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[mechazushi]

Please (for the love of GOD) read Godaigo Daigo!!!! {A Spoiler Free Review} [I think?]

So I just read all 19 available chapters (that I've found free online) of Godaigo Daigo and I just have one major thing to say.

ITS. FLIPPING. ADORABLE!!!!!! I'm dead serious, there were several moments where I caught myself audibly squealing over something in the story.

To compare it to Kaiju Number Eight would be a disservice just on the grounds that they're both stories about a Middle Aged Man fighting in a government position dedicated to fighting the weekly? onslaught of Kaiju disturbances, but I can admit they do have similar themes surrounding their respective main characters.

Kafka Hibino and Godaigo Daigo (Yes the series is named after it's main character. Though now that I think about it, so is kn8 technically... in a sense?...) Are both types of classified as old by their piers (they're both around 30. That was wrong, I don't know where I got the idea that Godaigo is 30, he's actually 50 but still -> everyone else is a rude bastard) And their main personality strength lies in their ability to bring hope to the hopeless and can immediately change the outcome of a situation just by showing up. They're both jolly, caring, smart, and are often looked down upon due to their appearances. What separates Kafka from Godaigo is mainly how they're presented visually. Kafka is a little taller than average height compared to his fellow Defense Force members. Godaigo is a giant... literally.

HE STAYS THAT SIZE! ITS A RECURRING AND CONSISTENTLY SOLVED PROBLEM. And they even address different aspects and problems of having to take care of something of that size!

I might be getting a little ahead of myself, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. Kaiju Number Eight focuses on the struggles of being in stressful situations and what people take on as their weight of different types of expectations. Its vibe is still on the hopeful side, while still in a whitewash layer of a darker tone helped by its not-shying-away of blood and guts. Godaigo is more so about what it means to care about others throughout different situations. Both characters are emotionally validating to others and do double duty as therapists unintentionally as they are needed. Kaiju Number Eight shines more in the mental health care as one is going through a traumatising situation together while Godaigo is more so about a man who has gone around the block in his job description so many times for so long to the point now where anyone he meets now benefits from talking to him or taking advice on how they should continue through life. To be more specific, his advice is more so catered to other fellow giant hero people he works with, but I'm sure given the chance, he seems like he could give out some stellar generic life advice.

Kaiju Number Eight focuses on basic Shonen tropes like fighting and leveling up in power as well as showcasing through more fights how they've leveled up since the last fight with world building information being handed out on an as-needed basis or being explained as an afterthought in side stories. The world building in Godaigo Daigo is practically tied into the story it almost can't continue without a small exposition of lore. Thankfully, this aspect does not detract from the story telling in the slightest. As one of those people that kinda got a little upset when KN8 sorta stopped giving out lore bits with the story and decided to shove most of it into side stories, reading a small little lore tidbit with almost every chapter is a wonderful feeling! It doesn't hold back the story at all and the writer has done a masterful job so far as letting the fights and the lore stagger off of each other in the name of setting a good reading pace.

Between the world building, the casual and consistent dropping of secrets that eventually get satisfyingly explained as they are needed, the overall lack of overly tense situations due to having (mostly) no blood or gore, and the visual concepts of giant people being heroes to smaller people and seeing how they (literally) handle them gives the story and overall adorable and mostly stress free feeling! Yes, there are dark secrets that have and will probably be revealed down the line, and they have shown that they will get serious about a situation should they feel like it, but at this point the author is in no hurry to get to that point any time soon. I could actually do an entire separate commentary about how the first arc perfectly sets up what I believe the main feel of the whole story is going to look like, but that's getting into major spoiler territory and I think I'll save that when more people have heard of Godaigo Daigo.

For now I'm going to leave you with a picture of Pro Wrestler Godaigo that, had Kafka not already altered my brain chemistry, I probably wouldn't be drooling over this as much as I do when I see it.

(Whatta man, whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty good man - Amen Salt-n-Pepa)

[fairyroses]

requested by @lexkent: the scene in "Shattered" where Lana sees Lex on the ground in the stable sitting curled into himself, and she looks anguished to see him in such a state, and she's so kind and compassionate to him

+ bonus Lana, after literally almost dying:

[michameinmicha]

Im very into lavender these days but not in the woo woo 'this will fix my sleep problems and all other issues' pseudoscience way, it's just that i really love the smell and it's very comforting to me, which i can use a lot of right now so i try to surround myself with it as much as possible 💜

[robotwrangler]

I see a lot of love for infodumping as an autism bonding activity, and that’s wonderful of course but I think we also need to acknowledge the sheer joy of showing each other your collections. Literally nothing makes me happier than a friend showing off their hoards of trinkets and telling me the lore about each thing.

