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"No Saints in Peace Times" - The Continuity of Sanctuary in Masami Kurumada's Writing

When you ask the question "Are there Saints in Sanctuary when there is no Holy War?" are you really asking just that? This is another Reddit-inspired post. I like doing these. Sometimes people actually do ask interesting questions about the Saint Seiya franchise that I like musing on, I just don't put all my thoughts into a response there cause Reddit in general isn't the best platform for essays. I also often get the feeling that this kind of 'overthinking' is frowned upon in that site. Recently someone was very surprised that I made a pot joke in response to a post about a weirdly colored frame of a character, like they expect me to write essays about the most minute things. I can only imagine because, to a lot of people, answering questions online is about posturing and signaling allegiences and not really having human thoughts about something that interests you. Someone asked on R/SaintSeiya if there are Saints operating in Sanctuary between Holy Wars. You know, if they stick around during those 240-year-long periods when Hades is sealed up and the "cameras are off". And I think it is an interesting question because, again, it's one of those lost world-building opportunities that Kurumada just kind of let the other authors who made the spin-off mangas answer for him. At least in story-telling, you know? As opposed to when he has one of those interviews where he thoughtlessly 'expands' on his story's lore, like when he told people that "Cosmos makes you have eternal youth" or that Gold Saint Cosmos had midlochlorians (or maybe that's just some kind of trauma memory from something else just as stupid he has suggested about his own characters)

This post is sort of going to be about all of that. Get ready for it to be long btw. (don't worry, I threw in a couple of images)

Fertility in World-Building

When people have asked me why I chose to write in Saint Seiya when I have such nasty things to say about it, I always say the same thing.

It's because it's a pretty damn fertile world.

Yes, it's fertilisers comes straight out of Masami Kurumada's ass, but hey, produce is produce.

Again, you don't come up with 2.1 million words (so far) to say about it without there being something special about what Kurumada has done. However, I want to draw an important distinction between that being the merit of his work or the merit of his lack of it. It's not so much that this incredible tree of ideas has been planted in it, but more so that it covers so much fucking ground in terms of creative landscapes, that it can't help BUT be fertile.

Think about it for a second; in Saint Seiya, just conceptually, there is Greek mythology, alchemy, weird Muvian people, Shinto and Buddhist influences from Kurumada's martial artist background (one of his few helpful contributions), Japanese corporatism, mistreated orphans, bizarre technology, power suits and an overall fusion of east and west that is found in the best world-built stories like One Piece.

And this without getting to the astrology.

Right! This is so my dad, I swear!

Wait, what? But that's the same as...

I have friends that love astrology. I have friends that call themselves astrologists. Proudly, so. I myself have a bit of a fascination with it.

But holy shit, is there a bigger field for personal speculation than astrology? This topic is so abstract, based on symbolism and subject to cultural backgrounds that it is the backbone of countless conspiracy theories, religions and lores. Not to mention a synonym for that horrible news-channel commentary-segment culture that now plagues everything from sports to politics.

Which is to say you can basically make up shit about any constellation and chances are people will just accept what you say. You can take astrology and pretty much say anything you want about what it means for Mars to be shining brighter and everyone even remotely interested will take you for your word.

In writing, astrology is the perfect vehicle to create a sense of instant spiritual meaning to your characters' designs and actions. It's like salt; you add just enough of it to the pot and even the most horrible cooking will suddenly seem 'ok'.

And this is all because astrology ultimately has a paradox inherent to it; that its simultaneously the most powerful force in the universe, capable of controlling our destinies all across the distant reaches of the universe, while also being the subtlest and most imperceptible one. My chances of winning the lottery are virtually zero, but that's okay, because it's the month of my Zodiac, so my 'luck' is unusually high. I am BOUND to get something. Right? Good luck proving me wrong.

It's religious thinking. It inflames the senses and gives us a sense that there is order to the chaos, all while making itself unfalsifiable. It's no surprise Saint Seiya is especially popular in societies still culturally tied to their religious rituals, even if abstractly, like Brazil and France.

So when you combine it with all those other elements I mentioned, it makes it so that the world of Saint Seiya has this unusually high potential. You can tell stories about technology, society, struggles between genders, the battle of what beauty means and epic accounts of wars against the Gods, all in one setting. So long as you have the right creative person at the helm.

Right.

What all these elements show is that there is no mystery to Saint Seiya's success. It had all the right ingredients after all. It just needed to be stirred right by someone in the position to do so. But once you capture that initial success, then comes the time to invest on it, to see it to term.

Kurumada, the Idea

So, to answer this question, let's talk about the writer for a moment (or two). Masami Kurumada is sort of a fascinating example of a mangaka. I'm a bit obsessed with the guy. He's one of those creatives that have birthed an enrapturing world out of their minds, like Athena sprung out of Zeus' head, and then just catastrophically failed to understand its meaning, implications or potential, like George Lucas or the Wizard Lady. But Kurumada is also one of the most confounding examples of it, because, as is typical of mangakas, not much is known or understood in the West of what kind of guy he is, or even what kind of creative person. This is just a reality about understanding the people who write and draw mangakas because, not only do they live in a pretty quiet society, socially speaking, usually with their own local social medias to boot, but they themselves typically are the quieter type of people. You know, the artists and the nerds.

So on top of the interpretative ambiguity that goofy characters like George Lucas inspire, there is this added layer of fog around Kurumada, especially in the West. You can make up all sorts of shit about what he might have said or done and chances are you will have reasonable plausability to believe it, or find it a positive or negative.

As a result, if you look up Kurumada and his career, at least through English sources, you'll find that a lot of the writing done about it is by fans. And as a result, it looks unprofessional at best and hegiographic at worst. Conversation about his life in social media dedicated to Saint Seiya carries this weird casual fanboy tone to it, describing his art style in an odd, opinionated way that doesn't exactly scream objectivity.

This, I know, is because to the eyes of people unimpressed by Kurumada, he's not worth writing about, which leaves the fans a bit of a monopoly in the practice of documenting the guy.

Why, just relatively recently, someone circulated a story on R/SaintSeiya that Kurumada not only got into a lot of fights, but pretty much badgered his way into Shueisha to get him his job. The post paints it as an act of badassery, like Kurumada was this confident guy who refused to accept that he got the boot from destiny, much like Seiya and many of his other protagonists when they affront their gods with their heroic defiance. The story is based on a blogpost celebrating Kurumada's 50th birthday with a thorough account of his life that is arguably better than anything in wikipedia, but still very flattering (more on that below) Here's the source paragraph for the Reddit thread's statements:

A sober account of events

You could read this very normal account as the story of Kurumada imposing himself into the mangaka industry with his sheer chadness, as the Redditer did.

OR, you could read it more as an editor feeling sorry for a very passionate artist and giving him a starting shot at the studio. Something he didn't even earn, if the aforementioned contest results are to be believed. Which is far more realistic, but less flattering to the 'idea of Kurumada'.

Ah, the ancient times! When animators could just force their way into animation and comic book studios, sleep at their desks and just be allowed to keep working for these companies! Or accost Walt Disney in the street and demand a job after shoving your dossier of animations in their faces. Or in Kurumada's case, 'showing your gumption'.

This is why you should always be very careful reading accounts of people's lives, especially in 'commemorative' pieces, and especially if they're done by fans. These things are usually more akin to publicity stunts than they are to legitimate documentation. More often than not they are vague and inform their tone with their pre-existing intentions.

However, this sort of lame deitification isn't limited to random social media posts. Here's an example talking about the way Kurumada draws from Wikipedia, the wiki everyone can edit. And yes, this was actually written in a site that is supposed to be about objective documentation:

Transcript of Kurumada Fanboying, found in the Wiki everyone can edit.

I want to make clear that despite my cynicism, whoever edited this page obviously had good intentions in mind. I'm sure they are wonderful people. It takes gumption to volunteer to do this sort of stuff, to borrow a term.

But this is just shit wiki work. I don't need to tell you that describing someone's artstyle as "sometimes can seem rough, but his improvement can be seen when comparing old works to new" isn't so much an objective description of the facts, but more so a subjective, insecure evaluation from someone clearly acting as a lawyer to Kurumada's work. On what's supposed to be the world's biggest online reference book. Hence the "citation needed". And some wonder why the franchise's wikis are equally filled with personal commentary on the show and its characters. People don't just put those up to annoy rival wikipedia editors, it's to point out they've done a shit research compilation in what's supposed to be a reliable source of information about someone. And discussion about Kurumada, not just his wikipedia page, is usually riddled with hegiographic tones, where he's described as someone "who has influenced the greatest names in manga today" or "once competed with the greatest". But it doesn't end there.

Seen above; paragraph of barely-conceiled speculation in Wikipedia, the wiki anyone can edit

I don't know about you, but half this stuff feels like a loose collection of 'impressions' of what's going on, based on uncited sources and a wonky timeline of events. It sounds less like a careful description of events, and more of an opinionated online article about the rise and fall of an industry artist's works.

This is, again, because a lot of the talking about Kurumada in the West is done by the fans of the height of his career. You're not going to find the name of a man born in the 50s who drew cartoons in the 70s and 80s in the mouths of people who acquired their taste in media in the 2000s. And that's okay. But if you care so much about it, you know, do a bit of a better job filtering what's factual from what isn't. It's not that hard!

Cause otherwise you get weirdos on Reddit who legitimately think that the only reason Saint Seiya isn't more successful is because 'It got screwed by the network' or that Kurumada is some kind of chad for basically pulling ahead of a bunch of other artists that did better work than he did. And then whine about why he can't compete in people's minds with Dragon Ball.

