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THE RAMBLE IS A CANON FRIENDSHIP EVENT FOLLOWED BY THE PREQUEL, EPILOGUE, AND SIDE NOVELS DEDICATED TO EXCESS LORE, BACKSTORY, AND TRIVIA

I can’t be normal about things, I get into something and EVERYONE must know.

Fnaf? My mum could possibly recite the lore despite never playing or watching it.

Anime? I will harass my friends until they watch at least three episodes.

I consume media and WILL regurgitate it onto everyone I love.

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Are your cosplays Telemachus?

"Would you fall in love again" except Fairy Tail is Odysseus and I am Penelope

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I think about this parallel a lot. Whether it was intentional or a complete accident is definitely up to interpretation, but I still think it's a good one. (read right to left, I put the images in manga order)

This:

To this:

To this:

Granted, Zeno learns to be grateful for food and literally everything (man has literally had to make himself clothes with whatever he could find---probably a very interesting low that is worth mentioning) he ever comes to have in his possession, and was already a pretty polite/educated/well mannered/grateful boy, but I just. I really like this thought y'know? The third person talking is the thing he does bc of Kaya, I'd like to imagine he felt so terrible about letting that one uneaten bowl of rice go to waste that he became incredibly passionate about refusing to let food be wasted.

Also, brief, very nice little character development touch, in my humble kayazeno opinion.

(Also there's my "Zeno is always hungry" theory from ages ago but I like the Kayazeno better)

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Was scrolling on Twitter and 🫠

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C H A T I NEED ONE OML

Nendoroid Yato [Noragami] from Good Smile Arts Shanghai coming May 2025.

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The boy ;)

NORAGAMI (2010-2024) by adachitoka

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I will be making an Akayona version hydyygubjk

Here, have a low effort meme I came up with at work 🤪

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LMAO LOOK AT ZENO BEING SUCH A CROSSOVER EPISODE CATALYST WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT

also "skilled writer" oh my God I'm honored <3 especially because such a SKILLED ARTIST HAS READ MY FANFICS AAAAAAAA

I'm going to go on to have the best day ever now thanks <3333

“go ahead”

zeno!!! :3

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ARE YOU FOR REAL OH MY GOD I FEEL THE SAME WHAT

I'VE BEEN WANTING TO WRITE SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES/CHARACTER STUDY WISE FOR THE LONGEST TIME IF YOU BY ANY CHANCE HAVE AN AO3 ACCOUNT I WILL GLADLY MENTION YOU IF NOT I CAN LINK YOUR TUMBLR OR SMTH ONCE I GET AROUND TO IT (I definitely will but I have so many wips it may take a while lmao)

“go ahead”

zeno!!! :3

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Sobbing because he WOULD.

THE LOOK ON HIS FACE AAAAUGHHH MY HEART I want to write a whole fic about this oh my GOD I'm going to uhhhhh more character studies yippee yippee IIIIIIIII need to stop ✋️

Help. The art. The angst. It got to me.

“go ahead”

zeno!!! :3

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THE BABYYYY

Shin Ah

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This might be my longest tumblr essay yet lol 🥳

After reading akayona 266, these panels from chapter 104 have a new bite to them

“Dragon god, why won’t you come out? Please come out! Kaya… save her!”

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Been meaning to add my 2 cents to this (I have not had the time/brain capacity without combusting into madness to create my own, incredibly lengthy akayona ch 266 analysis, so here we are)

Okay. I definitely feel like this is supposed to be Ouryuu's redemption arc of sorts, but there are quite a few things that need to be acknowledged before it can happen because even if Ouryuu's help is a game-changer and is the dragon warrior's and Yona's saving grace, it does not change the fact that Zeno has every right to be angry with him.

Now, I agree that it's completely plausible that Ouryuu doesn't have the power to alter other's lifespans, so I understand why he might not have done anything here. However, the emotions that create the turmoil for Zeno in this moment are much more than simply grief. It's loss, fear, loneliness, abandonment, desperation, and a million other little things that have built up and continue to build up over the next two thousand years. Maybe Ouryuu might not have been able to prevent the grief or loss (human emotions are complex, and Kaya would have died eventually), but imagine the difference it would have made for Zeno to have him appear, if not to encourage or verbally comfort him, than just to simply offer a presence. An immortal presence. The argument can be made that Zeno might not want anything to do with the dragon god since he can't do anything and because he is the one who doomed him to this fate, but I'm sure that at some point or another, he would have appreciated the sentiment.

