#I keep hoping while this manga lets me despair haha

[yuseirra]

I thought about it, and the way Mephisto could be about Aqua would be that he's expressing his feelings towards Sarina. But even that doesn't work because the song has lyrics of "I want to become you". So.. No matter how I take of it, It really isn't about Aqua.

That song IS indeed Kamiki's. That has certainly been confirmed. It's not Aqua expressing his longing towards Ai, it's Kamiki talking about his "love"(may it be twisted or not)in regards to Ai(and if we do bring mythology into this, Ai really is supposed to be his other half. They function together to restore balance of the world, share shrines, are worshiped together and are very much in love. Without her, he can't be himself. That seems to be how those two gods, amenouzume and sarutahiko, are supposed to be.)

He must be a favorite of the author's or for the artists involved, his lore at least, if he has TWO whole songs dedicated to him revolving around his feelings towards Ai, but what would be the point of having an insane psycho's mind being THAT emphasized?

That's sort of...another meta reason I believe this can't be all. When you dive into what those songs are speaking of, what it's implying isn't so simple. There are some really vague ideas going around that imply of wishes and divinity and have some fantasy elements to it, I kinda do think those shouldn't be there if it's not relevant in the first place.

I really hope they tackle that!♥♥ it's what I look forward to still

[shroudcore]

Speak now, or forever hold your peace. (III)

Summary: You successfully convinced Eliza to stop the wedding. Unfortunately (or is it really), Eliza has come to a solution that she thinks would be best for everybody and it’s happening no matter what. 

Idia x GN!reader. Reader is MC, or takes the role of MC in this story.

(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4)

Warnings: none

As if by some miracle, he was still standing—even after you failed to convince Eliza how unnecessary a wedding would be. Now face-to-face with you on the altar, he still couldn’t believe how things turned out. This wasn’t  supposed to happen in real-life. Things like these were the stuff of movies. Or anime. Or dating sims. 

Ace, Epel, Rook, and Riddle were freed at your request. They, along with Ortho, were now arranging the paralyzed students into chairs, since Eliza refused to let them move for disrespecting the “couple”. When you ran out of excuses, some heavily opposed the impromptu wedding. Idia knew why: he wasn’t the only one in NRC who liked you like that. He’d been aware of some schoolmates’ attempts to romance you for a while now. Really, all you had to do was pick a route. 

How did he know, you might ask? It’s not like he secretly researched and listed down his competition so he could keep an eye on them. 

Alright… maybe he did. Heat crawled up to his neck at the thought of anyone finding out. 

“So… we’re getting married,” you said, pulling him out of his thoughts. You spoke slowly, as if testing the words in your mouth. Like him, you couldn’t quite wrap your head around the fake wedding just yet. You fidgeted more than usual—barely looking at his face or talking to him since you joined him at the altar. 

Were you thinking of the same thing? The inevitable kiss after you say your vows?

A weak hum was all he could manage. A smile appeared on your face, showing that you understood. You didn’t tell him to speak up; you never told him to. Somehow, the sight of that smile put him at ease like a recovery potion after a Despair battle ailment. It felt like another day in his room, the two of you hanging out and eating candy. 

“Nice suit, by the way.” 

“Th...anks?” Idia turned his head to the side. If he looked at you any longer, he might combust. Not that he didn’t already. Which was embarrassing btw.

You inched closer, making him gasp and jump back as multiple alarms went off in his head. Really… mind the Personal Space Bubble! Oh wait… that’s right. He’d stopped telling you off for getting too close long ago. 

Your face flashed a look of surprise, which quickly faded into concern as you observed him. When you whispered, your breath grazed his neck and ear. Hopefully his shudder escaped your notice. 

“You okay?” Immediately, you backtrack. “Wait, that was stupid. I know you’re not.”

“So many people watching...” he mumbled. His eyes quickly scanned the hall. “I can’t do this.” And he ended it there. You didn’t need to know how he felt about marrying you.

Again, you understood. Your smile faded and Idia found himself missing it immediately as it went. 

“Sorry, I...” you look down, fiddling with your fingers again. “I really should’ve tried harder to stop this.” 

Idia silently wished for dialogue options, because he didn’t quite know what to say to that. However, it looked like he didn’t need to. You took his hand and squeezed it, a determined fire flickering behind your eyes. 

“This’ll be over soon. Just hold on,” you said, squeezing his hand. “It’s just another quest, player 1.”

At the familiar nickname, he smiled in spite of his thumping heartbeat and everything that had happened. “Let’s do it, player 2.”

“Let us proceed with the ceremony!” Eliza, who had been watching the two of you closely, was eager for the wedding to commence. She clasped her hands in anticipation, looking no different from a normie watching a Rom-com. At her command, the wedding music played again—the same one as before. You gave Idia a look and shrugged. 

“Can’t believe we’re getting married to this music...”

“Sounds like doom, doesn’t it?” 

“Isn’t that what marriage is? Doom?” 

“Haha! E-exactly…” Normally, he would’ve agreed wholeheartedly. This time, he couldn’t help but wonder if that’s how you felt marrying him. 

The ghost officiant returned to the makeshift altar (maintaining a good distance from you). Each NRC student who had the misfortune of attempting a proposal sat in a chair, watching the event. You smiled reassuringly, eyes sparkling like embers. 

“We are gathered here today to unite these two lovers in the bonds of matrimony,” the officiant begins. The darkness of the hall gave him quite a sight: the flickering flames of his hair illuminating your face in blue light. Seeing it, when in the safety and darkness of his room, made him feel this warm, fuzzy feeling he thought was reserved for 2D characters. 

