#Hibari Kyoya image

[ciaossn]

Unfortunate fool: Heh, and what are you going to do? Bite me?

Tsuna: Oh no.

Chrome: 😬

Hibari Kyouya: To death.

[hopeswriting]

okay, breaking my silence on this i guess, so have one of my author’s notes from one of my stories. sorry not sorry, peace and love on planet earth <3

Listen to me, LISTEN TO ME. I know in canon it seems like the 10th gen wants to become mafia, or that they're okay with it at the very least, and that they don't care that Tsuna very much doesn't want to become mafia until the very end, but it's because they look at a different choice from Tsuna. For Tsuna, his options are to either become mafia and Vongola, which'd mean dragging all his friends into it too, or somehow manage to make Vongola give up on him so none of them will have to become part of the mafia. And so of course he tries his very best and his hardest to somehow achieve the latter, however unrealistic it is and how little power he has to do that, if at all, as Vongola is the strongest mafia family in the world. But he has to try anyway so none of them will become mafia, but first and foremost so none of his friends he loves so much will become mafia against their wishes, especially when it'd only happen because they happen to love him back, the last legitimate Vongola Decimo candidate.

But for the 10th gen, the choice in front of them is to whether turn their backs on Tsuna so to be free from the mafia, or keep standing by his side even if it means they become mafia. Do you get what I mean? For them, it's always about Tsuna first and foremost before it's ever about Vongola and if becoming mafia is something they want. They look at Tsuna and the life he's being dragged to, very much caring that he doesn't want any of it and yet doesn't have the power to stop them from dragging him closer to that life, and ask themselves: "Do I love Tsuna enough to let myself be dragged to that life too, so I can help him see it through and find as much happiness as possible from it?". And of course, of course the answer is yes and comes to them as naturally as breathing.

And so they give in because they must, because they don't have (yet) the power to fight back against it and win. Because should they not be willing enough, they might decide they wouldn't mind making them part of their world even if it means breaking them to make it happen, and they wouldn't have (yet) the power to stop it from happening. To stop it from happening to Tsuna.

And so they willingly let them teach them how to be a mafioso so they'll be able to stand their own in the world they're forcing them to become a part of. They willingly let them teach them how to be a powerful mafioso so they'll be strong enough to protect each other from and survive in the world they're forcing them to become a part of. And then maybe to even still be happy in that world. (And then maybe to even break free from that world.)

They're all doing it for each other despite none of them wanting any of it. Because they care about loving each other and doing justice to that love more than being able to do the things they want. Do you get it? Please tell me you get it!!!!

add-on:

i’m not saying their friendship is perfect in every way. i agree it isn’t and it’d be boring if it was anyway, but also it’s very much by design. because khr is all about growth, about being a better person than you were yesterday and doing better by the people around you than you did yesterday. it’s about this group of kids who were strangers and had many more reasons to not mesh well together than to get along, who came together anyway and built a bond so strong between them, it survived through and was the strength that allowed them to see through all the mafia bullshit thrown at them no kids should ever have to go through.

i AM saying that despite the... cracks on their friendship, the places where it comes together more loosely and superficially, the places where it doesn’t come together at all, they’re still genuinely friends. the 10th gen genuinely loves tsuna and cares about him and does care about the things he wants and the things he doesn’t want. like, is there room in canon to interpret all i said above in a less wholesome way that’d make their friendship less strong and genuine and organic? absolutely. is there room for interpretation in canon to extrapolate and explore how their friendship might not actually survive the test of time because they want and need different things from it? absolutely. and i mean that, because i myself am absolutely not against going down those routes and thinking about them and exploring them and reading about them (tho i do have yet to write about it haha). but canonically, whenever they look at all that sets them apart and at all that could break them apart, they always choose to overcome those things to come together anyway.

