#Asuka Katou
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Something that really annoys me is that whenever there's an ambiguous depiction of queerness in fiction is that whenever an alternative explanation is given, certain people will assume the alternative to be true despite queerness being just as likely. These explanations aren't even necessarily wrong, it's just that people will run with those if it means not acknowledging that characters might be gay.
Like, for example, they never outright say that Marcille loves Falin, but a lot of people (myself included) believe this to be the case. But the fact that an alternative explanation for their closeness is provided is often used as a reason why it couldn't possibly be romantic. The alternative explanation in this case is that learning that her best friend got eaten forces her to confront her fear of outliving her friends. And that motivates her to try to save her. The problem with this is that it doesn't actually disprove the idea that Marcille loves Falin. Marcille loving Falin is just more motivation for Marcille. And sure, Marcille could be just as motivated if she thought of Falin as her platonic bestie, but why do people use the possibility of that as a reason to discount romance as a possible motivation for her?
Anime fans did the exact same thing with Madoka Magica. They cite Homura's solitude as the reason for her obsession with saving Madoka. But once again, that doesn't contradict romantic attraction. And when it gets confirmed that Homura loves Madoka (and that Sayaka and Kyoko love each other) in Rebellion, people just claimed "fan pandering" and "translation error".
And when an alternative explanation isn't provided, some anime fans will provide one for them. Like, in Watamote, Asuka constantly tries to get closer and closer with Tomoko. Some people suspect that this means she has romantic interest in Tomoko, but others choose to interpret her interest as curiosity and intrigue. Except curiosity doesn't explain the lap pillows or the nude FaceTime or offering her boobs to her or wanting to go to the same college or saying she spends most of her time thinking about Tomoko.
Would this problem be fixed if characters just said they were queer? No.
Dungeon Meshi is complete, so they won't confirm or deny Marcille's feelings. And Homura, Sayaka, and Kyoko had all been confirmed queer, but people still denied it. And Asuka has good reasons not to admit her feelings for Tomoko. Most notably, the world of Watamote is incredibly heteronormative, so people generally won't admit to being queer. And despite Tomoko being in a glass closet, she still doesn't even admit her bisexuality to herself, so it makes sense for Asuka to hold off on telling her anything. I would like Asuka to admit her feelings by the end, but as we are right now, it's better that she doesn't.
Insisting that we must always immediately confirm queerness and that it can never be ambiguous because some people will run with any chance to deny it will greatly limit the kinds of stories that can be told.
#Dungeon Meshi#Delicious In Dungeon#Puella Magi Madoka Magica#Watashi Ga Motenai No Wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera Ga Warui!#It's Not My Fault That I'm Not Popular!#Watamote#Marcille Donato#Falin Touden#Homura Akemi#Madoka Kaname#Sayaka Miki#Kyoko Sakura#Asuka Katou#Tomoko Kuroki#Anime#Manga#Yuri
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Do you ship it?
the discord link didnt work but i found these images. wtf is this manga
reason: Tomoko is such a lesbian but she somehow doesn’t realize it. Katou is one of the few characters she can never relax around and she’s always blushing around her and honestly being weird about her in her head because she’s such a little freak but it’s so cute despite everything ugh💀
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Today’s Maid of the Day: Asuka Katou from WataMote
#manga#asuka katou#watamote#WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It It's You Guys' Fault I'm Unpopular!#watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga warui!#Maid of the Day
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THEYDIDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KITAUJI ENSEMBLE SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!
#Sound! Euphonium#Shuichi Tsukamoto#Kumiko Oumae#Hazuki Katou#Reina Kosaka#Sapphire Kawashima#Suzume Kamaya#Satsuki Suzuki#Mayu Kuroe#Tsubame Kamaya#Yayoi Kamiishi#Kaho Hariya#Kanade Hisaishi#Asuka Tanaka#Haruka Ogasawara#Kaori Nakaseko#Takuya Goto#Riko Nagase#Aoi Saitou#Azusa Sasaki#Natsuki Nakagawa#Yuuko Yoshikawa#Noboru Taki#Michie Matsumoto#Masahiro Hashimoto#Satomi Niiyama#Mizore Yoroizuka#Nozomi Kasaki#Mamiko Oumae#Tomoe Kabe
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I'm testing out how to post on the Tumblr app.
What am I allowed to edit? Most everything.
What's the image limit per post? 10
Can I make a thread of posts? No.
Can I add an alt text afterward? Yes.
Can I change the alt text? Yes.
Can I add or remove images afterward? Yes.
#watamote#kuroki tomoko#watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga warui#Katou Asuka#Tamura Yuri#nemoto hina
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Koharu Biyori to Animal Voice, volume 7
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I’m finished with first season of Sound Euphonium!!
I’m so glad that I started watching this because it’s so good! I love the dedication they put into their work. I love how they make the characters shine!
My fave 2 characters so far has to be Katou & Midori!! With Asuka coming in at 3rd!
Time for the 2nd season!
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With that, the Maligned Yuri Bracket's preliminary round has come to an end!
There are some things I wish I'd set up differently in retrospect, but the results stand!
It will take a while longer to build a bracket, but for now, I present you with the final list of pairings that will be included in the competition!
Winners of the preliminary round:
Kay Faraday/Ema Skye (Ace Attorney)
Susato Mikotoba/Haori Murasame (The Great Ace Attorney)
Aiho Yomikawa/Kikyou Yoshikawa (A Certain Magical Index)
Ichigo Hoshimiya/Aoi Kiriya (Aikatsu!)