“Do you, Idia Shroud, take … as your lawful spouse, to have and to hold from this day forward—for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, keeping yourself solely unto them for as long as you both shall live? If so, answer " I do". 

This’ll never happen in real life. “I do.” I don’t have a chance, do I?

Confessing would only ruin the bond he had with you. If it meant never losing your friendship, then this fake wedding would be enough. 

He looked at you, standing in front of him as you were about to say your own vows and silently implored Mnemosyne to burn this scene into his memory forever. 

“Do you take Idia Shroud as your lawful husband, to have and to hold from this day forward—for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, keeping yourself solely unto him for as long as you both shall live? If so, answer "I do."”

It seemed that you were doing the same. Idia faltered under the intensity of your gaze. “I do.”

“I now pronounce you as spouses. You may now kiss!”

Here it comes. CODE RED! CODE RED!

The way Idia’s face burned rivaled that of his hair. He was becoming hyper-aware of the snickers coming from his schoolmates. Seeing you made him worse—the corners of your mouth twitched and your shoulders shook as you fought back a laugh. 

“Hey! We’re about to kiss and you’re laughing?!” he cried, covering his face. “Kill me now.”

Just like that, your quiet and tender moment was gone. You couldn’t hold it in anymore. Covering your face like he did, you erupted in giggles. Peeking out from the gaps of his fingers, Idia thought about #3 from the Signs of Attraction list he found on the Internet: 

“Another unconscious sign of attraction is mirroring, or matching another person's movements. When people are interested in one another, researchers have found that they tend to mimic each other's movements and gestures.”

Nah. Can’t be. He would have thought it was cute, if you weren’t laughing at his expense. 

“S-sorry! Your hair’s just—” another round of giggles interrupted you. “...burning really brightly!” 

“I can’t help it, okay?” he said, face red from annoyance and of course, the thought of what you were about to do. “Stop!” 

You tried to stop, but just the sight of his red face and hair sent you into another round of wheezing laughter. So hard you laughed, that an inhuman sound came out of you. Immediately, you stopped and looked at him, eyes wide. 

But it was Idia’s turn to lose it. 

“You… sound like… a Minecube pig!” he said, each word punctuated by uncontrollable peals of laughter. The wedding attendees had no choice but to watch on as you and your groom wheezed at the altar instead of kissing. 

“Baaya, what is wrong with them?” a confused Eliza asks. 

“I do not know, but it is apparent that they were made for each other.”

It wasn’t until the annoyed officiant cleared his throat that you and Idia stopped. You straightened up, wiping tears from your eyes as you tried to catch your breath. It was only then that your expression turned serious, but not without a few traces of your mirth from a few seconds ago. 

“Idia, we don’t have to—I’m really, really sorry about this, okay?” you whisper to him. “I know how much you value your firsts…”

“It’s fi—”

“...not that I’m assuming you haven’t had your first uh, kiss yet but—oh god, I uh… ” 

No dating sim—nothing could have prepared him for this situation. But strangely, laughing his ass off with you gave him a spark of courage that he rarely ever felt. In a moment, he would be kissing you. He hopes that courage lasts. 

“Let’s get this over with,” Idia surprised even himself with how steady his voice sounded.

“Oh…” 

You were still, staring at him open-mouthed for what seemed like a few minutes. He stared back, until you were forced to avert your gaze to the ground. Something told him that he was doing something right. A lone voice from the audience chanting “Kiss!” pulled the two of you back to reality. Someone was making an obnoxious kissing sound. Neither of you dared to look and see who it was. 

“Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!” the ghosts joined in on the chant. 

Shyly, you lifted your head back up. “O-okay. Here goes nothing!”

He tried recounting how first kisses were described by people on the Internet, from his manga, and the countless dating sims he played. Some said there were fireworks. Some said it felt electric. Some described the feeling as the rest of the world falling away. One swore it made them feel like the ground disappearing beneath their feet and before they knew it, they were floating. 

Should he close his eyes? Which side should he tilt his head? Where does he put his hands? How exactly do you kiss? Questions, panicky thoughts, and movie kissing scenes ran through his head like a computer reading code. When you leaned in, someone pressed ‘mute’ on the sounds in the hall and all that was left was him and you. 

When you held his face in your gloved hands, it was Error 404. He let his eyes flutter closed. When everything went dark, all he felt was the shy, feather-light brush of lips against the corner of his mouth. Not quite on his lips, just dangerously close. 

Purer than a first kiss, but more than just a friendly peck. The students of NRC witnessed Idia’s hair at its most fiery just the same. 

~~

To be continued. 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA Characterization hard

Hehe, hope you liked this. Part 4, the finale, coming soon. 

(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4)

[kanotototori]

Unfortunately I don't have account on any social media, I just kind of float anonymously around tumblr, haha. But if I ever become corporeal on here, you will know! All your thoughts about Kaya/Father + MW/Elktaur are so on point - that's exactly what I've been thinking about! Also when I was watching that one Story of Phantom-MW/Elktaur video for nth time, I started seeing Kaya/Father-Hiyori/Yato parallels, from Because she fell- to -That terrifying mask he wore. (1)

(2) It's a bit silly, to make parallels before we have any grasp on their actual dynamics, but oooh boi, does Kaya brainrot ever stop! Once Kaya will actually appear, it will become even bigger! I mean, can you imagine? She isn't in the manga yet, but I love her so much already. Adachitoka will most likely bring all character arcs to a satisfying end, not before making us all weep, of course. I believe in them! They probably had it all planned out years ago.

