#this really happened in yakuza 4

[bisexualkiryu]

Kiryu: back in kamurocho again, I wonder what majima-no-niisan is doing

Majima:

#this really happened in yakuza 4 #I cannot believe #goro majima #kazuma kiryu #yakuzaposting #yakuza #yakuza 4 #y4 #shitpost #ryu ga gotoku #rgg #kiryu kazuma #majima goro #meme

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yakuza: dead souls - american vibes, bigass guns, and why zombies are super weird to have in ryu ga gotoku thematically/ideologically speaking

so i've been playing dead souls recently (hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah) and although i'm having the time of my life with it, there was something about it that kinda felt off to me, and i think i've figured out what it was, but i'm gonna have to walk you through a bit of my thought process to get there.

my first instinct was that it felt... american? and upon further examination i think that boils down to a couple of things:

everyone suddenly has lots of guns and also way way bigger guns

high emphasis on individual heroism (this itself is quite typical for rgg, but it manifests differently here; more on that in a bit)

military/government incompetence, which must be solved by the right individuals having the biggest and bestest guns

[for the sake of transparency i will note that my experience with zombie media is pretty limited and skews american (and i myself am american), so that may create bias. however, the 'this feels american to me' instinct is a rare one for me even in genres where i have seen little/no non-american media, so i think the fact that it did occur to me is notable. what about dead souls triggered that response when little else has? that's why i examined it and, truthfully, i think there's merit in the idea itself.]

the first point is pretty self-explanatory. america's got more guns than it does people, and its gun worship is infamous. japan's ban on guns (aided by its being an island state) means there's far fewer guns in the country, as well as far fewer people with guns (and likely far fewer guns per gun owner, excepting arms dealers/smugglers) than somewhere without such a ban. obviously, there are guns anyway. due to their illegality they are clustered within the criminal population, which explains their presence within organized crime within the series. very few guns will be sitting around in the homes of otherwise law-abiding citizens.

and yet, when the zombie outbreak hits kamurocho, plenty of civilians suddenly have access to quite an arsenal. everyone has the knowledge they need to aim, fire, and reload smoothly and quickly; ammo is infinite for certain guns. characters we've never seen using firearms before suddenly have shotguns under their couches (looking at you, majima). it's not only very different from reality, it's very different from guns' place within the series up until this point, when they were limited weapons used primarily by the enemy.

and they're making a zombie shooter, so of course they would have to do this. it has to be unrealistic to be simultaneously in this setting and in this genre, in the same way that yakuza solving their problems with bareback fistfights instead of guns is itself both unrealistic and necessary to being the kinds of games rgg are.

my point is that this is a kind of focus on and valorization of gun ownership and competency unusual for the series and setting. further, it serves as an argument for why an armed, competent populace is crucial typical in american media.

which brings us to the third point (we'll get to 2 in a minute). guns are often marketed as self-defense weapons. the implication is that the government's defense of the individual (via law enforcement or the military, but particularly the former), are insufficient. this is objectively true. if someone pulls a gun on you at the gas station, will a cop manifest out of thin air to intercede? no. that's impossible. but if you have a gun, or if some bystander has a gun, you or they may be able to do something with that gun to stop the armed person. thus, there is an undeniable gap in the effective immediacy of such responses.

many gun advocates also point to the incompetence or insufficiency of law enforcement, even when they are present to stop an armed aggressor. the fact that law enforcement do not have a 100% success rate in protecting the citizenry is also objectively true.

so, when you are in danger, arming yourself increases your chances of being able to put down (or at least take armed action against) a present or potential threat. whether it is viewed it as a supplement to or a replacement for law enforcement, it is meant to make up for the shortcomings of the government's ability to completely protect all its citizens. it's a safety net for state failure.

back to dead souls. rgg has always centered political corruption in its stories, including politicians, the police, and sometimes even the military, though usually the former two. sometimes this is treated sympathetically (i.e. tanimura, a dirty cop, whose dirty-cop-ness allows him to work outside/against the law to help disadvantaged people, not unlike how kiryu views being a yakuza), and other times it's simply a matter of greed or lust for power (i.e. jingu).

however, something that's almost never touched on so clearly is government incompetence. when the government fails to help people or hurts them or does corrupt things, it's usually due to a competent, malicious bad apple who is removed from power by the end of the game. this implies holes in the system because it keeps happening all the time, but that's on a series-wide scale, a pattern ignored by the series in favor of the individual game solution of "this guy's gone now :) yay".

but in dead souls, the SDF's barracades fall, their men are killed, they are unable to help protect the people outside or inside the quarantine zone. they are weak in a way the government usually isn't in these games. and who is stronger than them? our individual good guys with guns. so we need to be armed because the government is weak and can't protect us. boom. america.

returning to point 2, i'd like to say that dead souls is not particularly more individualistic than any of the other games in the series (other than, perhaps, y7). rgg is an incredibly individualistic series, actually. its protagonists are usually men who defy, oppose, and skirt around the law as a way of helping others and doing what is truly right (with a few exceptions, like shinada and haruka). the romanticized view of the yakuza as a force for helping the community in the face of government incompetence is a real one, and one that tends to manifest itself most in kiryu and how the series treats him. it shows us yakuza who aren't willing to kill, yakuza who cry about honor and justice and humanity and brotherhood, yakuza who never dip their hands into less palatable crimes, or only do with intense regret (and only ever as part of their backstory). the beat-em-up style emphasizes this as well. i mean, what's more individualistic than a one-man army?

put more clearly, this series is about men defying legal and social laws and expectations to live in a way that feels right to them, and about making themselves strong enough to combat those who would get in their way. the individual is placed before the society in importance, (though generally in a way that benefits the community, because they are good guys who want to use that agency and power for good).

all of this is true in dead souls as well, technically. those who live on the outskirts of society are the ones who actually save the day, and the ones who go in there and save people rather than just walling them off and pretending like they don't exist. they have the guns, which are illegal and mark them as criminals, but this broken law is what gives them the power to save themselves when the government will not, and to save their community if they so choose.

where dead souls differs is in the nature of that strength.

rgg places a lot of emphasis on self-improvement, both of one's body and of one's character. do both of these, and you will be strong enough to back up your ambitions. what allows someone to carve their own path in life is the ability to put down ideological and physical resistance by having resolve and the ability to tiger drop whoever won't be swayed by your impassioned speeches. you make yourself a weapon. you make yourself strong. in dead souls, that strength comes from an external, material possession. strength is something you buy (or that you take from someone else). who is able to survive the apocalypse comes not from the heart, nor from rigorous training, but from who has the most, the biggest, and the most bestest guns. it's an intersection of capitalism, militarization, and individualism. simply, deeply american.

[when i was talking myself through this a few days ago, i spent a lot more time on the capitalism + individualism stuff, but i think i'll keep this moving. consider this aside the intermission]

dead souls also differs for a few other interlocking reasons. it can be described with this equation:

zombification of enemies + lethality of guns = loss of emphasis on redemption

if your best friend turned into a zombie, could you shoot them? or your child? or your lover? it's a common trope, but it's a damn good one. watching your family, your neighbors, your town, everyone turn into a husk of themselves, something that looks like them but cannot be reached, is deeply tragic. it's even more tragic when these husks are trying to kill you. unable to be reasoned with and unable to be cured, you must incapacitate them before someone innocent is hurt--or hurt, then themselves made dangerous; each loss adds to the number of threats surrounding you. your life is seen as more valuable than that of your zombified friend, not only because the zombie is attacking you and it's self defense, but because they are no longer a person to you. to be a zombie is to no longer be human; zombification is dehumanization.

and so in a series so focused on connection with one's community, on saving innocent civilians, often on saving kamurocho specifically, one would expect similar tropes to occur. even if one's friends aren't turned, perhaps the cashier at poppo you chat with sometimes is. it's the destruction of that community and of the members one has tertiary relationships with that i expect would occur most within a kamurocho zombie story, since they are likely unwilling to axe anyone more important than that, even if dead souls isn't canon. i'd especially expect to see that in the beginning, before the need to kill zombies rather than contain or redeem them becomes apparent.

this does not happen.

i cannot speak for the entire game, but i can speak of gameplay choices that affect this, and ones i think will not be subverted throughout, even if they are somewhat contradicted by plot events i am presently unaware of.

kamurocho is not a community to protect, nor is it filled with your fellows. it is a playground filled with infinitely respawning, infinitely mow-downable, infinitely disposable zombies. you are meant and encouraged to kill them by the thousands, and never to hesitate or consider whether they may be cured or who may be mourning them. who may be unable to identify their loved one because you were trying to reach a headshot goal from hasegawa. you are not meant to consider them as human, nor beings that were once human, nor beings that could be human again, in the eyes of the zombie shooter. they are merely bodies, targets, and obstacles.

the zombies are contrasted with the true humans, those barricading themselves within the quarantine zone or those living in ignorance outside it. humans are meant to be saved, zombies are meant to be killed. the player character is the only one who can truly help with either of these goals, because the other humans are cowardly, ignorant, or unarmed/helpless. you must be their savior. to be a savior is to eliminate zombies, who are less than human.

the black and white nature of this is also emphasized by another gameplay characteristic: the lack of street encounters. when you traverse the peaceful parts of kamurocho, you are never attacked. you are also never directly attacked by the humans within the quarantine zone. kamurocho feels very different without its muggers and hooligans, but it's because this is a zombie shooter, not a beat-em-up. in a normal rgg title, you'd subdue threats by punching, kicking, and throwing them. you'd use your body in (supposedly) nonlethal ways. dead souls does not have a combat system meant for civilians. you have your guns. you subdue threats by shooting them, preferably lethally. the game doesn't want you to do that to humans, so you never fight humans. this furthers the black and white divide between the salvation-worthy, noble humans and the death-worthy, worthless zombies. combat is only lethal, and only used against the inherent other.

this leads me to the part of dead souls i find most conflicting with the ethos of rgg broadly, and perhaps its greatest ideological/thematic failing.

because the enemy are incurable, dangerous, and inhuman, you must kill them to protect yourself and others, others who are still human. humanity is something that is lost or preserved, but never regained. once someone's gone, they're gone, and you not only must kill them, it is your duty and your right to kill them. you should kill them.

in dead souls, there is no redeeming the enemy.

and that's a big problem.

rgg is about a lot of things, but a key one is the ability of people to change for the better. its most memorable, beloved villains are those who see the light by the end and change their wicked ways (usually through some form of redemptive suicide, though that's another essay in itself). its pantheon of characters is full of those who come from questionable backgrounds struggling to be the best people they can be, to live as themselves authentically and compassionately. it's about the good and the love you can find in the moral and legal gray zones of life/society, and the potential/capacity for good all of us have, no matter how far we may have fallen. it is a hopeful series. it is a merciful series.

this is something bolstered by its gameplay. countless substories are resolved by punching a lesson into someone until they improve their behavior, either out of fear or genuine remorse/development. the games don't just discourage killing your enemies, they don't allow you to (yes, we've all seen the "kiryu hasn't killed anybody? umm. look at this heat action" stuff before, and while they've got a point, i believe it's the narrative's intent that none of this is actually lethal, based on how laxly it treats certain plot injuries (cough cough. y7 bartender) and the actual concept of taking a life, the gravity it is given by the text, particularly when it comes to characters crossing that threshold into someone who has killed. explicit killing is not an option open to you, even when you're being attacked by dozens and dozens of armed men. conflicts are resolved by simply beating up enough guys in this nonlethal manner.

