#Pro VB

[jetjetrocket]

PUSH UR T3MPRR

[chosobaby]

despite playing volleyball for over a dozen years, sakusa kiyoomi now thinks the sport is too dreadful for him to play.

it’s not that his team had lost their winning streak or that he no longer finds joy in the sport. no, he just abhors the fact that he’s required to remove his wedding ring.

“i hate this horrible rule… no, i loathe it! yeah— wait! abhor! i absolutely abhor this horrible rule!” kiyoomi drunkenly exclaimed while on your honeymoon after you mentioned he’d have to remove his ring during practices and matches.

with his head on your lap and your fingers in his hair, he mumbled, “fuck the volleyball gods.” and you couldn’t help but agree as you watched his fluttering eyelids and soft little grin.

and so every morning, just before he steps out the door for volleyball practice, he’ll plant a kiss against your forehead, on your nose, and on your lips. he’ll take your left hand and bring it towards his face, and his eyes will shine a bit brighter seeing your ring, a reminder and a signification that he’s yours and you’re his.

then, he’ll press a kiss right atop the band wrapped snuggly around your ring finger. he’ll cup your face, allowing you to feel to cool metal from his ring on your skin, and mutter a soft i love you, showing you the smile kiyoomi reserved just for you.

…so maybe, you can forgive the volleyball gods and this horrible rule just a teensy tiny bit.

[sakitenmaenjoyer]

i love how wxs oshis are scratching their heads trying to figure out what the hell's next for wxs. other groups have conflicts that are being planted, but wxs are freeballing it lmao

[shiraishi--kanade]

Imagining you and hoc sitting behind a table with heads resting on fingers with expressions of experienced scientists watching gleefully some little test subject ant (me) with a small crumb (kwko facts n area convos i remember) walk around a maze you built (kwko lore) trying to find my way around it

😭 you're doing spectacularly don't worry

[ru-bwee]

/scheduled for night for me

i wanna doodle more. give me taocc character and proseka character duos pls pls pls @taocc-updates tagging the blog so more people see this :'3

click thing below for pjsk character stuff v

in order from left to right, top to bottom on img, some defining stuff:

also TW: haruka tldr tldr mentions eating disorders very briefly tsukasa: very loud . he world future star -- emu: she has enough energy to run around the earth and back. her family is rich rich btw -- nene: the social anxiety one who can be a bit cold but is very nice :) -- rui: he likes inventing stuff and sometimes does dangerous stuff . Autism.

kohane: Tiny Timid Creature -- akito: im gonna be so real. i know nothing about him. sorry akito. toya: he likes video games, can play violin (i think) and piano. very nice and chill --- an: she cool. good singer and is probably lesbian

kanade yay: savior complex.. implied she has a condition that makes her incredibly tired doing stuff for long periods of time i think --- MAFUYU YAY!: cant feel emotion (alexithymia implied ithink), parents are Not the best, has a persona she puts on as the golden student/child (< note i might pair her with simon) --- ENA!!: artist with anger issues. does not have a very good dad but is very determined

honami: shes very kind, plays drums and loves apple pie!! --- shiho: cool but sometimes cold to her friends (untentionally). plays bass --- ichika: main poster girl . loves miku and her friends, plays guitar --- saki: lovely girl who wants to enjoy everyday to the fullest, has an unspecified illness that made her stuck in hospitals for most her childhood

minori: clumsy girl who wants to be a popular idol and who is definitely not a lesbian --- haruka: penguin autism. has (or atleast had) an eating disorder because of idol culture --- shizuku: airhead but very sweet. always manages to get lost and is canonically very, very beautiful --- airi: tsundere girl who loves cats (she is unfortunately allergic to them

family relationships: saki, tsukasas (siblings) toya (saki and toya view him as a brother) shiho and shizuku: sisters --- ena and akito: siblings

[slightlytoastedbagel]

Please don't tell me people are actually surprised Kohane 5 is a good event what happened to the whole "I love Sekai's writing" crowd. What happened to actually fucking enjoying this game.

What happened to stop fucking complaining about everything before knowing the full context because even the people who started saying that are now.