If you have a collection of things you’re really proud of or happy about PLEASE rb this and tell me about it in the tags because I really really want to hear about it!!

[bumblingbabooshka]

One of the best Voyager scenes to indicate Tuvok & Neelix's dynamic and how I think Tuvok is just as if not more 'annoying'(positive) than Neelix is when Neelix pours Tuvok a fresh squeezed glass of a fruit juice blend and Tuvok's like (paraphrased) "I don't want to drink this." and Neelix is like "Can you please try it?" and Tuvok's like "I don't want to, you're really bad at this sort of thing. It's going to taste bad." and Neelix says that Ensign XYZ said she LOVED it, she even had a second glass! And Tuvok says Ensign XYZ could drink poison without a second thought and Neelix is like "Tuvok could you please just TRY it? Just try a little SIP of it PLEASE??" and Tuvok sighs and rolls his eyes and sniffs it before taking a sip and it turns out he loves it. Turns out it tasted good actually. And then after all that Neelix tries to talk to him over eggs (which he's again cooking fresh for him) and Tuvok tells him he doesn't wanna hear "the life history of his breakfast." Absolutely insufferable this man I would have burned his eggs on PURPOSE!!!!

[jizzlords]

ozzie who looked after charlie when she was younger and his surprise seeing how much she's changed next time he see's her since I imagine the visits end over time. just hears about her. reads articles. see's her little musical number on 666 news lmfao.

[dark-elf-writes]

Thinking about Venomous Naruto again.

Thinking about a little boy with fangs too big for his mouth that drip when he’s angry and catch the light when he smiles. Thinking about a child who can eat even the most deadly of poisons because nothing compares to the venom that pounds through him. Thinking of a monster with sad blue eyes and shattered glass in his laugh when he promises to prove himself, to do better, to be better than something he cannot control.

Thinking of another monster not as bad, perhaps, as he could have been. A monster with venom of his own and sharp golden eyes that see all. Thinking of a man, the last truly loyal of his friends for all that it earned him, tethered to the very village that molded him into what he is. The village that hated him as much as they needed him. A snake coiled and ready to strike. A monster that holds his head high and has long since stopped letting their hate cut him.

Thinking of those monsters meeting. Recognizing the beasts that lurked within them. Forming some mockery of a family much to the horror of those around them.

Venom laced smiles. Scales of iron to protect them. Each other to lean on.

[sbnkalny]

Qdoba is the Home of depression. Make room for Qdoba. Qdoba – are you hungry? Come on over.

ant-grin

[loumauve]

the goddamn toast water post just made me utter "history is fucking real" in the most solemn and serious tone of voice, out loud, to myself, in the goddamn bathtub

[awakenthebeing]

just wanted to draw fanart of piepoe and i just wanted to doodle my fake oc pretzel hugging her

we all love the piepoe! i hope you have a good day and remember to eat and drink smth!

OUGHGHHHH OHHH MY GOSH!!!! BRO THIS IS SOOOO LOVELY....!!!!! LOOK AT PRETZEL!!!! THIS HUG IS SO SWEET... PIEPOE CARES PRETZEL VERY VERY MUCH!!!!

Thank you so so much for this wonderful art... it is absolutely adorable and so kind!!!! It brightened my day immediately!!!! I also LOVE LOVE HOW you drew Piepoe's hair it's so soft looking!!!!!! Holds this art very tenderly!!!!!!

[venranae]

How the world feels when you don't have a little bitch in your ear telling you Dr pepper tastes like shit

[dracofeb]

This

[deus-ex-mona]

man.

something midosena never prepared me for was just how comfortable the train seats are

[thefizzemporium]

I have them. They are mine. They cannot be taken from me. I must ration them. Ambrosia.

[youngpettyqueen]

working at a tea store is funny cause I often have customers ask me what I would recommend as an alternative to coffee/what I drink to get up and go in the morning and I get to explain to them that I dont really drink caffeine because my flavour of ADHD interacts BAD with coffee and a lot of caffeinated teas and they look at me in complete shock and awe as they realize I simply wake up and suffer through the grogginess

[detectivemcqueen]

(My ice cream order just got in. Time for some sweet throat relief.)