Oh no!! How tragic it is that you are a incorporeal Tumblr lurker 😭😭 Talking to a single person through anon feels like sending smoke signals, haha. But either way, I hope your time on my blog has been enjoyable! ;;

That one MW/Elktaur MV w/ “The Story of the Phantom” has seriously been on repeat since yesterday for me, it is so good (and they are so deliciously tragic). Those lines are exactly what made me think of Father/Kaya and Yatori as well!!

Because she fell, and fell hard He was battered and scarred But she could see that inside, there was more

Something alluring, she'd find In the sadness behind That terrifying mask he wore

I’m not much of a Yatori shipper usually (for some odd reason, even though they hit a lot of tropes I go crazy for?) but if you say Father/Kaya + Yatori parallels, I am there in .5 seconds. And if you feel it’s a bit silly to make parallels before we have any grasp on their actual dynamics, then I am the whole damn circus because I’ve been thinking of possible parallels since I laid my eyes on this page when it first came out.

If this doesn’t come up again in context of Father/Kaya, I will eat my own foot. “The despair of knowing they can’t live their lives together”?? Is there something you’d like to share with the class...???

Although I admit there is a certain image of Kaya I have made up in my little rat brain because I wrote a stupid amount of backstory and fic heavily involving her while we anticipate the coming of backstory, there is no possible way for me to not love her when she finally appears in canon... I’ve been faithfully waiting for 6 years (7 if we don’t make any progress by November) for her real appearance, goddammit. Seeing her through Izanami was, of course, nice because we finally got a clear view of her face but!!! Where is THE Kaya??? Let her out of the basement Adachitoka!!

Kaya brainrot never stops, Anon. The bulk of my creative endeavors this year boil down to Father/Kaya brainrot because they have me down that bad (also I’m starved for content, what am I supposed to do???).

Tbh, I admit that I’ve been harboring some anxieties regarding Father’s backstory going forward, but that might just be me psyching myself out. I, too, have believe that Adachitoka-sensei will deliver and make us all weep, as they’ve always done!!

Spoilers for Chapter 100 are just 3 days away so I’m keeping my fingers AND toes crossed for more backstory crumbs...

[fearfylsymmetry]

hi hope ur well! i was j wondering what ur tags meant? 'decay as a commodity' and so on. they all sound very poetic

hello angel, this was sweet of you (ive actually been hoping sum1 would ask lol),, so here we goooo ( and im sorry if i sound overly eager ,, im also doing this for me im not insane dont worry really babe think nothing of it)

decay as a commodity : okay so i envisioned this as a way to just summarize modern living? i think of a whole blueish neon color scheme with this one. my line of thinking was,, with the world slowly rotting away and living becoming so expensive and exhausting, whats the one commodity we all share? wouldn't it be decay? aren't we all slowly fading together etc etc. i use this for images with cooler muted tones and anything with a futuristic vibe,, along with some grimey, monochrome photography

the setting dawn: this is the polar opposite of decay, i think of it as "hope beyond hope" a la Prior Walter's line in Angels in America. i know "the setting sun " might sound more natural but i think of it as,, dawn , when the sun breaks through - in this short period the world starts to wake. qs the dawn sets the day kicks in, with all its routine misery. Dawn i think, is the only time the sun is kind to you, because its still hidden away at least slightly. But the day truly starts and itbeats down on you. And yet we continue to live, past the boredom and the pain, we live past hope, past the quiet comfort of dawn. I use this for pictures with earthy tones and things on the more uplifting side

bodies shifting in narrow spaces: this has some overlap with the decay tag, im not as organized as i need 2 be. i use this for figures & portraits ill want to draw or just really any photography i like that features a human presence. think of it as people so dependent on an outside gaze they constantly try to reinvent themselves, or just, everyday people, getting less and less time to live, having to work and forcing themselves into relationships with any real connection

original sin and other contingencies: im trying to fit this in for more risque photography and maybe things on the more gory side. how do i explain this.. okay so... when there's nothing left to do you'll always have sin to turn to just yo keep yourself occupied, along with other methods/contingencies u get the jist

linen that lingers: my fashion tag nothing more 2 it

the canvas as testimony: for art that is made for the gallery or art that is held in higher regard i guess, more high culture. it includes painting, sculptures,along with architecture,, but maybe i should make an architecture tag. i think of the things here as more personal efforts

motion on a still surface: for art that is energetic and really pops off the page. includes comics, manga, fanart, animation. stuff here may be more low culture but really its not. i just differentiate these art tags as ,,one is stuck to the canvas whatever that canvas may be, while the other leaps off the page

word on a wing let me soar: books, poetry, articles, journals , all words that i adore

a conversation with the self: i wanted this to be for things that are very personal to me but i just use my other tags

angels in descent: my little funny haha tag for yknow ,,, funny haha. yknow the "devil's rejects" the movie? like its a way of saying people so horrible no even the devil would take them. okay so i thought " god's rejects " but that's lame. so i landed on this, like idk...imagine angels falling from grace

arcade shuffle: for my little viddy games lol. sorry for being a #gamergirl but yes it happens sadly ,,moving on

jet jump jive: for songs

at the pictures: for movies,, like imagine im going "cant talk im at the pictures wheee ^_^"

there is such a great distance between now and later: to track my art and writing progress but i barely use it cause it barely draw or write these days i blame the wave of despair that washeth over me

proof of concept: photos i took but there's like almost nothing here

misc that are just funny 2 me like i do it 4 a little chuckle i deserve it:

screw it posting hole - for hole the band

bowies in spaaace - for bowie, after the flight of the concords song cmon its a little funny at least cmon now

twink speaks- for twin peaks lol

and whewwww thats it,, sorry i got carried away im normal i swear but this was so much fun angel thank u 4 dropping by ,, nd ohh wait i have a new tag for asks yipee

[break-slash]

Puzzleship JP & KR Fancomic Recommendation List

UPDATE (19-12-2020): Added two more artists and two more titles on the Japanese lists!