[gaiaxygang]

my art is already getting more traction here than on twt this is a sign

[velavesper]

my number 1 synthv complaint is how weirdly long it likes to make eng vocals hold out liquid consonants that come after literally any other consonant

[guncelgun]

Enkayyazilim - Pro+

Konfeksiyon tekstil yazılımı, hazır giyim ve tekstil endüstrisindeki işletmeler için giderek daha önemli bir araç haline geliyor. Üretim süreçlerini, stoklarını, müşteri ilişkilerini ve daha fazlasını yönetmelerine yardımcı olur. Enkayyazilim firması ile işletmeler operasyonlarını kolaylaştırabilir, maliyetleri azaltabilir ve üretkenliği artırabilir. Konfeksiyon tekstil programı ve konfeksiyon tekstil ERP, işletmelerin tüm hazır giyim ve tekstil operasyonlarını uçtan uca yönetmeleri için kapsamlı bir çözüm sunar. Konfeksiyon Yazılımı, işletmelerin ürün tasarımı, envanter yönetimi, sipariş takibi vb. sıkıcı görevleri otomatikleştirerek iş akışlarını optimize etmelerine yardımcı olmak için tasarlanmıştır. Bu, maliyetleri düşük tutarken pazarda rekabetçi kalmalarına yardımcı olur. ERP tekstil yazılımı, düzenli kalmalarına ve zamandan tasarruf etmelerine yardımcı olduğu için hazır giyim ve tekstil işletmeleri için vazgeçilmez bir araçtır. Şirketlerin operasyonlarını daha iyi görebilmeleri için sistemlerini tek bir platforma entegre etmelerini sağlayan kapsamlı bir çözümdür. Enkayyazilim firması ile ihtiyacına uygun yazılım programlarının sahibi olabilir ve ürünler hakkında dilediğiniz zaman bilgi edinebilirsiniz.

[foreingersgod]

juju watkins x vb!reader hcs!! whenever you can 🤍🤍

JuJu Watkins x Vb!reader Headcannons

always offers to help you practice when she’s not busy with basketball

she’ll run drills with you, learning how to pepper with you cause she wants to help

then she’d get cocky thinking she’s a pro at it

“look out baby, i’m coming for your title”

you guys attend all of each others games, you can always expect to see her court side to watch you play

cheers louder than literally anyone else there, so loud that you’re nervous she’s gonna get escorted out one day

does your game day hair for you every time

sometimes she’ll let you do hers (if you ask nicely with a kiss)

she likes being touchy with you in general, but she always needs to be holding your hand

going shopping? eating out at dinner? sitting on the couch? she’s holding your hand constantly

melts when she sees you in your volleyball attire

the shorts have her going feral (she makes it pretty much impossible to leave the house if she catches you in your uniform)

she constantly asks about what different volleyball terms are so she can understand better when she watches you play

brags about you ALLLLL the time

ties your shoes for you :)

helps tend to your bruises and scrapes when you come home from practice pretty beaten up

she loves to be little spoon when you guys settle down for the night

loves when you take care of her after a tough game

like she loves it when you rub her shoulders and help her get changed, also when you run her a hot shower to help her relax

“only if you’re in there with me” she’d say, only getting into the shower when you agree

not typically the jealous type, but if someone gets a bit too physical with you, she’s the most protective person you’ll ever see

she’s such a softie with you <3

[yollardan]

Ajanssirius - Pro+

Dijital reklamcılık, herhangi bir işletmenin pazarlama stratejisinin önemli bir parçasıdır. İşletmelerin geniş bir kitleye ulaşmasını ve müşterileri hassasiyetle hedeflemesini sağlar. Google Ads kullanımı, potansiyel müşterilere ulaşmanın ve marka görünürlüğünü artırmanın en etkili yollarından biridir. Bir dijital reklam ajansı, işletmelerin Google reklam ver konusunda yardıma ihtiyaç bulunduğunda, kampanyalarını maksimum performans için optimize etmesine ve kampanyalarının başarılı olmasını sağlamak için sürekli destek sağlamasına yardımcı olabilir. İşletmeler Google reklam ajansı Ajanssirius firmasını tercih ederek, Google Ads vb. ürünlerden elde ettikleri yatırım getirilerini nasıl en üst düzeye çıkaracakları konusunda uzman tavsiyelerinden yararlanabilir. — Dijital reklam ajansları günümüz dijital dünyasında giderek daha önemli hale gelmektedir. Örnek olarak Ajanssirius; Şirketlerin veya işletmelerin Google reklamları ile veya diğer çevrimiçi platformlarda görülebilen etkili kampanyalar oluşturmasına yardımcı olma konusunda uzmandırlar. İşletmeler, onların yardımıyla Google'da reklam verebilir, reklamlar oluşturabilir ve kampanyalarını birden çok dijital kanalda yönetebilir. Dijital pazarlama ajansı ayrıca SEO optimizasyonu, PPC yönetimi, içerik oluşturma ve sosyal medya pazarlaması gibi geniş bir hizmet yelpazesi sunar. İşletmeler, bu dijital araçların gücünden yararlanarak daha geniş bir kitleye ulaşabilir ve pazardaki görünürlüklerini artırabilir. Bu tür konularda daha fazla bilgi almak için web sitemizi ziyaret edebilirsiniz, sizleri bekliyor olacağız!

