#Kiyoto ic

[hatredcurse]

[  STUCK  ]  —  Our muses are stuck in a small broom closet together. || @kagami--uchiha​

This was not written into his plans. Body flush against a smaller man, confined in an even tinier space, with barely enough shared oxygen for the two of them. Blind in the dark, Kiyoto slipped his hand to his pocket on the defense, fingers on a threaded hilt readying to slash the throat of the man until he felt the familiar pulse of a certain purplish-red chakra. 

“Kagami?” he breathed in realization,” what are you doing in here?”

It had been years since he last shared space with the boy. Before, he was spry little thing with porcelain skin and a glimmer in the corner of his eyes. Now, he was just pathetically thin with blade scabs whiting out the yellow discoloration of week old bruises. 

Forget his bounty, Kiyoto captured Kagami’s jaw, fingers pinching into the width as he inspected him in low light. The golds of his eyes vanishing into the dark as he narrowed them, face drawing closer in attempt to see the Uchiha better. 

“What happened to you?”

[sixtymillionoverdueideas]

@hatredcurse

The House was always busy, most hours of the day. The voices of youth came in and out of the doors and windows of the isolated orphanage, as Chiba and Haruhi ushered out the various residents who hadn't already left for their apprenticeships. "Karma!" Haruhi's harried voice travelled down the hall, while the speaker herself was busy washing the dishes of earlier breakfasts. "Karma, get going already! You know Sangen-san is very generous to hire you at all!" A head full of upwards drifting ivy curls poked through a doorway, scowling. "Karma left today! Don't worry about him!" Haruhi sighed, shoulders dropping as she turned back to scrubbing. "Thank you, Tacchan. I don't know what I would do without you." Tatsumaki rolled her eyes, already leaving to go feed little Rei-chan. "Just save your voice, will you, Haruhi?"

Meanwhile, outside, some of the younger residents were playing in the grass. Daki and Denki were squabbling again, and the grass stains on Daki's kimono betrayed the reason why. Inosuke was nowhere in sight, so he and Ochako must have ventured into the woods to see if there were any mushrooms, berries, and nuts to harvest. Tohru was humming in a ring of flat white mushrooms, feeling the morning dew collect on the tips of her fingers from the mushroom caps.

It was Natsu and Muichiro, the youngest outside of baby Rei, who encountered the stranger. "Tabibi...o?" Muichiro asked quietly, voice as dreamy as it ever was. Long pale hair covered one eye like clouds reflected on water as a tiny, soft hand fisted the long dark edge of an robe, while Natsu crossed his arms and attempted to scowl at the intruder. "Wh're you, ta-bi-bi'o-san?"

[mysteriousdoll]

Giggles I will gladly share my Headcanons of the one and only Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

- He's DemiAroAce and Pansexual

- He's also transgender (FtM) and his deadname was Kiyoto

- FRECKLESSS

- High functioning Autism and OCD

- HATES money being spent on him by anyone: will refuse it until you give up or he gives up (or you could use that "It's not nice to turn down a gift?" move in him)

- Little longer hair then canon, could make a small low pony tail if he wanted

- Definitely wears a corset; look at him. Shakes head.

- does NOT like being touched without permission (only person he trust is his father, even Owada is on thin ice.)

- Reckless ass sleeper, will wake up on the other side of the room.

- LOVESSSS Owada sleeping on him. ✨Weight blanket boyfriend✨

- Isn't ticklish

- andd has some scars from SH and the intense bullying

LONG ONE I'M SORRY BUT I LOVE HIM 😭

The fact that like, all but two and a half are these are headcanons I share. AaaaaAAA?? (Dndh as you’ve seen I hc him w a dif deadname, as well as dif sexuality hc)

I’ve said this like—veeeery briefly once before, but I also hc him to be a system!

Another thing I also exposed myself for with that document I posted-

[voltage-knowledge]

How to make a cocktail that describes Koichi Natsukawa, according to Kiyoto

“A Mint Frappe is a cocktail for: ‘A romanticist who’s looking for a cozy place’. Cozy place... I bet that’s you. Did you notice?” - Kiyoto

30mL of green peppermint liqueur 1 glass of crushed ice 1 mint leaf

[popculturebuffet]

Close Enough Season 2 Review! or Josh Murders About 10 People

It's been hard to put into words just how wonderful a surprise this season getting released this month was. For starters before JG Quintel announced it last year shortly after season 1, I honestly was convinced season 2 wasn't happened. Do NOT get me wrong, Season 1 of Close Enough was one of the best parts of last year: It was funny, had a lot of heart, a great voice cast, and a great cast of characters that was throughly likeable and broke sitcom stereotypes, having a doofy husband and more straight laced wife with layers who clearly love and respect each other and BOTH can be prone to taking things too far instead of JUST Josh screwing up. Add in two great fellow leads Bridgette and Alex played by two of my faviorite va's, Kimiko Glen and Jason Mantzokus, whose name I finally learned how to spell, an adorable daughter and neat but out of focus neighbors and supors pearle and randy, and the show was just damn near perfect and felt like an improvement on regular show, taking the same humor and animation style but to an older cast and audience with more nuanced and likeable characters, and far more character development per episode. I wanted to see where the show would go.. but I was convinced given the show was leftover inventory from an animation block that never happened held over to give HBO Max some content it'd be canceled after one season, because I can't have nice things. But....

And very happily so: JG Quintel revealed the show had been picked up for season 2 not long after season 1 dropped, having listned to fans. As it turns out though they hadn't.. they just had a ton of faith in the show as I got ANOTHER bombshell earlier this month. While the show had showed up on the schedule for this month late in January, with no release date on said schedule, I wasn't 100% sure the show was coming back this month or that it wasn't just an error. But once again, I was wrong, it was earth all along, and they merely saved it for the press release for their adult animation lineup: alongside the huge and welcome bombshell they were the ones picking up the Clone High reboot and for two seasons, Close enough not only got two more seasons publicly announced, but fimrly revealed season 2 launched February 25th. LIke they likely had with infinity train the show was quitely picked up for another season, and they simply waited to announce it till the right time. Though unlike infinity train, they had faith in it to become a big hit and while they SHOULD HAVE with infinity train and should've accepted it was already a big hit simply not with the target demographic, it's still nice to see that after all it went through Close Enough not only got renewed but is now the network's flagship adult animated show, closely tied with harley quinn, and will likely go on as long as it wants to.

So naturally given I reviewed all of season 1 in the hopes i'td get renewed, I was happy to make room for season 2 and continue covering it and over the moon it was happening so soon. However I'm doing things diffrently this time: instead of flooding the tag with individual longform reviews, i'm reviewing the season all one go, to see if this format could work for me as I have tons of other shows i'd love to cover in this format that are either heavily comedic like say the Great North, regular show or the simpsons and thus dont' lend themselves to riffing as much and leave me less to do per episode, or more seralized shows like she ra or ones that are entirely complete like Steven Universe or Gravity falls that I could cover alone but this format could help expidite covering. Gravity Falls is also one of my patreon stretch goals if your instrested as is a whole lot of ducktales stuff, link on my blog. It also works with my much larger workload with a much tighter schedule, 6 reviews a week with a flex day in case I get behind so everything comes out as good as it posisbly can be, versus my original method of...

TLDR: One big post with smaller reviews each episode and an overall coverage of what changed this season and how good it is as a whole. We good? Good, then join me under the cut for some delightful sentient presents, couch ghosts, and jim fucking crunch as we get close enough to the heart.

I will never get tired of that image. I want it blown up and put on a banner at my funeral. But death plans aside let's get into the season

Slight Tweaks to a Great Formula: Given it's slice of life format based largely around likeable multi layered characters in comedic absurdity, not a lot has changed nor did it need to. What has are just simple tweaks to make things even better. For starters a natural result of getting to the episodes now produced directly for the 11 minute format means the pacing is much focused, subbing in full subplots for the occasional runner instead, and often only using what characters the episode needs. It will use the main five often, but the lack of subplots for the most part allows stronger focus on one or two characters to give the stories added weight and nuance and often laughs. While i'll always love season 1, this allows for much tighter stories and allows for everyone to get some major screen time instead of mostly Josh and Emily in season 1. It does mean we sadly get less of my boy Alex per episode but it's a sacrifice i'm willing to make if it means the show can grow and take more risks and evolve naturally. Though the former probably wasn't help by two of his three episodes being kinda weak, but i'll get to that.