I don’t consider myself as someone very tidy and organized, but I just like making lists of the things I love, somehow. Hence this post. I haven’t been in the fandom for long but I thought I’d share some of my favorites primarily from two sites: pixiv and postype. Most of the postype ones are behind paywall, and I will mark them differently.

Some of my favorites come from the same artists, so I’ll also link their pixiv profile on top of my favorite work of them.

(I actually bookmarked a lot and picking them isn’t an easy task, so I will update this step by step. If you see only a link of an artist, that’s the reason, but I can guarantee you will love their works! Feel free to recommend me yours through reblogs or DM as well!)

Japanese

Artist: CYHGM

She is a Chinese and is more active on Weibo (she posted tons of puzzleship there, but my Mandarin is beyond rusty so I could only cry in despair lmao), but she has two fancomics that I absolutely adore of. Those two mentioned fancomics are:

The Past and The Future. You can check my translation for this one here. It tells about Atem who gets transported to 3000 years later before his coronation, and that’s where he met post-canon!Yugi. Just... everything about this comic is so wonderful. I teared up at the last page, not gonna lie ;_;

The Pharaoh and The Fairy: An Ancient Egypt-slash-fantasy AU featuring the S0/TOEI casts. The fairy Yugi was saved by Atem, and it’s an obligatory for fairies to grant their savior’s wishes. However, Atem doesn’t exactly have something he wants of, and this confuses Yugi on how he should repay him back. Pure undiluted sugar, and fairy!Yugi is just so cute.

Artist: Fushitas

Arguably one of the most popular Puzzleship fanartists in the JP fandom (look at their number of followers on Twitter, man), but maybe it’s also due to the fact they were in AoT fandom too. They’re mostly active on Twitter, and if you also watch Zexal, they draw tons of Yuma-centric pairings too. They have released lots of books, and their prices on the reseller sites are... well, let’s just say, unbelievable. Just to show how famous they are. 

From everlasting to everlasting: Set after DSOD. A mysterious figure appears in front of Atem, claiming to be his queen. Everyone in the after life somehow acknowledges this person, which makes him even more confused because he’s the only one unaware of this. On the living realm, Yugi who is on the way to his home got hit by a truck (isekai much??) and when he woke up, he suddenly plays the role of Atem’s queen. I’ve always adored Fushitas’ drawing, and this is no exception. The story is pretty simple, but is still good! The ending of this comic is everything I’ve always wanted from the canon lol. 

The King’s Guest: Ancient Egypt AU. The councils are starting to get worried because Atem shows no interest in marrying someone, so Shimon opens up a “chance” sort of for civilians to become “someone for the Pharaoh to talk with”. The civilian Yugi takes this chance right off the bat, and stuff happens? This one is just so sweet and the misunderstanding later in the story kinda cracks me up. I really love the way they build the two’s chemistry in here.

Artist: usi 

They only draw two puzzleship fancomics, but both are so good and explores the themes I’ve loved from the pairing.

The Lotus’ Devil: Set post-canon with a flashback. It tells about Yugi’s regret in the past where he wanted to show Atem a small pool supposed to be full of lotus flower only to arrive seeing them not blooming. Fast forward to the post-canon, he found out that there’s actually a monster residing on that pool. I really, really loved the ending scene of this one.

Who’s The Detestable, Fortunate Guy Here: I think this is set sometime in the canon story, although the exact timing is unclear. It’s a short comic of Yugi asking Atem to pretend to be his date and go on a “dating practice”. A very pleasant hurt-and-comfort kind of story, and who doesn’t love a story of them dating anyways? :”D

Artist: Houzuki Anzu

She doesn’t draw much YGO, but she has some Arc-V and 5D’s fanarts too if you watch the series! 

Hourglass: Sets after the Memory World arc. Yugi keeps hearing a strange sound inside his mind, and he finds out there’s a huge hourglass standing there, guarded by the will of Millenium Puzzle. Apparently, the hourglass is linked to Atem’s remaining time in the living realm? Anyways, the ending of this comic might look like a cliffhanger, but I personally think it isn’t. I love the theme this comic picks to explore and the way it is presented.

Present: Same setting with Hourglass, but this one focuses more on Atem sorting out his feelings about the Ceremonial Duel and what he has learned from Yugi in general. It’s a very nice extra detail that the canon slightly lacks of, and I just love... bittersweet stuff in general haha.

Artist: Chiriko

Are you the type who wants puzzleship to be full of happiness and fluff and nothing else? Well, she has a number of comics to fill that need! I actually love all of her works, but if I have to pick, these two are my favorite:

...Don’t Ever Leave Me Again: A short story about Yugi having a nightmare of where he was stuck in the fire accident at Otogi’s store. Well... this isn’t a fluff sort of, but it’s... a happy ending still? /shot

[Untitled]: A dialogue-less comic, but this is the sort of post-canon what-if that I really, really like. Atem stroking Yugi’s face while sleeping is just... so soft man....

Artist: Komori Nea

Their art style was one of those that’s very noticeable and has a certain charm on it. They are pretty active on Twitter, and even draws puzzle comics once in a while that haven’t been uploaded to pixiv (which is why I recommend you to check their twitter gallery too haha)

The Soul Stays Awake: Post!DSOD. Atem comes back from afterlife in hoping that Yugi would be as happy as he is, but months after, Atem’s existence still hasn’t been registered on Yugi’s life just yet. Another post!DSOD take that I like which involves the fear of another farewell and uncertainty, but this is a good hurt-and-comfort. I swear, it’ll hurt you just... for a while. :”)

The Attack’s Aim: Set during the canon series. A short comic mostly portraying Yugi’s hidden strength but also the tenacity of duelist that is not only targeted toward the opponent, but also to Atem, without the person actually noticing it. The last page of this one is so... soft and gentle I had to put it into this list.

