#Reiji Hokuto

[wanou-dorm]

Mirror Madness - Punch

this was an Ask for @twstinginthewind but I couldnt Find the original Ask so finished the story after my Burnout.

… (your add fuel for The Mirror Madness Event it’s now dubbed the context is some mischievous fairies trapped Hoshi ina Mirror and Are now using Lunatic human State plus unique magics of other people trapped in the To cause Havoc , I guess he can Met with some of Shu’s Friends. )

Punch was walking around the streets of the small town between RSA , HSA and NRC and decided to Head to the Diner . But that when he he started to notice how Silent the Streets were especially for around Halloween . It was ominous with decorations blowing in the wind he saw trash cans t inipped over and wads of Paper rolled on to the ground. It was Definitely time for him to head back not, that the situation at Night Raven was any better but Punch didn’t know that .As Punch Turned around he heard Something

“ We’re you planning on Going somewhere. ”Punch jumped as a Shiver was Sent down his Spine before looking at who was Saying as Punch’s Eyes shrink at What he was Seeing, “ C-Cater?,Ace ? … “ Punch’s Eyes Widen looking at His Sisters Dormmates.

”W-Woah Scary .. those are some realistic Costumes “ .

They looked like Something kind weird flower like monsters with some visages of their human form like thier hair those were just petals Mimicking the real thing,Skin wrapped with red and Orange flower petals d , Glowing Yellow Eyes boring into his Soul as he Shook attempting slowly walk backwards.

Cater produced a clone as Punch bumped into it. Ace then summoned a Vine seemingly out of his Arm wrapping around the Young mans leg before dragging Punch over and flipping him upside down. Punch swinging like a Pendulum “ Oh, you’re not wearing a costume yet? My bad."

Punch's eyes shrunk as he Slowly realized he was in some Deep Trouble . Before he Heard a loud Scream from the Distance

“ OUTTA WAY YA OVERGROWN WEED , ! “

Punch Looked to see another group of Familiar looking Plant monster resembling Heartslabyul students be sent Flying by a Large Beam of light .

“ Marcus! Be Careful those are still students, You know. “ A boy with long Red hair Huffed as a Blonde on a broomstick Rounded the Corner as the Adrenaline of rushing through the Plant horde was still in him , the Two students were wearing the White and blue RSA uniform.

“ Don’t worry , Reiji ,that Spark only use a Quarter of the Magic stored in my mini Hakkero they should be fine.”

Reiji Frowned before Looking Down at Punch’s perils .“ Hey it’s another Night Raven kid who hasn’t been turned into a Minion by Riddle Or Vil “

Reiji Said “ And he’s Being Harrassed ,by two Plant guys.” Marcus said “ Hold on tight Reiji!? “

"MARCUS Wait?! “

but It was too late as Marcus Flew Full Speed towards Punch Grabbing him by the Collar at record Speed “ So Night Raven student You gotta name ?” Marcus ask holding his Hat down with one

“Um, Punch “

“ Well Punch I’m Reiji and this Blonde is Marcus “ Marcus Pick up Punch letting him take a seat on the broom .

“ We Were in the Diner with some other students when that Kid with the Spade on his Eye came Rushing into the place Talking about Riddle turned all the Heartslabyul Students into Plants and an inucubus version Vil took over RSA “

Punch’s heart Sunk,

“ All the Heartslabyul Students !? Was There a Girl with a ponytail ,Freckles,” Punch panicked

“ she looks like a Female version of me In Those Flowers people “Reiji looked at him

“No, Why is She Your sister of something “

“ She is Exactly that .”

“ Don't Worry I have a Gut Feeling well Cross paths eventually with her “ Marcus said “But Right now we need to keep Riddle from making this Island into a Flower garden.

“Let's find That Deuce guy again. “

[ninakoll]

we got a brief snow blizzard today so i drew camus... throwback to when the first promo videos of the new utapri game came and i went absolutely NUTS over the way camus was holding and reading papers in the bg that i even made a fancam of it with my fav camus song intro

i miss u myu-chan... zero percent eyebrows fifty percent pain and a hundred percent reason to junketsunaru ai, aspi-ra-tion

[wanou-dorm]

the Fact that Reiji Looks like nicest person when he’s probably the one looked at The original cake Face palm, he looks so much more like Reimu here it’s probably due to art style

Your also making me Reconsider spiking up Marcus’s hair I originally didn’t cause it made look like Ace but now I see it

Sai is Just a Baby. The Babiest of Creatures

Marcus: Hey Lorien , We heard it’s you Birthday and That you wanted Cheesecake

Reiji: We didn’t know which flavor you liked

Sai: So we opted to make something variation we knew

IM SO SORRY IM LATE

But awwwww!!! They're so sweet!!!🥹

Lorien greatly appreciates the gift!!!