The other noticeable change is Pearle and Randy. While they were promoted as main characters, even getting profiles along with the rest, they were in practice recurring characters in season 1, showing up pretty frequently but with only one starring episode for Randy and none for Pearle. And givne Pearle has an interesting backstory as a cop who likely had to put up with a LOT being a black woman officer, as well as raising a white redneck, while also being hilarious and having a fun energy to her, I felt they kinda wasted her in season 1.

Here though? Both have been bumped up to main cast proper, getting two focus episodes a piece (compared to the other main adults each getting three, some of those shared, and Candace getting one, hopefully more in the future as it was really good, along with, to my delight, mr.cambell also getting one), appearing far more in supporting roles and generally showing up with the main group a lot more. They still don't hang out with our loveable family all the time, but it makes sense as they have their own apartment and stuff to deal with, but it feels far more like their part of the main group. The show always treated them like this mine, but showing up more makes their friendships with their tenants feel more genuine, as it feels like their part of their lives more, whlie having their own to deal with we get to see now.

So while the series didn't change much, as I said it didn't need to and all of this is stuff is the kind of thing I wanted, especially Pearle getting a larger role and Randy being fleshed out from a dollar store version of muscle man into his own similar but difference character, and i'm happy to have it. So now i've talked about how the seasons' changed, let's talk about the episodes themselves. Grab a snack this is going to take a bit.

The Episodes!:

Josh Gets Shredded: 

Our premier and honestly it's a solid one with a singular premise on poking fun at gym culture, though in a nice twist Jim Crunch, the guy who runs the Gym Josh ends up going to to strengthen his core to play with Candace and whose voiced wonderfully by Kevin Michael Richardson is a genuinely good guy and there's no horrifying twist with him. He just wants Josh to get ripped and dosen't know his training is keeping josh from candace. IT's a simple setup of a father doing something for his daughter but getting distracted by it and while not new it works well here and we get plenty of fun gym jokes, including an exchange from Jim and Josh when Josh wants to become an "absolute unit", which in this case ends up meaning turning into the hulk but with the glowing firey eyes of an angry god, feels like it came straight out of the hockey bros from letterkenny, which is a good feeling to have. There's also a nice setup with Candace wanting to play king kong with Josh due to seeing it in class (Specially the Peter Jackson remake, also Candace knows who jack black is which I buy because of who her daddy is. I wouldn’t be surprised if Josh had Saving Silverman on a loop for several days until emily threw it out the window like a frisbee. ), which kicks off the whole thing.. and ends with ultra instinct hulk josh taking her to the top of a building and swatting away helicopters. It’s more of an average episode for the series and the runner about Emily being REALLY hot for buff josh comes off as a weaker version of the plot from family guy where Lois likes a thinner peter, apart from one inspired bit where in order to talk to him about candace without getting distracted, Emily pours an entire bag of ice down her pants.. and subtly after Josh talks about becoming an absolute unit, it’s gone nad rather than animation I like to believe it melted. Still a decent start to a great season. 

Meet the Frackers: A Randy Spotlight episode and unlike his season one episode rather than be a subplot in another episode it’s a full episode about him. And the starting incident is great as the gang gets their ancestry results back from costco, with Emily and Bridgette having ancestors in Guadalajara and Kiyoto.. and Josh being white (”Can you believe it?”). Alex coming from a long line of creeps is also pretty funny, those are his actual results by the way. 

But what the episodes truly about is Randy finding out his parents are alive in Malibu after Pearle claimed they were dead when he was a kid. She had a very good reason though: Randy’s parents were serial gas thieves, and Pearle nearly caught them one night with the two chucking him at her to escape. And to her credit Pearle TRIED to reach out to them once they ended up in jail for their crimes.. but they again chucked him at her which is hilarious. She simply didn’t want him to feel abandoned. He instead feels betrayed. 

His parents are hilariously white trash and played by two faviorite va’s of mine, David Kochner and Wendy Malick, who i’m happy is finally playing a lead roll on Owl House. They drink redneck maragretihas and eat mcribs (As Randy puts it “God’s favorite sandwich!”) every day and still steal gas, just legally now as frackers. Naturally though the two are still assholes and soon use a carnival as a cover to illegally frack and it’s up to Randy an dhis real mom to stop them> It’s a touching story with Randy genuinely wanting to hlep his mom, though I feel it would’ve been more interesting if Randy’s parents hadn’t been scum an dhe had to genuinely deal with having three parents now. Still it was worth it for some great lines from Malick and Kochner , so it works. Decent ep. 

Sauceface: Now we come to both one of the best eps of the season, and the series so far, and one of it’s most unique as it stars Candace and dosen’t feature the other main cast hardly at all, only Emily who kicks things off by, in a great bit, breaking Candace’s illusion their rich as “they live in a castle with alex and bridgette”, with her slowly realizing “Were poor”. Which is just a very kid thing to think that your parents are rich when they very much aren’t. 

But the episode really is a crime boss parody story, as the title would imply as Candace and her best friend start selling hot sauce, which is banned from the school due to it’s political correctness having gone mad and it being offensive to “sensitive palates” (They’ve also banned general tso’s chicken for mitlarialism and everything bagels for being “too much”). This leads where you’d expect: Candace getting drunk with power and forgetting why theys tarted, wet willies, and an art room brawl, all leading to candace’s friend getting pinched and candace having to use the money to buy Mr. Cambell a pelaton to get him off their backs, which leads to this lovely exchange “YOur letting them off just because they bought you a present?” “This is a 2000 dollar bike”. We also get the subtle reveal Mr. Cambell is gay which given how straight the main cast is, is nice.  But this was a great one with too many good gags to mention, a great setup, a great rolling stones song played during the montage I do not know the name of, and I hope we get other candace advnetures at her school in the future, because this was a real delight. Again one of the best episodes of the season. 

The House Guest From Hell: Speaking of best episodes, this is probably the best pairing of episodes yet, as both are standouts of the season. 

Emily’s old friend Becca drops back into her life, to everyone’s annoyance as Becca is an utter leech who constantly take advantage of Emily’s lack of boundaries with her to constantly talk about whatever drama she’s wrapped herself in and mooch off her. Josh and Bridgette want her to set firm boundaries, but Emily fails to and instead only gets Becca to set boundaries with her boyfriend.. which leads to her moving into the apartment temporarily, and annoying the hell out of everyone. Becca is a great character, being that asshole in the most over the top and annoying way possible, to the point she takes alex’s room, watches tv on a loop and doesn’t seem to realize Emily is married (Despite being part of her bridal party), or that candace is Emily’s daughter and not a tiny butler (Which Candace assumes is a game. )

Naturally for this show things escalate hilariously as Emily finds out she’s pregnant when she tries to throw her out and the pregnancy is escalated.. and we soon find out it’s because the pregnancy is demonic: She has Hecate as her dula (And Alex naturally asks if she’s single, get it guy get it), needs goats hoves, locusts and the blood of the innocent (Which is the only item that trips josh up who hopes they can get it at costco, which made me have to pause as I could not stop laughing). This would be funny enough. .but what takes it into making this episode a classic is when Emily tricks her boyfriend Luke over he’s unsurprisingly a devil.. but also a hilariously over the top douchebag dudebro played by Beck  Bennet, who it’s not only nice to see outside of ducktales, but is also just totally game. Luke is so odious it wraps around to being funny, to the point he unsurprisingly hits on Bridgette while his girlfriend is in labor, messily makes out with her and they try to move in, though thankfully Emily cathartically screams Becca out midbirth. Also they end up going to hell, with Luke getting there by doing donuts. Yes really. This episode is a treasure and does the series schitck of taking a relatable problem and escalating it to perfection. 

Joint Break:

Another unsurprisingly good one, as Pearle deals with the fact that despite her decades of service, the force’s health plan doesn’t cover her needed hip surgery after she slides over a car wrong (Which also leads to a great riff on the old csi Miami parody). She then finds herself between her oath as an officer and her needs for help as she befriends a gang of saucy old women at water aerobics who are also bank robbers and want to cut her in. And they provide a tempting offer, getting what their owed and ti feels like a genuine dilemma, even if Pearle ends up siding with the police, not that she should. It’s also full of great bits of the old lady gang weaponizing stereotypes about old people, with the three of them dawning classic old lady getups to fool an officer, and having one of them i a walker slowly cross the street to stop an armored truck. Fun stuff helped by their leader being voiced by Jane Lynch, continuing this season’s red hot guest star streak, not that the series has ever been light on them (They got David Hasselhoff and weird al in season 1, so yeah), but this season ramps up the good guest voices to the point there’s one per episode almost. 

