#Nanami the shinigami

[seireiteihellbutterfly]

Plot bunny thoughts :

After dying in Shibuya, Nanami crosses over into Soul Society and becomes a shinigami.

Weird crossover? Possibly. Bad idea? Not the worst.

Nanami the shinigami.

[rararazaquato]

made some more rain code memes for y'all!!! enjoy these completely normal rain code memes!!!

HAHA APRIL FOOLS!! that was a classic Danganronpa Prank!

but seriously here's the real ones

[eggs-can-draw]

Actively melting

[queenendless]

💗 Cafe Time 💗

A/n: Imma count this as an April Fool's prank cause it's kinda nonsense.

AU centric where JJK cast here are chibis, as is everyone else in this world, and you are the sole normal sized human there.

Cute fluffy filled crack nonsense that is short as hell and cause I've wanted to write chibi stuff for a long time.

Itafushi, NobaMaki, and HaiNana crumbs here and there but SatoSugu x GN!Reader in the end.

DON'T REPOST, PLAGARIZE, COPY, EDIT, TRANSLATE AND/OR STEAL MY FANFIC CONTENT. IF YOU ENJOY MY CONTENT THEN REBLOG, LIKE, COMMENT & FOLLOW PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

AND HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S! 💌

The tale of a regular sized normie getting teleported to a Japan where everyone but themselves is chibi sized.

Their resisting negation to cursed energy that in the strongest in the country leads to your immediate discovery and recruitment into a place to stay as well as work by a burly mid aged bearded man with shades.

Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College Cafe.

Your newfound workplace and home. Where you met some regulars that quickly became your favorites.

“L/n-san~!” Dear Yuji lifted the cookie atop him, smothered in whipped cream with a bright smile and a wave reserved for you. “Eat me~! Just kidding~!”

Your pinky finger gently ruffled his salmon haired head. “Your teasing is very much warranted, you precious boi.”

In the parfait cup filled with ice cream, whipped cream and berries, a storm cloud raged atop Megumi's brooding head. “Get me outta here or I will shatter this glass.”

Yuji's face became pale with doom, hissing at you conspiratory. “He ain't kidding.”

You reached down and pulled out said grumpy Megumi who took the shinigami dog shaped candy, bashfully thanked you, and shyly pecked you on the cheek, compelling you to smooch him right on the nose. “Favorite tsundere here.”

You dropped him down on table level for Yuji to smother his boi in a good old bear hug; his infectious smile causing his emo bae to blush and ease into it and smile back.

“Maki-san~! Nibble on me~!” Nobara sung suggested cozied smack dabbed in her macaron.

“You idiot. Why did you have to admit that out loud? Here of all places?” Maki murmured, bashfully blushing, looking away amiss her red bean filled pancake sandwich.

“Maki-san! I love you~!” An unashamed Nobara rushed outta her macaron to tackle Maki into a bean pasted draped hug.

“Here.” You lifted off their pancake cover before handing a decent sized handkerchief to the girls as you passed by, earning winks of thanks from the pair before their stained faces grew messier as they commended a make out session under said hankie.

“Konbu! Tsuna Tsuna! Mentaiko!” The orange topped Toge waves eagerly at you from his perched spot on his own cupcake.

“I see you my boi and I've missed you too.” Your offered finger was taken by the rice ball speaking boi, swinging him to land before Panda lounging in the middle of a smore treat.

“Give me a hand, little buddy, tall buddy.”

“Takana!” Toge's mini hand and your long finger were more than enough to pull the fuzzy cursed doll out, though the chocolate sauce and marshmallows stuck to his fur.

You magically pulled out a wet rag to clean him up, humming at the now pristine baby. “My gift to you, my precious Panda.”

“L/n-san! Lift off please and thank you~!”

You picked up Yu's back collar to place him atop his fruit sandwich for him to slide down the creamy path, bumping right into Nanami. “Sandwich slide, hazah~!”

“Why must you condone this nonsense?” Kento commented through a mouthful of his subway sandwich, lightly bopping Haibara on his noggin as an attempted scolding.