Artist: caf

Often draw with S0/TOEI style, characters and characterization in mind. Their coloring in illustrations is so soft, plus artists who specialize in S0/TOEI style can’t be found so easily. Their comic style is not a manga-like one and they write the dialogues with handwriting, but if you can read hiragana and write and understand how kanji works (so you can write it on translation machine), their comics are easy to understand!

magenta: S0/TOEI AU where Yugi and Atem are two separate person. A short comic of Yugi lying under the rain as Atem searches for his whereabouts. I really love the way they portray the rain and the atmosphere surrounding the scene. Or maybe I’m just biased with rains in general, ahahaha.

Yuugi and Mao’s Stay Home: Same AU as above. Our two boys has to face the same shit we do IRL in this comic, which is quarantine. Atem offers to cook something for Yugi since he can’t eat outside. You love seeing Yugi eating stuff? This is a perfect comic for y’all. 

Artist: Kkyut

Artist: Kayu(i)

Others:

Gemini: As Atem comes back to the living world, Yugi faces the dilemma of having being separated by “his other self” physically and mentally. A short comic, but the lines the artist used are so... beautiful. Like, the way they describe Yugi’s loneliness?? Just hits the park so much. 

Until The Hourglass Runs Out: Set after the Memory World Arc. As their farewell day goes closer, Yugi decides to give Atem a full control of his body at school so he could spend his time with Jounouchi and the gang more. However, things don’t go as smooth as Yugi had expected. If you like that little teeny weeny pain before the Ceremonial Duel, this comic perfectly suits the taste. 

see you sometime: Post-canon. Mahaad offers Atem a chance to meet Yugi in the living realm one more time, but with several conditions. Firstly, he could only stay for a day at maximum. Secondly, Yugi won’t be able to remember who he spent his time with after Atem hangs out with him. Thirdly, Yugi will not be able to “recognize” this Atem; he will only be registered in Yugi’s mind as a new classmate. A bittersweet comic in whole, but seeing the two having fun like a normal teenager would just makes me grin.

After The Rain: A dialogue-less comic, so everyone would be able to read this right away. A short comic of the two, but still very cute and wholesome!

The Tropics of Horus: Post!DSOD, Atem has to chase Kisara who lingers around Kaiba’s soul and he needs Yugi’s help to bring Kisara back to afterlife, but he has his own ulterior motive. This manga is so dialogue-heavy and might be hard to dissect especially if you don’t understand JP grammar and context, but the time spent trying to understand the meaning behind every words will be worth it. That much I guarantee. Just... everything about this comic, and how Atem’s “ulterior motive” connects to our boys’ adventure in canon series are so well planned. You can also purchase the R18 version in a form of the book here (toranoana)

Christmas Day: S0/TOEI puzzleship hint (dark puzzle???). There’s something in store for Yugi in Christmas, but this one might surprise Yugi a lot. It’s not that the prompt of “Atem gets separated from Yugi temporarily” is uncommon, but it is still a sweet one and makes you smile throughout the pages. 

Korean

All titles mentioned here are not free unless mentioned otherwise. Also I don’t understand Korean except being able to read Yugi and Atem’s name, so my story interpretation might be wrong. If you understand Korean, I’d really love for you input! ;_; 

You can check out on how to buy comics from postype here

Yugi’s 2020 Birthday Anthology: Rain and After End

This is an anthology consisting of four titles, but they share the same (or similar) setting where Atem is reincarnated, but he doesn’t remember his past (or has not yet, depending on how the story portrays it). Some are age-gap (adult!Yugi and high school student!Atem), so you might want to consider that if it’s not your cup of tea.

To Like Someone is to...: Age-gap setting. Mostly tells about how Yugi deals with his feeling as the reincarnated Atem in front of him turns out to have a feeling on him. I like how the story’s conclusion is that Yugi will sort it out slowly while also teasing Atem how he’s “too early” to date Yugi w.

In A Circle: A story about how the two met through an online chess game. Iirc Yugi works in a game company and Atem is sort of a famous e-sports player in this setting. There’s a lot of dialogue in this one and the app sometimes can’t process them very well, but I liked what I can understand from it! not very convincing is it haha i’m sorry i shouldn’t have done this

Familiarity: Age-gap setting, where Yugi becomes Atem’s caretaker. The comic mostly focuses on how Atem notices how kind (or too kind) Yugi is sometimes, but there are times where he feels distant. The plot where Atem gets into a fight with the other kid in his school because the kid mocks Yugi, and how Yugi just... accepts it even when Atem doesn’t want to say his reason of punching the kid is just.... god... I love this kind of age-gap setting like this I guess ;_;

Touchdown: Age-gap setting, but Atem is older in here (university student). The two goes to Atem’s university festival and they think about their own feeling when they got separated. On their way to drop Atem off, he confesses to Yugi, but Yugi is still unsure on his overlapping feeling between the reincarnated Atem and the Atem he knows. Make sure you play Motohiro Hata’s Rain and Aimer’s After Rain during the car scene to make the “rain” mood works even better :”)

Others:

Try For Point: A continuation of Touchdown, where Atem (like, the one from the past) visits Yugi in his dream and helps Yugi in sorting out is his feeling toward his reincarnated self. Atem’s advice is so sweet and there’s one certain line from this comic that I remember very deeply - there’s a part where he says, “If you don’t pull out the card, you won’t know what card it is, right?” to help Yugi clearing out his hesitancy ;w; at this point, I curse myself for not being able to understand Korean

[whatissleepeven]

50 and 62 for the ask thing?

