#Hiro Kaneki

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URBZ MAG : EXCLUSIVE DH3 EDITION PART 2

The boys of DH3 tell us more about the new upcoming season and special episode.

Interview below the cut ♥

Part 1 (the girls)

Well well boys ... Seems like your all back for a special event ?

Renji : Absolutly ! I have to admit that I'm very excited that the special starts because it's probably my favorite part of the story ! The new season though ... Argh ! That one will be tough !

Hiro : I admit that I didn't enjoy these parts ... I mean, everything is dark and sad ... The world seems very shitty at Britechester !

Milo : Rich people are the issue dude ! The special was supposed to be my introduction, but I guess that people will finally know me more this time. I kinda look forward to discover my official fanclub to be honest, the one I have for now is full of grindr weirdos ...

Hum, okay ... What can you tell about the new season ?

Ren : It's dark ... Like, the darkest plot so far ...

Hir : Yep ... I love the whodunnit concept but damn ... I didn't know it would be that hurtfull ...

Mil : Like a good horror movie right ?

Let's talk about your lives now ... Any new things ?

Ren : Well, when the season starts, I'm finally back to my friends ! They don't know it yet but this time, I'm around ... But I have to hide because you know ... I'm a vampire now !

Hir: Let's say that big changes have come but in a small way. Like, I finally live with Leïla and Des now, at Britechester yep as I said bye bye to Foxburry and meds school. Things have been great, though my mom is still mad at me for that... But otherwise, same old routine ...

Mil: People doesn't know me a lot yet but so far I've become a bit more popular on campus as I'm still the only one there who's not affraid to confront assholes publicly

About the special Melodia episode, what are your thoughts about it ?

Ren : Awesome idea ! I actually loved that part ... Especially for what happen to me then ♥ I mean, you don't meet the love of your life everyday ...

Hir : I sang way to much in my opinion ... Also, I didn't know it would that hurtfull !

Mil [crying] : I'm still moved by what Ren said okay ?!

Destiny Harbour Melodia Special will start this summer following by Destiny Harbour : Nightmares at Britechester

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when he has an eye scar >>>>

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tokyo ghoul slapz...ok that’s it that’s the post

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AKI (SID) / HYDE / HITSUGI (NIGHTMARE) / HIRO (MY FIRST STORY)

HYDE’S COSTUME: KEN KANEKI (TOKYO GHOUL) VENUE: MAKUHARI MESSE DATE: 2015/10/23 (DAY 1)

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KemoJi Seiyū and other Anime characters they voiced. Of course not every single role though but a close collection I can comment on.

Natsumi Fujiwara (Kabane)

Tōru Mutsuki - Tokyo Ghoul:re: Psycho Bitch? Obsessed with main char Kaneki, like obsessed obsessed. The unhealthy kind. In a squad under his command together with Kuki Urie.

Damian Desmond - Spy x Family: Little brat, rich, influential daddy. Has daddy and mommy issues. Wants his parent’s acknowledgment. Actually a nice kid if pushed. Can’t sleep without his favorite plushie.

Since Fujiwara voices Tōru Mutsuki, a main character starting from Tokyo Ghoul:re she worked closely with Natsuki Hanae (Shiki) who voices the main protagonist Kaneki. Tōru admires and obsesses over Kaneki and tries to kill his gf. She also has a thing for knifes and apparently knife play which does not fare well with her obsessive love towards Kaneki. The friendship their characters have in KemoJi is much better. There are no significant similarities between Kabane and those characters.

Junichi Suwabe (Inugami)

Fred/Freed Justine - Fairy Tail: Part of a trio that runs after a big guy. Very passionate about that fact. Masculine enough to rock the shit out of short beach wear. Uses runes and their scripture to fight. Gets hammered by a bartender maid at one point.

Shōta Aizawa - Boku no Hero Academia: A teacher but actually the Dad of 20 teens. Always tired, overworked, and unshaven. Carries a sleeping bag around. Adopts another child. Great resolve due to sad events in the past.

Yami Sukehiro - Black Clover: Captain of a squad of mages. Recruits people others see as losers. Uses his squad mates to do labour in and around the base. Scolds squad mates for breaking the base but breaks most of it himself. A smoker and an alcoholic. A nice lady is in love with him but he doesn’t get it. Spends like 50% of the series crapping and having his squad bring him more toilet paper.

Kyogai - Kimetsu no Yaiba: Some demon and a writer. No one liked his works and bullied him for it. He snapped. Not enough and ultimately worthless for the main baddie to entertain any longer so he gets dropped and tries his best to impress again.

Ryōmen Sukuna - Jujutsu Kaisen: A bad person. So bad indeed, he became an even badder curse after his human death. Wants to kill, maim, and rape. He does the former two. Gets reincarnated in the body of a literal ray of sunshine who can suppress him. Forces the kid to make sketchy deals with him in exchange for his life. Has something in mind regarding the kid’s buddy. Overall a bad person.

Hector - Re:Zero: Depressed warlock. Powerful but depressed. So powerful, he made another guy wait for his master for like 400 years but he can’t meet her in the end.

Victor Nikiforov - Yuri!!! on Ice: Legend ice skater, ice skating coach, gay. Becomes the coach of another dude (the main char) who admires him. He also becomes his fiancé. Charismatic but kind of an airhead. Does other things on ice (gay things).

His characters seem to have a trend of being dudes with an unfriendly demeanor who actually have a heart made of pure gold or they are completely done already and just all of their negative traits with clearly lots of trouble to them. In Black Clover Junichi Suwabe, Daisuke One (Mihai) and Natsuki Hanae (Shiki) all voice a powerful Magic Squad Captain and between the former two is a rivalry of years. His squad member Luck is voiced by Ayumu Murase (Akira) who works for him and the squad he leads. In the same anime, Hiro Shimono (Nobimaru) voices the second in command of the squad, Nacht Faust, but he dislikes Suwabe’s character Yami. Suwabe and Ono also voice characters in Black Butler which I left out, but apparently, they stab each other. Aizawa comes closest to Inugami. Unshaven and adopts kids.

Natsuki Hanae (Shiki)

Hikari Sakishima - Nagi no Asukara: Precious bean. Jealous of some other guy but overall a precious bean. Is in love with a girl. Doesn’t, at first, like his sister’s husband. His step nice is into him tho. Lives underwater with his family and friends but goes to school on land. Can be angered quickly.

Kosei Arima - Your Lie in April: Teen gifted with music but has a trauma related to that. Precious bean overall. His best friend’s gf is into him and only dates his buddy to be closer to him. Might overcome his trauma. There is more incoming though.

Ken Kaneki - Tokyo Ghoul: Precious bean (at first). Life gets flipped upside down and he tries to get a hold on it and learn to live with the “changes”. Freaks out at some point. Live turns upside down again. Guy doesn’t get a single break. One of the few characters in non-ecchi or non-hentai Anime to get a sex scene. Overall precious bean though.

Rill Boismortier - Black Clover: Squad captain obsessed with art and creating the perfect drawing. Powerful, but mostly busy with painting and defeating enemies as a side-effect. Got beaten up by a lady and fell in love with her.

Tanjiro Kamado - Kimetsu no Yaiba: Precious bean, loves his family and friends. Patience of a saint. Does everything to cure his little sister who turned into a demon, even things that could get him killed. Hunts the guy who killed his family but has a super gentle nature and pity with demons he kills. Overall he’s just boi.

Falco Grice - Attack on Titan: Precious bean and smol boi. Needs protection and doesn’t deserve anything bad. Has a puppy crush on a girl and goes great lengths to protect her. Is actually a chad and the only guy brave enough to confess.

Hajime Kokonoi - Tokyo Revengers: Obsessed with cash. Was into an older girl but she died, so he kissed her little brother instead, imagining it was her. The banker of several street gangs throughout the years.

Ryō Mizushima - Love All Play: Precious boi wants to play Badminton. Gets motivated by his complicated sister to do so in high school. Has a lot of friends in the team and plays his way to the top. (Hanae Natsuki’s pet cat voiced a cat in this anime.)