“He's your partner. You tell me.” Your sassiness made the stern Nanami purse his lips at you in defiance but had Haibara chortling to his further annoyance, firmly tugging on his cheeks to gargle those noises, only amusing his partner more, finally doing here and now to kiss him just to keep him quiet.

Haibara's face glowed all smitten like. “Aw I love you too – !”

“Hush you and eat.” Nanami couldn't suppress a grin as he ate his subway with his favorite boi.

“Job well done, fellow yaoi buddy.” Shoko snorted at what she just saw, lounging in her lemon tea sponge cake, raising her small palm for you to give a carefully slow high five indeed.

“Keep your hands to yourself, assassin.” Riko narrowed dagger eyes at the scarred man across the room, cherry atop her head as she floated in a literal ice cream soda float.

“Riko-sama, be cautious, now.” Misato cautioned her, doing her best to stay blended within her fruity spread.

“I think he's retired from that lifestyle now.” You assured the pair, settling their nerves down when you handed them a plush doll with two eyes, eight legs and horns for them to cuddle and ride on.

“Suguru~ They're so pretty~!” Satoru plopped red bean paste sweetness into his mouth as he watched you move to and fro throughout the cafe.

Suguru munched on the cherry that sat atop with him on the cupcake. “Despite the major height difference, I will admit they look docile.”

“In that case – !” Gojo got down on one knee. “Marry us please~!”

Geto nearly choked. “Toru, we're still dating!”

Gojo got up to kiss him fully on the lips. “Well, we've practically been wedded since day one so …”

Geto's eyes crinkled with tender mirth, humming as he kissed back. “Can't argue with that logic.”

Grabbing his hand, the albino of the two floated them both on up high to reach you. “Plus, a poly ship is very sexy~”

The fact that the iconic strongest pair landed on either shoulder to kiss you simultaneously on your cheeks touched your heart.

“Aw, I – MMPH!”

The super human chibi that is Toji threw his bagel like a Frisbee disk right into your mouth. “Oi. You. This donut ain't cuttin’ it for me. Get me some beer, huh?”

“Dad!” Megumi snapped on your behalf.

“He is a beast.” Yuji anxiously sweated at the alarmingly impressive feat.

“I wanna duel him even more now.” Maki, a fellow non-cursed fighter, got fired up after peaking outside to witness his simple yet stellar stunt.

“Eh!? We already called dibs!” Gojo flared up, steam coming outta his ears.

“Hands off, monkey.” Geto emanated pure unfiltered hatred for the brute killer.

All three men had their eyes cast in shadow as literal sparks of agitation flew between them, ruining the cozy vibe of the cafe.

Able to chew and swallow that bagel up, you could speak again. “Knock yourself out, you beast.” Whisking out a jug of booze outta the blue, you knew the superhuman killer could take it, his smug self already chugging it down with one hand.

“Physically gifted,” Yuji and Maki breathed out in amazement.

“As I was gonna say,” you cupped your hands out for GoGe to sit on, your e/c eyes sparkling down at them, “Of course I'll marry you two. Size and all.”

A giggling Satoru and an amused Suguru are over the moon with your acceptance, bringing them close enough for them to smooch your lips in unison.

However later, you got an earful of “Goddamn” from your chibi sized boss at giving someone alcohol at his fine establishment.

But, you could tolerate it.

All these cuties make it all worth it.

Especially your new beaus.

[hopeymchope]

The Danganronpa/MDA: Rain Code merch is out there

Spike Chunsoft's Japanese online store is now selling goodies that feature chibified versions of Danganronpa 1 & 2 characters hanging with the cast of Master Detective Archives: Rain Code. There are clear files, stickers, badge-style pins, acrylic stands and acrylic panels. This stuff was previously sold at a Japanese crossover-themed cafe, but now it's available to a much wider audience.

Want to see Chiaki Nanami and Fubuki Clockford gaming together? Ibuki Mioda performing for Pucci Lavmin? Shinigami spilling food all over Kyoko Kirigiri? Kiyotaka Ishimaru lecturing Vivia Twilight about his laziness? Kazuichi Souda crushing on Melami Goldmine? We got all that and more, peeps.

