Today marks the date I have my first any pp related merch!!!!!!( okay it’s technically not merch I got this custom made from a small insta store but still I just wanna be happier)
I got a phone charm and a photo card keychain of - oh wait imma let y’all guess (I know it’s too easy coz he is all I post)
So I have baby ginochan photo card keychain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And very sadly, in the delivery process one of the beads on the phonecharm broke 😭😭😭😭😭
Kinda sad about it but my happiness of having my first ginochan merch is much more yall so I am fine!! 🫶🫶✨✨✨
You know what's a SUPERIOR TROPE? Enemies AND lovers that are unconfirmed but have that homoerotic energy where you can't deny they're gay where one of them is on the side of society's justice/morals and the other is on the side of their own justice/morals so that's the only reason why they're enemies and they're represented by opposite elements/colors.
Believe it or not, I've found 5 different types of media Like That™
Me, first few eps, whenever Ginoza is onscreen: oh my gosh I hate this guy shut up, shut up, SHUT UP get off the screen!!!!!1
Me, final few eps: oh my gosh Gino my baby my darling my poor little meow meow come here baby boy you're gonna be okay ohhh my gosh don't worry baby you can still--
A charming Ginoza in a truly striking drawing. Congratulations to the artist above all for his facial features. I find that frowning but always attentive look that hides a heart of gold particularly well rendered.
I love Kou so much and I miss his s1 moments a lot. Like this moment right here, he’s literally so funny, casually replying with ‘yeah’ when Akane asks him if he’s just going to speak with him. He wasn’t actually planning on just ‘speaking with him’ at all lmao.
I remember watching SS Case 1 a few years ago and loving the dynamic between Mika and Gino. And then when Season 3 and First Inspector came out, I really liked the few interactions we had there.
I will admit it's been a very long time since I've re-watched Season 1 or Season 2, so I can't remember a lot of the background (though I certainly need to find time to re-watch).
And I get that there are plenty of people that don't like this ship, which is fair, but for me, they work with an excellent power dynamic.
Gino is the older, wiser man who is in a socially inferior position. He has experience and wisdom learned a lot in his fall from grace and subsequent rising. Mika is young, naive, impetuous, but she has a good heart. She has the social upper hand, but lacks the experience and maturity to handle some of the things that come up in her line of work. Even in Season 3 and First Inspector, she's grown a lot, but she's still not as wise and she could one day be.
They create an interesting equilibrium, pairing the characters together the way they did in SS 1. It made for an engaging story (for me). And it really highlighted both of their characters and the changes they're going through so well. Mika is learning to slow down and breath, to stop and consider the people around her, even the latent criminals, as human beings with wants and needs. She is learning to look before she leaps. And Gino is learning how to look at the world from a more realistic experience. In a lot of ways I think it mirror's Ko's experiences in Season 1, with the benefit that Gino already knows that Akane will treat him as a human being first and an enforcer second, and that dynamic is (slowly) rubbing off on Mika too.
I haven't watched Providence yet. Might go watch it this week if I can make myself do the hour drive there and hour drive back, but I'm not expecting a ton of new content for them. Mostly shinkane (just the teasers alone satisfied my thirst for content for them for literally years).
I am interested in seeing where this dynamic might lead in the future.