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i truly wonder if karamatsu has ever gotten a free hug from someone like this lmao

in japan, it's probably wayyy different but like, where i live i know at least a few people that would bite the bullet and give him a hug for the plot

i also desperately want to know what it would look like if someone actually approached him (besides dobusu lol)

but also this begs the question for me: are the sextuplets ugly in-universe??

bc it's one thing for a hot guy to be giving out free hugs, it's another thing completely for a dude thats average/kinda ugly to stand out on the street with a free hugs sign lmao

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Osomatsu-san season 4 wishlist but I get more controversial as the list continues

return of summer kamen

another high school matsu skit

another full length iromatsu skit

an overall increasing of the silliness by 3

more girlymatsu skits (where they're not just supporting characters)

more iyami and matsuzo skits

more outlandish aus/skits (in the same vein as the Inn au, I want them to be completely different people)

continuity, show us nyaas kid and give us a sense of how old these guys are at this point

keep up the gradual, but natural and subtle change in the brother's dynamics (without changing the status quo too much)

a few more straight man jyushimatsu moments, but keep it sporadic so it stays refreshing

LIGHT topical humor/references (i just like knowing that these guys are in the same timeline as us and their world is changing too)

a few more serious moments sprinkled in the mix (like On the Way Home and Just Don't)

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guys do you think there's any possibility we can get some hesokuri wars cameos in the new season? like i have absolutely 0 knowledge of copyright law, especially in japan, but doesn't it all fall under the same IP?

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so the guy who directed the hipipo movie is directing the new season…

I’m a bit scared, BUT apparently Kodaka was also heavily involved with the early season 1 skits, Iyami, Alone in the Wind, and the final episode of season 2 (please take with a grain of salt though this person isn’t an official source haha). I think it’s a little disappointing that the original director and creator of the show is no longer involved in directing. But the head writer, matsubara shu is still involved!

the fourth season is also the first to come out in the summer (July) I wonder why…

this season is gonna be really interesting, I’m excited!

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how truly in-character it is for karamatsu to write something that sounds vaguely cool, but no one can decipher what it means because it makes no sense

I love him

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this is still the most insane karamatsu official art i've ever seen in my life because why is karamatsu stealing todomatsu's look like that?? i though you were supposed to be the "manly" one???

honestly, if i was todomatsu i'd be soooo mad because how dare you steal my look and then take it one step further and show more skin.

like, not only is he wearing shorts with garters and stockings (classic totty drip) but he's ALSO wearing a cropped jacket with a cropped button up oooohhhh i'd be livid.

and it's just them too, the rest of the gang looks pretty on-par with how they usually dress (relatively)

the person who designed this outfit for karamatsu either LOVES karamatsu, hates todomatsu, or loves zaimokumatsu

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I actually hate fandom sometimes because when I consume too much fandom content I start to lose track of what’s canon and what’s not.

like, I’ve seen so much fanart of karamatsu sewing stuff, but DOES karamatsu know how to sew?? Where did we get this from? I THINK it’s because of the implication that he makes his own clothes…but does he actually canonically make his own clothes?? And the poetry thing, has there been anything in canon to suggest that karamatsu reads/writes poetry besides the fact that he speaks in a really flowery manner?

and these are genuine questions btw like I actually want to know if this is collective headcanon or if it’s based in canon. I actually want to believe that these are canon.

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part 2 is up for those interested! thanks for reading!!

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guys i have a confession to make... and you have to hear me out...karatoto (karamatsu and totoko) is a fun pairing

NOW STAY WITH ME HERE FOR A SECOND

in the context of the show, i would only want them to stay friends, if not besties. i think the writers actually like pairing them up for certain scenes bc they can rely on kara to be slightly more normal (relative to the other matsus) when interacting with totoko. like, when you really think about it they interact a lot in the third season... i honestly think she interacted with kara the most in season 3 besides nyaa and possibly osomatsu.

(these are not the best screenshots but trust me they talk to each other in all of these scenes, except the one where kara is a horse)

but thats actually not why i like them as a pair... the real reason is because i like messiness and i like drama and i like fun and i think a secret relationship between karamatsu and totoko would have all of those things

(the even realer reason is because i'm wildly and shamelessly biased towards karamatsu. it's just that simple)

see, the reason it would be so fun is because no one would expect it. everyone in the show probably thinks that if totoko were to end up with anyone, it would be osomatsu. and that's not an unfounded belief, i think they definitely do have the deepest and most complex relationship out of the 6 as the two "leads".

them getting together would kind of represent this grand, but ultimately linear shift in the status quo. the main character gets the heroine. shocker. but it kind of is a shocker in a show like osomatsu san, and its characters aren't really ready for that kind of "ending" per se. especially not osomatsu, who thrives and desperately clings to the status quo like his life depends on it. and ofc totoko is in a similar boat, where she finds herself yearning for simpler, more fun times.

but maybe totoko just wants to have a little extra fun! maybe she just wants to take a quick detour! is that too much to ask?? can't a girl have a little fling on the side?? why does everything she does matter so much as the heroine??? it sucks!!

it's too hard to go out and find a rich hot guy to have fun with. thankfully, she has 6 men who are already head over heels for her! so she finds herself weighing the pros and cons of each sextuplet.

osomatsu is... complicated, so he's out

choromatsu is an automatic no

ichimatsu is okay... but he seems like a guy who needs more care than she's willing to give

jyushimatsu is complicated in a different, much weirder way

todomatsu... todomatsu is definitely a viable option, but she wants someone who will only have eyes for her and she doesn't like how totty always has 2 girls by his side

karamatsu... karamatsu was never really an option in her mind but like, he's pretty nice! and honestly recently he's been much more normal than he used to be (season 1). his painfullness has decreased substantially since then. he also doesn't look half bad! he and todomatsu definitely take care of their appearance the most out of the 6. they've talked a decent amount and they even had that one skit together... ignition.

(side note, weirdly enough i think the karamatsu taxi skit makes him the only matsu to ever call a woman a b*tch... which is surprising to say the least and honestly detracts from this whole thing a bunch but i just thought it was so crazy...yikes kara)

but best of all, karamatsu is (seemingly) simple. and thats what she wants right now, a simple and easy and fun time. no baggage, no grand status quo changes, no needless effort. just a little fun with a guy she already knows likes her.

so she approaches him one day and asks him to carry her bags for her while she goes shopping. normal enough right? so karamatsu ofc is like "oh yeah i think i'm free but my brothers might be busy" and totoko's like "oh that's fine, you don't have to bring them" and karamtsu just says "sounds good, see you tomorrow!"

he walks home and it doesn't really hit him until he gets there... totoko chan just invited him somewhere to do something with him... alone.

but she's done that before! she asked if he wanted to watch her at her driving school, which he did alone. heh... it seems totoko is not a karamatsu girl yet, but he thinks he can win her over after tomorrow.

ok so i have more ideas for this, but honestly i don't really think theres an audience for karatoto but lmk if you guys are interested to hear the rest.

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I'm cooking

for the 16 people that liked/reblogged that last post... thank you, this is for you

anyways, they meet the next day and have a normal outing. nothing too outstanding or different besides the fact that they get to have a couple of actual conversations with each other without interruption. totoko asks for kara's opinion when deciding which item looks better on her and quickly figures out that he'll shower her with flattery and praise... then proceed to choose the flashier option 90% of the time. the other matsus are off doing their own things, so they don't catch wind of what's happening. the pair have fun! but nothing is too out of the ordinary until totoko says that they should do this again next week.

karamatsu is utterly confused... why have just one man carry her things and compliment her when she can have 6? but of course! totoko has finally realized that she's a karamatsu girl... right? that has to be it. it's because he's so cool and handsome and she's finally fallen for his charms! of course, there's no other explanation.

meanwhile, totoko feels an invigorating sense of thrill, her heart pounds with excitement. technically, she could've done this at any point in time. but somehow this feels different, it feels like she's gotten away with something she shouldn't have. partly because she knows that she has to take what she's doing to the grave. the heroine has a reputation to uphold, she's someone who is pursued and she wouldn't be caught dead being the pursuer, especially when the one she's technically pursuing is karamatsu of all people.

karamatsu is in the same boat, but for different reasons. does he want to brag and show off to his brothers that he went on a date with totoko? yes, more than anything in the world. but he also values his life and knows that somehow, in some way... what they're doing should not be happening. not only will his brothers tear him apart limb from limb in a fit of jealousy and rage, but it's also just so... so different. the logical thing to do is to keep it a secret, lest they try to sabotage him. but he simultaneously feels...guilty? why?

did she mistake him for osomatsu? she couldn't have! but why does it feel like it should be osomatsu in his place... oh well! he got a date with the cutest girl he knows and there's no way he's gonna pass up the opportunity to go on another one!

and so they continue to go on a series of clandestine and scandalous outings. scandalous in the sense that they actively go against the overarching narrative of the show: the matsus are girlfriendless neets and totoko is their sought after childhood friend... right? eventually, a sense of mutual, unspoken paranoia leads them to do everything out of town. they get to know each other much better than their circumstances previously afforded. karamatsu is kind of a quiet guy, more of a listener, when he isn't going on long winded, flowery tangents about the sky or her eyes. he's also somewhat distant from his brothers. obviously, he cares about them, but it feels like he more so looks over them from afar than entangles himself in their mess like the others do. he's also- wow she can't believe she's stooped so low- really not bad looking, maybe even cute? if all of the brothers are 5s then karamatsu is a 6.5, maybe even a 7 when he isn't wearing something absolutely ridiculous (and she made sure to cut him off from wearing painful things when they're out in public together, what she's doing is already bad enough for her reputation as is)

totoko is more than karamatsu previously thought. of course, he always knew that she was amazing and strong and cute and smart and special! but she's also lonely and afraid and very... aware and observant of everything. she longs for the fun and simplicity that they had when they were kids with no responsibilities. he understands that to an extent, but while he's relatively lukewarm, if not pretty satisfied with neetdom (despite it's boring and depressing nature) she feels that every moment she spends in the present, the future weighs on her with a sense of impending doom.

karamatsu hopes that he can ease her loneliness and worries... maybe he can be the one she depends on to show her that the future might not be so bad? no, he'll be the one to make it so that her future is good! he'll be someone she can feel secure with! someone she can depend on! yes, he can see it now: totoko and karamatsu's happy and romantic future! filled with passion and romance and roses... lots of roses.

(side note, I imagine this going on for a few months at this point... maybe 3-4? I'll fully leave it up to the reader to decide just how far their relationship develops bc this is already getting so long lmao.)

but the truth is, the guilt of what he is doing weighs on him more and more every day. karamatsu doesn't lie often, but when he does, it's about winning big at pachinko! or spending money on clothes instead of groceries! or getting one of his brothers off his back when he doesn't want to deal with them... but never about something like this. when his brothers occasionally ask him where he's been, he tells them he's out searching for karamatsu girls or he found a cool sunglasses store out of town. they don't bat an eye, because what else would karamatsu be doing? his conscience screams at him to come clean...but he's not doing anything wrong, right? his brothers have long tried to pursue a romantic relationship with totoko, he's just the only one who has succeeded!

no, he knows that this is a huge betrayal in their eyes. totoko has always been this untouchable, unattainable ideal for them. even when they attempt to pursue something further with her, it's always within the group. they're all on the same page, nothing happens without the rest of them knowing. a sense of dread creeps into his chest when he pictures their reactions if they found out. choromatsu's anger and quiet hurt. ichimatsu's shock and disgust. jyushimatsu's strained support. todomatsu's jealous and seething indignation. but osomatsu. ohhh osomatsu. he'd have the most heartbreaking reaction of all. because despite all of osomatsu's lazy, selfish, greedy, and perverted qualities... karamatsu has always respected his only older brother. somehow, osomatsu always knows the right thing to say to make things better. to break the tension or to make someone laugh. and he makes karamatsu feel like he doesn't have to change, that he can just be whoever he is in the moment and that things will work out. karamatsu knows what a burden it is to be the second oldest and sees the toll that being the eldest son takes on him. osomatsu's worries and silent struggles go unnoticed by everyone but karamatsu... and karamatsu is betraying him. he's lying and sneaking around and pretending that everything is normal when it's not. he feels disgusting.

he can barely look them in the eyes after a couple weeks. he gazes around their room, osomatsu is reading some old manga, choromatsu is staring at one of his figurines and giggling, ichimatsu is silently stroking the head of a cat, jyushimatsu is throwing his baseball up into the air and catching it, and todomatsu is scrolling idly on his phone. everything is the same... but it shouldn't be. because something big has changed! something that wasn't one off!! he's dating totoko!! that's crazy!! he feels like he's losing his mind.

but unbeknownst to karamatsu, his inner turmoil doesn't go unnoticed. it begins with jyushimatsu taking note of how often karamatsu leaves the house now. he's gone at least twice, if not three times a week for the entire day. and he's not in town, because jyushimatsu takes walks and practices baseball in various places outdoors daily. not once has he seen karamatsu in the places where he usually lounges. not to mention, his "free hugs" sign has been collecting dust for weeks now. karamatsu has also been acting weird. jyushimatsu loves his older brother dearly... but he knows that karamatsu isn't the brightest player on the field. karamatsu is obviously doing something behind their backs, something that he doesn't want them to know about.

then ichimatsu notices that karamatsu has been dressing differently lately. his clothes have been... cooler. but like, actually cool in a suave way and not in a dorky karamatsu way.

(imagine his official book fits. saying his clothes look bad is difficult for me because i think everything he wears goes hard)

but that's the least of his changes. karamatsu's eyes are shiftier when he speaks to his brothers. he stutters more, he's more silent when they eat together. despite briefly being a part of the drama club, karamatsu has really obvious tells. not as bad as choromatsu, but it's really not difficult to tell when he's lying. it's even less difficult to tell when something's up. and when he returns home... that's the weirdest part. he'll have this contented and gleeful look in his eyes. like he just ran through a field of flowers. but when he looks around the room and their eyes meet, his gaze suddenly drops and he looks away. as if he just got caught doing something he shouldn't have. he'll be damned if he doesn't figure out what karamatsu is up to. knowing him, it's probably something stupid.

finally, todomatsu notices how weird totoko is acting. well, it's more subtle when she's on her own. but she's completely different when it comes to karamatsu. karamatsu of all people. todomatsu has far more experience hanging out with women than the rest of his brothers. he likes to think that he understands them... even if he hasn't really been in a relationship with one. but totoko is not only a woman, she's also his childhood friend. and even if he doesn't fully understand her, he's familiar with her behavior. her scathing words, her cold indifference towards their advances, and her measured, yet comfortable and well acquainted distance from them are all normal. what she is currently displaying, is not however. once in a while, the brothers will bump into her out in public and have a mundane, amicable chat with her. nothing too out of the ordinary. but when they do, he catches her glancing at karamatsu every so often. not enough that it's weird, but just enough for it to be noticeable. and then! and then-karamatsu! karamatsu doesn't just do his painful schtick and make his eyes sparkly and pose or whatever. he quickly glances away!! he avoids her gaze!! if she chose to look at todomatsu like that, he would give her the most charming, cutest, and nonthreatening face he could make. why isn't karamatsu doing that??

they also stand... closer! obviously, she's not hanging off of his arm. but they seem weirdly comfortable together in a way he can't explain. like... the rest of them try to keep a respectful distance away from her. even jyushimatsu respects her boundaries!! but somehow, karamatsu, passive and cowardly karamatsu just throws all that out the window and stands damn near on top of her!!! well, that's an exaggeration. they really don't stand that close. actually, to the untrained eye, they're really not standing very close at all. but they're standing closer, and todomatsu can't stop thinking about it. he's going to lose his mind if he doesn't get down to the bottom of this.

alright guys this is getting long, but if you read all of this please lmk if i should continue cooking bc i'm thinking of a few different ways this can play out.

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guys i have a confession to make... and you have to hear me out...karatoto (karamatsu and totoko) is a fun pairing

NOW STAY WITH ME HERE FOR A SECOND

in the context of the show, i would only want them to stay friends, if not besties. i think the writers actually like pairing them up for certain scenes bc they can rely on kara to be slightly more normal (relative to the other matsus) when interacting with totoko. like, when you really think about it they interact a lot in the third season... i honestly think she interacted with kara the most in season 3 besides nyaa and possibly osomatsu.

(these are not the best screenshots but trust me they talk to each other in all of these scenes, except the one where kara is a horse)

but thats actually not why i like them as a pair... the real reason is because i like messiness and i like drama and i like fun and i think a secret relationship between karamatsu and totoko would have all of those things

(the even realer reason is because i'm wildly and shamelessly biased towards karamatsu. it's just that simple)

see, the reason it would be so fun is because no one would expect it. everyone in the show probably thinks that if totoko were to end up with anyone, it would be osomatsu. and that's not an unfounded belief, i think they definitely do have the deepest and most complex relationship out of the 6 as the two "leads".

them getting together would kind of represent this grand, but ultimately linear shift in the status quo. the main character gets the heroine. shocker. but it kind of is a shocker in a show like osomatsu san, and its characters aren't really ready for that kind of "ending" per se. especially not osomatsu, who thrives and desperately clings to the status quo like his life depends on it. and ofc totoko is in a similar boat, where she finds herself yearning for simpler, more fun times.

but maybe totoko just wants to have a little extra fun! maybe she just wants to take a quick detour! is that too much to ask?? can't a girl have a little fling on the side?? why does everything she does matter so much as the heroine??? it sucks!!

it's too hard to go out and find a rich hot guy to have fun with. thankfully, she has 6 men who are already head over heels for her! so she finds herself weighing the pros and cons of each sextuplet.

osomatsu is... complicated, so he's out

choromatsu is an automatic no

ichimatsu is okay... but he seems like a guy who needs more care than she's willing to give

jyushimatsu is complicated in a different, much weirder way

todomatsu... todomatsu is definitely a viable option, but she wants someone who will only have eyes for her and she doesn't like how totty always has 2 girls by his side

karamatsu... karamatsu was never really an option in her mind but like, he's pretty nice! and honestly recently he's been much more normal than he used to be (season 1). his painfullness has decreased substantially since then. he also doesn't look half bad! he and todomatsu definitely take care of their appearance the most out of the 6. they've talked a decent amount and they even had that one skit together... ignition.

(side note, weirdly enough i think the karamatsu taxi skit makes him the only matsu to ever call a woman a b*tch... which is surprising to say the least and honestly detracts from this whole thing a bunch but i just thought it was so crazy...yikes kara)

but best of all, karamatsu is (seemingly) simple. and thats what she wants right now, a simple and easy and fun time. no baggage, no grand status quo changes, no needless effort. just a little fun with a guy she already knows likes her.

so she approaches him one day and asks him to carry her bags for her while she goes shopping. normal enough right? so karamatsu ofc is like "oh yeah i think i'm free but my brothers might be busy" and totoko's like "oh that's fine, you don't have to bring them" and karamtsu just says "sounds good, see you tomorrow!"

he walks home and it doesn't really hit him until he gets there... totoko chan just invited him somewhere to do something with him... alone.

but she's done that before! she asked if he wanted to watch her at her driving school, which he did alone. heh... it seems totoko is not a karamatsu girl yet, but he thinks he can win her over after tomorrow.

ok so i have more ideas for this, but honestly i don't really think theres an audience for karatoto but lmk if you guys are interested to hear the rest.

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i think it's soooo funny how the shape, length, and thickness of karamatsu's eyebrows changes so wildly across the series

lets start big: here are his eyebrows in season 1

and here's season 2 and teen kara

pretty consistent right? maybe season 1's eyebrows are thinner in comparison, but it looks like his brows are generally bushier towards the ends and taper off medially

but wait... here's season 3

okay... no this makes sense right? ofc his eyebrows would be different in season 3 bc the character designer changed. okay so THESE are his new eyebrows. they're thicker medially and taper off laterally. got it.

these are his eyebrows in 2 early episodes of season 3 (3 and 4)

these are pretty similar, yeah the arch is different but that's negligible. okay so i guess his eyebrows are generally the same thickness throughout?

nope. here's pizza.

and then here's the final scene of the final episode

okay so it SEEMS LIKE generally his eyebrows are bushier laterally towards the arch. they also seem to change based on his facial expressions

see? here's him in the official season 3 book

and here's his character model for the hipipo movie

now we're getting somewhere!

YES! this is IN the movie!! and generally they look like this throughout with a few minor exceptions

(here's a STARK exception though in the intro)

and here's his eyebrows in the takoyaki movie

now obviously, this is not to insult the animators or artists ofc. his eyebrows are such a small detail in the grand scheme of things and it's probably soooo tedious to draw them consistently in every frame and in every episode. especially since there's multiple animators working on every episode! this is just me having a bit of fun because i like karamatsu and i like his eyebrows

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I'm back

for context, this is what was going down while I was gone

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guys i swear i'm not back from my tumblr hiatus i just needed to pop in briefly to say that I HATE how hard he's serving rn

he's giving office siren supernanny sebstian bayonetta core

it almost makes me forget that he's a gross pervert otaku neet

k back to ignoring tumblr for the next couple weeks

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hey all, I’ve been posting pretty regularly on this acc bc I love dumping my brainrot publicly, but for mental health and academic reasons I will be pretty much MIA for the next week or so!

once finals are over… *karamatsu voice* I WILL BE BACK!!

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i swear i feel like a clingy gf when i like more than 3 posts from the same person... like once you see me in your notifs more than 5 times in a row i have to dip i'm sorry

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guys… Karamatsus brand new world has opened my eyes… iromatsu mayyyy be peak. I hope we see more of them in season 4