[gojou-violin]

catch your breath

| pairing: tamaki amajiki x gn!yandere!reader

| warnings: 18+ MDNI. dead dove do not eat. breath play. drowning play. overstimulation. edging. multiple orgasms. begging. consensual yandere behavior.

| summary: tamaki reserving a private onsen for your anniversary probably wasn't his brightest idea.

| wc: 2.8k

| taglist: @laraleafs , @alkr-67 , @worshipmevenus , @aylitgirl , @ifeelsofilthy , @preciousamethyst , @justanotherpasserby , @lyteatus , @its-makonom , @unknownspecies , @diorsbrando , @thisbicc , @bakugosgorl , @saccharine-darlin , @1-800-movha , @tylerthecreatorswife , @nc-vb , @mysicklove , @archer-fb , @bedheadloser , @your-caffeinated-bitch , @svinxie

It was warm… It felt inviting, honestly. The last time you’d gotten the chance to relax so nicely was over winter when Tamaki surprised you with a trip to a cabin up in the mountains so that you two could share your first white Christmas together. In the middle of the summer, though, you thought that going to an onsen for your anniversary wasn’t exactly the best idea; but Tamaki convinced you because he found a cute, secluded ryokan for the two of you to stay at for the week, and the plus to the reservation was that it came with the private onsen that you didn’t have to use if you didn’t want to, but he certainly wanted to. He loved long baths. With how much he worked, stressing himself out and tiring his body, it was no surprise that he took those quiet evenings in the water to relax with you while recovering from his long days— So how could you deny him a whole week of sleeping all day and slipping into the onsen whenever he wanted? Once he got in, you knew you had to join him. The water was warm— But not so hot that you were dying in the summer; and the scents from the candles made Tamaki melt in your arms.

You kissed his cheek as you wrapped your arms around him so that his back was pressed tightly against your chest. “Feeling better, baby?”

He nodded with a happy hum.

“I’m glad.”

Ten minutes of holding him, running your hands through his hair, and tickling his sensitive chest and stomach was all it took before he started unknowingly grinding upwards in search of your hands on his growing erection. The second you gave in, he was a goner. Tamaki went stiff and his eyes were wide open, his fingers digging into your thighs in the water. Come on… It was your anniversary, and he’d gone all out, spending so much of his hard earned Pro Hero money on taking you out to the middle of nowhere so that you had all the privacy in the world… How could you not use him? He was laying in your arms— He looked so fucking adorable and innocent. Oh, how you could die of happiness whenever he blushed. The second he felt you take his entire length in the palm of your hand, he got so embarrassed his cheeks turned a bright red, and he tried so hard to hide his face from you so that you couldn’t make fun of him for it like you always did; but you knew him better than anyone else. He knew that you loved how shy he was and how easily you were able to corrupt him. Meanwhile, you loved that he tried to keep how much he loved your teasing and torture a secret from you. His body just always betrayed him. If you asked if he liked being degraded, he would shake his head, yet his body would quake and he’d beg you to fuck him harder. If you asked if he liked the painful clamps and floggers, he’d insist that he could never enjoy something like that, yet every time you had him tied up with his skin beet red, he was as hard as a rock. Your cute little Tamaki.

“Please,” he begged quietly, “I’m close.”

You bit on his ear lobe. “That’s not how you ask for permission, dumb boy.”

“Please, please, please let me cum.”

“No.”

He hunched forward while you continued to jerk him off despite the fact that he hadn’t been given permission to cum. You wanted him to hold it back like a good boy. You’d trained him well enough to listen to you, now the two of you were on the most difficult part of making him the perfect sub: Actually getting him to cooperate. What he wanted vs. what his body did were always two different things. He so badly wanted to obey every single one of your orders, but the pleasure was too good, you knew it. Maybe it was cruel of you to do it on your anniversary, but you couldn’t help but force him to cum.