Most of these characters are known to be very gentle and good-hearted. They don’t ever try to harm if they can avoid it and only fight for to know others safe. Some of these character also share an airhead trait. Closest to Shiki would be Hikari Sakishima with a more abrasive nature but he’s a tsundere as well. All of them are precious beans tho, all of them! Together, Hanae and Hiro Shimono (Nobimaru) voice two protagonists from Kimetsu no Yaiba, Tanjiro and Zenitsu. They are great friends but Tanjiro is sometimes fed up with Zenitsu’s bullshit. That’s a nice parallel to Shiki and Nobimaru. They aren’t exactly friends but Shiki is pretty much always fed up with Nobimaru’s bull. They also voice two characters in Attack on Titan. Falco Grice and Shimono voices Connie Springer who, at one point, kidnaps Falco and tries to feed him to a titan to make said titan return to human form. Together with Kana Hanazawa (Inari), Hanae voices the protagonists of Nagi no Asukara, a romance anime, with a lot of romantic tension between their characters. That’s directly opposed to KemoJi where Shiki hates Inari’s guts and Inari… I don’t even think she knows Shiki exists… In the same anime, Kaito Ishikawa (Yui) voices another character that acts as a love rival to Hanae’s character. That’s actually not true and only a jealousy thing in Hikari’s mind. Outside of that “rivalry” the characters are good friends. There’s not much between Shiki and Yui, but I guess they’re friends? Overall a lot of interactions outside of KemoJi, phew.

Ayumu Murase

Atsushi Minegishi - Nagi no Asukara: Some super minor character but I’m still gonna mention it cuz I love the anime!

Shoyo Hinata - Haikyū: Hyperactive, tiny boy who wants to play volleyball. He’s alarmingly small and gets called a variety of names in honer of how small he is. Can jump. Ray of sunshine who annoys his team mate in the same year as him. Always has to go to the restroom before some big game where he meets future antagonist or important people.

Chigusa Fukasawa - Iroduku: The World in Colors: Rich kid and the youngest member of the photography and art club. Shit eating kid with shit eating grin always bickering the others. Has probably a crush on the girl he bickers the most with.

Luck Voltia - Black Clover: Mental guy obsessed with fighting. Can and will fight you. Constantly fights with another guy, shocks him and sets him on fire. Overall a little shit. Went to a mixer twice but he just wanted to fight so the girls didn’t really warm up to him.

Venti - Genshin Impact: Not really an anime but the character is super famous so I guessed I could mention him.

Kenjiro Minami - Yuri!!! on Ice: Innocent kid, younger than he looks, always excited and bubbly. Also a figure skater. Very energetic but can get nervous quickly. Overall precious. A little fanboi.

All in all, a parade of very joyous and outgoing characters with too much energy! Very much like Akira. Next to the connection with Junichi Suwabe in Black Clover, Murase also voices Hinata from Haikyū. His best friend and teammate Tobio Kageyama is coincidentally voiced by Kaito Ishikawa who lends his voice to Akira’s twin Yui!

Kaito Ishikawa (Yui)

Tsumugu Kihara - Nagi no Asukara: The perceived love rival of Hikari Sakishima. Saves a girl from dehydration but doesn’t love her. Pretty stoic and a man (teen) of few words. Later studies marine biology (he wants to do that in more than just one way but you need to watch the anime to understand that). His family lives from fishing.

Tobio Kageyama - Haikyū: Another rather stoic person. Arrogant and closed off at first. His team mates hate him. Thinks he’s the best player and blames his team for everything going wrong. Falls in his face with that attitude and changes.

Tenya Iida - Boku no Hero Academia: Strict but reliable class rep. Also a reliable friend. Often torn between his class rep duty and following the rules himself. Robotic movements and air chopping. Dislikes half-assed people who want to be heroes. Idolizes his older brother. A good, solid guy who worries about others and wants to help.

Kuki Urie - Tokyo Ghoul:re: Stoic dude, man of few words. He likes his friends though even if he pretends he doesn’t. Works in a squad under Kaneki’s lead together with Tōru Mutsuki.

Langris Vaude - Black Clover: Snob royal with too much pride in his abilities. Was made heir of his family’s possessions and name because his older bro is disappointing. Tried to kill his bro once. Second in command of the squad led by William Vangeance.

Overall the more stoic types that tend to come from more wealthy families. The stoicism can reach from being an asshole to just being overly serious but with a good heart. Together with Natsuki Hanae (Shiki) and Kana Hanazawa (Inari), he voices the protagonists of Nagi no Asukara. Hanae’s character perceives his char as someone who wants to steal his crush. In Tokyo Ghoul, Ishikawa’s character works under Hanae’s character together with Fujiwara’s character. And his connection to Ayumu Murase was already mentioned. Then there is the teacher student relationship between Aizawa and Iida in MHA. Many of the characters share Yui’s more closed attitude with his generally good natured self beyond the surface.

Daisuke Ono (Mihai)

Arthur Auguste Angel - Ao no Exorcist: Strongest dude in the exorcist order. Is actually a clone of a demon lord raised for scientific purposes. Has a speaking sword that his into him and that gets stronger if he feeds it with his long blonde hair. Solid guy who does his job but he’s kinda arrogant.

Erwin Smith - Attack on Titan: Eyebrows! For his goal he walks over hundreds of corpses and risks the lives of everyone including his own. Recruits a small dude into squad. Very brave guy who doesn’t fear injury. A big monkey threw stones at him.

Jotaro Kujo - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Didn’t watch that one (I know shame on me) but it’s so famous, I gotta mention it.

William Vangeance - Black Clover: Squad captain of the most famous magic squad. Wears a mask to hide his disfigured face. Makes trees with magic. You could say he has a split personality but he gets rid of it. The citizens really like him but most of his squad members are snobs. He doesn’t like them being snobs though.

Pan Ko Paat - Fire Force: Reliable firefighter. When he blows into his whistle, he can give his buddies a heat resistance buff. Is a little obsessed with safety and so used to blowing in his whistle that he preferably communicates like that now.

Phillip Boreas Greyrat - Mushoku Tensei: Wealthy nobleman of an influential family. His father bangs furries that are also the servants of the house. Takes in a distant relative to teach his daughter maths and magic. He also kinda tries to pimp his daughter for said teacher…

So on the one hand we have a couple of characters with unshakable, noble values and on the other hand characters with more questionable morals to put it lightly. Mihai, if compared, is kind of a mix between those. He does questionable things but never to the point when they become too questionable. As mentioned before, Suwabe’s and Ono’s characters from Black Clover have a long lasting rivalry while in KemoJi they live in a house together and Mihai wears Inugami’s old pajamas. At least they don’t fight.

Hiro Shimono (Nobimaru)

Connie Springer - Attack on Titan: Kinda stupid but has a good heart. Loves his friends and family but loses his family rather suddenly. Doesn’t really get over it. People make fun of him cuz he’s small but he’s also competent after taking shit seriously. Has a best friend who loves potatoes. Tries to feed a kid to a titan in a moment of madness.

Naki - Tokyo Ghoul: Kind of an underling at first but later the boss of a certain group. Loyal to this group and its members. He’s also a little unhinged and later has like 9 children with an inbred dwarf.

Dabi - Boku no Hero Academia: Barbecued himself. Barbecues others as well. Daddy issues and practically insane because of them. Also has mommy issues but the daddy issues are so big, they overshadow everything. Tried to kill his little brother and endangered his other siblings. Does everything to spite his dad. Very sad past. Like super sad.

Zenitsu Agatsuma - Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yells at least 12 hours a day. Is desperate to find a woman who loves him and proposes the first chance he gets. Secret badass who is mostly only competent when he’s asleep. Didn’t want to be a Demon Slayer but he was kinda sold into the job. Is actually a great friend and companion. Wants to marry his best friend’s demon sister.