Usually, if you want accurate, unbiased information on what kind of guy Kurumada is, you need to go straight to the source; the man himself. Funnily enough, the only stuff you can find cited in Wikipedia about Kurumada is stuff describing things he's said in interviews or statements about organisations he's worked under, etc

Now, Kurumada is an award-winning mangaka. There's no doubt about his success and impact. Most of us will never seen even one percent of the triumph in life he has acquired, and that means something. The guy is referenced throughout anime, his characters have been used as templates for other great mangakas works (see my post about how Ikki may have influenced characters like Byakuya in Bleach) and many have cited him as an inspiration for their own careers in art, from mangas to cinema.

Poster Kurumada has made for the 2010 Movie "Clash of the Titans". Kurumada was contacted by Warner Brothers at the time to collaborate with Louis Leterrier's movie remake. Louis himself has stated Kurumada was an influence in his work

I mean, you don't get at least 4 other mangakas to write stories set in your world if you don't have some kind of talent, right? Look at all the people whose minds Kurumada has impacted! Perhaps the hegiographic descriptions are a bit much, but there's a root to why they are written?

This world that Kurumada has conceived must be wonderful to delve into, if it has seen so much success and praise. Surely when we dive into the matter, we will find depthful characters, a personal story of a hero Kurumada wanted to talk about and a setting where characters have multiple dimensions to them? We will surely find an answer to "Are there Saints in Sanctuary when there's no Holy War?"

Yeah...

Well, it's complicated.

The Writing of Kurumada

For those of you who don't know me very well, I write.

I'm not saying that as some kind of statement as to why my opinion is more valid, just to explain why this topic might be important to me.

I'm also not saying that I love writing. As someone once said:

So wise. Someone should put this in hyeroglyphs or something, seriously.

So what do I care about writing if I hate it? Well, this is because there is a difference between you loving something, and something being important to you. You can revolve your life about something that is important to you and still... ----ing... hate doing it. And how limited it is to conveying your thoughts and feelings.

That being said, it does put me in the weird position where I don't really respect any kind of laziness in writing and world-building, because if I was able to spend the last decade of my life writing 2.1 Million words for a franchise I don't even respect,... then someone else not even bothering to do proper world-building and yet being in some kind of position of authority over commenting on it does drive me a bit up the wall.

And, twist, Kurumada's 'world building' drives me up the fucking Wailing Wall. I can see Elysium from how high he drives me.

And no, I don't mean just the recent stuff.

On that topic, for those of you who don't know, Masami Kurumada, in the style of such respectable peers as George Lucas and the Wizard Lady, has spent the last 20-30 years of his life simultaneously not giving a shit about their Magnum Opus and interfering with it in the dumbest ways possible. From revealing that Saga has always just secretly been a "Force Baby" in the same manner as Anakin Skywalker, to stating that the reason Shion lives so long is because "Cosmos is just that convenient that it gives you a long life", Kuru seems to be on a mission to ruin the depth of his world with these milktoast, pandering concepts.

In my opinion, however, the problem stems from much further back, right to the early days of Saint Seiya. Could the signs of his lack-of-shit-given be there from the start? Let's investigate.

And what better place to start than the 50th anniversary account that the earlier Reddit post mentioned? It was so thorough, after all. And it's bound to portray him in a positive light.

Oh.

So the whole thing was an act of spite?

Don't worry, it gets worse.

Uh-uh... okay...

Wait, lol, what?

So... he just recycled a bunch of his own old ideas together?

It shouldn't? Why not?! lol

OH, so it's not laziness, because the people he's selling these old ideas to haven't read them in his other works??? W O W

So, what you could conclude from this, and allow me to influence your conclusion with my own (just like the commemorative piece above tried to), is that Saint Seiya wasn't conceived because Kurumada wanted to tell a story with rich characters that evolve in a dephful world.

It's because he was MAD his previous ideas didn't work with the public and so he manufactured them all into a friendlier, lazier package. One that he could sell to this dumb-fuck public that didn't like his stories.

And he made his whole success out of it.

Yes, this is the origin of Saint Seiya and its writing. The foundational spirit of the story millions of people love to this day (and that I spent half my life obsessing over). A guy sitting at his desk, conceiving characters for a mangaka he didn't want to make, all to chase an idea of success after basically giving up on his personal projects.

If you're the type, like me, that occasionaly peruses the fandom for stuff to talk about, do me a favor; from now on, if you ever see someone whine on the internet about why Saint Seiya can't compete with modern storytelling, just show them these wonderful nuggets. Show them how petty and selfish the foundational spirit of this tale was, how Kurumada didn't even make personal decisions on who should win the galaxian tournament rounds. How he left it to reader surveys, because to him, it didn't matter who won, so long as it was the most popular choice.

There was never any message, any curiosity about this world he was creating, any interest in exploring or discovering things in it. It was just a sad, spiteful, last-ditch attempt at success by a mangaka that didnt even earn his spot at Shueisha being gradually pushed out of the market to make it big during an era of relatively low creative competition.

Kurumada: "Oh, they want trash?! I'll give them trash!! I'll give them all the trash they wa- Oh, it's selling how much? I mean, this is a rich world, filled with wonderful characters! Like Saga! Btw, did you know Saga came from space?"

If you're wondering why this franchise has landed in the hands of people who don't care about anything but selling merch, this is it. It's because even the supposed guardian of the story's integrity didn't give a damn. And the worst part of it is that most of the sources detailing all of this treat it like an inspiring story. Because to them, it doesn't mean anything, because Saint Seiya's narrative value, it's depth in writing, is already decided upon by a combination of its success, nostalgia and how shiny the armors look.

Okay, Thrud, what does this have to do with anything? "Are there Saints in Sanctuary when there's no Holy War?" or not?

Don't rush me! I'm getting to it!

The Price for lack of vision

Hopefully now you understand why I started this post with two sections basically dumping on Kurumada's whole career. It's to make the point that he's far, far, far from being the right person to fully capitalise on these successful elements Saint Seiya has in its soup in the long term. Kurumada is a jock that happens to know how to draw, and the anime injected enough catholic fantasy into their adaptation to ensure Latin America would always be a viable market. Masami didn't even have enough confidence in Saint Seiya to pick by his own vision which characters should advance in the story during the first arc of his epic tale!

So imagine trusting someone like that to write compelling, rich story arcs.

Or understand the differences between Dante's Inferno and the Greek myths of hell, or how they collide in storytelling.

Or taking a comment about how Shun is an LGBT symbol without doing something spiteful in return, like giving him a two-chapter girlfriend named after the interviewer's magazine?

Or imagining what Sanctuary is like for its characters when there isn't a Holy War going on?

And speaking of characters, to pull another Reddit post that annoyed me (mostly from how utterly dumb and caveman-spirited it is), some meme-manufacturing dummy only interested in farming karma made the shallow comparison that Shiori's Lost Canvas Gold Saint characters would be a good replacement for Kurumada's characters in his story.

Moments like this make me wish I was Palpatine falling down the well.

There's a lot wrong with this suggestion of swapping the Sanctuary Arc's characters with Lost Canvas, the worst being that Deathmask, of all the characters in Sanctuary Arc, should be replaced by Manigoldo. I'm not going to go in-depth about how terribly that would work, but I just want to show how the person who made the meme is signalling to a culture of people who thinks the quality of characters is measured not by their utility and effectiveness to story arcs, but by weather or not they are 'badass'. In their minds, all Manigoldo really has over Deathmask is that A) he was an antagonist instead of a villain and B) he briefly fought Thanatos, the Death God (and lost). And that's enough for them to be a 'better character'.

But while the post is just something the author thoughtlessly created for the purpose of making a number of community approval go up, it also points towards the fact that there is a generalised insatisfaction in a lot of Saint Seiya fans about its characters. I would posit that a lot of the reason so many gravitate to Lost Canvas (even though Saintia Sho is better imo) as a comparison of "Saint Seiya being done well" is because it was the first to show that Saint Seiya could be capitalised on to create a story a bit more character-driven.

Which is to say Lost Canvas isn't great, just that it's better than what we had at that point.

The truth is, people are passionate about Saint Seiya and they want to see its potential realised, even if for silly, Dragon-Ball-fans-dunked-on-me ways. They want to see their enjoyment of it validated, elevated to cultural relevance. Some of my most popular posts online about Saint Seiya are posts that... accidentally make Saint Seiya seem smarter than it is.

So, when you ask the question "Are there Saints in Sanctuary when there's no Holy War?" are you really asking just that?

Writing-in-Depth

That's a warfare pun.

See, defense-in-depth was a style of battle ordering where you deliberately arranged the outer layers of your army to be weak, so as to lure your enemy to attack deeply into your center, allowing you to surround them from your stronger positions and....

Oh, whatever. You don't care about that.

When people talk about 'hidden depths' in a character, usually they refer to discovering that a seemingly superficial character actually has a compelling motive for their seemingly superficial actions. You observe a character, see them doing something strange routinely, don't pay any attention to it, and then you discover its because someone once told them it made their spouse smile, or something. My favorite example is Senor Pink, from One Piece.

Senor Pink in his natural state, surrounded by fangirls

Senor Pink is a wild character. He dresses like a baby, has a baby suckler, wears sunglasses, works for one of the most ruthless villains in all of One Piece and has a Devil Fruit that lets him swim through land. And he's 100% serious about all of those things. This is not a gag he's pulling. This dude is dedicated to this shtick and god help you if you laugh at it.

He's also one of the most surprising and beloved side characters in all of One Piece, a story celebrated for its character twists and turns.

