#Character: Sonoko Nogi

[ultraericthered]

Heroes for the autumn season!

[toonabby]

Happy (late) 35th birthday, Kana Hanazawa!

Characters not pictured:

Mato Kuroi, Black Rock Shooter, and Insane Black Rock Shooter (Xanthe Huynh) from Ordet's Black Rock Shooter

Roka Shibasaki (Bryn Apprill)* from D-Frag!

Akane Sakurada (Bryn Apprill)* from Castle Town Dandelion

Sonoko Nogi (Christine Marie Cabanos)* from the Yuki Yuna is a Hero series

* = shared roles

[maestrozaverick]

List 5 comfort characters and then tag 3 people

Medicine Seller (Mononoke)

Burning Spice Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

Nogi Sonoko (YuYuYu)

Madoka Kaname (Madoka Magica)

Sora Harewataru (Precure)

Tagging these lovely moots: @tobytoon @fiddlepot @somnolancee

[irisgoesgardening]

"Listen my son, and listen well. If you are reading this, I have died and your father has failed us by making you the next Numbers Hunter. The key to utilizing the power of the gods is despair and you will pay dearly for this," —Hunter Starlight

Part i of reimagining Zexal as a magical girl series, aka Kaito is the main character and he has a team of Numbers Hunters on his side. Upcoming post detailing "episode 1" all the way to "episode 12" soon.

Before him was his mother, who, out of desperation, used the forbidden power of the gods to protect her sons. She drew her power from Number 28, Titanic Moth. She is inspired mostly by Nogi Sonoko and Sailor Moon.

[ultraericthered]

And she said nothing wrong here, only what should’ve been considered a long time ago and Fuu’s certainly one to talk here since she was set to do the exact same “crazy” thing in S1 Episode 9!

Fuu and Karin's Comedic Scene

Sonoko's Hilarious Scene

[every-character-ever-poll]

TOUGOU MIMORI - Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero & Washio Sumi is a Hero

PROPAGANDA:

A queer & disabled (ignoring the 2nd season) magical girl or "Hero" as the story calls them, she's good with computers and is well liked by her peers. She tries to destroy the world to keep her friends from suffering and clearly has some trauma she forgot about, she has a homoerotic relationship with her old friend Nogi (Sonoko) and a crush on her best friend Yuuna, she's goofy and passionate and dedicated to her beliefs and ideals. She loves her country and once pretended to be a masked vigilante even though her identity was super obvious. She loves baking and will trick her friends into behaving by bribing them with sweets.

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

From the 368 submissions, I've accepted 195 competitors. Since it's an odd number, I'm going to run three short preliminary matches (1 day long).

The bracket will be three separate groups of 65 (and the winners of each group will compete against each other in the finals).

The three prelim matches will determine who first goes against the top seeded entry of each group. The matchups consist of the 2 last-ranked characters from these groups.

Our preliminary matches will be:

Emu Ootori (Project Sekai) VS Kumoko (So I'm a Spider, So What?)

Ajimi Kiki (PriPara) VS Sonoko Nogi (Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero)

Kaoru Seta (BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!) VS Yui Hirasawa (K-ON!)

I will release the full bracket once these matches are completed. Stand by while I get these set up! 🫡

[magicalgirlagency]

Can you please do a WBMR for Koori Chikage and Nogi Wakaba? They are characters from the YuYuYu spin off - Nogi Wakaba is a Hero. I've seen you done the WaSuYu Trio and the main team already, so why not the 1st generation heroines as well.

Both of them are good girls and I love them a lot ( I'm currently writing a fanfic with a happy ending for their Hero team) But since they are yuyuyu characters, they suffered a lots so please save them. They did not deserve the hell they were put through! Like, Chikage was bullied by her entire village because her mom has an affair. Her mom. Not to mention her dad was a manchild who only know drinking and being useless!

Just, please, PLEASE give them a good life in Wondaria. Wakaba and Chikage didn't do anything wrong.

P.s: since you haven't done any WBMR for the Mikos, could you write one for Uesato Hinata too? She has her fair share of pain watching nearly all of her friends died in battle.

