#Is She The Wolf

[kevin-woo-me]

I can’t believe that a Japanese reality dating show has me this emotionally invested in the contestants and actually made me cry and left me heartbroken for them and nobody seems to be talking about it given it’s a Netflix show! Never mind that it’s not your typical dating show because of its twists that I did NOT see coming. Also, they really seem to love BTS because I swear they play their song in the background every episode (notably Lights and Fake Love, the latter fitting the show’s theme perfectly) Please, do yourself a favor, if you have Netflix or can find the show online somewhere, watch Is She the Wolf because I need to talk to someone about this show >.<

[optreee]

Masaki Nakao Appreciation Post

*Is She The Wolf spoilers*

I just finished watching the Netflix US release of Is She the Wolf!! I loved it and found it so much fun to watch. If it was acting doubly as a tourism promotion, it 100% worked because it made me want to see all those amazing sites and just go on a date in Japan???

But for me, the biggest delight was Masaki’s arc! He was kind of a dark horse, starting off the show as a blonde-haired foil/light-hearted rival to Who-ya. But can we just appreciate that he’s got such fun, amazing best friend energy?! He accompanies Honoka to Taiju’s sparring practice, intentionally makes space for them to talk, and seems to cheer her on afterwards; he listens to Julie’s love troubles about feeling one-sided with Robin; he gets tickets to see Taiju’s match and brings Gabby and Sakurako along to hype him up; he straight up pulls Robin aside and asks him with that younger brother energy, “hey bro, what’s going on” when they go on that triple date with Mikako; he happily agrees to go with Julie to the photo location knowing her heart is probably still set on Robin; he hugs Tomoki and tries to cheer him up at the very end when Tomoki becomes really overwhelmed… just so many instances where Masaki has big, goofy, lovable BFF energy with everyone on the cast?? (Umm, just being a total Sagittarius??) I love it so much 😂

Watching the show, I was totally drawn to him. Even while out on two v. one or even three v. one dates with other guys competing for Mikako’s feelings, he asserts himself in his own cool way that is polite and fun and totally charismatic. I was like, I would die to go on a date with this man—he seems so fun and silly and safe and sweet (and of course, so hot). Him and Robin hyping each other up and building on each other’s jokes and energy cracked me up each time.

This was just a total Masaki Nakao appreciation post—Masaki is a “everyone’s bestie” type of guy, and it’s true, if I liked him romantically, I could see that being potentially maddening (some girls could take it as flirting with other girls) but tbh, he just seems like a really good guy (as Julie realized too). I would also love if my man were someone who takes care of other people and feels safe to everyone, his guy and girl friends alike. Masaki totally comes off as an amazing friend who seems really fun and doesn’t try to take the spotlight from anyone.

I also appreciate him saying in one of the episodes that he hadn’t put as much effort into selling himself to people as maybe he should, and it’s because he noticed that he started distancing himself from people and just doing what’s necessary to maintain the relationship. He’s got great insight about himself, is so honest about it, is willing to talk about that, and still fully has fun and makes things fun for others (again, confirming more Sagittarius qualities). It makes him more endearing, this light-hearted, fun-loving cool dude sharing deep insights about himself.

I’ve seen his drama/movies, and I feel like other than “Kabe-koji-Nekoyashiki-kun Desires to Be Recognized,” they really miss out on that golden retriever energy part of his vibe! Maybe it comes out more in his stage work and as Naruto (which I haven’t had a chance to see), but it’s a huge charm that I didn’t get to know until this show. Loved him in this, and I hope it makes his popularity shoot up even more!

(📷: @masaki_nakao_)

[o-avosetta]

"Is She the Wolf?" is fascinating because you know things would descend into drama and screaming if the premise were taken to US reality TV. But everyone is so respectful and sweet that any show of emotion, any moment of honesty, any hint of intrigue immediately ratchets my heart up to 11. These two dudes just had a quiet sunset conversation on the beach about how they might become rivals for the same girl, and they just laughed and went back to whatever little frolicking+photography task it was the producers wanted them to do that day.

[gentlebutspicy]

someone pls tell me they also recognized Robin from is she the wolf the gasp I gasped when I relized

[earthshipvoice]

i finished watching the last episode of 'is she the wolf?,' and i sobbed like a baby. why did they do THAT???"

[everytechever]

5 Exciting Additions of Unscripted Content from Netflix Japan

Don't say Yamite coz' we want more! #NetflixJapan #LoveVillage #IsShetheWolf #LastoneStanding #LoveLikeaKDrama #LIGHTHOUSE #オールナイトLIGHTHOUSE #entertainment #netflix #everytechever

Netflix has unveiled a thrilling lineup of unscripted Japanese content, ranging from unconventional variety shows to one-of-a-kind dating formats. At the APAC Unscripted Showcase, Dai Ota, the Content Manager for Netflix Japan, offered a sneak peek into five reality series that showcase Japan’s distinct entertainment culture. “We’re excited to move into a new phase of our content strategy,…

[crow-caller]

as a child there's nothing cooler than a kid who gets subjected to evil experiments and gains special abilities. it's even cooler if these abilities also cause unfathomable suffering to use/against others. children love stories like this.