I'd advise you to read up on him, but not only is the picture above worth a thousand words, but you'd risk spoiling yourself a pretty neat surprise about why Senor Pink is the way he is. I will offer a hint in the image below, though.

One of the few female characters in One Piece that doesn't totally look like either Nami or Robin

The Senor Pink backstory was a pleasant surprise to a lot of people. Many already liked him for his outrageous design and attitude to his job, but it was also unexpected that such a touching story would be told about a guy inserted into one of the most villainous crews in One Piece. All his coworkers and friends are sadists, liars, manipulators, murderers, torturers, bullies and tyrants, but Senor Pink transcended his context as a character and showed a depth no one expected in him, to the point it was almost surprising a guy like him still worked for Donquixote Doflamingo.

This doesn't mean that in order to have depth in your characters you need to trick your audience. It just means that you have to show they are about something a little bit more than just their names and their jobs. We, the audience, assumed limitations on Senor Pink based on superficial context, and then discovered he had the depths of a human being worried about daily life, loved ones and loved things.

That, in turn, helps paint a grander picture that we could potentially expect that out of any character in One Piece, even the most unassuming ones. Eichiro Oda demonstrated that there is no reason to think there haven't been 1000 Senor Pinks throughout the story. Through the depth of its characters, the world building is given depth. Meanwhile;

Saint Seiya characters in the wild, doing their mating call

You wanna know what they're weeping so hard about? You really wanna know? They're crying that they have to go kill Athena during the Hades Arc. See, Hades ressurrected them and... it's a long story okay? What matters is that they are invading Sanctuary as Specters, hereby becoming traitors to their honor as Gold Saints. The honor of their jobs.

They don't even know Saori that well, btw. That guy on the right? His name is Camus. He's never even MET Saori. He doesn't know what she's like, or the speeches of motivation she's given or even who her favorite boy to whip is (Saint Seiya joke, Im sorry if you don't get it).

He just knows she is Athena. So he cries. Which is to say Camus cries because he's a Gold Saint and so he's supposed to. Not because Saori means something special to him personally. Camus has never stated anything about himself that indicates he gives two shits about anything other than moralising Hyoga for...

...for crying about his mom? Wait, what? Isn't that sort of what he's doing here?

Wait, what's going on here?! Why is Kurumada's writing like this?!

This, my friends, is where we get to the point of this Thrumblr post.

Are there Saints in Sanctuary during Peace?

So, "are there Saints in Sanctuary outside of Holy Wars?"

What I believe the reddit poster was asking, in a small way, was if there is a world beyond what we are shown in the cartoon that Kurumada has envisioned? Does the writing of Saint Seiya, or even of its spin offs, thread towards an unseen dimension, a hidden world-building depth, that we can all be confident in?

Does the story of these characters continue once the curtain closes on Saga's reign, or Julian Solo's rampage? Or does it all blink into the next conflict?

This question speaks to matters of temporal permanence of ideas in a story, of course, of consistency. In a way it's a test to wether or not its worth looking into the story a bit deeper for greater meaning, or a personal message from the author. Is the story smarter than it looks? Does this imaginary world keep on spinning after the camera cuts to black? I'm afraid to say, no. It doesn't.

Not in the minds of its writers anyway.

Obviously there is continuity the technical way, because it makes sense to be, but it doesn't exist in any imagined or thought-out sense, which is the most important. It all just passes by like Harry Potter's summers at the Dursleys.

This is because the world of Saint Seiya doesn't know what its characters are other than action pieces IN holy wars. They are power rangers, going from episode to episode, battle to battle, uninterrupted. While the occasional moment of break exists, there is no 'living' in piece. We aren't shown what these characters are or what lives they've lived when they're not, because they were imagined by someone who never intended to 'create a world'.

Tragically, even Shiryu, the best character in the franchise, only has a simple farmer life with Shunrei in rural china to look forward to. Not that we're shown a whole lot of it, of course. This, obviously, before he gets called back to do his duty.

Go to her, Shiryu! Go to "Sunrei", whoever she is! Leave this shit-show behind!

In One Piece, we can imagine what happens in the entire world while Luffy and his crew battle Kaido in Wano for a year. We picture gears turning and characters moving because, countless times, Oda, who is passionate about his world, has shown us in side stories and catch-up chapters what they have been up to, and the impact it all had in the main characters without them even realising it. Meanwhile, Kurumada had an entire storyline of Shun being Hades' vessel and ikki failing to rescue him, and neither character got to exchange a serious conversation of confrontation later when met with Hades personally. It's like it didn't even matter to them, or that it didn't happen, because the whole thing was just a temporary fancy in the author's head.

There's no continuity to things, no permanence of objects. Things happen, but they then don't continue or matter. Characters rise and fall like the passing of the tides, barely making a dent in our memory.

At the end of every arc, when Saori and her Saints pose to the camera and it all fades to black, the world ceases to, indeed, exist. Sanctuary dies. It disappears from the imagination and lives no life until the curtains reopen. An absent of war in the characters lives means an absence of meaning, of pertinence, of life and character and depth.

There are no Saints in peace times.

Thrudgelmir2333

Post Scriptum

Now, there could come the day that someone could pose this question to Kurumada. "Kurumada-sensei, are there Saints in Sanctuary between Holy Wars?"

You can already imagine what the answer might be. "Why, yes, of course, and they also hold wrestling tournaments in the style of the greco-romans. Also, have I mentioned that Gold Saints are pre-destined to become so and Aiolia was struck by a Thunderbolt of Zeus when he was a child? What? No, I don't remember who June is."

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shihalyfie · 2 years ago

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Hello again! This ask is in case the one before it got eaten by Tumblr. In your opinion, what is it about the Xros Wars Hunter series that made it poorly received by the audience? Do you think the series had potential that was wasted by it's comedy driven tone? In what way would Hunters' storyline be if it was handled better? What would have been improvements to it, in your opinion? Do you think Tagiru could have been handled better, especially in the finale,and about the goggles thing? What aspect or part of the Hunters plot had a lot of wasted potential that was sadly underutilised in your opinion? What do you think the director was going for in this series? If there was a reboot with a similar premise to this one, what would you like to see from it? I like your insights. Eat more fruits and sleep earlier!

So here's one thing I need to point out that is very important to know about Hunters, and in fact is a factor in why the way the Japanese fanbase treats it is somewhat different from the way the English-speaking fanbase does: Hunters was a last-minute series made to stall a timeslot. This is not a statement I'm making to dunk on it (in fact, this is arguably why the Japanese fanbase is more forgiving of it), but a fact that has actually been on record and has been openly discussed -- unfortunately, the only material I know about it that's been actually translated is this one (which mentions the Xros Wars staff not being told that Hunters would exist until they were already making the Death Generals finale), but it is actually a well-documented and well-known fact that's properly cited in Japanese circles. (If you want to go hunt for the source yourself, it's apparently been mentioned in Otona Anime Vol. 22; I've already passed this info on to relevant parties in the hopes of seeing it translated, so maybe we'll see it on English record someday.)

But yes: Hunters wasn't originally planned to exist until the last minute. It's a series made in a hurry to hold down the timeslot until Saint Seiya Omega was ready. That's why it has no new toys, and that's also why I'm not really sure that finale crossover was made to bait the audience as much as it was the staff themselves messing around to have fun, because they weren't really trying to get ratings anyway (especially at 6:30 in the morning!). So in order to figure out why the series is Like That, instead of thinking it of as a series that was supposed to be something bigger and was truncated down to two cours, it's actually more accurate to think of it as a series that wasn't supposed to be anything at all...so if anything, the staff came up with too many good ideas for a series that was never actually supposed to be that interesting to begin with. Director Kaizawa himself said that he enjoyed the series and Tagiru being "fun", which is frankly a respectable goal when the job you're given is to literally waste time.

But most of the English-speaking fanbase doesn't know this, and on top of that, at the time, everyone was still obsessed with the idea that a Digimon series has to be something based on the Adventure formula where everyone has psychology-tier levels of character development, and they expected Hunters to be a series that was posing itself as a "full-fledged" sequel to Xros Wars vanilla and Death Generals the way 02 was to Adventure...but the truth is that it was never supposed to be that to begin with. And I also generally get the impression that "series that aren't necessarily that deep, but also make no pretense of being deep" tend to be better received in Japan; I've seen at least one doujinshi artist poke fun at the fact that the Hunters plot "escalates" abruptly at the end, yet still loves the series enough to make doujinshi of it, because she likes the characters. On the flip side, Western fans tend to like things that "at least tried" to be deep even if they completely fail in execution, whereas Japanese fans are more likely to mock that kind of thing for being unnecessarily pretentious or even insulting.

So I think the reason Hunters is so poorly received in English-language circles is, quite simply, the mismatch between expectations and reality. I don't know how many people in the Japanese fanbase are going to have Hunters as their favorite series ever, and it's not like I haven't seen criticism of its, let's say, unusual way of handling its pacing and how necessary of a series it was, but at the same time there's still a very "it is what it is" attitude towards it, and it's not like it's necessarily fashionable to make it into a target of dunkery. Personally, I've seen a lot other kids' shows that are far shallower and less interesting than Hunters ever was, so I don't really have it in me to see why it's such a huge problem, and I think a big part of this issue is that even when people don't think they're too stuck on wanting everything to be like Adventure, they're still unconsciously comparing it to the "Adventure formula" and believing that anything that doesn't live up to certain aspects of it is "bad". And I do think personal taste is very important, and I do agree that since most Digimon fans got in with the classic series, it's understandable that they'll prefer things like the classic series...but ultimately, you're only going to frustrate yourself if you don't have reasonable expectations of what you're going into.

