#» ―― [ sugihara ✗ ic. ] ❈

[ahogedetective]

"IT'S A NATIONAL HOLIDAYYYY!!!" So happily declares the self proclaimed 'Ultimate DR Fanboy'! Seiichi's got his full Kyoko drip on, ranging from the shirt, pants, backpack... with one of his many, many Kyoko plushies, snug around his arm!!

"Happy birthday to the best , most prettiest and cool and awesome detective and my wife in the world!!! All MUST celebrate today!!!"

And thankfully today was already no school, so no need to skip it this time! He can indulge at his favorite DR-themed cafe, as a treat!!

[mamoritxi]

So, there he is. Her new knight. As much as Nunnally hates that idea of being restrained and protected (guarded) but that man, her royal mother has made it very clear that she would not tolerate any misbehaving from the crown princess this time. Yes, Nunnally knows the man or rather has heard about him. Taecenyx. The general. The dragon rider. Although that last at least piques some interest in her.

She has had the sworn guards before. He’s not the first one. Probably not the last either.

She's standing there; close to the tower on the castle walls, letting the wind mess with her blond hair. She can hear his steps; would she be the first woman he was to see since he was separated from his mother? Likely.

Finally, she cannot pretend he’s not there any longer. She turns around and offers him a small curtsy: --

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, General.” – she feels her irritation increases – “I trust you like your chambers. I’ve made sure myself there is everything you might need.” – a lie, but does it matter? – “We’ll be spending a lot of time together now, I believe.” – and you probably hate the that very thought…Why is he looking at her like that? Or is this her imagination?

“Is there something wrong…with my face…?”

“Or are you unwell?” – hopefully that’s not too rude. But she feels so awkward.

❈  unprompted.

tae  checked  his  blade.  "no,  i  am  not  excited."  he  sneered.  "you're  being  silly."  he  slowly  pushed  the  blade  back  into  the  sheathe,  shrugging  his  shoulders  before  sighing  loudly.  the  guard  stationed  at  the  tower  looked  at  him  with  dismay.  simpletons  who  wielded  black  magic  but  couldn't  even  connect  to  the  spirit  they  had  a  contract  with.  taecenyx  could  only  laugh  about  that.  seriously,  so  not  professional,  but  on  the  other  hand  he  did  feel  a  little  nervous.  people  always  looked  at  him  as  if  he  was  a  psycho,  but  his  military  results  were  phenomenal.  "have  fun,  ever."  he  watched  his  dragon  take  off  and  vanish  on  the  horizon.

what  would  it  be  like  to  have  such  an  easy  life?

he  sighed,  then  slowly  made  his  way  up  the  crown  princess'  tower.  he  had  seen  few  ladies  since  he  arrived  at  the  royal  castle,  but  he  usually  stuck  around  the  soldier  dorms.  no  women  ever  went  there  unless  they  had  to.  many  behaved  as  if  they  were  still  in  the  slums,  but  it  wasn't  like  the  royals  exactly  instructed  them  on  how  to  live.  most  seemed  to  just  take  it  in  stride  they  were  ruled  by  a  bunch  of  women.  nothing  one  could  do  about  that,  they  gave  birth  to  the  men,  the  soldiers.  a  rather  divine  gift,  tae  mused  as  he  slowly  walked  over  to  the  lady  standing  in  front  of  the  window.

wow,  striking  blond  hair,  cold  blue  eyes.  tae  leaned  back  a  little,  lips  pursed  into  a  thin  line.  such  a  sharp  jawline,  soft  skin,  almost  like  a  baby.  taecenyx  ran  a  hand  through  his  raven  hair,  fixed  his  collar  and  tilted  his  head  to  the  right.  even  her  voice  sounded  so  gentle  and  soft...  and  these  creatures  really  pumped  out  babies?

"i  am  good,  your  highness.  the  chambers  are  wonderful.  i  am  so  very  grateful.  there  is  nothing  wrong  with  your  face.  you're...  really  beautiful."  he  took  a  step  forward,  ran  a  hand  through  her  very  long  light  hair.  "like  an  angel,  absolutely  divine.  a  pleasure  to  lay  my  eyes  upon,  just  magnificent."  he  looked  at  the  ghost  of  his  friend  having  a  laughing  fit  before  sighing.

"i  look  forward  to  fulfilling  each  and  every  need  of  yours."

how hard could that be?

[themattress]

The 30 WORST Sailor Moon Episodes

Leaving off Sailor Stars altogether, because that whole series would fit here.

"Learn How to Be Skinny from Usagi"

Sukehiro Tomita. Great head writer, usually fantastic script writer. What the fuck, man? This is the second episode you penned? While it has a great climax with Usagi kicking a bunch of mind-controlled bodybuilders' asses and Jadeite actually succeeding in his energy gathering mission, but that doesn't excuse all of the body-shaming bullshit that came before, portraying all girls and women as caring about fitness to stay beautiful rather than to stay healthy. It also kind of sabotages the following episode, as it's difficult to give a shit about Shingo after this.

"A Girl's Dream: Usagi Becomes a Bride"

There was some shakiness in Nephrite's first five episodes, but nothing outright bad save for this middle one. It's got the same, clueless "this is what women are like, amirite?" attitude as the previous episode on the list, but in this case it may be even worse because it's the lone woman writer on the staff, Megumi Sugihara, who wrote it! Man, it was bad enough for poor Rei's character to start dating Mamoru in the previous episode; this does her even dirtier.

"Usagi's Confusion: Is Tuxedo Mask Evil?"

That title sure makes this episode sound exciting, doesn't it? Well, if you believe that, then you were swindled. The majority of this episode is about a bizarre Dark Kingdom barbershop ploy to find Sailor Moon, which fails because their machine somehow picks out a stray hair of hers that got on Minako over all of Minako's actual hair, so they think she's Sailor Moon! When Evil Tuxedo Mask does show up, he's kind of underwhelming and the characters seem to brush off the supposed seriousness of the situation at the end, which is a far cry from how things were in the manga. It's the start of the worst stretch of episodes in the original show.

"Let's Become a Princess: Usagi's Bizarre Training"

This episode is a perfect example of an Idiot Plot: the Dark Kingdom are idiots by putting together an expensive princess seminar in the hopes that Sailor Moon will attend just because she knows she was a princess in the past life, Sailor Moon is an idiot who does attend even though being a princess has no bearing on her present day life, her friends are idiots by attending as well for no reason, Evil Tuxedo Mask is an idiot for interfering because he thinks it should be done a different way, Kunzite is an idiot for just squabbling with him over it instead of asserting his authority, and the Monster-of-the-Week is an idiot for letting the squabble distract her and allow Sailor Moon to just waltz right up and purify her. Idiots!

"The Snow, the Mountains, Friendship and Monsters"

First off, how dare this title rip off the far superior "The Summer, the Beach, Youth and Ghosts", making one think it might be another fun breather episode like that when instead it's another asinine Dark Kingdom plan to expose Sailor Moon's identity, this time assuming she'll win a ski race for a "princess" title just because she's a princess, forgetting that Sailor Moon's clumsiness was a big factor in determining who she might be in the previous episode. But even worse than that is how some legit good bonding between Usagi and Rei is totally thrown out by the ending, where Rei reaches peak Adaptational Jerkass mode even when it no longer makes the remotest of sense given all they've been through and what they now know!

"Paired with a Monster: Mako, the Ice Skating Queen"

Didn't we just have an ice sport-based episode? And didn't we just have a Dark Kingdom plan that stupidly forgot the whole "Sailor Moon is clumsy" fact? Add to this Makoto beginning the Flanderization of her character just being about "sempai!", the Monsters-of-the-Week reaching new levels of unfitting campiness, and Evil Tuxedo Mask teaming up with the Sailor Senshi despite insisting he's so totally evil now, and you have a lame, forgettable episode.

"The Legendary Lake Yokai: The Bond of Usagi's Family"

This episode hurts because it has a great set-up with Usagi and her family taking a camping trip, and the Autumn forest they camp in is a beautiful location. Even the myth of the lake monster is great and holds some interesting parallels to what Sailor Moon is going through. But guess who shows up and ruins it: "Evil" Endymion, who teams up with the Sailor Senshi yet again because of his own stupidity, all while Kunzite floats around watching and doing nothing because the writers have just given up on him, I guess. It's just such a damn waste!

"Usagi Devastated: Mamoru Declares a Break-Up"

One of the most notorious episodes in the anime. Mamoru has dreams of disaster befalling Usagi and a voice telling him this is the future if he stays with her, so he just breaks up with her without explaining his reasons. Worse still is that the excuse he gives, that being lovers in a past life doesn't mean they should be lovers now, is a fair point and could have been interesting to explore if it was said with any validity. But as it stands, it's the first of several episodes where we have the "joy" of watching Usagi cry and grovel before Mamoru as he acts cold and heartless toward her while inwardly bemoaning that he has to do so but it's for her own good. It's the subplot that understandably killed the Usagi/Mamoru ship for many.

"The Beach, the Island and a Vacation: The Guardians' Break"

Once again the title suggests something along the lines of "The Summer, the Beach, Youth and Ghosts", and this time the writers do actually make that attempt. But then we get three major strikes: the fact that more time is spent showing off the girls in bikinis than doing any story or character work, the main plot centering around Chibiusa befriending a baby dinosaur which just feels out of place for this series, and the battle the Sailor Senshi end up fighting being against....a volcano. Yes, a mundane, non-sentient, lava-spewing volcano. Yeesh!

"Awaken the Sleeping Beauty: Mamoru's Distress"

The break-up subplot returns to the forefront, and this might just be the worst episode to feature it, since Mamoru reaches new levels of douchiness by taking Motoki's younger sister for a ride on his motorcycle and actively trying to make Usagi believe that they're now a couple. His behavior toward Usagi has been bad enough, but actively using an innocent like Unazuki in an attempt to hurt Usagi ("for her own good", of course) is scummy beyond belief. And it poisons the following episode by depicting this kind of behavior as remotely justified.

"Magic of Darkness: Esmeraude's Invasion"

That image kind of says it all. Once again the writing staff's lone women turns out an astonishingly sexist episode, one where Esmeraude, the big badass villainess taking over from Rubeus, is treated as if she were one of the Ayakashi Sisters: setting up a hair-brained scheme on Earth, wearing a gaudy disguise, pigging out on sweets and getting publicly embarrassed over it, hitting on Tuxedo Mask even when that makes zero sense for her to do given her fixation on Prince Demande, and having her over-the-top laughter treated as something legit damaging to the Sailor Senshi as a gag. On her behalf, I am offended.