Cyber Matrix: This one’s okay though the setup is good. Unsurprisingly given both his dale gribble-esque penchant for conspiracies and his hipster holier than thou ways, Alex has never had a smart phone, and has a very old flip hone that’s horrifc to look at and naturally gets destroyed, leading to him getting addicted to the thing.. and this being the show it is fusing with it. What makes this one is the climax, as the rest of the main group scramble to take out the cell tower so Alex’s phone doesn’t upload him to the cloud while Josha nd Alex open everything they can to slow her down. The result is the phone hacking Emily’s and ordering packages, task rabbits to punch her inthe face (With randy taking it so they can go) and outright hijacking a car in a clever chase. The ending though does sink this as suddenly their in veirutal reality again and it just feels weird given the series, while not really using continuity much so far, dosne’t have negavite continuity punch out endings outside of this one ep and I hope this dosen’t happen again. Otheriwse a decent one if sadly not one of Alex’s best and he equally sadly onlyg ets one truly great episode this season, compared to having a good chunk of the best plots last season. Still you can’t win em all and i’m sure my boy will return to form and said great episode, which we’ll get to soon, certainly shows they didn’t loose their touch. They just fumbled a bit and that’s okay. 

Haunted Couch: Balancing that out is the fact that Bridgette, who didn’t get nearly as many good eps as Alex or as much focus as the rest, gets some great episodes this season with this one being my out and out favorite as it fleshes her out more and has some really great gags. Josh brings in a street couch (And he and Emily’s argument over it is great including him using the fact she forced them to get a savings account as leverage somehow), just as Bridgette is in emotional turmoil over her latest boyfriend suddenly ghosting her. 

Naturally she ends up falling for a REAL ghost, a french couch designer who had a habit of cheating on his lovers, died for it by one of their hands, and his soul ended up bound to the couch. Naturally hea nd Bridgette hit it off and we get a LOT of good stuff in a montage as the two take the couch everywhere, and her friends, minus Alex who surprisingly rather than being jealous, simply dosen’t like the fact there’s a ghost in the house technically haunting them which surprisingly goes nowhere, are happy for her and like him after the initial shock wears off, though Josh still wants to sit on the couch. He and Bridgette even have really good sex using Randy’s body, with him being a willing vesel for Marcus. And i’d just like to point out that an intensely weird comedy show that also has a sentient present, bob vila with saw hands, and dude bro satan in this very season, 2/3 of those to come.. STILL did this better than wonder woman 87, as they actually asked someone to let the ghost of the couple use his body so they could fuck, and he gave full consent to it. And no I sitll haven’t let that go, it was a very bad plotline with nightmarish implications and the fact close enough did it better in a joke, they also have the song from ghost in the background by the by, than a big budget movie from the same company, is a really large bilboard saying:

But while the episode was thoroughly interesting and funny.. it’s what happens next that makes it one of the series best. While the series is amazing at comedy, it’s the character growth slid in between it that makes it so awesome and this episode is a great example. Bridgette turns cold towards Marcus as it’s clear he’s serious, and he’s even moved a tooth brush in. She gets more and more hostile until eventually Marcus calls her on it, and prevents her from leaving with a vortex of furniture.. which could’ve gone bad very quick but instead just means she has to face him.. and is hit with a rather painful relization when he asks “Do you what me to, how you say, ghost you?” (She explained the concept earlier). She says no.. but quickly a series of flashbacks puts the previous breakup in context as the guy she was seeing asked to leave a toothbrush, a  simple escalation and she got real nasty real quick without saying what the problem was. We see more of this with a previous boyfriend and hilaroiusly one before that guy who not only had a toothbrush in a ringbox but was also in a hot air ballon she casually cuts the anchors too and has float away. Which does mean Bridgette probably killed a man but that’s one compared to josh’s 10 this season. Yes, 10. We’ll get to that. 

Point is she realizes “oh shit i’m the dick”, and has a genuine talk with Marcus, realizing why: “You know how women feign being submissive because society’s taught them to so they don’t get raped or murdered or kidnapped?” “Oui”, best bit of the episode and damn if it ain’t horribly true. But due to tha Bridgette simply got terrible quick to scare guys off when she really just wanted to break it off instead of take things further and breaks it off with marcus.. and is surprised and relieved when he doesn’t want a big fight and takes it acceptably, Marcus having grown from his past of being a women using cad and genuinely wanting to treat them better. For once Bridget gets to have an emotionally mature breakup with someone, and while you could say her relationship with alex is like that, it’s very clear from an upcoming episode it wasn’t a very clean break at first and while their amicable now their marriage was a hot volcano of arguments. This allos Marcus to pass.. if also destroying the couch to Josh’s misery. An instant classic and one of the season’s highlights and one that really fleshes Bridgette out a bit by giving another reason for her relationships not working besides alex that fits the character perfectly and has her grow from it. 

Also just a quick sidenote, this episode vaguely reminded me of the Nightmare Time, theater troupe team starkid’s zoomcast I highly recommend set in their hatchetfield multiverse, episode “Jane’s a Car” , which is about a man’s wife possessing his car and also involves an object. Both are very diffrent mind you, Jane’s a Car ends up way more depressing, but its’ stil la story involving ghost fucking though Bridgette found a vesel instead of straight up fucking a couch the way tom went to town on that car. It also involves the lead’s perosnal issues, if far more severe in Jane’s a Car’s case, reflected by their relationship with a ghost. I mean it is a stretch but these are the weird connectoins my brain makes and I mostly bring it up because an  upcoming episode in the season goes from kind of similar but only to me to very similar, and a very fun concidence that these two episodes existed in the same year, especially since this happened last year with this show and Ducktales. But first josh doing a murder on some people. 

Man Up:

Okay for starters the title man up reminds me of this short lived abc sitcom I never saw but given it was about three guys tapping into their “inner man” it sounds like aresnic somehow took the sentient form of a tv show. This actual poster for it not only proves the point but why it lasted one season if not why the hell I remembered this existed at all despite never seeing it, not recognizing anyone in it and not wanting anything to do with it. 

Given I have 8 more episodes to go after this one, I do not have time to disect all the way that poster is a waking nightmare, though i’d love to, and instead i’m going to talk abotu the episode itself. The intro is funny enough, with the Ramierz-Singletons going to a bank for Candace’s first bank account, the Bank of Hollywood. An alien seemingly attacks, it turns out to be a promotional stunt with high budget effects a great gag in of itself, but Josh runs out on his family.  Naturally he’s horribly rattled by this, and wants to be a better dad, a John McClane type. So two things: I now want a crossover with this show and brooklyn nine nine along with the hatchefield one in my head and the regular show one most fans want. And the second is that John wasn’t the best dad or husband, and both the original film, the sequel josh saw, and the fourth film all spell this out. The fifth does too but I feel if I wish hard enough a good day to die hard will just spontaneously cease to exist and we’ll all be happier that way. 

So Pearle agrees to help him, and we get a fun training montage, with Josh protecting a candace made of eggs Alex made, because of course he did, and an emily made of the same because of course he did, and get punched in the junk by randy in a dog costume, as you do. He actually feels tough and is ready for phase 2, pearle hitting him with something unexpectdly.

Instead what he thinks is Phase 2 is actually a die hard style hyjacking of Emily’s company christmas party, which josh misses due to being in the bathroom after panickily running into corn. As a result.. we get josh killing about 8-10 people not realizing it’s not a simulation but not really caring about that part when it’s revealed. Which granted it is in self defense but he still kills a LOT of people this episode, and I will be forever haunted by the fact that stringbean can REALLY do some murders. Seriously who knew JOSH had it in him. That is terrifying to comprehend. Naturally after he john mclanes his way up, he finds out it wasn’t a simulation panics but instead of running away runs the hans gruber knockoff, whose sadly not very entertaining out of the building and onto some exploding corn, saving the day, earning his family’s respect and cemnting himself as a badass. The reveal of what the text actually was is just.. perfect as it’s just a bat on a string with Alex saying “he’s totally going to shit”. The perfect capper to good ep only hampred by hans being really weak.. seriously he just has a weird sentence sturcture tha’ts hte joke. They can do better. Otherwise a good die hard parody. John would be proud. 