So in the end: Hunters wasn't a series that didn't try hard enough. It's a series that tried too hard for what it was realistically able to accomplish.

#angstandhappiness #shiha's ask box #digimon xros wars #I am afraid to say that I didn't sleep very well but I did eat lots of fruit

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saiyukiitaliaandinternational · 1 year ago

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26, 36 and 58!

Hello and thank you for these questions, let's answer:

26) What other anime/manga do you enjoy?

I enjoy Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Death Note, Ghost in The Shell, Submarine N°6, Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing, Hellsing Ultimate, Shinsekai Yori, Welcome to the NHK, Sailormoon, The Promise Neverland, Shiki, Doraemon, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Keroro Gunsou, Code Geass, Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou (I just like it's nonsense comical elements, it's nice for a good laugh), Ergo Proxy, Death Parade, Naruto, all works from Go Nagai especially but not limited Devilman and Violence Jack, JoJo, FullMetal Alchemist, Berserk, Soul Eater, Attack on Titan, 17 Sai (it's quite dark and it's based on the real case of the poor Junko Furuta, may her soul rest in peace), all mangas from Suehiro Maruo (careful the themes are quite strong, gruesome, dark and not suitable for everyone hence I discourage to look for it in case ero guro and human degeneracy used as metaphors for society rotten decadence is not for you), all works from Junji Ito, all works from Shintaro Kago especially Princess of the Never Ending Castle, Blood on the Tracks by Shuzo Oshimi, Reptilia and other works by Kazuo Umezu, Panorama of Hell by Hideshi Hino, Saint Seiya, Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and Buddha (all of these last three by Osamu Tezuka), Cyborg Kuro-chan, Hokuto no Ken aka Fist of the North Star, Howl's Moving Castle, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Pom Poko, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, The Red Turtle (the film is an international co-production between Studio Ghibli and several French companies, including Wild Bunch and Belvision, hence my inclusion in the list) and many others I can't remember now. Sorry for the long list ^^'

36 ) Which Saiyuki character do you think could easily adjust to modern times?

I think Ukoku is the one with the highest adaptability skills combined with his tendency to try new things to keep his innate boredom away is a powerful combo for his success in modern times. Hakkai is another good candidate, he is smart, knowledgeable and can learn new skills easily imho.

58) Name 5 other characters you like along with your fav Saiyuki character.

I won't name them, I will show them:

Thank you for these questions, it was fun to answer them^^

#saiyuki #kazuya minekura #minekura kazuya #feel free to ask me questions #ask me

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wickedwizdom · 2 years ago

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Lets talk Knights of the Zodiac:

This review will be mostly positive based on my own experience but I still will have my criticisms as I go along. To begin I want to be very transparent here and say after watching this movie: It is NOT--I repeat--NOT “Dragon Ball Evolution 2.0” like many people claim online. This movie's characters, script, dialogue, action, and story are leaps and bounds more faithful to the source material it is adapting and showing respect for it all the same. I'm positive those who keep claiming that it is have never watched the movie or are just speaking utter nonsense because let’s be real: Dragon Ball Evolution is beyond bad and KOTZ—objectively—is not.

This movie is perfectly fine; very fun I might add. It definitely stands up there with the likes of Alita: Battle Angel in terms of anime adaptations and as a movie it gets the job done.

Now for the fans going into this story expecting it to be verbatim like the original animanga, you are not going to find that here. This movie is very much an origin story for this particular universe of Saint Seiya with its own key lore and world building that takes influence from the Netflix reboot but actually executed those aspects better in comparison to how the CG show did it. I certainly appreciate this movie trying something new with its setting and story in comparison to LoS which told a very rushed rendition of the Silver Saints and Twelve Temples arc and I believe if this movie did the same thing, my expectations would be significantly lower and my criticisms far more harsher.

From an objective standpoint, this movie’s pacing definitely could use some improvement. I definitely appreciate what the writers and directors could give with the runtime they had but when it comes to character such as Nero and Seiya and Sienna’s time spent bonding, there’s definitely something to be left desired, Nero especially but we’ll get to him later. The script itself is okay, can be basic in some areas, cheesy in others but never anything that made me actually cringe. The movie’s music is otherwise really good. The orchestral Pegasus Fantasy rendition was definitely a highlight of the film for me and the music that plays through a lot of the action and somber scenes is really atmospheric.

To add, I know there were some fans that complained that not all the bronzes were here but I’m pretty sure that was for the movie’s benefit. Introducing so many characters all at once would mean that audiences would have no time to connect with them and the story would have been bloated and full of plot holes. I love how they kept the core cast as just Seiya, Nero, and Sienna for the time being to get us more familiar to their world before moving onto the others.

As for other things, the set pieces and CGI aren't terrible. It's definitely a step above most tokusatsu shows and movies but not on the level of something like Alita or some MCU movies. It's passable but definitely not a complete eye sore.

Some shots are a bit goofy but they don't linger too long and I think it adds to the charm of this being an otherwise fun action film based on an even more zany and violent anime. The fights are all well-choreographed and filmed. I saw some complaints about the lighting being dark but that's not the case here. Everything in the movie is well lit and it's obvious who's who.

I thought the armors looked pretty okay and knowing that Kurumada actually approved them looking more medieval and archaic rather than how they were in the original animanaga makes for a nice creative detail that gives this movie more uniqueness in the StS verse.

Slight spoilers here but it is confirmed and shown in the movie that the armors do in fact evolve like how they do in the original manga and anime so if this movie does get its potential sequels, I look forward to seeing how they translate that.

⚠️SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT⚠️

To move onto characters I enjoyed a majority of the main cast throughout the movie. Everyone not only understood the characters they were portraying but giving them their own charm and nuances to make them feel more like individuals.

To start with the main man Seiya, he's a lot more reserved here, because he is a lot older, but some of his attitude from the animanaga still remains like his brash attitude and his unwavering resolve to never give up. His character is quite complex with this movie going further in detail about the conflict he has with losing his sister, his obsession with finding her, and his hesitance to accept Sienna as a goddess until he witnesses it for himself. I appreciate them putting more and more time into emphasizing Seiya's relationship with his sister and Seiya at a crossroads between finding her and protecting Sienna all at once as opposed to how the anime/manga did it.

Seika is almost forgotten after the first few episodes/chapters of the original so it was nice to see that she had more of an impact on Seiya's character here.

Next, we have Sienna and I'm going to say that she is the best iteration of the Saori Kido character. While some of the pacing of her scenes were a little off at times, it didn't matter because I was engaged with what they did with her in this film. This story focuses on Sienna's humanity as opposed to the original where Saori has pretty much already accepted what she is and we never truly get to see a lot of her struggle with her heritage and most of that was relegated to the very beginning of the series. Here, Athena is the equivalent of a malevolent spirit that Sienna is constantly trying to drown out. From the way, she speaks about Athena to her parents and how that separated them feels real. She is a toung woman who’s not only caught in the middle of a broken family she cares for but is essentially a ticking time bomb. She accepts that she may not be herself one day but you can tell that deep down she doesn't want to believe that. She starts off as the typical haughty rich girl towards Seiya and while I do think that their relationship could have used a few more scenes of them getting used to each other, it still feels plausible that he cares for her I’m the end. I would be a bit of a brat too if I was going to become doomsday incarnate one day. Here she suffers loss but in turn finds a new purpose and reason to keep living. At a core it is her human side that matters most.

I also adore that Sienna starts off not in complete control of her cosmo. It gives more presence to the gods in this scenario and how dangerous their cosmo is to a regular human. It makes me really excited to see what gods late like in this universe but only time will tell.

Moving onto Alman and Guraad since they're basically two sides of the same coin. Making Alman a morally ambiguous man who is not all good fits very in line with the Mitsumasa in the original animanaga. The slow unraveling of the truth that he first and foremost only cares about his daughter is perfect and sets up the domino effect that will extend to all the children he used as a means to an end.

Guraad on the other hand is a MILLION times better than the Guraad in the Netflix reboot. Not only does she feel appropriate as an antagonist but she gives better layer to the conflict of fighting against the gods and at the same time having to come with the burden of killing her surrogate daughter to do so. Sienna and Guraad share a bond that feels genuine and when her maternal instincts shine it's wonderfully executed. It adds so much more emotionally weight knowing that a complete accident on Sienna’s end pushed away who she considered family and Guraad realizing that to makes her attempt to save Sienna feel earned.

Now we have Nero. I love Ikki in almost every universe and here it is no different. The mystery behind his character and past along with him as an antagonist is one of the best but weakest aspects of his character in this movie in my opinion. His true motives are unclear but from what a lot of people have speculated and based on Diego himself, his motivations largely have to do with Shun. Potentially Nero does not know where his brother is and I think that would make for a great parallel between Seiya and Nero if this series is to continue. He definitely has a vendetta against the gods and has the Sagittarius armor in his possession but at what ends? His character toward the end leaves more questions than answers and I wish we got a fair balance of flashbacks from his perspective to compare/contrast with Seiya’s. He is a threat through and through and the movie does well in establishing the bar that is set between him and Seiya. He's definitely a character I want to see expanded upon more in the future and what ulterior motives he has going on as it seems that Guraad was a stepping stone for things to come. I want more of him and I hope to god we do.

Marin is, dare I say, perfect. Everything from her nonchalant demeanor, to the way she trains Seiya, THE WAY SHE GOES TO SLEEP and her presence she's easily another favorite of mine in the movie next to Sienna. We get just enough of her to see what she's all about but like Nero, I hope we do see more of her. She serves the purpose she’s meant to in the story and I was quite confused about her “bound to this island by destiny” schtick (which was really an excuse to keep her out of the third arc) but overall she’s just awesome.