but dead souls is a shooter. to avoid conflict with the series' moral qualms about letting its characters kill, the enemies cannot be human. furthermore, the zombie shooter genre can only fit within the series if its zombies are completely inhuman. this means their pasts as humans cannot be acknowledged, nor the possibility of a cure, nor the characters' own potential conflicts about killing them; or, at least, not in a way that impedes their or the player's ability to gun them down afterwards.

if you can't kill humans in your series, then it cannot be possible to save (in this case, rehumanize) zombies. this is especially true in a game where you are unable to fight humans, and thus human lives are universally more valuable than zombie lives. because if you kill a zombie that can be cured, you are, in a way, killing a human.

and so, in a series where you should always assume your enemies (and everyone, for that matter) are capable of reason, compassion, change, and redemption, and where they are always worth that effort, even if they reject it in the end, dead souls' enemies are irredeemable and only worth swift, stylish slaughter. there are only good guys and bad guys. good guys must be protected, lest they be turned irreversibly into bad guys. good guys are only protected by killing bad guys, and the only way to save good guys is to kill every last one of the bad guys. do not spare them, and do not ask whether or not it's right. only kill.

i love dead souls. it's a silly game. i like seeing daigo in decoy-drag and majima gleefully cartwheeling his way through zombies and ryuji with his giant gun arm prosthetic. it's fun. but when i was trying to figure out what felt off about it to me, one of the words that came to mind (besides american) was indulgent. that, too, felt odd, because i love indulgent media. i am not one to scorn decadent, hedonistic, beautiful high-calorie slop type media. if dead souls was just fan servicey, that wouldn't really bother me. i am a fan and boy do i feel serviced. it rocks. but i think my problem is in what dead souls is indulging.

i think dead souls indulges in the desire to cut loose, and to see these characters cut loose. thing is, they're cutting loose all over kamurocho, and all over the bodies of people they used to (at least in concept) care for. with lethal weapons. it is catharsis via bloodbath, not by pushing your body and mind to the limit in man to man combat, but by pulling a trigger before the other guy can hurt you, or even think about hurting you, for the crime of existing as the wrong kind of thing.

and i just don't think that's in line with rgg's beliefs.

yes, it's probably fair for dead souls' characters to kill zombies. i'm not against that. i'm also not against games letting you do purposeless violence. i spent a good amount of my elementary school years killing oblivion npcs for shits, like. that's not what bothers me about dead souls.

rgg as a series has always taken a hard stance in both its game design and narrative choices against killing and for the potential for redemption in its enemies. and i think the lengths to which it goes to promote that despite the probably-lethal moves you do and the improbability of a harmless do-gooder yakuza is one of the most endearing things about the games. so for this one entry to disregard that key theme for the sake of a genre shift that flopped super hard, well? i dunno. it feels weird i guess. it's out of place not just because it's a dramatic shift in gameplay and style and also zombies are only a thing here (and the supernatural/fantastical are thus only prominent here), but because of what those shifts imply.

so, uh. yeah. my pre-dead-souls thoughts that dead souls wasn't that out of pocket bc rgg's just kinda weird? turns out it was actually super weird to have a zombie shooter in there, but for way way deeper reasons than anyone gives it credit for.

(footnotes in tags)

#1) i deemphasized the physicality of shooting to emphasize my points about the viscerality and personal nature of rgg #brawls and the colder more detached nature of gun use relative to that but i do NOT mean that shooting has no physical component to it #obviously it takes a lot of skill to shoot quickly and accurately and lugging a bigass gun around kamurocho would tucker me out for sure #2) no i don't think all those things i said were american were usa-exclusive. it's a big world out there. i'm just saying those things #combined feel like a particularly american flavor of thing to me #3) there's probably more to be said about the connection between wanton killing and american styling or anti-immigration theming in zombie #stories or dead souls But i figured that was a bit too disconnected to the funny zombie game. this shit was a lot anyway y'know? #4) also i don't think most of this was intentional on the part of rgg studios. i genuinely think they just wanted to make a fun zombie #shooter and didnt really think about it all that hard. whenever you make smth there's gonna be implications you never considered. it happen #5) is it ballsy to write a giant essay on a game i'm like 1/4 the way through? yes. i've done smarter things. i'll revisit it when im done #if i'm wrong then i'll figure it out probably. but like. i don't think they'd set up the hasegawa objective stuff or have akiyama just #unflinchingly start shooting zombies and then later challenge that. we'll see but my hopes aren't high y'know? i know rgg #6) i should also clarify that violent catharsis is a) a part of all rgg games and b) cool as hell. it's the lethal bit that doesn't fit with #the series y'know? #rgg #ryu ga gotoku #yakuza #like a dragon #yakuza dead souls #dead souls #classic skrunk 4 hr middle of the night impulse essay hooorayy

[todayisafridaynight]

what happened to him

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 3 #yakuza 3 #yoshitaka mine #snap sketches #'what happened to him' as in why the hell does he have a model in kiwami #im certain it was supposed to be for a substory of sorts but now i wanna know :( #rgg why do you do this to me #the compulsion to draw him with emo daigo is strong but we'll have to see if i do that i dont really have any ideas atm #just wanted to scribble his outfit is all #so funny i was calling a friend when drafting the first drawing and they asked me which of my fave RGG charas they should draw #and i was like 'lmao idk' and they were like 'ok who have you drawn most' #and Apparenlty i've drawn mine like. 3/4 more pieces than i have of daigo ? #surprising honestly i thought i wouldve drawn daigo more but lmao

[zaddyazula]

this is so sad

#i feel so bad for saejima #i really like him though can’t wait for him to nearly kill majima eventually #yakuza #yakuza 4 #that’s what i’m guessing is gonna happen #zad plays #zad plays yakuza #zad plays yakuza 4 #saejima taiga #taiga saejima

[majimemegoro]

Kamurocho dashboard simulator

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nishiki was 27 years old???

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he shouldnt have been made a patriarch the dragon of dojima would of been better at it :/

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#kamurocho #tokyo #tenkaichi street #japan landscapes #photographers of japan #travel #cyberpunk #not as zesty as my usual subject matter but #lmao pls reblog this i almost got beat up by color gang members taking this photo

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my hungry ass can't be left alone with staminam x i suck those bad boys down like juice

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#the entitlement i see on this site sometimes is disgusting #y'all will just post about having easy access to bicycles??? #some of us had our bicycles wrecked in fights??? #vent #do not rb

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CALLOUT FOR SHIMANO FUTOSHI

I've talked a lot about this already on this blog, but I want to have everything collected in one post so next time some dipshit with a hannya hand icon slides into my inbox to call me a liar I can just link to this post. tl;dr shimano futoshi made my cousin feel realy unsafe while she was shaving his head, and here are the receipts:

Keep reading

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🚡 matsushigeboss-deactivated30190547

fr we need to stop letting twunks be in charge of anything

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i stg if one more of you tells me the old yakuza way is dying I KNOW ALREADY shut UP

#feel like pure shit just want cold noodles

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today's scam: Aha water (again)

Was walking down pink street when I got stopped by a barker who promised that all my problems could be solved..., long story short, anyone remember Aha water from the 80s? Well, they rebranded as AHA water (subtle, I know) and they''re back at it. I stalked the people who make it and they literally collected puddle water from the champion district to put in the concoction. I didn't really feel well after drinking it, but the overall experience was good because they totally tapped into that nostalgia. Overall a really solid scam. Stay safe out there kamurocho.

4/5 stars

#scamblr #aha water #1980s #scams #scam rating #safety #scam review

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batting center is a normal place to get nastay in reblog if u agree

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Does anyone here still play pocket circuit? :)

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📈 reglarsalaryman Follow

wtf this guy just ripped off his shirt in the street and started whaling on some guys?? everyone else started clapping and cheering and I just went along with it lmao 😅 am I missing something????

#this is right after he sang a song and saved a couple from jumping off a building #he was glowing too.... #average night in kamurocho

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ULTIMATE HOTTEST MAJIMA UNDERLING BADDIE TOURNAMENT FINALS!!!!

🔘 shinji-deactivated30190303

here y'all go again pitting two bad bitches against each other

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everyone who voted minami is an arson apologist #nishidasweep

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fuck my job so much. everyone manifest an attack on millennium tower so I can go home.

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by talos this can't be happening

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#kamurocho #yakuza #rgg #ryu ga gotoku #video games #meme #memecomradeoriginal #THIS IS ABSOLTELY NOT HOW I NEEDED TO BE SPENDING MY TIME LOLLLLL I FEEL INSAAAAANE #majima #kiryu #majima family #i had other ideas but im so tired #feel free to add on #this post is based off the tolkien one

[shipperofunderratedships]

GIRLIE I AM BEGGING YOU FOR SOME JONSHI HEADCANNONS, they are everything to me!!

Yesss anything for bestie

Ok so i have a lottt im writing them in two parts: (also excuse any grammar mistakes pls)

1. Kenshi only lets Johnny guide him around or check his eye wounds. He hates pity from other people but knows Johnny just wants to help him so he agrees to checkups.

2. Once they’ve confessed to eachother, Johnny invites Kenshi to live with him in his mansion. The other agrees and they pretty much share everything (the house, clothes etc) from now on.

3. Kenshi actually gets jealous very easily when it comes to Johnny since Johnny is famous and well known for his flirty playboy persona. He sometimes feels he’s not enough.

4. Therefore Johnny dulls down his flirting almost completely once they’re together because he doesnt want Kenshi to worry or think like that.

5. They’re both protective of eachother but surprisingly Johnny is more protective despite him being a normal human and Kenshi having a magical weapon and being an ex member of the Yakuza. If anything even seems to bother Kenshi he loses the funny calm attitude and tries to fix it or fight it.

6. Whenever they both stay at the mansion but Johnny has to leave somewhere, he leaves sento near Kenshi for him to find. But when they’re both home Kenshi prefers having Johnny to guide him in case he needs it (he can do very well by himself after a while of them living together).

7. People from Outworlds are very surprised when the find out they’re a couple, except for Liu Kang.

8. Johnny makes sure to regularly groom Kenshi or fix his appearance as the swordsman never cared about it that much. He does enjoy the attention from Johnny though.

9. Johnny often spoils Kenshi with different gifts, meals, anything that makes him enjoy life despite being blind. He even gives him one of his pairs of sunglasses to wear instead of the bandana when they go out on Earthrealm.

10. Kenshi is an amazing listener and gives really solid advice and support. Whenever he notices Johnny is upset he manages to calm him down by using a more gentle demeanour. While they can both get overly emotional at times, usually it happens to Johnny and Kenshi is always there for him.

11. Johnny is always the little spoon.

12. They switch but Johnny mostly tops.

13. Johnny shows his affection through gifts and flirting and Kenshi shows his affection through touch.

14. The trait Kenshi likes most about Johnny is his pure confidence and optimism despite his lack of powers. The trait Johnny likes most about Kenshi is his honour and bravery despite his lack of sight.

#johnshi #johnny x kenshi #johnny cage #kenshi takahashi #mk1 spoilers #mk 1 #mortal kombat spoilers

[cielelyse]

Favourite 5 Saezuru Scenes

I recently reread Saezuru for the umpteenth time and just needed to gush about it like a crazed person who constantly hallucinates about Yashiro being happy and soOooOOooo.................

