#(in towa's card anyway)

[danieyells]

Upcoming cards!

(Jabberwock Kemomimi, Tarot Ritsu, Wedding Jiro, and next episode's theme!)

Character Card: Peculiar Rabbit(「不思議の牧場の案内人」  "Wonderful Ranch Guide")

Skill: Step Right Up(「客引きトーク」  "Solicitor Talk")

Fully Awakened Skill: Quick Wit Clever Hands(「口八丁手八丁」  "Eloquent And Skilled")

Warding Card: Unexpected Weakness(「陽も木から落ちる」  "Haru Also Will Fall Out Of A Tree")

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Character Card: Enigmatic Stag(「幽けき光に照らされて」  "Illuminated By The Dim Light")

Skill: Broken Horn(「折れた角」  "Broken Horn")

Fully Awakened Skill: Hidden Wish(「秘めた願い」  "Hidden Wish")

Warding Card: Swanky Ensemble(「光舞う空間の合奏」  "Ensemble of Dancing Light Between Them")

Character Card: Mournful Hound(「挑め望まぬアウトドア」  "Taking On The Unwanted Outdoors")

Skill: Forced Labor(「強制労働」  "Forced Labor")

Fully Awakened Skill: Is This Harassment?(「パワハラっすか」  "Is This Power Harassment?")

Warding Card: Laundry Weather(「お洗濯日和」  "Ideal Weather For Doing Laundry")

Somebody who knows tarot cards should tell us what this means lol. Also it seems like all of their card, skill, and warding card names for this set will follow the same naming pattern which is cool. Knowing this I'm pretty sure I mistranslated Kaito's--his description is "friendly" and in Japanese it was something like "close to you", as in he's the PC's closest friend here.

Character Card: The Knight Of Pentacles(「金貨のナイトの誘惑」  "The Allure Of The Knight Of Pentacles")

Skill: Law Wielder(「六法の使い手」  "Wielder of the Compendium Of Laws")

Fully Awakened Skill: Steel Ghoul(「鋼のグール」  "Steel Ghoul")

Warding Card: Unshakable Lost Property(「挫けぬ銀河の落とし物」  "Unbreakable Lost Property")

Not in the monster.json so i have no clue if it's coming out soon but the card name was in the file with unit names so i was able to dig this one out

Character Card: Patient Groom(「今日の白衣は特別仕様」  "Today's White Clothes Are Special" (「白衣」/"white clothes" in this case refer to the garments/labcoats/etc worn by doctors and chemists and the like--basically "instead of wearing white for work I'm wearing white for my wedding"))

Skill: Sincere Bouquet(「誓いの花束」  "Bouquet of Vows")

Fully Awakened Skill: Unforgettable Memory(「二度と忘れぬ想い」  "Unforgettable Experience")

Warding Card: Unchanging Expression(「変わらぬ表情で」  "Unchanging Expression")

Cosmic bonds haven't updated yet. I even tried manually deleting and redownloading their files. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

And next episode is FROSTHEIM IN KNIGHT ATTIRE!! A lot of people have been waiting for Frostheim lol Jin is gonna have like 10 cards if he doesn't already goddamn

The episode will be called "Episode 13: Murder At The Masquerade"(「エピソード 13: 仮面舞踏会殺人事件」 )!

As usual!

Gacha is gambling! Keep a close eye on your spending, or don't spend at all! Don't spend any money you can't afford to lose and seek help from a professional if you may be losing control of your spending!

Remember that units always rerun eventually! You can always save for next time!

My Japanese is not very good so take my translations with a grain of salt

Good luck!

[caramelmochacrow]

yukaqueso <3

[starswallowingsea]

Some free pulls today

[yuri-is-online]

Couple's (questionable) Halloween Costumes ft. Tokyo Debunker

I just got back from an event and had some thoughts idk. This is not in any particular order, just whoever came to mind first.

Towa- Bee and Beekeeper. His chibi is already a bee, he'd probably find it cute to see you dressed up like one too. Haru is the one who suggests his jumpsuit already looks a bit like a beekeeper suit, all he'd need to do is get a hat. Towa loves romance, so he'd probably be one of the only ghouls actually interested in dressing up with you 10/10.

Sho- Mario and Princess Peach, except he's the princess because he made the mistake of telling you that Leo always makes him be the girl. You really want to play this game, senpai? Fine. He'll hate every second of it but it is just the littlest bit worth it to see you squirm at how good he looks in a dress. Somewhat. He'd rather make you squirm someway else ???/10

Luca- Jedidiah and Octavius (from night at the museum). He sort of ruins it because he doesn't understand the reference and spends the night talking at length about Roman history. Which is nice if you are into that but extremely boring if not 6/10.

Kaito- Ketchup and Mustard. He also sort of ruins it; doing something this classically coupley with you makes him delirious with happiness and he has a stroke before you can make your way to the party. Salvages the night by baking Halloween themed cupcakes, you have a nice little date decorating them and no one has to see you two embarrass yourselves in public 7/10.

Haru- Cow and the Moon. He... does not have the best fashion sense if his cards are anything to go by, and hey this cow costume he got for (insert total rip off price here) will totally help him promote the back to nature tour! You dressing up as the moon was supposed to be a cute gimmick thing to play off the old nursery rhyme, he wasn't expecting you to put together such an ethereal outfit. Completely forgets about promoting the tour in favor of being cute with you all night, he's totally willing to do this again 9/10 (don't let him choose the costumes next time).

