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[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!]
Back in 2020, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes—Junta Yamaguchi’s immaculately structured single-take extravaganza—set a new standard for time loop stories. While Ryo Takebayashi’s Mondays: See You “This” Week! isn’t quite as stylistically accomplished, it’s still a magnificently crafted comedy.
The plot revolves around a group of exhausted office workers gradually realizing that their shared feelings of déjà vu aren’t merely the result of crunch-induced stress, anxiety, and fatigue; they actually are repeating the same week over and over again. Despite her desperation to break the cycle, however, our central protagonist—an ambitious middle manager who is always looking towards future job prospects—also wants to take advantage of the bizarre situation in order to really refine and perfect the company’s latest advertising campaign; after all, it isn’t often that somebody in her position is handed a literal second (and third, and fourth, and twentieth) chance—the golden opportunity to revise one’s mistakes, no strings attached. The razor-sharp satire doesn’t stop with this biting commentary on the need for a healthy work-life balance, either. Our heroes, for example, are so deeply entrenched in corporate culture that they approach the supernatural conflict as they would any other project: by “running it up the ladder,” with each character that discovers the temporal anomaly subsequently bringing it to the attention of his or her immediate superior only.
Although the tight script (credited to Takebayashi and Saeri Natsuo) undoubtedly establishes the movie’s zany tone, the editing is equally integral to its sense of humor. As in Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Baby Driver, every cut is deliberate and purposeful, creating an almost musical rhythm. The superb sound design reinforces this punchy pacing, with such ambient noises as the incessant buzz of ringing cell phones, the monotonous clickety-clack of keyboards, and the sudden thud of a pigeon crashing into a windowpane punctuating the rapid-fire jokes like exclamation points.
Irreverent, whimsical, and effortlessly entertaining, Mondays is yet another one of those films that epitomizes the quintessential festival experience. What a marvelous way to conclude the most consistently satisfying edition of Japan Cuts to date!*
*Of those that I have personally attended, at least.
#Mondays: See You “This” Week!“#Mondays#Japan Cuts#Japan Society#Ryo Takebayashi#Saeri Natsuo#Japanese cinema#Japanese film#film#writing#movie review
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minted: part two (snippet) (m) | myg
snippet: minted: part two (m) pairing: street king!yoongi x street vendor!reader rating/genre: m (18+) ; angst , action ; haegeum au , gang au series: masterlist | part one summary: after a whirlwind of a detour, you have second and third thoughts about the guy you saved. who even is this man? and what the hell is in that bag? note: holy shit, y’all. thank you so much for the love on this series already! it’s been a minute since we started a new series here, so nerves were firing on all cylinders. but you all showed out and gave me enormous relief and motivation to keep going, so thank you! enjoy this snippet since i missed the initial part two drop! note 2: this series is for @sailoryooons, @joonary, and @minttangerines! love you all! warnings: language, violence, weapons (guns/knives/chopsticks/etc.), blood/wounds mentions, drugs, alcohol, trauma, poor reader :(((, mint!yoongi, haegeum!yoongi, tatted!yoongi, his eyebrow is pierced, yoongi visuals in this one areeee…, tension, tense situations, crass af yoongi lol, reader is also a baddie but who is shocked, slow burnnnn est. drop date: september 16th, 2024 snippet word count: 1.5k est. total word count: 9k >:))
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There’s something to be said about the human gut.
Not because it’s the source of multiple health aspects, or the way it’s connected to the brain.
But, other than when violence tears it to shreds, it can be quite the defense mechanism. Just like yours churns and churns with each mechanical click of the elevator shaft.
Who is this person next to you?
Who exactly did you decide to follow upstairs hours ago, killing your daily life to save and join on the run?
You don’t know if you released your hand or if Yoongi let it fall, but you take this unlinking to create space. As you slide your gaze toward your companion, he merely shifts his weight and finds interest in increasing, beeping numbers.