1. Why now? (Chapter 25)

These 3 panels kill me always... although it's the entire chapter 25 actually, and not just these panels. This broke me when I first read it nearly a decade ago, and it breaks me every time I reread it. I recently just listened to the drama CD for the first time and wanted to hear how this scene played out (a.k.a. wanted to hear Yashiro moan wkegh;ghwle) and I did not expect to start bawling and sobbing uncontrollably when his flashback appeared. WITH THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING. THEY DID NOT SPARE ME. FUCK. What was supposed to be a tender and gentle and loving and intimate scene between them turned into Yashiro facing the effects of his childhood trauma -- that will never cease to hurt me. Doumeki saying "kashira, kashira, kirei" right before that broke me in a way reading that scene in English couldn't. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS and if I keep writing about it I'm gonna cry again so:

2. Car ride back from Kageyama's clinic (Chapter 4)

This is mostly for nostalgic reasons, really. I first read Saezuru in 2013, and I wasn't used to Yashiro at first. I didn't know what to make of him.

So what happened was that I read "Don't Stay Gold" first and was like... there's a manga about this mildly threatening and unreadable yakuza dude who's Kage's friend…? Who played cupid for him in a weird way? HMMMMM dubious, dubious. Would I even like him? It took me a while, but I finally gave Saezuru a shot anyway, and I remember feeling uncertain about Yashiro up until those panels. I remember it so starkly, because this was the instant I fell in love with him. I think it was because this was the first time I understood the depth of his loneliness (since I hadn't read his high school oneshot yet at this point).

There's just something about how Yoneda Kou-sensei draws these kinds of pages that just resonates with me so well. I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT. It just connects with me the way Yashiro connects with me, and that was pretty much it for me. Obsession sealed. Life signed away. For the next 10 years I would follow the story closely and routinely check every few months for updates. Yashiro became one of my only 3 comfort characters, and rereading Saezuru always gives me a catharsis and sense of peace that I didn't know how to find elsewhere.

3. "To go on living this strained existence... no longer holds any meaning to me." (Chapter 34)

This scene is one that I come back to every time I'm down. AM I A MASOCHIST? I really like the June translation too: "To go on living this strained existence no longer holds any meaning to me." I think the way the panels divided up those thoughts were brilliant!

This especially hurt me because for the entire manga up to this point, Yashiro has stated that he completely accepts himself and he's happy with who he is. It wasn't until his realization during the sex scene with Doumeki and how much he's said/done hurtful things to Doumeki afterwards -- who he considers pure and sweet and good -- that he thinks this.

4. "Falling in love feels like this" (Chapter 33)

The first time I read this, I had to set my PC down, go out to my apartment balcony, and just silently stare out into the night and resist the urge to smoke (that was half a joke) (I did feel a pang in my chest though) (and I did have to fight very hard not to smoke lwkehg;hge). I love the dialogue right after these panels too, when Yashiro said, "Your sister was lucky that you were there." That, along with Doumeki's reaction, hurt.

This was such an intimate scene between them. Yashiro was so vulnerable. So was Doumeki. I hadn't realized this until I reread Saezuru this year, but these two have always had such intimate scenes right from the start. It was a slow burn, yes, but they had always been instantly drawn to each other: Doumeki thinking Yashiro was beautiful and captivating, and Yashiro doing something he doesn't normally do with his subordinates the first time he met Doumeki. And it didn't clue in for me back in 2013, but their conversations with each other were much more intimate than the conversations they'd have with anyone else, right from chapter 1. I find that so precious.

5. Dream (Chapter 40)

I couldn't not include a scene from post-timeskip, BECAUSE I LOVE POST-TIMESKIP. I love Darkmeki and I love Yashiro and I love that the theme of post-timeskip centers around "change". Wish I could include that conversation Yashiro had with Tsunakawa about it, because I thought that drive-home was brilliant. I really appreciate that Yoneda Kou didn't have Yashiro and Doumeki get together right away after they have sex, and I really appreciate that the question was raised of: Do people change? Can people change on their own, or would you have to force them? Or are we always the same at our core? And I think the answer is of course a mixture of all of it, and that it's very much circumstantial and subjective, but I love how we're able to see the shifts in both Yashiro and Doumeki. How both men aren't quite the same people we knew pre-timeskip. Ten years ago I didn't think I would meet a version of Yashiro that wouldn't talk about sex 24/7, but here we are.

(Not to say that they're completely different now. They're still our Yashiro and Doumeki of course; I just wanted to gush about how well Yoneda Kou were able to flesh out her characters in such a complex, multidimensional way.)

ANYWAYS, I went on a rant without even mentioning these panels of Yashiro's dream. I love everything about it: Doumeki's face not showing, Yashiro running away and turning back to see Doumeki not there anymore, and that last panel of him standing in the middle of nowhere, lost and empty and lonely -- all of that was so incredibly told in pages of no words. UGH YONEDA KOU IS A GENIUS. It reminds me of that page of Yashiro looking at a mother and child in the rain; it's one of my favourite scenes too.

Honourary Mention (Chapter 4):

I should end with a more light-hearted one. THIS WAS CUTEEEE. I remember reading this for the first time and thinking Yashiro was just salty that his roleplay got ruined. But upon second reread (and maybe I'm delusional here), I thought he might've been happy to hear Doumeki say that.

We know Yashiro gets angry and irritated whenever he's happy to hear something sweet from Doumeki (like that extra when they ate together LOL), and that he had the same reaction of kicking the chair when Doumeki said he can't touch Yashiro's hair anymore. Which was cute to say. So I thought Yashiro might've lashed out in annoyance because he was glad that Doumeki doesn't mind. (I tried putting myself in Yashiro's shoes so many times trying to imagine how I would feel if Doumeki had said this............. and somehow came up with "happy" xD)

...........or maybe this was obvious to everyone and I've just been clueless. AAAAAAAA THIS IS WHY I LOVE ABOUT SAEZURU SO MUCH. It never spoon-feeds you information and lets its readers interpret :")

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #yashiro #doumeki chikara #囀る鳥は羽ばたかない #twittering birds never fly

[skunaskitten]

Yakuza Husband ch3

Paring: sukuna x female reader

Contains: gojo he is a warning, smut, blood, soft sukuna, slight panic attack

Au: sukuna yakuza boss

Summary: Living with sukuna has become a little normal and now that you had brought home a new family member he wouldn't be so alone when you are not home, but all this spending time with him brought you closer to him and he wants you.

chapter2 ch3 chapter 4

 When you finally got ready for work and walked out to see sukuna asleep you let out a sigh debating if you should go to work or not just so you can watch him some more. 

You walked over to the table in front of the couch with a piece of paper and placed it on the table with your number on it for him to call you if he needed anything and you made sure to write that on the paper for him to call for anything. 

 Sukuna was awake when he heard you leave the home. He opened his eyes looking over at the table seeing the paper with your number and little note on the side. He hummed and pulled out his phone calling up one of his people, Satoru.

 "Hey, I need you to watch the woman and not scare her this time. Keep your damn distance."

 Gojo laughed walking down the street from your street as his eyes followed you walking to the bus stop. "I won't scare away your girlfriend, relax , I will keep my distance."

He hung up putting on his glasses and walked over to the same bus stop but kept his distance from you not to see him. 

 During work it was not as happy as you hoped it would be today. You had to put down a family dog that you had been seeing ever since you started working there, because you were the one that filed the adoption papers for the family. The rain didn't help either when a family brought in a box of wet kittens. Then a dog was hit on the road barely alive, you tried all you could to fix him but the dog didn't make it which broke your heart. 

On the way home you just wanted to go home to sleep not wanting to deal with the rest of the day. You felt tired and drained from the stress and heart.

 When you got home the weight of the world came crashing on you because for a split second you forgot about sukuna now you had to come home to deal with the yakuza boss. looking to see sukuna asleep. When finally stepping inside you took a deep breath and saw he was asleep, luckily he didn't have to see you cry out your stress. Tears filled your eyes as you leaned against the door feeling everything pour out. Sukuna is in fact awake. He opened his eyes staring at the ceiling then heard light sniffles then sat up looking over at you seeing your head hanging low and covering your face with your hands.

"What happened?"

 His voice startled you as you looked up to him and removed yourself from the door saying "nothing."

"Bull shit don't lie to me." His voice stern but not loud enough to startle you. You watched him tap the seat next to him on the couch. A sigh left you and walked over to him plopping down beside him on the couch ready to explain your terrible day.

 "I had to put down a family dog I have been seeing forever because I was the one that helped him get adopted by the family. Then so many hurt animals were coming in from the rain, one dog was hit by a car and I couldn't save him. I was also worrying about you half the time."

 He could see in your eyes that you looked so defeated today. Sukuna moved to face you then took your hands having you look at him. "Sweetheart, I need you to take a deep breath and breathe out alright." You nodded and took a couple of slow breaths calming yourself down enough as you held his hands.

 "You know, for someone as dangerous as you. You are really nice sukuna."

He smirked, staring into your eyes and said "don't get used to it. I am not always like this."

 You pulled your hands away and wiped your eyes with your fingers then stood up saying " I am going to take a quick nap. Knock if you need anything. I need a break from today."

 Sukuna let you take your nap while he walked around your home looking through things because he was bored. Seeing the different foods and spices in the cupboards, very little dishware, and cooking utensils. He looked through the fridge seeing if he could cook anything up to snack on, as he was about to grab a drink he heard his phone ring. 

 A growl left him then walked over to answer it hearing satoru's voice on the other side.

"What do you want?!"

"Ahh that is no way to talk to your best friend."

"What?"

"Hey kuna I made sure your girl was alright. You know she is really cute. Did you sleep with her yet?"

Sukuna found packets of ramen and pulled them out slamming the cupboard door closed. 

"Listen you are not here to make moves on the woman I am in her debt. You are to watch and make sure she is not in danger. I have a slash on my stomach. You really think I have the nerve to sleep with the woman."

Gojo snickered saying "yes."

"You are the most annoying thing in my life. You better not approach her or lay a hand on y/n-."

"Sukuna?"

 He was cut off hearing your voice and quickly looking over seeing you dressed in a long shirt and rubbing your eyes. "Y/n? Sorry, did I wake you?"

"I heard a noise just making sure you didn't break open anything."

"No, I am fine, sorry."

You looked at the stove then said "are you making dinner?"

Sukuna still held his phone looking at the pot then back to you saying "yes I am making ramen. Why don't you go back to sleep sweetheart."

You gave him a sigh and turned away. "Sukuna, you stop calling me sweetheart and don't burn the house down."

 He watched you walk away as gojo started to laugh through the phone. "Sweetheart? Making dinner? And saying sorry! I didn't know you could be husband material."

Sukuna growled saying "shut up!"

 He hung up and tossed the phone onto the counter with a sigh and ran his hands through his hair then continued to make dinner. Sukuna stared at his bowl of ramen while your portion stayed in the pot to keep warm. He picked around in his bowl then got up to look at your door down the hall and let out a deep breath with thoughts. 

Sukuna reached your door and gave a knock calling out to you but there was no answer. He turned the door giving it a quiet push and peaked his head in seeing you asleep still in your bed. Taking quiet steps he looked around your room. For his size he is really quiet like a cat, he needs to be if he needs to sneak up on people to kill them while they slept or not paying attention. 

