#325

[dailyscug]

[textsfromcybertron]

(325): ‘allo good sire. how dost thy day goeth?

(1-325): oh no. you’re at that weird Renaissance Festival thing again, aren’t you?

(325): I am an inebriated elf. you may fucketh off.

[dailylagomorphs]

21/11/2023

[deer-a-day]

325

wanted to draw a deer with hands today

[one-bunny-a-day]

21/11/2023

[kirbydaily]

some kinda process

[kageyahma]

the timing of kageyama's backstory reveal: need, acceptance, and compassion

kageyama's late backstory reveal not only services the recontextualization of the whole story and reinforcing kageyama's deuteragonist role, but it also holds so much power in haikyuu's themes of growth particularly in that it is revealed during his adulthood.

specifically: why does it hold so much power in its timeskip reveal? let's consider why it wouldn't have hit as hard and as meaningful as it did if it was revealed, say, during nationals

the backstory as a device to communicate TO the audience: we understand kageyama's whole mindset throughout the series through his lens rather than just hinata's. there are little pieces of his past that gain a new layer of meaning: his commitment to self care, his love of curry and being a setter, his desire for someone to Be There for him, to hold hinata to a Better standard.

kageyama as an audience stand-in, encouraging reflection WITH the audience: it's just like growing older and understanding how your youth was shaped as a whole - a reflection on kageyama's part that all these people he dreamed of playing with for years are all here and have been there since high school. it's a prompt helping identify those moments that shaped you and made you who you are. that's the power in being revealed in his adulthood when these things especially tend to become clear.

a complete story is told even without kageyama's backstory, without the backstories of everyone else playing in the adlers msby game. However, the addition of everyone's stories isn't meant to serve as a completeness, but to reflect on how the story and everyone's lives are enriched by seeing other people with them. going through them one by one between each player ties in the thread of connection running through all of haikyuu before its ultimate conclusion.

so let's think back to the specific moments when karasuno is reforming, and after kageyama returns from the youth camp. both are key moments where kageyama struggles to communicate and understand his own reactions, and his team accepts him regardless and helps him through it. never do they press the idea "why are you like this, what's your problem", never do they try to accuse outside of what is happening in the moment, because that's not what's important. karasuno reflects on his experiences at seijoh, they reflect on the environment he was in during the youth camp, and help him through that. they never dismiss him, they approach his behaviour with curiousity and constructvely.

they don't need to know about his grandfather's recent passing to do this. if there's one thing haikyuu knows to express, it's that everyone is going through something and these connections can help process that with direct or indirect support. they don't NEED to know the full story, and neither do we as the audience to sympathize with him. the story never tells us "he's acting out about his role as a setter at kitagawa daiichi because his grandfather passed away". the backstory comes after years of the team and of us knowing and growing with kageyama. the backstory is not treated as some logical solution to a problem at hand, but rather like a bonus layer which serves to enrich the story in ways that go above and beyond.

back to chapter 388 itself: this is just something kageyama is reflecting on in the middle of a game. as it returns to the present we see everyone else in game mode, we see them smiling through kageyama's eyes and we see him smiling back. he's looking back with peace and joy and celebration as we as readers are looking back and celebrating the story as a whole in its final arc.

on a personal standpoint: what i believe it tells us is that people don't NEED to know and understand every nook and cranny of your emotions and history to help you, and neither do you. the current moment and potential can count for everything and growth happens whether you realize it or not. what withholding his backstory tells us is that just as karasuno accepted kageyama as he was, it is a compassionate reminder that people who care about you are very capable of acceptance as you are. the thing about love (in which i strongly include friendship) is that it's an avenue for constant discovery and new understandings both inside and out.

[every-kuzu]

[yours-trudy]

Sleep it off.

[ricfreak]

325s with different vibratos

[jttwconfessions]

Confession Wave: Nezha (5/9)

I find it so funny how the lmk fandom chooses to neglect how Nezha is literally older than Wukong. Idk who started the eternal 12 y/o rumour, but can people understand that it’s not true. Like SO many people who worship Nezha have said that he’s not a child and people still remain ignorant. Ships involving Nezha can be perfectly fine, and anyone who says otherwise but ships Redson with Mei and/or MK is a massive hypocrite. Let’s not forget Redson is 500+ years older guys!!

[dragon-a-day]

gila

11.23.24

Ko-Fi

[opulenceps]

{.psd 325: Yugure} by opulenceps  //  • download •

That’s made by me, what means… don’t copy dude. You can change the layers if you want to. I’m not taking requests, cause I like to keep my creativity and do what I want to do. I do not reproduce any effect. Like or share if you download it. (before/after)

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[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 325/★

[dailyzawa]

nov 22