Handy:

Another decent one not a standout but it has a truly astounding bit. Randy finds out, after going to Guy Fieri’s flavor diaster for Pearle, that she hired another handyman and he’s not good at his job as as he puts it “I’m going to do what troubled young men have done for years : i’m going to sea!”. Which is funny enough but leads to him stranded on a desert island, hallucinating and then meeting his idols in handy manning who may or may not be hallucinations: Bob Vila, The Ikea Mascot (Who speaks only in pictures and is a fun gag despite never having seen him before this episode) and my favorite tim the tool man taylor, whose tie is constantly pointed up for some reason and who amazingly only speaks in grunts. I didn’t know I needed this so thank you close enough. We also get the three helping with bob turning his hands into buzzsaws, ikea man creating nails and screws and Tim using his head as a tool. All accurate to their original shows and in ikea man’s case brocures. Really good adaptation. But through this he discovers the clog the guy is trying to fix at the house is loadbearing and rushes home to save the house, leading to a fun actoin scene and a weird version of the celebration from the end of return of the jedi, complete with force ghosts. So we also get a tim taylor force ghost which I did not know I needed and as much as that show makes my stomach churn I badly hope shows up in the finale of last man standing. A decent one and givne how I keep sayin ga decent episode over and over you can kinda see why I didn’t review all these. LIke season 1 I simply don’t have a full review in me for every single one of these episodes. We’re now at the halfway mark, only 8 more to go, I envy the dead, let’s do this. 

Birthdaze: This was the episode most heavily promoted in the trailer and for good reason as it’s the best of the season. Also relatable as while not having kids I do get how Kids Birthday parties feel and how they often end up weirdly close together. In this case both coalse as Josh and Emily have three birthdays in one weekend, their friends Emily’s friend Trish from “Cool Moms”, who is so far some of the only continuity the series has, but a nice sign it has it, and that we could see Jim Crunch (who rose from the grave after an utterly wonderful funeral) or Dog Boy again. Or this episode’s standout gifty. But we’ll get to that in a second.  So Josh and Emily well intentiondly decide to throw a party for the parents at the same time as Candace’s.. but end up neglecting Candace. While their idea is good, to reward the other parents for having to sit through so many parties, putting it at the same time was a horrible idea as giving a bunch of pent up people with low alcohol tolerance booze ends up resulting in drunken antics and them heckling the magicain... and given the world we’re in, that’s a horrible mistake as he makes the children disappear to a world of perptual brithday parties and forces JOsh and Emily to follow him if they want their child back.  What results is an utter delightly as we meet the wonderful and incomprable Gifty, a giant living present who works iwth the magician, named sardini, and is voiced by Kate Miccuci, heart eyes> Just.. evey bit with gifty is great, from her genuinely being animated and looking like a muppet, to her casually going demonic to explain if the kids stay too long they forget parents, to as seen up top playing a pipe organ that is apparently made of gold plated clown bones, and her best bit, which I posted on this very blog, where she assures the trapped kids if JOsh and Emily fail their final test, they’ll get to live of nutricious necco wafers before vomiting a giant cloud of them at the poor children. Those things are gross and we now knwo it’s because they come from a giant present’s stomach. 

We get a great montage before most of that of our heroes treking through a weird and awesome birthday landscape with too many good parts to mentoin, before finding Sardini who puts them through tests before they can get candace back.. and one of those are you human image tests via the ball from phantasm. As gifty puts it “We have to make sure your not a bot”. But the tests, about candaces faviorite things, help the two realize she liked them because they did it together, and a final talk with candace, as the final test has her ask why theyd idn’t want to spend time with her, with the two warmly apologizing and explaning why they did it but that they went too far. Candace reconclies with her parent,s the kids and our heroes go home, and Sardini finds himself sad no one stayed.. but at least he has gifty... and then start making love to her “Unwrap me!” which is far and away the best gag in the season’s best episode by a mile. 

Time Hooch:

Now to talk about two things I hinted at earlier: The only good Alex episode this season and the one that vaugely resembles one of the Nightmare Time episodes. And while their two very diffrent stories with very diffrent outcomes and only one of them involves this guy

And suprisingly it’s NOT close enough that has the eldtrich horrifying goat monster with a goofy cartoon voice who says things like “I’m coming for your ass Teddy Bear!” But both are stories about a sketchy (mildly for alex, entirely for Ted) middle aged man who feels one moment is where his life went wrong then accidently time travels after drinking 80 tons of liquor and decides to use said time travel to save a relationship, and fails at it in some fashion.  There’s even a jaunt to a distopian future with robots and cyborgs. So while it’s not 1:1, alex is far more sympathetic than Ted, Time Bastard is dark horror comedy, and it again dosen’t involve a horrifying goat man suprisingly enough, it’s till way too many happy coincidences for me to outright ignore. Also check out nightmare time and especially the musicals it spun off from The Guy Who Didn’t LIke Musicals and Black Friday. It’s good stuff. But I couldn’t help but make the comparison, or now imagine Alex, Ted and Professor Hidgens as some weird diasterious power trio. This is how my brain works now. 

But to the episode itself it’s just great from start to finish: Bridgette finds out while rumaging for an old photo in an old box of their stuff that Alex never signed the divorce papers. Turns out he was hoping they’d get back together.. and while not doing it and not telling her was a VERY selfish and horrible action.. you still sympathize with him. He hoped things would work out and they’d get back together, and given they had some close calls with that in season 1, to the point I shipped them, you can see where his sprig of hope came from. But with this he’s realized there probably isn’t any hope and drinks some old moonshine he and Josh made in college.  Said moonshine was from a recipie in an old blues record, the titular time hooch that true to form, allows them to travel back in time. And since he was thinking of when he thought the relationship truly hit it’s breakig point, when Bridgette at a sandwitch of his and he’d said in the heat of it he wished he’d never met her, they end up there and Alex tries to use it to help. Also Jason’s delivery of Alex saying what the recipie was “rye, barely, a dead man’s pocket watch, mixed under a full moon (Laughs) okay we probably should’ve seen this coming.  

Naturally here’s where it really gets intresting. As you’d probably guess, our heroes are the ones who made the sandwitch disappear and in desperation, alex kidnaps his past self before he can say the fatal words> We also get another spectacular bit where all past alex needs from alex to know he’s really him from the future is what year he was born (1982), meaning he’s defintely older than the rest of the cast. Though I wouldn’t be suprised if he was held back.. like at all. Look i’m not thinking too hard into it this is also a story about whiskey based time travel. 

But with that said intresting part takes hold as Josh’s past self reminds him of another fight that made things tense for a while.. and you can see where this goes. Alex keeps going back, and back, and back and back and back and back and back... and back, to try and stop the one fight, only to find a bigger one, leading to a montage.. to the point he ends up at the start of the relationship, the day they met at a college bar. The younger Alex’s have decided screw it it was always wrong, let’s end the relationship. 

We also get more of Alex’s backstory as it turns out he’s at a community college rather than UCLA, where he used to teach because of his own dumb actions: He met bridgette, let her enroll in his class and didn’t try to convince her to take another one. Don’t get me wrong the decade age gap and power dynamics are iffy.. but it’s not as bad as it could be. They met before the class, and it comes off more as both being too stupid or too horny to realize how her being in his class came off before it was too late. She got with him entirely on his merits, and yes he has some trust me.  Case in point.. Alex realizes a few things. The first is that no amount of time travel can save his relationship. They fought all the time clearly, and there were inherent problems. It’s also clear just from the series itself that while they have chemistry their just not that compatible as people. Bridgette is obessed with image, social media, and herself while Alex just two episodes ago called phones the downfall of society and likes feeling superior to the exact kind of person bridgette is. They have chemistry but sometimes it’s jut not enough. You have to have some common ground or your going to fall in a big hole. It’s honestly feels like a much more tolerable and realistic version of Leonard and Penny from the Big Bang Theory. And yes I know that show’s not the most popular with my core audience, nerds, and I bring it up because mom’s been watching it a lately, and any time I see Leonard and Penny on screen it annoys me into a tizzy as the two just have NO REASON to be together other than boning, and even then he’s apparently not a good partner so why then. They have nothing in common and she mocks and belittles him all the fucking time, mocking his hobbies, finding his job boring, and mocking him as a person. And not sharing hobbies or finding his job intresting would be fine, and still work but it’s the constant teasing about it that comes off far more vitrolic than probably intended that just makes me hope for a divorce. Here it’s not only much milder but they did actually get a divorce because their just diffrnet people and i’m not mad the ship was sunk. It was done in a poetic way. 