Poor thing tried his absolute best. His fingernails were digging harder into your thighs, his head was thrown back against your shoulder so that he could stare at the ceiling to focus on literally anything besides your touch, and his hips were squirming like crazy in the water in an attempt to get away from you before he could break your biggest rule: No cumming without permission.

“Stop, stop— Stop— Fuck— I’m cumming— No, no, no, stop—”

“Don’t cum.”

Before you could even really stop him, Tamaki lifted his hips out of the water suddenly as he came with a loud, pathetic whimper that made you nearly faint with happiness.

“Bad boy,” you huffed as you stopped touching him, his cock visibly throbbing at the neglect. “You got the bath all dirty. How are you gonna explain this to the staff?”

He couldn’t reply, he was too flustered.

You grabbed his chin roughly so that he was forced to look at you over his shoulder. “Are you so dumbed-out already that you can’t answer my questions?”

There wasn’t a single thought behind those eyes and flushed face. Poor thing. He didn’t want to cum, you could see the regret flooding him as the euphoria from his orgasm slowly washed away. He wanted to be good for you. He was your good boy. You were just so mean sometimes, and it was all on purpose of course because now that he’d broken your most important rule, you had every excuse to punish him.

Slowly, you wiped his long hair out of his face. “You know what I have to do now, don’t you?”

He pouted. “I’m sorry—”

“I know, baby. Do me a favor?”

He nodded.

“Tap my leg if I go too far?”

His eyes widened. Before he could react, you got a good grip in his hair so that you could push him forward until his head was dunked under the water. Tamaki’s hands grabbed your thighs, but he didn’t tap out. The water splashed around a bit as he fought back and you simultaneously adjusted to sit on your knees so that you had a better angle to keep him down until you were content. After counting to five, you lifted him up. He panted, trying to catch his breath frantically while you wiped his wet hair out of his face so that he could see you as something to ground himself back to reality.

“See, that wasn’t so bad, hmm? I could be a lot worse, you know that.”

Tamaki pouted at you, “I’m sorry—”

You’d heard it before, so you decided to dunk him back down. Again, he fought you, but you didn’t let up until ten seconds had gone by. After he was back up to catch his breath, you used your free hand to reach between his legs.

“Still sensitive down here from the orgasm you weren’t allowed to have?”

Sure enough, he was semi-hard, and the second you began jerking him for a second time, Tamaki made an attempt to pull your hand out of his hair and away from his cock so that he could escape you— Stupid boy, he wasn’t going anywhere.

“Deep breath for me.”

He didn’t have time to realize what you said. You pushed him back under the water for another ten seconds. In the past, when the two of you had fucked around like this, he was able to go for about a minute— Something about his old days of hero training that had him ready for it— so you were only just getting started. If he wanted you to stop, he would’ve warned you the first time you put him under the water. He would never in a million years admit it, but he liked this. He liked that he had to give up all control to you and your sadistic punishments because they got him off, yeah, but also because he trusted you to take care of him. You weren’t going to hurt him. Nothing bad was going to happen while your hand was in his hair to pull him back up to the surface where you’d give him time to recuperate.

“You sure you’re sorry?” you asked, palming his sensitive tip.

“Stop— Stop— Too much—”

“Tap my leg then.”

When he didn’t, you continued to torture him until he was surely hard again. Twenty seconds under the water. You waited and waited for a tap, but nothing came, so you smiled. He was just as much a masochist as you were a sadist. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, you loved him more than anything in the whole world.

“You’re up to twenty seconds now, darling boy,” you praised him once he came back up.

He slumped against you completely, even ignoring how fast you were getting him off. All of his focus was on his breath and trying not to cum at the same time.

“The first thing we agreed on when we started dating was that I’m the one who gets to decide when and how you cum. Do you remember that?”

He nodded shyly.

“So why’d you cum?”

“Y-y-you—” He hiccuped. “You did it… did it on pur… purpose…”

“Are you talking back to me?”

“No—”

You pushed him under for twenty-five seconds.

“I’m gonna cum,” he warned you the second he was out of the water.