And last but not least Mylock. Easily he's better than Tatsumi by a country mile. The writers actually managed to make a dull asshole of a character into a fun and entertaining one. His action scenes were a highlight and were just classic king fu action that I just adore.

The story overall centers around the ideals surrounding family, humanity, and fighting through a destiny that’s not completely set in stone. It’s very anime but at the same time is personable and relatable in some way or another.

To conclude : Knights of the Zodiac is a fun film with great action, solid writing, a talented main cast of characters, and I was genuinely surprised at how much I ended up liking it. It shows respect or to the source material while doing its own thing and that’s honestly the best route it could have gone. It could have been way worse.

It’s a solid 7/10. Had some bumps in the road but it managed to make it to its destination safe and sound. Regardless of performance, I will definitely watch sequels.

#saint seiya #knights of the zodiac #kotz #sts #pegasus seiya #sienna kido #phoenix ikki #andromeda shun #kotz live action #kotz movie

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angela-android · 10 months ago

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digitalgate02 · 2 years ago

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Okay, but would you say that the normal digimentals are silver or bronze? And why would you categorize them like that?

I would categorize them as bronze except for Light and Hope. Because those concepts seem to be in the middle road for me. Courage, Friendship, Curiosity, Reliability, etc. feel more like characteristics that define you rather than the epitome of virtue they represent virtues.

Hope and Light seem to be a little more than those, and even Love could be in this category (Also, both Light and Love are already silvery, so that's that). Even the one you make about Justice/Fairness seems to fit more into Silver for me. Because everyone can be self-righteous, but that would not be justice nor fairness. I would not put virtues in here, like Tolerance or Temperance, these last two being even capital virtues. But I would put Joy/Happiness here, it seems to me to fit with Light, Hope, Love, and Justice.

Miracles and Fates are like touching boundaries of what's already meant to happen and changing them, so any other gold would be like that as well, changing the odds in one favor. If I may go into another fandom just like you did with Saint Seiya.

In Umineko, and subsequently, Higurashi no naku koro ni series, the most powerful beings are witches but they get titles that define the extension of their powers. Witch of Infinity/Endless, Witch of Resurrection, Witch of Truth, Witch of Certainty, Witch of Drama there's even a Witch of Miracles. So I guess some of these aspects could become golden eggs.

Uh… I didn’t think about it like that, honestly…

My idea when i had that thought was creating more Digimentals with the themes based on the Golden Digimentals Miracles & Destiny*

My idea was tied to these new crests i made recently – In which they could represent a more “mental” or “spiritual” power compared to the golden ones (actually, only Miracles have a full classification – its element is Metal, grants metal-based powers, has the high defensive abilities and can overcome obstacles with a miraculous power. Meanwhile Destiny’s element and its properties are still unknown), at least what i had in mind before that post were “something something Silver Digimentals” 😅 Not sure about the Bronze ones yet…!!

But I like your idea a lot, you didn’t need to put my fanmade ones too, but i appreciate it.

* sorry, Kizuna’s Destiny (unmei) vs Fate (shukumei) is still messing up my brain lol I can't get to translate "Unmei" as "Fate" ever again thanks to Kizuna orz

#just ni rambling things for no reason

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monoukotori · 2 years ago

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Kain’s sleep deprived Saint Seiya’s rec list

Made for @silverzeze

Movies: These movies are canon to the anime so u could watch them first before jumping to the manga

Evil Goddess Eris (1987): The goddess Eris possesses some poor girl that is shipped with Hyoga (?)

The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988): This is loosely based in a chapter extra of the manga and was like the proto-Asgard saga (the movie got popular so Toei turned it into a very alright filler arc)

Legend of Crimson Youth (1988): happens roughly after Poseidon’s arc. A god named Abel appears, tries to romance Athena (his sister), tries to destroy earth and shenanigans ensue (this movie is very pretty)

Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989): Seiya and co vs Lucifer, yes that one

High Priority: Everything made by Kurumada. Not because the spinoffs are less or something, but because there are so much content people get confused about what’s canon or not. Only the things made by Kurumada are canon, and the spinoffs often contradict canon info (often because the spinoff was released before this information became public) and the spinoffs constantly contradict each other, so it’s better to read the canon stuff first to avoid confusion

Episode Zero: narrates the event of Saga’s coup and Aioros escape from sanctuary with baby Athena

Origin: Shows how the twins ended up in sanctuary and the origin of Saga’s double personality

Destiny: New scenes with Kanon and the marinas, narrates how Kanon decided to fight for Athena and how Saga was recruited by Hades

Next Dimension: oficial sequel manga. It starts almost inmediately where the OG anime left it and it deals with time travel, its wild

After this almost anything is fair game, it depends of what kind of story you’d like to watch/read

Manga

Lost Canvas: the most popular Spin-Off. Narrates the holy war from when Dohko and Shion were young (A lot of people mistakenly think this is canon when it’s not) Its finished and has a lot of Gaidens for extra content (It has an anime but has been unfinished since 2011 so don’t bother, pick the manga)

Episode G: The first Spin-off, less popular but considered one if not the best spin-off of them all. Aioria is the protagonist, it narrates his life living as the brother of the traitor, and the attack of the god Kronos to sanctuary. This manga’s characterization and story are great, but the art style is ugly and confusing :v. Its finished and has 2 sequels: Episode G Assassin (my personal favorite. Finished) and Episode G: Requiem (unfinished, releases a new chapter every month) No anime

Saintia Sho: An interquel focused in the saintias. Something like the personal maids of Athena, different from feminine saints, they do not use masks and act more like ladies-in-waiting than bodyguards. The protagonist is Shoko, and her journey to save her sister that became the recipient of the evil Goddess Eris (yes, this manga is partly inspired by the Eris movie) Finished, it has a side manga named Saintia Sho memories, which is unfinished and has only like 2 chapters so far. It has an anime but its DOGSHIT and unfinished, do not watch it. Pick the manga

Kurumada Suikoden: Crossover manga of all the manga made by Kurumada and illustrated by a BL artist. Not recommended since it has been in hiatus since 2016 :c

Dark Wing: focuses on Shōichirō, the Wyvern specter from a different dimension and the Holy war agains Athena, but things are not as they seem… This manga deals with the multiverse and is one of the newest spin-offs, it only has 22 chapters and releases a new one monthly, is the most unique spin-off I’ve read

Time Odyssey: A French official saint seiya spin-off. I don’t know a lot about this since it released last year so we have very little content still (also I want to buy the thing once it get licensed so I have not read the scans :v so my knowledge of the plot is spotty at best). The villain is Kronos again, trying to fuck up the timeline to stop the bronzies to fuck up the Olympus and kill god (Hades) Since it’s a French comic and not a manga it releases in volumes. Next Volume will release later this year. First volume is focused in Ikki, next one will be in Shun

Rerise of Poseidon: After the Hades arc, Athena and the bronzies are trapped in the destroyed underworld. The Olympus flips out and sends the goddess of divine punishment Nemesis to destroy earth as punishment to kill a god. Hades now turned into a butterfly wakes up Poseidon and temporarily revives the marinas(+Kanon) to stop this (cuz both Hades and Poseidon want to rule the earth, not destroy it). With only 2 chapters is the newest spin-off. This one is a doozy cuz it releases a new chapter whenever (1 september, 2 january, 3 will be in april)

Anime

Soul of Gold: Odin revives the goldies after dying in Hades arc to stop shit going down in Asgard. This is pure fanservice :v. The animation is not very good and the plot is not very good but again, its fanservice so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Omega: a sort of “next generation” for Saint Seiya, haven’t watch it so can’t say much. A lot of people don’t like it, but has interesting ideas. Also it has adult Sagittarius!Seiya and adult Aries!Kiki sooo, it doesn’t hurt to check it out

Movies

Legend of Sanctuary: a movie that tries to fit the entire sanctuary arc in 2 hours. It was a valiant effort. This is where the Pandora box dog tags comes from and at some point DM has a musical number with literal dancing crabs (?) watch it.

Saint Seiya Tenkai hen: Another that is a doozy. This is the first and only movie from a cancelled trilogy, this trilogy was supposed to be the official sequel to the OG anime,but at the end Toei didn’t follow the script that Kurumada wrote (which caused a fallout between them and it’s the reason Next Dimension exist) and also Toei didn’t give it publicity and released it on theaters the same week as THE LORD OF THE RINGS. So, it failed and the rest of the trilogy was cancelled. It’s probably the prettiest and best animated movie of them all, and I am very sad about everything surrounding it. It still worth checking out imo.

Light novels:

There are two: Gigantomachia and Golden Age but haven’t read either of them :/ I put them here so you know they exist

Gigantomachia is a fight against the Titans, and Golden Age is a fight against the goddess Astreia. Idk much more

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mymindstv-art · 2 years ago

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During Kaijune, I kept thinking of Mechagodzilla and I really wanted to include mechs in my Kaiju Crisis world. Of course big corporations would take advantage of the disastrous situation, not to mention political figures, militaries, celebrities, & others would get involved. Also again, wanting to challenge myself (oh boy these are getting redone)

The first of the bunch was this starry hoplite mech Orion, the first ever mech made & only space one adapted (inspired by Saint Seiya armors). Top secret project bc companies are ripping each other off. Shit happens (companies doing dirty shit), first model’s ruined & blueprints are stolen, the company & their charismatic pilot go dark on all platforms, no one able to reach out for information or updates. Time goes, more kaiju show, even from space and during battle does the world find out that the company Star Tower (now with a factory based on the moon) changed their focus & formula for their mechs. Public’s now busy being puzzled by this formerly charismatic pilot’s change of demeanor.