 He noticed your room was not the cleanest. Your clothes piled up in the corner of the room on a chair and floor. Some books piled up on a table and pictures of animals laid out across it. He looked at your dresser and his eyes caught a picture frame with a katana behind the photo, sitting on a stand to hold it.

 Sukuna stepped closer to it and looked at the picture, seeing a photo of you with your mother and father. When he saw the face of your father his eyes widened. It couldn't be who he saw.

"Sukuna?!"

 He quickly turned his attention to you as you sat up in bed saying "I thought I made a rule not coming in here."

"Yes you did but you didn't specify when I couldn't come in here. Besides, I made dinner you need to eat."

You sighed stepping out of bed and followed him out to the kitchen then he handed you a bowl of ramen. 

"Thank you." You didn't stay out there with him, instead you went back to your room. Sukuna grunted and went back to the couch bored out of his mind.

 The next day you ran to the front door with excitement placing on your shoes as sukuna looked at you stuffing his face with breakfast and raised an eyebrow. 

"Why are you in a hurry?"

 "It's pet adoption day. Prices are on sale for animals. So I am excited for them to get adopted. Call me if you need anything. Bye sukuna!"

 With him getting another word in he watched you leave and chuckled saying "Goodluck sweetheart."

 Sukuna laid on the couch bored out of his mind. There was nothing much on the tv beside watching the same movies he only liked over and over. The wound on his stomach was going to take a while for it to fully heal before he went off to running like the yakuza boss he is. From what you said for it to fully heal where he was sliced it will take two months. He doesn't have the time for that to lay around your apartment. As he looked around your living room he noticed the dust that piled on some shelves and under the table.

He raised an eyebrow then got up looking around the home seeing the dust throughout the shelves and some dying plants. Walking into the kitchen he noticed the dishes piling up and the overfilled trash along with, mess on the counter top. 

 "For a little woman you do make a mess" he spoke out to himself then walked to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

 When you got home walking through the door you felt the door push against something on the floor. You saw two trash bags which confused you, not remembering even doing that. That was when you noticed sukuna in the kitchen with no shirt and wearing his grey sleep pants. He was making dinner as he said "welcome back. Did you have a better day today?"

 You smiled walking to the kitchen as he turned around and saw a blanket wrapped in your arms. 

"What is that?"

"I am fostering a little baby."

 You pulled away the top of the blanket showing sukuna a little orange kitten with dark brown stripes along its body. 

"I hope you don't mind cats."

He smirked saying "I like cats."

You smiled and said "they also think they own the house and rule over everything"

Sukuna chuckled saying "that is another reason why I like them."

"So how long are you keeping him here?" Sukuna asked while going back to cooking. You set your bag down by the door then came back to sit on the couch but faced sukuna watching him in the kitchen letting the kitten explore the couch. 

 "Just for two weeks or so. Not very long. Just have to keep a eye on him."

 "Does he have a name?"

You sighed saying "no not really the girls at work want to call him stripes but they said its up to me. He looks like a tiger so I was thinking calling him tiger."

"Yuji."

 You gave sukuna a confused look saying "what?"

"The kitten’s name. He looks like a tiger, call him yuji."

Sukuna turned to look at you and you gave him a big smile then held up the kitten saying "yuji! It's perfect. Hello little yuji."

The kitten gave you a little meow. As you smiled with a giggle. "Sukuna he is talking. He was so shy in the shelter. I think he likes the name."

Sukuna nodded then stared at the food in the pan and took a look at his tattoo of the tiger. His heart started to twist at the thought of his little brother.

His mind froze seeing the blood that was on his hands and the body in his arms. He could hear his heart thumping in his head.

 "Sukuna?"

 He snapped out of it and looked over at you seeing you smiling up at him holding the kitten. 

"You're burning the food. You ok? You spaced out.

 Sukuna gave you a nod and went back to cooking as you smiled and said "it smells great sukuna. I am going to go fix up a little room for the kitten."

He watched you walk away as he let out a sigh. He didn't expect himself to be here in a home doing normal things with another like a couple.

You got out a small basket and started to put blankets inside and placed the kitten inside while you went back out to see sukuna already placing a bowl for you at the couch table along with his.

 "So what changed?"

He gave you a confused look saying "what do mean?"

 "It's just seeing you act like you are my husband or something. What happened to the big scary boss that wants nothing to do with me?"

He sat down saying "well I am just showing my respect to you because you are helping me. And plus you are living like a mess."

 You sat beside him placing the kitten in the basket down by your feet saying "I do not. I just never leave my room and I get lazy." 

"Exactly my point." He said with a smirk.

 As you ate with him he watched the kitten try to crawl out of the basket meowing. 

"He is trying to escape."

"He is probably hungry."

 You set your bowl down and got up to go get some of the kitten food and came back to place it into the basket watching him eat while a smile on your face.

Sukuna looked at you, watching you smile while seeing the kitten eat its food. You are the person that should not be associated with him in this bad world of his. He sees how sweet and somewhat innocent you are. Something that he doesn't want to get hurt but he would love to see you break under him in other ways.

 When you went off to work sukuna watched the kitten as he laid on the couch having little yuji walking around on him making him chuckle because his shirt was off so his little paws somewhat tickled him. 

 Getting home from work, you didn't expect to see what you did. Sukuna asleep with one arm behind his head, the other on his stomach, shirtless with the kitten curled in his bicep.

A smile formed on your face as you quietly walked over pulling out your phone and taking a picture of little yuji in his arm then took a full picture of all of him, that was when you saw sukuna's eyes open in the photo. You looked at him with a slight blush and shy smile.

"Sorry didn't mean to wake you. Seems like the kitten warmed up to you very well."

He smirked at you "now only if I can get you to lay on me like this." 

You tried to ignore him but the blush was still visible on your face.

 Over the two weeks you watched sukuna lay around your home on the couch or on the floor laying on his back playing with the kitten, letting yuji run around to climb on him.

 It made you smile watching such a big bad man like sukuna being so soft with a little creature. Letting the kitten pounce on him and play in his hair. It made you think if he wasn't who he is if you could be with him, possibly have a family. But you shook those thoughts away.

You stayed out of your room more with sukuna watching him play with the kitten calling out the little baby's name. 

 "Have you been checking your stomach?"

He sighed and said "yes I have been. No need to worry about me sweetheart."

You smirked at him saying "I have to worry, look how you ended up, almost in the gutter with a wound."

"Aww darling is worried about me. I didn't know you cared."

Over the days spent with the kitten you and sukuna became really flirtatious with each other and became closer. But one day you both had crossed the line. 

 After a really long day of work it wore you out and you couldn't wait to go home and just relax. 

 Seeing him sitting there on the couch laid out relaxing as you let out a sigh. He looked over to you seeing the tiered look on your face.

"What happened today?"

"Work was so long today I just want to lay down and relax for the weekend."

 You left to your room as sukuna got up going through your alcohol and pulled out a little bottle of sake, pouring a drink for you and him then watched you walk out wearing small sleeping shorts and a tight tank top.

 You saw the sake he had and you walked over to the couch sitting next to him. The little one was asleep in the basket by his feet as you said "so what is the occasion?"

 "Nothing, it just looks like you need a drink."

"Yea I could use one." You said with a smile and plopping down on the couch next to him.

 It was just a normal conversation between the two of you. Sharing smiles, flirting back and forth along with small chuckles from him. You were feeling the warmth of the sake in your system making you more comfortable with sukuna.

You moved closer and leaned your head on his shoulder seeing the kitten asleep in the basket. Your eyes then roamed over his arm and moved a hand to trace your fingers across his forearm and bicep outlining his tattoos. He smirked and said "having fun sweetheart?"

 "It's been a while since I had a man with me. So I am sorry if I am a little touchy. You are just really hot and sexy."

Sukuna chuckled as you took his arm pressing it against you.

"Don't forget you are a little tipsy darling."

You gave him a pout and moved closer to face him saying "so you don't like me?"

 A flirtatious smirk formed on his face."Oh I never said that darling just be careful of what you want."

You leaned more against him, your face a few inches from him as you took his hands and put them on your hips and your breast now pressed against his chest

"I know what I want. And I want you."

 Sukuna set his glass down on the side table and looked at you then moved one of his hands taking your chin between his fingers. 

"Darling, you don't want to be involved with someone like me. I killed people."

You pressed your chest against his, your legs wrapped around his, feeling him pressed between your legs.

"I am drawn to you. It's just something about you sukuna. Yes I am attracted to you but there is just something else."

 You made the first move pressing your lips to his. Feeling the warmth and softness of his lips, you hum against his mouth. Sukuna didn't fall into the kiss, he just let you do what you wanted to do. You pulled away and gave him a slight smile saying "do I make you nervous. Are you afraid of a little thing like me? For a big scary yakuza you are not really how you say you are."

 He grunted and squeezed your hips. He hated to be talked down to about who he is, like you know him so well. But he is still curious about you. You showed so much interest in him and it confuses him.

 "Why are you not afraid of me? Why not run away and call the authorities? Why not try to kill me yourself? You know what and who I am so why stay by my side?"

 Your hands up his chest and into his hair. 

"Becuase I know your kind knows loyalty. And for once I just want someone in my life that will not leave. Someone to stay by my side. You been nice to me. Showed me your smile. I know there is something more hidden in your heart besides just a killer. Over time I seen i can trust you."

 Sukuna felt his heart flutter a little. Usually women who were ever with him are just one night stands or a quick fuck with exotic dancers. He has never had one in his bed that was attached to him by heart or just wanting to know him.

 He made his move and smashed his lips to yours, deepening the kiss forcing your mouth open as he squeezed your jaw with his fingers. You obliged by parting your mouth then felt his tongue slip into your mouth. Tasting the sake on his tongue mixed his natural self you couldn't help but to moan.

The shorts did very little to cover any skin along with your top that exposed too much of your breast. It had been some time since sukuna had last laid with a woman.

 His hands roamed over your hips while the kiss turned into a heated make out. Your hands played with his pink hair and felt his hands squeeze your plump ass then pulled his lips away.

"Sweetheart, go to the room I will meet you there I am going to put the food away."

 You smiled, biting your lip at him then got off him quickly, picking up the basket then disappeared into your bedroom.

 Sukuna got up putting away the food then turned off all the lights and went into your bedroom seeing you sitting on the bed. He gave you a smirk as you smiled at him with a blush and came over to you. You watched him walk slowly over to you like you were his prey then stopped in front of you looking at you in the eyes.

"I am going to ask you one time. Are you sure you want this? You can not come back from this."

You smiled saying "yes sukuna."

His lips quickly pressed to yours as his hands went to push you back against your bed.

 Your hands went into his hair while his hands roamed down your body and slipped them under your shirt feeling your soft warm skin under his palms. The shirt was lifted over your breast seeing there was no bra. A playful smirk filled his face as you looked down at you seeing your pretty round breast. 

Sukuna leaned down and began to trail his lips down your neck leaving slight bites to your skin making you moan out. 

"Kuna."

 He pulled his lips away to look at you, raising an eyebrow confused for hearing the name. 

"Kuna?"

You looked to him with a shy smile. "It's a nickname I thought for you."

"Well then, only you can call me that sweetheart." 

 Sukuna leaned his head down pressing his lips to your chest then hovered over a nipple breathing on it lightly. You felt chills run across your skin feeling his breath on your peaked buds. He stuck out his tongue and took a lick to your breast hearing you moan and play with his hair. Feeling his tongue swirl around your breast giving soft bites to your plump flesh had you arching your back against him.