Then there's also the question of why Ouryuu chose immortality in the first place. The other three dragon's choices were much, much different, so what drove or inspired Ouryuu to choose such a heavy ability? Did he intend Zeno to be a guide for the future generations? Did he want to make his fragment the most powerful? Did he want a fragment that would serve Hiryuu the way Zeno does, with expertise, wisdom, and no bias from various political standpoints? Did he look that far ahead, assume that when Hiryuu returned he would be king again, and intend to plan for it?? Or, the more intriguing, sort of unlikely, but really fun question:

Did he get to choose his fragment's abilities at all? Maybe it wasn't his decision to make. Who knows?

Anyways, that's a whole other can of worms and I want to stay on topic here lol.

Personally, I think there's no excuse for Ouryuu to have not shown up at least once for Zeno, but there might also be an explanation behind it. Pride. To explain, I was watching a review on one of the chapters the other day, and the guy who was reviewing it (griever's review on 265, for reference) mentioned the fact that the crimson dragon is different from the others (kind, merciful, understanding) because he lived as a human. The white, blue, and green dragon gods have not lived, died, or suffered as humans. They don't know what it's like to work hard, to lose, to gain, to love, to grieve, because they're gods. They have the power to do and get whatever they want, and it ties into the reason why they act like selfish, spoiled, self-centered brats. It's because they are! They are cruel to Zeno and their own fragments, and ignore Yona's wishes because, to them, none of it matters because they're gods and they should get what they want. It also explains their hissy fits to the whole "Hiryuu remaining a human and refusing to obey their wishes" ordeal. Now with this in mind, consider Ouryuu two thousand years ago, just as selfish and inhumane as his dragon god brothers, and add his fragment into the mix.

If he truly was by Zeno's side all that time, there's a good chance he picked up a thing or two about humanity as well. Perhaps the experience softened his heart over the years (since he has one, apparently) and he finally started to see where Hiryuu was coming from. It's likely that this transition began or was just set into motion after the og dragon's and Kaya's deaths, when he was still too prideful to care. Or maybe the mindset change had already happened, and at that point, he was far too ashamed to show himself.

Not an excuse. Not condoning it, but I'm trying to understand the development here. And even if this all somehow aligns, isn't this still the same Ouryuu that technically allowed Zeno to fall into the sea of blood and be tossed around and tormented by his own dragon god brothers? The one who offered no explanation and just "Your life has not yet reached its end yet" and shoved Zeno back into life after reciting the prophecy to him when he tried to take his own life with the sword? Now with the last, "reciting the prophecy in Zeno's face" bit, I get the circumstances are different (Yona wasn't in the chalice/in danger yet) but it was still rather harsh. And hypocritical, considering the way he recites the prophecy again in 266, this time in Zeno's favor.

I want Ouryuu to be good. I'm incredibly grateful that he swooped in and saved the dragons and Zeno and Jae-Ha's leg. I'm glad he's taking them to Yona and making things right, but why???

Not that I'm complaining as long as everyone gets to eventually be safe and sound, but I'd like to understand Ouryuu's motives. Zeno might see this as an attempt to atone, but he still has the right to be bitter with the dragon god. Ouryuu's redemption does not justify his past actions and idk... he's weird.

All in all I just wish he'd have given Kaya more time. Or better yet, given Zeno an immortal partner support system thing lol.

I'm perfectly content with plot holes as long as everyone ends up safe and happy, but that doesn't mean I won't try to fill them! Take that as you will. I'm just here. Hoping to get my found family back <3

After reading akayona 266, these panels from chapter 104 have a new bite to them

“Dragon god, why won’t you come out? Please come out! Kaya… save her!”

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She is forever his 💜💛🥹

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QUITE TRUE. TIS HOW I SURVIVED IT LOL

Posting on tumblr cus I'm at a work Christmas party and I'm really awkward and I regret not bringing a book even though I know it's rude and I can't read fanfic because that's also rude so now I'm just camping out in the bathroom for a bit help

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Posting on tumblr cus I'm at a work Christmas party and I'm really awkward and I regret not bringing a book even though I know it's rude and I can't read fanfic because that's also rude so now I'm just camping out in the bathroom for a bit help