Rui- Moth and Lamp. He wants to do Gomez and Morticia, but the torture of not being able to touch you is already too much to bear as is, he isn't about to make it worse for himself. This way he can still be free to tend bar and make a bunch of cheesy "jokes" about you being the light of his life. Moths sort of fit the Obscuary theme anyway so it's a perfect costume, 10/10.

Haku- Howl and Sofie. He wants a costume that will give him an excuse to flirt with you and will make it very very clear just who you are leaving this party with. Haku probably thinks he'd look really good in Howl's outfit and you know what? He's right. Just remember to take him seriously when he offers his help removing your clothes this time, inspector 10/10.

Taiga- Ghostface. For exactly the reasons you think kitten don't even bother picking out a costume [redacted]/10.

[curedblack]

ivantill week day 6 - crossover

alien stage x slow damage

disclaimers:

- Luka might be the Taku in this universe but their relationship isn’t romantic by any means here!!,

- mentions of cutting someone up and blood etc. + self-harm, if you read the vn expect pretty much the same stuff lol,

- Ivan is the Fraise of this universe,

- changed the “Fraise drugged Towa” situation to Till fainting from too much alcohol.

Every resident of ANAKT knew this mysterious artist, who went by “Unknown”. Every work that they created was a masterpiece. 

They were famous for their abstract paintings that would show one’s true feelings, nobody knew how they picked out their next candidates. Their identity was also pretty much a secret, that’s where their nickname probably came from.

Who would guess that the respected Unknown was some guy working as a receptionist at the doctor’s office? Till’s life was composed of smoking, drinking 

some booze and maybe doing something productive once in a while. 

He mostly worked night shifts, the day one’s were too tiring for him. The sun shined too brightly for him to step out from his cave (room). 

There were usually a few more employees around, but in the night the backdoor had more people coming through it - like yakuza and such, everything that wasn’t legal happened in the night, the doctors would take care of the guests themselves so Till usually didn’t have to do anything.

He freeloaded on one of his friends, Luka. He had a spare room in the basement.

 Luka picked up Till from the streets a long time ago, and decided to raise the kid. ANAKT wasn’t a place free of crime, it happened much more often there than in the mainland. The police never cared anyways, if they got enough money they could keep their mouths shut.

—-

“You received flowers, Till.” Luka said while looking at the card attached to the bouquet. “The card has something written on it too, it’s probably an address.”

“Again? What’s up with all that stuff recently… When will that person give up?” Till said while looking curious.

“I have no idea. If we get any more bouquets, we can start growing some sort of forest here.” 

“I should probably head there, my admirer is pretty ambitious it seems.”

Luka nodded and then went back to doing whatever he was doing previously, surprisingly he was liked by most people in ANAKT - with a few enemies of course, who wouldn’t have them.

—

‘So the address is the flower shop here. ’ Till thought while looking at the building in front of him. The shop was located in the middle of the shopping district, a good business location for sure. The name of it was “Sorrow”, pretty unfitting for a flower shop in Till’s opinion.

There were some rumors that the shop had hired a handsome part timer not too long ago, he had black hair and eyes that reflected the universe in them. People tend to over exaggerate a lot, so he didn’t expect much.

—

There was a guy reorganizing flowers next to the exit, with care that was even obvious to someone like Till.

“Welcome to the store!” He said, then turned around and blushed. It was now obvious that he was the one that sent the flowers, no normal person would react like that.

“Were you the one that sent the bouquet earlier?” Till said while he gave the card to the employee. “Forget I even asked, it’s obvious.”

“Ah yes, that was me. I’m sorry it’s a bit awkward to be discovered this early… Am I really that obvious?”

“Yeah, and what do you mean early? You sent me more than 10 of those. That’s a lot.”

“I guess I went a little overboard…”

“..What do you mean by little?”

—-

They somehow ended up in a bar, Till started scolding Ivan (that was the employees name)  in the shop and it got a lot more awkward than it was, so some drinks would definitely lift it up,  at least that was what Till thought - who has no idea how socializing works.

“I’ve been looking at this site a lot recently, and this artwork really piqued my interest.” Ivan said while showing a picture on his phone to Till. “At first glance it looks like a fresh self harm wound but if you look into it those are flowers.”

“You know a lot about flowers, huh?” Till said while he looked directly into Ivan’s eyes.

“I guess so.. I work in a flower shop for some reason. It must’ve been pretty natural to learn.”

“Good point. Now let’s order some more alcohol.” Till said while waving at the barman, which was Hyuna. Her bar was pretty famous. 

—

“Are you okay?” Ivan asked, looking genuinely concerned.

“Probably not.” Till replied “If I faint you can leave me here.”

—

‘An unfamiliar roof, huh. I can feel something stinging on my body.’ Till thought.

There was a scar on his chest, a pretty big one to add. It was bandaged, so there wasn’t anything to really worry about. He started looking at all the flowers scattered around the room, it was pretty messy here.

“I’m sorry for the mess… I didn’t have time to clean up.”