It's been a while since I've done a WBMR so I might be a little rusty, and I apologize in advance.

Due to being the very first Heroes, Wakaba, Koori and Hinata are now old women who have retired from fighting long ago. They have been brought up to speed on the Taisha's crimes in the future by the Bureau, and feel guilty for being part of such a sinister project.

Out of all the ladies, the truth has hit Wakaba the hardest, specially when she has learned about her descendant, Sonoko, was confined to a hospital bed for sacrificing herself. As atonement, she and the others have decided to build a shrine temple for the new generation of Heroes that have been previously rescued.

Wakaba is serious, but not like in the way she used to be. Wondaria's atmosphere puts her at ease, helping her to properly concentrate on the search for her descendant; she wants to find Sonoko and her friends, so she can offer safe haven to them within the new temple.

Koori has a soft spot for children, and will do anything to protect them, ensuring that none of them suffers what she has suffered. She's also a very fast learner, quickly adapting to Wondaria and studying its history, so she and her colleagues are able to accomodate themselves with little to no trouble.

Hinata, being a Miko, leads the temple, with Wakaba as her second-in-command. Upon discovering the Taisha's dirty deeds, she has her ideals challenged, and has dismissed her old vindictive gods, now wanting to focus on her own beliefs. She was never able to fight, but through her new haven, she can properly protect the young ones.

[underrated-adversaries]

hello olly. say more

oh! okie!!

um imma start with nogi bc she wasn't included in my initial ramble, her full name is nogi sonoko (last name first name) and her and tougou met alongside another girl named gin in the tail end of their elementary school years when they were picked to be a hero team, nogi was picked due to her families connection to the taisha, which are the people who watch over the worship of the shinju (world tree) which is sort of a collection of gods as one entity referred to as shinju-sama usually. both nogi and tougou were picked due to their connection to the taisha, while from my current understanding (i could be wrong here) gin was picked due to her having noble qualities that would make for a good hero. nogi is, as ive referred to her in the past, a ditzy genius, being extremely smart but also kinda airheaded, she's particularly noted as having a tendency to daydream, which her parents allow after she proved that despite her daydreaming she was still well aware of her surroundings. nogi is along with tougou one of the most developed characters, the other ones being fuu and karin but we aren't talking about them rn, nogi is usually classified as a comic relief character, dressing up in funny outfits and playing with things like her cat pillow which she brings practically everywhere (it's also a hand puppet!) but her true greatness shines during things like her and tougou's, at the time washio sumi (called waashi by nogi) final battle together as a duo, where she went mankai TWENTY TIMES losing most of her bodily functions and becoming hospitalized as a result (fun fact! one of the first things she lost function in was her heart!) she did all this for tougou even when she (tougou) forgot her! then she told tougou the truth of the shinju and the vertexes even when tougou still didn't remember her! also her and tougou's dynamic is so cute and silly <3 her dynamic with the rest of the Hero Club is also so good i especially love her dynamic with yuuna

imma end this here bc wow that's a lot lol

[let-them-fight]

VOTE YUUKI YUUNA. HERES WHY:

EXHIBIT A: THE FU INUBOUZAKI

She has a big sword and I just think she’s funny. Also, she made me cry so fucking hard I had to take a break from the show for 2 weeks

EXHIBIT B: THE TOGO MIMORI

She’s great, enough said. Also, Canon lesbian character

IN STEM

EXHIBIT C: THE KARIN MIYOSHI

OK. So I actually have a decent amount more to talk about here. Without getting too much into some actual spoilers, Karin is definitely the most developed character in the show (at least in season 1), going from your typical hotheaded “tsundere” girlypop into steadily managing to crack open that outer shell thanks to the help of the titular MC Yuuna herself, to then adopting the motto of the Hero Club and vowing to protect her friends. I’m leaving that semi-vague and awkward for a reason, because when I say Karin has the best moment of the first season, I mean it.

