#Kurama Mariko

[rainstormcolors]

Something a little different.

[nightclawduke]

Gender swap diclonii The diclonius king likes his clothes emo.

[affablyevilshowdown]

Small Bracket Round 1-10

Yikes pt.2 but for entirely different reasons

Cruel Angel Clionel (The Battle Cats): A mysterious being intent on destroying humanity. Unfortunately, its stuck with several kids who it constantly worries about, and is busy being a good mother.

Mariko Kurama (Elfen Lied): "Myu"

Clay Puppington (Moral Orel): Fans say: With him as the mayor, it's no wonder Moralton is so screwed up

[ansatsu-sha]

Mariko / Elfen Lied S1E13

[fictionkinfessions]

Canon disability? I was forced into a highly restrictive place shortly after my birth so I had weak ankles and couldn't walk, so I had to use a wheelchair. I also lost one of my arms because apparently the people were shocked I reacted badly to them letting me out for the first time in years to hunt someone down. So they just kinda blew off my arm and gave me a prosthetic arm.

~Mariko Kurama (A Elfen Lied fictive #🎀😈🎀)

Side note I feel like people can probably tell our confessions because of our sign off style, oh well.

x

[thuganomxcs]

Welcome to Nicknames with Yusuke.

In this post I’ll explain the way Yusuke’s mind works when it comes down to nicknames. Hell if we’ve been writing for awhile there will even be a few special nicknames out there for your muse, those are the nicknames that aren’t generic but specifically chosen for that individual.

Princess This has nothing to do with nobility or how well off the person is financially, princess is just the generic name he’d call a woman or girl.

Pipsqueak If you’re shorter than HE is (cause he’s a very short person) then this is what he’ll call you. Not a jab at your height but ya know this is how he’ll remember you.

Haircut One nickname for people with hairstyles or cuts that he thinks stand out from the natural ones he sees day to day. If anything it’s just a compliment that you have a memorable head of hair.

Pretty A nickname for pretty boys basically. Say if you’re someone that looks like Kurama and you’re a guy then you’re definitely going to be stuck with this nickname.

Sunshine A name for people just like Hiei. Just out of their way frowning all day without a single smile for hours..hell for Hiei it’s probably weeks before he cracks a smile..or a smirk for that matter.

Cherrybomb - @swordsxandxsakuras​ Nezuko had gotten this name because she’s as cute as a sakura blossom but the girl packs a punch like an explosion. Trust me the girl will make you see nothing but stars.

Glamazon - @diamndbrn​ Alyssa gained this name by combining the word ‘glamorous’ and ‘amazon’ together. The woman can box but she’s also freakishly strong to the point she can pick him off the floor with probably just a few fingers. Does it piss him off? Sometimes but he’d be a freaking liar if he denies it’s hot.

Beautifly - @eternalbxtterfly​ Elise gets this because of her butterfly motif and he’s played that ONE pokemon game before quitting because he could not commit to completing that pokedex. It’s definitely something he never regretted calling her.

Supergirl - @cxrnxticn​ Because Mariko’s kind of like him. Action before thought. She’s just always ready to scrap and is pretty strong despite her appearance. Which is why Yusuke calls her Supergirl, something given in irony but it looks like it stuck.

[your-lovely-rose]

• 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:

31.12./01.01. ┇ New Year's Day/Eve

— 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 - is a term coined by Cliff Arnall to define the most depressing day of the year, supposedly falling on the third Monday in January.

• 𝐙𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬:

22.12–19.01 - Capricorn ♑︎

20.01–18.02 - Aquarius ♒︎

= 01.01. ♑︎

• 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲:

- Yoshiko Hanabatake (Aho-Girl),

- Haru Ichinose (Akuma no Riddle/Riddle Story of Devil),

- Gakushu Asano (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),

- Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach),

- Principal Nezu (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),

- Mao (Code Geass),

- "Radical Edward" | Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (Cowboy Bebop),

- Hajime Hinata (Danganronpa),

- Izuru Kamukura (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair // Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School),

- Gao Mikado (Future Card Buddyfight),

- Kochoube Asuko | Asirpa (Golden Kamu),

- Asahi Azumane (Haikyu!!),

- Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen/Kaguya-sama: Love is War),

