#EleStra

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Do you ship it?

[ashery24]

I had a dream where Fret was a EleStra influncer of some kind and Nagi hated him bcs she feels how fake is Fret.

Anyways Fret is just faking bcs the death of his friend.

And anyways that dream was FretNagi

Anddddd anyways new fic upcoming.

[amcdrawnon]

A moment of silence for the stans who thought blocking would prevent their oshi from reading their spicy fanfics

[denizenhardwick]

nagi is literally the best representation of having a special interest or hyperfixation i've ever seen. actually incredible.

[dehliadelights]

``No Foe Can Fell Me!``

NAGI POSTING okay I don't typically draw Nagi because I don't like her design BUT I DO LIKE @pierroettie 's NEO REDESIGNS SO I DREW NAGI USING THAT DESIGN AS MY REFERENCE

《 Pre-posting Lyrical here: I used one of Nagi's official sprites as reference too, so yeah, same pose. I might do more character redraws just to practice anonomy I'm really back. Also I might make a mini Fret to add to her so I can have 'No foe can fell me' 'Or me! Don't forget about me!' that would be silly 》

anyways take this sleepy collage disaster <3

[airawisteria]

[ID: 2 drawings of Nagi Usui from Neo: The World Ends With You and is wearing her usual outfit, but without her brown gloves. She is sitting down against a bookshelf filled with lots of books and is reading seafoam green book with a smile on her face. She is wearing green nail polish and light orange lipstick.

The drawing on the left has some blue lighting, presumably coming from a window of some kind while the drawing on the right has no such lighting.]

[odysseys-blood]

Being fair, Nagi is a hypocrite cuz she is fine with Shoka and, specially, Rindo faking shit but does hold Fret on the cross cuz she does not mesh well with his personality...

shes wishy washy!!! i do love nagi truly i do im hating from a place of love but damn girl! then again maybe im a hypocrite too bc the way nagi is with fret reminds me of me and my brother but we get along more than they did

[mageknight14]

Sometimes I often think about Nagi Usui and how she’s one of the best characters to have come out in the past few years.

-One of her main motivations to get back into the real world is so she can play more of her mobile gacha game.

-She gains an instant crush on someone just because he resembles one of the main characters from said mobile gacha game.

-She’s the only one of her team to actually like the Grilled Alligator meal from SBY BBQ.

-The kanji on her shirt changes for every situation she finds herself in whether it’s for fights or eating.

-Some of her other kanji shirts reference The Art of War, kendo, Buddhist proverbs, JRPG terminology, and chuuni terms, among other things.

-One of sayings on her shirt translates to "Now I'm motivated" when in battle which means that yes, Nagi is a DMC Vergil fan.

-In the Field Walk RPG, Rindo wonders about how the letters of her shirt keep changing and Nagi tells him that she changes her shirts in between fights and food. He then wonders about how he never notices and Nagi tells him that she’s mastered the art of changing them in a millisecond before saying that she’s just joking.

-Is the only one out of the team with a dedicated maid outfit.

-Brags about being a one time Quiz Academy Queen Quizster after going head-to-head with a DRS member over the title and winning over him in the manga category.

-Accidentally intimidates other EleStra fans from approaching her through sheer aura.

-Her English VA based her performance off of Peridot from Steven Universe and Entrapta from She-Ra.

-Said VA also confirmed that Nagi would most definitely be a Sonic fan, with her being a fan of Shadow the Hedgehog in particular.

-Surprisingly, she has the most connections on the Social Network outside of Rindo due to her natural ability to understand people

-Gets into a pissing contest in Another Day with a ojou-sama, metalhead fan over who’s the bigger Takeharu Ishimoto fan

-Owns and is raising at least 10 snakes in Another Day

-Only knows how to cook sunny-side up fried eggs from the box, with the yolks described as 'frozen' and the eggs described as unpleasantly chewy.

-Is insanely competitive at fighting games

-She considers video game arcades to be the perfect date location.

-All of her "gurgly sounds" combined make for more than two minutes straight of audio.

-In Japanese, her personal pronoun is a neetspeak version of a pronoun usually used by sagely old male characters.

-In general, she uses a lot of netslang, including the Japanese equivalent of "kek" basically.