Speaking of

EXHIBIT D: HERO CLUB MOTTO

Give people a good greeting

Try not to give up

Sleep well and eat well

If you’re troubled, talk to someone

You’re likely to succeed if you try

Don’t push yourself and make sure you’re happy as well

EXHIBIT E: PREQUEL MATERIAL

The two important prequel materials connected to YUYUYUI as I’ll call it are the Nogi Wakaba chapter and the Washio Sumi chapter. Of course, given my blog pfp and header, I could easily go on for 10,000+ words about how genuinely amazing the Nogi Wakaba chapter is, only one was faithfully in full (as of my knowledge) adapted into the series: the Washio Sumi chapter. And somehow it is even better than the first season. In just 6 episodes, the new characters you’re thrown into grab your heart and rip it open like a rabid squirrel or something idk. Speaking of.

See blonde girl? See her? Yeah. I bet you do. I know you do. And guess what?

EXHIBIT F: the best fucking character ever made in the history of all

Sonoko is iconic. She’s funny. She’s silly. Goofy. Her autistic swagger has reached beyond astronomical points. She loves cats. She has a chicken onesie. She stims. Hey, Wasshi. Let’s enjoy Kagawa Life. SHES VOICED BY FUCKING KANA HANAZAWA.

That, and honestly? She’s the embodiment of one of the show’s bigger themes: Hope. She just like all the other heroes like her absolutely go through it and yet she continues to fight on, no matter what. And you know what? Swag for that🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 she also makes me immensely sad but that’s another discussion

CONCLUSION:

VOTE YUUKI YUUNA IS A HERO

@best-underrated-anime

Best Underrated Anime Group I Round 1: #I8 vs #I1

#I8: Magical girl club gets silly and depressing

In her everyday life, Yuuna Yuuki is a hero. As proof, she is in her middle school's Hero Club, where she does her best to help others and bring a smile to everyone's face.

But Yuuna, always up to any task, is about to become an even bigger hero. Mysterious destructive forces called Vertexes begin threatening the world she loves, and the Hero Club is called upon by a strange phone app to save it. Along with her best friend Mimori Tougou, as well as sisters Fuu and Itsuki Inubouzaki, they must transform into magical girls in order to battle the Vertexes.

#I1: The 86 are forced to fight someone else’s war.

According to the Republic of San Magnolia, their ongoing war against the Giadian Empire has no casualties—however, that is mere propaganda. While the silver-haired Alba of the Republic's eighty-five sectors live safely behind protective walls, those of different appearances are interned in a secret eighty-sixth faction. Known within the military as the Eighty-Six, they are forced to fight against the Empire's autonomous Legion under the command of the Republican "Handlers."

Vladilena Milizé is assigned to the Spearhead squadron to replace their previous Handler. Shunned by her peers for being a fellow Eighty-Six supporter, she continues to fight against their inhumane discrimination. Shinei Nouzen is the captain of the Spearhead squadron. Infamous for being the sole survivor of every squadron he's been in, he insists on shouldering the names and wishes of his fallen comrades.

Titles, propagandas, trailers, and poll under the cut!

#I8: Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero (Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru)

Propaganda:

I adored this show from the moment I watched it because throughout it all, it’s hopeful. These girls go through a lot. A LOT. A lot of horrible, horrible things, and yet they bounce back. These girls bounce back pretty much every single time and do anything to help their friends do the same. To me, that is insanely inspiring.

The cast of characters here are also insanely compelling. They feel like actual, real friends—doing things together, hanging out, comforting each other and laughing with them all the same. This point I feel helps that sense of hope this show has absolutely.

The character designs in general too are absolutely breathtaking, and are nothing like I’ve ever seen from any other magical girl anime. Also, one last thing: this show’s soundtrack is done by MONACA. MONACA is also known for doing the first two NieR games. Take that what you will :)

Trigger Warnings: Flashing Lights, Self-Harm, Suicide

#I1: 86 (Eighty-Six)

Propaganda:

The characterization and character development in this show is amazing. It also has a very good depiction of survivor’s guilt/mental health, which you don’t see a lot. The animation is great and the soundtrack is done by Hiroyuki Sawano, who’s amazing and it’s one of the best soundtracks for a show ever.