“It’s alright, my room isn’t clean either.” Till tried to cheer up Ivan. “But do you know why there’s a big scar on my chest?”

“You fell into the traffic when I guided you here.” Ivan was looking visibly nervous. 

“You know that’s not possible, right?” Till pointed at a sharp object across the room. “I don’t think that would be covered in blood either, what are your real motives?”

Ivan started shaking and started saying something. “Scars.. they look beautiful. On you especially, I love to see how the blood pours out from them.”

TIll started unwrapping the bandage around his chest. “C’mon. Pick up that knife and cut me up.”

“Are you… sure?”

“I am.”

Ivan picked up the knife and started placing cuts gently, but Till interrupted him.

“No need to be afraid.” He placed Ivans hand with the knife on his back and started cutting it fastly.

—

“You made that artwork you showed me before, right?” Till asked, all in blood now.

“Yeah, was it that easy to notice?” Ivan responded, still out of breath because of what happened earlier.

“The way you used me as a canvas was similar to how that piece looked, so I assumed.”

“You look beautiful… Truly.” Ivan said as he caressed Till’s wounds. “Can I put a flower in them?”

—

One of Ivan’s desires was to get painted by Unknown, something that was unachievable for most. He told Till that he approached him because he suspected something at first, but then he got genuinely interested.

As always, Till brought a person’s real self out to paint them. When he returned home he started painting, he wouldn’t stop even for a second. “Have you even eaten anything in the past 2 days?” Luka looked at Till, there was no response. “The Ivan guy left some donuts earlier, I’m gonna put them there. Also, don’t forget to show me the painting that you made.”

[investigator-luna]

Surprise! You’ve been visited by Santa Towa! Don’t worry about a naughty or nice list, he has no morals. Anyway, let’s see what he’s brought you today! 

For his cute little Dandelion, he brought her a bouquet of pink roses and white alstroemerias in a clear fluted vase, all tied together with a pretty pink ribbon. Towa also knitted her a handful of accessories, from mittens to socks, and even a pom-pom beanie! (Don’t…don’t ask how he knows her measurements). Tucked neatly inside the box that held her knitted gifts was also a card, thanking her for all her hard work and promising that he’d free her of her curse. He’s her prince, and she’s his princess after all! They’re going to live happily ever after once he saves her!~

she smiles as she looks at the flowers, and he even include a vase and the ribbon matched to they were cute as well. And all the knitted gift looked really comfy though she wasn’t sure how he got her measurements but she knew not really question it anymore. She smiled at the card it was a nice gesture and she felt under pressure a lot so it helps “I’ll look forward to the day it happens then”

[ayamekishiwagi]

Surprise! You’ve been visited by Santa Towa! Don’t worry about a naughty or nice list, he has no morals. Anyway, let’s see what he’s brought you today!

For his cute little Dandelion, he brought her a bouquet of cute pink lilies and roses and red carnations of varying sizes in a clear fluted vase, all tied together with a pretty pink ribbon. Towa also knitted her a handful of accessories, from mittens to socks, and even a pom-pom beanie! (Don’t…don’t ask how he knows her measurements). Tucked neatly inside the box that held her knitted gifts was also a card, thanking her for all her hard work and promising that he’d free her of her curse. He’s her prince, and she’s his princess after all! They’re going to live happily ever after once he saves her!~ 

Ayame reads the card twice, tearing up immediately. She sets the flowers in the window, pulls on her new hat and sets out for Jabberwock with determination. A certain white-haired boy needs to be kissed.

[despair-to-future-arcs]

Juzo what’s your childhood like?

So...is that it? Can I go now?

Yeah, sure you can do that - sorry for wasting your time.

Thanks, anyway I'll be heading off, good luck with investigating...

*Harumi walks out as she leaves*

Ikue, you better get the hacking guns ready; since will be facing a robot made by Towa Corp. Will need to be prepared...

Understood, sir. I'll get our agents ready... *Ikue walk out*

Yeah... *Juzo walks over as he sits down*

I can find out about what happen to Ichika, maybe her folks can finally get justice...

Yeah, seems will get the key card...

Hey uh, question; given you were talking about this Ichika chick, is she like your girlfriend or something?

No, she wasn't - we were just friends, that's all and I trust her with a lot of shit, especially as no one really in my home didn't care at all or give a shit about me, so I didn't expect from them much anyway.

Oh so you don't really talk with your folks?

Nah, the thing was that my old man always went on about being a man, strength and all that tough shit, he would often beat the shit outta you if you talk back and will hit you if he felt like it while my mom was just going 'listen to your dad' or whatever - that was the type of house hold I grew up in and given how treated me and my brothers, I probably be more of a punk if Ichika weren't around.

You had brothers...? How many did you have?

2 of them, older and younger - their names were Suguru and Katsuhiro, me and Suguru didn't get along; my old man always liked him and barely pay attention to me and Suguru was always bragging crap ranging from getting a new girlfriend to getting better grades, he was really damn annoying.

Can tell, seriously that's siblings for ya....

I mean, yeah at least I can beating him boxing and even then, I did have Katsuhiro; he was my little brother and liked to be around me.

I even remember the time I beated up some kids that were giving him a hard time, their reactions were pretty damn hilarious.

Oh hey, that's cool! At least there was someone there, yeah?