50. What made you laugh the hardest you ever had?

There's a lot of instances that made me laugh hard so I'm gonna go with the most recent one, which actually happened a couple of hours ago. I asked my sister to crack my back by stepping on it as I laid on the ground (reverse corpse pose), and it cracked so much I started laughing. I then told her "bro, I'm not sure I can get up" and started laughing even harder for some reason. I don't know why my back cracking like a dying fire was hilarious; it just...was. I laughed so much my stomach started hurting, and I laid on the floor for another five minutes humoring myself over the fact that I was scared to even attempt to stand up.

62. Seven characters you relate to?

(There's gonna be some Bungou Stray Dogs and Nanbaka spoilers ahead if you aren't up to date with the manga! Consider yourself warned!)

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7. Kuro from Servamp. Lazy boi who's a pacifist and loves video games? I know that all too well, my friend. Once he has the drive to do something, he will commit to it. This motivation comes in the form of Mahiru, who is nearly his polar opposite. Kuro wants to be done with the violence; he and Mahiru believe that now is the time to talk things out. He regrets his past actions, and wants to make amends. (It's more apparent when he repairs ties with Lawless, anyhow.)

6. Kunikida Doppo from Bungou Stray Dogs. I go into more detail in #5, but I relate to Kunikida because he's an idealistic man. He doesn't want to see people die in front of him, because he believes that he can save them. He has such a strong spirit and gives off mom vibes. (He honestly needs a break, though.) Despite being intimidating at first, he's actually really gullible (Dazai exploits this) and is scared of ghosts.

5. Heroic Spirit EMIYA from the Fate Series. I already kinda touched on it in another ask thing, but Emiya highly values his ideals. When they end up betraying him, he falls into despair and resolves to kill his younger self so that he wouldn't make the same mistakes. Unlimited Blade Works really hit home for me because I'm an idealistic person, and he showed me that it's unhealthy to base your entire life around your ideals, if that makes sense. I guess what I'm trying to say is that ideals shouldn't be the only thing that keeps you going.

4. Tachihara Michizou from Bungou Stray Dogs. He wants revenge on Yosano because of his older brother's death, even though he had grown up in his brother's shadow. His parents were disappointed in him when he didn't do what his brother did, which caused him to get into gangs and stealing. Despite this, he loved his brother very much and wanted to avenge him; in the end, though, he just...couldn't kill Yosano. He simply had lost his way in life. The sibling love and comparison between siblings (unintentional on my parent's part) is something I know all-too well, although I haven't broken the law before. If one of my siblings died, I'd be devastated too. Since I understand why he did what he did (even though I don't approve of some things), I get a little annoyed when people were outright bashing Tachihara for stabbing Gin and Hirotsu. It kinda reminds me of how after the Sanders Sides video Putting Ourselves First came out, people were bashing Roman for his actions without understanding the why. In detective terms, they were too busy looking at the whodunit for the self care issue instead of focusing on the whydunit.

3. Remus from the Web Series Sanders Sides! I know some people get triggered by Intrusive Thoughts, but personally mine are pretty harmless and funny to think about. Remus is this chaotic ball of energy who is just a bit on the childish side. Chaos is my (Crofters) jam, and I always have excess energy despite feeling tired 24/7. (...That didn't make sense, but just roll with it for now!)

2. Musashi from Nanbaka. It was only the most recent chapter (181, I think, or was it 182?) where Jyugo finally understood him, which broke my heart since these two were hurt so much in their pasts. Musashi was framed for something he never did, and his parents were killed by Elf just so that he and the Man With the Scar could acquire Musashi to study his spontaneous combustion. Musashi's life was ripped away from him, he was framed for killing his family, he was experimented on, he was called a monster, and he just...let them. He couldn't justify himself; no one would believe him. (Well, until Kenshirou came along.) Once he told Kenshirou his story, he was genuinely shocked to see Kenshirou trust his word. ...I know what it feels like to not be listened to, and to have people you thought you could trust turn your back on you. You just...give up, after a while. It's damaging to someone's self-esteem, and they start to lose hope that their voice, their pain will reach somebody's ears. Being misunderstood and made the bad guy is such a shitty situation to find yourself in, and I'm glad that Jyugo is now another person who sees Musashi as more than just someone who tried to kill him in the past. As Jyugo said, Musashi didn't even have the intention to kill him from the start. Plus, Musashi is a bean! He just? Loves reading?? Dude same! And he loves learning new things??? Bro me too!! And he has a (seemingly ridiculous but totally valid) fear? HahA ME TOO!!! 10/10 would like to converse about languages with him because I find them fascinating too!

1. Mikoshiba from Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun. I know I put this in the #1 spot, but there are fewer things for me to relate to with him. Mikoshiba is, for all intents and purposes, a whole mood. He's an introverted otaku who just can't talk to girls normally for the life of him, flirts and gets super embarrassed about it, and is probably one of the most sane people in the anime and manga. He has anxiety (seen when he was asked to go to a mixer), which isn't really detrimental to him but certainly holds him back, and he is easily swayed to do what his friends want him to do (...with the right bribes, of course). 10/10 give this boi the love he deserves!