Annaliese/Erika (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper)
Talia Al Ghul/Selina Kyle (DC Comics)
Stephanie Brown/Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
Kazuha Toyama/Ran Mouri/Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan)
Erika Satonaka/Chiyoko Shiraishi (Kamen Rider OOO)
Aurora/Mulan (Once Upon a Time)
Elesa/Skyla (Pokemon)
Nemona/Penny (Pokemon)
Cyllene/Zisu (Pokemon Legends Arceus)
Setsuna Higashi/Inori Yamabuki (Fresh Pretty Cure!)
Saki Hyuuga/Mai Mishou (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)
Yuko Omori/Hime Shirayuki (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!)
Bibury/Ciel Kirahoshi (KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode)
Reika Aoki/Miyuki Hoshizora (Smile Pretty Cure!)
Hosshiwa/Sasorina (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! and Heartcatch Pretty Cure!)
Laura La Mer/Asuka Takizawa (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure)
Sora Harewataru/Mashiro Nijigaoka (Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure)
Elena Amamiya/Hikaru Hoshina (Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure)
Amane Sumeragi/Hina Yayoi (Waccha Primagi)
Penny Polendina/Ruby Rose (RWBY)
Hotaru Tomoe/Chibiusa Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
Sayaka Miki/Kyoko Sakura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Nao Egokoro/Reko Yabusame (Your Turn to Die)
Tomoyo Daidouji/Meiling Li (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Aizawa/Ichigo Momomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Hitori Gotoh/Kita Ikuyo (Bocchi the Rock!)
Goombella/Vivian (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb)
Katya Michailov/Sofia (Goncharov)
Jenny Dolittle/Lynn Lambretta (Mouretsu Pirates)
Sophia Ascart/Katarina Claes (My Next Life as a Villainess)
Bloom/Stella (Winx Club)
Misa Amane/Rem (Death Note)
Nobara Kugisaki/Maki Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen)
An Lili/Yona (Yona of the Dawn)
Mayura Ransaika/Urara Ransaika (Akane-banashi)
Irisviel von Einzbern/Artoria Pendragon (Fate/Zero)
Kyoshi/Rangi (Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rise of Kyoshi)
Lain Iwakura/Alice Mizuki (Serial Experiments Lain)
Svetlana Sergievsky/Florence Vassy (Chess)
Rin Hoshizora/Nozomi Tojo (Love Live!)
Ranma Saotome/Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2)
Morena Prudo/Theta (Hunter X Hunter)
Marcille Donato/Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi)
Rei Ayanami/Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Shirayuki/Kiharu Toghril (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)
Karen Aijo/Mahiru Tsuyuzaki (Revue Starlight)
Foo Fighters/Jolyne Cujoh (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Shanoa/Laura (Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia)
Sagiri Yamada Asaemon/Yuzuriha (Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku)
Sun Jing/Qiu Tong (Tamen de Gushi)
Pairings that received multiple submissions:
Riko Ayano/Shirakaba Yuki (Catulus Syndrome)
Mako Mankanshoku/Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
The Boss/Strangelove (Metal Gear Solid)
Quiet/Venom Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Marika Katou/Chiaki Kunihara (Mouretsu Pirates)
Rikka Hishikawa/Makoto Kenzaki (Doki Doki! Pretty Cure)
Haruka Haruno/Yu Nanase (Go! Princess Pretty Cure)
Rin Natsuki/Nozomi Yumehara (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
Mari Maya/Moe Morita (Samurai Flamenco)
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if i were kuroki tomoko i would simply ask out katou asuka
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I was studying a lot and in my breaks I was reading the watamote manga. I really wanted to draw them so I quickly did some dumb sketches on Paint with a mouse lol.
#watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga warui#No Matter How I Look at It It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!#Tomoko Kuroki#hina nemoto#yuri tamura#YenYenArt#Sketches#My art#asuka katou#kinda shitposty#watamote#kuroki tomoko
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Asuka Katou
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Anime: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guy's Fault I'm Not Popular
#Asuka Katou#no matter how i look at it it's you guys' fault i'm not popular!#Anime#Cute#Kawaii#Weeb#Otaku
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A collection of randomly selected Asuka Katou moments with absolutely no deeper meaning you could possibly derive from them.
#Watashi Ga Motenai No Wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera Ga Warui!#It's Not My Fault That I'm Not Popular!#Watamote#Manga#Yuri#Asuka Katou#Tomoko Kuroki
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Trick or treat? (Due to dietary restrictions I need a sapphic ship. Trust me, it's a totally real condition.)
yes yes of course... let's see
Number 120 is Tomoko Kuroki/Asuka Katou from Watamote who are shipped.
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#watamote#manga#kawaii#mangacap#tomoko kuroki#watashi ga motenai no wa dō kangaetemo omaera ga warui!#asuka katou
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so say what's on your mind now, before it's too late
#Sound! Euphonium#Kumiko Oumae#Shuichi Tsukamoto#Noboru Taki#Yayoi Kamiishi#Kanade Hisaishi#Kaho Hariya#Hazuki Katou#Sapphire Kawashima#Ririka Kenzaki#Reina Kosaka#Motomu Tsukinaga#Tsubame Kamaya#Mayu Kuroe#Asuka Tanaka#Suzume Kamaya#Mirei Suzuki#Satsuki Suzuki#Sari Yoshii#[gumball watterson voice] nobody's crying......... 😭
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hot babe ft awkward tomoko
#asuka katou#tomoko kuroki#watamote#watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaete mo omaera ga warui!#anime#fanart#beach#bikini
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