Well...yeah, but sadly he isn't around anymore...

He was 6 when we were playing, I had to leave for a bit; it was for one moment...

The next thing I knew, was a crowd of people formed on the streets and I found my brother's body on the road, bruised all over; he got hit by a car and my folks had blamed me for it when I was just a kid and they still blame me.

Crap, that's... damn dude, I'm sorry about that...

It's fine, it was years ago and I cut contact with my family after I went to Hope's Peak, in fact when I was starting to go down a bad road in middle school and my teacher suggested I try boxing.

Honestly really open up a whole world; it help me get some anger out and I gave my old man a few punches in, totally worth it.

So that's why you were worry about dropping out of Hope's Peak?

Yeah, my dad and Suguru always say shit about me attending and kept mocking me; say I'll never attend or live up to anything, so after beating them - I never look back.

I get it... (Huh, well I guess that Juzo guy isn't so bad; he seems really cool...)

[asoulofatlantis]

B-But that is totally out of character for her, she usually wants to be in on the fun and loves the chance to get into a good freaking fight. What is this Island doing to those people?

That is more like her!

This was the first time that a fight in this game actually challenged me. This woman is dangerous...

So I've managed to avoid that bad end, but...

...ran directly into this one. Not sure what I could have changed to prevent this tho I checked all the blue markers that I was allowed to check.

Seems like I avoided that bad end as well... just not sure how it was possible to get into the cage with the assistance of the Bracer guild (as we did) but still be captured by Heiyue and Zecht Arms...

Anyway... lets go back and figure out how to avoid being captured by Marduk.

You hear that Elaine? Even the Prince trusts us!

But he still attacks us? You've got to be kidding me!

I guess only the first bad ending was easy to avoid...

I don't really get this card this time. But that was like... death number 3 on this island, right? If we want to add the other deaths we have the one were Van and Elaine died, the two were Swin, Nadia and Elaine died, the one were Agnes friends got blown up and the one were Towa was shot. Makes 5. So 8 deaths in total before chapter 3 and we are sadly not even done yet.

This was our current cause of death.

Everyone seems to understand that there are certain circumstances that lead to us working with the Oathbreaker and yet they all need to fight with us to figure out if we are truly not evil or something.

Absolut bullshit!

Thank you for realizing as much.

(Technical issues yet again...)

[ceasezeppeli]

HBD TOWA!… I got both of her Birthday cards and her TowaNoa Relations(2)… But like… That's IT??? And I went to "pick your own 4*" for the First-Year BD card 😭😭😭 Towaaa… Nahh it's Ok I'll hit her "Best Girl Towa" and "Everyday Idol" titles with these 🥹🥹🥹😭

Anyway, I shoulda commed for BD in advance, but OH WELL, NOWS GOOD TOO, 🤪🎉🎉🎉

[kokusfluffyhair]

Yashahime Episodes 2-4 reviews:

Episode 2 was dull for me, but it was the typical "beginning of a series slow" type of dull, so no hate to Yashahime for that. What I didn't like was the whole "you should behave more feminine" and "I know you want to be more feminine" thing with Towa. It really rubbed me the wrong way and gave serious "this was written by a man" vibes.

Look, I know I'm seeing this through a Western lens. Maybe this kind of thing is normal in Japan, but damn no one said that to Kagome or to Sango in the original. To say I hated that addition is an understatement.

Yes, Towa shouldn't be getting into fights. Yes, it's not a good thing for a half-demon in the modern age to be beating up gang members. Yes, it has a negative shadow on her family. I get that. But there's no reason why she should have to be more "feminine" or why her character should have a "desire to be more feminine". One of the good things about Yashahime are the three female mcs that (so far) are going against gender stereotypes in shounen. Don't take that away.

Now on to episode 3 (or at least I think this was part of episode 3) -- Sesshomaru the baby kidnapper and deadbeat dad.

I don't like it. I would have wanted him to do better. I believe that he grew as a character and as a person in the original series enough to not do something like that. But ...

Inu no Taisho was a shit himself. He was setting up these tests and stuff for his sons, he planned for Sesshomaru to learn a technique with the Tenseiga just for it to be given to Inuyasha later to have a "whole Tessaiga" or whatever bs that was. I'm not surprised that Sesshomaru himself would do similar stupid asshole quasi-demon-daimyo dad things.

I'm not excusing him. I'm pissed off at him for it because he should have done better. But as we know, it's not uncommon for children to not do better than their parents, sad as it is.

Moving on towards episode 4 -- Moroha is a gem. I love her. I loved seeing her teaching moves to the ojisans. I love her relationship with the Grandpa. I loved her buying all this shit and charging it to Sota's credit card.

And most of all, I loved this:

And this was hilarious in the Ne no Kubi fight:

But seriously? Ne no Kubi was causing such a hassle and it basically gets defeated by a kappa foot being thrown at its eye? I know it wasn't just the kappa foot and that probably it got weaker after Inuyasha and Company seemed to have mostly defeated it in the first episode, but really??

The episode was good in general, except CAN WE LET KIKYO STAY DEAD? I know it wasn't really her but CAN SHE GO AWAY?

Look, bear with me. She had been coming and going so many times in the original series to have finally fucking died for good in The Final Act and I don't want to see her again.