-She's too anxious to use a phone and to work a job that requires her to interact with people regularly such as retail.

-She’s the most bloodthirsty of the Wicked Twisters when it comes to fighting Noise and even lets out an evil laugh when unleashing a Grenade Launcher pin

-She really likes jigsaw puzzles and finds them calming; more specifically, the "1000-piece" type of jigsaw puzzles.

-Even with her eccentricities, she’s one of the most emotionally intelligent and empathetic characters in the series, and is never once treated as off-putting for her interests and actually uses the life lessons she took from EleStra to help out others in need.

-Is more than capable of killing a man with her psychic mind powers.

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Autistic Anime Girls Group 1 Match 30

SUBMISSION PROPAGANDA:

Clara -

"- auADHD (coded) icon - (for example, struggles to read social cues, has hyperactivity, struggles to pick up social norms, has poor concentration, has special interests, verbally stims, infodumps etc...)

- is immensely adorable - exemplifies the relatable autistic/auADHD/ADHD experience of being deemed annoying, alienated, taken advantage of and discredited by your peers

- is a subversion of the 'neurodivergent-coded comic relief character' trope through the story still treating her with respect. for example... the protagonist condemns how others treat her. Clara condemns how others treat her

- she is befriended by the protagonist because he genuinely enjoys her company and likes her as a person. she becomes one of the three main characters and has the arcs, development and plot relevance that goes along with this. she is treated as a potential love interest all whilst retaining the auADHD traits that usually exclude female characters from this role in media

- she has sentient slippers

- irrespective of any flaws that can be argued Clara has as autistic (and/or ADHD) representation, it is genuinely healing to see a character with a culmination of traits many people are bullied for be explicitly presented as underserving of said bullying AND have the very traits that are often the subject of neurotypical ire be a part of why she is loved both in-universe and out

-lastly, and most importantly, Clara and her family do flashmob choreographed musical numbers."

Nagi -

"Nagi has a special interest in a game called EleStra (which she has managed to get two of her friends into) and talks in a more unusual, verbose way. She's very perceptive of people's emotions to the point that she refuses to talk to her teammate because he was faking his cheery façade. Said perceptiveness also manifested into a special ability- to dive into people's minds and see their thoughts. I also just really like her and she's just like me for real."

[taruchinator]

❄ General Audiences

❄ 750 Words

❄ Day 7 | Hoodie Weather for @flufftober!

The chilly October afternoons came out of nowhere for the Wicked Twisters.

Almost the entirety of Shibuya citizens were neatly draped and covered with either heavy coats or light scarves, much to the group of teens’ surprise. Everyone found a way to make it work somehow, though.

Well, almost everyone.

TWEWY enthusiasts, I bring you my secret agenda—the spread of Rinneku! ^^

This is one of those rare ships that I don't see many people talking about, and it's honestly such a shame cause I can see SO much potential for it!

Also I swear I'm not intentionally making these shorter, I'm hoping to have something a bit longer for the next few couple of prompts cause those have been brewing for a hot minute in my noggin~

The chilly October afternoons came out of nowhere for the Wicked Twisters.

Almost the entirety of Shibuya citizens were neatly draped and covered with either heavy coats or light scarves, much to the group of teens’ surprise. It wasn't like Japan didn't get cold during the season, but it seemed to have arrived sooner than years past.

None of them complained though—Beat and Fret used it as an excuse to bring out their big puffy jackets, loud and colorful just like themselves. To no one’s surprise, Nagi would rock adorable EleStra themed sweaters. Rhyme and Shiki had a few matching vests, courtesy of the older of the two, which they liked to use whenever they hung out as a group. And Rindo and Shoka stayed the same, since they didn't seem to mind the cold weather as much.

Everyone found a way to make it work somehow.

Well, almost everyone.

“Neku, how can you be so exposed like this? You're going to catch a cold!” Shiki complained while walking side-by-side with her best friend.

The redhead merely gave a shrug in response. She was wearing one of her usual outfits, consisting of nothing but a pair of pants, short sleeve and scarf wrapped around her neck. Still, her arms remained exposed, much to everyone's surprise. “I'm built differently, Shiki. Trust me, compared to the nights spent in Shinjuku, this is nothing.”