And part of that poetry is Alex realizing that as doomed as things ended up being, via a very sweet montage of their time together.. he realizes he can’t loose this all together. That sure he’d gain a lot and porbably woudlnt’ be living in a closet, but he’d loose all the good times, and he’d loose a friend. His marriage wasn’t so bad he wants to erase it it just ended and that happens. Naturally the other alex’s don’t feel that way but Alex stops them.. Josh is too drunk at this point to help, and ends up creating a time vortex. The vortex sends our heroes home, where Alex realizes his mistake and apologizes for it to bridgette and signs the papers in front of her.  As for the Alexs we get a horrifying and hilarous gag as, given they’ve all commented each other is handsome.. start having an orgy, and are later found in amber and their dna is used to create our alex apparently. How does that work?

Point is this episode.. is a masterwork. It’s emotoinal, hilarious, and really good character work, with Alex having a really stellar arc that shades him in and putts a final button in his and bridgettes relationship. And having seen many ships I like end horribly, it’s nice to have one end in a satsifying way like this. Also we see Alex in his borat thong, and i’d just like to point out how funny I find it that the same year they made a borat joke, specifically on it being from a decade or two ago, we ended up getting a second Borat movie. Very niceeee. 

World’s Greatest Teacher: This one was alright. On the bright side we got a Mr.Cambell episode! I”ve loved the guy since first meeting him in 100% no stress day, it was the first episode and that hasn’t changed and he’s always a bright spot when he shows up. So an episode about him dealing with a rival teacher, MS. Lake a twice a week music teacher gunning for his job and his students love sounded made for me. In practice he gets a bit too petty to be symapthetic which takes things down a peg, even if it turns out  Ms. Lake really is coming for his ass Teddy Bear, but it has enough good gags to help it still be a fun episode.

The biggest one and the biggest reason I sitll like the episode is Timothy’s coffe mug for world’s greatest teacher.. which naturally comes to life, possibly as a psychotic break possibly for real because of the show this is, and starts speaking in the dulcet tones of keith david. ANd i’ve made no secret I love and am thirsty for Keith David on this blog and never will, and having him voice an abusive fowl mouthed coffee mug  is something I dind’t know I need but boy did I always need it my entire life. Yes even as a baby. It’s just glorious every time he shows up. The climax is also great as the two teachers end up bonding over the greatest love of all and george micheal after Candace invites River to a part sh’esd having for her tooth coming out, and end up becoming frinemies, a nice solution i was glad to see. Even if i’ll miss evil keith david coffee mug. Rest in power my dude. 

Where’d You Go, Bridgette? The second major Bridgette episode of the season and like “Haunted Couch” this one’s an instant classic. After realizing Bridgtte’s already out of control addition to her phone has gotten even worse, Pearle confinscates it and takes her to detox. This leads to two great plots; Bridgette going into withdrawl, complete with an inspired nightmare sequence about her aps and missing her friends death because she was on her phone and the rest of the cast thinking sh’es been kidnapped because she’s not on social media, which while stupid is DELIGHTFULLY stupid and makes some sense given how glued to her phone she is. They end up calling a true crime podcast over, two egosticial college girls who quickly blame them for it despite it making no sense and their fans torm the apartment, and don’t belivie it when bridgette actually shows up.. It takes an inspired speech from Bridgette, whose developed as a person and after actually tasting a late for the first time sees how good they are, and Pearle posting that speech online to dismiss them and our heroes are saved. It’s an utterly amazing plot from josh being excited about the mob attacking them, to Pearle revealing part of the reason she’s so dedicated to helping bridgette is due to her own weird addiction to six flags, which is just so oddly specific I love it. 

The Erotic Awakening of A.P. Lapearle This one STARTED well, with Alex reading his viking erotic to everyone, and not getting that Candace maybe shouldn’t be there, only for Pearle to be the only one to actually enjoy it and be inspired by her enjoyment of his work to submit it to a publisher. The publisher ends up making a valid point that women want erotic fantasy from someone they can feel safe by and alex is well.. alex, so he suggests using pearle as a front. it goes how you’d expect: he wants actual credit, the publisher slowly pushes him out, she regrets it, they fight an army of fans and make them vomit with alex reading the book.. standard stuff. It’s just not very funny or a great insight into either characters, and is easily the weakest episode of the season.. though the next one gave it close compettition. 

Men Rock!

This one was a chore to sit through, and is only ahead of the last one because it has some really good josh bits and musical numbers which is more than the last one gave me so hey. In a nutshell Emily is on the verge of quitting her and Bridgette’s music careers as she feels they’ll never be famous only for their latest song Men Rock!, an ironic title for a sarcastic song poking fun at a bunch of toxic masculinty bs that is a good song, has hit it HUGE in a fictonal foreign dicatroship and get invited to go, reclutantly agreeing. If you haven’t seen the ep, you can still guess how this goes: say it with me THEY TOOK IT AT FACE VALUE. So our heroines have to help inspire the repressed women and inspire a bloody cou, helped by josh finding some improisoned femisinists in a bathroom. They also gain a fan. it has a few good gags, mostly Candace trying to remind her dad to help her find a place to pee after he keeps getting sidetracked by being taken back by Emily’s sucess. I’ts just a very bad, very predictable episode with very obvious misogyn is bad jokes. And misgoyny IS bad but other shows, paticuarlly tuca and bertie with one early episode, have tackeld this topic better. This episode did not. Last one. 

Secret Horse:

This one in stark contrast is one of the series best and an utter joy to watch. On a bad day for the whole apartment with some santa anna winds, an adorable, poofy mained utterly precious horse gets free and ends up at the apartment. Thus we get a vingettte episode, as the horse has a delightful adventure with each of our main 7, and each up tot he last try and hide the horse badly only for the horse to suddenly sprout up and help their mood.

I do love a good vinegtte episode, with two of my faviorite simpsons episodes being 22 short films about springfiled (Minus kirk dragging MIlhouse away from the bathroom, fuck you you balding asshat, it makes the episode hard to watch) ,and trilogy of error, and this is a classic example of it as we get some fun adventures fro each of the housemates: Candace plays with the horse, adorably so, Josh finds it in the garage as his car breaks down and takes them on an install with him, even stuffing them into a suit and we get a great bit of the horse getting fed sugarcubes and josh money. Brigette gets help living in the now instead of posting about it all the time.

My faviorite comes next as Alex needs new patches for his suit but obviouslyc n’t afford them so he takes the ponyt ot he track.. to help him pick which horses to bet on. It’s just such an inherntly funny idea, especially since it works, and really the horse is just hilarious wherever it ends up. It next helps randy win a skating contest, we get a touching story as Pearle misses her old tragically dead horse partner and uses our boy as a subtitute and finlaly we get emily who needs help relaxing and while she naturally calls animal control she hangs up as she falls for hte horse. The group all fight over the horse in the end, the horse leaves and they let it go home, wonder if it was a hallucination and it whizes on thier car. Overall a really great finale and a wonderful note to go out on. 

Overall Ranking I’ve decided eveyr time I do one of these, or a post season wrapup of a show i’ve covered every episode of the season to rank them from best to worst sooo

Birthdaze Time Hooch Haunted Couch Secret Horse Where’d You Go Bridgette? Sauce face Houseguest  From Hell Joint Break Josh Gets Shredded World’s Greatest Teacher Meet the Frackers Handy Man Up Cyber Matrix Men Rock!  The Erotic Awakening of A.P. Lapearle

And i’d like to note that outside of the bottom two hear.. I enjoyed ALL of these. WHich leads to

Final Thoughts; This season was excellent. It had everything the first season had the heart, the character and the utterly great sense of humor, and fine tuned it to be a well oiled machine I could hardly stop laughing at and with tons of great character stuff. Before it had the potetial to surpass regular show but now it has as despite having a few dud episodes itself, as is intievitble in any show, now, they still aren’t as bad as a lot of RS’s early misteps. And Regular SHow as a FANTASTIC show and really stuck the landing, so i’m only saying this is even better and can only go up from here. And even if it stays about the same quality wise, that won’t be a bad place to be. This season was near damn perfect, i’ll probably watch it again and again, and I can’t wait to devour more and given the current tragectory probably will this year. And I couldn’t be more excited.