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Racism, Suicide.

A main subject of the show is racism. Active war, lots of violence. Character acts without regard for their life, so suicide was included. Child abuse relates to the backstory of a character.

If you’re reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

[heywasshi-blog]

Having friends over was something which Sonoko had become quite accustomed to in the last few years. Her house was, by far, the most affluent of her social group. Plenty could be done at her place to keep all her friends entertained and have fun. However, today Sonoko had two very special and unusual guests to show around her house. Her ancestor from 300 years ago, Wakaba, and her past self from her elementary school days. 

The civil war going on within the Shinju gave some opportunities which sounded straight out of a dream. Thankfully, in part because of her family being more or less the most influential of the Taisha, they were well aware of the situation, so of course Sonoko was going to take the chance to show her ancestor how the Nogi family was now, and her past self how it’d changed in 2 years.

“Ancestor-sama, Little Sonocchi, it’s just up ahead~. We’ll be there in a minute~.” The older Sonoko said, currently sitting comfortably in the extravagant limo she’d picked up the other Nogis in.

“Yaaaay~!” The younger Sonoko cheered, an eager and happy smile on her face. ���I wonder what my room looks like now...”

@moonlight-replicas

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today’s disabled character of the day is Nogi Sonoko from Yuki Yuna is a Hero, who is visually impaired and paralyzed

[toonabby]

Happy 35th birthday Christine Marie Cabanos

(No pictures this time, sorry)

Favorite roles from CMC

Nepgear/Purple Sister (and Nepgya) - Neptunia series

Madoka Kaname - Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn - Sailor Moon (VIZ dub) and Sailor Moon Crystal

Azusa Nakano - K-On! series

Minoei Kusheida - Toradora!

The title character from Squid Girl

Fun fact: Nepgear and Minori share the same Japanese VA (Yui Horie)

Other roles from CMC I didn't mention

Mako Mankanshoku - Kill la Kill

Shiemi Moriya - Blue Exorcist

Chiaki Nanami and Himiko Yumeno - Danganronpa series

Keiko Ayano/Silica - Sword Art Online series

Sonoko Nogi - Yuki Yuna is a Hero

Amite - Puyo Puyo Tetris

Fun fact: Chiaki, Sonoko, and Shiemi all have the same Japanese VA (Kana Hanazawa)

[jagi11]

Why we don’t actually need Guizhong’s design

I often hear things like „we know what [insert dead Genshin character] looks like, why haven’t we seen Guizhong already?”. And I know I tend to say this myself too. But, to be honest, do we really need her official appearance?

(This post came out longer than I expected. It also mentions the recent Ayato controversy, so don’t read if you don’t want to. Comments and reblogs are appreciated, but please, read the whole thing before you do so. The title may be misleading a bit, because I talk about fan designs as well and why they’re actually good.)

First of all, Guizhong is… well, dead. And she died a looong time ago. We often hear Zhongli talk about erosion and how he may get out of control one day… but what if erosion made him forget Guizhong? We never hear him talk about her directly. Maybe he’s too scared to admit that he doesn’t know who she was like anymore? I mean, she was his closest friend if not a lover. Forgetting someone that important to you would be heartbreaking, wouldn’t it? This is a good lore explanation to her not getting any canon appearance. And I know we’ve seen many characters from Liyue’s ancient history, but they are different from Guizhong. Firstly, they are alive in most cases, like the Adepti. Some we don’t know the „full” appearance of, like the Yakshas, but it’s kept vague on purpose. We don’t need to know what every Yaksha looked like to appreciate their lore. Their appearance are… to be honest, meaningless to the overall story. And lastly, we don’t have a good timeline of events yet. We know some facts, but not really. How old are Morax and Guizhong? Is Guizhong younger? Did Xiao and Guizhong really meet? We know Morax created the Yakshas, but we don’t know whether it is meant as him assembling them like Nick Fury or just creating them out of thin air (because we know the Archons have this ability). There are many things we don’t know yet, so the erosion and memory loss theory still holds up.