- Daichi Tachiaki (Miira no Kaikata/How To Keep A Mummy),

- Might Guy (Naruto),

- "Fire Fist" Ace | Portgas D. Ace (One Piece),

- "Mr. 1"/"The Killer" | Daz Bonez (One Piece),

- Takeo Gouda (Ore Monogatari/My Love Story!!),

- Tsubaki (Servamp),

- Masato Oujou (Shakunetsu Kabaddi/Burning Kabaddi),

- "Super Rookie" | Kaede Rukawa (Slam Dunk),

- "Vongola Primo" | Ieyasu Sawada / Giotto (Reborn!),

= 02.01. ♑︎

- Mariko/Maririn | Mimori Kishida (AKB0048),

- "Sir Nighteye" | Mirai Sasaki (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),

- Mutsuki Nakano (Danchigai),

- Ayumi (InuYasha),

- Mio Aoyama (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai/The World God only knows),

- Maria Louise (Kidō Butōden G Gundam/Mobile Fighter G Gundam),

- Emelenzia Rudiger Beatrix (Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!/Venus to Mamoru!),

- Tsubomi Kido (Mekakucity Actors),

- Kenzo Tenma (Monster),

- Peepley Lulu (One Piece),

- Mitchie | Mitsuhiko Nagafukada (Robotics;Notes),

- Isshinsai Ogata (Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi/Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple),

- Gralat Berlurik (Shoukoku no Altair/Altair: A Record of Battles),

- Akane Shinjo (SSSS.Gridman),

- Taichi Dan (Tennis no Ōjisama/The Prince of Tennis),

- Jun Fuyumi (The Idolmaster SideM),

- Ren-Ren | Reina Suzuki (Wake Up, Girls!),

- Marie Tennouji (Yumeiro Pâtissière),

= 03.01. ♑︎

- "Seiryuu" | Shin-Ah (Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of the Dawn),

- Hiromi Iwasa (Baby Steps),

- Alecdora Sandler (Black Clover),

- Fujitaka Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura),

- Kyoshiro Tohdoh (Code Geass),

- Keisuke Yuuki (Fushigi Yuugi/Mysterious Play),

- Haruko Saeki (Idoly Pride),

- Masako Araki (Kuroko no Basket/Kuroko's Basketball),

- Gamabunta (Naruto),

- Aisa (One Piece),

- Iceberg (One Piece),

- Mukki | Mutsuki Tsuyama (Saki),

- Kotone Noda (Sakura Trick),

- Ichiro Ogami (Sakura Wars),

- Itsumi Natsume (Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel),

- Arata Inanaki (Sousei no Onmyouji/Twin Star Exorcists),

- Bart Garsus (Vandread),

- "First Sniper" | Haruaki Azuma (World Trigger),

- Shinji Fuyushima (World Trigger),

- Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari ore no seishun rabukome wa machigatteiru/My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU),

= 04.01. ♑︎

- Tsubomi Hiiragi (22/7),

- Michio Sumiyoshi (All Out!!),

- Tadaomi Kurama (Argonavis from BanG Dream!),

- Kaname Izuma (Beelzebub),

- Kyusaku Yumeno (Bungo Stray Dogs),

- Senku Ishigami (Dr. Stone),

- Aiichiro Nitori (Free!),

- Aobimbo | Aoba Tsuzaki (Jinki: Extend),

- Arthur Trine (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Shīdo Desutinī/Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny),

- Lina/Angie | Angelina Kudou Shields (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei/The Irregular at Magic High School),

Torii Natsumi (Nurarihyon no Mago/Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan),

- Fumiki Mizutani (Ookiku Furikabutte/Big Windup!),

- Takeru Fujiwara (Prince of Stride),

- El Cid (Saint Seiya/Zodiac Knights),

- Kotonoha Katsura (School Days),

- "Galand the Truth" | Galand (The Seven Deadly Sins),

- "Gourmet Surgeon" | Atashino (Toriko),

= 05.01. ♑︎

- Eri Ibusaki (D_Cide Traumerei the Animation),

- Prince of the Capital/King | Mei Narumiya (Diamond no Ace/Ace of Diamond),

- John Brown (Ghost Hunt),

- Ichigo Kohinata (Girlfriend (Kari)/Girl Friend Beta),

- Terence T. D'Arby (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure),

- Kuroh Yatogami (K-Project),

- Keitaro Urashima (Love Hina),

- Ozma Lee (Macross Frontier),

- Strawberry (One Piece),

- Sion Todo (PriPara),

- Ryō Yoake (ReLIFE),

- Kae Hiiragi (Re:Stage! Dream Days),

- Momiji Kanō (The Unlimited Hyobu Kyosuke/Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited),