 You whimpered pulling at his shirt wanting to feel his skin against yours to have that sinful inked body of his.

He knew your needs and leaned up away from your body to peel his shirt off over his head and toss it onto the floor. You did the same to your shirt and peeled off your shorts as well leaving you in just laced panties.

 Sukuna groaned at the sight of you so vulnerable and open. You blushed seeing his naked torso setting a flame inside you, even if you saw him shirtless before being in this lustful haze he looks perfect.

A smirk still on his face he started to unbuckle his belt then dropped his pants as you saw the strain in his underwear. You can only think what he would look like below. Waiting to see how thick and big he is.

He saw the look in your eyes when he leaned back over your body spreading your legs with his knee.

"What is that look  for sweetheart?"

"What look?"

 Sukuna gripped the back of your legs and lifted them to wrap them around his waist, pressing himself against your clothed flesh. A whimper escaped you hearing his chuckle and feeling his hands snake across your thighs. One stopped at the top of your panties then the other supported himself from crushing you. 

 "You have this look in your eyes. Like you want to say something but want to say it more with your body."

 His fingers hooked on the hem of your panties and started to pull them down, you lifted your hips letting him take them fully off, feeling them slide down your legs and off your feet one at a time. 

Your face flushed feeling the cool air hit your arousal pooling out from your lower lips. 

"Sukuna, be careful with your stomach."

He smirked and said "don't worry about that. Just focus on what is happening between us."

 Your hands traced his shoulders and bicep eyes scanning his tattoos admiring the art work.

"They look so perfect on you."

He smiled, saying "thank you darling."

Sukuna didn't want any more distractions. He pulled down the front of his underwear letting himself spring out and saw you take a look at him. Your eyes widened at the size of him not knowing if he was going to fit. He is bigger than the men you've been with in your life. His cock had a pretty color of his skin, just a little tan, and his pink tip oozing.

"Is it too much for you?" He said in a joking manner with a chuckle afterwards.

"You are bigger than the others."

He smirked, grabbing himself then stroked slowly looking at you.

"Don't worry If I need to I will go slow. If I can hold back that is."

 You gulped looking at his thick cock in his hands being slowly stroked. He is beautiful and deadly all wrapped up in one package, soon to be wrapped in your legs. Sukuna got closer to your body , slipping back between your legs. His hand held your thighs apart, feeling your flesh open more to him. 

You felt so exposed to him you looked away and avoided his eyes. Then you felt the pad of his thumb pressed against your clit, you moaned out to him. Feeling him slowly rub circles on your swollen nub. He smirked and got closer. You then felt his tip slide across your folds then the way he did it you couldn't help but to buck your hips trying to get more friction from him.

"Sukuna..please I want more."

 Seeing the way you turned into a soaking wet mess he chuckled and said "well since you asked so nicely."

 Slowly he pushed his hips forward sinking into you. The way he filled you up, stretching you inch by inch to his girth. You moan and he grunted "fuck darling you are so tight. You haven't been fucked much. You are already soaked just thinking of me."

  With each thrust he went a little faster and harder leaving you already in a moaning mess. His thumb is still giving circles to your clit. Your body in bliss feeling the way his cock slides against your velvet walls. 

"Sukuna."

 His forearms hooked under your legs giving a deeper angle for him to thrust into you. Your back arched and began to squeeze around his cock hearing your bed creak with each roll of his hips. He leaned over your body with a smirk on his face then let out a heavy groan feeling your walls clench.

 "Fuck sweetheart your pussy is squeezing the life out of me. You like the feeling of my thick cock inside you. Are you a good girl?"

"Yes sukuna!"

 He chuckled and pressed his lips to your neck giving a seductive bite to your skin. 

"Don't be shy cum for me darling."

His voice, a deep low velvet tone, gave a chill through your body.

 It was just his voice that was enough to send you through a pure blissful orgasm. You pressed your chest to his and hands on his back digging your nails into his skin. He let out a groan riding out your high, getting slower until he came to a stop.

Sukuna took a look down between both of you, seeing himself still inside you.

 But as he slowly pulled out seeing the cream ring at his base he noticed a small trail of blood running down his muscle.

"Fuck."

He ran a hand through his hair as you looked at him breathing heavily then noticed his wound.

"Sukuna are you alright?"

 Your voice still laced with sex he smirked pulling out from you. A slight grunt escape feeling the pressure leave your body. 

He walked over to his shirt and wiped off the little bit of blood.

"I am fine sweetheart. But I am not finished with you yet."

 You still saw how hard he was, he didn't even cum yet. So he walked back over to you and laid onto your bed in the empty spot resting on his back.

"Come get a ride."

 You sat up with a playful smirk and started to rub your hands against his chest.

"I think I can handle the yakuza boss."

 Sukuna watched as you put your leg over his hip and the tip of his cock already at your entrance. As you sat down feeling him side into inch by inch until he filled you up, it felt like the first round. He is thick and you love the way he  stuffs full.

 Whimpers and moans of his name sounded like music to his ears, his most favorite sound to hear women lose control on him. Your hands pressed to his chest feeling the way you rolled your hips making him feel good. The way you felt had him smirking seductively at you then let our a deep groan.

 "Damn baby." 

He lifted his hips to meet yours thrusting up into you. You could feel him deeper inside you pressing against that good spot again.

His hands grabbed your hips, giving them a squeeze and kept you down on him. 

Your hips picked up the pace riding him faster feeling yourself being lost in him. He was all you could think of at the moment.

 "Sukuna…sukuna.."

He let out a deep moan and held your hips as he lifted you and pulled you back down using you as his own personal toy.

"Fuck yell my name darling. Want me to fill you up with my seed? I bet you would like that, won't you baby."

 You moaned, losing control slamming yourself down on him, the tip of his cock pushing you over the edge. 

"Yes, sukuna make me yours! Fill me up! I want to feel all of you!"

 He smirked more and thrusted harder into you. 

"I bet you like it when your pussy is dripping with my bad boy cum."

 Feeling the pleasure course through your body not being able to hold back much longer. 

"Sukuna..sukuna!"

 "Fuck cream my cock."

His voice filled with desire and met the roll of your hips with his getting deeper inside. With a few more thrust and encouragement from him, you found that release.

 Your room is filled with your moans and his grunts, followed by the yells of his name. He looked to the base of his cock and saw your cream glazed around him. He smirked looking at you seeing your flushed face and the lustful haze that still lingered in your eyes.

 You smiled at him sweetly and giggled then slowly got off him feeling him pop out from you. The pressure leaving your body made you gasp and felt more of yourself leak. You laid onto your back beside him calming down from your sex high staring at the ceiling. Sukuna stayed there beside you wondering about your thoughts.

 "You want me to leave you alone?"

 You looked over to him confused and rolled onto your side getting closer to him. Feeling your warm naked body pressing against him made his body tingle. 

"No, I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay with me."

 Sukuna looked at you with no expression but on the inside he was shocked and confused. No woman had laid with him after sex. They always just left or he would kick them out because he didn't want to have that intimate time with them. They mentioned nothing to him.

You sat up grabbing your blanket and placed it over the both of you and got comfortable cuddling against him. He just played along with it and wrapped his arm around your midsection while your head nuzzled against his chest.

 In an instant you fell asleep with the comfort of him and drained from sex. Sukuna stayed awake a bit longer and looked around your room, hearing you lightly snore and slow breathing.

Sukuna was out of his element being here with you he should just leave and go sleep alone. He is the yakuza boss, he don't need this little petty shit. Sukuna let out a growl and moved away but as he did your head fell into the pillow and woke you up with a groan.

 He then froze in place looking at you seeing your tired eyes look at him and gave him a lazy smile.

"Kuna…sorry did I wake you?"

He raised an eyebrow confused at your words then said "no sweetheart. Just go back to sleep."

You giggled and laid back down, turning your back to him and took his arm to hold around you.

Sukuna let out a sigh and laid back with you and just like that you went back to sleep.

 He might as well just stay here and do this one time bit he will not let you do it again. Sukuna got comfortable with you in his arms and gazed over his body that pressed to your back. The scene of his tattooed arm holding your soft body against him. He admitted it felt nice to finally have something he could hold while going to sleep. He closed his eyes for a moment and fell asleep holding you.

sukuna wants you bad but he trying to fight it. thank you reading.

chapter2 chapter4

#ryomen sukuna #sukuna #sukuna x reader #ryomen sukuna x reader #yakuza husband #yakuza sukuna #yakuza au #sukuna smut #ryomen sukuna smut

[inazumaclown]

idk if i already said it here but i think level-5 is a monument for character design. their characters are memorable in any games or series they produce, even when they're a little too much, their designs have a peculiar, lovable charm, i really really like them.

anyway here's me rating the GO designs of the OG characters :

endou is the fucking favorite. you can tell the studio really did their best for him. even without watching GO, you can tell he's still his old passionate self but in a cool and matured way. you can tell he's coaching kids and you can tell the kids love him and he loves them in return. 10/10.

kidou is great. of course he would be wearing a suit to coach middle schoolers, this is what being kidou is about !

i do think the new goggles are a little goofy, but haruna gave them to him, so of course he would wear them without hesitation. you can tell he's still awfully serious, but also no longer ashamed to monologue about his (occasionally stupid) special interest of the week if asked.

i would have advocated for longer dreads rather than, idk sorta untangled dreads ? but you know what, this is great. 9/10

i'm in love with kazemaru. always has been. his hair is perfect.

i just don't get why he got the coraline's yellow raincoat drip. it tells me nothing about him. i can't guess if he is an athlete, a hairdresser, a mangaka, a drag queen, a military sergeant, a carpenter or a sugarbaby. i'm left alone with my headcannons, and no clue how to prove they make sense. 5/10

i love that fubuki shirou, canonically the prettiest boy in the world, decided by himself to dress like sheldon cooper.

i like that when he put his coat on, he looks like a hobo. he didn't even had to try the hot snowboarder style, he already knew he'll be a good-looking hobo. i like that for him. choose for yourself king, you don't need anything. 8/10

my man looks so good in this. he doesn't realize he looks like the lovechild of yakuza and a mafioso. he doesn't realize why the grandmas are scared of him at the supermarket, but it's okay. i know he's well paid, he's still hardworking and professional, he's stable in all aspects, and he smells like a very masculine, expensive perfume. 11/10

of course, fubuki and him are happy and in love, and nobody gets how it could have happened when they walk side by side.

ah, fudou. some would say his new style is a glowdown, but i almost disagree.

true, he doesn't look punk and alt anymore, but i can tell that now, he's a true leftist. he looks like he doesn't have a job. he always smells like *spicy* cigarettes. everybody in his neighborhood knows and likes him. he owns almost nothing, yet everybody owes him something. he's an anarchist but he still votes, because he wants to do his part for a more peaceful future. he does throw rocks at cops during social movements. 8/10

kidou and him are also happy and in love. they fight all the time for petty things, but it's their way to say 'i love you'.

kabeyama almost didn't change, and that's good. he looks nice and polite and like a wonderful freehugger. i trust him. i could give him my firstborn, i know the kid would be well-fed and in bed at a reasonable hour. 10/10

i don't remember why kogure was in GO. it had to do with haruna i think, which is good, i like haruna. whatever he's just taller. 4/10

sakuma looks nice. the longer hair looks good. he would look better if genda was with him though. 6/10

tobitaka. my boy. he found his place. giving him the rai rai ken was such a good idea. it's not about the looks for him. it's about happiness, and he looks happier now. 10/10

tsunami ! the last member of the B4. he didn't change that much, which saddens me a little, but maybe it was because his design was always good. 7/10

toramaru. same boy but taller. they made an effort with his hair, i'll give them that. he looks like a lost management firm intern. i hope he finds the printer next to the coffee machine. i also don't remember what he does in the series. 5/10

glasses suit hiroto. he looks serious enough to do a serious job well, and still weird enough to say some deranged stoner shit without anyone asking after one (1) sip of unalcoholic beer. good for him. 7/10

midorikawa lost a bit of his theater kid charm, but i guess this is what happens when you work in foster care. he looks like a great mom though. 6/10

i'm disappointed. aphrodi deserves better than a boring ass suit. i mean come on, that man doesn't NEED to look professional, he is literally named after the goddess of beauty, he deserved better than that.

the side ponytail looks good. so sad for the little bleaching accident. he should cut that. 4/10

i can't clown megane. i look like that man. i wish him well. 7/10

WELL THAT'S THE END, I HOPE I DIDN'T FORGOT ANYBODY :D

(gouenji will have his own post.)