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MHA: Kiyomi x Todoroki Relationship Timeline (Part 5)

Here is Part 5 of the full story of my canon x OC ship, Shoto Todoroki and Kiyomi Aida. This will run through how they first met, became friends, and fell in love. I'm only gonna go through Season 1 to Season 5 (at least up to the Endeavor Agency arc), as well as cover the two films. As I am writing this, the third movie isn't out yet, but I will explain what their relationship status is at that point. :3

This is part 1 of 2 of covering "Kiyoto" during Season 5! Here, we'll be going over the Pro Hero and Joint Training arcs. Next part (which will be the final part of the series) will cover Heroes Rising and the Endeavor Agency arc. But for now, let's focus on the first few bumps before... well, I can't say what becomes of the two yet. Just continue reading if you wanna know. ;P

Also, I wrote out what happened during the first four seasons, so check those out if you haven't yet!

Note that this is canon in my BNHA OC storyline, which is just the canon My Hero plot if my OCs were in it. (I didn't want to make a lot of drastic changes like with TMNT 2012 to fit my OCs)

RISE OF ENDEAVOR (PRO HERO ARC)

The day after the Japanese Hero Billboard Chart were announced, Hiroto (another Class 1-B OC who is a Hawks superfan and his cousin) decides to meet with Todoroki and hang out with him at the mall. Hiroto, who has a bit of a crush on Todoroki, notices how he's been close with Kiyomi.

Hiroto asks Todoroki about his friendship with Kiyomi, who admits that he's in love with her and hopes to tell her how much she means to him. Hiroto, knowing that Todoroki's heart belongs to Kiyomi, decides to let his feelings for him go and wishes the best for both Todoroki and Kiyomi if they end up together.

When Todoroki returns to the dorms, Kiyomi tells him about Endeavor's televised fight with High End. Throughout the battle, Kiyomi has stayed close to Todoroki's side, anxiously watching the fight with him.

After seeing Endeavor (barely) standing after his fight with High End, a relieved Todoroki hugs Kiyomi, surprising her.

SPECIAL TRAINING (S5 E1)

Kiyomi joins Iida, Sato, Tokoyami, Mineta, Tsuyu, Aoyama, Kana and Todoroki during the emergency special training with their classmates.

After completing the exercise successfully, Kiyomi slips on Todoroki's ice and falls on to him, accidentally kissing him on the lips. Embarrassed, she runs off before Todoroki could react.

Kiyomi becomes convinced that the accidental kiss could affect their friendship and has distanced herself from Todoroki. This, however, concerns Todoroki and makes him believe that he has done something to make her avoid him.

JOINT TRAINING (up to S5 E12 p1)

Kiyomi is paired up with Iida, Ojiro, Shoji, and Todoroki for the Class A and Class B Joint Training. This makes Kiyomi feel nervous because she hasn't interacted with Todoroki since the special training. Todoroki, however, hopes to take a moment to talk with Kiyomi alone sometime after the training.

During the match, Goku fights Kiyomi 1v1 and constantly taunts her on how she's always relying on Todoroki. This helps Kiyomi push herself to defeat Goku and reminds him that Todoroki is an inspiration to her. Due to the mass destruction of the training area, Kiyomi was unsuccessful of finding the 1-B jail cell before the match ended.

At Recovery Girl's office, Kiyomi worries about Todoroki. Tetsutetsu, who was with her, notices that she cares about him and comments how they would make a great team once they become Pro Heroes.

Kiyomi encourages and tells Todoroki that he is not at fault for what happened in the match, also adding that everyone is learning. Todoroki (and a few others like Iida and Juzo) tell her that she shouldn't be hard on herself for not successfully capturing Goku, which may have changed the outcome of the match.

Kiyomi and Todoroki continue to watch the last two matches with their classmates, and both express concern about Midoriya during the fifth match.

Following the training, while 1-A and 1-B were hanging out together, Todoroki approaches Kiyomi and asks her about their lack of interactions between the special training and the Joint Training. He tells her that he believes that she no longer wants anything to do with him.

Kiyomi reassures that she wasn't sure how to respond in the heat of the moment, but is concerned if Todoroki would think negatively of her. He tells her that his feelings of her as a "good friend" has not changed since and are relieved that they are still in good terms.

Todoroki also tells Kiyomi that he will have to learn more things about his fire from Endeavor and asks her if she'll still support him. However, after he tells her, Todoroki worries about what could happen if Endeavor somehow gets involved in his relationship with Kiyomi.

And... that does it for this half of Season 5! I apologize if this is a little short, but I didn't entirely plan for that to be the case. The next and final part will be focused on their relationship after getting their licenses! Now that we know they both love each other, what will the fate of their relationship be? Will their love be set ablaze? Find out once I go over their relationship during Heroes Rising AND the Endeavor Agency arc!

[becomehaikyuu]

Haikyuu Chapter 17: A Storm

REFLECTION:

Apparently, Shorty McShortystein takes exception to being called short. When Hinata asks Nishinoya how tall he is, this Official Hobbit says he's 159. Hinata experiences what can only be described as pure euphoria as he (162) is finally taller than a team member for the first time in his life. Anyway, Loud Motherfucker Nishinoya is asked by Kageyama why he came to Karasuno High. Nishinoya turns out to be even hornier than Tanaka because the top reason is because of the girl's uniforms and he turns out to be even dorkier than Hinata (!) because the second reason was because the boys' uniforms are black. Kiyoto walks in just in time for Nishinoya to pounce on her...and for him to come back with a red mark as Sawamura points out that for his...THAT, he's a surprisingly quiet player.

Nishinoya asks about Asahi and if he came back. When he's told no, he calls him a pussy. Tanaka protests, Nishinoya doubles down. Nishinoya then proceeds to storm (heh) out, saying if Asahi doesn't come back then neither will he. All hope seems lost...until Hinata chases him out, begging him to teach him how to receive. Hinata unintentionally butters him up and caps it off by asking him to teach while calling him Senpai. Nishinoya decides that not only will he teach him, he will buy him an ice pop. Because Hinata is now HIS FUCKING SON! But! He will not be rejoining. He's only coming back as Hinata's personal coach or whatever.

Nishinoya is doing absolutely fuck all as Hinata's teacher because his skills, like Kageyama's and even Hinata's ironically enough, come from instinct. Oh, and apparently, while under house arrest, he did special training with nearby volleyball teams, exactly like Hinata! Hinata chooses that moment to ask who Asahi is. Nishinoya explains that he's the team's Ace Spiker. Hinata says that he wants to be the team's ace in the future. Step-Daddy Nishinoya encourages him. He briefly explains why that being the Liberio is like being the team's ace because he keeps the ball from touching the ground. Nishinoya then asks Hinata what his special position in the team is, Hinata bashfully responds that he's the decoy. Nishinoya asks why he sounds embarrassed when he says that. Hinata says that the Decoy sounds pretty weaksauce compared to "Ace" "Guardian Deity" or even "Control Tower". Nishinoya says nicknames don't matter, what matters is how you help out the team. Hinata says sure but doesn't look convinced...

Later on, Takeda goes to the restaurant owner (who I am now realizing is actually a shopkeeper; thanks guys for letting me look stupid for this long, clearly I have the best mutuals) and reveals that he is in fact UKAI KEISHIN, a Karasuno High School alumnus and the grandson of the legendary Coach Ukai. Takeda wants him to coach the team, citing his experience as a technical instructor. Ukai points out that's not a coach and still, he's not looking for Keishin's skills specifically, he's looking to use his name. Keishin turns him down for what has to be the umpteenth time and Takeda leaves, saying he's coming back (Ukai, my man, get a restraining order...) but not before saying Keishin might change his mind if he watches the kids play...

THE NEXT DAY, Sugawara unceremoniously introduces us to the former Ace Spiker Azumane Asahi by asking him to return to the team. Asahi appears to be having some self-esteem issues because he refuses on account of not wanting to drag down the team. Also, I recognize Asahi from the one-shot! Woo, full set probably! Sugawara tries to tell him the team has changed but to no avail. Meanwhile, Takeda scores another match with "the best possible opponent"...end of chapter.

SO. MUCH. HAPPENING...christ, this was daunting to reflect on. Worth it though.