- Mew Berry | Berry Shirayuki (Tokyo Mew Mew),

- Wanko | Inumaru (Ueki no Housoku/The Law of Ueki),

- Ichigo Amano (Yumeiro Pâtissière),

= 06.01. ♑︎

- Anna Nishikinomiya (Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist),

- Jeanne d'Arc (Fate/Apocrypha),

- Nene Kinokuni (Food Wars!),

- Jeanne d'Arc (Drifters),

- Nobara Yukinokouji (Inu X Boku Secret Service),

- Saki Morimi (Eden of the East),

- Makoto Sawatari (Kanon),

- Shingo Komoi (Cardfight!! Vanguard),

- Tatsuma Suguro (Blue Exorcist),

- Haji (Gintama),

- Kiyoko Shimizu (Haikyu!!),

- Sherlock Holmes (Moriarty the Patriot),

- "The Darkness of the Shinobi" | Danzo Shimura (Naruto),

- "Fifth Raikage" | Darui (Naruto),

- Ebizou (Naruto),

- Oimo (One Piece),

- Tilestone (One Piece),

- "Sailor Saturn" | Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon),

- Amidamaru (Shaman King),

- Oluo Bozado (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),

- "Liz" / Elizabeth (The Seven Deadly Sins),

= 07.01. ♑︎

- Konekomaru Miwa (Blue Exorcist),

- "Jack Mantis" | Kamakiri Togaru (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),

- Genya Shinazugawa (Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon Slayer),

- Samui (Naruto),

- "Square Sisters" (with Kiwi) | Mozu (One Piece),

- Guang Hong Ji (Yuri!!! on Ice),

= 08.01. ♑︎

- Kai (Akira),

- Mars (Black Clover),

- Hiashi Hyuga (Naruto),

- Hizashi Hyuga (Naruto),

- "Okama King" / "Miracle Person" | Emporio Ivankov / Iva (One Piece),

- Ching Tao (Shaman King),

= 09.01. ♑︎

- Kaede Kayano (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),

- Reika Rikudou (Fate/Apocrypha),

- Haku (Naruto),

- Pickles (One Piece),

= 10.01. ♑︎

- Braz D. Blood (Blood Lad),

- Koyo Ozaki (Bungo Stray Dogs),

- Yukichi Fukuzawa (Bungo Stray Dogs),

- Ittetsu Takeda (Haikyuu!!),

- Eustass Kid (One Piece),

- Otohime (One Piece),

= 11.01. ♑︎

- Todoroki Shouto (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),

- Itomimizu (One Piece),

= 12.01. ♑︎

- Schneizel el Britannia (Code Geass),

- Dr. Hiriluk (One Piece),

- Ricardo (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),

= 13.01. ♑︎

- Cutthroat (Akudama Drive),

- Gordon Agrippa (Black Clover),

- Cornelia Li Britannia (Code Geass),

- 13 (Dorohedoro),

- Ikaros Much (One Piece),

= 14.01. ♑︎

- Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach),

- Ayumu Tojo (Gintama),

- Snoozer (Hamtaro),

- Sweet Pea (One Piece),

- Estarossa (The Seven Deadly Sins),

= 15.01. ♑︎

- A.O (One Piece),

- Historia Reiss (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),

- #81194 | Ray (Yakusoku no Neverland/Yakusoku no Neverland),

= 16.01. ♑︎

- Revchi Salik (Black Clover),

- Jirou Kyoutoku (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),

- Boodle (One Piece),

- Felix Argyle (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),

= 17.01. ♑︎

- Kazuo Tengan (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School),

- Capone Bege (One Piece),

= 18.01. ♑︎

- Rhya (Black Clover),

- "Dabi" | Toya Todoroki (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),

- Kiyomizu Yukihiro (Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited/The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited),

- Katsuhiko Teshigawara (Kimi no na wa/Your Name),

- Hannes (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),

= 19.01. ♑︎

- Coyote Starrk (Bleach),

- Lilynette Gingerbuck (Bleach),

- Edgar Allan Poe (Bungo Stray Dogs),

- "Baron Zeppeli" | Will A. Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Part 3),