And also, can we all stop having to clean up after Inu no Taisho's mess? Sure, blame Sesshomaru for not accepting his position as the "New Great Dog Demon" or whatever and disrupting the balance, but I'm tired with Inu no Taisho essentially coming back to be a pain in the ass. There was that Ryuukotsusei, the Panther Demons, Setsuna no Takemaru, that other guy from The Final Act that lost part of his face to fucking Inu no Taisho ... now we've got Kirinmaru.

Well, you can tell that I don't like Inu no Taisho nor Kikyo by now 😅

Anyway, I haven't lost interest in watching, even though the image of Rin stuck in the damn tree made my stomach knot up because I know that she had two kids that were taken away from her at birth and that she still looks like a child.

I've finally gotten to the point of watching Yashahime and ...

time for reviews.

Now, I've seen a lot of negative reviews about the show (for good reason, tbh) but I'm going to give it a chance and write a short review on each episode.

I'm going into watching this being full aware of who the twins' mother is and not liking/approving of that and as someone who grew up with the original Inuyasha (and as a SessKag shipper).

But.

The first episode is promising. I'm expecting a downfall later on based on some reviews I've seen, but I'll enjoy it at this point. I still have a bitter taste in my mouth about Sango being reduced to an over-laboured mother of all of the breeder-kink monk's babies, but that was also a disappointment in the original ending to me and is, whether I like it or not, accurate for the time period the story is set in.

It was a breath of fresh air for me seeing that the three main charactes are all girls and that they aren't harbouring the typical caricature-like personality traits that most female characters across all media get reduced to. If they were written as three young boys of their age, their lines and actions in the script may not have been too different. So far, I like Yashahime for this, but I'm still preparing to be disappointed.

Ne no Kubi is a realistic problem to have developed after Inuyasha's original ending, so as a spin-off/sequel series, it makes sense and doesn't feel random or that it doesn't fit with how the original story concluded.

The first episode left me interested in watching more, so I give it a thumbs up (especially after I've been trying out a few animes to find a new one to watch and didn't even keep interest through the first episode with those).

[caramelmochacrow]

thinking about how esora wants to be loved so much... and she doesnt hide it. probably now shown more thanks to her relations event w shinobu but yeah. she hates being lonely. so much.

(ramble. yeah)

in both of the anime, she was never alone. she was with peaky most of the time. in all of the games' event stories (ive read so far), she was always with somebody. she never ever alone because she wanted to be.

like, she just doesnt want to be alone, which is true, but what if i told you esora played piano as a child simply because her parents wanted her to? this young girl, around 3-5 years old, thought that if she played the piano her mother and father will show more affection for her. LIKE.!?!??!?!?

it's messing me up. so much. how much i see myself in this girl. she's me. ive been her. i thought to do something i hate simply bc i thought that my mother and father will love me more. especially my father holy shit. she hates being alone and when she has no one that wants to be with her, she seeks them out. (i do the opposite--)

in one area convo, she's sad she's lonely and when she notices a person she knows she's smiling and goes up to that person. it sounds like esora wants to just disturb a person but in reality it's her finding a way for her to not be alone. so she wont be sad.

and this is probably weird but her and shinobu are honestly alike in a way. it's implied in her 3* card story from the shuffle unit event w nagisa, towa and noa that shinobu regularly spends her time alone in the house. her dinner? pizza delivered to her door. and it sounds like it's something she's so used to she isnt embarrassed to tell her relatives this. nagisa's reaction was surprised but, to me, was like she kind of expected it.

both shinobu and esora have spent most of their childhood alone. i have so much to say for shinobu but this is abt esora so im shushing abt that. that's why their relations event is SO important to esora specifically. shinobu and esora tease each other a lot about this but they never take it too far, they know when too much is too much.

anyway. yeahhhh,. esora right?

[grayintogreen]

[gently pushes pause on “this is a Critical Role blog” except bold of anyone to assume that I won’t change gears once a week, depending on what’s airing.]

Okay, so DAMN this episode had everything and I’ve usually been waiting for the dub and just reading summaries and watching clips for Yashahime but I plan on writing a few fics in this fandom for Februwhump (whaaaat), so I need to catch up and what better way to do so than watching the latest because BOY DID IT HAVE EVERYTHING.

What’s that, Chris? You like your stoic badass characters who care for like five people total who spent an entire series being the most selfish fuck known to god and man and then came into the sequel swinging that character development to get FUCKED UP because they were PROTECTING their loved ones?? Oh okay, here you go. Like GODDAMN.

(Also I love how Kirinmaru called back to that Inu-Papa “women and children shouldn’t be on a battlefield” thing while Sesshoumaru is literally standing behind him, taking a fucking breather and not yelling at the girls for tagging in, like damn way to drink the respect women and children juice there, Sess. He was like “oh my GOD Moroha why didn’t you RUN it’s like dealing with Mini-Inuyasha over here” but still let her do her shit and only stepped in when Kirinmaru was about to nuke his family and called them brats.

CAPTAIN BLOOD PRIVILEGE OVER HERE LIKE “HEY HERE’S AN ACTUAL EMOTION BECAUSE YOU CALLED MY DAUGHTERS AND NIECE A NAME.”)