[danganronpedits-archived]

hi! i'd like a kin match up please, from the danganronpa games. i'm known for being sarcastic, witty and smart. i'm an introvert who tends to worry a lot, and i'm very skeptical. i love to read & write. i can be snarky and blunt at times, but i can be a jokester too. i tend to be a realist towards things and i prefer to use logic in arguments rather than my own emotions. if it helps any i have trust and self esteem issues. thank you in advance!

ooh! okay, anon, i can definitely do this for you! hehe, this was... not exactly complicated, but i really had to think about the character that seemed right for you, in my eyes- there were some that came to my mind, but didn’t seem to fit *just right*. anyways! let’s get into it!

first off, i match you with...

komaru naegi from ultra despair girls! (admittedly, this might be a bit unexpected)

hear me out. after looking over your... self-description? descriptkin. after looking over your descriptkin a few times, you seem to suit her vibe a lot- despite how her outward appearance is a bit more airhead-leaning, she does have plenty of moments where she’s intuitive. along with that, she does love to read(even if it is manga), and she wavers a lot between snarkiness and bluntness versus being joking and cheery. i think that even if she doesn’t have enormous trust issues, she does have problems with her self esteem, shown most clearly in her lack of faith in herself to fight against the warriors of hope and their monokuma bots. she also tries to use logic and realism in many times, since yes, she is a very normal and average girl- and this is her main argument as to why she’s more cowardly and weak ingame. er, not that you’re weak, or average, anon! 

i also match you with...

okay, forgive me for the udg dominance, but i also match you with...

 nagisa shingetsu!

fun fact, i actually had to do a sprite edit since... the only other sprite of him smiling is very evil and bastardly. my poor son... anyways! he’s the big other one that jumped out at me. i hope it’s okay to match you with a warrior of hope, because woo. there’s a lot that matches up- first off, while his hobbies aren’t explicitly stated, he does have a strong intelligence and is a big worrier- as well as being very blunt, an occasional jokester, self esteem and trust issues, being (probably) an introvert who worries a lot(although he’s less passive about his worries), having a logical mindset- i mean, i feel like i’m just listing stuff off here, but a lot of his key character traits line up with your descriptkin. he’s not the most sarcastic, but he can be snarky at times, and i mean... he’s like ten years old. i haven’t met a lot of sarcastic ten year olds, smart as he is.

finally, i match you with...

toko fukawa!

you are jus... big toko. big big toko. enormous toko. you’re both very smart, the two of you share a love for reading and writing, which, while toko has very high standards for writings of others, she’s never said to dislike it! and, i mean, she’s the ultimate novelist. she’s constantly writing. beyond her own works, however, she definitely has self esteem issues, and she’s a big worrier with trust issues. i’d say that she’s probably an introvert, and she’s definitely snarky, sarcastic, and blunt. she can be a little more playful whenever someone gets her to open up, like in the case of komaru, and in udg she’s more of a logical thinker! ...although some of her logic in my opinion is a little flawed, hehe.

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these are all more minor, but i also match you with hajime hinata, and you seem a little bit like kiyotaka ishimaru, miu iruma, and byakuya togami! however, the last three are very very lowkey.

please remember that you know best! i keep forgetting to clarify that with all of my matchups so far, haha... so i’ll try and make it a habit!! hope this was good, anon, if there was any information i missed out on please let me know! i’m more than happy to update this for you ~

-mod tsu! happy pride!

[critgemhero]

I heard the director was one who wanted to add (her) original characters, cutting out scenes from the manga to include them and taking over the last three episodes. I'm happy she planned out the good visual and catchy songs, but she's also the one who choose which stories to adapt and all that. Annoying is that they keep including them in the OP and ED for S2 when their role is done and S2 is supposed to be a more loyal adaption.

King of Despair is ORIGINAL too btw. Also they stole an important quote and scene from a certain arc which is gonna make the adaption for it in S2 less powerful. - Anon

Ooooh ok. That's so friggin weird and unprofessional!!! Like what? She just thought “So my job is to adapt someone else’s stories? ILL JUST STICK MY OWN OC’S IN HERE FOR FUN WHILE IM AT IT HAHAHA.” 

So when u say the show is including them in S2 op and ed, you mean Black and White??? Yeah your right, their story (which again was actually really interesting but majority took away too much from other stuff) is over so why the hell are they still in S2? Ugh…

That being said, oh man was the OP and ED, and honestly just the entire show, just stylish and gorgeous! I loved the world building and style and humor of it all, I just couldn't give 2 shits or know ANYTHING about the characters since there wasnt even a plot outside of the fabricated Macbeths. Something about this show grew on me as I was watching it for some reason, but I also still question… well a LOT of choices from this lady haha.

And taking away a huge part of the source material from its original place and putting it with your OC plot? Laaaaame. Let’s hope this new Director can find a way to keep this S2 arc impactful either way…

I'm glad S2 is gonna be more loyal!!! I know S2 already started but Im gonna watch the dub weekly and that's almost out already.

[franeridart]

So Bakugou and Todoroki's hero names didn't get decided early on I think because they're each gonna get their own little mini arcs that get em to decide them, but I kinda wanted to know your opinion on what they might end up being? 'Course they'll probably be derived from future plot that we don't know right now, but I wanted to ask anyway!

!!!! I’ve never really thought about Todoroki’s, tbh? So I have no clue, honest, but as far as Bakugou goes I’ll keep on holding onto Ground Zero until Horikoshi officially and unequivocally tells me he 100% definitely scrapped it, my friend - it’s such a cool name??? I read it and I nearly cried when I realized that probably it’s not gonna be his actual hero name rip

Anon said:You need to draw Bok.uro more (i love them so much,(you to of course)

I’m sure you didn’t mean anything bad by this ask anon, but as I’ve said more than once I really, really don’t like the word need. I don’t need to do anything, no one’s paying me for this. When I’ll want to draw more bokro it’ll for sure happen, so don’t worry about that~

Anon said:Would you read Bobata x Terushima fanfics? Do you know any??