[decamarks]

Thinking of becoming a guy that thinks wolves are the most badass and aspirational animal, but about ants. Like wearing t-shirts about being loyal to my Queen and training to bench 5x my bodyweight. Studying ant warfare. Posting shit like this

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF nightmare foxy is a huge fan of Roxanne Wolf,,

[wis-art]

Kanapka wolf woman dyke wolf etc.

[wolfertinger666]

Tam sketches!!!!!!!!!!

(SHE/HER) 🐺🏳️‍⚧️✨🌻

[mythalism]

do you ever read through the solas and vivienne banter and lose your mind over what is some of the most interesting and telling solas characterization in the entire game

[inkskinned]

at some point it's just like. do they even fucking like the thing they're asking AI to make? "oh we'll just use AI for all the scripts" "we'll just use AI for art" "no worries AI can write this book" "oh, AI could easily design this"

like... it's so clear they've never stood in the middle of an art museum and felt like crying, looking at a piece that somehow cuts into your marrow even though the artist and you are separated by space and time. they've never looked at a poem - once, twice, three times - just because the words feel like a fired gun, something too-close, clanging behind your eyes. they've never gotten to the end of the movie and had to arrive, blinking, back into their body, laughing a little because they were holding their breath without realizing.

"oh AI can mimic style" "AI can mimic emotion" "AI can mimic you and your job is almost gone, kid."

... how do i explain to you - you can make AI that does a perfect job of imitating me. you could disseminate it through the entire world and make so much money, using my works and my ideas and my everything.

and i'd still keep writing.

i don't know there's a word for it. in high school, we become aware that the way we feel about our artform is a cliche - it's like breathing. over and over, artists all feel the same thing. "i write because i need to" and "my music is how i speak" and "i make art because it's either that or i stop existing." it is such a common experience, the violence and immediacy we mean behind it is like breathing to me - comes out like a useless understatement. it's a cliche because we all feel it, not because the experience isn't actually persistent. so many of us have this ... fluttering urgency behind our ribs.

i'm not doing it for the money. for a star on the ground in some city i've never visited. i am doing it because when i was seven i started taking notebooks with me on walks. i am doing it because in second grade i wrote a poem and stood up in front of my whole class to read it out while i shook with nerves. i am doing it because i spent high school scribbling all my feelings down. i am doing it for the 16 year old me and the 18 year old me and the today-me, how we can never put the pen down. you can take me down to a subatomic layer, eviscerate me - and never find the source of it; it is of me. when i was 19 i named this blog inkskinned because i was dramatic and lonely and it felt like the only thing that was actually permanently-true about me was that this is what is inside of me, that the words come up over everything, coat everything, bloom their little twilight arias into every nook and corner and alley

"we're gonna replace you". that is okay. you think that i am writing to fill a space. that someone said JOB OPENING: Writer Needed, and i wrote to answer. you think one raindrop replaces another, and i think they're both just falling. you think art has a place, that is simply arrives on walls when it is needed, that is only ever on demand, perfect, easily requested. you see "audience spending" and "marketability" and "multi-line merch opportunity"

and i see a kid drowning. i am writing to make her a boat. i am writing because what used to be a river raft has long become a fully-rigged ship. i am writing because you can fucking rip this out of my cold dead clammy hands and i will still come back as a ghost and i will still be penning poems about it.

it isn't even love. the word we use the most i think is "passion". devotion, obsession, necessity. my favorite little fact about the magic of artists - "abracadabra" means i create as i speak. we make because it sluices out of us. because we look down and our hands are somehow already busy. because it was the first thing we knew and it is our backbone and heartbreak and everything. because we have given up well-paying jobs and a "real life" and the approval of our parents. we create because - the cliche again. it's like breathing. we create because we must.

you create because you're greedy.

[tastefulbean]

More nuzi stuff- may finish this later idk HDHDBSB

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Donna Noble really got in the TARDIS and on trip number ONE like ONLY the FIRST trip she was like we are going to change history to save a single family because that is how it should work so that is how it does and then on trip number TWO on the SECOND trip she was like we are going to destroy an entire culture of slavery because it is right I don't care if we're two people and then on the THIRD trip she was like I am going to be unbelievably brave to save my home and everyone I love and then on the FOURTH trip she was like no living breathing thinking creature is less than a person and how dare you try to dehumanise someone like that how dare you not give her a name and the list GOES ON this woman NEVER MISSED there goes one of the kindest bravest most constant women you might ever meet and she's a temp from Chiswick

[mischievousdog]

No offense / None taken