- "Prince of the Sand Waterfall Gourd" | Gaara (Naruto),

- Spandine (One Piece),

= 20.01. ♒︎

- Sakura Kouno (Horimiya),

- Maki Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen),

- Mai Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen),

- First Mizukage | Byakuren (Naruto),

- Tetta Kisaki (Tokyo Revengers),

= 21.01. ♒︎

- Antonio (One Piece),

- Miss Friday (One Piece),

= 22.01. ♒︎

- Miki Okudera (Kimi no na wa/Your Name),

- Merry (One Piece),

- Mii-chan | Michelajul Lortelia (Senyuu),

= 23.01. ♒︎

- Yumacchi | Walker Yumasaki (Durarara!!),

- Haruki Komi (Haikyuu!!),

- Nobu | Nobuo Terashima (Nana),

- Shino Aburame (Naruto),

- Charlotte Dosmarche (One Piece),

- Charlotte Nusstorte (One Piece),

= 24.01. ♒︎

- Inoichi Yamanaka (Naruto),

- Kairiken (One Piece),

- Miss Monday (One Piece),

- "Witch of Greed"/ "Witch of Wisdom" | Echidna (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World),

- "Quinque Fanatic" / "Mad Mado" | Kureo Mado (Tokyo Ghoul),

= 25.01. ♒︎

- Shingo Mido (Death Note),

- Rintaro Suna (Haikyuu!!),

- "The Fourth Hokage" | Minato Namikaze (Naruto),

- Giolla (One Piece),

= 26.01. ♒︎

- Kuromarimo (One Piece),

- "Nero the Sea Weasel" | Nero (One Piece),

- Meene Montgomery (Shaman King),

- "Attack Titan" | Grisha Jaeger (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),

- "Old Warrior" | Aldrich (The Seven Deadly Sins),

= 27.01. ♒︎

- Loly Aivirrne (Bleach),

- Takahiro Hanamaki (Haikyuu!!),

- "Sailor Uranus" | Haruka Tenou (Sailor Moon),

- Charlotte Lola (One Piece),

= 28.01. ♒︎

- Doctor Onishi (Akira),

- "Gran Torino" | Sorahiko Torino (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia),

- "Puppet Princess" / Tianzi | Jiang Lihua (Code Geass),

- Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!!),

- Mansherry (One Piece),

- Naki (Tokyo Ghoul),

- Chosuke Nakamoto (Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited/The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited),

= 29.01. ♒︎

- Kotaro Takebayashi (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu/Assassination Classroom),

- Gadjah (Black Clover),

- Carla Jaeger (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),

= 30.01. ♒︎

- "Kosaku Kawajiri" | Yoshikage Kira (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Part 4),

- Eld Jinn (Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan),

- "Parka Freak" | Misuto Kiriya (Corpse Party: Blood Drive),

- Suleiman (One Piece),

= 31.01. ♒︎

- Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach),

- Shizuku (Naruto Shippuden the Movie),

- Aladdin (One Piece),

- Ippon-Matsu (One Piece),

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[typellblog]

just read elfen lied (2002-2005). the only reason why i wouldn't consider it the most insane thing i've read all year is because the year changed partway through reading

roughly speaking, there are two distinguishing features of elfen lied's writing

one is an unbelievable inability to read the room. dramatic scenes are so deeply sincere in their schlockiness they become silly. emotional beats are concluded with ridiculously tonally dissonant jokes. shocking moments are so over the top that they just made me laugh instead. peppered throughout is random, absurd sexual content

another is an inability to commit to any plot twist. if a named character dies, they're actually alive. no wait, they're dead. oops, alive again.

the scene of mariko and kurama getting exploded, from the anime, is extended in the manga to a whole sequence that made me laugh the hardest i've laughed in the past six months

they are both struck by missiles, survive the missiles, then mariko's bomb implants detonate anyway when she's fighting lucy, causing kurama to blow his brains out with a gun after the scene has concluded, only for it to be revealed he's actually fine many, many chapters later.