"Shared Feelings: Usagi and Mamoru in Love Once Again"

This episode at least finally ends the break-up subplot, but the subplot is still bad regardless of how it resolves itself and the fact that it's been allowed to go on this long is a testament to how badly series director Kunihiko Ikuhara wanted to taint Mamoru's character and his relationship with Usagi in the eyes of viewers since he personally didn't care for either.

"Venus Minako's Nurse Mayhem"

This episode is the start of Minako's Flanderization, and while it's far from the worst case of it, it's not the best either. She feels like she's her Codename Sailor V self and not her Sailor Venus self. It doesn't help that the episode continues degrading Esmeraude for laughs.

"Artemis' Adventure: The Monster Animal Kingdom"

See the above, but swap out "Minako" with "Artemis". These back-to-back episodes sucked.

"I Want to Quit Being a Sailor Guardian: Minako's Dilemma"

An even worse case of Minako regressing as a character. Struggling with her position as one of the Sailor Senshi and falling head over heels for a handsome teen volleyball star feels like it would come straight out of Codename Sailor V, but not out of Sailor Moon where Minako is the most firmly committed to the cause. It does her character such an incredible disservice.

"Shadow of Silence: The Pale Glimmer of a Firefly"

It's not your fault, Hotaru - it's the writers and director. Their decision to hold off on one of the Infinity arc's most pivotal characters, if not the most pivotal, until the back half and squeeze as much as they can into those episodes really hurts this one. As nice as Hotaru is, we still barely know her after only two episodes and all of a sudden the show is throwing all this shit about her at us and demanding that we be invested. Mimete is also starting to grate as an antagonist, as her shenanigans are completely out of tone with the rest of the episode.

"Sunny Skies After a Storm: A Friendship Dedicated to Hotaru"

Much like the episode with the Lake Yokai, this one has a good premise: a trip with Usagi, Mamoru and Chibiusa sounds fantastic since the three of them work well off each other. But Hotaru gets shoehorned in for no good reason because she's taken over the show due to its bad pacing, and then Mimete shows up with a scheme utilizing a plant-based Daimon. Hmmm, I dunno, don't we have another Witches 5 member who would be better suited for this plot? One who is all about plants? Remind me: why are we still stuck with Mimete!?

"Higher and Stronger: A Cheer from Usagi"

More shoving of Hotaru to the forefront, more of Mimete being an incompetent villain. Sigh.

"The Messiah of Silence Awakens? Stars of Destiny"

So we've known for some time now that Hotaru is the Messiah of Silence and now the characters learn it, but it's also discovered that she's Sailor Saturn too! That seems...backwards from how it was in the manga. But far worse than that is the Outer Senshi trying to murder Hotaru because...it's easier than just extracting the Messiah of Silence from her innocent host, and because they've heard spooky things about Sailor Saturn that have caused them bad dreams. Yeah, that's it. In the manga, the Outer Senshi seeking to kill Hotaru was nuanced and based upon valid reasoning. Here, they're just being assholes.

"A Heart-Snatching Demon Flower: Tellu, the Third Witch"

Oh look, there's Tellu! .......Well, bye! It was nice barely knowing you, I guess!

Seriously, this post sums it up better than I could.

"A New Life: Parting of the Stars of Destiny"

Here it is: Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune's big send-off. And how do they spend it? By attacking Usagi because even though she saved the world, she risked it to begin with....even though her risking it was literally the only reason it was saved. But they claim she's not "strong" enough to be a princess and leader because of her idealism...but once she kicks their asses, they say it was all just a test, even though they also seem to know she is the Messiah. The only way I can make sense of it is that they went in knowing full well how this would end, but did it anyway because they were that pissed off at Usagi and her idealism proving them and their edgelord cynicism blatantly wrong and wanted to let out steam by attacking her, with the whole "it was just a test, brah!" as their pre-prepared excuse to save face afterward. It's amazing how two characters I started out adoring get a send-off where all I can think is "finally; good fucking riddance". It's such shameful character assassination.

"A Guardian’s Realization: Strength Lies Within a Pure Heart"

This is the final episode of S and Sukehiro Tomita's last written episode, having already stepped down from the head writer position midway through S, and it's....the ending to the Black Moon arc of the manga. There's a Daimon thrown in for no good reason, but otherwise it's adapting the previous arc's conclusion at the end of this arc, and it just does not work. It only gets worse in hindsight: such a big emotional deal made out of Chibiusa "saying goodbye" except not really because she immediately comes back, only for her real goodbye to end up happening entirely off-screen. It makes one wish she really had been sent off here!

"The Perfect Couple: Usagi and Mamoru's Love"

A contender for perhaps the biggest lie of an episode title ever; we ain't forgetting that break-up arc, Ikuhara. But this episode doesn't harm Usagi or Mamoru...it's Chibiusa who is ruined here! Mamoru starts hanging out with a "mature woman" friend from college and while Usagi is unconcerned (don't worry, she'll backtrack on this attitude two episodes down this list!), Chibiusa becomes convinced Mamoru will choose her over the "immature" Usagi and thus she'll never be born, leading to a scene where she just viciously goes off on Usagi on how inferior she is to the other woman, to the point of even saying she wishes the other woman was her mother instead! Chibiusa would never fucking say this. Ugh, it's episodes like this in this series where I can totally get the hate she's historically received. Its only saving grace is of course the villains: French!Tiger's Eye and the unforgettable Phuku the Balloon Lady.

"Artemis is Cheating? Enter the Mysterious Kitten"

We spend the whole episode dealing with unfunny misunderstandings about Artemis being in love with a human woman or having fathered a child in an affair with another cat, with the end result being the introduction of their future child Diana...who should have been introduced back in the Black Moon arc and whose appearance here in the present is nonsensical. Look, writers, you missed your chance. Just accept that and don't even bother with Diana at all.

"Protect Mamoru: Ninja Usagi's Jealousy"

Remember how in the first series, Rei's antagonism toward Usagi could be carried too far? Oh how the tables have turned. Mamoru ends up forced to crash at Rei's temple for a few days, and Usagi goes absolutely ballistic, losing all faith in her boyfriend and best friend by being convinced Rei will try to steal Mamoru back since they dated a long time ago. She thus becomes "the Red Ninja of Love" who won't leave poor Rei alone. How am I supposed to buy into these relationships when Usagi is like this even after all they've been through together?

"Aiming for the Top: The Pretty Swordswoman's Dilemma"

Sometimes, child abuse can be justified!

Yeah, that's it. That's the episode. Moving on...

"Believe in Pegasus: The Four Guardians' Super Transformation"

One of SuperS' biggest problems is that all of the Sailor Senshi's powers have been stripped away from them and, rather than get them back on their own like in the manga, they have to rely on Pegasus to dole them out. This episode is just rubbing the viewer's face in this fact, showing how the Senshi are useless unless they "believe" in this goddamn horse. Once again the villains manage to make something out of what is otherwise an infuriating episode.

"Become a Prima: Usagi's Ballet"

At first glance, there isn't much separating this episode from any of the other formulaic episodes in SuperS. But there is one major problem with this one: Fish Eye gets robbed. We're supposed to be happy about the conclusion the characters-of-the-day arrive at, but every word of what Fish Eye says about it is true! Fish Eye is clearly the better dancer, the guy was using her if he insisted on personally practicing with her all while "neglecting to mention" that he never intended on casting anyone but his love interest in the lead role, and the logic behind his decision making is a bunch of pretentious garbage simply used to justify his personal bias and favoritism. Fish Eye did nothing wrong here, but we're supposed to cheer her unjust personal defeat because she's the villain. Yeah, no. Fuck that asshole!

"Clash of Dreams: Minako and Makoto's Broken Friendship"

An episode about Minako and Makoto clashing was already done and done better back in R. That they're clashing so childishly now is once again showing how much of a disservice is being done to the characters and the relationships they've built. It's particularly bad here because it's not over differing philosophies like before, but over a guy. No...just no. Once again the villains, in this case the Amazoness Quartet, are the only thing that's worthwhile.

"Pegasus Disappears: Wavering Friendship"

So it's bad enough that the Senshi can't get by without Pegasus in SuperS. But now we have Chibiusa confronting him on how he's needlessly not given much information about himself and his situation, and rather than depict Pegasus as in the wrong for this, Chibiusa is shamed for "not believing" in him, as if friendship that's a one-way street is totally fine and that she should just let this guy keep his secrets while remaining an open book to him emotionally. This is such a bad and downright creepy message to send. Helios, the anime did you dirty.

[strugglingfloralclerk]

🤍White Day❤️

Summary: With Class 2-A taking bets on Todoroki Shoto's love life (again) a certain teleporter keeps her distance.

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If last year taught Taika Miri anything, more confessions of love and adoration were coming Todoroki Shoto's way for White Day. She never thought of Valentines Day as a brutal holiday until she saw how calmly Todoroki rejected his admirers. Not until she witnessed multiple girls walk away with wet faces and broken hearts. The memories of February fourteenth replayed in the background of her mind.

The first confession came from a young woman named Yoshino Kaiya, a third-year student in financial studies. She confessed to Todoroki in the brisk, foggy, morning. She was curvy and tall and radiated confidence. Yoshino presented Todoroki with a beautifully wrapped assortment of teas and mochi. Taika thought Yoshino spoke so eloquently too.

"I think you're amazing Todoroki-kun." Yoshino told him earnestly. "I would love to go on a date with you, if you're willing."

Todoroki bowed his head out of politeness, "Thank you, I am flattered but I am not interested in going out with anyone right now." Yoshino bowed her head back at Todoroki, then quietly walked away with a glum expression as a group of girls rushed out to offer her various words of kindness and support. Taika nearly found herself amongst the girls who offered Yoshino comfort.

There was also a cute, bubbly, blue haired first year by the name of Asakura Rin. Taika thought this first year was the bravest, since Asakura marched right up whilst Todoroki was deep in conversation with Bakugo and Midoriya.

Asakura held out a handmade Valentine's Day card, complete with red and white glitter and delicate, pink lace. She smiled brightly at Todoroki, deaf to Bakugo's insults for interrupting their conversation. "Todoroki-senpai," Asakura began, "I think you and I would be a good match, please go out with me."