[exo-raskreia]

hi my dear, i have to say i love your blog and how you get over those pitiful ichihime statements

i want to know how will you explain or if you have another post that explains... how time doesn't interfere between ichigo and rukia

bc i always see how ichihime fans say how fucked up their ship is just bc of their age. i mean, we understand that time goes different between both worlds, but it's like they just refuse to understand it

also how it is not so much about age but connection, understanding and equal interests, they also seem to forget isshin and masaki

i'd be glad if you can answer, thank you much for all your posts 😭 it makes it easier to like ichiruki, sometimes ichihime fans just make it so hard, like you're committing a crime

Oh, thank you! ☺️

Antis really think an unrealistic age gap is a problem in a FANTASY or SUPERNATURAL setting? Especially in the Bl3ach universe, where there's already a canon couple with that trope? Doesn't it sound silly?

They act as if Mortal X Immortal ships don't exist, as if they aren't a popular trope/dynamic in many forms of media. They call IR problematic because of it, but turn around & ship pairings like Yato & Hiyori (Noragami), Inuyasha & Kagome, Tomoe & Nanami (Kamisama Kiss), etc. Yet, they cross the line at IR?

They conveniently forget or ignore the fact Ichigo is a product of Isshin & Masaki, a canon couple that the antis support & like to use as "parallels" with their mid ship (even though those of us who can read know IM parallels IR). Isshin was probably way older than Masaki, older than Rukia even, yet once again, the antis cross the line at IR?

Hypocrisy, much? They only bring up the age gap when it's convenient for them. When they want to grasp at straws to invalidate IR. But all their arguments have a counter-argument to them 🤷‍♀️. IR is just that powerful 😌.

Ichigo & Rukia vibed so well right off the bat, getting on a first name basis early on, & often seemed to share the same brain cell 🤣.

Souls in Soul Society age much slower & differently than living humans. Rukia was the equivalent of Ichigo's age, so she was "15" in SS terms when they first met. Antis like to act as if she's some ancient hag or s*x goddess who's going to corrupt poor innocent Ichigo, yet Rukia showed to be quite innocent in many matters, not to mention, she thought kisses were only for greetings in one of the early chapters 💀. Out of the two, I'm pretty sure Ichigo would know more than her in these matters...

(I've also seen this stupid argument against HitsuKarin. They be calling Hitsugaya an "old man"!! Like, seriously?! How is he gonna "corrupt" Karin—by giving her a large stack of paperwork?! He's about 10-11 years old in SS terms, the equivalent of Karin's age, who was 11!! Then they both conveniently aged up to 12-13 after the 17-month timeskip... Just what was Kub0 getting at?!🤦‍♀️)

Not to mention, Ichigo felt very at home in Soul Society & got along so well with all the "ancient geezers & hags" there, even going as far as calling some of them by first name & hanging out with them like old buds (such as Renji). No wonder Ichigo didn't feel like he belonged in the Living World much; he really was born in the wrong generation (or world), lol... 🤪 He always showed to be more in touch with his shinigami side... (no wonder he chose that out of all his hybrid sides in TYBW, & yet... 😮‍💨)

Anyway, don't engage with the antis. Ignore/block/mute them. Follow the age-old fandom rule: just ship & let ship. Don't let the antis ruin your fun. There's so much IR content out there 😄.