these factors combine to make for some of the most slamming-my-fists-against-my-desk-screaming-how-do-they-keep-getting-away-with-this plot points of all time

good news though the creep shots of mayu confirm she was actually wearing panties during her homeless period and was not just butt ass naked the whole time

the manga does a shocking amount of work for several characters such as nana, already the best written one in the show, kurama and mariko by association, and, for some godforsaken reason, bandou

it does a lot for yuka by minimising her role as much as possible

kouta is actually given some minor amount of agency near the end, which at least makes him an actual character, if not a real protagonist figure at all

i struggle to articulate my feelings on this manga because there are some genuinely moving moments near the end including references to stuff near the start of the manga and character interactions that i wasn't expecting to see in a million years but it also does things like introduce a new character who wasn't in the anime whose main character trait is that she wears diapers as an adult because she pisses herself all the time

they give her a sympathetic backstory. she wants to become an opera singer like her late mother but her father viciously refused and beat her until she became super afraid of everything? and started pissing herself at the slightest opportunity

they give her father a sympathetic backstory. her mother actually died because she had a rare disease that destroyed her throat if she sung too much which made her kill herself and it passed down genetically to piss girl which is why her father doesn't want her to become an opera singer

she has zero connection to the main plot. she successfully goes to music school. it doesn't seem like her father ever tells her about the deadly disease she has

what do i even do with this, man. i truly cannot explain to you the experience of reading this manga without just listing off plot points like an idiot.

at the start i was complaining about how lame it was that the naked besides her helmet look never comes back for lucy after the first episode because the whole sequence where she escapes the facility and murders several guards was actually super atmospheric and by the final arc there were dozens of psychic murderers wearing only head coverings wandering around the facility murdering everything in sight and i felt nothing. they squish them in droves with a big machine thats biotech made out of said psychic murderers

a plague is released that will wipe out humanity

nobody stops it

in the last chapter its mentioned offhandedly how it significantly reduced the population of earth but its okay because they made a vaccine

if you have watched the anime and have any lingering fondness for it at all you're doing yourself a disservice by not reading the manga

that said im not sure if i really feel comfortable recommending it to anyone else

it's just barely within so bad its good range, i think

just watched elfen lied (2004). this is not a good show. i did not watch this expecting it to be a good show. sometimes, however, it's interesting to see how bad a show can get

it is a fusion of a gratuitously edgy scifi show and a harem show. this contradiction is embodied in the character of lucy, who has split personalities, one of which is a psychotic killer. stop me if you've heard this before

she swaps between personas based on head trauma, being confronted with her crimes, sleeping drugs, and whenever it is convenient for the plot. her other personality is a moe anime girl who does not understand language or how to interact with objects in the world on a basic level.

it's honestly kind of creepy how the show views nyuu as a legitimate target for romantic affection from the protagonist, especially when compared to lucy, who is both intelligent and actually possesses a complex internal life.

we do not get to see this very much, as she is largely a vessel for gory and pointless scifi battles rather than any character drama. so if you were wondering how the harem elements works with the scifi stuff, the answer is really that they do not

the normal human protagonists only avoid death by extreme contrivance whenever they interact with the deadlier elements of the setting, and remain unaware of much of what's going on until the end, thanks to extremely convenient personality switches on lucy's part

of course, if you were wondering how the harem elements work on their own, the answer would also be that they do not

kouta, the protagonist, is such a wet blanket that its impossible to interpret his feelings towards any of the girls until he is shown kissing them on screen. yuka, his cousin, has the emotional maturity of a deeply traumatised child, which is not a flippant comparison given that multiple such characters are depicted in the show. if she had psychic powers like the Diclonius she would probably end up being a mass murderer

which raises the interesting question of what the show's actual view on the creatures is. do they kill people out of irresistible instinct, as the evil scientist types claim? or are they simply lashing out at the people who hurt them, and would be able to adjust to normal life if properly supported by their family, like we might assume from the case of Nana?

the show doesn't really care, sweeping the awkward problem of how to deal with characters like Mariko under the rug by exploding her, but only after the sympathetic figure of her father forgives and accepts her, dying in the explosion with her to atone for his crime of trying to kill her in the first place. writing this out makes it seem more thematically coherent than how it actually comes off.

but back to the harem stuff. i know i'm swapping around a lot. don't worry, it is accurate to the experience of watching the show.

i suppose calling it a harem feels somewhat inaccurate since only two of the girls harbour romantic feelings for kouta, the other two being younger characters given a more 'daughterly' position in the household. these girls make no particular effort to grow closer to kouta, neither does he deliberately or accidentally woo them into liking him. they are simply drawn into his orbit by the sheer force of the show needing a bunch of girls to fill up kouta's stupidly large and empty house.