Todoroki's expression was calm, he seemed civil but rather unamused. "Thank you for thinking of me, but I am unable to go out with you."

Asakura straightened her posture, thanked Todoroki for his time, then left. Her painted, manicured hands held unto the paper heart with melancholy and tenderness. Taika wondered how much time and effort Asakura put into the cutely homemade card for Todoroki.

After Asakura, there was a fellow second year student from the support course. Sugihara Kimiko had beautiful long, feathery eyelashes and delicate, swan-like features. Taika remembered Sugihara the most because of her blushing face and sweet demeanor. Sugihara approached Todoroki right as Aizawa dismissed the class from training. Her hands trembled slightly as she offered up a basket of baked cookies and chocolates to the fire and ice user. "T-these are for you, Todoroki-sama, I made them from scratch. I've had feelings for you for a while now a-and I hope you can accept my affection."

Todoroki rubbed the back of neck as his eyes shifted from the basket back to Sugihara. "You're very kind, but I am not looking for a relationship. Anyone else would be lucky to have you."

Sugihara nodded sadly at the rejection and as she retreated from Todoroki, Taika saw the tears that trailed down Sugihara's face.

Those three girls were not the only ones who worked up the nerve to confess to Todoroki Shoto either. There were more young ladies coming from every corner of the university campus to declare their affections for him. Yet, Todoroki rejected each one of them.

The sound of Mina practically sprinting down the stairs pulled Taika out of her thoughts.

"Place your bets, ladies." Mina quipped as she skipped energetically into the common area. "How many confessions will the Prince of UA get today?"

Taika quietly listened in on the guesses; her hands clammy as she sipped her first and last cup of coffee for the day.

"At most, ten." Tsu slapped down a ten-dollar bill into an empty jar that sat in the middle of the kitchen table.

Toru giggled and dropped a plump but small coin purse into the jar. "I say sixteen."

Denki placed a crumpled bill into the jar next, "I say twenty!"

The coffee in Taika's mouth suddenly tasted bitter at the thought of twenty more girls being rejected by Todoroki. Did he even remember Yoshino, Asakura, and Sugihara and their confessions? She wondered. These gentle, impeccably dressed, polite and bright girls seemed perfect to Taika. They seemed sweet and ultimately perfect for Todoroki, and yet he still dismissed their gifts and feelings.

If girls like that didn't have a chance with him, Taika was sure she didn't.

Momo leaned over to whisper to Taika, curiosity clouded her eyes. "Miri, did Todoroki mention-."

An invisible hand swiftly popped both Momo and Miri atop their heads with way too much vigor so early in the day. "No getting insider information from best friends!" Toru lightly scolded Momo and Miri with her typical amount mirth in the morning.

Even the universe was letting Taika know that's all she would amount to Todoroki. Truly, Taika was foolish for harboring deeper feelings for the young man. They were too different to make sense romantically; friendship was the only realistic outcome.

"I didn't even say anything though," Taika muttered into her coffee as she took another sip. "Also," She added once the caffeine hit her soul, "You guys know Todoroki doesn't feel comfortable about us making bets on his love life."

"I'm sure you can write that into your 'best man' speech when icy spice gets married." Bakugo gruffly teased with an ugly grin. "Huh, eggplant? Nice sentiments and whatever the fuck."

Yeah, the universe was making it explicitly clear of how stupid Taika was for her feelings.

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Todoroki quickened his pace as he cut through the crowded campus. The wind whipped around him as the sun hid behind grey clouds. Rain began to trickle from the sky. She was right within his reach when he decided to slow down.

"Taika," He called out to the purple haired girl. He instinctively took the umbrella from the teleporter and propped it right above them. The first time he tried to just hold the umbrella for her, Taika nearly punched him. She thought he was some random guy rushing at her. Todoroki learned to call out for the feisty beauty ever since then.

What he didn't realize was Yaoyorozu and Jiro also walked along side Taika before he rushed to her side. Whatever they were speaking about came to a sudden halt. Todoroki took a few seconds to study the teleporter's face to clue into the situation. His head titled to the right in curiosity.

"Well!" Jiro exclaimed as she grabbed Momo's arm and began to speed up, "Thanks for your notes, Miri! Talk later!"

Momo smiled warmly at Todoroki and Taika as she followed Jiro. "See you two at training."

The way Taika rolled her eyes was not lost on Todoroki. Jiro and Yaoyorozu wanted to gossip, and they wanted Taika to gossip with them.

"What was that about?" Todoroki was fairly certain he already knew what it was about. However, Taika seemed a little more guarded lately and he didn't know what was going on in her head. Her expressions, behaviors, and sometimes her words felt slightly off to him. Taika seemed vaguer. It almost felt like she was distancing herself from him, or like she was hiding something from him. Their text messages lessened in frequency since February; she skipped out on the last two movie nights with Sero and him; and she turned down his offers to help with kanji. Kanji, okay?

"Your love life." Taika looked over to the handsome young man holding her umbrella; her heart skipped a beat in her chest at the sight of him. Why was he so naturally chivalrous? She added, rather stiffly, "They were wondering how many confessions you've gotten so far."

Todoroki felt an odd, unknown feeling pool in the pit of his stomach. He didn't want to talk about other girls when he was with Taika. It was already weird to have young women approach him with declarations of love when he didn't know them. Not to mention, there was the even weirder feeling of guilt that would gnaw at Todoroki when these girls confessed to him in Taika's presence. He felt insulted on his and her behalf. Todoroki couldn’t tell anyone why he took it as an insult on their behalf, but he did.

Quite frankly, this White Day was more aggravating than Valentines Day because the confessions prevented Todoroki from spending his time the way he wanted to. Again. He hadn't even gotten the chance to get Taika a gift for White Day yet. Sure, he handed out everyone else's gifts early, but he wanted more time to get something a little different for her.

He sighed in defeat. "Why does it matter if I don't accept their affections? Shouldn't it matter more if I do accept their confession? Shouldn't it matter if I like them back?" The falling rain softly tapped against the umbrella as the wind picked up with a vengeance.

Taika sensed Todoroki's frustration over the situation as she caught how he suddenly gripped the umbrella handle harder. "You're right." Taika told him firmly. "The number of confessions isn't important at all if the feelings aren't genuine or reciprocated." Concern wrinkled Taika's face as she smelled the scent of warm plastic. She went to grab the umbrella from Todoroki's hand, only for him to evade her touch.

"I can hold it for you." Todoroki told her as he fought against his body's natural urge to blush at her words. He liked that she understood him, even more, he was relieved that she backed up his feelings. Reassuring as ever, he thought as he adjusted the umbrella closer to Taika.

"Todoroki-kun." A new voice called out to the two hero program students.

Taika and Todoroki both tensed, but for different reasons.

"Sorry," Taika shot an apologetic look to the enchantingly stunning woman who stood before them with desire in her eyes and a box of chocolates in her hands. Taika didn't need to witness another heartfelt and gut-wrenching declaration of love. "I'll see you later, Todoroki." Taika announced as her eyes sought out shelter from the rain.

"But your umbrella-." Todoroki was met with the teleporter's sudden absence. Gone was Taika, gone was his sense of comfort and ease as this new girl began her confession. 

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"None of them?" Sero asked with a dumbfounded look slapped on his face. "Not even one of them?" He repeated with more intrigue as a bead of sweat trickled down his face.

"Are we surprised though?" Kirishima asked thoughtfully as he unzipped his training uniform. He'd have to text Mina later, even if there was nothing to report. The fire and ice user didn't state how many confessions he got today. "It's not like 'Roki is interested."

Todoroki's shoulders visibly dropped, and his already aching muscles contracted tighter. Mina, Toru, and Jiro had been teasing and prying for some kind of information during this training session. Their questions echoed in his mind: 'So, how many confessions today?'; 'Do we know any of the girls?'; 'Do you think you'll get more confessions later tonight?'; 'There are so many girls walking up to you and you don't want to date any of them?'

"Because I'm not interested." Todoroki expressed with an edge in his voice. If Kirishima or Sero experienced just how time consuming and tedious the situation was, Todoroki was sure they'd feel the same way he did. Inconvenienced.

Mineta decided to invite himself into the conversation; a feral look in his eyes as he imagined all the possibilities. "I'd have a date with a different girl every night. Monday for bookish girls, Tuesday for the tough girls, Wednesdays for the girly girls, Thursdays for the sexy ones, and Fridays for the goth girls-."

"No lady in her right mind would ever put themselves in a situation where they'd have to date you," Iida calmly informed Mineta before any more details were shared.

Midoriya's eyes fixated on the contents of his journal; the pages smudged with ink, pencil, sweat, and tears. He wrote a storm down onto the newest page. "You did reject a lot of gorgeous faces, Todoroki." He paled slightly as he recalled some of the pretty crying faces at Todoroki's rejection. "It was...something."

Kaminari nodded at Midoriya's words. The energetic young man let out a low whistle as he recalled one particularly pleasing face. "Sakamoto Mai."

Sero's jaw dropped; Kirishima's eyes widened; and Midoriya dropped his pencil. All three hyper focused on Todoroki now; surprise and confusion in their expressions.

"Pick your jaws up from the ground." Todoroki scolded as he gathered his toiletries. He wasn't even sure which face belonged to Sakamoto; they all blurred and blended after a while. However, since they were on the topic of beauty, Todoroki found beauty was curls of long, purple hair, glowing brown skin, cocoa-colored eyes, and a dimple adorned smile.

"Besides, what's the point if I don't like the person back?" Todoroki challenged, a pensive look on his face. "Taika said-."

Bakugo barked in an aggravated manner. He rolled his eyes at the stupid half and half boy. "Jesus. Fuck. We get it, you put a lot of stock into Taika's opinions. Fast forward to how many confessions you got."

Todoroki's eyes narrowed in defiance. "No." He didn't want to talk about this anymore. He also did not like the tone Bakugo took when he uttered Taika's name. "As far as you know, I've gotten no confessions." Todoroki decided then and there that if he did not accept the young women's gestures of affection, then their declaration of love did not count at all.

"Well, as far as you know," Bakugo bit back with a smug grin, "A little froggy told me that you're up to eight confessions so far."

The door to the men's locker room swung open; a disgruntled Shinso complete with a soft grimace and tired eyes trudged into the room. He pointed out toward the hallways of the training arena, "Hey, Todoroki, there's a girl looking for you again."