How can someone’s profile be so troublingly handsome? You’d be able to think more clearly if he wasn’t both attractive and dangerous. Or if you simply weren’t on the verge of collapse.
Frankly, if you didn’t just murder a man you’d pass out as soon as you took too long to blink.
To keep yourself alert—and to hopefully gather some much needed intel—you suddenly question aloud, “Where are we?”
No answer.
Alright.
“That driver called you Agust,” you recap on a second go. “What was that about?”
All Yoongi does is stare at his reflection in opulent, dim mirrored walls. Or whatever else he’s doing besides talking.
Okay. Well.
You can face forward, too.
“Those guys after us,” you try a third time, because who are you to give up now even if he radiates annoyance. “They didn’t look like Crane.”
“Doesn’t mean they weren’t.”
Your neck almost snaps when you turn. “Are you kidding me?”
As you watch Yoongi scorn the ceiling again, you can’t believe he doesn’t agree.
Mm. Does he?
From the flex of his jaw, you have to assume you’re right to some degree. Because it looks like he’s very, very bothered by the people that chased you down.
If those weren’t any of the high-powers but had equal resources and numbers…
What the hell were they? Where did they even come from?
Geez, it’s freezing. Is a drop in temperature the best barrier to you making sense of things? You can’t even appreciate the way Yoongi’s veins protrude with every adjustment he makes to that mysterious duffle bag.
Lies. You absolutely can. But there’s no way in hell you’re ever complimenting that. Or anything about him anymore because he clearly doesn’t want anything to do with you!
Why did he even hold your hand? Was that just a ploy, too?
But that taxi drive…
Yoongi looks down before lightly scuffing his shoe, and both of you fall silent as you finally give up with a huff.
Massively dehydrated. Sore. Still covered in a myriad of unmentionables and now being ignored by the guy you saved.
All you wanna do is go home, and you don’t even know where that is.
How far did you travel? What district is this? You’ve never heard of a grey zone, but they seem fairly peaceful even at night. Neutral enough for you to consider relocating even if it meant sleeping on the street.
That brings up another question. “If we’re in a grey zone, how did you know—”
A ding interrupts your last thought, and you look to see where you ended up.
But the elevator doesn’t say a number. Only letters? What kinda floor did you stop on?
One thing’s for sure, though. Whatever room you end up getting, if there’s only one bed you’re hogging it or taking the…
Floor…
There are many things that have shocked you in your lifetime. Many things just from today that had your head positively and forever reeling.
But when the elevator doors slide open, you can’t even fathom what the fuck you’re dealing with.
And in this second, more than ever, you understand how ludicrously out of your element you really are.
“Holy shit,” you blurt, barely hearing the huff at your side.
Don’t elevators usually open up to hallways? Why are you walking into an entire living space? Is this a real place people choose to sleep in for a night? A whole floor?
Forget a whole floor, it’s a whole other place.
You slowly survey everything, wondering how much this has to be because you have never seen a living space so big. Or pretty. Or anything like this.
The ceilings vault and the furniture looks nothing like you’ve ever seen. Everything looks pristine. Clean. Is that a whole kitchen?
How are there living arrangements this big? This one place is bigger than your entire apartment level back home.
And here you are: speechless, virtually homeless, and dragging your filth onto white marble floors.
Perfect.
“What.”
You turn at the scrape of Yoongi’s voice, wondering why now is when he finally chooses to acknowledge you. Head pounding, you ask outright, “Who… Who even are you? What is this place?”
He levels your stare before walking towards a long couch, dumping the duffle and raking his hair back in minted waves. “There’s a shower in every bedroom. Take your pick.”
…Is that really his only response?
“That’s not what I asked,” you fire back, wondering what the hell his problem is so you can add more out of spite.
“But it’s what you need.”
“Say what now?”
The fucking nerve? Even though you obviously, desperately need one, hearing him mention it makes you wanna re-use the chopsticks in your pocket.
But Yoongi simply waves you off, grabbing a remote and flicking on a television so wide you would struggle to reach both ends.
This is all too much.
“You know what I need? To go home,” you huff out, leaving fire in your determined trek to the elevator. “Have a nice life, Yoongi. Or Agust. Whoever the fuck you are.”
You get to the door and run into a dirt-slicked forearm, and the voice you hear courses through your ears, “The fuck are you doing?”
“Shouldn’t be that hard to figure out.”
“You serious?”
“Yes, I am. So move.”
Yoongi pauses, jaw working overtime before he steps aside wait he’s gonna let you go that easily?
…Oh.
That was certainly not what you expected, but what else would you even think? This isn’t one of those stories that ends perfectly after trials and tribulations. Yoongi has proven more than once—in mere hours—that he’s no regular civilian. Nor man, for that matter.
But despite that, you blink before freezing at a terrible realization.
No matter how you slice it, you’re much better off with him than you are by yourself right now. Even if he is a secretive criminal with a smoking gun.
He did keep you alive that whole chase.
But there’s the smallest, tiniest chance that you aren’t quite safe with Yoongi, either. You don’t even know who he is anymore—maybe you never did.
So in a quick decision, you skim his side to slap the elevator button, chucking daggers at his brows until he leaves you to wait alone.
Good. You don’t need this. You can find your way back to your city block somehow and live the life you’ve chosen to lead again.
Yes. You can do all of that by yourself. The chase is done.
And so is your story with the man that will never buy your tangerines again.
Grabbing your sleeve, a second fact stings your fingers. A jacket woven in Dragon teal.
Shit. You need to ditch this, too. Either right now, or before you get the hell out of this grey zone because if you don’t, this is the biggest target you could ever have on your back.
No good. No good no good you didn’t plan any of this well at all. Fucking pride blinding you to everything else logical. Is this how your story ends? Because of regret and resistance?
You wait for the sliding doors, about to leave the biggest room you’ll ever see to occupy a box. How poetic.
Your heart pounds as you close your eyes. Yoongi just cut you loose; it’s obvious he doesn’t care so why should you? No going back now. You’ll figure it out. The doors are finally opening.
And someone’s inside?
Wait.
Your brain both whirrs and skids to a halt at the sight of the staff member occupying the elevator. When they give you a look, you find your hand drifting towards your back pocket.
Fucking hell, relax. You should be safe with a hotel employee, right? They wouldn’t be out to kill you. This is just your adrenaline on its haunches.
However, one foot in the elevator and your senses go haywire.
Because you can’t do this alone. You aren’t nearly as prepared to brave this foreign space as you need to be. With red in your hands and Dragon on your back? Absolutely not.
You bow to the hotel staff before you face forward into the expanse.
And as the doors start to close, you see Yoongi’s stare over his shoulder, storming with emotions and words you can’t name.
Yeah.
You fucked up.
Fuck.
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╰(✿˙ᗜ˙)੭━☆゚.*・。゚Steampunk bunny Mayu for Mayu Monday!
#vocaloid#art#fanart#vocaart#mayu monday#vocaloid mayu#mayu#steampunk#steampunk aesthetic#GUYS BROWN COLOR PALLETE??? wasn’t as challenging as I thought ngl#ALSO CAN WE AGREE THAT STEAMPUNK IS LITERALLY THE BEST AESTHETIC LIKE EVER???#Mayu + bunny + steampunk?? *chefs kiss*#ALSO I’M SUPER PROUD OF THIS WORK- it took my like almost a week to finish it because of the details with the dress and lace#BUT she came out super cute :D#I have a Piko and Fukase design as well obv#atp I draw Mayu in anything other than her actual outfit for no real reason smh#she just gives such dress up vibessss#she started my vocaloid steampunk au fr fr like I can’t get enough of this girl SHE NEEDS MORE LOVE AND SUPPORT#ALSO if you look by her hips you’ll see that she has pockets!! because every lady in a dress deserves pockets#she’s gives pure girly feminine energy I just want to dress her up in everything#cyberpunk aesthetic mayu next???#/╲/╭( •̀ ᗜ •́ )╮/╱#Ohhhh I guess it’s time to start on my inbox again (´_`)#ALRIGHT I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT TIME FOR ME TO VANISH NOW BYEEEEE
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have u ever drawn modern au jovier? love all ur work btww^__^
i have drawn them already but i'll gladly draw them again and again and again and again and
#this. took. 3 days#this is gonna be the last request for a while#maybe even last proper art post for a while bc i'm going back to work on monday snif snif#but i hope this will feed y'all well while i focus on work for the next few weeks 😭#anyway i can and WILL talk about my modern au jovier headcanons#at least in this universe they can be somewhat happy ://#they just make me sick what can i say#also if you see any mistakes in this no you dont.#rdr2#red dead redemption 2#john marston#javier escuella#jovier#michsmeesh#my art#art request#modern au
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#my desserts#okay the hot dog and hamburgers aren't my design they're one of the standard designs we're supposed to make#and about a week ago we were having a store tour#which is essentially when a bunch of rich people from higher up in the company come walk around the store#so everyone has to work way harder to make everything perfect and jam pack the shelves with food#so that they can look at it#and they send in people who's job it is to micro manage everything in the lead up to them coming#and they always insist on coming on like a monday or tuesday so most of that stuff expires and goes in the garbage#like if they at least came on like a thursday we could be prepped for the weekend rush#it costs a lot of money too like my manager owns the store and he personally has to pay for like#getting everything professionally cleaned and the extra hours and the extra product#and this was like the 6th visit in the past year! usually you get 1 or 0 visits in a year! why do they keep coming back!!!!#and this visit they were adamant about having those hot dog and hamburger cupcakes out as 6 packs#and if you're going to do 6 packs anything less than 24 packs looks pathetic#those of you who can do multiplication know that that is 144 cupcakes#and those of you with keen eyes can see that the bun is made by cutting off the top of the cupcake. which is very tedious#those cupcakes took me THREE HOURS to do#then as soon as they went out on the floor someone placed an order for 24 6 packs this coming weekend so that took me three more hours 😑#anyway after all that the higher ups didn't even come. they had 'dinner reservations'#but yeah making 16 to sell individually isn't so bad
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I heard we’re supposed to post wips/snippets on Monday? Well here’s a close up of a little bit of the sketch for the finished work I have for this week
#lawlumonth2024#WIP Monday#apparently#(I’m really excited to have you guys see this weeks full work :))#lawlu#lulaw#wip
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can u guys do me a favor and tell me if these annie week prompts are any good? ill love u forever
monday - gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss
sometimes, annie can find herself in some difficult situations. create a scenario where she gets herself out of one all by herself
tuesday - walk, walk fashion baby
whether she’s in capitol clothing or back in district 4, we all know annie cresta is serving absolute cunt. let’s talk about that
wednesday - free space
create whatever you want, with none other than annie cresta being the star!
thursday - queen of the craft
create a scenario where annie lets her creativity shine
friday - into the unknown
annie makes a discovery. is it about her sense of self? about her district? about a secret third thing? well, that's up to you
saturday - paint the town red
lets have annie go a little apeshit. as a treat
sunday - paying it forward
by now, annie is pretty familiar with pulling herself out of a difficult situation. lets see her help someone else out of a tough spot
#fuck my literal life dude#i tried to make these cutsie but (not to be cringe) im fucking hungover and i close tn and i hate everything#most of the prompts i thought of yesterday were busts too! fridays prompt in particular will never see the light of day#yall wouldn't see me the same... *i* dont see myself the same#anyway mondays and sundays prompts are so similar on purpose#to like capture her growth#and maybe im in a bad mood but now im like. wow. so unoriginal#same goes with the titles. like is that a frozen fucking 2 reference#but. if you guys are okay with this + the prompts are clear then ill go ahead and make an official post#prob will be copy and pasting the format from odesta week bc tbh i cant be bothered rn
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Behind the scenes of taking that photo!
— Williams via Instagram
#there’s also a video of him using a coffee bar in that post#which I find so funny#click the link if you want to see it (you should)#happy Monday JV nation!!#let’s smash this week 💥#testing is upon us 😏#f1#formula 1#formula one#james vowles#jvf1#mercedes amg f1#mercedes f1#williams f1#williams racing#instagram#f1 testing#f1 testing week
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haha i'm FREAKING OUT because apparently my surgeon's office did NOT receive my lab test results and note clearing me for surgery and they need it by MONDAY and i called the doctors office and they said they'd get notice to the care team and send it and would mark the request as urgent but i swear to god if any of this fucks up my surgery date i'm going to explode
#i got the labs done 10 days ago. for reference#i'm actually going to explode#they need it 2-6 weeks ahead of time and monday is 2 weeks#so you see why i'm throwing up#i got the labs done five weeks in advance and i'm still running into the deadline because my drs office is INCOMPETENT#i should have gone somewhere else#throwing up forever#atlas.txt
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prepping for my Bonus Days. i love tutorial agent lmao
#chemi chats#yknow. last year's ''take sundays off'' made a lot of sense.#october 2023 was PERFECT for skilltober as it was a full four weeks (so six days for each skill type per week plus a day off)#and left two days at the end - the 30th and 31 - for Ancient Reptilian and Limbic. so it worked out really evenly!!#using the same method in 2024 does not yield the same clean results hjkjg it looks. so fucking messy gang hgkjg#but generally you can take any 5 days off? it would make sense to split it at the first any five days in a row.#like how we had five sundays last year. so like if we had five mondays this month we'd do free days on mondays right?#but this months was tuesdays and we all STARTED on tuesday SO LIKE HGKJG OKAY MAN. NOW WHAT HGKJ#i want to be posting the same skills as everyone else everyday but that's a bit much to ask yknow? syncing up is fun but its HARD man hgkjg#the reason why im talking about this is because im NOT taking the free days hgkjg or maybe i'll take one who knows lmao hgkj#but my ''free'' days are: Tutorial Agent with the INTs. Solace with the PSYs. Volta Do Mar with the FYSs. Kinetic Dressage with the MOTs.#and maybe Vices thrown in there? i might make Vices physique and put Volta with the psyches? and make Solace a little bonus end?#because i love her and shes special hgkj but i guess i'll see hkjf but EITHER WAY im gonna be posting on whenever free days are hgkj#so if everyone takes sundays+halloween off (except me because im Fucking Entrenched In This Shit) then thats when i'll post#(even though it'd be messy as hell like. splitting up the skill types hkjg??) maybe it'd make sense to do mondays+halloween so we can#finish a skill type section before taking a break/doing my bonus skills? and it'd even out but that requires coordination hgkjsk#sigh. or for me to accept that we'll all eventually fall out of sync and thats fine hgkj (<- I can be fine with this. It's just messy hkjg)#oh idk :P im gonna take my ''break''/bonus days on mondays+halloween and whatever happens happens <33#(<- assuming im gonna be able to finish a monthly challenge lmaooo) okay ive got a headache lmao goodnight i love you all as always <33
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So it turns out if I make this pattern with actual canvas instead of what I thought was canvas (it’s duck cloth) it’s a softer, more “reusable grocery bag” kind of bag and less of a tote?
This one is for my grandma! I think I’m making them for pretty much everyone on my list for the holidays this year
#sewing#handmade#reusable shopping bag#I am very early for the holidays but you gotta hop on the inspiration train while you have inspiration#I think im going to make three or four more of these in the next week#hopefully all this weekend? but we’ll see#I have Monday off work#and then I’ll make myself either finish the quilt for my grandma’s dog or do an auction fill#I might not do the auction this year? my new meds are great but oh not#*oh boy the executive function issues are sooo much worse#I suspect it’s just the ‘oh I actually have extra energy again’ problem because this is very much what it was like for me before I got sick#but I should stop accepting commissions it’ll take me forever to finish#well not commissions. auction fills
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Today is Mayu Monday! ~(‾⌣‾~)
#vocaloid#art#fanart#vocaart#Mayu#Mayu monday#ahhh I love her so much :D#She gives fashionista vibes so I see her in a different outfit#unfortunately the outfit isn’t super dress but hey it’s casual Mayu time because who wants to be fancy on a monday?#I found a simple outfit in Pinterest and went with that dhdjsjsj#also sorry if my art has seemed a little messy! I’ve been drawing directly under sketches like I used to#I kinda like it better than clean line art#it’s something like letting the colors make the shapes and stuff#pretty therapeutic if you ask me#it’s also like you don’t have to abide by the lines so I really like that touch#ALSO I WANTED TO DRAW HER IN A DRESS BUT MU ART WASNT ARTING WHEN I WAS DOING IT HELP DHDHSJSJSJSJ#I guess dressy Mayu will have to wait until next week :( I’m sorry Mayu
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running through rose thorns
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shit’s gonna go down in chapter 3 of the heartbreak prince.
#miwip wednesday#andi writes not dies#'see you on monday' she said#while giggling evilly#you got cute tangled moments and kisses and byler flirting last week#this next week you get Pain#byler fic
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Anddd Friday's linework is done! Cant wait to see everyone the 17th...
#the week is going to be a trip buckle up#its uhhhh#def longer panel wise than the last week event#its over 150 panels................................#(last week event was just 130ish)#and technically??? fridays update is not even really done#it can be as long as I feel ngl#whatever I dont get to ill get to later anyways sooooo#but imma let myself take a break for the weekend though <3#THEN after my nice break I can watch everyone cry at me#btw theres a slight chance#mondays update is coming early#by like#2 hours sooner#something something scheduled family event I found out about last minute aha#so I may just post the update and then DIP#we will see though#ill let you all know when the monday update is coming soon as I can/know
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🎶 It's Friday again, Saturday, Sunday, what-?🎶
Finally, Tails sighed shakily, his hand reaching up to run it through his bangs. He looked up at the screen showing Surge's data and back at Kitsunami. He tried to imagine himself in the fennec's place, if it was Sonic instead of Surge. He knew he would do anything to help his older brother.
“Fine,” he reluctantly agreed, to which Kitsunami perked up his ears eagerly. “But-!” the fox raised his finger, brows furrowed, “he's going straight back as soon as he fixes Surge. And you're going to help me make sure it happens.”
“I… I suppose that's fair.” The fennec nodded in agreement.
More of the story in the newest chapter, Tough Decisions, coming Monday, June 17th.
Want to catch up? You can do it here
#this week's sneak peek was difficult so bare with me#I'm sure you can already guess what is it about#anyway see you on Monday#miles tails prower#kitsunami the fennec#kitty mom writes#ao3#secondary heroes#sneak peek
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my anxiety has been so bad this last couple weeks i keep waking up with such crazy anxiety but like for no reason its so fun. im just chilling and get hit with a wave of anxiety. im doing fucking paperwork? anxiety. idk whats going on
#havent worked out in like a year#but this week ive worked out almost every day bc i swear im going to lose my mind if i dont#literallg had to leave work monday and take tuesday off it was so bad#trying to cut my caffeine to see if that helps but now im getting withdrawal headaches and the adhd is winning and im even less functional#wtf is happening to me#please make it stop#ugh#sometimes i forget that having a disorder means it can disorder you whenever it wants and i just have to fogure it out lol
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