“Ugh!” The brunette let out a huff of annoyance while crossing her arms. “Ya know, you can't keep using the trauma card and expect to get away with anything you want!”

A few chuckles resonated from the group, but the feeling was definitely mutual. Neku put lots of pressure on herself and would act tough to not worry anyone, so they always tried their best to remind her that she wasn't alone anymore and that it was okay to ask for help. It worked on most occasions.

This just wasn't one of those particular occasions.

“Guys seriously, I appreciate it, but I'm fine! I'll bring a sweater next time if it bothers you so—ACHOO!” Without as much as a warning, the redhead's body recoiled and curled into itself as a sneeze escaped her. She turned from side to side, giving her friends sheepish looks.

“Ha!” Shiki jabbed a finger in her direction, not even bothering to hide the disappointment in her voice. “What did I just say? What did I just say?”

“I-I, um…”

“Shiki's right, Neku. You can't keep being exposed like that.” Rindo spoke for the first time in the entire debacle. Truth be told, he'd been worried about her since he saw her arrive at the station, but kept it to himself until the brunette pointed it out. He began removing his Jupiter of the Monkey hoodie as he continued. “You can borrow my hoodie if you want.”

Neku's eyes widened in shock, and she immediately started waving her hands in front of herself. “Oh! No Rindo I couldn't ask that of you, I'm fine, really! I mean, I get it, lesson learned for next time, but I can manage!”

“No way! I don't mind. Unlike you, I can actually take a little bit of cold.” Under his hoodie, Rindo wore a black long sleeve that was more than enough coverage for him to be protected. He extended the garment in the older girl's direction, smiling with a raised eyebrow. “Just take it. Otherwise we're all gonna keep worrying.”

A few hesitant glances later and Neku finally nodded, taking the offered piece of clothing. Once she snuggled into it, Rindo noticed it was probably one size larger than her usual attire—that fact somehow made him feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. “Thanks. I'll be sure to give it back ASAP.”

“No problem.” Another smile sent her way, and the redhead returned it with a tilt of her head.

“Awww look at you Rindude, being such a gentleman!”

Crap. How had he forgotten they weren't alone?

“Indeed. Lord Rindo has always had such acute manners. Almost like those of Lord Tomonami.” Nagi adjusted her glasses with a glint in her eyes that usually signified trouble.

“Good job in making the rest of us feel single as hell, Rindykins!” Shoka's lips curled into that of a feline ready to dive headfirst and pounce on its prey.

“H-Hey! W-We, we're not—!”

More chuckles erupted from within the group while Rindo and Neku avoided eye contact with anyone.

Well, at the very least neither was feeling so cold anymore.

[twewyautismshowdown]

[ID: A transparent background with the rainbow autism acceptance infinity symbol, the sprites of Kaie Ono and Nagi Usui face each other with a red decagram with a yellow "vs" between them.]

TWEWY Autism Showdown Final Match: Kaie Ono VS Nagi Usui

What Autism Swag propelled these two to the finals?

Kaie Ono:

Is nonverbal and communicates through text messages, even when talking face-to-face. He prefers it because it's easier for him to convey what he means and prevent miscommunications.

Has a flat affect in person but frequently uses emoticons while texting, and his language is very formal.

Is a programmer, data analyst, and fortune teller.

Nagi Usui:

Has a Special Interest in Elegant Strategy. Her backpack is covered in EleStra merch, including pins and plushies, and she was literally willing to infiltrate someone's mind as payback for her being unable to get a rare EleStra pin. Even when she thinks she's dead and in a death game, her primary concern is with the newest chapter of EleStra and avoiding spoilers, and reading it is one of her biggest motivations for winning.

Is hyper-empathetic, which manifests in her Dive ability. She is very uncomfortable doing this, and always apologizes in advance for the breach of privacy.

Can tell when people are being fake and is severely put off by it.

Speaks in an overly-formal way, has a large vocabulary, and calls people "Lord" or "Lady" before their name as a sign of respect. She also frequently makes incomprehensible blubbering noises.

Likes eating a whole grilled alligator, which everyone else hates.

