#Mamoru Banba

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thinking of the guys from the ancient egypt obsessed school all the time. they make me laugh, also what fun it must be going to that school!

do not erase the caption, use or rePOST my art (reblog ok)

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EYESHIELD 21: BRAIN x BRAVE (2024) by inagaki riichirou & murata yuusuke

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Taiyō Sphinx Headcanons

Mamoru Banba:

Sexuality Headcanon: Aro/Ace

Gender Headcanon: Cis

A random headcanon: He’s protective over Harao to the point he’s basically Banba’s little brother.

General Opinion over said character: I’m so freaking happy that he wasn’t an obnoxious prick over his loss to Deimon. Good, humble dude

Kiminari Harao:

Sexuality Headcanon: Pansexual

Gender Headcanon: Demiboy or Nonbinary

A random headcanon: Everyone saw it coming when he came out, which shocked him because he thought he hid it well (he didn’t. Not whatsoever).

General Opinion over said character: You are one prideful bastard. Thank hell that Deimon knocked you down a peg

Niinobu Kasamatsu:

General Opinion over said character: Annoying and Obnoxious

Ken Kamaguruma:

General Opinion over said character: Very Annoying and Obnoxious

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Mamoru Banba (Eyeshield 21)  » June 25

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Here are the Saikyoudai Wizards requested by @levbess!

I know all good things must come to an end, but I wish we could've seen them compete in university, especially this team!

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Me: *minding my bussines*

My brain: Banba knew since the beginning of the game that he would prefer throwing away the game and losing against hakushu dinosaurs than seeing Harao get hurt and traumatized by it.

Me:

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Vlad Love – 01 (First Impressions) – Not-So-Fresh Blood

I tend to be drawn to simple anime premises. Takagi teases Nishikata, Tanaka is listless, Titans Attack, etc. Along comes Vlad Love, which immediately impresses with its gritty retro visual splendor and also delivers a devilishly-simple premise: Girl who loves donating blood meets a vampire.

The Girl is Banba Mitsugu, a refreshingly quirky female protagonist in a role where a horny guy is the norm. Sakura Ayane voices Mitsugu with gusto and dynamism, as does Hidaka Rina, whose performance of the vampiress Mai Vlad Transylvania runs the gamut from cutesy and formal to yakuza bombastic.

The stinger starts like a Hollywood action movie: a SWAT team opens up a cargo container to find a creepy doll. Mitsugu’s first scene ends like one too, as she “rescues” Mai from surly nurses in a bloodmobile that then promptly explodes for no reason.

Upon learning Mai is a hungry young vampire who left Transylvania due to clashing with her father’s 49th wife, Mitsugu takes her home and feeds her the bag of her blood she had in the fridge (Mitsugu really likes having blood drawn).

Mitsugu becomes entirely smitten with the beautiful foreign princess, and can’t help but leer when Mai quickly strips for a shower, or peek when she curls up in the closet to sleep. With her dad at work abroad, no mom mentioned, and no friends introduced, it seems Mitsugu is lonely and eager to share her home with someone anyway.

The question of how she’ll keep Mai fed is equally simple: Mai simply has to take it easy with the blood-drinking (enough to survive, not enough to kill Mitsugu). Mitsugu’s character design, with her wan complexion and bags under her eyes, as well as Mai’s blood-high attitude, suggest this won’t be easy.

Mitsugu visits her high school’s nurse Chihiro—who is not only totally inappropriately dressed for the job, but also has a side-hustle collecting rare blood. She also slaps the shit out of Mitsugu on multiple occasions, which is played for comedy, as is an instance where she’s just suddenly naked. While I appreciated the body diversity on display, it was still more random than funny.

We learn Mitsugu has neither A nor B nor O blood, but is a “chimera” with blood that contains qualities of all three types (a real life thing). That makes her unsuitable for donating blood (cruel irony) but perfect for, say, a thirsty vamp. Nurse Chihiro suggests Mitsugu start a “blood donation club” to collect blood not just for Mai’s consumption, but for her collection.

There were quite a few attempts at comedy that somewhat inelegantly clanged to the ground without their intended effect. The dearth of smart comedy isn’t a dealbreaker (especially for a show that looks this good), but was definitely distracting and affected my score.

It’s at this point that I should probably mention for those who don’t know: Vlad Love is written, created, and directed by thee Oshii Mamoru of Ghost in the Shell fame.  On the one hand, there’s no doubting his bonafides when it comes to anime production.

On the other, he’s older than my dad, and I say this with nothing but love in my heart: My dad’s jokes are laaame. So is a lot of the comedy and various attempts to “shock” in Vlad Love. There’s a tryhard quality to the writing and directing that spoils an otherwise gorgeous production.

For good or worse, this is Oshii’s show, and there’s no reason to think he didn’t have complete creative control. Vlad Love doesn’t resume until February 14th—Vladentines Day!—so we’ll have to wait a while to determine if it’s a show I’ll hang on to this Winter.

By: sesameacrylic

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Gaou (+ Banba), from twitter. Loving that side view of his face apparently, sorry _(:3 」∠)_ 

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June 25th, 2014: Happy Birthday, Mamoru Banba~! ♥

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Okeyh... Female!Harao and Banba. Female!Harao and Ken Kamaguruma.  Art by me (Pahisman)

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EYESHIELD 21: BRAIN x BRAVE (2024) by inagaki riichirou & murata yuusuke

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I really be having a Good day then this page pops up in my head

And I'm just

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It's the way Banba didn't break his promise to Harao and protected him until the bitter end for me ;-;

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Re-read the Taiyou vs Hakushuu Game and let me tell you LET ME TELL YOU.

HARAO WAS MENTALLY SCARRED FOR LIFE AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE AND I DON'T BLAME HIM. Also the way he just cried not bc the forfeit, but because Banba got hurt solely because he did everything he could to protect him....

For being such a secondary Character i feel we don't talk enough about him and y'know what I AM GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT HIM

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Sometimes I'm minding my business then I think how tiny Harao's hand looks on Banba's when they hold hands and I get emotional like

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Another thing that fucks me up about the Taiyou vs Hakushuu Game is how ..... Harao knew he wasn't that good of a quaterback compared to everyone else, he knew this, and he worked on getting better, and he did!

But there was nothing he could've done against Gao and felt the guilt of not being neither good enough for his team or being a burden for the line, especially Banba, who protected him to the end.