Nacht Faust - Black Clover: Second in command of a magic squad. Never shows up for work though. Dislikes the squad leader and the fact that he was made second in command by him. Conjures and subjugates devils cuz he can so he basically plays with fire.

There seems to be the trend of characters that have more or less unhinged traits ranging from little like Connie Springer to much… very much… like Dabi. Generally, the characters are troubled in different ways with some more comically but others in all seriousness. I pretty much mentioned all character connections with other seiyūs already and too much of Nobimaru is unknown to make enough comparisons, but he’s probably closest to Dabi. I quote, “Nobimaru and Dabi are especially funny because they’re both arsonists who hate a red head in power and love being mysterious.” (Copyright @sistervirtue)

Kana Hanazawa (Inari)

Nadeko Sengoku - Monogatari Series: Didn’ watch that but seems important.

Shiemi Moriyama - Ao no Exorcist: Purest girl on earth. Gentle and caring. Didn’t know about the things coming with romance and couldn’t differentiate between friendship and romantic love. Got embarrassed by reading up on the topic in shojou manga. Very shy girl who spent her days gardening with her grandmother. She loves plants and makes herbal medicine for her friends.

Manaka Mukaido - Nagi no Asukara: Purest girl in the sea. Gentle and caring. Very shy girl but can be outgoing in the right environment. Is in love with one of her friends but to shy to confess. She entrusts herself to a friend tho. For a day, her knee was a fish.

Rize Kamishiro - Tokyo Ghoul: Psycho bitch. First thing she does is trying to eat the main char. She gets crushed by steel beams though and continues to be a psycho bitch in his mind cuz some of her organs got transplanted into him. Usually turns a place into a murder scene when she binge eats humans.

Sato Matsuzaka - Happy Sugar Life: Psycho bitch and lolicon. Kidnaps a little girl and keeps her in her apartment. Kills a bunch of people that encounter her over the course of the anime and investigate the disappearance of the child. Psycho bitch.

Mitsuri Kanroji - Kimetsu no Yaiba: Precious airhead. Super strong fighter and she fights for love. The snake guy loves her and gives her socks that she constantly wears. One of the few hashiras to kick the shit out of a demon moon without much losses. Just boss.

Rika Orimoto - Jujutsu Kaisen: Little girl with a sad childhood. Her only friend was a sickly kid to which she got engaged at the age of 10. She hated everyone but him. Got run over by a car and died but returned as the most powerful curse in history. She kicks ass with her fiancé but is also jealous and protective of him. She once shoved four guys into a single locker when they tried to bully him. Overall boss.

So, there are either the super pure and nice characters with boss attributes now and then, or the psycho bitches with loads of messed up stuff in store. Like Rize Kamishiro, Inari has a fun time binge eating and both prefer humans as their meal of choice. Like Sato, Inari also kidnaps, brainwashes and grooms a little girl which is super disturbing. It is interesting to mention that the older brother of the kidnapped girl is voiced by Yumiri Hanamori, who voices Kon in KemoJi. Other connections have been mentioned already.

Yumiri Hanamori (Kon)

Asahi Kōbe - Happy Sugar Life: Sad kid who’s searching for his little sister who was kidnapped. Got beaten up for not keeping an eye on her. Looks for her with increasing desperation.

Ai Hayasaka - Kaguya-sama: Love is War: Didn’t watch that but it’s pretty popular so I guess it’s worth a mention.

Hinaki Ubuyashiki - Kimetsu no Yaiba: Creepy, pale faced and seemingly emotionless kid. One child out of a set of quintuplets. Doesn’t speak much. Her dad leads the Demon Slayer Corps.

All characters are very much unlike Kon and there are no more seiyū connections left for me to mention.

Note that this list is far from being complete. I just didn’t know all the other animes the seiyūs voice characters from and in the end I was too lazy to do research.

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!Rules!

-Please read the rules before requesting :3

-I'll write only about characters that I know pretty well because why not :)

-Ill write about smut/fluff/headcanons/angst, but just for you to know, smuts are 100% welcomed on my blog so if you're a minor plz fuck off for your own sake 🗿

-Oh please don't forget... English isn't my first language so please deal with it.

-I'll only write about character x fem/male reader not character x character :=)

-I won't write about rape/pedophila/zoophila bc its disgusting :/

-If the character is under age, I'll write cute stuff, not smut for sure :/

The games/anime's I'll write for:

Tokyo Revengers

Kazutora (no way I won't write for him, he's such a daddy)

Mikey

Baji

Draken

Kokonoi

Chifuyu

Takemichi (do people simp for him? i mean Hina...)

Yuzuha

Kisaki (..?do people like him..i mean...)

Senju

Magi:The labyrinth of magic

Judal

Kougyoku Ren

Solomon

Aladdin(older one if is smut duuuhhh)

Hakuryuu

Morgiana

Alibaba

Genshin Impact

Xiao

Raiden Shogun/Ei

Fischl

Klee

Zhongli

Ajax

Traveler

Yae Miko

Albedo (i don't know him pretty well so yeah)

Cyno

Darling in the franxx

Zero Two

Hiro

Zero One

Kakegurui

Yumeko

Mary

President/Vice-president

Ps:I'll write only fem reader x kakeguri girls:)

Attack on Titan

Annie

Levi

Eren

Jean

Mikasa

Reiner

Demon slayer

Nezuko

Tanjiro

Zenitsu

Inoske

Giyuu

Shinobu

Misturi

Iguaro

Uzui

Rengoku

Douma

Akaza

Daki

Gyutaro

Honkai Impact

Mei(HoT)

Elisya (HoH)

Kiana Kaslana

Seele/Veliona

Angels of Death

Im sorry to tell you but I'll write only and only about Zack Foster because he is the only one who got my attention in that show 💀Im sorry

-And i think I'll write about Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul as well... I just love him🙁✌️

Some things about me:

-My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and I'm 19👌

-Also I'm playing genshin impact and honkai Impact so if you play these games plz play w me cuz im lonely

-Chase Atlantic and The Weekend fan ;)

-I also love listening kpop...Blackpink are my favs♥️👌

-Since my favourite anime is Tokyo Revengers... I'll write ALOT about it...

Have a good day <333

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WH boys with JP VA

Once upon a time, I already did this thingy, but here I am with an update of that, so I hope you like it :)

Elias - Eguchi Takuya (Ex.: Watanuki from InuBoku SS)

Luca - Kimura Ryouhei  (Ex.: Charles Grey from Kuroshitsuji)

Yukiya - Hanae Natsuki  (Ex.: Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul)

Klaus - Maeno Tomoaki  (Ex.: Natsume from Brothers Conglict)

Azusa - Kondo Takashi  (Ex.: Kogitsunemaru from Touken Ranbu and Findorr from Bleach)

Randy - Murase Ayumu  (Ex.: Joseph from Mahoutsukai no Yome)

Joel - Uchiyama Kouki (Ex.: Miyuki from Red data girl)

Vincent - Hosoya Yoshimasa  (Ex.: Sonon Kusakabe from Final Fantasy)

Leon - Sakurai Takahiro  (Ex.: Saitou Shimaru from Gintama)

Cerim - Ono Kensho  (Ex.:Hakuryuu from Magi)

Guy - Okamoto Nobuhiko  (Ex.: Mikorin from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki kun)

Glenn - Suwabe Junichi  (Ex.: Archer from Fate)

Leslie - Masuda Toshiki  (Ex.:Kiyomitsu from Touken Ranbu)

Sigurd - Taniyama Kishou  (Ex.: Himuro Tatsuya from Kuroko no basket)

Mel - Toriumi Kousuke  (Ex.: Shu from Diabolik Lovers)

Zeus - Furukawa Makoto  (Ex.: Hatsuharu from Fruit Basket)

Hiro - Shimazaki Nobunaga (Ex.: Suna from Oremonogatari)

Lucious - Matsuoka Yoshitsugu  (Ex.: Xiao from Genshin Impact and Sytry from Makai Ouji)

Caesar - Hino Satoshi  (Ex.: Toma from Amnesia)

Alfonse - Yonaga Tsubasa  (Ex.: Manami from Yowamushi Pedal)

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ISML 2022: Here Come The Forgers!