#inazuma eleven #inazuma japan #inazuma 11 #i love them so much #ina11 #kazemaru ichirouta #fubuki shirou #someoka ryuugo #kidou yuuto #fudou akio #tobitaka seiya #tsunami jousuke #midorikawa ryuuji #kiyama hiroto #afuro terumi #kabeyama heigorou #megane kakeru #utsunomiya toramaru #inazuma eleven go #sakuma jirou #kogure yuuya #my art #actually it's anime screenshots but i want to have all my personal posts in the same tag and i'm too lazy to come up with another

[mothercetrion]

it's Johnshi time (again!). here's the OTP meme I used. brief mentions of MK1 story spoilers in answers for 3, 9, 17, and 19. enjoy!

1) who can outdrink the other? Kenshi. Johnny has had his fair share of alcohol, but Kenshi built up a tolerance for it while he was in the Yakuza. now, unless it's something incredibly strong, he can hold his own longer than Johnny can.

2) who says “I love you” more? Johnny. he's better with his words and is very vocal about how he feels. he tells Kenshi he loves him at least three times a day without fail. Kenshi loves the assurance <3

3) who has trouble sleeping alone? Johnny. he can sleep alone, but it just takes longer. it's because he was in a relationship for quite a long time before his divorce and went from sleeping with his wife every night to having an empty bed. it's an adjustment, and then it's a blessing once Kenshi starts sleeping over.

4) who swears more? JOHNNY. good god, Johnny swears constantly. Kenshi swears on occasion, but it's rarely more than something like "damn" or "ass" whereas Johnny probably says "fuck" and "shit" every single day.

5) who does more of the housework? Kenshi. Johnny generally keeps a tidy space, as does Kenshi, but Kenshi is more likely to clean up if needed. Johnny isn't lazy, just busy, so he almost always helps if he's home.

6) who forgets their anniversary? Johnny. his memory is nearly impeccable until it comes to a specific date, and then he struggles. if he's reminded, like with a calendar or a notification in his phone, then he's good.

7) who steals the duvet in their sleep? it is an intense brawl every night until Johnny invests in a massive blanket. even then, the brawl continues, and it's usually started by Kenshi. Johnny will wake up to barely any blanket and Kenshi nearly fully covered from head to toe. he calls foul!

8) who keeps the other awake at night with their snoring? Kenshi; Johnny doesn't really snore. he's not consistently snoring, but he can get pretty loud sometimes. thankfully, Johnny got used to it quickly.

9) who finds stray animals and begs the other to let them keep them? Kenshi has never had a pet before and wants one so badly. I love the idea of Johnny growing up with cats, though he doesn't have one now, but he imagines that he will have one very soon. Kenshi always pets stray cats if he sees them when he's out somewhere. (Johnny has a parakeet according to an intro with Rain, so he lets Kenshi hang out with her a lot. Kenshi adores her <3 and she definitely seems to like him too, always chirping like crazy when he's over.)

10) who usually makes dinner? Johnny. he loves cooking and is very good at it. Kenshi doesn't know much about cooking but Johnny is always happy to teach him.

11) who plays their music out loud? Johnny. if he's working out at home or cooking, he'll play music on a Bluetooth speaker. their music tastes mostly align, so Kenshi has no problem with it.

12) who hogs the bathroom? Johnny. this man's skin routine is in-depth and lengthy. it's no wonder he looks so damn good! Kenshi's bathroom routine is usually short unless he needs to shave, then it can take some time. even then, Johnny takes longer.

13) who gives the most compliments? Johnny. again, he is a lot more vocal about how he feels, and he will gladly shower Kenshi with compliments, ranging from his abilities to his looks (heavily on the looks; Kenshi is damn sexy!). he always knows just what to say to get Kenshi to blush.

14) skipping

15) who isn’t afraid to embarrass the other in public? Johnny will unintentionally embarrass Kenshi with the attention he gets in public alone. Kenshi does not like the intense public attention; he's not built for the celebrity life. Johnny understands that and knows it's not for everyone, so he won't ever embarrass him on purpose, but it still happens from time to time, and he's always sorry. however, if they're not in public, Johnny will do and say anything to get Kenshi embarrassed.

16) who gives the other cringeworthy pet names? Johnny. he loves calling Kenshi something absolutely ridiculous and seeing his reaction to it. he sticks with "Ken doll" or just his name for the most part, but every now and then, he'll change it up.

17) who fusses over takes care of the other when they get sick? while they will both take care of one another, Johnny is more likely to get fussy with Kenshi. we saw in the story for MK1 that when Kenshi is vulnerable and injured, he takes on a softer voice and is a lot more gentle than I would argue he is normally. the same applies when Kenshi is feeling under the weather. he's bad to get up and wander around, and Johnny is always there to help him back to bed. he'll sit on the bed with him with a cold rag and keep him company until he falls asleep, holding his hand the entire time. Kenshi doesn't like carrying Sento around when he feels sick, so Johnny has to give him an extra hand. he's thankfully very patient and would do anything Kenshi needs him to do!

18) who finds it impossible to stay angry at the other for long? Kenshi. he loves Johnny more than anyone in the world, and there's very little that Johnny could do to make him angry for too long. Johnny isn't perfect, and he does stupid things often, but Kenshi hates being mad at him. they try to be strong communicators when things go south.

19) who clings to the other for comfort when they’re sad or scared? when Kenshi has a nightmare, often about his blinding or their brief time in Shang Tsung's laboratory, or possibly even something he went through when he was part of the Yakuza, he needs to know that Johnny is there with his own senses. he is usually panicking and frazzled, and all he wants is Johnny. he will hold him as tightly as possible until what he's feeling eases up, and even then, he refuses to let go for quite some time. Johnny would let him hold on forever.

20) who is more ‘physically passionate’? (hugs, kisses, or maybe more…) Kenshi. he's always touching Johnny in some way, whether it's hand-holding, a hand on his shoulder, or a gentle hand on his face when they're kissing. his use of touch is something he takes seriously, and it's important for him to utilize touch to bond with Johnny. Johnny absolutely loves it when Kenshi has his hands on him and will gladly let Kenshi do what he wants.

#kenshi takahashi #johnny cage #johnshi #mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mortal kombat 1 spoilers #otp ask memes #mine #shoutout to newt the parakeet #no her name is not canon but ive taken the liberty of naming her after a character from 'alien' #mostly bc i think johnny would do so #what if i commissioned someone to draw kenshi with newt. what if i did that

[levmada]

TRANSLATIONS

taken from various twt sources but mainly this person!!!!!

Levi watches his mother faced away drinking steaming tea at a table in their home(?), sitting maybe cross-legged?

I was born underground, and have only ever seen what was in the Underground city. But I thought, it’s so extremely dirty here and the air is putrid, but my mother seems even more graceful in contrast.

This takes place on a bridge

Levi tried to steal the teacup his mom sold back?

L: That’s alI I remember clearly.

L: I never wanted that (mom’s goodness) to be taken away from me [so tried to steal the teacup back]

1st bigger man punches(?) Levi then kicks him down

1: Behave, you brat!

2nd guy tries to pull 1st man back

2: You idiot!!

2: Don’t you know!?

2: This is the kid Kenny the Ripper/the Ripper takes care of!

Levi clutches his side, bleeding from his mouth or nose.

2: If he finds out, he will end us!

1: I hope he doesn't, but it'll be no problem if we neatly chop him [Levi] up and feed him to the pigs.

2 more men appear and leer over him.

1: It doesn't really matter who this brat is/where this brat comes from. He messed with our stuff.

(arms crossed) 2: If the Yakuza/gang Kenny(?) in the underground city finds out, it's over for us.

Levi sits up looking tired with a bloody nose

L: …Give it back! It's my mom's...

3: No. This is Olympia’s.

3: She’s sick and can’t work/eat, [so she?] sold it out of necessity.

3: Now that it’s become valuable, the shopkeeper has decided to sell it on the surface.

zoomed out perspective

3: You’re just a sly trickster trying to make a quick profit. You know what’ll happen if you get caught, right?

L: ...

3: Is it hard for a kid from the Underground to even think?

zoom back in. Levi in the middle as the men speak above him

?: Hey, even if we feed him to the pigs, he’s nothing but bones. But you know what, there must be people who’d buy something like this, right?

4: Yeah, selling anything is our motto!

close up. one man talking into Levi’s ear. Levi’s eyes are closed, grimacing disgusted/afraid

4: We should make him do the same job as his mother... Who knows, he might have inherited some talent.

#i think this is more or less accurate #levi ackerman #aot bad boy #snk levi #snk final season #aot news #levi aot #levi snk #levi ackerman aot

[yakuzacanons]

How They Would Confess Their Feelings To You - Yakuza 0-4

Adding yet another boy to the party. Get ready for my longest post ever.

Kazuma Kiryu: “I don’t know how else to say it... I just... really... like you. I really like you.”

The very definition of palms sweaty. Regardless of your answer, he’s never been more nervous in his life. Honestly wishes he could just hug you and let that alone convey everything he’s ever wanted to say.

He’d try to plan it out, down to picking a day and time and place. He feels a little more confident if he can at least run through how it would go in his mind knowing he picked out the plans for it himself.

Even so, he’ll fumble a little somehow, likely stumbling over his words and kind of just sputtering out his feelings, simultaneously trying to reign it in and let it all out at the same time. He WILL blush.

Majima Goro: “Ya know ya only won ‘cuz you’re cute. Ah, did I just call ya cute? I mean, ya are. Ah, shit, cat’s outta the bag now.”

As upfront as he can be, he’s not stupid either. He likely won’t bothering confessing if he doesn’t think you’d be interested or unless he’s just that crazy about you that he can no longer physically keep it to himself.

He will ask Nishida and Saejima and even Kiryu for advice and then proceed to ignore all of their advice. Secretly, that’s his way of delaying the inevitable because he’s a little nervous.

In the end, he’ll just blurt it out in the heat of the moment. Probably when it’s just you two hanging out, maybe at the batting center, and you beat him at a game. He’ll say something about how it’s a good thing you’re cute or he’d be so mad about losing and then immediately realize what he just said and try to play it cool. If you tease him and say something like “I’m sorry, what did you say?”, he’ll eventually corner you, pull you close and just tell you the truth, almost completely hushed as if he thought you would just disappear once he told you how he really felt.