"I am simply aware of the importance of communication. And I take great pains to ensure my interactions with others remain as peaceful as possible. Asking questions. Gauging responses. Reacting aptly. I leverage every element at my disposal—actions, words, emojis, anything at all—to ensure everyone feels welcome."

[frickingnerd]

dating nagi usui

pairing: nagi usui x gn!reader

tags: wholesome fluff, established relationship, mentions of food, physical affection (headpads & playing with your hair)

if you're dating nagi, then you're automatically always up to date about what happens in the elestra fandom

she'll not only try to get you to play the game yourself, but she'll also tell you about every little detail in it

she'll also infodump you about all of her other hobbies and interests, though it's mostly video games and anime

you'll often get dragged to anime, gaming and cosplay conventions with nagi and she'll always try to get you to do a couple cosplay with her (preferably with you as lord tomonami)

whenever you go to one of those conventions, nagi spends all her money on merch and you're often the unlucky one who has to help her carry all of it

when the two of you aren't spending your day at a convention, you're most likely out together in shibuya, visiting bizarre restaurants nagi wants to try out

sometimes nagi even tries to cook for you, but she's not very good at it and she almost ends up poisoning you…

on lazy days, the two of you hang out at one of your apartments, watching anime and cuddling

nagi loves patting your head or letting you rest your head on her thighs, while she plays with your hair

and she also regularly borrows shirts from you, especially the baggy ones! 

nagi loves giving you unconventional nicknames, instead of just calling you "babe" or such

she'll regularly change your contact name in her phone to some silly running gags the two of you have going on at the moment

she also makes sure to add plenty of hearts to it, as well as when she's chatting with you

often times, you two stay up all night chatting with each other about some new video game, an anime you want to watch together or simply talking about how you miss each other

[owari--hajimari]

everything that sucks about the fundamentally changed rules of the Game in neo is explained away by it being shinjuku shit, but the watsonian explanation doesn’t really stop the shinjukuisms from kneecapping anything that could resemble interesting stakes or character motivations, it’s a stupid narrative decision. brother you made that shit up, and thst shit sucks.

the lack of entry fees means the characters never have to think about what they value most, them not even being dead changes everything from being a desperate last stand for a second chance with a new perspective into “ummmm there’s been an error, actually, i’m not dead?? soooooooo”, them being erased from everyone’s memories instead of dead means there’s nobody to mourn them, no ties to the ug to struggle for. everyone’s in this cause they’d just rather not die if it’s an option.

and then there’s nagi and her dedication to elestra, which could actually be a pretty good motivation, if the why was expanded on at all. she’s willing to help stop the apocalypse in large part because she wants to continue playing an otome game. why is the only tie nagi has to the rg an otome game? she extolls the virtues of communication (interesting!!), but the only emotional bond she has is to an otome game. does she have friends? does she have family? does she talk to any classmates? what is she studying in college? does she talk to anyone ever about anything? does she keep in touch with any fellow elestraniacs? why might she have narrowed her world down to an otome game? did something happen in the past to lead to her dependence on it? has she faced scorn for her interests? did that have any effect on the way she interacts with others? has she always valued communication? has she always been able to read people so scarily accurate? was that something that she had to develop? has anyone been creeped out by that? does she value communication purely because that’s the message of elestra? WHY IS THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING IN HER LIFE AN OTOME GAME? WHY? HOW? WHEN? WHAT IS THE LARGER SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT?

[autisticgirliesbracket]

What makes Nagi Usui from The World Ends With You the autistic girlie ever of all time? Here's what the people have to say:

Nagi-related asks/reblogs: x This post will be updated after each round!

Image ID in alt text and under the readmore.

[Image ID. White slide with a screenshot of Nagi Usui in the bottom left corner, her glasses are all white and there is blue lightning coming off her. She is surrounded by text boxes which read,

"Has a special interest in EleStra, a mobile game, and it is her main motivation to live (or to come back to life, at least). Has an unusually formal, sometimes awkward manner of speech; often refers to others with Lord/Lady honorifics. Hyper-empathetic; can sense when people are masking their feelings, and is strongly affected by others' negative thoughts and emotions. Her power allows her to go into others' minds, but she dislikes doing it, both for their privacy and because dealing with their strong emotions exhausts her. Puts significant thought and care into her interactions, calculating every aspect of her behavior when communicating."