I would! But last time I checked there were none *sob* do you know any? °u° if you do I’m all ears!!

Anon said:asdfghjklajhsns mirit.ama is adorable thEY’RE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AHHHH i love them a lot,,,

I K R they’re so soft and pure!!!! Such a good couple I love them so much !!!!!

Anon said:Since most of what you post is such simple arts, I find myself forgetting a lot that your a really skilled artist, and I sort of get this shock like ‘what the fuck Frans amazing’. I really got that when you posted that drawing with Monoma getting scared by kuroiro, the one you posted a while ago with witch Kaminari, and the recent tododeku fight one.

I’m ???? dying ???? This ask slayed me??? Oh my god thank you so much I’m not sure I deserve such praises yet but!!!!! BOI this just made my whole week!!! Thank you!!!!!

Anon said:idk how you feel about bakus.hin but pls read coffee can and energy drinks bc it’s super cute and convinced me to ship it also the characters are on point 👌

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh … sorry anon but I don’t ship Bakugou with anyone that doesn’t like him, and the one time Shinsou interacted with him he really didn’t seem to like him…….. #rip maybe one day I’ll try the fic, tho! Thank you for the rec!!!

 Anon said:I just wanted to say because of your wonderful art you have converted me to watching boku no hero academia!!!! (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you’ll like it, then!!!!!! *O*

Anon said:I definitely smile when reading Teacher Bakugou comic Fran XD i just like it very much like the kids went to being scared and go to adored him and i just like that the kids will defend him from others and the way he just casually broke the window just to get to class in time :) There this hc i read can’t remember where but it said that Bakugo will adress his student by insult like fuckmunch (?) and will change it everyday and like the kids will just remember it (sorry for the bad english)

Anon said:I’m dying because of Bakugou-sensei AU?????? IT’S SO AMAZING!!!! You always kill me with your AUs, so unfair hahahah I’m in love with the idea of Bakugou being a beloved teacher because I think he already suffers too much on the canon series (seriously, he needs a break and a hug ffs). Anyways, I just love it really much 💜💜💜💜💜

I’M SO SO HAPPY YOU BOTH LIKED IT OMG!!!!!!!!!!! *O* I know it’s a pretty unlikely possibility but he’s the only one in canon who actually took on the role of teacher at some point? And Kirishima did pass his exams so he can’t be too bad at it either!! The possibility of him actually enjoying it makes me so happy hahaha

Anon said:Your little note about “Maybe it’ll make you smile” under the teacher Baku is- I’m- I’m going through a bad depressive episode and it really did make me smile so thanks

*holds you* I’m glad I could make you smile at least for a bit, then! And I’m so so sorry you’re not feeling alright, right now ;-; I hope today’ll be a better day, for you

Anon said:ILOVEYOU

ILOVEYOUTOO!!!!!!

Anon said:Fraaan another AWESOME comic !!! Another baby doodle !!! just !!! my heart !!! can’ t take it !!! aaaaaah !!! they’re soo cute. Ashido just eating Bakugo hair and he just let her and Kirishima call him Bakuo and Jirou saying Bakusquad will cry if got taken from Bakugo and she just nonchalantly tell Bakugou he that he cares about them Aaaaaah !!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡ By the way is the Bandage (?) that Bakugo has because of the squad and do they remember Bakugo ?

Thank you for liking it!!!! Oh my gods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It wasn’t a bandage tho, just baby Sero messin around! And yeah, they do remember him! They’re just deaged, time didn’t literally turn back for them - only being babies their thought process is way simpler so the most they know is that that’s Bakugou and he’s good and safe and they like him. That’s about it, nothing more complex than that haha

Anon said:u are like, 80% the reason why i started watchin bnha. i thought my fav would be someone from the bakusquad (kirishima maybe) because of ur art but somehow monoma is my fav, the jerk. i love him. why am i cursed to like side characters with barely any content.

Monoma’s great tho!!!! I mean. He’s an asshole. And a total disaster. And his inferiority complex is a seriously huge thing. But he’s great!!!!!!!!!! That’s an amazing pick as a fave character t b h I think we’re getting more of him (together with the whole 1B class) in the manga soon, so don’t despair too much about the lack of content just yet haha

Anon said:THE LITTLE SERO TAPES ON BAKU’S ARM I’M WEEEEEAAAAK

Anon said:Baby Sero putting tape all over Bakugo ’s arm made my study-full day a lot better, thank you Fran.

I’m!!!!!!!! Actually surprised by how many people liked Sero most out of the whole drawing??? But I’m GLAD he’s amazing please love my son as much as I do (or more) (if you can manage that) (the more love he gets the better)

Anon said:Is it in canon that Kirishima has terrible handwriting because I think it should be

I don’t know if this is terrible or not because I actually can’t tell good handwriting from bad in Japanese, but this is Kirishima’s canon handwriting!!

Terrible or not it’s definitely a sharp, STRONG handwriting, which is all that matters as far as Kirishima is concerned!! 💪💪💪💪 haha

Anon said:that bakukirikami art with the AU killed me

PLEASE DON’T DIE ON ME ANON !!!!!

Anon said:YES my emotions are from tododekus I’m just😭😭😭 I love Shouto so much!!!! I didn’t realize how much until just now tho??? Like how dare that episode honestly

!!!!!!!!!! he’s a super great character and honestly I like him way better after the sports fest is over and done with, he’s such a chill nice silly guy bless him and bless Deku for making his actual personality come out *deep sigh*