Saejima Taiga: “I think you’re wonderful and I really like you. You mean a lot to me. I understand if you don’t feel the same. I just wanted you to know.”

When he first realizes he has feelings for you, he’d be all nerves. There would likely be a few times where he would seem unusually unable to speak to you. However, once he finally resigns himself to the truth, he will be composed and calm again.

If Majima catches wind of his feelings, he will absolutely try to give Saejima advice or to try to bug you to see if you feel the same. He’s absolutely into the drama of it all. Saejima pretends it isn’t happening.

His confession will be upfront and to the point. If he’s feeling particularly sappy, maybe he’ll bring flowers. Otherwise, the two of you will meet at a typical hangout spot and when the sun starts to set, he’ll sit you down on a nearby park bench, take a deep breath, and tell you.

Akiyama Shun: “So, I know you already know. I guess I’m still going to have to say it, huh? I haven’t felt this way about anyone in a long, long time.”

He’s not exactly a subtle person so at some point you’ll realize he’s at least mildly interested in you. Even though he still hasn’t fully processed his romantic past, he’s also very prone to falling hard and fast for just about anyone. Akiyama just loves love.

By now, he knows you know but he’s afraid to straight out make the first move due to his past. It’s not that he doesn’t think you’d reciprocate. He knows if you weren’t interested, you’d have said so by now. He’s just worried it’ll go south in the end like it always does and he doesn’t want to feel that pain again or put you through all that trouble.

You’ll likely catch him on the rooftop at Sky Finance, having a smoke. He’ll strike up a conversation with you and when there’s a pause, he’ll let you know that he knows that you know. He’s as coy as ever but deep down he secretly hopes you’ll just grab him and hold him close.

Tanimura Masayoshi: “Look, I’ve got to get something off my chest. I don’t know what this is or what to do about it, all I know is I want you by my side.”

Inexperienced and it shows. It’s not that he’s never gone on dates or had crushes or “done it”, so to speak. He’s just never thought very long or hard about serious relationships and the idea of getting serious with you is enough to make his head spin.

As an orphan, he’s used to being so independent but he’ll likely find himself relying on Mei Hua and Zhao for advice. They suggest telling you in person but the thought of getting rejected face to face makes him want to cry.

It may seem cowardly, but he’ll do it over a phone call. He’ll say he has something to tell you and from there the words will just fall out. His stomach will be so full of butterflies that he’s worried a real butterfly might just fly out of his mouth instead of the sound of his words. 

Ryuji Goda: “I’m not sure what else to do at this point except tell ya: ya got me wrapped ‘round your finger. No matter what happens, ya have my heart. I’ll always be there. I promise.”

He will absolutely hide his feelings and keep them to himself for as long as possible. Not a single person in the Omi Alliance will know he’s even capable of romantic thoughts. The downside is that means he can’t just ask anyone for advice. Not that he would anyways. Or at least he’d never admit that he needs the help here.

Always the showstopper, he’ll try to flaunt his way into a confession. He’s hoping that flashy gifts and nice dinners will get the point across. Eventually he will realize he’s just going to have to man up and say it.

One night after a lavish dinner, which isn’t out of the ordinary when you’re friends with a man like Ryuji, you’ll be sitting in his private car and he’ll just silently take your hand. The silence will hang in the air for a few brief moments before he finally tells you how he feels.

Mine Yoshitaka: “I’ve been meaning to tell you something. I can’t stop thinking about you. I don’t think someone has ever meant as much to me as you do, right here, right now.”

He will secretly envision how his confession will go, even daydreaming while he’s on the job. If he’s brooding quietly in his office despite having no work to do, he’s mentally working out all of the potential options trying to decide what’s the best way to go about this.

Out of all of the boys, he’s the most confident in just accomplishing this himself regardless of the outcome. No advice or help needed here. Mine’s precise and calculating in his approach. As long as he makes his intentions clear to you as openly and honestly as possible, he’s satisfied.

In the end, he decides on inviting you out to his place late at night. He’ll serve up your favorite drink and as he hands it to you, his hand will purposely touch yours and linger for a moment. From there, the words will flow naturally, direct and true but never overly flowery or emotionally overrun.

Daigo Dojima: “I never expected any of this. Suddenly, you came into my life and everything isn’t the same anymore. Truthfully, I’m glad. I never want things to go back to the way they were before I met you.”

Running the Tojo Clan has kept him so busy that he honestly hasn’t found time for love. Despite being one of the youngest members in the clan, his job has greatly limited his chances of exploring the dating scene. A confession is a completely alien concept to him.

For you though, he’s more than willing to try. It’s honestly gotten to a point where the thought of you is outweighing the thought of his work and that’s a problem for more people than just him, especially if you also happen to work for the Tojo Clan. If he doesn’t find a time to tell you, it might just slip on accident and he can’t have that happen, at least not in front of others.

He’ll call you into his office since he can’t get out of work much. It’s also one of the only places where he can be alone with you. He’ll avoid eye contact at first, clearly nervous. If you ask him what’s bothering him, he’ll snap into eye contact with you and just say it effortlessly as if a moment ago he wasn’t nearly wringing his hands in agony at the thought of rejection. His calm gaze won’t leave you until he’s finished talking.

Nishikiyama Akira: “I like being with you... I wish I could be near you like this all of the time. I hope you want that too.”

History has shown that Nishiki isn’t actually that great when it comes to confessing his love. If he waits it out TOO long, you might think he’s disinterested and try to move on. On the other hand, he’s worried he’ll misjudge the situation and move things to fast. 

He’ll consider asking for help but decide against it. He’s a man and he’s going to do it his way by himself, rejection be damned. Secretly, he doesn’t know if he’d be able to survive being rejected by you.

Knowing him, he’ll get you a gorgeous necklace and use it as a means to finally tell you. Always one for big gestures, he’ll even go so far as to put the necklace on you himself, standing behind him and gently clasping it before he leans over and gently whispers his true feelings to you. He says it so quietly, unusually so for a man that’s typically so confident looking, as if these words were only for you to hear.

Tachibana Testsu: “I’m glad I got the chance to talk to you alone today. I need to tell you... you’re very important to me. More than you could ever know.”

Always calm and collected, romantic feelings are unusual for him as he rarely gets them but it’s not enough to fully rattle him. He will simply wait for the right time to get you alone and tell you.

He’ll drop hints beforehand, things like a small gift or offering to drive you home. It’s not his way of testing how you may feel but more so to see if he’s going too far by offering those kinds of gestures. If he gets the sense that he’s too much into your personal space, he will back off.

Like Daigo, he’ll likely invite you into his office as he can almost guarantee it’s just you two and he can finally let his guard down. His voice will be calm and smooth as ever but in reality his heart is totally pounding out of his chest. Will simply smile softly if you reciprocate.

Nishitani Homare: “I’m just going to say it: you’re cute as hell. I like ya a lot. Do with that what you will.”

He will definitely flirt with you in an attempt to test the waters. Once he knows he’s got a chance, then it’s only a matter of time before it just slips out. He’ll just feel that comfortable around you that it won’t matter when or where it happens.

Absolutely not a planner. He lives life to the fullest and to an extent his feelings are the same way. When it comes out is when it comes out and if it’s meant to be it’s meant to be. He won’t pressure you at all.

Rejection isn’t a worry for him. He knows he’s just so out there that most people, platonically or romantically, are not sure what to do with him. He’s used to it and honestly expects rejection romantically at this point. However, if you reciprocate, he’ll nervously rub the back of his neck and let out a small laugh, relieved that you feel the same. Now he can really be himself around you.

#ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku imagines #ryu ga gotoku headcanons #kiryu kazuma #ryuji goda #yakuza #yakuza imagines #yakuza headcanons #yakuza 4 #yakuza 0 #yakuza 3 #yakuza kiwami #yakuza kiwami 2 #mine yoshitaka #akiyama shun #akira nishikiyama #masayoshi tanimura #tetsu tachibana #saejima taiga #nishitani homare #goro majima #majima goro #daigo dojima

[blackraged]

MORTAL KOMBAT 1 Thoughts Pt1.

[❌❌contains SPOILERS❌❌]

I've been waiting for this for such a long time and we finally got it. Now with MK1 being practically a full reboot, A LOT of changes are to follow. So here are my current thoughts in order how the story went:

Chapter 1

Kung Lao and Raiden being practically brothers is my fave thing in the world.

Half of the MK1 boys are full on babygirl and honestly? I love that for them. Except for Shang Tsung because that feels very much illegal.

That last scene with Madam Bo felt like a fcking fever dream.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN KUAI LIANG IS SCORPION? WHAT THE FCK DO YOU MEAN?? WHERE IS HANZO?? That feels very wrong. Only Hanzo is allowed to say "gET OVER HERE" that is HIS iconic line. I'm not sure if I like this change.

I KNEW the boys were pulling their punches. I KNEW IT. The entire fight felt so awkward and staged. For a short moment I legit thought NRS pushed down on their fighting animation.

Chapter 2

Sooo...Johnny is a failed Actor now? What happened to the glamour? That's not very Cage behavior.

Okay but I love love LOVED Liu Kang literally showing up in front at Johnny's Door all serious, and Johnny being Johnny.

What made NRS choose to paint Kenshi as a former Yakuza?? I mean the idea isn't too bad, because it would make sense for him to be searching for Sento to free his family. But I still prefer his revenge timeline more. Hell, even him being a cocky arse warrior trying to fight anyone and everyone made more sense.

Chapter 3

Idk why but I half expected Kano to show up in this chapter. The trailers made it look like he was at the Wu Shi academy

Liu Kang practically pathed the way for human Raiden to be champion and it shows. I'd like to think it's out of respect for former God Raiden from before, who practically raised Liu Kang and was a father figure to him.

General Shao is so fine, I can't. He was hot before, but now he's so....so..... y'know?

Liu Kang really wanted to give Kitana the loving Fam she deserved qwq

Everyone is so mean to Li Mei :(( I feel so bad for her

Reiko tho😳😳😳

Raiden has a cruuush~ Raiden has a cruuush~ unexpected but cute. I wonder what Liu Kang thinks about this.

Chapter 4

Johnny and Sonya are forever iconic...but Johnny and Kenshi? I didn't know I needed it until I had it. Their bickering is GOLD. They're so married.

Wealthy merchant Baraka???

Props to Quan Chis new look. He looks like a clown escaped asylum. Very uncanny.

Are they...are they trying to redeem Shang Tsung? No,that would be way too obvious. Plus that intro scene with Krusty Kronika makes it super sus.

Called it.

Chapter 5

KENSHIS BLINDFOLD WAS PART OF JOHNNYS ARMOR. Y'all NRS knew what they were doing. I am eating this up

I adore Reptiles human form. Very baby girl, very cute.

So if Tarkat is transmitted via physical contact, wouldn't that mean that the guys would have it too when they fought the prisoners in this chapter? You even see Johnny react in Chapter 4 to that fact when Baraka told them. Could it be that it's not infectious since they're clones/experiments?

So help me out here... Baraka is strong enough to rip the cages open that seem to be made of the same metal as their cell door, but failed to open that? Plot, I know, but c'mon.

REPTILE IS EVEN MORE BABY OMGGGGG. Pls let me hold him,, poor baby boy,, his sadness is literally tugging at my heart strings.