mayu is the most notable example, considering she has no connection to the scifi plot whatsoever, simply happening to stumble upon the house while in the middle of being homeless.

i feel like it's important to point out that she also walks around with no pants on for a decent portion of the show. if you pay attention it's implied she isn't wearing any underwear either. the reason for this is, and i am not joking or exaggerating, that her father was molesting her and forcing her to strip and she ran out of the house right after taking her bottoms off.

mayu wears a big jumper, so she has plausible deniability to both the audience and random onlookers. however, kouta and yuka invite her into their house for an extended period of time and then let her leave again without ever commenting on the fact that she isn't wearing any fucking pants

the show is filled with baffling decisions like this that erode any trust in the consistency or good taste of the character writing, much less any expectation that the characters' actions make sense on any level

they test the psychic girls powers by strapping them to a wall and firing cannonballs at them. this doesn't even turn out to be effective in-universe.

im very sleepy. what more can i even say about this show.

i think it's cool when girls get their arms chopped off. unfortunately it pretty obviously limits itself to only limbs on account of the characters being able to replace them using prosthetics combined with their psychic powers. i would have liked to see more guts

the opening theme is good and very creative. i skipped it every time

the way the show ends is functionally a non-ending. i'll have to look at the manga soon

multiple people have told me this was their first anime. it explains a lot about them in every case.

goodnight

[sosislord]

another babie that i always wanted to protect

My poor smol sweetheart 😔💔

[rainstormcolors]

I made this Venn Diagram for some reason of unhinged lonely kiddos who discover they can feel love.

[nightclawduke]

"I can't allow it...having friends even though you are just like me!"

[mentalmeles]

I have read the manga and, respectfully, I have to disagree. In my opinion, the manga handles the story very poorly and the anime was able to salvage it a bit. Not by much, mind you, but a bit.

The main reason for that is because the mangaka, frankly, does not know how to write mysteries, plot twists, or character development. Or write in general. And the longer the manga went on, the clearer that became. The anime has the advantage of being only 13 episodes (and one ova) long. The mangaka’s flaws are still there, but they aren’t as glaring during the shorter runtime.

Another reason is because I like the anime’s ending better and for a multitude of reasons:

The ending to Chief Kurama and Mariko’s arc was…. *chef’s kiss*

Lucy protects Nana and urges her to go live with Kouta and the others in her stead while she uses herself as bait for the soldiers, an act of solidarity we hadn’t yet seen between two Dicloni and I don’t think a moment like that was ever in the manga (correct me if I’m wrong, though).

No cousin incest when Kouta ultimately chooses Lucy and Nyu. That whole scene with them on the steps was beautiful and has been burned into the back of my mind since middle school.

It’s implied Lucy survived. (Killing her off was the WORST decision.)

Lastly, any adaptation without piss girl and bootleg Van Helsing (who is a PEDOPHILE…….) is the better option for me agdhdhs

Rewatching Elfen Lied with friends for our weekly watch party and the amount of potential this story has is near maddening

[affablyevilshowdown]

Small Bracket Round 1

Small Bracket has passed the planning stage!

Should I have just put them through a random number generator and called it a day? Probably. But I didn't, so there

Blanket disclaimer that I don't know every nominee so a lot of this is based on research and I'm sorry if I got the vibes wrong

Full bracket under read-more

Rules over Hades/Robot Hell

Hades                   (Kid Icarus: Uprising)

Robot Devil         (Futurama)

Fans hate him

Aechmea             (Houseki no Kuni)

Ladd Russo         (Baccano!)

Daniel    (Camp Camp)

Extra knife-murder

Johnny C             (Johnny the homicidal Maniac)

Alpha                    (Dollhouse)

Music Videos

The Evil Bald Guy from the Genghis Khan music video     

(The Genghis Khan music video)

Dr. Carmilla        (Dr. Carmilla and/or The Mechanisms)

Fight your shadow self!