Chapter Rating: 10/10

[kizziewalden]

Best Coffee House In Boston, MA

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Tatte Bakery & Cafe

This coffee house is located at 345 Harrison Ave, South End. This bakery is known to serve the best latter in town, and when customers had it with almond milk, it tastes even better. The cafe is a large place, with a bright interior, and has different eating options. Even when it gets really busy in the cafe, people have never faced any problems with seating issues. This is a palce, where customers can go with their laptop, sip good coffee, and work at the same time. There are some other good things, which the cafe serves like mea balls, chicken pita with chopped salad and lamb gyro. See best Chinese food restaurant in Boston, MA – Click Here.

The food portions are really generous, and delicious. There are homemade items in the bakery, like bread products, which are really good. While customers have the a delicious coffee in this best coffee house in Boston MA, they can also try the different desserts the cafe sells. Things to do in during the winter in Boston, MA – Go Here.

Ogawa Coffee

This best coffee house in Boston MA, serves everything from coffee, to sandwiches and tea. It is located at 10 Milk St Downtown. They serve some really delicious coffee here and have an assortment of flavors; OgawaCoffee. They offer customers Kiyoto house blend, Kiyomizu decaf, ice coffee blend and cold brew. There are the usual options as well, which people buy on a daily basis like espresso, Americano, macchiato, Cortado and cafe mocha. Apart from that, the restaurant has a variety of tea available as well, like loose leaf tea, milk Oolong tea and matcha latte. Things to do during the summer in Boston, MA – Website.

Mister Q Cafe

This cafe is located at 283 Main St, Charlestown. It is one of the best coffee house in Boston MA, because of its unique and delicious cappuccino, as well as latte art. The environment of the coffee house is very friendly, and as per the customers who visited the coffee house, the coffee was fair priced. The food that the restaurant serves, like McGrill and bacon and chicken salad wrapped in wheat, were pretty decent as well. Many customers were impressed by the service of the restaurant, as they got their order in time; Zmenu.

Cafe Bonjour

This cafe serves breakfast and brunch, along with coffee, tea and sandwiches. The location of the restaurant is 55 Temple Pl Downtown. This is the best coffee house in Boston MA, because not only it serves the best coffee, but it has vegan options as well; CafeBonjour. The sausages, burger and home fries are recommendations from many customers. Their coffee tastes good, and they nicely design their lattes as well. This is an affordable restaurant, but might get crowded during breakfast time. However, the food and coffee quality is worth the wait.

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Best Coffee House In Boston, MA

Who doesn’t love a cup of steaming hot coffee, early in the morning? People crave for good coffee in the morning, so that they can start their day fresh and new. Those who have a tough job to get to, they crave more for best coffee house in Boston MA.

Tatte Bakery & Cafe

This coffee house is located at 345 Harrison Ave, South End. This bakery is known to serve the best latter in town, and when customers had it with almond milk, it tastes even better. The cafe is a large place, with a bright interior, and has different eating options. Even when it gets really busy in the cafe, people have never faced any problems with seating issues. This is a palce, where customers can go with their laptop, sip good coffee, and work at the same time. There are some other good things, which the cafe serves like mea balls, chicken pita with chopped salad and lamb gyro. See best Chinese food restaurant in Boston, MA – Click Here. The food portions are really generous, and delicious. There are homemade items in the bakery, like bread products, which are really good. While customers have the a delicious coffee in this best coffee house in Boston MA, they can also try the different desserts the cafe sells. Things to do in during the winter in Boston, MA – Go Here.

Ogawa Coffee

This best coffee house in Boston MA, serves everything from coffee, to sandwiches and tea. It is located at 10 Milk St Downtown. They serve some really delicious coffee here and have an assortment of flavors; OgawaCoffee. They offer customers Kiyoto house blend, Kiyomizu decaf, ice coffee blend and cold brew. There are the usual options as well, which people buy on a daily basis like espresso, Americano, macchiato, Cortado and cafe mocha. Apart from that, the restaurant has a variety of tea available as well, like loose leaf tea, milk Oolong tea and matcha latte. Things to do during the summer in Boston, MA – Website.

Mister Q Cafe

This cafe is located at 283 Main St, Charlestown. It is one of the best coffee house in Boston MA, because of its unique and delicious cappuccino, as well as latte art. The environment of the coffee house is very friendly, and as per the customers who visited the coffee house, the coffee was fair priced. The food that the restaurant serves, like McGrill and bacon and chicken salad wrapped in wheat, were pretty decent as well. Many customers were impressed by the service of the restaurant, as they got their order in time; Zmenu.

Cafe Bonjour

This cafe serves breakfast and brunch, along with coffee, tea and sandwiches. The location of the restaurant is 55 Temple Pl Downtown. This is the best coffee house in Boston MA, because not only it serves the best coffee, but it has vegan options as well; CafeBonjour. The sausages, burger and home fries are recommendations from many customers. Their coffee tastes good, and they nicely design their lattes as well. This is an affordable restaurant, but might get crowded during breakfast time. However, the food and coffee quality is worth the wait.

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Best Coffee House In Boston, MA

Who doesn’t love a cup of steaming hot coffee, early in the morning? People crave for good coffee in the morning, so that they can start their day fresh and new. Those who have a tough job to get to, they crave more for best coffee house in Boston MA.

Tatte Bakery & Cafe

This coffee house is located at 345 Harrison Ave, South End. This bakery is known to serve the best latter in town, and when customers had it with almond milk, it tastes even better. The cafe is a large place, with a bright interior, and has different eating options. Even when it gets really busy in the cafe, people have never faced any problems with seating issues. This is a palce, where customers can go with their laptop, sip good coffee, and work at the same time. There are some other good things, which the cafe serves like mea balls, chicken pita with chopped salad and lamb gyro. See best Chinese food restaurant in Boston, MA – Click Here. The food portions are really generous, and delicious. There are homemade items in the bakery, like bread products, which are really good. While customers have the a delicious coffee in this best coffee house in Boston MA, they can also try the different desserts the cafe sells. Things to do in during the winter in Boston, MA – Go Here.

Ogawa Coffee

This best coffee house in Boston MA, serves everything from coffee, to sandwiches and tea. It is located at 10 Milk St Downtown. They serve some really delicious coffee here and have an assortment of flavors; OgawaCoffee. They offer customers Kiyoto house blend, Kiyomizu decaf, ice coffee blend and cold brew. There are the usual options as well, which people buy on a daily basis like espresso, Americano, macchiato, Cortado and cafe mocha. Apart from that, the restaurant has a variety of tea available as well, like loose leaf tea, milk Oolong tea and matcha latte. Things to do during the summer in Boston, MA – Website.

Mister Q Cafe

This cafe is located at 283 Main St, Charlestown. It is one of the best coffee house in Boston MA, because of its unique and delicious cappuccino, as well as latte art. The environment of the coffee house is very friendly, and as per the customers who visited the coffee house, the coffee was fair priced. The food that the restaurant serves, like McGrill and bacon and chicken salad wrapped in wheat, were pretty decent as well. Many customers were impressed by the service of the restaurant, as they got their order in time; Zmenu.

Cafe Bonjour

This cafe serves breakfast and brunch, along with coffee, tea and sandwiches. The location of the restaurant is 55 Temple Pl Downtown. This is the best coffee house in Boston MA, because not only it serves the best coffee, but it has vegan options as well; CafeBonjour. The sausages, burger and home fries are recommendations from many customers. Their coffee tastes good, and they nicely design their lattes as well. This is an affordable restaurant, but might get crowded during breakfast time. However, the food and coffee quality is worth the wait.

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Best Coffee House In Boston, MA

Who doesn’t love a cup of steaming hot coffee, early in the morning? People crave for good coffee in the morning, so that they can start their day fresh and new. Those who have a tough job to get to, they crave more for best coffee house in Boston MA.

Tatte Bakery & Cafe

This coffee house is located at 345 Harrison Ave, South End. This bakery is known to serve the best latter in town, and when customers had it with almond milk, it tastes even better. The cafe is a large place, with a bright interior, and has different eating options. Even when it gets really busy in the cafe, people have never faced any problems with seating issues. This is a palce, where customers can go with their laptop, sip good coffee, and work at the same time. There are some other good things, which the cafe serves like mea balls, chicken pita with chopped salad and lamb gyro. See best Chinese food restaurant in Boston, MA – Click Here. The food portions are really generous, and delicious. There are homemade items in the bakery, like bread products, which are really good. While customers have the a delicious coffee in this best coffee house in Boston MA, they can also try the different desserts the cafe sells. Things to do in during the winter in Boston, MA – Go Here.