Just as soon as he said it, you pulled your hand away, watching as his entire body twitched in reaction to the harsh edge. You cooed at him sweetly. He was a breathless mess between the water play and the edging, so you gave him another few seconds to bounce back as you kissed his neck and pinched his nipples. He melted into you so quickly. It was like he forgot what you were doing to him because you were suddenly being so kind and caring.

“I’m not done with you yet.”

Tamaki got smart this time around. The second he felt you tightening your grip in his hair, he took a deep breath right before he was pushed under the water. Since you weren’t able to catch him off guard, it meant that he could go longer like he always did at home whenever you had him bent over the edge of the tub while you were fucking into him; or when you two were in bed and you had your hands wrapped around his neck. You dared to leave him there for forty-five seconds. Towards the end, his chest started moving, like he was trying his best not to open his mouth to let any water in.

“Hold it… You can do it… Come on, baby…”

Though he likely couldn’t have heard you underwater and with all the splashing going on, you were cheering him on to make it the entire forty-five seconds.

“Good boy…”

He gasped deeply when he sat up straight. “C-c-cumming—”

“Don’t you dare.”

He squeezed his eyes shut tight after you pulled your hand away for the second edge that nearly made him lose it altogether. “Meanie.”

“Deep breath, baby, ‘cause you get a minute for that.”

“No, wait—”

It wasn’t a full minute, to be fair. Counting in your head meant that you went faster than the clock on the wall, even though you could have obeyed by the clicking seconds if you wanted to. What should have been a minute was still more like forty seconds— But Tamaki couldn’t tell the difference while fighting to resurface the entire time. Ten seconds? Thirty seconds? Five fucking minutes? Who could tell the difference when they had someone preventing them from breathing and simultaneously edging them as a cruel punishment for something they had no control over in the first place? If it had been anyone other than Tamaki in that onsen with you, you probably never would have gotten away with kinky shit like this. Not in a million years. But the fact that it was Tamaki of all people made it that much better.

“Such a good boy for me,” you cooed in his ear once he was done. “What’ve you learned?”

“N-no—” He hiccuped again. “No t-t-talking ba-back…”

“And?”

“No cum… No cumming…”

You nodded. “See? You’re such a smart boy!” You patted him on the head so that his hair could have a break from all the pulling. “And who do you belong to?”

“You.”

“And what about your orgasms?”

“They're yours…”

You chuckled wickedly, biting down on his earlobe. “Good boy.” You swiped your thumb over his tip. “If you can do a full minute, I’ll let you cum. Think you can do that?”

He nodded eagerly.

“What do you do if it’s too much?”

“Tap your leg.”

“Oh, my smart boy, you’re such a good listener.”

All the praise was getting to his head after being tortured and degraded the entire time. He was a bright color of red that had nothing to do with the fact that he was still trying to catch his breath a bit— It had everything to do with the fact that he was madly in love with the way you complimented him, even though you were really just being condescending.

“One minute. Deep breath in for me…”

He inhaled deeply.

“And out…”

His chest fell as he exhaled.

“Hold it.”

And then you pushed him back under, this time watching the clock carefully for the minute mark. Tamaki was trying his best to hold still so that he didn’t waste any energy on his futile attempts to stop you, because all of his focus had to be on holding his breath for the full minute. Making it up to you was all he wanted. If taking the whole minute meant that he could get your permission to solve the whole issue, he was going to fight like hell to make it happen.

“Three… two… one…”

There wasn’t a single struggle out of him, not a pant out of him, not a thrash, not a tap on your thigh. He was still squeezing on tight which was the only way you knew that he hadn’t passed out; He was just so focused down there and wasn’t keeping track of the time that he thought he still had longer to go. Could he really do it? Fuck, you were gonna be so proud of him if he could. So to reward him for it, you ran your hand up and down his length as fast as you could while occasionally stopping to play with his tip. Whenever Tamaki got close to cumming, you could tell by the way his whole body would react. He’d get stiff, his toes would curl, his legs would go straight, and he would cling onto for dear life. Still underwater, you saw Tamaki get right at the edge, and the panic settled in.

You pulled him up briefly to say, “Cum for me,” right before you pushed him back under.

Part of him was trying his best to fight you now that he didn’t have to focus on surviving the entire minute, and the fact that you’d hardly given him any break; but his body was betraying him again by going as stiff as a board right when his orgasm hit.

There was a tap on your leg that made you let go of his hair and grab him by the chest instead as you lifted him upright so that he could rest against your chest.