ISML 2022: Here Come The Forgers!

By Jo-Ryan Salazar The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue 1 November 2022

The likes of Anya (2758), Yor (2275) and Loid (2126) Folger will have their work cut out to push around some of the more well-known veterans who make the cut on Match Day 2 of the 2022 International Saimoe League Preliminaries. But, the whole family from Spy x Family is in.

In addition to Anya and Yor making it through the Female Division, others who qualified include Rikka Takanashi (4673), incumbent Saimoe Prime Minister Elaina (4511) seeking reelection, Rem (4429), Mai Sakurajima (4381), Mikoto Misaka (4254), Miku Nakano (4236), Eru Chitanda (3365), Yui Hirasawa (3309), Marina (3114), Takina Inoue (3089), Tamako Kitashirakawa (3029), Asuna Yuuki (2932), Nino Nakano (2914), Itsuki Nakano (2605), Kuroko Shirai (2849), Sora Kasugano (2682), Azusa Nakano (2661), Tsukasa Yuzaki (2491), Kanade Tachibana (2425), Ritsu Tainaka (2349), Kaori Miyazono (2293), Nagisa Furukawa (2260), Kyouko Hori (2249), Ai Haibara (2238), Kaede Azusagawa (2192), Index Prohibitorum (2129), Magumin (2105), Shouko Makinohara (2070), Chizuru Ichinose (2043), Tooru (2039), Yotsuba Nakano (2027), Inori Yuzuriha (1958), Rei Ayanami (1956) and Takagi (1919).

Loid was the only one making it through from the Male Division this round. Also making the cut were Hachiman Hikigaya (4095), the always-reliable Houtarou Oreki (3739), Kazuto Kirigaya (3081), Satoru Gojou (2664), Yuu Otosaka (2550< Subaru Natsuki (2512), Rimuru Tempest (2487), Sora (2368), Izumi Miyamura (2329), Conan Edogawa (2237), Itachi Uchiha (2122), Ken Kaneki (2116), Tanjirou Kamado (2016), Kousei Arima (1906), Riku Dola (1869), Saika Totsuka (1837), Haruka Kasugano (1777), Ainz Ooal Gown (1758), Monkey D. Luffy (1752), Shirou Emiya (1749), Fuutarou Uesugi (1701), Yuuta Okkotsu (1663), Hiro (1658), Rudeus Greyrat (1657), Nasa Yuzaki (1641), Giyuu Tomioka (1598), Masamune Izumi (1571), Osamu Dazai (1552), L Lawliet (1489), Gilgamesh (1452), Isaac Foster (1450), Nishikata (1433), Yuuji Itadori (1427), Sorata Kanda (1412) and Kusuo Saiki (1384).

Match Day 3 of the 2022 International Saimoe League Preliminaries is scheduled for 4 November 2022. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

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5 Manga With Incredible Artwork

https://www.cbr.com/manga-best-artwork/

Vinland Saga

Vinland Saga is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by manga author Makoto Yukimura. It follows the story of a boy named Thorfinn who who is on a mission to revenge is father’s death after he witnessed his murder while sneaking onto warship right before it is ambushed. Over the years Thorthinn becomes more and more of a cold-blooded killer that is driven by his traumatic past and rage. “Mangaka Makoto Yukimura puts to paper some genuinely devastating moments that fans will not be able to get out of their heads.”

I haven't read Vinland saga but with the new anime adaptation that was released, I've been meaning to look into it. From what i see in the artwork, it is very grim and dark which is fitting for the dark themes of the story. I like the graphic battle scenes and imagery of death.

Uzumaki

Uzumaki is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito.

The story follows the characters Kirie Goshima and her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito who lives in the town of Kurōzu-Cho. However one day the town is affected by a mysterious supernatural means that is at its core, a spiral curse. To put it simply, the town and its people are slowly turning into spirals. This manga is an amazing example of cosmic horror as the extent of this curse becomes other worldly till we are left with, just spirals. 

I have yet to read uzumaki despite my love for Junji ito and its defiantly on my list of things to read. However, from the artwork I've seen I'm confident this story is amazing and filled to the brim with disturbing imagery that can really leave an impression on someone.

Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. Set in modern day japan, the story follows the character of Ken Kaneki who is one day thrown into the tragic life of a cannibalistic creature called a ghoul. He has to leave his human life behind as he is now half ghoul and has to fight for his life and experience what its really like to be a monster. This story really isnt a pretty one as we see many traumatic things happen to Kaneki and his loved ones. I also like how it goes into the philosophy of what it really means to be human and ghoul, and how there's no real difference between the two.

Tokyo ghoul is a all time favourite of mine as i have both read and watched the series. On top of the storytelling, i am also in love with the artwork presented to us. The art is both elegantly and rough with a great use of jagged shapes and maniacal expressions that do a great job of conveying emotion and terror.

Kokou no Hito

Kokou no Hito is a Japanese manga series written by Shinichi Sakamoto and Yoshirō Nabeda and illustrated by Sakamoto, based on a novel by Jirō Nitta. It follows the story of a boy named Mori Buntarō, who is obsessed with solo mountain climbing. its expressed that he finds his freedom through the act of climbing and eventually dedicates his life towards scaling the east face of K2. 

I couldn't find a huge lot on the story, but based of the artwork I've seen i think this is also has heavily psychological themes as i imagine climbing a difficult mounting alone can have a big impact on ones psyche. I haven't read the manga and mostly likely have no intention to in the future but from the art work I've seen i can appreciate the hard work Sakamoto put into it

Inuyashiki

Inuyashiki is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It follows the story of two characters, a teenager named Hiro Shishigami and a fifty-eight-year-old man named Ichiro Inuyashiki, who were one day hit by an  extra-terrestrial explosion and had their bodies altered by alien technology.  From there we see the two characters take wildly different paths as Shishigami becomes a homicidal sociopath where as Inuyashiki uses his newly found abilities to help the community around him.

I havnt read the manga but i have seen the anime adaptation so i can confidently say i like the story behind it. As for the artwork ive seen its pretty solid and looks nice to read especially with the detail put into scenes such as the one below.

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Voice Actors: Ikemen Revolution

So, after the little shock when I saw that Lancelot’s voice is Bakugou’s voice, I decided to do some research and see what else the voice actors have done.

I don’t know every anime/movie/dorama here, I just put what I found and I didn’t put everything they’ve done, just four each (except some of the last ones).

I hope it’s helpful somehow!

 Black Army:

     — Ray Blackwell: Hiro Shimono

Dabi (Boku no Hero Academia)

Zeno (Akatsuki no Yona)

Naki (Tokyo Ghoul)

Connie Springer (Attack on Titan)

     — Sirius Oswald: Junichi Suwabe

Aizawa Shouta (Boku no Hero Academia)

Jae-Ha (Akatsuki no Yona)

Tadaomi Karasuma (Assassination Classroom)

Freed Justine (Fairy Tail)

     — Luka Clemence: Junya Enoki

Jack (Beastars)

Pannacota Fugo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)

Kurata Takezou (Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life)

Takeru Takaishi (Digimon Adventure - movies)

     — Fenrir Godspeed: Tetsuya Kakihara

Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

Kanetsugu Naoe (Sengoku Night Blood)

Takuya Miyagawa (Baby Steps)

Kain Fuery (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

     — Seth Hyde: Taishi Murata

Eiichirou Maruo (Baby Steps)

Akinori Konoha (Haikyuu!! 2)

Volo Levantein (Sword Art Online: Alicization)

Ibusaki Shun (Food Wars)

Red Army:

     — Lancelot Kingsley: Nobuhiko Okamoto

Bakugou Katsuki (Boku no Hero Academia)

Shin-Ah (Akatsuki no Yona)

Mikoshiba “Mikorin” Mikoto (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun)

Obi (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)

[and so many others I would like to list, but I’m putting only four each, HIASHESIAUEHAS]

     — Jonah Clemence: Natsuki Hanae

Kaneki Ken (Tokyo Ghoul)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Sengoku Night Blood)

Aldini Takumi (Food Wars)

Kamado Tanjirou (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

     — Edgar Bright: Taku Yashiro

Yuri Kamanosuke (Sengoku Night Blood)

Yamazaki Susumu (Bakumatsu)

Wataru Maruyama (Nana Maru San Batsu)

Tsubasa Kashiwagi (The iDOLM@STER SideM)

     — Zero: Kentaro Kumagai

Akuno Hideo (The iDOLM@STER SideM)

Neutrophil 4989 (Cells at Work)

Theo Cornaro (Record of Grancrest War)

Gojou Yuuma (Hinomaru Zumou)

     — Kyle Ash: Makoto Furukawa

Saitama (One Punch Man)

Seiji Shishikura (Boku no Hero Academia)

Kindaichi Yuutarou (Haikyuu!!)