Irritation and impatience shot through Todoroki as he placed his items down and begrudgingly walked out to the hallway to get another confession over and done with. 

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In hindsight, Taika should not have indulged her curiosity. She should have been her 'no-nonsense' self and told the other girls of class 2-A that they were being collectively weird about this. But no. She was so morbidly intrigued that she didn't have the strength to resist looking at insta profiles of certain girls who approached Todoroki. She couldn't tear her eyes away as they all viewed one profile after the next.

"There!" Tsu pointed at Toru's screen. "Her! That Chihiro!" Torinaga Chihiro was an English lit major with silver hair styled into a pixie cut and pastel pink eyes. Her hobbies included flower arrangements, going to cat cafes, and practicing the piano. She and Todoroki would have gotten along great due in part to their likeness for cat cafes, Taika thought with a shallow sigh as they looked at Torinaga's page.

"She's so pretty," Ochako commented as she looked over Toru's shoulder to get a good look of the new face on the screen.

"She's pretty and she's been rejected." Mina chimed in quickly as she smoothed a berry scented lotion methodically across her pink skin. "Next girl, go."

Koyama Akiko's Instagram was filled with pictures of her judo trophies, ribbons, medals, and self-help books recommendations. There were also some tasteful pictures of Koyama in lingerie for a sponsorship promo. According to Momo, Koyama came from old money and from the finest stalk of the Japanese aristocracy too. Taika's head spun hard at that fact.

"Maybe that's enough," Taika said as she averted her gaze away from Toru's phone screen. Her insecurity was on red, high alert and it had been such a long time since she felt small and inadequate…All because she stupidly allowed herself to like some boy.

"Just one more!" Toru squealed as she typed in another name into the search bar. Her legs kicked out excitedly as she bounced on the locker-room bench. "Training's done and we have thirty more minutes before they close the building."

That's when Sakamoto Mai's profile page loaded up. Sakamoto was perhaps one of the most beautiful women Taika had seen. Wavy, red, silken hair, a long, elegant neck, and eyes of pure jade. Sakamoto posted a lot of pictures of her family's tea shop (Momo and Ochako highly recommended stopping by one day as their tea is delightful). There were posts about Sakamoto's beloved orange cat; her favorite books (some of which Tsu noticed were also Todoroki's favorite); and Sakamoto shared her love for creating new ramen and soba recipes too.

In Sakamoto, Taika saw someone kind and patient and bright. If Todoroki saw Sakamoto, he'd probably think the same thing. Sakamoto was literally his dream girl; Taika was sure of it. No way did he turn down someone as ethereal as Sakamoto. Taika could handle being around Sakamoto if Todoroki brought her around. Taika's heart felt heavy at the thought of Todoroki dating, but Sakamoto seemed like a good fit for him. If Todoroki was off dating and courting Sakamoto, then Taika could take her feelings, pack them away, and completely focus on her grades and scholarship and her family.

With her heart sinking like lead down into the depts of her body, Taika put on a brave face. "Sakamoto would be a good-." Mina interrupted Taika with a bored and calm tone of voice. The pinkette was now focused on her nails. "Todoroki already rejected her."

Taika wanted to take Toru's phone and throw it across the locker room. The most perfect girl for him, out of the already impeccable line up of other perfect girls, already got rejected by him. Maybe Taika didn't understand him at all. Maybe she wasn't as close to Todoroki as she believed.

Momo leaned over to whisper into Mina ears, Toru and Ochako were already typing a new name into the search bar. The other girls also waited in anticipation to see the next profile load up.

"This is ridiculous," Taika pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. Why the hell was she putting herself through this? She was being an even bigger fool by scrolling through strangers' profiles. Did she enjoy feeling like shit about this? Was that why she kept comparing herself to random people?

"I'm going back to the dorms for dinner," Taika announced like an impatient child over the new chatter about a new, gorgeous face. She had enough self-inflicted emotional trauma; her body was sore from pushing past its comfort zone today; and she was getting tired.

"Uh-huh," Mina nodded along as Momo whispered something into her ear. "Bye, Taika-babe." Taika didn't know if she needed to roll her eyes or laugh at the absurdity of it all.

Rain fell harder under the cover of dusk and clouds of dark grey and the wind gave an unholy, shrill howl.

"Well...shit." She took in her surroundings and promptly realized that there were no free, abandoned umbrellas she could take now. There was also a lack of campus newspapers Taika could have used as a makeshift shield from the rain. The wind spoke abruptly, its scream caused chills to break over Taika's skin. The cold spring rain of Japan could never compare to lukewarm spring rain of Retesuwa. No way was she running all the way back to the dorms.

"Fancy meeting you here." A familiar and friendly voice approached her as a lazy grin broke across his face. A large part of Todoroki was extremely relieved to run into Taika. For a second, he was worried Taika was someone else. He was happy for a moment alone, a small encounter that felt much like a serendipitous event since he still had something that belonged to her. Taika’s heart jumped into her throat from her chest.

Todoroki's lazy grin had her smiling back softly in response. "Hey, Todoroki."

Todoroki looked out at the heavy rain and dark skies, "Would you like me to walk with you?" His eyes glued on Taika and her pretty lips. He could count on one hand how many times Taika's lips alone distracted him during training. He quickly opened the umbrella and gestured for Taika to stand on his left side.

Taika chuckled at him, "I mean, it is my umbrella you're holding."

Embarrassment nipped at Todoroki as their arms brushed against each other. Still, with their physical closeness, Todoroki felt that Taika wasn't being forthcoming about something. He sensed it in the way Taika's gaze didn't fully meet his. His stomach churned uncomfortably as he briefly wondered if Valentines Day and White Day had Taika feeling lonely. Maybe that was the cause of her changed behavior? He read somewhere that young ladies sometimes felt sadder during the so-called season of romance.

Was that Taika though? She never struck him as the type to feel strongly about Valentines Day or White Day. Todoroki gently pushed his elbow into Taika's side, his stomach burned with a fuzzy sensation. He yearned to know what changed. "Are you okay? You feel distant."

Taika frowned as self-shame radiated from her head down to her heels. "I've been busy with training and our assignments." The lie was so glaringly obvious, it would be a miracle if Todoroki didn't see right through her.

"Well, there's busy and there's being absent." Hurt evident in Todoroki's voice. Was training and homework so much more interesting than him?

Taika inwardly winced at his words. She was making herself absent, scarce, and unavailable...but she never meant to hurt Todoroki. Truth be told, Taika thought Todoroki would just immediately latch onto Sero or Midoriya and not even question her absence. She just wanted to not feel like a foolish, lovesick girl. Even now, with them huddled close together from the rain, she had the faintest hope that maybe this meant more.

Taika refused to entertain her silly, little fantasies. She needed to get a grip and get over herself. She was needlessly hurting Todoroki over feelings she'd never have the balls to confess.... No matter how much she liked Todoroki, the cost of their friendship wasn't worth it. That was crystal clear to her now.

"Grades are important, but there's more to life than that." Todoroki sounded like he was scolding her, not in a playful manner, but more so in the traditional sense of the word. "I'd still make time for you, Taika, even with training and extra assignments."

No truer words had ever been spoken in that moment. Todoroki ignored an agency obligation in favor of spending time with Taika, and Taika alone. To say Endeavor was displeased over that would be more than an understatement.

"I-." Taika felt like she was going break under Todoroki's intense gaze. She didn't like lying to him, but she wasn't going to tell him the truth. "I was reviewing future chapters for our quirk theories and applications class."

Todoroki halted; his face wrinkled subtly in concern. That didn't sound like Taika at all, or at least to him, it didn't.

"You?" He emphasized pointedly, "You needed to review quirk theories and applications?"

Taika shrugged uncomfortably. "I'm trying to stay on top of our class assignments."

Anxiety cut right through Todoroki the way the cold wind cut through the tree branches that shook above their heads. "Is it your scholarship? Are you at risk of losing it?" If Taika left...No, he didn't want to think about that.

"I'm in good academic standing, Todoroki." Taika admitted with her eyes focused on ahead. "I just don't want my grades to slip. Aizawa did say our lessons would get more rigorous throughout the year."

Todoroki looked pensively at Taika. He knew something was up with her from the way her eyes averted his, a glum expression on her features, and the way her lips fixed into a frown. She never lied to him before-or at least-Todoroki didn't think so...Taika was a lot of things, but he didn't believe her to be a liar. Closed off and guarded, yeah, but his Taika wasn't one to lie. The rain quieted down, the wind came to stop, and Todoroki's mind jumped to the absolute worst-case scenario next.

"Are Auntie and Uncle sick?" Todoroki wondered out loud. "Or did something else break in the house that's thousands of dollars to fix?"

A dry, short chuckle escaped her. Please, no more broken water heaters and faulty breaker boxes-Taika prayed to whichever god who cared enough to listen. Her bank account just barely recovered. "No. Everything's good back in Retesuwa." Taika could see the vague outline of their dorm building from where they stood on the pathway.

If everything was good in Retesuwa, why did he still feel like his friend wasn't being truthful? "Then what's wrong, Taika?" His concern bordered too close to panic. Taika spent less time with him, they weren't texting as much anymore, and Todoroki could sense Taika's distance the way he could sense a change in temperature. "What's going on with you?" His voice earnest and his heart pounded loudly as he awaited her reply.

I like you-that's what's wrong, Taika thought. I like you and I know.... I know this wouldn't work out. Taika steeled her nerves and mentally prepared to tell Todoroki more lies in order to protect their friendship.

"I'm exhausted," Taika breathed out. "I feel like I have a ton of responsibilities on my plate, and I am exhausted." Now, she could add sick to her list of symptoms as the guilt of lying to Todoroki blossomed inside of her.

 "Only exhausted?" He leaned in much closer toward the teleporter, and the tempting but faint scent of honeysuckle nearly pulled his body even closer toward hers than necessary. Where exactly did that new urge come from, Todoroki blanked momentarily.

"I'm exhausted and overwhelmed, and-." Her heart urged her to be open, her mind urged her to focus on what needed to be done. "I'm exhausted and overwhelmed and I really just need to take a nap before I go crazy."

Todoroki purposefully narrowed his eyes at her, one eyebrow arched inquisitively, and there was an ever so faint frown on the corners of his lips.

'Is that all?'-a pair of mismatched eyes asked as they investigated pools of rich brown. 