[velvet-ii]

endlessly curious about the death note utena au 👀👀👀

okay so i wanted to have some more content to show before answering this ask... and i was already working on a character lineup for artfight!

so here's the full lineup of my death note au redesigns (not including any side characters i may include later as story permits such as akio, nanami, shiori, etc.) :)

and honestly i have to stop just calling it "my death note utena au" when it has a name.. so: here's the beginnings of revolutionary girl kira!

the basic premise is literally just inserting them into the death note character roles, nothing too crazy lol

surface breakdown:

utena is light! obviously because she's the main character but also because she would probably test out the death note to see what happens (in this au, she decides to use it to "revolutionize the world" and take out perpetrators of violent crimes who never faced justice)

anthy is L (or, in this case, "rue,") because seriously who else would be L. after shutting herself out from the world to focus on a job she can do without showing her face, she's forced to show her face and work with the police to gain access to more information. she knows this isn't a typical serial killer case...

wakaba is misa! she adores utena almost to a fault after discovering her status as kira, but becomes an invaluable asset due to the shinigami eyes she got from a deal with her shinigami (shadow play girl)

touga is the captain of the kira task force and is determined to stick with it until the end, maintaining his confident persona while overlooking key details provided by rue (much to her dismay)

saionji is touga's second-in-command, although treated more like a bodyguard than a friend sometimes. since high school, he's cut his hair short to distance his resemblance to touga (which doesn't work too well since they ended up in the same profession anyway).

miki takes on matsuda's role, but often takes things too seriously rather than not seriously enough. he's by far the youngest member of the task force, and is incredibly dedicated to the kira case.

juri parallels aizawa as a voice of reason for the task force, but their characters aren't too closely tied together. juri holds a grudge against rue (and later, utena upon joining the task force) due to her belief that they're young, inexperienced, and didn't work hard enough to get here; she's often maddened by rue's often unusual tactics and plans.

in terms of changes to the main story, a lot of it is driven by the subtle changes in character relationships or motivations. for example:

utena's motivation to use the death note, while similar to light's, differs in that she only kills criminals who haven't been brought to justice-- which makes it a lot harder for anthy and the task force to ignore the message she's sending.

wakaba and utena have a more balanced relationship than light and misa do in the original show-- utena still considers her a liability, and wakaba's actions lead to some unfortunate circumstances, but i want her to have a complete character arc (unlike misa's complete shafting in the show. pissed me off)

obviously, since touga isn't utena's dad, utena's gonna have to figure out some other way to get access to police records and land herself a spot on the task force.

utenanthy endgame. dont even worry

the themes established in utena (for example, the effects of misogyny and the meaning of revolution) will make a big effect on how the story changes from death note as well! i want to stay faithful to both source materials in a way that's productive.

if this ever gets written/created in some form, the story's gonna veer away from following the death note storyline at the end of L's arc. i have something completely different planned for those scenes that changes the rest of the plot!

with all that being said, honestly there aren't any guarantees i'll have time to end up making this real.. it's mostly just a thought experiment for now since i love both shows and also (re)designing characters :)

[quirkwizard]

How many JJK/Jujutsu Kaisen powers have you translated to quirks?

Made a mistake when I asked about the power breakdowns. I meant JJK quirks specifically, which is why I mentioned Gojo. Thank you

Quite a few. At least if we focusing on direct translations and not close approximations. There are some with the protagonists' Shine Techniques like Cleave and Shrine. Then some Shinigami like Moon Dregs and Garuda and some of the sorcerers like Private Pure Love Train and Hair Pin. There are a few of the curses like Hanami's Cursed Bud and Jogo's Disaster Flames. Nanami has a whole two Quirks dedicated to him with Ratio and Overtime. Gojo is easily the one I have covered the most, doing everything from his Six Eyes, to his Neutral Limitless, and his Unlimited Void.

[tobiasdrake]

Okay, let's meet the new team.

SHINIGAMI! That's fucking RUDE, Ghost Junko. These are going to be our colleagues and they deserve to be treated with some respect and reverence for human life!

...but also, same.

Very nearly misgendered them on account of visibly being a mid-thirties Chiaki Nanami. Fortunately, their bio spells out that they "have no specified gender".

Plus side, enby rep. Downside, oh god, Kodaka's writing an LGBT character again. The guy who brought us Chihiro Fujisaki, Teruteru Hanamura, and Korekiyo Shinguji is taking another swing at LGBT rep. Can't wait to see how he fucks this one up.

In any case, all we know so far is that they're a cold and calculating mastermind who coolly analyzes the circumstances around them while giving away nothing emotionally.

Roughly the same age as me and a hot-headed jackass to offset my calm and understated persona. This kid's definitely here to be my Shonen Rival and then maybe we gradually become friends over time as our rivals-to-bromance plot overtakes the story and shunts other characters out of the spotlight.

You know how that goes.

Incidentally, when I typed Desuhiko's name in to tag it, the second result that came up on the autocomplete was "Desuhiko x Yuma". So. Yeah. You know what this dynamic is going to be.

She's in the running for fave right now but a lot's going to depend on when and how the other shoe drops. Fubuki is an air-headed noblewoman who can't count past three and struggles to comprehend basic concepts. She thinks chocolate grows on trees already in its silver wrapper.

But she's also a Master Detective. She can't actually be stupid if she's not only a member of the international League of Best Detectives but also talented enough to be one of the few survivors to skate past Amaterasu's murder-wall. There has to be something more to her beyond what seems readily apparent. Right?

You can't see it in these shots but he's chilling in the fireplace.

I don't know why he's chilling in the fireplace. The more pressing question is where he found all that leg room. My guy, did you sledgehammer open the interior wall of the fireplace so you could have a comfy place to lay?

His bio says he likes fluffy pillows and dislikes hard pillows (and living) but he's choosing an architecture-defying fireplace lounge when there are all these comfy surfaces around the room so I don't know if I trust it.

[fatherbrat]

thank u for tagging me risa baby ily ( @risararelywrites )

make a new post with the names of the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous

let other people send you an ask with the title that intrigues them the most, and then post a snippet or tell them a little something about it

tag others to continue the game

CURRENT WIPS

treason | royal guard!touya

reaper | shinigami!dabi

counterfeit | actor!jean

betrothed | prince!touya

untitled 1 | touya todoroki

frat rat | frat boy!suna

untitled 2 | sukuna

spin the block | rintarou suna

untitled 3 | coworker!nanami

i am aware of how much touya there is in here...um don't mind me lol. also only a couple of these have actual writing done for them but they all have at least a synopsis so feel free to ask about em (please ask i'm begging)

this also isnt all of them :p

tags: whoever wants to!!!!! if u see this...UR TAGGED

[bnuuymari]

⋆｡° ✮ tag list!!

organization

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fashion boards

self care kits

userbox

text

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🦐 me irl

💙 me nd dingus solid as they come

#🩷 bingus my beloved

🧡 michael!! don't leave me here!!!

kin tags

🧺 all it costs is your love!! - mari (omori)

🎮 realest gamer girl - chiaki nanami (danganronpa)

🥀 shinigami eyes - misa amane (death note)

🔪 bleeding heart - himiko toga (mha)

🕰️ rewind your destiny - homura akemi (pmmm)

😈 fiendish fun - power (csm)

��� under a maple tree - canada (hetalia)

🍊 oranji oranji oranji - kagamine rin (vocaloid)

🥕 cutie cutie - megpoid gumi (vocaloid)

🐝 double tiime - sollux captor (homestuck)

👻 the haunting - aradia megido (homestuck)

🐉 JUST1C3 1S BL1ND - terezi pyrope (homestuck)

(=^‥^= ) pawsitively purrfect - meulin lejion (homestuck)

🍰 piece of cake - jane crocker (homestuck)

💤 sleep the day away - madotsuki (yume nikki)

🐾 hoi!!!! - temmie (undertale)

⭐ this kin is pissing me off - the original starwalker (deltarune)

🎉 was that the bite of 87?!?!?! - mangle (fnaf)

🌌 choo choo - milky way cookie (cookie run)

🦔 gotta go fast!! - sonic the hedgehog

🔮 weird ass cat outside - meowstic (pokemon)

🍫 cocoa powder - chococat (sanrio)

🦁lion lickers - lion (steven universe)

⌚ fuck this timeline - mage of time (classpect)

🐈 kitty cat - cat

🐇 bnuuy - bunny

🤖 01100010 01100101 01100101 01110000 - robot

🌟 strong and pretty - magical girl

🧸 plush felt heart - plushie

[rainbow-journalist]

- Intro -

I should probably make an intro about myself, even if it's simpler, and I can update it soon, okay, here we go.