“Breathe. I’m here.” You went to hug him, but he grabbed your hand to force you to keep jerking him off. In fact, you didn’t move at all, Tamaki simply held onto your wrist for dear life while moving you the way he wanted. “You want a third one?”

He nodded as desperately as humanly possible.

“Cum for me, my sweet boy. You deserve it.”

Tamaki moaned your name as another orgasm hit him hard, sending his eyes rolling to the back of his head. “T-thank you— Fuck— Thank you…”

His body jolted a couple of times as you slowly stopped touching him, bringing your hands up to his face to keep his hair out of it. The way he put all of his body weight on you, you knew that there was no chance he was walking out of that onsen by himself within the next few minutes.

“You were so good for me, Aki.”

He whimpered at the nickname— One that only you were allowed to call him.

“I’m so, so proud of you.”

He stretched to turn slightly so that he could kiss you weakly. “I love you,” he mumbled against your lips.

You pushed him away gently. “Catch your breath.”

He slumped, inhaling deeply as his eyes shut again so that he could rest.

Maybe the two of you could make trips to private onsens a more common occurrence if this was going to happen.

[enbycupcake]

✌️✌️ trying to do that "layer multiple tracks in different octaves!!" some of the yt tutorials i watched swore by but lol i love me some reverb

i WILL cobble together enough engrish out of teto. i WILL by fucking god

[aboutkiyoomi]

profile intros | antipathy

roomies who do shroomies | hobroes

- y/n l/n : super popular influencer, more typically found on youtube or tiktok but recently began streaming after her gaming series on yt took off. got over 35k followers on twitch after a week. lives in her version of 'the hype house'

- kiyoko shimizu: officially employed by yn as her manager. handles all pr and business things, as well as publicity. also been friends with yn since their middle school days. has an undying hatred for men who aren't tendou or kiyoomi. lives w/ her gaggle of goofballs

- tendō satori : silly little baker boy. he owns a bakery in dt tokyo called 'la dame rouge' based off of his time in paris during culinary school. known as the chef of the house, although he is literally a baker. met y/n while she was an upcoming influencer and regular at his newly opened bakery. eventually became besties and moved in with her, kiyoomi and kiyoko. (he was the last roomie because he enjoyed his studio)

- kiyoomi sakusa : pro vb player for the msby jackals. the closest person to y/n, probably out of the entire gc. they're entire dynamic is pretending to hate each other because it's entertaining and they hate being mushy lovey all the time. no one rmrs how the two met, he claims you guys had a twitter beef on a thread about the best movie of all time. no one knows if thats true or not (it is)

⪩⪨ the gc name derives from the time they all took shrooms accidentally. kiyoomi got them from atsumu, assuming that they were fake. when they each took one, they had a collective trrip and thought that the paint was seeping from the walls of their kitchen, which resulted in them painting over it. that wall remains painted and pretty to this day.

[citruscitrushope]

Why Ken Shiraishi is Still Written OK (aka why Vivid BAD SQUAD will never surpass RAD WEEKEND, and why that's a good thing)

An essay I wrote in someone's Twitter DMs as we discussed their belief that Ken's writing has been becoming out of character ever since On Your Feet, and my attempt to present a counter-argument that turned into an analysis of VBS stories up to this point.

1,089 words, warnings for swearing, spoilers, and the fact that this is barely formatted like an essay at all but was just a ramble I thought I gave some good points in and wanted to share.

So bro is openly going against the things that made rw what it was ("ok Toya make all the songs" <- that is not what happened with radder)" and I doubt bro would be full on ignoring it (nor clpl full on ignoring it seeing as they have all of the group's full stories planned from the beginning) and I personally theorize that it's to emphasize the four's strengths as well as to make them come face to face with their weaknesses to grow stronger (I think concerto is the most obvious case of this). Nagi's goal with rw wasn't to make something to be surpassed, it was to pass radder's dream to the next generation to reach the heights they couldn't (i.e. worldwide popularity) and I very much feel like the vbs story has enough backing them going in that direction (Toya's wl chapter, what I've seen of radder flashbacks, even Ken's whole reason for opening weekend garage).

