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so i finished whitepine

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he misses his favorite daughter

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some interesting stuff I noticed on the artwork for Hero (some Canto 7 spoilers)

i know most of us focused on the fact that the main person in the middle is just Don herself but the way the art on their side showing the Knight’s journey is meant to parallel the real Quixote (which I’ll be calling his actual name in the book as Alonso to avoid confusion with Sancho’s alias) in the far right we saw the knight (Alonso) starting his journey to find his own dream then as Alonso progresses we see that there is someone riding behind him obviously it’s when he first met Sancho and adopted her as his kindred and we see both her and Alonso continuing their quest to figure out that dream Alonso’s chasing but then we see the companion mourning the horse that died which represents Sancho seeing everything in LaManchaland going to shit and it’s also when Alonso forced her to leave with Bari with Rocinante. The knight about to give up but showed their resolve is probably when Sancho was also on the verge of losing herself before the other sinners came in to help her find the resolve to fight back. Then we see the companion regaining their strength to continue the journey forward like what the knight showed them. Again, just like what Sancho decided to do when she continues playing the role of Don Quixote not just as someone unaware of the situation but as someone who wants to continue the legacy of Alonso that he left behind for her to continue. We also see that in the middle art too mirroring Don’s resolve in the end of the canto

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october 2024 fandom incidents

congratulations you survived

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A short Mizuki analysis (SPOILERS FOR MIZU5)

Alright where do I begin with this event honestly I really like how Colorful palette decided to take with this story as a whole and the way that they present the struggles of being trans especially for Mizuki who is identified as one so let’s do a deep dive on this event as a whole

Mizu1, Mizu2, and Mizu3 connections

So I’ll not be mentioning Mizu4 since that event is mostly set up for Mafu4 and felt less focus on Mizuki’s struggles being trans.

So as established by Secret Distance and Kamiyama Festival events, Mizuki is an outcast in their school. In Mizu5, we see Rui’s concern about Mizuki trying to tell Ena their secret, during Kamiyama, we know that Rui is technically the only friend that knows their secret of them being trans. Since we know that Rui already embraced that side of him it was only a matter of time that Mizuki will reveal it. During what lies ahead, Ena mentions to Mizuki to take their time when they want to reveal their secret. Personally I like how Ena knows most about Mizuki that she really wants the best for them and is ready to wait for a while for Mizuki to admit about themselves. Family wise, we got to know Yuuki, which is the person Mizuki is the most honest to. In both Mizu3 and the 2024 New years event, we see how she deals with the fact about her own sibling’s gender identity. She wants the best for Mizuki, even tho we barely got to know Mr and Mrs. Amamiya, with the small talk with Mizuki and their mom, implies that the parents are also supportive of Mizuki’s decision to transition from male to female. Yuuki really wants the best for Mizuki and that she was the reason that Mizuki decided to join nightcord. 

Mizu5 and some similarities to Mafuyu when it comes to samsa (LAST SPOILER ALERT) 

So during Mizu5 everything comes full circle. Let us focus on the ending of the event. Just a quick summary: after coming late to the rooftop due to their classmate’s injuries, two of Mizuki’s classmates told Ena that the secret Mizuki is hiding is the fact they’re trans. Mizuki, who just came in hearing what they told Ena, caused them to run away. Ena tries to ask Mizuki if anything is fine but Mizuki just says sorry and locks themselves out even being absent from any nightcord activity. Once finishing this chapter, Mizuki will only remain in the empty sekai. So yea that’s a lot but don’t worry this analysis will be simpler going forward. Mizuki is an excellent representation of people in the LGBTQ+ community whose main fear about their own gender identity, for their case is just to come out that they are trans only to get outed by others. The way Mizuki decided to cope with the situation make sense, they are ashamed for who they are but at the same time Ena still sees Mizuki as well Mizuki. As seen by the event cards, each of the members of nightcord are feeling lonely since Mizuki decided to be absent due to the incident holding a part of Mizuki’s ribbon. This parallels Mafuyu’s 4th focus event where the other members are holding a part of Mafuyu’s heart (the apple broach) trying to help her. Another parallel is also shown via the gacha showcase, using the 3dmv of Samsa. Just like the main protagonist of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis (the main basis of Kanade’s 3rd focus) Both Mizuki and Gregor’s decision to change to show their true self can have consequences similarly to Mafuyu trying to show her true self to Mrs Asahina. 

Conclusion 

This event is a great showcase on the fear of being outed and how Mizuki deals with it. Huge props to Colorful palette on how they present the story as a whole as well as the voice actors providing a great job in showcasing the characters.

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All the centrefolds that you can't afford Have long since waved their last goodbye

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snow over bones

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The Knight^2 commissioned by a friend

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Any library of Ruina fans here?

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the City setting in Project Moon's works is great because it starts you off with a bunch of fantastical monsters and then it goes surprise! it was all science fiction this whole time! and gives you fucked up scifi explanations for all of it (specifically referring to abnormalities being drawn from the collective human subconscious here instead of actually coming from the places their observation logs say they do) and then it's just like haha we've tricked you again there are actual vampires in the city. the dark forest with the apocalypse bird trio is a real place. the healing technology is nanobots? wrong! it's actually tears we got from this giant crying eyeball. how did that eyeball come into existence? some guy wished upon a star. with the AI Ethics Amendment and the thing about all non-humans being banished to the Outskirts I mistakenly drew the conclusion that "non-humans" just meant "artificial intelligence" but nah they straight up got gnomes out there. also airplanes don't exist

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Aw man the new crk story is out and

Wait

Something feels familiar

Oh no

OH NO

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so this is how canto 2 went we all agree?

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rolangelica, middle drip

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DESRUV

Blending Ayin from Lobotomy Corporation for his crimes

Ayin from Lobotomy Corporation is being blended!!

You cannot save him.

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Here's a Dante sketch that I decided to paint for fun. I like them. They look cool. B)

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Who am “I”, and who is “she”?