You can call me "The Chief"

- Unknown gender (He/They can be used)

- Early 20s

- Short (4'11")

- Doubt about sexuality but maybe Bisexual.

- Brazilian 🇧🇷

- Birthday: May 2nd

- Taurus sign

- Computer science student (still)

- Sensitive and dramatic

- Lazy

- Favorite color: Blue and Yellow (I also like pink and black)

I'm a pretty shy person when it comes to making new friends and I can be a bit naive.

- Main Fandoms: Danganronpa and Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE

- Current Obsession: Rain Code

- Old obsessions: My Little Pony, Sonic, Five Nights at Freddy's, Undertale, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Doki Doki Literature Club, OMORI, Detroit Become Human, Deltarune, Danganronpa, Your Turn to Die, Ace Attorney.

- Favorite Rain Code Characters: Yuma Kokohead, Makoto Kagutsuchi, Shinigami-chan and Kurumi Wendy.

- Other characters: NDA master detectives + Pucci Lavmin, Martina Electro and Seth Burroughs

- Favorite Danganronpa Character: Shuichi Saihara

- Others: Kaede Akamatsu, Kaito Momota, Gonta Gokuhara, Himiko Yumeno, Chiaki Nanami, Kyoko Kirigiri.

- Favorite ships?: I have some, but I won't say them because I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable, but I can try to draw your favorite ship.

- Characters I love: Natsuki (DDLC) and Gumi (VOCALOID)

- Favorite categories: R18-G/R18, Cute, Romance, Comedy/Meme, Friendship, Adventure, Angst, Fantasy, Horror.

- My profile has: Spoilers of my favorite games, suggestive, blood, dark humor.

If these things make you uncomfortable, don't look here, If I disappear it's because I have a new obsession, personal life, technical problems. I don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable with my posts, that's not my intention.

- DNI -

I think you guys should know the basics, but I'll go into more detail.

- Basic DNI criteria

- Don't use my stuff for anything illegal

- Don't associate me with illegal things

- Don't put me in the middle of fights on the internet, I want to avoid virtual conflict as much as possible.

- Ask permission to use my stuff for good things.

- No AI "artists"

- Don't call me things like Pr*shipper.

My other social medias:

- Twitter/X: Rainbowjournal1

- Instagram: rainbowjournalist

- BlueSky: rainbowjournalist.bsky.social

- Discord: Only for friends

- Pinterest: thechief04

- Reddit: u/Consistent_Flight368

I'm most active on Discord, Tumblr, and a little Twitter/X.

That's the end for now, I think that's the basics you need to know about me, any questions, you can send them on Ask. Maybe I'll add more stuff later.

[ofovertime]

Thanks to @ofimmortalis

Nanami's small Kuroshitsuji' verse is...

A semi-retired Shinigami. Who's main goal was to hunt down the undertaker who kept slipping throw his hands.

Nanami also uses a machete as his reaper tool.

[superchillnormalgirl]

Nanami Usui and Shuji Terayama’s tarot deck

"Created with a unique interpretation of the origins of tarot and new magical doctrine.

This "Fake Tarot" card consists of 48 cards, among them are Fool, Librarian, Ventriloquism, Shinigami, Alchemy, Female Sumo Wrestler, Butcher, Anti-World, Operating Table, Sodomy, Pig Keeper, Eye Prosthetic, Bathtub Repairman, Lie Detector, 20 Godfathers, Opium, Big Bird, Prostitute, etc."*

*Words from [blog.livedoor.jp]

[hopeymchope]

Thoughts on MDA: Rain Code so far as I approach the end of Chapter 2

(...which is the game's third full-length chapter...)

I'll start with SPOILER-FREE thoughts before shifting into SPOILER MODE after the cut.

Yuma is so spineless and unable to stand up for himself or his own sense of what's right/wrong that he gives me some "Early Part of V3" Shuichi vibes. The poor bitch... I feel like this might come to bite him in the ass before he'll manage to toughen up.