The 2nd in porcelain is Checkmate, the first successful mech from an individual duke without involvement of other designers or companies. There’s no greater play one can make in the game of politics like saving the royal family’s lives when their estate is sieged by kaiju spawn hordes. Duke & Duchess Something-something(I never made a name) & their new security tech company the Lolita’s Heirs are here to make their mark in the Kaiju Crisis, with every blow of the Checkmate’s jackhammer fist, imprinting the company logo & their noble crest.

Now on the other end of the spectrum, risen from a junkyard by couple of college kids trying to strike out in the robot fight leagues, this is their shoddily built mech Meathead. Much smaller than the other mechs, but few can mimic its speed & insanity leaps. The cons of being a piece of junk is that it’s easy to wreck, but the pros? It’s a piece of junk, extremely cheap to fix it back up. The local populi love this rust bucket, a reminder that the rich should not be uncontested in “playing hero” for the world they indirectly destroy all the time.

The fiery samurai mech Tsurai Tsume is a custom mech among a paramilitary assembly line. Globally, all mech companies, if not financially supported by their respective government, are funded by a plethora of sponsorships & donations, usually public supporters, manufacturers, and so on. Kami Kutter Incorporated, widely known in the east for effective mech lines, made a surprising partnership to the public. Now mech companies have had celebrities show their support, but no one else has ever let them actually pilot a mech! Catgirl idol Maneki Habani, a bubbly & sparkling personality, was not who people expected to see exit the mech’s cockpit after brutally decimating a pack of kaiju & displayed a frightening love for fire. This one was directly influenced by Lancer RPG.

The last mech, unnamed because “they’re not for sale you fools, stop trying to buy my bodyguard”. Afrofuturism but a want for magic brought this sketch to life. I figured that not all of my mechs needed to be directly attached to only fighting kaiju or reach other. A fashionable heiress taking care of business, appeases her family’s concerns for her safety by making this lumbering guardian. Outside forces question what they see, people keep a wide berth, and many would to have their own protective golem. Too bad she does not care for they want. Whoever thinks they’re hunting her, keep your eyes open, that’s not the only one.

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kytedevlin · 11 months ago

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Unnamed Manga Idea

It was longer when i first wrote it but here is a general synopsis.

Bird Story

A tribal society named after different groups of birds that have societal traits based of birds are torn apart by the disappearance of people from their respective tribes. The group responsible is known as "The Flock" and they are using them for genetic experimentation to create a drug that augments natural traits creating special abilities and phenomena within its users. The successful users are ranked and put into different classes among them also named after different types of birds. The Flocks end goal is to create a subservient group of people with immense power to unearth an ancient society who once wielded unearthly power and harnessed it within their own tribe to create powerful warriors. That power protecting them against the harsh elements of their time but ultimately consuming them causing them to destroy each other, and burying the knowledge behind that power. The Flock believe that they will soon face a calamitous event and without finding that power they will all be doomed under the true evils reign. They make many sacrifices and are brutal within their ranks. The resort to kidnapping and all manner of atrocities to reach their end goal. The other tribes don't believe in the impending danger and only make the most basic of efforts in defense against the flock. A band of people from each tribe gradually band together to strike back against the flock. After being captured theirselves, for a brief moment being experimented on but ultimately escaping and during the event meeting each other. Subsequently learning their secrets, experiencing hardships and trials brought on by their new knowledge and conflict with The Flock. With mixed emotions they enter the ranks of The Flock discovering there goals and trying to end the suffering caused by them. But they are powerless in the face of the elite members of The Flock. They have to undergo vigorous experimentation and training before they can prove themselves worthy and liberate any of their prisoners and those who do not take well to the experimentation. Before they can reach the end of their training they get their first taste of the impending calamity. Despite their lack in rank and skill they are sent on an expedition with some high ranking members to unearth a possible relic of that lost civilization. Upon doing so they locate relics that bind to each of the members. Including those of high rank. The un earthly power within the relics growing their power exponentially. With their obligations to the flock they must return with the good news but the calamity is threatening their homes and they must work quickly to stave of the impending threat. The high ranking members give fight with them and give chase until met with the threat. The destruction they have already wrought is massive and they have no other choice but to assist. Each ranking member and each of the main group split up to take down the threat in their respective homes finding an enemy with immense power awaiting them. Each enemy possessing dark relics formed by the same power in theirs. Upon defeating them they are allowed to take the relic but it does not activate as their relics did. They find newfound respect for one another as they help them stop the calamity in each of their tribes. The relics have allowed them to regain some humanity lost to them but realizing that this does not change their responsibilities they each return to report their findings bringing with them new power and the unknown. Unable to remove their relics the flock masters take the dark relics and store them. Other members become corrupted by the power seeping from the dark relics as they seek new hosts within the ranks of the flock. Setting: Feudal, Neo Tech, Sci Fi, Bio Core, Militaristic, The Heavens, Purgatoria, Celestia Inspiration: Saint Seiya Bleach Naruto Berserk The Witcher Ergo Proxy Darker Than Black Attack On Titan Tone: Horror Dystopian Slow Burn Visuals: Graphic Violence Nudity Not Explicit

If i do end up writing some small excerpts to this they will most likely be unillustrated as i cannot draw. But ill try to create a balance between visual description and content, as i like to stay focused on plot rather than waste time on over examining small objects.

#writing #manga #graphic novel

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tokiro07 · 2 years ago

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It is partially (or well completely) based around the magic system of a comic I read where each person that awakes ability to use magic usually develop spells based around their own personal character or needs (Like, if you are spending a lot of time hiding stuff about yourself, you got a lot of spells based around being sneaky, or if you got issues related to your size, you might get size changing spells) though there are exceptions like strong bloodline affinity for certain types or just because you have a punny name (two people had cats related names and got cat related spells). In this case, the character is a tinkerer and loves toys so they got spells that summon cute mechanical constructs. (The comic is el goonish shive btw. Also sorry for rambling, hyper fixated brain and need to info dump. You know how it is.)

At the risk of having misread again, are you saying this is your El Goonish Shive OC? Cus I've definitely taken OCs and turned them into the basis for a full power system before

The modular power system I mentioned previously was actually based on my dissatisfaction with the inconsistencies in how Kurumada designed the Cloths in Saint Seiya, only giving some of them powers and others absolutely nothing. I was originally coming up with what powers would make sense for each Cloth, then I realized that it was moving so far away from the original intention that I might as well just make my own thing

I still work on that Saint Seiya rewrite from time to time to this day, but it's definitely distinct from the idea I came up with for my own system, which is what I meant in a different post by taking inspiration from existing systems

There's another one I came up with (again that I won't go into detail on) that I took heavy inspiration from the categorization method of Medaka Box's Skills, with each specific category having its own theme within the greater theme. Of course, this was based on my interpretation of Skills, as like I said, Medaka Box isn't actually about the power system (boy is it not about the power system) and doesn't develop it as much as it could

Identifying weaknesses or areas of dissatisfaction is a great way to build up something new, and even something as simple as "I wish there was a character that could do X" is a perfectly fine starting point!

#power systems

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rocketjo · 2 years ago

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Spectres of the Zodiac - Saint Seiya Shorts - The voices in my head (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/181790768-spectres-of-the-zodiac-saint-seiya-shorts-the?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=bCAikRjyZFar4yB7Bfbz8MGIKnE1TsMY1%2F4CjeOWXRPRozN8J%2FdTZXmgBfC4YBvo8%2B8MjRPUk3BlNy8Xb0UPJd%2FkmPRy84mhlLGKIhNe570ViFnalZvTmItw6Ym999AO Short stories set in the universe and/ or starring characters from Masami Kurumada's series Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac). Most of these are based on writing propmts I got on tumblr back in the day. I'm open to new prompts, if you so wish. Notice: These are the old, translated versions of an original German work. If you find any flaws in there, please let me know. I am not this fluent in English ^^

#alternateuniverse #brother #brothers #death #fanfiction #knights #knightsofthezodiac #romance #saint #saintseiya #seiya #zodiac #u #books #wattpad #amreading

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b-else-writes · 5 months ago

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@agapeo Hi! Thank you so much for your response! My stance on CLAMP and RG Veda is complicated and I didn't want to belabour a very long point in my review, because I think it's a nuanced discussion that deserves consideration. I don't think it's wrong of people to write stories based off cultures not their own. My issue with Chunhyang is not that they're not Korean, but that their biases against Korean people were stark within the text itself, and that it was very intentionally meant to be set in Korea and everyone is Korean, while showcasing a flagrant disregard for the actual culture and mythology. It is intended to be representative of these actual cultures. CLAMP themselves even mentioned they did research on Korean dress for it - bad research, but they very much are clear it's meant to be Korean. It's explicit so I approach the text as such.

RG Veda is more murky. It's deliberately eclectic in its style (the armour design is ripped from Saint Seiya, the clothing is broadly and vaguely "Eastern" but pantless, some of the architecture is Greco-Roman, the story is very loosely based off the Rigveda but shows greater connection with Buddhist cosmology and myth, etc) so it is explicitly a fantasy world that never claims to represent the cultures that influenced it. It also does not Other its inspirations; Yasha and Ashura and Souma etc are framed as heroic and sympathetic, and their world is depicted as nuanced in its flaws rather than an inherently bankrupt system as in Chunhyang. If we are to read Yasha and Ashura as South Asian (which is a plausible reading supported by supplementary materials), then the text itself never frames them or their world as inferior. That's not to say I know, or can claim to know, if CLAMP think Indian people are good or bad, but that at least I personally don't read a bias against Indian people in RG Veda.