Professor Venomous       (OK K.O. Let’s Be Heroes)

Shadowy Figure                (OK K.O. Let’s Be Heroes)

Friendly old women

Kanchenjunga Sarrektjaka            (Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians)

Lesley    (Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)

Pathetic soggy washcloth of a man

King Richard       (Galavant)

Namakelder        (Happiness Charge Precure)

Ghetsis                 (Pokémon (gen 5))

You vs the guy she told you not to worry about but the guy she told you not to worry about is you wearing lipstick

Lugnut                  (Transformers Animated)

Clobber                (Transformers: Cyberverse)

The ones that I can only appreciate from a distance cause if I take 1 step closer I just say yikes and walk 5 more steps backwards

Dr. Boris Habit   (Smile For Me)

Shaun Gomez     (Smile tapes)

Am                        (I have no mouth and I must scream)

Yikes pt.2 but for entirely different reasons

Clay Puppington                (Moral Orel)

Cruel Angel Clionel          (The Battle Cats)

Mariko Kurama                 (Elfen Lied)

Traumatized girlbossses can commit a little murder as a treat

Ada Graceheart                (Medieval Cop)

Helena G. Wells                (Warehouse 13)

I am so sorry about this, I shouldn't make them fight but I thought it'd be really funny to have a person vs that same person inverted and with gold spooky eyes

"Then teach me how to knit" vs "knitting isn't as fun as murder"

Morgan Sterling                (S and D tier)

Alex Stewart                      (S and D tier)

Lil psycho/Lil in love   (... I lied, these losers are both head over freakin heels)

Beatrice (Bibi)    (I Love Amy)

Claire Stanfield  (Baccano!)

If you take away all context, and I mean ALL context, I genuinely think this is the same character.  

Tigerstar              (Warrior Cats)

Darkstalker         (Wings of Fire)

Wet Dishrag Men pt.2

Simon Keyes                      (Ace Attorney)

Ogata Hyakunosuke         (Golden Kamuy)

Ben Linus                            (Lost)

Girlbosses who deserve an entire kingdom to lie, broken, at their feet

Cassandra           (Tangled the Series)

Charlie                 (Don’t Starve Together)

They're just pleasant- If it weren't for the atrocities

Izaya Orihara                                    (Durarara!! and Durarara!! x2)

Thomas Jerome Newton               (Fringe)

Yugi Tsukasa                                     (Toilet Bound Hanako-San)

Fan-Favorites

Dottore                               (Genshin Impact)

Midori/Sou Hiyori            (Your turn to die)

Alfred Bester                     (Babylon 5)

Just a little guy!

Invader Skoodge              (Invader Zim)

Fawful                                 (Mario and Luigi)

The Nome King                 (Oz)

The Butler did it ™

Shelly De Killer   (Ace Attorney)

Argalia                 (Library of Ruina)

Just a little guy (clown edition)

Jevil                      (Deltarune)

Dimentio             (Super Paper Mario!)

The freakin theater mask aesthetic (Yes one of them is a sentient theater mask)

SCP 035                (SCP)

Janus Sanders     (Sanders sides)

The smitten™

Garcia Flynn        (Timeless)

Joshua Kiryu       (The World ends with you)

The Camp Capitalists

GoodtimeswithScar         (Third Life SMP + Hermitcraft)

O’Malley                             (Red vs Blue)

Did someone say lizardmen?

Toffee                  (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)

Elim Garak          (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

The Ace Attorney games said prosecuting lawyer should be evil dramatic and 100% committed to the aesthetic

Manfred von Karma        (Ace Attorney)

Barok van Zieks                 (The Great Ace Attorney)

He's Horrible (❤️ ω ❤️)

Isaac “Felix” Gates           (Red vs Blue)

Marcus Cutter                   (Wolf359)

Warren Kepler                  (Wolf359)

Bill Cipher Wannabes + bird doctor (aka: I was bound to have one miscellaneous category, actually I have 7 >:3)

Bob                       (Voltron)

Samuel White    (Kill Count (Webcomic))

SCP 049              (SCP)

Father went to Evil class but got distracted and became a theater kid. (Also, the trouble with twins)

General Tarquin                (Order of the Stick)

L. D. Curtain                       (The Mysterious Benedict Society- specifically the TV Show)

Discovers things that shouldn't be real

Rafaam                (Hearthstone/ World of Warcraft)

Artemis Fowl      (Artemis Fowl)

The Camp Capitalists Tyrants

Lord Dominator                                              (Wander Over Yonder)

The Monarch (Malcolm Fitzcarraldo)        (The Venture Bros.)

Would be going against HAL but they'd be so crushed

XANA                    (Code Lyoko)

Rie Kishibe          (Digimon Cyber Sleuth)

[ansatsu-sha]

Mariko / Elfen Lied S1E12

[cyberpsychos]

[rain-waifu]