Taika merely nodded 'yes’; her features twisted into an apologetic pout. Her face warm as Todoroki looked down at her intently. She was glad the embarrassment and shame that boiled within her spirit didn't fester in a blush on her skin. Those little, white lies would catch up to her, she was sure of it. However, on the chance that the lies stayed safely hidden, Taika would be completely fine with that too.

The half hot, half cold student's gaze softened with sympathy and warmth for the teleporter. He wasn't completely convinced that Taika was merely exhausted, but he didn't want to press on and bicker about nothing. However, he did miss her presence in the days that passed, and it was only fair they spend some time together tonight. To make up for such an inconvenient, bothersome day- Todoroki rationalized.

"I'll ask Fuyumi if she still has some of that relaxation tea blend you like." He told Taika in a hushed, gentle tone. The scent of honeysuckle momentarily paralyzed his inhibitions; his left arm settled comfortably along her shoulders. "I'll get you some medicine too, in case you may be getting sick."

Taika allowed herself to lean into the pull, her body thankful for the extra heat. Always a gentleman, Taika thought as the wind picked back up. She appreciated Todoroki's offer, but based principal alone, she knew she couldn't lie to him and then turn around and accept his kindness. She was raised up poor and rough, but that didn't mean she had zero morals.

"That's not necessary," The purple haired beauty commented sternly; her heart burned in secret adoration for Todoroki. Her eyes aglow with a subtle glint of dejection. "I wouldn't want you to go out of your way for me."

Todoroki was equally as determined and stubborn as the teleporter. "Well, good thing I'm not doing what you want, Taika." He informed her with a charming yet smug half-grin. "Besides, I insist." The mental map of his errand run was complete, so he was set. Todoroki would get Taika the relaxation tea blend, some medicine, those sour strawberry and raspberry gummi worms she liked, and coconut water on the chance she wouldn't want tea later.

Taika disagreed and it seemed so did the weather as the rain began to pour again. They both walked a little faster to get out of the rain, both huddled a little closer too even as they reached the porch and walked through the common area. 

"Todoroki, I don't-." Taika didn't get any other words out beyond that 'don't'. Todoroki interrupted his friend with an assertive edge in his voice.

"Taika, I am going to do this for you. I'll meet you at your dorm room later." Taika's heart slammed hard against chest; she felt warm all over and momentarily speechless to her core at the tone of his voice.

It is only when she reached the comfort of her dorm room, does a surprised laugh escape out from her lips at his sudden and unexpected boldness. With Todoroki's decision set in stone, who was Taika to disagree with their plans for the night?

[meadowmines]

RGG Tactics Who's Who

"Beefgnaw, who the fuck are all these Yakuza OCs you keep posting about"

Here you go. List will be updated as the story gets hashed out.

Hiroshi Aoyagi (aka Sojiro Amano): the protagonist of RGG Tactics. A Majima Family man with a knack for turning restaurants into licenses to print money. General manager of Kiwami Cafe in Kamurocho and later Neko-Kai Cafe in Sotenbori. A little guy with a big mouth. Loyal to a fault and stubborn as shit. Nishida's oath brother. Later forced to be Majima Construction's chief of safety and compliance and he hates every second of it.

Eiji Yamaoka: A Nishikiyama Family hitman who presents himself as a protective big brother to Aoyagi, but neither Aoyagi nor the audience are fooled by his bullshit. Clean and methodical on the clock, charming and outgoing on his own time, rarely seen without at least one pretty girl on his arm.

Yusuke Kuroshi/Homare Nishitani II: Current patriarch of the Kijin Clan, retainer to the Omi Alliance chairman, chairman of the Sotenbori Civic Association's Board of Directors, and legendary info broker. By all appearances, the exact opposite of his predecessor. Cold, calculating, refined, sometimes cruel, always in control. Or... almost always. If you've read "It's All About the Bit" you've met him.

Keiichi Sugihara (Kei-chan): Nishitani II's better half, Civic Association member, owner of a video game store with a slightly illegal console chop shop in the back room, tech hobbyist who believes in better ass-kicking through technology.

Nobuaki Chiba: Kijin Clan lieutenant. Very intimidating if you don't know him. Kind of intimidating if you do know him, but for the most part he's Just A Guy who likes beer and fried shit and sportsball and throwing some good old fashioned hands in the street. Aoyagi's first friend in Sotenbori.

Shigeo "Doc" Nakamura: A doctor working for the Sotenbori Civic Association. Nobody's a hundred percent sure he actually has a license to practice but he does good work and he doesn't ask uncomfortable questions.

Shiori Hanada: A hostess at Club Sunshine who personally puts the fear of God into some asshole who's been snapping covert hostess foot pics under the tables and selling them on the street. She later goes to work at Cabaret Grand after Sunshine's current owner becomes too shitty a boss to stand.

Daikichi "b0ngl0rd69" Tomita: A friend(?) of Sugihara's who makes him look downright normal about games by comparison. Walks around Sotenbori with an honest to God gunblade. Is absolutely aware that the number in his handle has some... connotations in English.

Akemi "Crystal Star Sapphire" Sakurai: A hostess at Jewel in Kamurocho who moonlights at a magical girl-themed cosplay bar. She is an engineering major at Touto University who combines her technical knowhow with her prop-building skill to create ice-based weapons that are as dangerous (and possibly illegal) as they are pretty.

Minoru "Unlucky" Uchida: A string of poor life choices starting on the morning of his 42nd birthday have rendered him the unluckiest yakuza alive. Every single time his turn comes up, he will get hit by a random environmental hazard--and usually one with splash damage. His only real use in battle is to be sent into the middle of enemy formations like a laser-guided misfortune missile.

Stephanie Torino: A professional MMA fighter from Arizona, in Osaka for a tournament. She does not care for men in general but she seems to have especially personal beef with Aoyagi. (strangely, she befriends Yamaoka of all people in the postgame, which Aoyagi finds both bewildering and a little insulting)

Minako "Minadeath" Takai: The frontwoman of an all-girl death metal band. One of the few units who can deal non-elemental magic damage.

Ms. Yoshino: Sales rep for a pyramid scheme reputable company selling garbage water straight from the Sotenbori River delicious mineral-rich water in its most natural state. A support unit whose special ability involves her running out onto the battlefield and delivering her sales pitch to am enemy. If successful, the enemy will buy and chug a bottle of Heaven's Water on the spot. You get money and the enemy gets multiple stacked status ailments.

Shakedown Jr. (Kenta Oe): A pesky little pickpocket plaguing Sotenbori Street. The son of the original Mr. Shakedown, though you wouldn't know it by looking at him. What he lacks in his old man's brute strength and physical stature he more than makes up for in fast feet and faster fingers. A support unit who occasionally dashes across the battlefield to relieve enemies of cash and items and one of the rare few supports whose ability works on bosses.

Mighty Morita: A pro wrestler who wrestles a literal bear. He survives the match but we never hear whether he won or lost.

Cynthia-chan: the literal bear in question. Eventually she and Morita can learn a Tag Team attack. This takes a lot of work, trust, and fish.

Torahiko Kogawa: Cat cafe mogul and terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad person. The antagonist of the Cat Cafe Grand Prix sideplot.

Yashiro Noguchi: CEO of Millennium Holdings in Sendai, currently being blackmailed by someone connected to his former boss.

Miyuki: Mysteriously dumped at the animal shelter in the dead of night and subsequently entrusted to Aoyagi's care as his first cafe cat. Pure white with the prettiest deep blue eyes. Magnificently fluffy, amazingly sociable, and stone deaf.

Ryo Amon: Personal chef to the Amon Clan, challenges Aoyagi and his crew to a cooking battle at the end of the Chef League sideplot.

Gen Amon: Leader of a breakaway sect of the Amon Clan, takes issue with certain rules of engagement the Amon Clan adheres to. He and his team are the requisite RGG Secret Boss Battle. Yes, Aoyagi gets not one but TWO rounds of Amon Clan Bullshit to deal with in this game.

Nyamon: A huge stocky black cat with God tier stats, who mysteriously shows up at the cat cafe shortly after you beat Gen Amon's team. While most of the cafe cats will let you put cute accessories on them, Nyamon will hiss at you if you attempt to swap his aviator shades out for something else.

[designs-by-sloan]

Happy new years @tanumasdumbasshat !! This is my gift to you through the Hidamari ga Kikoeru gift exchange ^^ I hope you like the ice skating theme! As always, Taichi's falling (in love)~ Artwork © 2020 Sloan | I Hear The Sunspot © Yuki Fumino Please don’t use or repost my art without permission. If you like my art, I have commission rates and Ko-fi linked in my bio!

[rubywolf0201]

Some headcanons of Tooru Kirishima because deep down he’s a good boi

- It’s already been canon but flashbacks to his childhood shows him being closer to his Mum than his Dad.

- No, Kirishima doesn’t really dislike him per se but because his dad is always out working, they don’t really spent a lot of time together.

- Still, part of him wishes that he knew his dad a lot more.

- Kirishima doesn’t know why but something about Miyuki gave him a calm and soothing presence whenever he is around his boss's wife, almost similar to his late mother.

- Becaus of said prescence, Kirishima have nothing but a huge respect for Miyuki and Kanami for that matter.

- In fact, man has drink his ‘Respect Women’ juice.

- Putting aside his love for chocolate and pancakes, Kirishima has a fondness for tiramisu and ice cream sundae. (Dude has a pretty sweet tooth)

- Once called Miyuki ‘Mum’ by accident when he was in a daze. Cue Kazuhiko spitting his drink out, Aoi having a shocked reaction, Kanami being 😳 and Miyuki having an ‘Oh’ kind of reaction. Poor dude didn’t notice it until seconds later after he woke up. (This all happened before Yaeka was born of course)

- He is one of the people to not like pineapples on pizza and raisins on cookies cause man goes apeshit insane if you bring this up. Speaking of, Sugihara brought it up one time and boi did Kirishima wacked him across the face to the point there’s a hole on the wall to which Kirishima have to pay with his salary for the broken wall he caused. 😂

- Unfamiliar with memes in general and even if he is aware of them, he wouldn’t care.