Zappa (One Piece)

Wonderland Residents:

     — Harr Silver: Junta Terashima

Hyouga Yukimura (Inazuma Eleven Go)

Mamoru Fujimura (TsukiPro the Animation)

Ōsuke Kiryū (Kono Oto Tomare: Sounds of Life)

     — Loki Genetta: Ayumu Murase

Shōyō Hinata (Haikyuu!!)

Luck Voltia (Black Clover)

Ginro (Dr. Stone)

Suzuki Iruma (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)

     — Blanc Lapin: Yusuke Shirai

Usui Masumi (A3! Season Spring & Summer)

Masaki Uehara (Ao-chan Can’t Study!)

Io Naruko (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!)

Lux (Diabolik Lovers More, Blood)

     — Oliver Knight: Daiki Hamano

Valtos (Black Clover)

Matheus Johann Weiss (Isekai Quartet)

Michiru Enjoji ((The) Idolm@ster SideM)

Nanashi (Seven Deadly Sins)

     — Mousse Atlas: Shunichi Toki

Rurikawa Yuki (A3! Season Spring & Summer)

Allocer Schneider (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)

Leo de la Iglesia (Yuri!!! on Ice)

Ginji (Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits)

     — Dean Tweedle: Masanari Wada

He’s an actor and apparently have made some doramas and movies (that I don’t know).

Tomoki Kujiraoka (Re: Follower)

Ryosuke Tanimura (Satorudayo)

Masayuki Sena (Real - Fake)

     — Dalim “Dum” Tweedle: Yuya Asato

Kai von Granzreich (The Royal Tutor)

Naoto Keisuke, Ichi (Magical Girl Site)

And he’s made a lot of theatre plays.

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Natsu Dragneel ✧*。ヾ(｡>﹏<｡)ﾉﾞ✧*。

Colored by Tetsuix

Credit to : Hiro mashima

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15 OC QUESTIONS

Tagged by @nilonne and @aniraklova ♥

I decided to do the entire DH3 gang to get you all a little bit familiar with them and because I didn't post a lot lately. From left to right : Hiro, Leïla, Destiny, Aïssa, Renji and Milo ♥

1/ Are you named after anyone ?

Hiro : My grand-father's name was Hiroshi so I guess that must comes from that. (Or maybe it's just a Tokyo Ghoul reference).

Leïla : Also my grand mother's name but it also means dusk which kind of defines me well.

Destiny : My name speaks for itself right ?

Aïssa : I chose this name as it can be used for both gender and also means alive in arabic. I wanted to honor my father roots even though I never that asshole.

Renji : The Pure Heart ! let me laugh a second ...

Milo : I'm just a bit italian !

2/ When was the last time you cried ?

Hiro : I will cry a lot soon ...

Leïla : Same ... But also last night watching Marrowbone ! That movie was crazy !

Destiny : When Aïssa told me she loved me back.

Aïssa: When Destiny told me she loved me back.

Renji : I don't have a soul anymore ... Sooo ...

Milo : Have you watch The Last of Us ? I can't stop crying each episodes !

3/ Do you have kids ?

Hiro : Not now please !

Leïla : Maybe one day ...

Destiny : Oh my lord ... Hell no !

Aïssa : I can't wait to find some young souls that will call me mother when I'm older !

Renji : Do vampires can have babies ? Otherwise I don't know ?

Milo : I dream of the white fence house with the dog, happy husband and two kids !

4/ Do you use sarcasm?

Hiro : I try sometimes but people think I'm being weird if so ...

Leïla : I'm not that good in english sadly !

Destiny : It's my second name ...

Aïssa : Sarcasm is like style, you have to own it carefully!

Renji : Sarcasm? Noooo, never, of course, hum ....

Milo : What did you say ?

5/ What’s the first thing you notice about people ?

Hiro : Usually the sound of their voice. I can hate someone if I find their voice too weird.

Leïla : Manners ! I don't know why but if someone is not polite the first time we met, we might not be very friendly.

Destiny : The eyes is the reflections of the soul.

Aïssa : Style ! You always have to see what kind of energy someone will bring you through their style!

Renji : I always had something with aura ... I mean, I can feel deep inside when I can trust someone.

Milo : The beard mostly ... I have to stop thinking about men daily I swear ! Otherwise, the smile !

6/ What’s your eye color ?

Hiro : Black, like my hair (and mind) .

Leïla : I used to have green eyes but since the accident, I have one brown/orange eye. I think it kinda hides my power inside but we still have to figure it out ...

Destiny : My eyes are greenish. More like nuts colours but with hints of green. Don't know where it's coming from though !

Aïssa : Brown !

Renji : It used to be black but it turned kinda purple since I turned ...

Milo : Just like my hair and my name, Green !

7/ Scary movies or happy endings ?

Hiro : I'm more into animes/mangas ....Which are mostly violent and sad ....

Leïla : I'm more into french drama movies you know ... But fuck Jean Luc Godard ! If you want me to watch horror, it better be an a24 one ... I like deep stories

Destiny : Happy endings for sure and usually more a comedy type ! My life is already a bad teenage horror movie ...

Aïssa: Happy endings if it has a real meaning behind it, but I also love horror movies, after all, an actress has to try everything !

Renji : I live for horror movies, though I hate my life as a vampire ... Fuck !

Milo : I'm a huge horror fan and final girls kinda runs in my blood ! I'm team Sydney !

8/ Any special talents ?

Hiro : I love to think I'm smart and an awesome hidden drawer ...

Leïla: I'm litterally the fire as a human being so ...

Destiny : I'm half kinda eternal ?

Aïssa : I make my own clothes.

Renji : I managed to survive as a vampire while not eating humans .... and all kind of vampires stuff I guess ...

Milo : I know all my grandmother recipes by heart ! Also I'm super good for sex but that's not the question here ....

9/ Where were you born ?

Hiro : Brindleton Bay, I have Komorebian roots though !

Leïla : I was born in Nice, in the south of France. And I have arabic roots I'm super proud of! Destiny : Brindleton fucking Bay ... I hate this town ... But my mom is from Sulani ♥

Aïssa: I'm from Windenburg! Always been a city girl ♥

Renji: Same as Hiro and Des .... Sadly ...

Milo : My mom is from New York but she moved to San Myshuno right before I was born, I'm a city girl as well ♥♥♥

10/ What are your hobbies ?

Hiro : I mainly draw and read a lot, but I also love founding clues when we're solving mysteries. Don't ever call me Fred though ! I'm more a Velma type !

Leïla : When I don't practice my powers, I love to watch movies a lot, writting scripts and record stuffs I'll use one day ...

Destiny : It's been while since I didn't fight any vampires/demon so now I'm more into training and studying ... Yeah I know, I should stop a little !

Aïssa: Singing, making my own clothes, social medias stuff, modelling, acting ... I'm a woman with many talents !

Renji : I do some music ... Just some random electro stuff you know .... No I don't know about Moon okay ?!