I love how honorable Baraka is. This is great character improvement. For a beast (visually) to be showing mercy. It's like he accepts who he is now but still holds onto that human (edenian) side of him.

Stopping here for tonight, but will continue tomorrow. So far it's going great but I have a hard time remembering which of some stories in this timeline are kept the same as from the previous timeline.

I'm still pleasantly overwhelmed by the amount if babygirls.

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mk 1 #mk #shang tsung #johnny cage #kenshi #liu kang #kitana #mileena #sindel #kung lao #raiden #reptile #syzoth #sub zero #scorpion #bi han #kuai liang #smoke #shao kahn #baraka #funny thoughts #my thoughts #nrs #kenshi takahashi

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How do you think Yashiro will behave towards Doumeki now? Will he try to escape again and forget everything?

Hi Anonymous!!! I am happy to be asked another question 🥰❤️ I hope you manage to see the response as I can't @ you!

I don't think Yashiro will repeat what he did in the past.

Before, Doumeki was his subordinate and clung to Yashiro - Doumeki obviously developed feelings and Yashiro developed feelings too. And this is a no-go for Yashiro.

So he shot Doumeki, claimed to have forgotten him (although he's managed to remember a shit tonne of details post-time skip eheheheh ���) and kicked him out of his group.

Yashiro is now in a completely different place to where he was 4 years ago: he doesn't have a group, the casino / Misumi is the only thing connecting him to the Yakuza world, he's impotent and he's let himself be even more abused sexually.

Yashiro has no reason to escape Doumeki because they are in no way now tied to each other / working together, with the boss/subordinate relationship of the past.

Doumeki is good for Yashiro and Yashiro's body knows it.

Yashiro, however, I think will suppress / reject / downplay any meaning behind the sex that he has with Doumeki and at the very most label it as, "it's just sex. It's what I do. Don't be surprised. I screw everyone. I screwed you, didn't I?" unless something happens that forces Yashiro's hand and true feelings to the surface.

This is what I'm really hoping for!!!

Jealous Yashiro who sees D with the lady! Or Doumeki gets hurt / kidnapped and Yashiro saves him! Doumeki is framed for something and Yashiro steps in and helps!

In answer to your question, I think Yashiro will be cool towards Doumeki, still his cruel cutting self outwardly but I don't think Y will run away this time.

Doumeki seems to have matured since pre timeskip and is a lot surer of himself, confident, and there is no longer a power imbalance between him and Yashiro so I think he'll take less of Yashiro's crap 🤭

But for now Yashiro will continue to deny any significance that Doumeki has to him (although look how many times now has this blond masturbated thinking of Doumeki seriously Yashiro look in your internal mirror pls)

What I want is for Yashiro to watch the USB video of himself having sex with Doumeki and for it to rattle Yashiro in that HE LOOKS IN LOVE YOUR HONOR. I think Yashiro's true feelings are about to break free even in a small lashing out, any chapter now.

I am excited with what's in store!!

But in my humble opinion, something external needs to happen to force Yashiro to realise that he has feelings for Doumeki, and Yashiro needs to act in a knee-jerk way, with his true feelings breaking through.

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #twittering birds never fly #yashiro x doumeki #saezuru meta #saezuru chapter 58 #saezuru ch 58

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Gran tags along with Izuku to Nighteyes agency bc he doesn't trust Nighteye and has Suspicions

1 - Gran Torino arrives to the agency in time to hear Nighteye tells Izuku that he might be taking him as an intern but would make him give up OFA. He then calmly tells Izuku to pick his stuff and to wait for him outside because he is doing his internship with Grandpa Sorahiko. Izuku tries to explain that he was accepted and just has to show what he's worth but then he sees, he looked at Gran Torino's eyes. Proving everyone who ever said he has the survival instinct of a lemming with a cliff wrong, he flees the agency. Meanwhile, Nighteye is slowly backing towards the window.

2 - Gran Torino first informs Nighteye that what Toshinori chooses to do with his quirk is none of Mirai's business. He also asks him if the child he has been grooming for a quirk he doesn't need to is aware that the man he trusts is about to put a lovely target on his back since All for One is still alive. Then, he informs him that the next thing he will do after dropping Midoriya back to UA is to call Nedzu and shares his concern about a pro hero who is willing to accept a student with the goal of making quit heroism.

3 - When Nedzu is told about what happened, he rips Mirio's internship convention in half and informs the Nighteye agency that UA will refuse to send any students there as long as Sir Nighteye is still the hero leading this agency. It's not because he is morally against what Nighteye tried to pull. It's because his actions aren't only dumb but put Nedzu's students in danger. Nighteye outright saying that he wanted Midoriya to give up the quirk and give it to Mirio meant that he wanted to destroy Midoriya's hero career (without a quirk, Izuku wouldn't just go on and be a quirkless hero) but the idea of an adult in charge of assuring the safety of a student he wants to see fail would have turned his hair white overnight if that wasn't already the case. Plus the fact that Nighteye also thought he could take decisions for Mirio is a whole bouquet of red flags in itself.

4 - Gran Torino and Izuku spend the internship in the mountain, trying to find the LOV or at least Kurogiri. Instead, after Izuku drops something heavy on his feet and colorfully swear, they find Machia. A really cool fight between Kurogiri and Machia vs Gran Torino and Izuku happens. (Izuku probably gets Blackwhip early.) In the end, Kurogiri is neutralized and Machia swears fealty to Izuku. Izuku is confused. GT has a headache. All Might, when he hears about it, is in denial.

5 - They can't "arrest" Machia because even if he is suspected of MANY things, they can't exactly prove that he is an immortal bloodhound/bodyguard serving Machia. Because of exceptional circumstances, he is put under the responsibility of UA. (There is a 75% that it's the Commission wanted Nedzu to mess up and take control of the best hero school of the country.) Nedzu and Gran Torino respectively complain to All Might about how his successor keeps bringing trouble.

+ 1 - Tamaki is injured because of one of the anti quirk bullet starting to flood the market. The help of someone with a good nose to track people is required so that's how Gran Torino, Izuku and Machia gets on the yakuza thingie. Said yakuza are very surprised where a giant shows up at their compound.

#I couldn't let Eri be tortured for too long #5 headcanons game #closed ask game #barid

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Spoilers for the Yakuza Series

So, the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Bucket List Trailer dropped some really juicy reveals which longtime Yakuza fans will happily eat up, that being RETURNING CHARACTERS FROM PREVIOUS GAMES! Which is a big deal for the longtime Yakuza fans because, which Yakuza does bring back characters semi-consistently, the series also has a tendency to completely shelve and forget characters from game to game without even a mention (notable examples being the playable characters Tanimura from 4 and Shinada from 5 and longtime recurring character the Florist of Sai who after Yakuza 5 just disappears without any explanation). It’s also a big reason why fans disliked Yakuza 6, with it being touted and marketed as the ‘End of Kiryu’s Story’, it featured very little of Kiryu’s friends he met along his long journey and instead took place in a new city Onomichi and focused more on characters introduced in 6.

We got Kiryu returning to the classic Yakuza series location, the graves of Nishiki, Yumi and Kazama, where he of course meets Date.

Then we have Kiryu walk into Survive Bar and gets a blast from the past through finally meeting the bar’s bartender, Kashiwagi (he actually did go to Survive during Like a Dragon Gaiden but it was right when Kashiwagi was out).

Next, fresh off his surprise reappearance at the end of Like a Dragon Gaiden, Taichi surrounded by gaggle of hostesses. Gaiden reveals Taichi got a job as a firefighter, but it looks like he acquired some major money somehow. Maybe he achieved his childhood dream of becoming a pro-wrestler between 2019 and 2023/2024?

Next, we get Yuya, who RGG Studio has given an actual human-looking face to; after he had previously kept his weirdly-shaped uncanny PS2 modelled head that had his cheeks concaved in.

Then, of course, we have the man, the myth, the legend, Shun Akiyama of Sky Finance (don’t know about you guys, but I personally believe Nick Ogata in 7, who is a character I do like, was created as a fill-in character for Akiyama and Akiyama was originally written to do all the things Nick did in 7, being this enigmatic financier and sheltering Daigo, Majima and Saejima).

And, yet another major surprise, Kaoru Sayama who was major character in Yakuza 2 and famously unceremoniously leaving the series to move to America finally returns to the series after a 14/15 year absence; leaving fans especially flabbergasted considering she became Kiryu’s love interest in 2 and she never even gets talked about (in fact, I’m fairly sure the RGG team tried to pretend that their romance never happened as the recaps of Yakuza 2 put in the sequels to fill in first-time players never mention their romance and the Yakuza 3 character sheet on the start menu which denotes characters’ relationships with each other says “Just friends” with Kiryu and Kaoru). But, based on a teaser where Kiryu tells Ichiban he did in fact propose to someone before, it seems it might have been Kaoru. Plus, it seems that Kaoru is still single (I was thinking she might have been married with kids) and the dub trailer made Kaoru sound bitter about staying loyal to Kiryu.

An Ono Michio keychain. Wondering whose bag it’s on. I think maybe Haruka, Haruto or Hiromi (Kiyomi and Someya’s daughter from 6). Perhaps a hint that we might return to Onomichi and see the old Hirose Clan.

We even get a return of Yuki and Koyuki, who have seemingly kept Club Four Shine going, plus it looks like Saeko and Seong-hui are joining in. Sadly, the story hostesses from 0’s Cabaret Club Czar and Kiwami 2’s Cabaret Club Grand Prix don’t seem to be returning. Yeah, I think that characters that were played by AV actresses (i.e. almost all of the hostesses in the Yakuza series) will not come back; which I’m really disappointed by as I really liked each of the 0 hostess’ substorys. Also, that sadly means that Eri from 7 is probably not coming back as she was also played by an AV actress.

Kiryu also reunites with another old friend from all the way back since Yakuza 1, his old trainer Komaki. Infinite Wealth will stick to the RPG-style battles and job systems, and even before then the games have more-or-less moved past Komaki and other trainer characters teaching you new moves in favour of Kiryu just levelling up a skill tree on the menu, but Kiryu meeting his old master who he owes much of his acquired strength to is still great to see.

And, of course, 1 out of 4 of Kiryu oldest still living friends since 0 (the others being Daigo, Kashiwagi and Majima), Pocket Circuit Fighter; still having that photo of the two of them together that he pulls when singing Baka Mitai in Kiwami 1.

We also hear Haruka in the trailer, who I’m fairly sure was also replaced from her original English voice actor from Yakuza 1 Debi Derryberry, the voice of Jimmy Neutron. I don’t want to get into the whole voice acting controversy but, considering that Bill Farmer reprised his role of Date from Yakuza 1, I feel a little sad that all the characters who first appeared from Yakuza 1 have gotten replaced (Kiryu: Darryl Kurlyo -> Yong Yea, Majima: Mark Hamill -> Matthew Mercer, Kashiwagi: John DiMaggio -> David Hayter and Gary Buster Holmes: Gary Anthony Williams -> Isaac C. Singleton Jr.)

#yakuza #ryu ga gotoku #yakuza 8 #like a dragon infinite wealth #kazuma kiryu #makoto date #osamu kashiwagi #yuya #shun akiyama #kaoru sayama #ono michio #saeko mukoda #seong-hui #seonhee #sotaro komaki #pocket circuit fighter #haruka sawamura