However, it's really other characters I've met who remind me the MOST of specific Danganronpa characters. Of course the game is still in its early going, so there's plenty of time for most characters to get more development/focus. But right now, THE EXAMPLES: Take Sonia Nevermind, but imagine a woman from a powerful noble family who is even MORE clueless about reality because she lives in even MORE of her own insular bubble, and that's Fubuki Clockford. She's Sonia²,if you will. Zilch Alexander? He's reminiscient of Byakuya "Twogami" — he starts off giving you the snobby egotism of real Togami before swiftly displaying that surprisingly kind undercurrent of the Imposter's version. And one particularly weird example is Vivia Twilight, who is giving me strong echoes of a Danganronpa spinoff character. To be specific, Vivia strongly resembles the, er, "public face" of Takumi Hijirihara from Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer. Y'know... the super-lowkey almost-sleepy guy who is constantly cramming himself into tight spaces that he finds comforting?

Panels such as this could easily be describing Vivia Twilight. They're even both detectives!

3. As has been pointed out by others, Rui Komatsuzaki really just straight-up gave Halara Nightmare the same face and hairstyle as Chiaki Nanami. At least Halara has a different hair color, I guess? And I suppose a lot of Komatsuzaki's characters share similar faces, which isn't uncommon among Japanese manga/anime-style artists. But it's still pretty striking to see Tall, Stern Nanami stroll up if you're familiar enough with the DR characters.

Beyond this cut, there will be spoilers for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Chapters 0 through Chapter 2.

But nothing beyond that.

4. At the risk of stating the obvious: Yuma totally entered his pact with Shinigami because he wanted a "Forte" power, right? That's where that part of the backstory is obviously going.

5. We're still a long way from understanding Yuma's backstory and/or how he got into this contract with Shinigami, but we have a few hints at least. We know Yuma found a book in the WDO headquarters taht contained Shinigami, and it's been implied that maybe she's contracted with detectives in the past. But despite how their pact is core to the gameplay loop of Rain Code, I don't think it's going to turn out being a good thing for Yuma. Lil' Cocoa-Head keeps getting himself cornered in situations where he or someone else will die unless he can solve a mystery right fucking now, which means he keeps relying on Shinigami to save his ass, which means we KEEP KILLING THE CULPRITS by the end of each chapter, which is a really fucking bad trend that is going to eventually bite us in the ass for sure. The natural, obvious result of this is that Yuma will become the prime suspect for the extremely sudden deaths of all these killers. But I think it might go even harder than that... because what if, by the game's end (or maybe in a future sequel), we have to direct Shinigami (or some other spirit if we play as a different character later on/in a later game) to reap Yuma's own soul for his crimes? I feel like that's the obvious endgame here — Yuma is so incredibly complicit in these killings that he could be argued to be their murderer, and that's going to come full circle on him. But I guess we'll need a lot more time to tell on that front.

6. The loss of the Chapter 0 characters still kinda hurts, because so many of them were fascinating. Pucci Lavmin in particular was unlike any other character we've ever seen in Kodaka's ouvre, and it sucks that she was taken out of the mix without us getting any chance to develop or explore her further. My hope is that eventually we'll see some kind of AU side-story DLC or game that lets us dive deeper into even the deceased characters... I mean, Danganronpa always did that, and Rain Code DOES have its own Season Pass after all :P

7. I really thought for a while there that Chapter 2 would end with us having to accept that the real culprit was the very person we were attempting to exonerate and free from the Peacekeepers' sinister clutches. It doesn't go that route, but I feel like that's a twist that could (and SHOULD) come up in the future. Before this game is over, I expect to see a chapter where the real culprit is the very person we're trying to prove innocent. Can't wait to see how wrong I am! :P

[aceofmuses89]

Shinigami, smash or pass for Chiaki Nanami

"Ya mean that gamer girl who is part of that other series? She's pretty cute, though definitely not as cute as that detective chick! Though..."

"I'd totally smash! As well as smash ultimate when I beat her ass as Kirby!"