Milo : I'm one the radio host on the campus and also the chief editor of the Gazette so I'm already busy ....

11/ Have you any pets ?

Hiro : I'm not into pets really ... I know !

Leïla : I have a huge female chow-chow dog called Poupou ! I can't wait to actually take her back to my sister as she's not allowed on campus.

Destiny : I never had one, though can you count a random cat you fed for years ? I never knew his name ...Anyway ...

Aïssa : We used to have a cat, Missy, but the loss was too big and painfull, thanks for the reminder ! Renji : I always wanted a dog but Hiro ... Boring !

Milo: We have a golden retriever with my mom, his name is Patrick and he's a blessing ! He's the best to ruin your boyfriend's underwears …

12/ What sports do you play/have played ?

Hiro : I've always been into tennis ! No influenced by a manga at all !

Leïla : Sports ? Hum ... I do stretch and dance by myself otherwise ... I eat vegetables that's already enough !

Destiny : Gym, running, used to also practice krav maga and some capoeira as well ! Guess it's time to relax a bit now huh ?

Aïssa : I love to swim and dance mainly, yoga is also my jam !

Renji : I'm dead so ... Vampires have good genes anyway ...

Milo : I go to the gym yeah ... But even though I move my ass a lot there, it's usually not on the machines …

13/ How tall are you ?

Hiro : 1m73, which is kinda tall right ?

Leïla: 1m70.

Destiny : 1m75, I'm tall I know.

Aïssa : 1m80. Perfect size !

Renji: 1m86ish since I turned ...

Milo : 1m83!

14/ Favorite subject in school ?

Hiro : Studies ?

Leïla : Our newt time out together.

Destiny : Our next weekend or what we did on the previous one to try to remember what we did ! Aïssa : School gossips and what to wear. Seriously, those white ass have a crual lack of style! Renji : I don't go to school dude ...

Aïssa : School gossips and what to wear. Seriously, those white ass have a crual lack of style!

Renji : I don't go to school dude ...

Milo : Boys boys boys ♫ More seriously, I run the Gazette so I'm kind of a sneaky bitch !

15/ Dream job ?

Hiro : Mangaka! Even though it's already pointless ...

Leïla : Maybe movie director or screenwriter, maybe both ? But I don't want to be seen !

Destiny : Lawyer. Think I might choose environmental or social ....

Aïssa : Actress, singer, clothes designer ... The possibilities are endless baby ! I'm a powerfull black woman ♥

Renji : Already doing it I guess ....

Milo: I'm surely going to be a reporter ! I mean, have you seen my grades and the Gazette ? Time Magazine, here I come !

Thanks a lot for the tag again :) going to tag @shesthespinstersimmer @castawavy @itsmariejanel @alelelesimz @someone-elsa @javitrulovesims @gladlypants @tartiish @bakersimmer and anyone else who want to do it, feel free to tag me or ignore this :)

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IN-DEPTH: How Did Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Become Japan’s Hottest Domestic Franchise?

  At this point, it’s safe to say that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the biggest franchises this decade. The manga series sold more than double what One Piece did at its peak in 2020, the Mugen Train anime film has outgrossed Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning Spirited Away to become the king of the Japanese box office, and the franchise is estimated to bring in 270 billion yen to the Japanese economy by itself this year. 

  Looking at all of that, there is no question that Demon Slayer is the hottest domestic property in Japan right now. But how did it get here? Let’s examine how the little manga series from new author Koyoharu Gotouge became a cultural phenomenon in Japan.

  Demon Slayer’s History with Jump

  Before the Demon Slayer anime started, the series was running in Weekly Shonen Jump, one of Japan’s top manga magazines. The series started in Jump on February 15, 2016, and had modest success, with around 3.5 million copies of the manga series printed and sold as of February 2019, just a few months before the anime premiered in April 2019.

  During Jump Festa 2017 — an annual exhibition for series being released by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump and their other manga magazines — the first chapter of Demon Slayer was given out in a sample booklet alongside other new series that had started in 2016, such as THE PROMISED NEVERLAND. Outside that sample booklet though, Demon Slayer barely existed in the mind’s eyes of attendees, with gazes glued to NEVERLAND and BORUTO as the new hot series.

  It wasn’t until Jump Festa 2020 (held in December 2019) that Demon Slayer got some time in the spotlight, with the Aniplex booth doing its best at showing off the series that had become such a hit over the previous summer. 

  Demon Slayer at the Aniplex booth during Jump Festa 2020 (photo: Daryl Harding)

  Even though the collected manga volumes weren’t selling as much as one might expect from the now behemoth of a series, Demon Slayer was slowly gaining traction among fans, but wouldn’t really break out until just before the first episode of the TV anime aired on television in Japan.

  The Outside Influences Brought into Demon Slayer

  When the Demon Slayer TV anime was announced in June 2018, it was revealed that the studio Ufotable would be adapting the series. The Aniplex-affiliated studio is widely praised for their work on the Fate franchise, which has culminated with the Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] film series. Ufotable-produced works are known to already be event-type series, and with Demon Slayer being their first Weekly Shonen Jump adaptation, it was a series to look forward to on that point alone.

  First Demon Slayer TV anime key visual (source: Anime Eiga)

  Just before the series premiered in April 2019, it was also revealed that popular singer LiSA — who was then mostly known for her work on the Sword Art Online openings, including the wildly popular theme to the Ordinal Scale anime film “Catch the Moment” — would be singing the opening theme for the series, with the first preview of the song at Anime Japan that year. LiSA went on to have a solo concert at the Yokohama Arena on the last days of the Heisei era in April 2019, selling out the 17,000 capacity hall.

  AnimeJapan 2019 Trailer

  Music can be a huge element in propelling the popularity of a series in Japan. Some of the biggest anime over the last decade was supported by their opening and ending themes, which kept the anime in people's minds. Demon Slayer’s opening theme “Gurenge” became such a hit in its own right that it dragged the rest of the series along with it. This formula worked to bring Your Name to the forefront of Japanese pop culture in 2016 — you couldn’t go anywhere in Tokyo without hearing Radwimps. And the double whammy of “Gurenge” and “Homura” (the theme for Demon Slayer: Mugen Train) has helped the series achieve even more success.

  Rounding out the series was the star-studded voice cast who all have their own fan bases. Voicing Tanjiro is Natsuki Hanae, who was best known at the time for Ken Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul; Zenitsu is voiced by Hiro Shimono, who voices Connie in Attack on Titan, and the boar himself Inosuke is voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, who voices Kirito in Sword Art Online. Nezuko's voice actor Akari Kito, who largely played side characters up until her casting in Demon Slayer, would become a well-known name and go on to play many more lead roles after the series became popular. 

  On paper, the breadth of talent involved in Demon Slayer far exceeded that of just any TV anime series. The production committee, led by Aniplex, was banking hard on people giving the series a try before the first episode had even aired. And it worked.

  Topping the Film Charts before the First Episode Even Aired

  Demon Slayer: Mugen Train has topped the film charts since it first premiered on October 18, 2020, but it’s not the first time the series has been in theaters. Prior to the TV airing of the first episode on April 6, 2019, the first five episodes were shown in eleven theaters across Japan starting on March 29. The screenings were dubbed “The Bonds Between Brother and Sister” and topped the mini-theater rankings, with over 10,000 people going in just the first three days.

  Ironically the press release from Aniplex announcing that the screenings were being extended in early 2019 said the “excitement for Demon Slayer is at its peak!” If those screenings were anything on the mountain of the popularity of Demon Slayer, they’d be right near the start of the trek.

  “The Bonds Between Brother and Sister” Visual

  Due to the immense popularity, the two-week special screenings were then extended for another week at all eleven cinemas, which were coming in at Number 1 on the mini-theater rankings (for screenings in less than 30) for the two weeks it was originally scheduled for.

  It’s no surprise then that just after these screenings had finished, and during the early broadcast of the anime on TV, that the production committee ordered the Mugen Train arc — which directly follows after the ending of the first season — to be produced as a film, according to industry sources.