i’m also saying that it’s a little unfair to look at their friendship at the beginning of the manga, and base your opinion of it solely on it. because of course the early arcs, let alone the first one, is where their friendship was at the weakest and the least equal. it’s where they were the most and most often just not very good friends to each other. but that includes tsuna too. like yes arguably he was the one getting the short end of the stick giving and not receiving much back, but there’s a post on here saying he was (or is, i don’t remember) a bad friend to them, and like. yeah, he kinda was. because it’s literally his first shot at friendship, and then he doesn’t even get to try it in normal circumstances, far from it. it’s their first shot at friendship for all of them in their own ways and in less than normal circumstances, so of course they were clumsy and tactless and hurtful with it at times. but they put in the effort to learn to know each other so they could do right by each other, and it’s something you can’t possibly miss if you read the manga in good faith.

i mean, gokudera says this as early as the kokuyo arc, and entirely unprompted too:

[ID copied from alt text: Panels from the manga Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

Bianchi says, “Let’s go, Tsuna.”

Tsuna hesitates, saying “Eh... but...”

"Please go ahead, Boss,” Gokudera says. “Get Mukuro!"

"Yes, I know, but still..." Tsuna says, still looking unsure.

Gokudera grins wide and reassuringly. "Once this is over, we'll all have some fun together."

Tsuna smiles, looking relieved and pleasantly surprised. "...Ri...right. We'll do that."

"'Course!" Gokudera says. /END ID]

he knows exactly what tsuna cares about and values the most: their peaceful and happy daily lives, and all of them being safe and having the freedom to enjoy life and each other’s company without worry. gokudera’s perfectly aware just why tsuna’s there and what he fights for: so they can go back to their peaceful and happy times safe and sound. so please don’t tell me gokudera actually doesn’t know tsuna and only cares about tenth/vongola decimo and the perfect version of tsuna in his mind he puts on a pedestal. (and i mean, don’t get me wrong because there is that too, but gokudera has always been able to see tsuna for who he truly is anyway, and it’s tsuna he’s always cared about first and foremost.)

now of course you still don’t have to agree with me by no means. you don’t have to think their friendship is all that deep or strong or equal or genuine and organic, if at all. it’s not that i don’t agree that both these takes are valid and based on canon, it’s not that i don’t see where these kinds of takes come from or that i don’t think there isn’t some truth in them, but if we’re talking strictly canon, if we’re trying to guess objectively and in good faith, independently of how we might feel about it, just what amano was getting at writing and portraying their dynamics the way she did, then you just have to agree that the intent was to show just how strong and resilient because of how loving and caring and trusting it is their bond is. i mean, it’s literally the heart of the story (that, plus tsuna’s and reborn’s bond). it’s those bonds that carry tsuna forwards, and so it’s the same bonds that carry the whole of the manga forwards. like i’m sorry, but you really just have to agree with me on this. (about how this is the take we’re most likely meant to take from the manga, that is, because again, whether it’s actually the way you, personally, receive it, or if you think amano managed to write it well and pull it off, etc, that’s of course for each of us to decide, and we’re not any less valid than each other no matter what our opinions are.)

so, yeah. idk how to finish this post lol. but i guess what i’m saying is that even tho i’m not gonna give examples here of the 10th gen caring about and loving tsuna and knowing who he is, and standing by his wants, wishes and needs, know that i very much could. so i guess this is also my “the 10th gen are genuine friends of tsuna who truly loves him and cares about him for simply being tsuna first and foremost, and their friendship is an equal one from both sides” propaganda post. which i actually already got to do once. and as long as we’re strictly talking canon, this is a hill i will die on.

[dreamywander]

❗AI-art❗KHR - Kyoya Hibari🐥

«The first and best victory is to conquer self» ©Plato

More pictures like this can be found in my profile ✨

[hopeswriting]

[ID: A full colored digital fanart of Hibari Kyoya, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

It's his Ten Years Later version that's drawn. He's drawn from the chest up, facing the viewer. He looks down and to the side, a relaxed but focused expression on his face. He holds his tonfa in front of him between his thumb and palm, with the rest of his fingers raised upwards.

The background goes from light green to light grey back to light green, and the artist's watermark's drawn in the lower right corner. /End ID]

hibari kyouya the man that you are…

[kolbietheaggrievedwriter]

>is this question bc of the hibari kyoya comparison

…maybe? //crumbles image of someone stumbling across a sleeping ian with small animals cuddling up to him

Haha Sorry to ruin the vision 😅 Ian can have one nap + animal cuddling after a VERY good fight, as a treat 👌

[johannepetereric]

IN THE FINAL PANEL, THEY FACE THE COOL GUY IMAGE OF KYOYA HIBARI AS THER OPPONENT, FON ATOP HIS HEAD, IMPLYING HE'S THE ONE HE TURNED DOWN REBORN FOR!

"I'm going to...bite you to beath."

[hopeswriting]

[ID: Panels from the manga Katekyo Hitman Reborn, showing Hibari Kyoya and Adelheid Suzuki.

Adel says "Enma is not a weak, small animal. He is a strong man who carries the sorrows of the Simon on his shoulders!"

To which Hibari says "No. Small animals... burden themselves, taking on things that aren't fit for them--that's why they cry out for help." /End ID]

so interesting that this is what being a "small animal" means to him. and of course that he calls tsuna that. and even if in the panel right before these ones he says "i'm not with him", he so clearly is and has been for a long time now, and it's precisely because he sees tsuna as a small animal. sees him taking on more than he can bear, and so he takes part of that burden to bear himself so it won't crush him. hears him crying out for help and doesn't look away, doesn't act as if he didn't hear it. answers his call.

because that's what the strongs do, right? that's something only the strongs can afford to do, and so it makes it their responsibility to do it. and also because he can't let tsuna be crushed by all that weight on his shoulders before he reaches the full potential he sees in him, before he finds fangs of his own (< or whatever the exact phrasing he used during the varia arc was lol, you know the line i'm talking about).

and originally that's all this post was going to be about, but look at what he said then i didn't remember him saying:

[ID: More panels from the manga. Hibari says to Adel, in between fighting her "There's one thing you are mistaken about. Sometimes, small animals are not just weak creatures. If they were, then they would've already been wiped out from the face of the earth. Small animals have... their own way of surviving." /End ID]

i love being right, hello. did we all just read the same thing??

because to hibari small animals are people in the process of finding their strength, of owning it, of sharpening it. people who are weak still, but are already in the process of leaving that weakness behind, are already more strong than weak as they struggle to survive, and fight to find and hold onto their own ways of surviving. to him small animals are people with the potential to be strong despite their weakness, if not because of it (but not by getting rid of it, you'll notice, because it's all about how they turn their weakness into strength), people who refuse to let their weakness define them and mean that the strongs are just allowed to trample them under their feet as they please.

and get this, but it's tsuna who teaches him that. tsuna is the og small animal, and so the meaning and definition it has to him is about the way he sees tsuna and understands him as a person. and as tsuna made him stronger by teaching him that and giving him a better and deeper understanding of his strength in the process, by teaching him that not all which deserves to be called strength and acknowledged and respected as such has to be similar to his strength, he now teaches him that in turn. reassures him he has strength of his own, validates him in that strength as something worthy to be called that and capable, and strengthens his trust in that strength once more. he reminds him that strength can take many forms, and even if it may appear as a weakness to others at times, it doesn't make it any less meaningful or any less true that it is strength in its own right. won't as long as you don't let it.

he tells him "i know your strength and i know you are strong, and isn't the fact you made it so far all the proof you need to know it's the truth? what is there to doubt about, to hesitate for?"

and tsuna listens to him and trusts his words and believes in them because hibari is the one who says those words. and if he can't trust and believe hibari on this without a shadow of a doubt, without needing to think twice about it, then no one else will do the trick, not even reborn. yeah that's right, i said it and i truly believe it, not even reborn.

and basically what i'm saying is that hibari CARES and cares about TSUNA. they're FRIENDS people and 1827 is REAL!!!! no one fucking touches me 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[hopeswriting]

[ID: Greyscale sketches of Hibari Kyoya, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