[linggluu]

Orange

orange: what makes you feel warm inside? what’s your favorite halloween tradition? what’s the last thing you learned? when’s the last time you felt obsessed? what’s your favorite article of clothing?

unexpected people helping out and being kind make me feel warm :D more than once, i’ve had random people digging my car out of the snow or pushing it to the gas station for me (the needle broke). watching people pay someone else’s bill because they were $5 short. when i worked at ** , this lady gave up her coupon to the elderly man I was helping out just so he wouldn’t have to pay $800 for a pair of glasses - the final bill ended up being like $300. adults treating children nicely :D

favorite halloween tradition- when I was pretty young, my mom figured out that Bob’s Discount Furniture had loads of candy, chocolate, and ice cream all day, every day for the customers. But she always took my sister and i there for trick or treating because she thought it was so funny that we were like “THERE’S SO MUCH CANDY OMGG!!!” but we went there every halloween until I was like 12.

the last thing I learned - i’ve been reading about ww2 a lot lately and I read about this Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who wrote out many many many visas to give to Jewish refugees just so they could leave Europe. Go check him out, he’s so awesome.

when’s the last time you felt obsessed? like last summer until right now I guess. I’m slowly working down the filmography sections on wikipedia for Wallace Chung and Nikolaj Coster Waldau ;’]

favorite article of clothing - tshirts. specifically this oversized puma tshirt that I bought to wear to work and then i realized the arm holes were so big you could see my entire bra. so now i wear it to sleep haha.

thank you for asking!!! 

[bukistar]

Q: First, please tell us your impressions when it was announced you would be working together again.

Watanabe: I haven’t appeared together again with Ryo-kun (Miura’s nickname) since Fourze and OOO Movie Battle Mega Mix in 2011. I was happy. Because in the following year Wizard & Fourze MOVIE Taisen Ultimatum in 2012, it was just me, alone. Miura: I played Ankh for the first time in six or seven years. I worked with the staff who had been waiting for me since then, including staff who were still working since OOO. I was happy.

Q :Please tell us what led to you two appearing in this film together.

Watanabe: Actually, I was the one who offered it to Ryu-kun. Miura: That’s right. Watanabe: There were a lot of fateful events that led to this. Teruaki Sugihara, who was Assistant Director at that time, got married. His wife was a big fan of OOO. I was going to take a video of me and Ryu-kun to the celebration. We decided to take a photo together during dinner. At this point, we didn’t get to see each other for 1 or 2 years. I stayed in touch, but it was hard to meet in person. By chance, that day I was offered a role by Toei to appear in Heisei Generations FINAL and I thought this was so timely. I was talking about that story to Teruaki. I thought that this wasn’t just going to be a revival for Eiji (laughs). Miura: I was just eating grilled meat (laughs) Watanabe: At that time, I called not expecting much. I thought it was not possible to do this. That night, I thought about it a lot “I want to think positively…” I emailed Takahashi at midnight and asked “Didn’t you talk about the appearance once?” It was proposed. After that, I met up with Takahashi, exchanged emails, and gradually increased my story

Miura: I didn’t expect anything at the beginning, like an “Ankh Revival”. Although there was a story like “I want to make an episode where Ankh reappears” at an early stage ever since OOO ended, I was thinking I wanted to leave Ankh and refused every role because I wanted to be serious. Because the character of Ankh I played for one year was so strong, I couldn’t get any other work. But six or seven years have passed since then and I turned 30 years old this year. So, there are things to think about, and I got a good opportunity. So, I felt like, “I should go all out.” Watanabe: It was destiny. Miura: Speaking of fate, Kazuya Kamihoriuchi was the Assistant Director of OOO with Teruaki Sugihara, is now the Director of this film. Watanabe: They’re all connected. Kamihoriuchi was the second Assistant Director of OOO at that time, and so I thought we were all friends coming together after such a long time. Then I heard he was actually going to be the Director and I was deeply embarrassed. Miura: I think so (laugh). He entered the scene earlier than anyone else and was waiting for us. Watanabe: Sometimes I got upset (laughs) Miura: Even if we fail, I always felt protected since we were all the same age.

Q: How did you feel entering the Toei studio shooting center?

Watanabe: The atmosphere at the entrace was different. After all, it’s been a few years, and the Riders have changed. I thought there was a new atmosphere. However, as I had to repeat scenes, I felt “Oh, the familiar feelings have returned.” About half of the staff is still from that time, and our relationship has not changed since then. Miura: There was an impressive world to shoot. One of the staff said “You’re still going to settle down.” Also, shooting went smoothly. I was happy. At the time, OOO was fighting as well, and I felt that we all overcame the difficult schedule. Watanabe: There was a desire to make content that show how Eiji and Ankh were revived after so long. I want to be able to convince fans about the part how Ankh can be revived, and I wanted to make the best of the atmosphere around both people. Since the completed script contained all of these elements, I was enthusiastic about performing with all my power.

Q: What was the most moving scene for you in the movie?

Miura: All the scenes were the best. Shooting started in early morning and lasted until the next morning for about 24 hours. In the last scene, there’s a moment when Eiji and Anhk meet again. I turn in the harness and became suspended upside-down, which isn’t really done in my usual dramas and movies. The action staff helped me, and it was all timed perfectly when I reached out my hand. This scene was very good. Watanabe: The encounter scene was the last scene to shoot. There was a great typhoon on the last day of shooting. Miura: Yes. I actually wanted to go to the shooting location anyway, but I couldn’t go outside. Watanabe: I think of the scenes when Anhk says “Today’s ice popsicle is good” to Eiji at the decisive battle. In short interactions, the relationship between Eiji and Anhk is outstanding. I requested that ice popsicle exchange, which is Anhk’s weakness. He doesn’t want to cooperate, but has a sort of hateful cuteness. It’s often Anhk’s personality.

Compared to the tv series, have many things changed?

Miura: He was reluctant to eat Popeye’s onigiri in the morning. I used to say “Popeye, Popeye”. Watanabe: You said that (laughs) Miura: I have breakfast onigiri when I leave for the shooting location. Watanabe: That’s right. Two onigiri with karage. Miura: I was wondering if you’d like some of that. Watanabe: It’s delicious! Miura: Since I didn’t make much of it this time, I thought “Oh, I’ve grown up.” (laugh) Watanabe: At that time, Popeye’s onigiri were the best feast… Miura: I told you “Give me a piece of Popeye.” (laugh) Watanabe: Oh yeah, it was “Today’s Popeye!” (laugh). After playing for so long with Ryo-kun, if anything changed… Miura: I may not have changed. Watanabe: Both of us were wearing costumes this time, but Ryo-kun asked “Are you going to fit in properly”, and you were concerned about your figure. Miura: At that time I was already too thin, so I was worried if I could fit in the costumes now. Watanabe: But, I guess I entered it properly. That won’t change. I was calm at that time and acted like an adult. Now I’m the age Ryu-kun was then. Having said that, I may not have changed much. I think Ryo-kun became less troublesome than that time (laugh), everyone might think so. Miura: I was very careful at that time since I was an adult anyway. In that sense, after a year, I felt more comfortable on the set of OOO. But I’m not the same. I was very careful at that time. Watanabe: Everything was painful (laugh) like it was covered in thorns. But, as the final moments came closer, there were no thorns, and the ball was smooth. Miura: The thorns are completely gone (laughs).

Q: When shooting the TV series, were there any opportunities to be friendly?

Miura: When it was time to travel around the region for the movie campaign. I’ve never been to a local event before, so I didn’t know what to say there or on the radio. Shu was always there to help me, and he helped me. It hasn’t changed now. If I get stuck in my words, he helped me. After filming with Shu-kun, I was very friendly. I thought if I let him do everything, I’d get spoiled. Watanabe: What I was thinking was that I want to do any kind of work and have fun. But I want to have the feeling that I can do everything happily for a long time. I didn’t think deeply into it (laughs). Miura: Even in this movie, there are several opportunities for two people to talk somewhere. I’m glad we have help again! Watanabe: Hopefully you won’t be neglectful this time (laughs). Miura: Well, then I’ll try hard to talk (laughs). I didn’t really talk then, but recently I’ve talked live as a MC for 30 to 40 minutes. Watanabe: Great! You could a have a talk show. Miura: I guess (laughs).

Q: Although it was Eiji and Anhk who reunited in this movie, what if you could make a movie about the two around 2020, which would mark the 10th anniversary of broadcasting. Do you have any big dreams or goals?

Miura: There are things that can come true if you hope they will. If you said you wanted to make a live performance with the OOO team and it happened. But I can’t say such a thing (laugh) Watanabe: Yes, if you say such flashy things, you’ll have to do it (laugh). However, if you wanted to do it, I would like to gather all the performers like Riho Takada (Hina). It would be fun if everyone got together to talk or have a drinking party at least once. Miura: Then next year at Halloween, everyone can make their own cosplay and gather. Watanabe: Everyone will wear a costume on that day, right? (laughs). If I did that kind of thing, there would definitely be cameras (laughs). To watch eleven people in costumes is something you’d do, Ryu-kun. Your talking skills are improving. Miura: No, no, thank you (laughs).

Q: So, in the end, can you please give a message to fans who loved OOO?

Watanabe: Seven years ago, people who were children or students watching the show are now becoming members of society. It’s not more common to say they were watching older series. Even when I went to Kamen Rider events, I heard staff say “I watched when I was a Junior High School student.” I heard that it happened in the past few years. This time, as a Legend Rider, I can be revived with Ankh. I’m very happy and proud. If you’re a fan of OOO, please go to the theater to watch. Miura: We appreciate the help of the staff and the performers. Of course, I am grateful to the fans who have always supported me and waited for this. Although the world is unclear, I thought it was always a good idea to have a new dream, and to have the opportunity to proceed without giving up hope, and worked on this movie. Everyone, please look forward to the day the movie is released to the public.

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Unusual Asks

I saw someone post this list, and decided to just answer all of them. 

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Pandora all the time.

is your room messy or clean? SO MESSY.

what color are your eyes? Brown. Or as my grandmother called them, shit brown.

do you like your name? why? Absolutely.  My last name is a one-syllable English word, and has really cool pun opportunities.

what is your relationship status? Married.

describe your personality in 3 words or less Anxious, low energy

what color hair do you have? Brown.

what kind of car do you drive? color? White Prius.

where do you shop? All kinds of places?

how would you describe your style? A shitshow?

favorite social media account  I have no idea. Yo, Is This Racist? maybe?

what size bed do you have? King.

any siblings? At least three half siblings (two on dad’s side, one on mom’s.) I’m told there’s a good chance there’s more on my dad’s side.