Points were deducted from this episode because while my mama-loving heart did break down into sobbing bitch baby tears about Moroha and Kagome, I am still tapping my GODDAMN WATCH over Rin not getting to see her daughters, like come on man. The girl just got out of a tree and now her babies are in the Netherworld and her husband is literally engaged in a callback to the Night They Met what with the unconscious sprawl in the woods thing.

(I don’t know what a haku is in this context, but can it be solved by dumping water on his head? Because Rin can do that. She can do that good.)

Incidentally, loving Rin in the preview just standing in her shift and bare feet in front of Jaken, Takechiyo (who she has NEVER MET), and probably Sesshoumaru’s creepily glowing comatose body so Kirinmaru can’t get past her like this girl. THIS ABSOLUTE FIVE FOOT NOTHING OF A QUEEN.

I feel like given the opening, we’re about to head into a “pretend to be the villain of the piece, get a corruption arc” thing with Sesshoumaru, which... YES. YES, I AM EXCITED ABOUT. As long as he doesn’t die. If Sess dies of this and the end result is not every member of the Doggo Clan tackling his dumb ass into the ground and loving him back into whatever his definition of sense is, then what was the point. He’s the only member of the Sesshomaru Clan besides Towa that still has a Get Out of Death Card Free card, and I STAND by my “Sess is gonna get revived by the Tenseiga” theory and you can pry it from my cold fingers. I wrote the fic. I spoke it into existence, which, uh, given how fucking bad I am at theorizing (like seriously I am the opposite of Apollo’s gift of prophecy- no matter how well thought out my theories are THEY ARE NEVER TRUE, BUT GIVE ME THIS ONE.)

Anyway. LOVE THAT SHIPPO IS FINALLY GONNA SHOW AT LONG LAST... and has not aged a day. I mean it’s been 18 years, but Teen Shippo was everyone’s theory for awhile. But I mean the HUMANS have barely aged in 18 years, even the ones NOT stuck in time displacement, so keeping Shippo still Baby makes sense.

Also BOY did this season (mostly the new opening though let’s be real) come for my entire life with the Riku/Towa. I was pretty content to just ship the Old Hotness and leave the kiddos to being cute and sibling-y and GOD way to hit a dozen of my tropes. I’m hoping “Riku dies if Kirinmaru dies” (which oh my god YASHAHIME THAT TROPE IS GETTIN REAL OLD) is gonna be the new Kohaku Will Die Without the Jewel Shard and that’ll get resolved somehow. Like come on, let Towa and Riku be the GNC as fuck ship of dreams.

Anyway, looking forward to at least ONE adorable family reunion next week... and also finding out why the fuck Sesshoumaru is how he is right now and what’s that gonna do.

[yuri-is-online]

re: Towa getting mad, I think he's generally sensitive towards anything concerning Haru tbh.

More theory time based on vibes but honestly I would not be surprised if Towa was indeed an anomalous creature that wished to be human, for Haru possibly. Can't help but think that he might've been responsible for Haru losing his arm... Although he cares about Haru a lot, it feels more territorial/possessive because he shows a lack of understanding on how humans are fragile (how he just drops Haru, his favorite person, with a mangled leg, right onto the floor lol) and its like thank god ghouls are sturdier because that boy should've died like 3 times this chapter alone?? (also why is Haru so ready to keep sacrificing himself, I want to know his backstory)

Anyways, I wonder if Towa is curious about romance because he's not certain of what exactly he's feeling towards Haru? Would make sense for him to want to hear about love stories to see what makes sense, and the fact that he says he wants to believe in the concept of soulmates (I totally blushed when he said "Cute" with that smile of his when you pick yes to that question)

Haru is also aware of how Towa's powers work, and the fact that he can communicate with anomalous creatures... This chapter raised way more questions than it gave answers. I really hope we see a lot of the Jabberwock boys next chapter to learn more about them. And considering the fact that Sinostra kidnapped poor baby Peekaboo... seems likely.

Very good point about him just being territorial of Haru in general tbh. Did I miss something or was it absolutely confirmed that Haru is missing an arm? Because I don't have his SR card so if he talks about it there I will not have seen it and just him wearing one glove in some outfits isn't enough for me to think he has a prosthetic...

Haru, Zenji (he calls him an old friend), Hyde, and Nicholas all seem to know what is up with Towa so I don't think we will be without answers forever. Like I said I think these first few chapters are going to set up the Dorms before we revisit other plot points, or hell we might learn more about it in Hotarubi's chapter since he's friends with Zenji. Who knows, but I also really hope we see more of the Jabberwock boys. I love them so much ;-;

I think Towa's interest in romance isn't necessarily tied to his relationship with Haru so much as it is his questionable relationship with his own humanity; I do think it does also work if specifically about Haru though, especially if you ship them. Animals who seek to become human so they can marry one are extremely common trope in folklore, such stories appear all over the world, so to have an anomalous animal who wished himself into a human wanting to understand romance seems like a natural concept for a character in a game like this. If you think about it in purely animalistic terms, animals don't exactly have what humans would consider romance or soulmates. They don't have the same concept of emotions that humans do, so in becoming human Towa probably wants to understand what humans consider to be romantic because it is a genuinely new concept to him. He seems to find it very cute and funny, if his reaction to MC believing in soul mates is any reaction (i also blushed so bad when he said that, his va does such a good job with him)

I think Towa loves Haru a lot, but I don't think he knows that's the emotion that he feels. Love is different than pack instincts, or territorial protection, or anything else that Towa might have felt before, so he doesn't have the exact words to describe how he feels. I'm also curious about his relationship with Zenji, he also seems to get along really well with him. Haru and MC seem to be two of his favorite people as of right now, I wonder if there's anyone else he gets along with on campus?