Ogawa Coffee

This best coffee house in Boston MA, serves everything from coffee, to sandwiches and tea. It is located at 10 Milk St Downtown. They serve some really delicious coffee here and have an assortment of flavors; OgawaCoffee. They offer customers Kiyoto house blend, Kiyomizu decaf, ice coffee blend and cold brew. There are the usual options as well, which people buy on a daily basis like espresso, Americano, macchiato, Cortado and cafe mocha. Apart from that, the restaurant has a variety of tea available as well, like loose leaf tea, milk Oolong tea and matcha latte. Things to do during the summer in Boston, MA – Website.

Mister Q Cafe

This cafe is located at 283 Main St, Charlestown. It is one of the best coffee house in Boston MA, because of its unique and delicious cappuccino, as well as latte art. The environment of the coffee house is very friendly, and as per the customers who visited the coffee house, the coffee was fair priced. The food that the restaurant serves, like McGrill and bacon and chicken salad wrapped in wheat, were pretty decent as well. Many customers were impressed by the service of the restaurant, as they got their order in time; Zmenu.

Cafe Bonjour

This cafe serves breakfast and brunch, along with coffee, tea and sandwiches. The location of the restaurant is 55 Temple Pl Downtown. This is the best coffee house in Boston MA, because not only it serves the best coffee, but it has vegan options as well; CafeBonjour. The sausages, burger and home fries are recommendations from many customers. Their coffee tastes good, and they nicely design their lattes as well. This is an affordable restaurant, but might get crowded during breakfast time. However, the food and coffee quality is worth the wait.

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It wasn't often that Kiyoto found himself standing among stone. Lines of brooding, ceremonious faces with their heads downturn, staring over the offering bowls aloft their altars. Their varying symbolism coded by outfits, ornaments, and specified palettes began to fade under the weather with fitting streaks running over their form where the rain marked them on solemn days.

Disgusting. The Jashinist thought. The metal tri-pentacle on his throat burning against his skin in divine indignation.

Righteous thoughts passed through his mind; the mental imagination of his steel cutting through the stone, desecrating unworthy Gods from his sights and letting them sink into the Earth where they ought to belong.

It'd be glorious, but counterintuitive. Unless he could kill the idea, or kill the flesh, then it would provide no meaningful offering to his One. This devotee would only be empty-handed at the foot of the bloody fountain with a scythe cradled up to his throat in repentance.

"—?" A crowding density of chakra approached, nearing his sensor perimeter. The color felt pink and it shimmered; the feeling akin to soft gel against his skin. He postured himself turned towards the source, searching through the dark for a humanoid silhouette," who's there?"

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Best Coffee House In Boston, MA

Who doesn’t love a cup of steaming hot coffee, early in the morning? People crave for good coffee in the morning, so that they can start their day fresh and new. Those who have a tough job to get to, they crave more for best coffee house in Boston MA.

Tatte Bakery & Cafe

This coffee house is located at 345 Harrison Ave, South End. This bakery is known to serve the best latter in town, and when customers had it with almond milk, it tastes even better. The cafe is a large place, with a bright interior, and has different eating options. Even when it gets really busy in the cafe, people have never faced any problems with seating issues. This is a palce, where customers can go with their laptop, sip good coffee, and work at the same time. There are some other good things, which the cafe serves like mea balls, chicken pita with chopped salad and lamb gyro. See best Chinese food restaurant in Boston, MA – Click Here. The food portions are really generous, and delicious. There are homemade items in the bakery, like bread products, which are really good. While customers have the a delicious coffee in this best coffee house in Boston MA, they can also try the different desserts the cafe sells. Things to do in during the winter in Boston, MA – Go Here.

Ogawa Coffee

This best coffee house in Boston MA, serves everything from coffee, to sandwiches and tea. It is located at 10 Milk St Downtown. They serve some really delicious coffee here and have an assortment of flavors; OgawaCoffee. They offer customers Kiyoto house blend, Kiyomizu decaf, ice coffee blend and cold brew. There are the usual options as well, which people buy on a daily basis like espresso, Americano, macchiato, Cortado and cafe mocha. Apart from that, the restaurant has a variety of tea available as well, like loose leaf tea, milk Oolong tea and matcha latte. Things to do during the summer in Boston, MA – Website.

Mister Q Cafe

This cafe is located at 283 Main St, Charlestown. It is one of the best coffee house in Boston MA, because of its unique and delicious cappuccino, as well as latte art. The environment of the coffee house is very friendly, and as per the customers who visited the coffee house, the coffee was fair priced. The food that the restaurant serves, like McGrill and bacon and chicken salad wrapped in wheat, were pretty decent as well. Many customers were impressed by the service of the restaurant, as they got their order in time; Zmenu.

Cafe Bonjour

This cafe serves breakfast and brunch, along with coffee, tea and sandwiches. The location of the restaurant is 55 Temple Pl Downtown. This is the best coffee house in Boston MA, because not only it serves the best coffee, but it has vegan options as well; CafeBonjour. The sausages, burger and home fries are recommendations from many customers. Their coffee tastes good, and they nicely design their lattes as well. This is an affordable restaurant, but might get crowded during breakfast time. However, the food and coffee quality is worth the wait.

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Mirai Nagasu Says Her Parents' Hard Work In Restaurant Inspires Her Discipline On Ice

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Mirai Nagasu Says Her Parents' Hard Work In Restaurant Inspires Her Discipline On Ice

It’s no secret figure skater Mirai Nagasu is a hard worker. And the Olympian says the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. 

Nagasu, who became the first American woman to land a triple axel at the Winter Games, spent much of her childhood at her parents’ sushi restaurant in Arcadia, California. She even slept in the establishment many nights as her parents worked.

During that time, she picked up some important life skills. 

“I have a great work ethic because I’ve watched my parents work super hard,” the figure skater said, according to The Washington Post.

She added, “I’m also great at dishwashing because of the restaurant, as well!”

Nagasu’s father Kiyoto refused to take vacations, missing many of the skater’s competitions. The Los Angeles Times noted that Kiyoto refrained from taking time off since closing the restaurant would mean, his employees would go without pay. In fact, when the skater performed her historic triple axel, the parents were working the dinner rush at their restaurant, Kiyosuzu. Mirai’s jump helped propel Team USA to a bronze medal in skating. Ikuko, the skater’s mother, told USA Today Sports that they’d watch her performance later that night on DVR. 

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The 24-year-old’s credits her parents’ drive as her inspiration.

“Wow, can you believe it? Her child wins a medal and she’s still here — working, working,” patron Helen Lee told The Los Angeles Times. “It’s surprising, but I really respect that she stays with her responsibilities, running a business.”

The couple did make a rare exception to their work schedule for the later portion of their daughter’s performances in the Olympics. 

“The business is important, but it is special to be able to watch Mirai,” Ikuko told USA Today. “We will shut the restaurant, go quickly, and come back quickly.”

The 24-year-old’s credits her parents’ drive as her inspiration. And it’s obvious to her team members too. Vincent Zhou, who became the first skater to land a quad lutz at the Olympics, described Nagasu as “the hardest worker I know.” 

“She’ll do triple axels after triple axels until [coach Tom Zakrajsek] has to drag her off the ice,” he told The New York Times, commenting on her practices. “She’s incredible. She will skate 17,635 long programs and then do a short program every single day.”

From the restaurant to the ice rink, Mirai has come a long way thanks to her parents’ values. 

“As a kid, she used to play in the back room,” Fiona Lee, another patron, told the Los Angeles Times. “When we saw her on TV, I said, ‘Oh my God, the little girl came out of the back room and is now in the Olympics.’” 

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From sushi restaurant to NHL ‘ice girl’, Nagasu back on Olympic stage

#Washoku #Sushi [The Mercury News]GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Kiyoto and Ikuko Nagasu sat in the arena Wednesday to watch the voice of U.S. figure skating begin perhaps her final appearance on the Olympic stage. Mirai Nagasu’s parents closed their Arcadia sushi restaurant to travel to …

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Dinner rush doesn't stop even for daughter's historic Winter Olympics performance

#OlympicGames [USA Today]GANGNEUNG, South Korea – As Mirai Nagasu lit up the Winter Olympics ice with a scintillating figure skating performance on Monday, her parents were just hitting the middle of the dinner rush and weren’t able to watch. Kiyoto Nagasu was behind the ...