  Demon Slayer’s Evolving Popularity Throughout Its Airing

  Hiroyuki Nakano, the editor-in-chief of Weekly Shonen Jump, spoke to Nikkei Entertainment in the March 2020 issue of the magazine on the slow success of the manga series, explaining that “normally the number of sales of a series increases gradually during the broadcast, but the number of copies sold of Demon Slayer exploded when the broadcast ended.” Nakano alluded to streaming services helping the anime series escalate the popularity of the original series by giving people the accessibility of being able to catch up on the show the next day via services like Amazon Prime and Netflix, who streamed the show weekly in Japan.

    Gone are the days where an anime fan would have to record an episode of a late-night anime series because it aired early in the morning. With streaming services on the rise within Japan, that night’s episode of Demon Slayer could be watched the next day on the way to work or school, on the train, or on the toilet.

  “I felt that the way people interacted with anime had changed and that we had entered a new phase,” Nakano explained, discussing how Demon Slayer’s rise in popularity was due to the evolving ways of media consumption.

  This helped the series when the famous Episode 19 aired, blowing away all expectations of what an anime could do in animation. If Demon Slayer wasn’t already part of the modern anime zeitgeist, that one episode — which trended worldwide on Twitter after airing — propelled the series to the forefront by word-of-mouth. Inside Japan, people couldn’t help but talk about the latest episode of the series, treating it like prime-time event television in the same vein as Game of Thrones would have been in the west.

    Demon Slayer’s success has also been well documented since the anime finished airing on September 28, 2019. The manga series has broken all records to become the most-sold series for a year, the Mugen Train sequel film is now the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, and has given Japan the honor of being the third country to have a film reach US $300 million in a single market during its initial run.

  Why Does Demon Slayer Resonate With Japanese Audiences?

  How Demon Slayer became popular is one thing, but why did this one series, when many others have the same level of talent behind them, become the cultural phenomenon it is today? In December, Oricon released the results of a survey given to Japanese people on how well they know the series, and if so, why did they like it so much.

    An astonishing 97.6 percent of the 3,848 respondents, who ranged from teens to the elderly, said they knew of the series, with 40.5 percent of people saying they knew it well. Of those who knew the series, they described how they liked the world setting and had sympathy for the characters. A male teenager said that he “was fascinated by the story of the main character growing up while struggling with various difficulties,” while a woman in her sixties enjoyed “the storytelling and LiSA's powerful voice.” A woman in her thirties remarked that she “never thought I'd be talking about anime at my age with my 60-something mother.”

  All through the responses, Demon Slayer is bridging the divide between generations, with each generation taking something out of the story that Gotouge has crafted. 

  The top-notch action scenes and relatable characters draw in the younger crowd, while more middle-aged people get a kick out of the family bonds that weave throughout the story, and the aesthetic of the entire series gives older people a sense of nostalgia, also known as “Taisho romance,” but without it being overly melodramatic about the era. Even kids are going to the schoolyard to reproduce the breathing techniques seen in the series. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga joined them when he made a cheeky reference to Demon Slayer’s breathing techniques while speaking to the DIET in November. 

    The accumulation of these points has made Demon Slayer a cultural touchstone, one that could only be born out of Japan. Even if the world wasn’t in the current state it is in, the Shonen Jump series would be just as big in its homeland, if not bigger, with more people going to the theaters and traveling to the areas that influenced the series. 

  Living in Japan at the moment means living in a world surrounded by Demon Slayer. From billboards promoting the film to masks people wear, you can’t go outside (not that people should be!) without having the series in your eyesight. And with how good the series is, and how many people are enjoying it, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba deserves its time in the sun.

  Demon Slayer masks being sold in Harajuku in December 2020 (photo: Daryl Harding)

      Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

  Do you love writing? Do you love anime? If you have an idea for a features story, pitch it to Crunchyroll Features.

By: Daryl Harding

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Can we just appreciate the seiyuus of Kimetsu no yaiba?

Tanjiro Kamado (Natsuki Hanae) has the same seiyuu as:

-Kaneki Ken from “Tokyo ghoul”

-Kousei Arima from “Your lie in April”

Zenitsu Agatsuma (Hiro Shimono), has the same seiyuu as:

-Connie Springer from “Attack on Titan”

-Naki from “Tokyo Ghoul”

-Dabi from “My Hero Academia”

Inosuke Hashibira (Yoshitsugu Matsuoka), has the same seiyuu as:

-Hanazawa Teruki from “Mob Psycho 100″

-Betelguese Romanee-Conti (WTF) from “Re: Zero”

Genya shinazugawa (Nobuhiko Okamoto) has the same seiyuu as:

-Bakugou Katsuki from “My Hero Academia”

-Rin Okumura from “Blue Exorcist”

-Karma Akabane from “Assassination Classroom”

-Isaac Foster from “Angels of Death”

Sabito (Kaji Yuki) has the same seiyuu as:

-Eren Yeager from “Attack on Titan”

-Todoroki Shoto from “My hero academia”

-Konekomaru Miwa from “Blue Exorcist”

-Yukine from “Noragami”

-Ayato Kirishima from “Tokyo Ghoul”

Feel free to add more if you know any!

[ao3feed-izuku-midoriya]

Hiro Ghoul

Hiro Ghoul by sunnyflower98

(first time writing a story) Izuku began to grab at the slime as it started cover his mouth. He was starting to suffocate, panic started to rack his mind. Izuku new that he was about to die, if he didn’t get out soon. Just then he felt himself being pulled out of the slime. Looking at the man that pulled him out, the first thing he saw was the mans eyes. not good with summaries.

Words: 1667, Chapters: 1, Status: In-Progress, Language: English

Fandoms: My Hero Academia/僕のヒーローアカデミア and Tokyo Ghoul/東京喰種トーキョーグール

Rated: M

Genre: Horror/Humor

Characters: Izuku M., Tsuyu A., Kaneki K./Haise S., Touka K.

Read Here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13725626

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My Review of Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Season Two

Season One Review Here.

Here we go again! Those crazy kids, will they ever confess their feelings for each other?

HISTORY: Love is war! The first one to admit love is seen as weak and is thus deemed the loser in this fight. That reigns true in the minds of student body president Miyuki Shirogane and student body vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. Both of them are mad for one another, they just won’t admit it. So, Miyuki and Kaguya play mind games with one another to see if they can make the other crumble. In a war with many wins and losses, who will be the first one to admit their feelings for the other?

SEASON TWO: While the mind games are still happening, it seems like they’re going towards a cuter case (at least when it comes to Kaguya). Yes, she still covers her tracks so she comes out looking cool as a cucumber, but inside she’s a mess. We start the season off with Kaguya wanting to celebrate Miyuki’s birthday. It’s just that Miyuki is stubborn about celebrating his own birthday or even receiving gifts (due to his upbringing). And then we add a few more road-blocks to this story with the addition of new members of the student body.

Then we end this memorable era of the student council as new members are set to take place with an election. Despite the sad atmosphere with remembering all the fun stuff that occurred last season, everyone will be coming back to their old positions for the upcoming school year. I mean, this was the third episode! It would be a real cock-tease if everyone left their positions this early in the season.

NEW CHARACTER: Let’s enter the Student Council Election arc! With the disbanding of the previous student council, it’s time for the students to choose their next president, vice president, etc. Miyuki was skeptical about continuing his reign as president, but he’s going to run for a second term. While Miyuki is still popular, a first-year student is ready to take him down. In comes Miko Iino! She’s seen as a sticler for the rules. Even when she’s in the student council, she doesn’t waste time scolding every member (except Chika) about minor imperfections. Here’s what you might recognize her from.

*Miko is played by Miyu Tomita (known for Crim on Interspecies Reviewers)

LICENSING: This anime is licensed by Aniplex of America (just like season one) and is EXCLUSIVELY streamed only on FUNimation. I wouldn’t be so pissy about this if sites like Crunchyroll and Hulu hadn’t already streamed the first season from the start, but FUNimation and Sony want to keep the series all to themselves. The company’s a monster!