[setsunasknife]

The great question for today’s rant: Were Towa and Setsuna planned?

In short, my thoughts are: No. But they weren’t unwanted either.

We do not have any information for how Sesshomaru and Rin lived as a couple. They’re married, and Sesshomaru gave up his title. The later most likely happening so the former could occur. In natural progression and how the nursery rhyme goes, first comes love then comes marriage and then comes a baby in a baby carriage. In this case babIES.

I think Sesshomaru was likely very protective of Rin, their relationship was probably kept very quiet. And by the sounds of it, people didn’t really know or care about Sesshomaru being married to a human. They only started to care once there were children created due to their union.

Based on Rin’s appearance, I personally don’t think they were married very long before she got pregnant. I also don’t think Sesshomaru planned for her to get pregnant so soon, but you know, one thing leads to another and all of a sudden you have twin girls on the way.

I’m sure Sesshomaru knew their might be someone out to get his children, but I feel like once Zero showed up, all cards were off the table. It was protecting his babies time. I find it so strange that Zero went after Sesshomaru’s daughters, but never tried to get Inuyasha. The very reason Toga died, and she had no interest in hurting him? But I digress, Sesshomaru loves his daughters and would not want harm to befall them. Well, as infants anyway. I’m sure he didn’t want Setsuna to get killed....(I’m still hurting from that.) Sesshomaru’s interests in his daughters needs to be fleshed out more in season 2. Honestly, I get the vibe that he loves them purely because they come from Rin. He’s got a weird way of interpreting things so I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case.

Now Rin. Rin absolutely wanted to be a mother, no doubt in my mind. She’s probably helped deliver over a hundred babies in the village. However, I also think she was willing to give up that part of her life as long as she was with Sesshomaru. When Sesshomaru told her she was pregnant (he absolutely knew she was pregnant before anyone else), she probably worried that Sesshomaru was upset. And Sesshomaru would be like “It is an inevitable part of being married, I would not have married you if I didn’t want children with you.” And then Rin would cry and hug Sesshomaru. Rin would be so ecstatic to create her own family, to be a mother. And when she finds out there’s twins? A waterfall of tears. (I still headcanon that twins run in Rin’s family and it’s one way that she still feels connected to her mother who’s long passed.) Rin absolutely cherished those girls every second they were in her belly and every moment after.

So, no I don’t believe the twins were planned, and honestly, how many of us really were planned? 😂 The point is, they are very much loved and wanted by those that brought them into this world.

[houseisekai]

Echo Battle 2: Class VII/Garreg Mach Students VS. Klee

House Isekai ARR Masterlist Here

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- Jean waited patiently as the Instructors of House Isekai looked at all the data being transferred.

- The Knights of Favonius members were sitting near each other on crates, watching them at work.

(Lisa) "How exactly is this going to work, now?"

(Aigis) "During your last fight, we were able to recreate people from our memories with them. That's what we understand anyway, the Crystal Tower is still being investigated on how it exactly works."

(Rean) "This test is working off all of your memories, so you will not be participating in this combat exercise. We need to test the effectiveness of our recreations."

(Kaeya) "Makes sense."

(Venti) "So, just who exactly are we grabbing for this test?"

- Before anyone could answer him, Class VII and the Garreg Mach students walked in.

(Kurt) "Instructors."

(Kairos) "We're ready for today's exercise."

(Kazuma) "Good, cause by the looks of it, think you're gonna need it!"

- They all looked at each other and shrugged, walking into position and unsheathing their weapons.

(Aigis) "Last time, you were tasked with fighting overwhelming odds, going against former members Doomguy and Darkness. Today, you will be fighting a wild card, something you cannot possibly predict, much like Kazuma's group. Your objective is to simply make the enemy surrender."

(Juna) "So, who's the person?"

(Rean) "That's the fun part. You won't know."

(Stefan) "Of course not..."

(Towa) "Beginning simulation!"

- House Isekai was teleported to a massive training hall, almost a 1 to 1 recreation of Garreg Mach’s training hall. waiting for their opponent.

(Helena) "I think we'll be fighting only one person judging from what they were saying."

(Elizabeth) "Seems a bit overkill with all of us here, doesn't it?"

(Kairos) "Tch, are you forgetting how easily our asses were handed to us just against two people?!"

(Altina) "Numerical advantage does not appear to be a factor in this world. It is all about the individual."

(Musse) "That goes doubly so for our world. One person is all it takes to change the tide of a battle."

(Ash) "So...where's our target?"

(Juna) "Oh crap, did the exercise already start?!"

(Astrid) "It might be an ambush!"

- Everyone drew their weapons out and looked around.

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- Meanwhile, the staff and Knights were watching through a screen.

(Venti) "As I was saying, who did you choose?"

(Towa) "We tried not to poke around in your memories too much, so we just grabbed someone you all had met before. She showed up pretty regularly too, specifically in Jean's."

(Jean) "She?"

(Rean) "Don't think you ever told us about her, know who this is?

- Rean held up a crystal and it displayed a low quality image.

(Amber) "...Oh hey, Klee!"

(Diluc) "Man, you don't seem to relent on giving those kids a beating, do you?'

(Kazuma) "Eh? I know the whole theme of today's training is wild card or whatever, but what can she do?"

(Jean) "Well, you see..."

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[Let's go, Crimson Knight! - Genshin Impact OST]

(Kurt) "To our left!"

- Everyone spun around as a small figure materialized.

- It was a small red girl with a large backpack.

(Klee) "Oh, hello! Who are you all?"

(Kurt) "Uh...My name is Kurt, and this is Class VII. Juna, Altina, Ash, and Musse."

(Elizabeth) "Oh goddess, she is adorable! I'm Elizabeth! We are students of Garreg Mach! These are other students."

(Kairos) "Kairos. That's Helena, Astrid, and Stefan."

(Stefan) "Cute kid...Wait, is she our enemy for today?"

(Klee) "E...Enemy? Oh, you mean to play!"

(Ash) "...Sure?"

(Klee) "Yay! Wanna play catch?"

- Klee had a glint in her eye that made everyone get back on guard.

(Astrid) "I don't think we should say yes to that..."

(Klee) "Ah, here we go!"

- Klee brought out a small spherical object and tossed it at the group.

(Helena) "It's...kind of cute."

(Altina) ...?! "Alert, high amounts of gunpowder detected!"

(Stefan) "Wait, does that mean-"

(Musse) "IT'S A GRENADE!"

- Stefan rushed to the front as his helmet's visor slid down and slammed his shield in front of the bomb, the explosion going off and making everyone dive for cover on the ground.

- When it detonated, debris rocketed into the air, the floor's contents scattering in random directions while it rained smaller chunks onto the students.

(Kairos) "This is our wild card?!"

(Klee) "Heehee! I got more~!"

(Kurt) "JUNA!"

(Juna) "Set, Gunner!"

- Juna's tonfa's aimed towards the bombs being tossed at them, and pulled the triggers.

- Bullets flew out and hit their marks, each explosion causing a small smokescreen of dust and gunpowder to fill the air.

- Kairos and Elizabeth's hands glowed as they charged up their spells and aimed at Klee.

- Klee was humming as she tossed a massive bomb that bounced across the floor like a ball.

- Helena, Astrid, and Altina ran behind cover while Klee seemed to not notice the three on her flank.

- Stefan, Ash, and Kurt dodged out the way of the incoming bouncing bomb.

- Musse, Juna, Elizabeth, and Kairos tried shooting the bouncing bomb, but every shot ricocheted off before it blew up, scattering smaller shaped bombs around their feet.

(Musse) "NOBODY MOVE!"

(Elizabeth) "What in the world are these!?"

(Juna) "I think they're mines!-"

- She was cut off by the rapid explosions they caused, setting everything on fire, including them.

- They quickly shattered into glass-like shards and disappeared from the simulation.

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- The four flew out of the simulation and landed on their backs.

(Juna) "Ugh...my ears are ringing...!"

- Amber and Venti couldn't help but snicker.

(Kaeya) "Well, looks like we taught her well."

(Kairos) "You trained her to use explosives?!"

(Jean) "That would have been Klee's mother..."

(Lisa) "And you think our little Klee is a handful!" chuckle

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- Helena appeared behind Klee and grabbed her bag.

(Klee) "H-HEY!"

(Helena) "Stop that."

- Klee jumped up angrily as she reached for her bag.

(Klee) "Give Dodoco back!"

- Astrid and Altina walked up to Klee, Astrid keeping her spear out while Altina kept her summon by her side.

(Helena) "Dodoco?"

- Klee pointed at the small keychain that resembled her bombs.

(Klee) "Dodoco is my friend! You're not playing nice!"

(Astrid) "Playing nice?! You're blowing us up!"

- Kurt, Ash, and Stefan kept their distance, trying to sneak up from behind as she was distracted.

(Klee) "GIVE HIM BACK!"

- Klee reached for her pocket.

(Klee) "BLOW THEM ALL UP!"

- As her hands extended outwards, small flowers flew out behind her, all seeming to have a mind of their own as they charged up.

(Altina) "ALERT!"

(Helena) "Oh sh-"

- The small flowers shot out laser-like projectiles, which quickly blew them into smithereens, the three being reduced to shards.

(Stefan) "GOOD GODDESS!"

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(Kazuma) "JESUS CHRIST!"

(Aigis) "I see..."

(Towa) "I think we need to choose easier candidates?"

(Rean) "Maybe we should choose next time and not Aigis."

(Aigis) "M-My apologies..."

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(Ash) "So wait, if those automatically aimed at them, then what about-"

- The flowers turned to the last three members.

(Ash) "...Us-"

KABOOOOOOOOOOOM!

(Klee) "Hmph, jerks!"

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- The three slid out of the simulation, face first.

(Jean) "...Well, you lasted longer than most people do."

(Diluc) "Take comfort in that, at least."