Writing about a culture not your own is not the issue, it's the framing that matters, that makes something Orientalist. RG Veda is a fantasy pastiche that generally respects its South Asian characters and their fantasy world, and that is why I am less harsh on it. I would scrutinize it a lot more if it claimed to be depicting an ancient India. Chunhyang wanted to have its cake and eat it too, because it is Korea, it is meant to be depicting ancient Korea (but with magic) while also having nothing to do with actual Korean history and painting it in an especially negative light. That does not mean RG Veda is without fault or disrespect.

It's similar to how I view shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender (coming from a culture that do feature in its world), in that I don't think they're cultural appropriation for making a blended fantasy world that includes cultures they aren't from, BUT I don't think they're above criticism in how they went about it.

I think the question is whether or not CLAMP should have taken inspiration from the RG Veda and made essentially a completely new story and world, rather than choose to do research and write a story that was explicitly based in South Asian cultures. There's also the complication that a lot of the figures and story elements in RG Veda are based off Buddhist versions of Hindu deities and specific Japanese Buddhist elements. But more to the point, there is a real lack of representation of actual South Asian culture in popular Western and Japanese media and choosing to make a fantasy world rather than a historically (or at least mythologically) grounded South Asian world does reflect that continuing bias. It IS a shame that South Asian culture is never placed front and center, especially in a case where it very well could have.

In short, I don't think it's wrong as a fundamental conceit to create a fantasy mash-up world and story based off their own and other cultures. And I don't think what it actually does textually is prejudiced against South Asian people. Still, RG Veda could have depicted South Asian cultures, and it didn't, and that should be scrutinized for what it says about how we view South Asia and CLAMP's Japanese ethnocentric behaviour.

The Great CLAMP Re-Read Part 8: Legend of Chunhyang

The RG Veda historical epic that never was, or better off cancelled? While X is widely cited as CLAMP's first unfinished work, there is actually another 1992 stillborn CLAMP work, before we can finally move onto 1993 in the CLAMP timeline. To be a broken record, I had no idea this existed! It’s unsurprising: only 3 chapters were ever published (plus 1 drama CD), before the magazine folded and CLAMP decided to cancel the project (yeah yeah they said they’d love to finish it. They’re liars).

Unlike many of their other discontinued early works, this one actually got a tankoban release, and Tokyopop did the now out-of-print English translation in a single volume with no extra art. Plus, I was hesitant about approaching a work of Korean folklore written by 4 Japanese women, given the history, and my fears were not unfounded. So I’m content that I put off getting the physical release for my collection. Spoilers (?) ahead.

Synopsis: In Ancient Korea, a brave young maiden called Chunhyang, opposes the injustices of the corrupt governing Yangbans. When her mother, a magic-wielding mudang, is kidnapped by their town's Yangban, Chunhyang is aided by the lecherous Mongryong, the Amhaeng’eosa, a secret government agent. Together, the two set off on adventure that will take them across Korea to liberate towns and discover the truth of Chunhyang's father.

The Story: I wrote all of that out, but the reality is what actually exists of Legend of Chunhyang is two chapters and a flashback. It's very hard to judge a story that hasn't settled in or moved further than the set up for the adventure. What we got is entertaining enough - chapter 1 is the inciting incident where Chunhyang’s mother dies and she teams up with Mongryong, 2 has them liberate a mystical flower village with the help of a rain god and twin mudang, and 3 is a flashback that reveals Chunhyang’s dead father was important and killed for defying the Yangban. It’s very Robin Hood, and moves at a good pace despite being pretty standard YA fantasy. Speaking of, I don’t think CLAMP realises most Korean towns back then would have been agricultural. Why does Chunhyang live in a huge villa doing nothing all day? I want my peasant hero, not a disgruntled pseudo noble.

The skeleton for the entire story is pretty obvious (bring revolution to Korea) and I’d definitely be curious to see more of it. But I’m also not sad we got nothing more. It’s a pleasant afternoon distraction.

The Themes: Don’t be a bully and tyrannical governments are bad and must be resisted - as long as they’re Korean (side-eyes that Rising Sun flag in CLAMP Campus Detectives. Ah, Japanese nationalism). It’s 3 chapters, that’s all I can glean.

The Characters: Chunhyang fits heavily into the CLAMP stock heroine: young, spunky, strong, pure-hearted, and athletic, shojo ingenue. Still, while she’s nothing new, I enjoyed Chunhyang. CLAMP has the formula for the fun, palatable heroine we love to see win, and I’m hardly immune. Mongryong was more bland to me, falling hard into that 90s era shojo hero who gets comically beaten up by his love interest, but always suavely swoops in to save her. It’s nostalgic, he’s hot, but that’s it. Maybe with time they would have defined themselves like RG Veda’s cast did (also archetypes), but there’s just so little!

The crumbs of minor characters are equally stock - one dimensional cackling villains, and pure beyond belief good guys. Mongryong’s tiger spirit was my favourite because I love all cats. It’s really the charm of Chunhyang that carries us above - she’s a good balance of fierce and endearing.

The Art: Legend of Chunhyang is interesting in that chapter 1 was brush inked due to their experience on Shirahime, but the remaining art was done with marker pen. The result is chapter 1 feels a bit unpolished, with backgrounds being mostly chunky blobs and quick lines in a way I found distracting. 2 and 3 work much better, with thick swirls of soft magic and flowers, giving Chunhyang a slight distinction from their other early 90s work. The panel work is quite conservative unlike RG Veda, very rarely having dynamic spreads, but satisfactory and readable. Chapter 2 is a standout of circling dragons and flowers. Everyone is gorgeously dressed and pretty. It’s not the best of CLAMP, but it’s nice and elevates the material.

Questionable Elements: While certain CLAMP podcasts have praised CLAMP for essentially rewriting the folktale to make Chunhyang more active - why would you even choose to adapt that Korean folklore then, if your intention is to make a generic Robin Hood sword and fantasy series that has zero to do with the original culture? You could just set it in feudal Japan! It feels very distasteful to deliberately choose Korea as a setting of barbaric unending tyranny that needs correcting. Especially given Japan’s history in “modernising” Korea.

On top of that, there’s a clear lack of research done - a lot of the outfits and hair accessories are inaccurate. Chunhyang’s mother’s decision to kill herself than risk dishonour is also incredibly Japanese (and notably doesn’t exist in the original). I have to cry foul because if you’re going to actually set this in a real ancient Korea, you should do your research. I’m not saying CLAMP are anti-Korean but they show a disappointing lack of care and bias.

Also. How old is Mongryong if Chunhyang is 14. Answer quickly, CLAMP.

Overall: Listen, RG Veda 2.0 this is not. Rather than an imaginative, fantastical, sweeping epic, Legend of Chunhyang is built on very familiar tropes and stock characters with a dose of cultural insensitivity and bias. It doesn’t even have a proper narrative arc, existing more as a “what if” than an almost masterpiece. It’s alleviated by the sheer charm of Chunhyang herself, its brisk, entertaining pace, and the enjoyable art. But it’s no great literary tragedy that it was never finished, and I’d really only recommend it to diehard CLAMP fans who want a quick, pleasant escape on a fantasy adventure.

#and this is solely my opinion and i'm open to being challenged on it!

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Halloween Café Blind Double Dates 💜🎃 Anime Online Date Matchups

Happy October! 🎃 For this event you're going on a blind date at a Café and I'm pairing you with a couple anime characters. I'll make you an aesthetic board based on the answers you give me. I'll also do love meters of how much I think the characters love you. Profiles of said characters will be given to you. Think of this as sort of a dating application for a dating website. The intro explains it all. I'll be waiting to match you up with an applicant 🖤

Application Process: How to send in your info for matchups

You'll need to send your "application" in my ask box

Dates: Which anime? You may only choose 1-2 Anime's listed below. You'll be paired with 2 characters.

Gender: Do you prefer your dates Female or Male, perhaps both?

Must Send me a Picrew of yourself. If you don’t know what it is, it’s an avatar/icon maker. Any avatar maker is fine too. (Don't send me a picture of yourself, you're all gorgeous but please don’t do it) Link for Picrew makers at Bottom of Post, I listed 20+ recommendations with links and descriptions

Zodiac Sign

Preference: Villains, Protagonists, Characters you don't prefer to be paired with?

List 3-5 Attractive Physical Traits (Looks don't matter but it makes it easier for me to figure out who to pair you with, you can even hint at the characters you want to be paired with if you wish)

Personality Type you find Attractive, Pick 3-5 Examples: Bubbly, serious, sassy, quiet, smart, oblivious, adorable, etc.

List 5 or More Attractive Personality Traits Examples: Loyal, brave, protective, funny, etc.

Pet Names 1-3 Examples: Honey, Handsome, Cutie, Love bug, etc.

Aesthetic Board Questions

Which café will you and your date be going to? Halloween and 1 other theme of your choosing will be the themes of the aesthetic board You can only pick 1

Café Theme Options:

Barbie 💕💄👠

Disney 🏰💫 Pick Any Favorite Movie or Character

Hello Kitty/Sanrio 🐱💗 Choose Favorite character

Sailor Moon 🌙 Can Pick Favorite Character if desired

Pusheen 😸

Monster High ⚰️ Can Pick Favorite Character if desired

Halloween Movie Any Halloween/October movie is acceptable. You may choose favorite character if you wish.

2. Present: What gift you want your date to give you? Only 1 answer pls

Suggestions: Makeup, purse, figure, jewelry, plushies, perfume, snow globe, backpack, pins, badges, pens, mugs, cups, hair accessories, or anything. If you don't have a preference I can surprise you.

3. Favorite Color (Can be 1-2 colors, I personally have 2 favorite colors)

4. Favorite Flower

5. Favorite Dessert or Food (if you don’t like sweets) and Favorite Drink

Anime’s Listed ❤️📖 Alphabetized

Black Clover

Bleach

Death Note

Demon Slayer

Dragon Ball Z

D. Gray-man

Fairy Tail

Food Wars!

Fruits Basket

Haikyuu

High School DxD

High School of the Dead

Hunter x Hunter

Inuyasha

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Specify which part you’re interested)

Kiss Him, Not Me

Monster Musume

My Hero Academia

One Piece

One Punch Man

Ouran High School Host Club

Prison School

Ranma 1/2

Reborn!

Rosario Vampire

Sailor Moon

Saint Seiya

Seven Deadly Sins

Tokyo Revengers

Toriko

Urusei Yatsura

Wedding Peach

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-kun

Yugioh! Gens 1-5, Season 0 also acceptable

Yuri on Ice

Yu Yu Hakusho

Introduction "Welcome to my dating website!"

You decide to try out a new dating website. It's filled with a cutesy theme of pinks and hearts. Your guide is a pixelated avatar. The screen shows her torso as the lines across the screen type out her words. The avatar is a petite woman with long dark brown curly hair and brown eyes. She wears makeup and a pink bustier matching in color with her lipstick. She has a painted heart on the left side of her face. As she talks there is a bigger pink heart floating beside her matching the theme of her website.

"Hi welcome to my dating website! My name is Abella and I'll be your guide."

"So you're interested in finding your match. Thankfully my website has a 90 percent accuracy with pairing couples. You've come to the right place! I'll need you to start with your profile. It will be used as a dating application for potential dates. The process is super simple. Only ten questions. Be sure to answer all surveys as well.”

After you filled out the details of your profile and completed all surveys about romance, Abella starts to give you more instructions. She smiles once you click complete on your profile.

"Great! So detailed too! I see you have great taste 💖! I know the questions seem random for a dating website but I promise it will be useful for your match up."

Beside Abella's pixelated avatar is a blinking menu. It's rainbow colored and begging to be clicked. She looks over to the menu in surprise.

"How could I forget about the menu when it’s so important? This menu explains a bit of the results you'll receive from your potential dates. We'll start with the dating survey results. An example is here."

The menu then shows you percentages, numbers, and various results one would expect from a dating website. It also reminds you of a menu from a dating sim.

Dating Survey Results:

Communication 💌 75%

Emotions 💗 57%

Similar Values 🏡 40%

Passion 💘 88%

"These represent the results from the survey questions asked of your potential date. The results are the outcome of thirty complicated but honest questions that should be expected from a partner.They were also given hypothetical situations. We'll start with the first. Communication is self explanatory. How truthful and honest they are as far as communication goes. In the example the result is seventy-five percent. They're average at communication. Neither the best or the worst. They're in the middle which is pretty good. A bit above average but not by much."

Abella points to the second result titled, Emotions.

"This result represents their emotions. As in how expressive and emotional they are in a relationship. How well they're good at expressing their emotions to you. In the example the result is fifty-seven percent. Not a good result as far as numbers go. Any percent under sixty percent means the person isn't very emotional. Their over all emotions can be nonexistent. Nothing wrong with that as this website respects those with very serious personalities. We also love kuuderes~ Now this doesn't mean they're bad at relationships but it reveals how good or poorly they are at expressing emotions which can be important to many."

Abella points to the next result. It's titled, Similar Values.

"Similar values, now this one is pretty important. As you can tell by the symbol beside it, the house. It represents the persons values and how similar theirs is to your own. For further details, I'll explain it like this. How similar are their wants and desire for a relationship as your own. This includes their needs for affection, desire for dates, importance of marriage, importance of a committed relationship, home, domestic life style, or want for a family. Everyone's values are different so it's best their compatibility is similar to your own, at least seventy percent or so. The relationship might not last long depending on the values you and the other person have. I will add to this by saying many relationships have survived with lower percentages than sixty.”

The results for similar values blinks a couple times, reminding Abella she forgot another detail.

"Oh right. This example indicates a very bad result. Values under fifty aren't particularly good. Any percentage under the number forty can be hit or miss. Compromises must be made and it depends how well the relationship works out in all other aspects. Numbers under forty tend to not work out, so keep this in mind."

The next result is blinking, catching Abella's attention. She has heart eyes for a brief moment.

"Oh! This represents passion. How romantic~ Passion is also self explanatory. I'm sure from the symbol beside it you must know passion must represent their longing and desire for love. Possibly how much their desire for love will be once they catch feelings for you."

She looks to the example with a smile.

"Here the percentage is eighty-eight in the example. A very good percentage this person would be loving a great amount of the time, possibly more than you'd think. They express their love very well in various ways. By saying it with words or through actions. A percentage this high could indicate they’ll do both."

The menu then disappears after she is done explaining.

"That is all I have to say about survey results! Now onto match up applicants. In this part of the menu it will give you the results of your potential dates. The potential dates are the people who are compatible with you. Since you listed wanting your first date to be at a café we recommend you try two blind dates with the best compatibility to you. Meaning the first two results. You'll go on two dates at a café, we list this type of date under the category, ‘double dates’ for this very reason."

The last menu is titled love meter.

"This will also be listed in your result! After your date the applicant will answer several questions about several topics including: the date, about yourself, their longing for love, if they could see themselves having a connection with you, and more. We will give you love meters based on their answers and profile with details from a separate survey that expresses their passion/desire for true love.”

The menu’s beside Abella disappear as she continues to talk. Her words typing out on the screen for you to read.

“I believe that is all to explain. If you have further questions please go to question/guide menu. Reminder if your dates don’t work out, don’t be too disheartened. Some relationships don’t work out and it’s okay. You’re sure to find love. Enjoy your dates and don’t forget to read the guide!”

Example For Application

I made myself so it would be easier to explain

1. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5 and Inuyasha

2. Female and Male is fine

My Picrew (If interested in picrew I'll put the link at the bottom)

3. Zodiac Sign: Leo

4. I don’t like the females in Inuyasha other than Yura of the hair and Sango, villains are a no but Bankotsu and Hiten are acceptable. No Muroku neither. For JoJo I don't want to be paired w/ Abbacchio, Diavolo, Pesci, or Melone but other villains are fine. Also no part 5 Jotaro.

5. For mine I made it obvious which characters I wanted, you can as well if you like. If not list physical traits you’re attracted to. If you’re attracted to both men and women pls do both separately.

Male: Blonde, purple eyes, short hair, long braided hair is also attractive, and dark hair is also attractive

Female: Bright eyes, petite, painted lips, and fierce makeup

6. Male: Serious, studious, smart, gentlemanly, sassy

Female: Sassy, loyal, protective

7. Sweetheart, Darling, or Beloved

Aesthetic Board Questions

1. Barbie

2. Make up, I adore Lipstick but am fine with other makeup

3. Pink and Teal

4. Medium Pink Roses

5. Iced Green Tea Latte, Tres Leches Cake with strawberries and cream

Match Up Applicants:

Profile:

Name: Fugo Panacotta

Gender: Male

Description: Logical, serious, studious, smart, gentlemanly, sassy, introverted, date is fine with protagonists

Moral Alignment: True Neutral

Appearance: Tall, purple eyes, short hair, blonde, thick lips, slim build

Occupation: Mafioso

Zodiac: N/A (I made a headcanon, he’s an Aquarius)

Dating Survey Results: Compatibility 89%

Communication 💌 85%

Emotions 💗 71%

Similar Values 🏡 70%

Passion 💘 88%

Profile:

Name: Yura

Description: serious, vain, sassy, loyal, sadist, introverted, strategist, date is fine with villains

Moral Alignment: Neutral Evil

Appearance: dark hair, bright eyes, painted lips, fierce makeup, short hair, petite

Occupation: Hair Demon, becoming a powerful demon

Zodiac: N/A (Made a Headcanon, she’s a Libra)

Dating Survey Results: Compatibility 82%

Communication 💌 95%

Emotions 💗 68%

Similar Values 🏡 66%

Passion 💘 80%

Love Meter 💓❣️

Fugo Panacotta:

Yura of the hair:

Zodiacs 💖💫

Fugo Panacotta:

Yura of the hair:

Dating Results 💘

Percentages Matches: 0-25%= Bad Match, 26-50%= Poor Match, 60-70%= Decent Match, 70-80%= Good Match, 80-90%= Excellent Match, 90-100%= Perfect Match

1. Panacotta Fugo:

Survey Results: Excellent Match 85%

Love Meter: Deep Admiration 75%

Zodiacs: Leo + Saggitarius Compatibility 56%

Over all Results: 81% Excellent Match

2. Yura of the Hair:

Survey Results: Good Match 71%

Love Meter: Desire and Longing 68%

Zodiacs: Leo + Libra Compatibility 95%

Over all Results: 78% Good Match

Picrew Links

Picrew recommendations with Links but you can use any Picrew of your choosing. I listed about 20+ Picrew makers, many are Male and Female Friendly. Descriptions are what to expect. I tried to recommend cute picrew makers since I know its hard finding good ones.

Picrew List Here with over 20 to choose from.

Some have common themes with the café themes listed for these matchups. Here's the Picrew link I used for the example of myself above. It's called American comic Maker

#halloween matchups #matchups #anime matchups #happy october #picrew maker #matchup #halloween fanfiction #various anime #picrew link #aesthetic board

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