He's drawn from his neck up, both as his present self and his Ten Years Later version alternatively. In order, he looks down at the viewer with a neutral expression; looks to the side while smiling, with a cut on his cheek; looks straight at the viewer with a small smile, looking threatening; and smiles down at Hibird with his eyes closed, with Hibird perched on his finger. /End ID]

more hibari sketches cus i'm insane

[deescade]

Katekyo Hitman Reborn (yandere ver.) click and drag game!

warnings: flashing images, Yandere behavior (stalking, kidnapping, killing)

op's notes: I also included the Shimon famiglia here. I tried to add as much of the cast as I could but the frame limit was 50 images per gif, oof ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Game notes • How to Play

Please use a browser other than Google Chrome to play because the GIFs always lock onto their first frame on Chrome. Safari and Firefox work, please try those

If you're on mobile, screenshot the GIFs either as a set or individually

[gradelstuff]

Katekyo Hitman REBORN! mini-chara designs

by MS-Factory

[hopeswriting]

[ID: A full colored digital fanart of Hibari Kyoya, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

He's drawn from his waist up, slightly sideways. He crosses his arms on his chest, looking to the side with a neutral expression. His jacket hangs on his shoulders, and Hibird's on his shoulder too, smiling.

He's drawn against a sky blue background, with branches of a cherry blossom tree at either side of his head. /End ID]

we're blasting sakura addiction tonight bitchessss

[mermorgie]

hey fellas is it gay to call another guy a “delicate flower” in a song referencing an addiction to a flower

[anime-clickanddrag-geemu]

Katekyo Hitman Reborn click and drag game !

[hopeswriting]

[ID: A full colored digital fanart of Hibari Kyoya, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

He's drawn from his waist up, facing us. He smiles, holding his phone to his ear. "Beasty" is written on the screen as well as "27", with a picture of who might be Tsuna.

The background's a brownish red. /End ID]

Я деградирую. I'm degenerating.

[hopeswriting]

[ID: Panels from the manga Katekyo Hitman Reborn, showing Hibari Kyoya and Sawada Tsunayoshi.

Hibari says to Tsuna "Little animal, your face right now, is dull. Watch my fight."

Tsuna looks surprised by his words. /End ID]

this is my favorite scene of them. granted they haven't many scenes together so this means little lol, but no, listen, this is my favorite scene of them.

like just look at this:

[ID: Two panels. The first one shows Hibari looking down from his helicopter, his features covered in shadows. The second panel shows Tsuna with an empty look in his eyes and a sad and defeated expresion on his face. /End ID]

hibari notices at first glance something's wrong with tsuna, and all the way from the helicopter before he even lands (wait actually, could he even see shit from up there lol). and yeah, okay, tsuna isn't making it difficult to notice whatsoever, but this is still a win for them idc. also while gokudera tries to distract him and cheer him up, and reborn tries to refocus his attention on the more pressing issues and to make him approach things the logical way instead of the emotional one (and don't get me wrong because i'm not saying they aren't as valid and meaningful ways to help tsuna as hibari's), hibari actually immediately steps up to do something about it.

he's there to see the state tsuna is in and do something about it, and that's exactly what he does, tackling the issue at its core to get rid of it immediately. he's there to see the state tsuna is in and do something about it, and immediately says "i know what you look like in the face of adversity, i know you and this isn't it, so let me remind you who you are and the way you do things." tsuna is so clearly lost and hesitating, and he says "watch me, this is the way."

(i know he actually says "watch my fight", yeah yeah yeah, WHATEVER SAME THING.)

and all the while he literally doesn't even have any context for why tsuna is in that state, even if he does pick up on the pride thing and help him with it. but tsuna's clearly in distress and so he's just like "well, not on my goddamn watch, little animal. let me do something about it right this instant". tsuna's clearly in need of help and guidance and reassurance, and he gives all of it to him immediately because that's all that matters. that's all he needs to know.

and like, hello??? if this isn't 1827 then idk what is. if this isn't hibari having just as meaningful and deep a bond with tsuna as everyone else, both as his guardian and friend, in their own ways, THEN IDK WHAT IS.

so no one ever tells me hibari isn't as much a guardian and a friend of tsuna as everyone else because he IS and you'd be wrong