Stepping aside from the lore, let’s consider the real-life events - mainly, the infamous Ayato drama. Remember how people potrayed him as… to put it simply an older male version of Ayaka? And I’m not saying it was bad, because some of the potrayals were really creative. And all of them are valid! But people began to see it as a norm. This is Ayato. This is Ayato. And this too. But there’s a general idea of Ayato that only few people would deny - blue hair, a ponytail, maybe some flowers and generally dark, flowy samurai clothing. Or just a simple kimono because he’s so busy he won’t even suit himself.

Now, how does this relate to Guizhong? Well, she doesn’t have an official appearance too, but there’s a general idea of her as well. From what I saw, there’s almost always a Sonoko Nogi hairstyle going on, with glaze lilies in her hair. Her clothing tends to be blue, gold and white - like Glaze Lilies - and resembles those Chinese drama costumes that take a fantasy spin on traditional clothes. Don’t take my words for granted as I’m not really into Chinese culture and I don’t want to offend anyone, but you get the point. Some of my personal favourite Guizhongs include @ifeelgenshin 's Guizhong, kongbz_gimpact’s Guizhong, ruoyeahs’ Guizhong and _Luminoiz3’s Guizhong which is probably my fav. There’s also this beautiful comic, and this one that has this beautiful voiceover… many incarnations, all of which are 100% valid, creative and beautiful.

And now let’s imagine she gets released tomorrow.

The Ayato drama gives us a great example of how this would go. Many people would be upset, because The Guizhong is not Guizhong they imagine her to be. Because, let’s be honest, we know nothing about her. Some people say she’s stoic, calm and collected, while some say she’s „ara ara let’s get my gay fella a fella”. She could be a catalyst wielder, because Memory of Dust, but an archer as well, because Guizhong Ballista. And there’s evidence in the game that Morax wanted to give her a sword, so she would qualify as a sword wielder too. But it’s canon that she was too weak to even fight, so what now?!

No matter what Mihoyo does, they’ll make some people angry. It’s true that Guizhong fans are more likely to be.. well just happy. They care about lore more than Meta stuff, at least from what I’ve seen. But knowing the toxic fandom Genshin has, there would be drama anyway. Of course, if people knew who Guizhong even is.

Elaborating on that last sentence, I feel like Guizhong gets the same treatment as Honkai. Now, I know the comparison is a bit of a stretch, but hear me out. Honkai has a small community of dedicated fans. And there is rarely any big drama. I never see people boycotting Honkai. They are just enjoying the game. The lore, the characters, the universe. And that’s also what happens with „back in the day” Liyue storyline. People enjoy learning about those characters, exploring the lore. They’re living in a small community where the only big conflict is about shipping. And that’s not even a conflict anyway! I enjoy seeing Guizhong as Morax’s lover, but I also love her as a sister trying to get him together with Azhdaha. It’s cute both ways! And those two are not even close to what this community is capable of! Things can be cute, there can be angst, but there is always good content. And it’s amazing.

So, why do I object to Guizhong getting an official appearance? Because Mihoyo would have to explain her story. Make her likeable. Profit from her story. Make her mainstream. And that would pop this little bubble we have. Can you imagine someone saying Guizhong is their waifu? I can’t. But that would happen if she went mainstream. There would be story chapters, events, quests. And even if I’m wrong… the fun would be ruined anyway.

Guizhong is this one character everyone wants in the game, but that’s because they want to have more concrete info about her. But I think it’s better to keep things going as they are now. Maybe one day we’ll get, I dunno, a hand shot of her. This would be enough. We don’t need more. The mystery is what keeps this little fandom going. And solving it would not only keep away the fun, but also generate meaningless conflicts. And Guizhong herself doesn’t like conflicts, mind you.

The closest we got to having Guizhong in the game? Glaze Lilies. Ruins on Guili Plains. Kokomi, who is basically an Inazuma Guizhong. We don’t need more. What we have now is more than enough.

… But I want a tea party event nonetheless.