THE DUB: Holy crap, the unthinkable has happened and FUNimation has scrounged up an English dub to this series. But only for this season! What the shit is going on? Is it like when Crunchyroll and FUNimation shared the anime Free! for a while? Why is it only this season that’s being dubbed? Well anyways, if you’ve read my thoughts on season one, you’ll know that I had “strong” feelings towards this getting a dub. Meaning, the narrator had to be voiced by R. Bruce Elliott! Well…they did voice the narrator with someone from Space Dandy. I just didn’t expect it to be voiced by Space Dandy himself! In short, Ian Sinclair is voicing the narrator and I am okay with this. He’s no R. Bruce Elliott, but Ian Sinclair is friggin’ awesome. I actually think the dub is really good from what I’ve heard so far. There’s only a few episodes available at this date and time, but make your own decisions here. Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

ENGLISH CAST: *Kaguya is played by Alexis Tipton (known for Honey on Space Dandy, Lala on To Love Ru, Iris on Fire Force, Mizuki on Baka and Test, Aoba on Keijo!!!!!!!!, Hana on Prison School, and Saya on Blood-C)

*Miyuki is played by Aaron Dismuke (known for Al on FMA, Hiro on Fruits Basket, Kakeru on Fruits Basket 2019, Van on Escaflowne [redub], Marx on Black Clover, and You on Deadman Wonderland)

*Chika is played by Jad Saxton (known for Charla on Fairy Tail, Hana on Fruits Basket 2019, Koneko on High School DxD, Dorothy on Black Clover, Tamaki on Fire Force, Megumi on Food Wars, and Chika on Love Live Sunshine)

*Ishigami is played by Austin Tindle (known for Accelerator on Index/Railgun, Kaneki on Tokyo Ghoul, Karma on Assassination Classroom, Marco on Attack on Titan, Natsuo on Domestic Girlfriend, and Sunakawa on My Love Story)

SHIPPING PART II: Ooh boy, we’ve got some extra cute moments between Kaguya and Miyuki this season. From Kaguya giving a slice of cake to Miyuki for his birthday to the star-gazing moment where Miyuki grabs Kaguya and things get a little too close for comfort, this season was getting a little hot and heavy! Although, we didn’t get another moment with sick Kaguya this season! And it becomes increasingly clear to both characters that it’s getting harder and harder to put up that façade in front of one another. In the case of Kaguya, she ends up going to the emergency room only to learn that her “heart condition” is just the love for the president.

Even though we don’t get any kind of love confession this season, we do get some choice moments like Kaguya becoming friends with Miyuki on LINE, Kaguya’s run-in with Miyuki’s father, and of course that awkward position in a locked room between the two star-crossed lovers. You know what I’m talking about, the misunderstanding position. Literally every high school anime has this happen at one point!

MUSIC: So…no cute ending theme like Chika’s from last season? Crabapples!

Aside from that, the first time I heard DADDY, DADDY DO, I was a little skeptical on the visuals they chose to match the music. Thankfully, that only lasted for two episodes at the most and the rest of the time I’m dancing around to this catchy theme.

And while I’m on the subject of music, has anyone else noticed the amount of 80s music references that was shown throughout the season? Maybe I’m just stuck on that episode where Kaguya is trying to vogue like Madonna.

FUNNIEST MOMENT: Underwear and man-whores! So much misunderstanding it was too much for me to contain my laughs.

ENDING: The last couple of episodes revolve around the school sport’s festival. Surprisingly, we get a fair amount of time dedicated to long-time holdout Ishigami. He ended up doing something quite surprising by joining the cheer squad and was willing to participate by dressing in drag for a skit. I find Ishigami made a cute girl. Then, we get some cute Miyuki x Kaguya shenanigans when Miyuki’s father visits the sports festival.

So the episode before the second season finale, we get a full episode dedicated to Ishigami. In episodes prior to this one, we were getting a taste of what’s up with our favorite gamer. There was talk of Ishigami being a violent psychopath in middle school with the way the faceless rumormill has been talking. Apparently when Ishigami was in middle school, he would frequently talk to this girl in his class. But then this girl gets a boyfriend! That wouldn’t bug Ishigami until he overheard that boyfriend cheating on this girl. It does get worse with what this scumbag tries to do. And that’s when Ishigami beat the crap out of him!

Unfortunately for Ishigami, his class and the girl walked in when he was pummeling the shit out of this dude. And so the truth gets warped! Especially when dude starts lying by saying Ishigami did this because he was jealous of their relationship. Because of the altercation, Ishigami was suspended from school for a time, had to see a councilor, and was forced to write a letter of apology to the jerk he beat up. That last one, he was unable to do so. If you were in his shoes, you wouldn’t write an apology letter either, you’d write a note that simply says...

“Go to hell, Dumbass”!

Amazingly, those are the exact words Miyuki told Ishigami to say to that jerk. Miyuki was the first person to open up to Ishigami after this incident. Despite the harsh time Ishigami had in middle school, after starting high school he learned who his real friends are, both from the student council and the cheer squad. I really should state that I was happy to see Ishigami get an episode revolved around him. He was introduced only half-way into season one and felt like he didn’t make that big of an impact with me. Ishigami this season stood out a lot more and I was very satisfied with the results.

Now in the final episode, Kaguya lost something dear to her. Her phone! Let me explain. She was given a flip-phone when she was 5 years old to only be used for emergencies. Kaguya really didn’t use her camera until she was in the student council and these photos are pretty special to her. So imagine her shock and horror when it falls off the school building and being told that she can’t retrieve her photos. Just as well, she had an obsolete flip-phone. Even me, with my retro media collection, I don’t own one of those! But now that Kaguya has joined the rest of society with a brand-new smart phone, she was able to join LINE and all of her friends shared with her the photos they took during those special moments Kaguya thought were going to be lost to her forever.

In the final segment, it wasn’t really anything romantic-driven. It was just another game brought on by Chika. Basically they all took turns blowing up a balloon until it pops. Or, an anime version to the Spongebob Squarepants episode, “Wet Painters” where Patrick blows a giant paint bubble. And leave it to Chika to inadvertently blow up the balloon by doing something you wouldn’t expect. It blew up, blew everyone and the school away while DADDY DADDY DO plays in the background.

We end with Kaguya and Miyuki standing up together and the narrator assuring us that the war of love is not over.

I love this series, I truly do. I just feel like the way these stories were set up, I feel as though the first season should have ended with the 3rd episode of the second season. Don’t get me wrong, I do like the ending to the first season with the firework episode. It’s just that this particular episode gave us the end of the student council, Kaguya actually called Miyuki by his first name, and with Miyuki announcing his candidcy for president again, it opens up for more to look forward to with season two. But that’s just my thought on the matter. I’m sure this was the setup in the manga, but in the 12 episode dynamic with the anime feels weird. And same can be said about having the Ishigami episode right before the season finale. I’m glad this story was told, I just wish it was placed better in the 12 episode anime season setup.

Despite my tiny gripes there, I enjoyed this season very much. There’s definitely been a lot of development between Miyuki and Kaguya this season with some overused tropes and surprising moments no one expected. I can honestly say I didn’t expect Miyuki to take Kaguya by the shoulders as he talks about stars and constellations. Although, I did expect Miyuki to freak the fuck out sometime afterward because he thought he acted like a dork. But we get the main duo get a little closer with certain moments like the star-gazing episode, Miyuki’s birthday, and Miyuki adding Kaguya to LINE. So it once again leaves us on the hopes of a season three. Unfortunately at this date and time, no word on that happening! So maybe I should go on and read one of the 15+ volumes of the manga.

If you would like to watch the second season of Kaguya-sama it seems like the only one that has it available is FUNimation, with the English dub airing once a week. But if you would like to watch the first season, Crunchyroll and Hulu have it available for streaming.