"Winner of the The World Ends With You autism bracket! Nagi is very emotionally perceptive and is easily overwhelmed by others' emotions, suggesting hyperempathy. She has a big interest in a game called Elestra, which she talks about often and relates situations from it to situations in real life. She particularly loves one character from the game, and pretends that someone from real life that she knows is that character. While Nagi is very empathetic, she struggles to see things from the point of view of those who are very different from her."

"Trapped in a death game and her sole motivation for escaping is to get back to playing her fave video game which she hyperfixates on. She has a speaking quirk where she talks very eloquently and overly formal and makes a lot of sounds/unintelligible noises to express when she’s feeling excited. Hyper empathetic and makes an active conscious effort to understand and communicate with people, calling it a skill that can be honed like any other."

"Literally died and landed in a death game, but was more worried about not being able to play the next chapter of her gacha game hyperfixation than y'know, being dead She is also hyperempathetic and makes So Many Noises"

" "I am simply aware of the importance of communication. And I take great pains to ensure my interactions with others remain as peaceful as possible. Asking questions. Gauging responses. Reacting aptly. I leverage every element at my disposal—actions, words, emojis, anything at all—to ensure everyone feels welcome.” - This is a direct quote from the game, which should be pretty autistic on its own. But wait, there's more! This is how she's able to Dive into other people's souls and help rid them of their inner demons. When she ends up in a three-week-long series of death games in another layer of reality played by the dead for a second chance at life, her motivation to get back is that there's a new chapter of her special interest mobile game and she can't play it until she's done with all of it. She joins the team because there's a dude who looks eerily like her favorite character who hangs around with them. Her arc resolves not by being less interested in EleStra (said special interest mobile game,) but by getting someone else who she'd previously had trouble getting along with because he spent the game masking INTO EleStra, on the grounds it'll help him cope with grief and improve his social skills. Nagi was voted Most Autistic Swag of the game duology in a fandom tournament, and this is saying something because you can make a case for like 60% of the cast at a low estimate being readable as autistic. She is an autistic queen."

"She obsesses over a mobile game (and one of her teammates because he looks JUST LIKE her blorbo/husbando). She has an ita bag covered in pins of said blorbo. She speaks in an old-timey fashion (she's 19 in modern day Tokyo) and refers to others as "Lord/Lady [Name]". AND she refers that special interest game to others as a way to "heal (their) hearts." She was voted Most Autistic TWEWY character on tumblr in a finals match against someone who's literally nonverbal with a special interest in tech who talks EXCLUSIVELY using text and rarely facially emotes. That's how autistic she is."

"Nagi is described as devoting most of, if not all her time to her pastimes, especially for a certain in-universe mobile game (Elegant Strategy, or EleStra), which she carries an itabag completely decorated with merch of a singular character from the aforementioned game, from several buttons and pins, to a charm, to a keychain plushie. She is also described as "more of a subdued character who can't assimilate into a social environment as easily as other people" by her character designer. I could go on but I'm not sure how to put concepts into words"

"She has an INTENSE special interest in a mobile game called Elegant Strategy to the point where playing it is her main motivation for trying to escape the literal actual death game she gets chucked into. She is highly empathetic which is highlighted by her psych (essentially the magic system in this game) being the ability to dive into other people's minds. She is extremely observant and puts a lot of effort into effectively communicating with the people around her, calling things like jokes or emojis "tools" to make sure everyone has a good time. The twewy fandom hosted an autism poll and she won so she absolutely deserves to go here" End ID.]

[denizenhardwick]

she's an autistic girl with hyperempathy, an odd speech pattern and mannerisms, and a big 'ol special interest, and i'm glad the story ended with her getting fret hooked on elestra. autism/adhd hostility to autism/adhd solidarity, genuinely love to see it. if i was stuck in a death game, i, too, would be primarily concerned with missing the next installment of my hyperinterest.

[ayahachitwister]

New TWEWY Fanfic: Empathetic Strategy

Join Shiki, Nagi, Fret, and Eri at an EleStra convention~