For context, the preceding conversation was about how Ken has been going against a lot of his initial things (Running weekend garage to help the next generation, helping them not work as hard, etc), how he knew Taiga was gonna tell vbs the truth of RAD WEEKEND and that he should first but he didn't, and then how he's been overworking the kids and going against the team effort rw was by radder

Again, clpl kinda suck at writing vbs sometimes but dammit they ain't bad at foreshadowing, they teased Nagi stuff for a year or two before lutf and stuff after all. Plus they've never had a sudden decline with a character, it took two years for Mafuyu's mom to fully be revealed as bad, and even with Taiga that was a solid year. (Now what they do do a lot of are sudden "redemption arcs", sure the Otori brothers' was decent but all the times they've tired to have Shinodad or Toya's dad grow as people has been so bad like bro some people are just shit).

Plus vbs' story has been slower than most of the other units until this current arc (hell they took the longest to end their first arc), slow building blocks to surpassing RAD WEEKEND. So for this current arc to have them saying "our next event will surpass them" so suddenly just doesn't add up. It has to be a red herring. And again, Taiga's been this game's only true betrayal arc, others have been characters going from neutral to bad (Mafumom, one-off characters) or ones meant to be bad that eventually become allies to their respective groups (Arata, Iori, Otori brothers). Taiga going from an explicit ally to an enemy is an outlier, and I've noticed that they usually won't repeat plots and stuff in this game (well outside of Smile of a Dreamer and Our Happy Ending but I think that was on purpose).

I highly doubt that vbs' ending will involve them surpassing RAD WEEKEND, they're probably the only group who's initial goal hadn't changed over time (L/n "I wanna be with my friends again" -> "We wanna be pros that touch others with music". WxS "Let's save this stage" -> "let's travel the world to make our dreams come true" n25 "i need to save mafuyu" -> "she's seemingly saved but shits still tucked"). Even MMJ's which has seemed to always be "Let's be idols and give hope to others" has had steps to go through, it wasn't instantly "Let's perform in the dome" it was "Let's be idols" -> "let's do a live show" -> "let's do a solo show" -> "let's perform in the dome". VBS hasn't been like that, it's always been "let's surpass RAD WEEKEND" and never been anything but that, so their progression has just been them saying "this'll get us closer to surpassing RAD WEEKEND" with little to actually show for it.

It's a lofty, impossible task, and I think Ken and Taiga know that, but they view it in different ways. Taiga sees it as "you'll never live up to it give up stop trying" while Ken's is "you'll never live up to it but that doesn't change that you're still talented performers". Even though how characters always compare each other to radder (An and Taiga seeing Nagi in Kohane, Taiga seeing Ken in Akito) , they're not radder, they'll never be them, and I feel like that's what the story wants to have them and the audience eventually realize. That's what Nagi wanted, right? To have the next generation do what she and the rest of radder couldn't, to keep singing and to be known around the world. They've already contrasted how both Taiga and Ken have attempted to keep Nagi's wishes alive before (i.e. the whole "Don't tell An until she's ready" thing), and Ken handled this better than Taiga but both weren't the best at it, and vbs had to find the strength themselves to keep going. Taiga did it in a brutal and dream-crushing way, while Ken's was gentler and more honest but came too late, and I feel that they wouldn't get rid of that contrast with Nagi's other dream. Taiga ran off and became famous overseas, but never fully processed his grief. Ken is encouraging the next generation, but still isn't doing it perfectly.

So I feel that Ken's plan is to show vbs *their* strengths. The ones only they have. Not in the context of reaching radder's level, but in reaching their own, and truly fulfilling Nagi's wish. He's not doing it perfectly, he's overworking them severely, but I highly doubt that this is purposeful. Again, I just don't think they'd make the dilf have a villain arc.

But nothing anyone has done in response to vbs's dream has been perfect. Even from the main story with akitoya and Kotarou sabotaging Kohane, to Arata in sbd, to Taiga to Arata in bfby, and then lutf is obvious. It's a messy tale of unprocessed grief and unfiltered dreams, things that can lead to both triumph and tragedy. But I truly can't see any malice in Ken's actions, or even Taiga's to an extent. While there obviously was some there, to him I assume it was to protect the legacy of his sister and to not tarnish her swansong.

I don't fully know where I was going with this but all in all I think Ken has good intentions albeit with unintentional extreme expectations, VBS was never meant to surpass RAD WEEKEND, and the vbs story's messy pacing lately is purposeful

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atsumu having different professions in fics, being a pro vb player, an astronaut, a model, an actor

osamu with his restaurant in every single one of the fic: