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"To put so much effort into finishing work quickly...And going out to meet her...Only to find out she had left for home with another man...That must have been quite a shock, for sure."

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i love how she just took a lil sniff on his hand in the anime but inhaled his whole soul in both versions of the manga and LN

Suiren grabbing Gaoshun and leaving 😭

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if your fictional man didnt have mushrooms growing on him after he temporarily lost his girl, and if he didnt abuse his authority and position to win her back, is he even a proper loser™️?

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Maomao: ugh why does Jinshi insist on pursuing me I don't even like him

Also Maomao: this person can't even know I'm actually surprised, Jinshi would have understood my slightly furrowed brow. Ugh this other guy is too slow at understanding where I'm going with my investigations, Jinshi would get it faster. This girl is so beautiful, but not as beautiful as Jinshi.

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The hypocrisy of Jinshi and MaoMao

*light novel spoilers*

I just love how hypocritical MaoMao's nature is. She yells at Jinshi for being a 'Masochist' and yet we see that she's no different. Now, by definition Masochist is a person who drives sexual gratification from their own pain and humiliation, plus it relates to Jinshi's tendency to do self harm (like burning his skin with a brand)

And what is MaoMao's most favourite thing in this world?

POISON

She literally takes pleasure in consuming it and no one can convince me otherwise. Plus she uses dangerous plants and animals and snakes whatnot in the name of her so-called experiments. Her dad may call her a 'mad Scientist' but that is a direct indication of self harm.

And she calls Jinshi a Masochist.

I mean, think about it! The amount of anxiety she gives to Jinshi! She came prepared with a vomit inducing medicine but even she had no idea whether it would work or not. She was just hoping it would work in the salt chapter.

And the same goes for her hand, on which she has conducted countless experiments. One flower even burned her skin and its marks never left her skin. She said it was all for her hobby. What kind of weird hobby is that? Maybe, our little adorable mad scientist is just like that.

One brands his own skin, while the other takes heavenly pleasure in consuming poison.

So my point is, Jinshi and MaoMao are not that different as one might think they are and that's why their dynamic works so well.

Let's look at the excerpts from volume 5:

She didn’t know how long they sat that way. All she knew was that Jinshi was looking down at her with a faintly triumphant expression, as if he saw that the breath had reached every corner of her body now. He wiped away the tears that had sprung to her eyes as she struggled to breathe. It was then that Maomao felt a flash of intense anger. “I said that if you were going to kill me, you should do it with poison,” she told him. “I refuse to let you poison yourself,” Jinshi said, his fingers tracing her lips. “You can’t pretend you didn’t know that you were one of the candidates. As much as I’m sure you’d like to.” He wasn’t done, either: “Who was that man, anyway? I’m sure you’re not a dancer.” So he had been watching them! “I was just paying for my drink,” Maomao said. “It didn’t cost much.” She tried to look away, but with his hand on her head, she really couldn’t.

Jinshi just choked her and yet he refuses to let MaoMao poison herself. A lot of people misinterpret this scene, and don't like it all that much, saying it was just fanservice stuff but this is how I see it: Jinshi wasn't trying to kill MaoMao, he was just trying to make MaoMao submit to him for once (even if the way he did it was very wrong, but guess he's kinky like that). MaoMao is actively trying to harm herself and Jinshi loves MaoMao a lot, he cannot just let her kill herself.

It was more about him trying to exert his dominance in their weirdish - complicated relationship and that also backfires on him as we see in the next volume that MaoMao escapes Jinshi's grasps using Pairin's techniques.

And then they both continue to avoid each other in the entire next volume! Because they both realised that they have crossed boundaries.

They both are hypocrites.

And they both refuse to accept their feelings.

In one of the later volumes, she gives Jinshi a piece of her mind on how he should tell her everything clearly, unequivocally, what he feels, and he literally declares that "he will make her his wife", which is nice and all but look at the wording MaoMao used here....

Excerpts from LN Vol 7, chapter 19 called "A man and a woman play the game"

"You’re forever telling me I need to use my words, Master Jinshi, but are you in any position to criticize? Everything you say to me, everything you do, it’s like it’s calculated to save you from ever having to actually say what you mean! To make me figure it all out! You know, you remind me of someone. You act exactly like a man who used to come by our brothel all the time. He was in love with one of the girls, but he would never just come out and say it. He thought it should be obvious from the way he acted. He was so sure he had a good thing going with this woman that he never sent her so much as a letter. I remember how forlorn he looked when someone else swooped in and snatched her away! He kept coming to the brothel after that—to get drunk and whine to the ladies. Well, in my opinion, he could have avoided all that heartbreak if he’d told the woman how he felt. Clearly, unequivocally, so that she knew where they stood. It was the least he could have done!”

Everything came out in a torrent. She felt like she’d said it all in one breath. It was strange, she thought, to hear so many words come out of her own mouth. She was mystified. Jinshi was no less startled, but the shock soon left his face, replaced by something else. He got up off the bed and stared down at Maomao.

Shit. Now I’ve done it. She’d given him a piece of her mind, and he was about to give her one back.

“So I should be clear, should I? Unequivocal? I should say what I mean? If I did, would you actually listen to me? Is that what you’re telling me? I’m going to hold you to that! Right this minute. I’ll say it all. Don’t plug your ears—listen to me!” He grabbed her hands as she was in the process of trying to put her fingers in her ears. He took a breath. He was looking at Maomao, but somehow he seemed almost embarrassed. Finally he managed, “Now listen to me, y—I mean, Maomao! Listen close! I am going to make you my wife!”

It's one heck of a chapter and I suggest you give it a go! The title of the chapter says "A man and a woman play the game" as if to emphasize the very fact that both Jinshi and MaoMao are playing the game.

Jinshi has never confessed his true feelings before this chapter and only implied that he wanted to make MaoMao his wife.

The implications were heavy though on Jinshi's part, and as smart as MaoMao is, anyone would have guessed that MaoMao was one of the candidates for Jinshi's consort. Even the clothes she received (the ones she wore to the banquet) were also provided by Jinshi along with the hairpin. It is never stated outright but seeing as the hairpin was from Jinshi, the clothes are also implied to be the same.

More or less she's always deliberately ignoring the possibility of having anything to do with him, that is more than professional. Some may call it denial, I call it dense. Maybe, to some extent, she herself is not aware of her feelings because she never lets herself feel anything.

Even Suiren pointed it out pretty early in the manga, that maybe it's MaoMao's way of being reserved. We need to keep in mind that MaoMao is an unreliable narrator and it's more of what she does, rather than what she says that makes a difference.

Even in the chapter that I have quoted above, she had every reason to leave Jinshi, she wasn't working for him after all. But she stayed to make tea for him, even after the fact that she had a long day too. She was almost just as exhausted as Jinshi and yet she was there preparing medicinal tea, so that he could get a better sleep.

Maybe she herself is yet to realise just how deep her feelings run. Till vol 12 she seems to have accepted them, but she still is yet to acknowledge their depth. Maybe it's because of her childhood.

It's not a traumatic backstory but MaoMao had a sad childhood nonetheless....

She was raised by her grand uncle and her real father was eccentric, who scared her. Her mother must also appear to be kind of demonic to her, since she was desperate enough to cut MaoMao's Pinky finger and send it to Lahan. So it's safe to say that MaoMao never received proper parental affection. And adding to the fact that, a brothel is not exactly an ideal place for raising a child.... especially when the birth of MaoMao was the one thing that brought the brothel to its knees...even if being born wasn't her choice.

Plus MaoMao stated it herself that when she was a baby, no one would come to sooth her until their work was finished, implying that even if MaoMao and her brothel sisters are close, they are not that close. A mother's love is different and she never received it. No one can love you more than your mother and MaoMao was deprived of that. She soon realised that no one was coming. Life is hard and she has no choice but to face it!

So, she got interested in poison.

Maybe she doesn't love herself or her life as much as she says / pretends she does. She's always like "yeah, I would very much like my head to be with my body" and "if I stay low profile maybe I can survive here" etc but maybe deep down that's not the case. Maybe that's why she loves poison so much. The implications are crazy.

And to break MaoMao's shell, Jinshi has no choice but to be a bit more forceful at times? At least that's how I interpret that choking scene. Jinshi was angry at MaoMao because she deliberately suggested him to marry consort Rishu and danced with Rikuson.

Even if Jinshi never said it outright, he was giving hints the entire time.

But well the tables turned and MaoMao topped him instead, lol (vol 7) and later we even see that our little stray cat has accepted Jinshi and she's ready to be in a relationship with him (vol 12).

Plus she is intrigued by the process of birth (she wants to eat her baby's placenta, it's kind of uggghhh.... but anyways, that MaoMao we're talking about, she's just weird that way)

Maybe not after too long she'll realise that if she has to give birth, she can only have it with Jinshi and no one else.

~Sunshine

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It’s them… About their own story..

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Jinshi can't sleep (based on that meme LMAO)

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It’s incredibly important to me that the anime decided to include this scene that wasn’t in the manga. In the manga, Maomao does pass out in Jinshi’s lap after saving him from what was obviously an assassination attempt.

HOWEVER, the manga cuts off at this point, keeping strictly in Maomao’s perspective, and cuts straight to when she regains consciousness in bed after being treated for her injuries. The manga doesn’t show how she got back. They SAY how, and she briefly mentions, “wow that must have been embarrassing; he carried me back,” but we don’t SEE it. We don’t get to feel the true impact of what that means. But the anime DID show us, and holy shit.

They SHOW us how taboo this is. They show Jinshi carrying her out of the temple, after a public attempt on his life.

They show us the shock and horror on Lakan’s face as Jinshi silently walks past him. Horror at the state his daughter is in, horror at another man—a man with a status he could never dare to question—staking such a public claim over his child, horror at the fact that he could never have this level of closeness with her (as Maomao would never allow it).

Everyone hides their gazes, as is their custom when someone of his rank passes by, but the air is different this time. Jinshi is furious, he’s terrified, and he could not give a single shit about how inappropriate it looks to these palace officials.

The shot that slowly follows her trail of blood—even though it’s a small detail—that in particular leaves such a intense impression of how poignant this is for him.

Maomao talked about this scene in the manga like it was nothing to her. She did what she set out to do: she saved the person who was targeted by the attack. She didn’t even know the target would be someone she knew. But she has no idea that this happened afterwards as a result of her bravery. To her, it likely wasn’t even an act of bravery at all. She acted on impulse; she did what she knew was the right thing to do.

The anime didn’t need to include this, because the manga didn’t show it. But damn, I’m so glad they did.

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Late Night Stories Vol. 16 Eren Yeager "A Story of Looking Back"

Midnight neared as the soldiers occupied the former Survey Corps headquarters. The armed members of the Survey Corps Special Operations Squad, better known as Squad Levi, were gathered in a room where they prepared to test the abilities held by Eren, the subject of their observation.

"Hange and the Captain are late," Eren nervously muttered.

"They're probably busy explaining things to the brass. Doing experiments at night is dangerous, after all," Petra said, trying to put him at ease.

"That's right, Eren. All we've ever seen are your records. We don't know much about who you are as a person. Why don't you tell us about that while we wait?" their leader, Eld, said as everyone turned to look at Eren.

"What? But I don't know what to talk about…"

"Anything, even something trivial. Like a story from when you were in the Training Corps," Günther casually replied, inviting him to talk. No matter how special Eren's abilities might have been, he couldn't disobey his seniors.

"…Alright."

"You'd better entertain us, newbie …"

"Stop sounding so disgusting, Oluo. Just be quiet and listen to what he has to say."

Eren took a sip of his tea before opening his mouth again…

******

"My father was a doctor…and I think I was born into reasonably well-off family. It didn't even really affect our lives after we took Mikasa in when she lost her parents."

Eren started to go back over his short but eventful life.

"Oh, you mean that recruit who was staring daggers at the Captain when he kicked you?"

"Yes, she's family… And family is something she's lost twice."

The others now understood. If her wild actions had come out of a desire to protect those closest to her, it made sense.

"She's had to experience a happy home being destroyed in front of her, after all…"

"Yes. And after that, we went to a settlement."

******

A young Eren and Mikasa, together with their childhood friend, Armin, helped each other survive in the settlement that tilled its barren land and tried to grow whatever food it could.

"Even then…Mikasa had amazing strength. She could clear rocks that even adults had trouble with using a single rod."

"So she made sure to live up to her reputation once she joined the Training Corps."

"That's right. The three of us applied to join at the same time. Training was tough at first…but we learned the skills we need to face off against Titans thanks to it."

Eren clenched his fist and thought of his many days of training. He was so desperate to keep his own head above water then that he barely noticed what went on around him.

"That's right… I was able to meet lots of other people my age from lots of different circumstances… I guess that was a good experience, too."

Annie, who acted quiet but taught him practical hand-to-hand combat skills. Reiner, who acted more like a soldier than any of them, and earned trust from them all. Jean, whom he never agreed with, but whose Vertical Maneuvering abilities he could learned so much from…

When Eren thought about it, he realized that it may have been the Training Corps where he first learned how to be social.

******

"Oh… Yeah, I guess you were just a regular recruit. The recruits in my year were important to me, too."

"Hey, Petra. What about your buddies here in the Survey Corps?" Eld joked as Petra smiled now that Eren had finished.

"You already know the answer to that! You're all important to me."

When Eren saw the trust his seniors showed for one another, he suddenly lowered his gaze. He still didn't know anything about the other recruits who had become Survey Corps members.

"Am I…going to become…someone you trust, too?"

"Hmph. That's up to you…"

"I thought I told you to stop talking like that… Honestly, we barely know you yet. But I feel like it's possible after hearing what you just said."

"Thank you…very much."

As soon as Eren said this, they heard the door open. Everyone looked in its direction.

"Sorry for making you all wait!"

"We got permission. We'll start the experiment."

The members of Squad Levi saluted their returning superiors. Among them, Eren had become one of many soldiers.

SOURCE: Attack on Titan: Short Stories 2

TRANSLATION: Ko Ransom

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TEXT Vol. 02 Eren’s Notes

[Defeat Titans: Only Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. Blades -> Flexible]

“…Even I have to admit that these notes seem stupid.”

Not long after joining the Training Corps, Eren found himself facing an obstacle: How to take lecture notes.

Physical exertion only required effort. There had been a school in the town of his birth, so it wasn’t as though he’d never had the chance to sit in a class and study… He knew how to read and write.

The lectures required before becoming a soldier, though, were different from regular studies. There were many items to learn, and he needed to hammer them all into his head.

“Hey, Armin. How do you write notes in a way that lets you remember them efficiently?” Eren asked his clever friend, seeking his help as he always did.

••••••

“To cut straight to the chase… all I can say is ‘it depends on the person.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Armin took a sheet of papers he used during lectures and began flipping through them.

[Titans: 1-2 minute regeneration frequency *May vary depending on Titan

Combat with blades is effective

Use Vertical Maneuvering Equipment for agile movement and aim for weak point

Weak point: Nape below back of head (No regeneration)]

A neat summary of the important points given by the instructor.

“Wouldn’t I be able to become like you if I wrote my notes like this?”

“That’s not how it works. The goal of the lectures is to be able to use that knowledge in a practical setting. Writing notes is only a way to organize the information we get. You can’t let the act of writing itself be your goal.”

This did make sense to Eren, but the question remained. What way of writing was best for him? He decided to try exchanging information with other members of the Training Corps.

••••••

“Huh… We were all in the same classroom but everyone did something different.”

“Uh-huh. Marco and Krista meticulously organized all kinds of information, while Reiner and Bertolt only summarized the most important parts.”

Most of the other Training Corps members had shown him their notes, probably because they’d only recently started their lectures and their grades had been no different from the talented Armin’s.

“On the other hand, Ymir and Sasha, those girls who are always around Krista, had notes that looked awful. Some of their pages were blank, or full of doodles… I guess I don’t have anything to learn from them.”

“Those three are probably helping each other out before tests since they’re always together.”

Eren recalled the face of another childhood friend when he heard about the three helping one another.

“Oh, right… What about you, Mikasa?”

“I don’t do anything in particular.”

Mikasa hasn’t written anything either, but not in the same way as Ymir. She didn’t need to in order to score high marks. Seeing this, Eren felt like he had a vague understanding of what he needed to do.

••••••

[Strategy in the Forest of Giant Trees

Vertical maneuvering is effective

Save gas, choose routes —> Follow Mikasa or Jean to hammer movement into body

History used by Corps —> Hear details from Armin and remember

How to organize squads—> Watch Reiner/Marco’s squad closely]

If Eren didn’t understand something, Armin would always explain it to him. He’d become a better fighter as he experienced Mikasa’s interventions. It seemed to Eren the he learned best from those more capable than him. His goal wasn’t to join the privileged class, it was something else, so it seemed unlikely for there to be any conflicts of interest.

“Look like your grades have been improving lately. Figure out a good way to take notes or something?”

“Well… You could say that.”

The first step in Eren’s reckless efforts forward was figuring out the right direction for all his energy.

SOURCE: Attack on Titan: Short Stories 3

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Ackermans Master Post

There’s been a lot of discourse about the Ackermans, their power and their bond to their lieges since chapter 130 came out, so here’s a list of all the canonical information we have about the Ackermans to date. This includes information from the manga, the Answers book, and the Character Encyclopedia, but not from interviews, Smartpass and other supplementary materials. Let me know if I’ve missed anything. 

Continua a leggere

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Ackerbonds

Kenny » Uri Levi » Erwin Mikasa » Eren

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http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=37952666

Part One | Part Two

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Author: Onizuka / オニヅカ (Pixiv). Source: link. Translation: Yoshida Eri.

(This is the translation I wanted to post yesterday. So enjoy it one day late!)

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star wars:

the devil wept: anakin | darth vader/padmé. enemies to lovers | jedi!padmé au. explicit. on-going.

shingeki no kyojin:

you are the knife i turn inside myself: eren/mikasa. enemies to lovers. witch x witch-hunter au. explicit. one-shot.

hieros gamos: eren/mikasa. witch-hunter spin-off | companion fic. one-shot.

death’s the lover: eren/mikasa. childhood friends to lovers. romeo and juliet-inspired. russian mafia. yakuza. explicit. on-going.

million dollar man: eren/mikasa. strangers to lovers. sugar daddy au. explicit. complete.

second impressions: eren/mikasa. regency au. pride & prejudice + wuthering heights fusion. mature. on-going.

the undone and the divine: eren/mikasa. mythology au. co-dependency. explicit. one-shot.

his strange weather: eren/mikasa. canon-divergent. jail fic. one-shot.

work(s) in progress:

enfant terrible: eren/mikasa. queen’s gambit au. beth!mikasa. borgov!eren. addiction. older man/younger woman.

jaws of the lamb: original work. original female character/original male character. serial killer au.

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