[orionbreisgau]

Yuuki Yuuna, Tougou Mimori, Inubouzaki Fuu, Inubouzaki Itsuki, Miyoshi Karin and Nogi Sonoko were the main characters of the Yuki Yuna series. They are now a grown up adults who are doing their best to instill the people the hope after the departure of the Shinju (Divine Tree) that protect their world.

[lilikags]

Female Anime FC’s (Faceclaims) To use for your OC’s!

I love creating oc’s, but I don’t draw them. Instead, I use anime characters for their faceclaims. Here’s a list of female faceclaims for you to use for your oc’s!

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❀ Yashiro Nene (TBHK)

❀ Nanamine Sakura (TBHK)

❀ Mitsuri Kanroji (KnY)

❀ Shinobu Kouchou (KnY)

❀ Kanao Tsuyuri (KnY)

❀ Kamado Nezuko (KnY)

❀ Benio Adashino (Sousei no Onmyouji)

❀ Otomi Mayura (Sousei no Onmyouji)

❀ Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket)

❀ Ochako Uraraka (BNHA)

❀ Kyouka Jiro (BNHA)

❀ Kendo Itsuka (BNHA)

❀ Hado Nejire (BNHA)

❀ Yuzuriha Inori (Guilty Crown)

❀ Shinoa Hiiragi (Owari no Seraph)

❀ Krul Tepes (Owari no Seraph)

❀ Himeko Inaba (Kokoro Connect)

❀ Megumin (Konosuba)

❀ Yona (Akatsuki no Yona)

❀ Kaori Miyazono (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)

❀ Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)

❀ Ichigo (Darling in the Franxx)

❀ Mimori Tougou (Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero)

❀ Yuuki Yuuna (Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero)

❀ Sonoko Nogi (Yuuki Yuuna is a hero)

❀ Asuna Yuuki (SAO)

❀ Silica (SAO)

❀ Miyuki Shiba (Irregular at Magic High School)

❀ Lucy Heartfilia (FT)

❀ Juvia Lockser (FT)

❀ Lisanna Strauss (FT)

❀ Mirajane Strauss (FT)

❀ Wendy Marvell (FT)

❀ Erza Scarlet (FT) 

❀ Chitanda Eru (Hyouka)

❀ Akiko Yosano (BSD)

❀ Kyoka Izumi (BSD)

❀ Gou Matsuoka

❀ Kiyoko Shimizu (HQ!!)

❀ Yachi Hitoka (HQ!!)

❀ Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden)

❀ Sakurajima Mai (Bunny Girl Senpai)

❀ Futaba Rio (Bunny Girl Senpai)

❀ Takanashi Rikka (Chuunibyou)

❀ Nibutani Shinka (Chuunibyou)

❀ Satone Shichimiya (Chuunibyou)

❀ Kaede Kayano (AssClass)

❀ Endorsi Jahad (ToG)

❀ Takagi-san (Takagi-san)

❀ Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama)

❀ Hayasaka Ai (Kaguya-sama)

❀ Fujiwara Chika (Kaguya-sama)

❀ Miko Iino (Kaguya-sama)

❀ Akko (Little Witch Academia)

❀ Jeanne d’Arc (Fate)

❀ Isla (Plastic Memories)

❀ Komai Hazuki (Boarding School Juliet)

❀ Juliet Persia (Boarding School Juliet)

❀ Yui (Angel Beats)

❀ Tachibana Kaede (Angel Beats)

❀ Yuri (Angel Beats)

❀ Morgiana (Magi)

❀ Yamuraiha (Magi)

❀ Kougyoku Ren (Magi)

❀ Kaname Madoka (Madoka Magica)

❀ Akemi Homura (Madoka Magica)

❀ Tomoe Mami (Madoka Magica) 

❀ Kyoko Sakura (Madoka Magica)

❀ Tamaki Iroha (Magia Record)

❀ Shirayuki (Akagami no Shirayukihime)

❀ Kiki Seiran (Akagami no Shirayukihime)

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I created this as a resource for everyone to use (as this is a list). I obviously don’t own any of these characters, so I won’t take credit for anything but putting together the list. I probably missed a lot of good characters out there; please send me an ask if you have any suggestions/questions, or if you find any mistakes!