoo(s) : ear piercings. ADVANCED        education : high school student.        occupation : part time villain.

RELATIONSHIPS  

   FAMILY }  

  father: KNUCKLEDUSTER. also known as mr. oguru

   NONRELATED }        stendhal: STAIN. former co-worker who tried throwing a knife into her eye.

ADDITIONAL        - *Trigger drug: also known as Weak Quirk Improvement Drug, is a type of drug that gives a boost to a individual's Quirk, simultaneously weakening their sense of reason. Trigger addicts suffer a side-effect after the use that changes their tongues color to black.        - ***BNHAI takes place before BNHA, she, in her verse , is like 16? in BNHA she'd be? 18? 19?? Something? Idk. I'm confused and stressed. Varies depending on the rp. xd IMPORTANT        - CANON VILLAIN, from the "BNHA vigilantes" series.        - my time zone is PST.template credit c. candiceking

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