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why? I don’t like staying anywhere for long, but maybe Nice? Or back home? I’m hoping to move to move back to Africa again soon, though. 

favorite snapchat filter? I have never used Snapchat in my life.

favorite makeup brand(s) No idea. I don’t wear any.

how many times a week do you shower? 6-7.

favorite tv show? Forensic Files.

shoe size? 11.5

how tall are you? 5′8″.

sandals or sneakers? Depends on the circumstances.

do you go to the gym? No.

describe your dream date When I was younger, dancing and drinks. Now? Karaoke and drinks. 

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? No idea. 10?

what color socks are you wearing? Black.

how many pillows do you sleep with? 2.

do you have a job? what do you do? Diplomat.

how many friends do you have? Too many to count.

whats the worst thing you have ever done? Worst for me? Married someone I shouldn’t have. Worst for someone else? Probably the same.

whats your favorite candle scent? I don’t know, rain?

3 favorite boy names William, David, Xavier.

3 favorite girl names Mathilde, Margaret, Rebecca.

favorite actor? Chris Evans? Not sure.

favorite actress? Gillian Anderson.

who is your celebrity crush? Nope. 

favorite movie? Casablanca.

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? Used to, still read a lot of blogs and articles.  Favorite book? Good Omens.

money or brains? Brains.

do you have a nickname? what is it? It’s too close to my real name to put on here.

how many times have you been to the hospital? If you include non-emergency procedures performed at a hospital, I think 4.  I might be forgetting some. 

top 10 favorite songs 10 is a lot.  This list would change on any given day.  Let’s see: 1. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow, Jethro Tull; 2. Parabola, Tool; 3. Color in Your Cheeks, the Mountain Goats; 4. Cult of Personality, Living Colour; 5. The Soul of Man, Blind Willie Johnson; 6. Toxic, Post-Modern Jukebox cover; 7. Long Live the Chief, Jidenna; 8. Django Jane, Janelle Monae; 8. A Tout Le Monde, Megadeth (esp. the version with Christina Scabbia); 9. Turtles All the Way Down, Sturgill Simpson; 10.  Tourniquet, Evanescence.

do you take any medications daily? Oh god yes. An antidepressant at a minimum.

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) I don’t know?

what is your biggest fear? Death.

how many kids do you want? None. too many medical issues and too stressful a job to deal with kids too.

whats your go to hair style? I woke up like this?

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) I go back and forth.  Usually small, but I do love space to entertain.

who is your role model? Chiune Sugihara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara 

what was the last compliment you received? Someone I think complimented my dedication to my work?

what was the last text you sent? “Happy Birthday! I hope it’s gone well, and hope you are doing well.”

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? 7

what is your dream car? For my current situation, my Prius is darn good.  But it depends on where I’m living.  It would have been terrible in Togo.

opinion on smoking? GROSS.

do you go to college? I did, 14 years ago...

what is your dream job? The one I have.  DIPLOMAT.

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? Ugh if those are my options? I guess suburbs.  

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? No. I can’t get them on the plane anyway.

do you have freckles? No.

do you smile for pictures? Yes.

how many pictures do you have on your phone? Several hundred? Mostly for utilitarian purposes.

have you ever peed in the woods? I was a Boy Scout.  So many times.

do you still watch cartoons? Sometimes? I don’t let whether something is animated or not determine whether or not I watch it.

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? I’ve never had Wendy’s nuggets.

Favorite dipping sauce? What am I dipping? It’s highly context dependent.  But I do love a good pili pili sauce. 

what do you wear to bed? Shorts.

have you ever won a spelling bee? I don’t think so, but I only competed in a few.

what are your hobbies? Video games. Liqueur making.  Bartending.

can you draw? God no.

do you play an instrument? I played string bass in middle school, very badly. 

what was the last concert you saw? The Mountain Goats.

tea or coffee? Depends on circumstances and purpose. Am I thirsty? Tea. Am I tired? Coffee. Is it during or after a meal (tea in the first case, coffee after.)  Etc., etc.

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Starbucks.

do you want to get married? Already am.

what is your crush’s first and last initial? That gets a bit too personal, esp. since I am married and would thus be my spouse’s info.

are you going to change your last name when you get married? I’m a dude (I realized after starting that this list assumes a woman responding), so there was no pressure on me to do so.  My first wife did, assuming I wanted her to, and was mad to learn during the divorce that I’d never cared.  I tried to dissuade my now wife from doing it, which she pointed out later was me mansplaining her decision to her.  I’m still embarrassed by that.

what color looks best on you? Green.

do you miss anyone right now? A crapton of people.  Some are far away (professional hazard), and some have passed.  

do you sleep with your door open or closed? Our cats would be pissed if we locked them out, and we’d be pissed on if we locked them in away from their boxes.

do you believe in ghosts? No.

what is your biggest pet peeve? Prejudice.

last person you called` A colleague.

favorite ice cream flavor? Changes with the day, but right now I’ll cookies and cream.

regular oreos or golden oreos? Regular

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? Blech.

what shirt are you wearing? A t-shirt from some bbq place.

what is your phone background? A lichee bush.

are you outgoing or shy? Yes.

do you like it when people play with your hair? No. Unless it’s my wife.

do you like your neighbors? Yes, they’re all really sweet!

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? When I shower, so mostly in the morning.

have you ever been high? From prescription painkillers and anesthetics, yes.  From illegal items, never.

have you ever been drunk? Oh yes.  Many many times.

last thing you ate? Lamb burger.

favorite lyrics right now “Remember: We are eternal/all this pain is an illusion.”

summer or winter? Winter.  Ah, winter.

day or night? Night.

dark, milk, or white chocolate? Dark.  Darker, the better.  Add chile, and oh god yes.

favorite month? December. 

what is your zodiac sign I don’t believe in astrology anyway, but Cancer.

who was the last person you cried in front of? Either my wife or my boss.

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NAME :  Seiichi Sugihara AGE :  18 HEIGHT :  5′07″ SPECIES :  Human GENDER :   Male NATIONALITY : Japanese BIRTHDAY :  September 7 ZODIAC SIGN :  Virgo RESIDENCE :  Tokyo, Japan; lives in a quiet neighborhood with his parents RELATIONSHIP :  Single ALIGNMENT :   lawful evil LANGUAGES KNOWN :  Japanese, English

FAVOURITE DRINK : oolong tea, green tea, coffee [hot and iced] FAVOURITE FOOD :  gyoza, omurice, onigiri, ramen, takoyaki, grilled fish DAY OR NIGHT :  Night! It’s when he has more time to read or watch TV. FAVOURITE SNACKS :  chocolate, pocky FAVOURITE MUSIC :   jazz, vaporwave

PET :  none FAVOURITE COLOUR(S) :  black, gray, white, green FAVOURITE FLOWER(S) :  sakura blossom, jasmine flower SEXUALITY: Pansexual ROMANTIC ORIENTATION:  Panromantic

BODY TYPE:  tall, skinny BODY TRAITS :  them eyelashes~ SKIN TONE :   very pale; this boy needs some more sun EYE COLOUR: gray HAIR COLOUR:  black

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Drama Relationships I Envy

I primarily watch rom-coms, and the first thing you start to realize in melos, rom-coms, and basically any Asian dramas that include romance, it can get....complicated. Romantic tropes tend to purport a male lead that is clingy and obsessive and female leads so innocent and fragile it’s a wonder their bones don’t break just eating ramen. Here a a few drama relationships that I genuinely LOVE (even in their complexity) that are worth the love and praise.

1. Choi Han Gyul & Go Eun Chan, Coffee Prince

They have and always be one of my most favorite couples in any drama I have ever seen. Eun Chan is strong to a fault, and tries to protect those around her although her lack of maturity makes her react impulsively. Meanwhile Han Gyul is petulant but deeply passionate and committed to those he loves. Together they are best friends and a romantic relationship is only an icing on the cake (but it’s a REALLY good cake). Seeing these two develop into much more mature individuals was truly a joy for me to watch and this is one of those dramas I can repeat over and over again.

2. Bang Myeong Soo & Kim Soo Jin, Ex-Girlfriend Club

I am a bit of a sucker for a friends-turned-to-lovers plot. While there is some criticism in regards to Myeong Soo being a bit too obsessive, I was never one who really gave it much credence. Both of the leads like each other so much as individuals, that it was hard to NOT see the passion in their interactions, whether that was under the guise of friendship or in a relationship. In defending Myeong Soo, he had never been in a genuinely mature relationship that had real stakes. For him, he has liked Soo Jin for so long and feels like he may be a bit undeserving of her, so any clinging on his part, was natural insecurity, which I found more endearing than troubling -- anyways it was never taken too far.

3. Lin "Truly" Jhen Hsin & Tsu Tai Yu, Our Times

One of the sweetest high school romances that I’ve ever seen. While this borders the edge of “romance”, these are two crazy kids I desperately wanted to see happy. When two characters can find common ground and mutual respect for the others feelings then I can rest assured that they are memorable. If this film taught me anything, it was that sometimes (like in Casablanca), the greatest thing you can do for someone you love, is let them go. I know it sounds sad, but I promise it has an amazing ending that I watch on repeat to this day.

4. Moriyama Mikuri & Tsuzaki Hiramasa, Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu/We Married as a Job

Navigating a contract relationship in dramas can be fraught with conflict and drama that can teeter on the edge or realism. It is not a trope that is even remotely realistic, and I have seen so many dramas turn into nothing more than a soap opera befitting American daytime television. In Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu, the couple navigate this relationship so honestly, and awkwardly it is impossible not to just love them. They are genuinely drawn to one another but struggle so realistically to overcome the barriers that divide them. If you want a more realistic spin on the contract relationship trope, I highly recommend this one. I watched it in two sittings --- a definite binge for me.

5. Xue Shan Shan & Feng Teng, Boss & Me/Shan Shan Comes to Eat

Probably my most controversial on this list, Shan Shan Comes to Eat achieves what I don’t typically see in Chinese dramas, a quick-burn romantic pairing. This pair likes each other almost immediately, and Feng Teng falls fast first. While I initially was turned off by how Feng Teng seemed to cherish Shan Shan almost like a pet or child to constantly amuse him, as the series progressed you could really see the mutual love they felt for each other and Shan Shan was able to come into her own, establish her own goals, all while having the support of fairly uncomplicated man who genuinely loved her. It’s refreshing to just see couples get along, especially when you have a high episode count that you know will be fraught with interference meant to keep the couple apart.

Other Favorites:

Suea & Junior, Ugly Duckling: Perfect Match (Thailand)

Du Zi Fen/Pi Ya Nuo, Bromance (Taiwan)

Kim Bok Joo & Jung Joon Hyung, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (Korea)

Go Dok Mi & Enrique Geum, Flower Boy Next Door (Korea)

 Seo Jung Hoo & Chae Young Shin, Healer (Korea)

Cha Hong Do & Ko Yi Seok, Heart to Heart (Korea)

Jang Jae Yeol & Ji Hae Soo, It’s Okay, That’s Love (Korea)

Ban Ji Yeon & Yoon Dong Ha, Witch’s Romance (Korea)

Kim Sam Soon & Hyun Jin Heon, My Lovely Sam Soon (Korea)

Do Bong Soon & Ahn Min Hyuk, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (Korea)

Lee Jae In & Kim Da Hyeon, 1% of Something (Korea)

Soda Ren & Sugihara Oto, Love That Makes You Cry (Japan)

Okishima Shuj & Machida Kyoko, Beautiful Life (Japan)

What favorites would you add to this list?

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Rules: Answer the 20 questions, and tag 20 amazing followers that you’d like to (see what I did there) get to know better. (only if you want to!)

Was tagged by @jazthespazz. Thank you lots! xx

Name: Amee

Nicknames: Amm (pronounced as Em)

Zodiac Sign: Virgo (nanodayo)

Height:165cm

Orientation: These questions really need to be more specific

Ethnicity: Asian( and proud)

Favourite Fruit: This question is harder than my finals. *opens  powerpoint presentation* Shout out to durians. King of the fruits!

Favourite Season: Fall.

Favourite Book Series: Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Favourite Flower: I never liked plant studies lol

Favorite Scent: Floral?

Favorite Color: Grey

Favorite Animal: Elephant. Freakin’ love them, man. 

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Cocoa: Tea is my blood (that was so tumblr cringe)

Average Sleep Hours: 5 hours+. If I don’t get at least 2 hours of sleep, I’ll get sick. 

Favorite Fictional Characters:  *opens another powerpoint presentation*

Asaba Yuuta (Kimi to Boku), Nezumi (No. 6), Noiz, Clear, Sei (Dramatical Murder), Tsubaki (Servamp), Abeno Haruitsuki, Rippou (Fukigen na Mononokean), Otabek Altin (Yuri!!! on ICE), Makishima Yuusuke (Yowamushi Pedal), Prolly every single character in Free! because why not?, Tsukishima Kei, Akaashi Keiji (Haikyuu!!), Aomine Daiki, Kiyoshi Teppei, Mibuchi Reo, Mitobe Rinnosuke (Kuroko no Basket), Sekizan Takuya, Hachiouji Mutsumi, Zanba Ryujin, Kasuga Hirokuni, Tsukinaka Koutarou, Miyuki Atsushi (All Out!!), Suoh Mikoto (K :”( )

Kaji Akihiko (Given manga), Naoto (Escape Journey manga), Ayato Yuri, Itome, Tamura (Yarichin Bitch-bu manga), Yoshida Yoshio, the twins (Aitsu no Daihonmei manga), Maya Hideyuki (Hidoku Shinaide), Nezu Chuukichi, Kamitani Hayato (Gakuen Babysitters manga), Eungi (Fools manhwa), Sugihara Kouhei (Hidamari ga Kikoeru manga), Ueda Tomoharu (Honto Yajuu manga), Haruka (Mayoke no Darling manga), Sasano Shizuki (Yamete kudasai, Mabushii desu manga).

Number of Blankets You Sleep With: Just one.

Dream Trip: Japan and New Zealand. 

Blog Created: 2016 after my blog was deleted twice. People who knows me from my first/second blog would know why. 

Number of Followers: Doesn’t matter.

Too many people, too little time. Enjoy yourselves!

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Quiet

One of the nicest compliments I’ve ever been given was the phrase “quietly competent.”  It was said by my martial arts instructor, who was at the time marveling at how little I complained in spite of having been given one of the most arduous tasks to do for a whole hour, namely assist one of the near-black belts in practicing the kata, which meant I was going to be thrown, over and over, forbidden to make a sound in spite of the relief it would lend me. An hour later, he said those words over me, and I felt like I could perform kata for days. It made me think about heroes.  A lot of the ones you hear the most about are the loud type, the ones that run headfirst into danger and come out only to do it again, but I think we forget about the quiet ones.  They’re just as important, just as brave, but ever, ever so soft and silent.  Here’s a few of the ones I love the most.

Dr. John Snow Anyone thinking this is about Game of Thrones may excuse themselves, because this person was not only real, but a hero.  London, 1854, saw one of the most lethal outbreaks of cholera in European history, past or present, and it had neither a cure nor a discernible method of spreading.  It scared a lot of people; until that time, disease had been thought of as just something that happened to poor people, but cholera made no distinction between the classes, and that little fact upset a lot of world views.  Dr. Snow tried to find a pattern, by mapping out the city and placing a dot wherever there had been a cholera death.  One spot stood out: a wealthy woman who lived far away from Broad Street (ground zero for the outbreak), but who had died anyway.  It turned out that she had been having her drinking water specially transported from Broad Street to her house (it was a natural soda deposit, and the bubbles were trendy).  Snow discovered that cholera was spread by contaminated water, broke the handle off the Broad Street pump, and the world changed.  Regulations were put on the sewage and water systems, those who already had the disease could now have a chance of survival (the cure is clean water), and the medical world now knew that water was a means of disease spread.

Chiune “Sempo” Sugihara During WWII, Japan was a German ally, but not everyone who lived in Japan was sympathetic to the Nazi rule.  Among that number was a diplomat, a man capable of writing transit visas and with enough authority that he would not be questioned if he wrote several of them.  Say...forty thousand.  Sugihara helped that many people, mostly Jewish families, cross into Japanese territories where they would be better able to find their way onward.  He had the nickname “Sempo” due to an alternate pronouncing of his name characters, and it was easier for Westerners to pronounce.  After the war, he was given a pile of recognition from various countries for his work, which had it gone wrong, would have resulted in his and his family’s executions.

Nellie Bly (real name Elizabeth Chochrane) Bly was a rare character during 1880′s America.  In addition to being a female journalist, she at one time held the world record for fastest circumnavigation of the globe (72 days) and is credited with the invention of the stacking garbage can.  She was also, and this is the really important part, a journalist. In 1887, the state of the American asylum institution was a shameful, dirty creature.  Bly checked herself into one of these facilities with the intention of reporting an expose on the conditions within, but had no idea the extent to which those conditions had sunk.  The perfectly sane Bly was tied to a bench with twenty other inmates in their own filth, tortured with ice water, and beaten if she made any noise in the process.  When she left ten days later, already halfway into genuine madness, her fiery articles caused the standard of such institutions to fall under harsh scrutiny, and a governmental position was quickly formed to ensure that the tortures she brought to light would never happen again.

There are more.  There are more than I could ever name, and I want to cry when I think of them.  It’s one thing to be like Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and have over 300 sniper kills to her name, or Dr. Marting Luther King Jr., and everything he eventually gave for his cause, and to be a quiet hero. You change the world, but you pay for it in being forgotten.  That’s a quiet martyrdom, I think.  It’s fitting, though unfair as hell. I’m nowhere near as brave as these people.  But I can try.

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hey babies, my name is hana and this probably won't appear in the tags so i'll probs end up reblogging this later @ some point but u know,,, anywho !! this is my genius baby sugihara arimura, u can call her ari tho, and underneath the cut you'll be able to find some lil tidbits about her !! as always, give this a lil LIKE if u wanna plot and i'll slide into ur dms real smooth like as soon as i can !!

as previously stated, she’s a genius. her iq is 186 and she can speak a total of four languages and is learning a fifth

used to be the class president back in tokyo and graduated top of her class

got a scholarship to nyu hence why she’s currently living in Cradle™

her family is a pretty big deal back in japan tbh. her mum is japans top model, dad’s a mma fighter, older brother is a popular actor, the whole shebang

she had a whole lot of opportunities to follow them into stardom but she was like ‘nah im g’ and focused on her school work

actually genuinely enjoys studying and course work? instead of getting stressed by all that, she actually finds it super relaxing and fun ?? it probably (most definitely) helps that she’s a certified genius who could probably put einstein to shame if she put in the actual effort

she used to be a teachers aide at nyu for like,,, five months before she got fired because she kept showing up teachers in lessons

her parents are always just,,, the worst when it comes to them actually disciplining her for being such a smart ass -- when teachers call them to tell her that she’s causing trouble in the classroom by taking over the classes or wtv, they’re always just like ‘heck yeah she is’. they’re really no help and her teachers hate it

works part time at a tiny shop down town that always smells so nice and barely anyone goes there so she absolutely adores it there

it’s also full of books so u know she has to be basically forced to leave sometimes

okay onto her personality

faults first;

i said it before and i’ll say it again; she’s a smartass. she’s always showing people up and is very self confident. she knows what she’s talking about and knows (read: believes) that she’s is more than likely 99.99% right in most situations

blunt as all h*ll, she calls things as she sees them and always seems dead serious?? even, if not especially, when she’s joking

kinda enigmatic? she attracts people and people think they know things about ther but they don’t

okay her positives leggo, this is where she makes up for her smartassness (no she doesnt im lying)

super helpful ? she’s 20/10 ready to help anyone who needs her assistance. whether it’s with school work or something else, she’s always there to help

patient as heck, she very rarely gets frustrated with people tbh and will stay with them for hours if that’s what it takes to help them

the friend that you can call and rant to @ 3 am bc she will most definitely be awake. will bring you ice cream at any given time. builds an a+ blanket fort. just generally super loyal tbh

appearance wise she’s a very stereotypical looking dork? she doesn’t care for makeup, she has these thick harry potter looking ass glasses that she always wears, she’s almost always wearing sweaters that are at least two sizes too big for her (if not bigger) and her hair is always up in a messy bun

when she actually makes an effort to dress up tho, wowie. she’s a stunner™

(i would like to thank not only god but jesus as well for minatozaki sana and her stunning visuals amen)

if u’ve read this whole thing; i’m sorry and bless u for reading this damn novel. i luv u