[simpforchuchu]

I really like the duality of our Rampage Boys... They literally acted the opposite of their real characters.

AND THATS THE PROOF

In High and Low, Tsukasa is the cool boy and Fujio is the cute golden retriever but in real life Hokuto is the real baby boy 🥺

And when you look at our Dynamic Duo, Tsuji is more serious, quite and calm than Shibaman but in real life Ryu is the big shy baby boy and Takahide is the most cheerful and funny among them 😍

And im not even talking about our little shy boys Icchan and Makochan... They did an amazing job 😭

Our lovely Rampage Boys are amazing and they deserve all the love 😭❤

(The pics are not mine, i found them on the Google)

[toraawa]

Why Serena Can't Hate Yuri (and What May Happen in Duel Links) Part 1

This post is a mix of analysis and speculation, with specific focus on Serena's character and the similarities between her and Yuri due to their shared upbringing at Academia, as well as specific scenes in Duel Links that clue us in on what Serena's possible perspective on Yuri is.

It's a common idea in the fandom that Serena would hate Yuri and vice versa, but a closer look at her character reveals that there isn't much support for that idea at all. In short, it's OOC.

There's many reasons for it that I will outline below. But for one, if Serena hated Yuri, it would make her a massive hypocrite.

Before Serena betrayed Academia, she was willing to attack any and all people who used Xyz summoning. She had no qualms about hurting people as long as she got what she wanted and believed it was right. As we all know, her motivation was carding the Xyz remnants so Leo could recognize her abilities. This resulted in her carding Hokuto (and most likely other LDS students as well) and waving the card in a mocking gesture. Very Yuri-esque behavior.

There is also her duel with Dennis, which portrays how Serena's self-certainty and arrogance was so strong that she refuses to listen when Dennis says he is not an Xyz remnant. Even after she realizes he wasn't who she is looking for, she is dismissive of the fact that she could have hurt someone uninvolved with the conflict. This Serena would most likely brush it off as collateral damage if she did end up carding him.

(Interestingly enough, even though it's implied that Reiji brushed Hokuto's carding under the rug, Serena is never shown to reflect on the mistake even after meeting Shun. But that's for another day LOL.)

Serena, like Yuri, was generally arrogant and overconfident in her abilities, and saw herself as superior to all other duelists. Her desire to be recognized was a selfish one, even if it was so she could be useful to Academia's goals that she thought were honorable and just. That's how Academia's culture is—constantly proving that you're better than everyone else so you can climb the hierarchy. But a large part of Serena's character is introspection. She reflects on her past mistakes, and realizes the horrible things she did in the name of Academia—and her own pride/ego.

I believe that with the amount of self-reflection Serena does in Arc-V, it's only inevitable that Serena compare herself, or her past self, rather, with Yuri. All the reflection of everything she has done and what has happened to her probably makes Serena think that Yuri is the person she could've become had Leo given her what she wanted. A fate she escaped, in other words.

Of course, there is also Serena's horror at what Academia did to Xyz, which most likely still would have rocked her core even if she did achieve her dream of fighting on the front lines. She wanted to fight honorably, and is disgusted at her former peers for treating it like a "hunting game". This contrasts with Yuri, who is shown to not care at all about all the innocents carded in Xyz. But when it comes to hurting others for selfish gain, both Serena and Yuri have shown to be very capable of it, and to be bad people in general.

It's all about conditioning. Serena, a kind and compassionate person at heart, was able to be conditioned to feel superiority and arrogance and attack anyone to impress Leo, which she thought was wholly justified. Just about everyone in Academia is conditioned to be bad, though it's interesting how some are more susceptible than others (a poignant point in real life as well). What is it that makes some people more willing to engage in the "hunting game" and take glee in dominating others, like Sora, and some people horrified at the behavior of their peers, like Serena, Asuka, and the girl she tried to help escape? Is it being entrenched in that part of Academia's culture enough? A willingness to abandon one's humanity because they think there is nothing else for them? Or is it a desire to prove something?

Which then brings up the point of Yuri's own conditioning, and how it parallels Serena's.

I know a lot of people in the fandom think Yuri was completely bluffing here, and while I agree he was pretending to be swayed by Asuka's words, I do think his upset and grief was genuine. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't have shown flashbacks of his childhood. This scene is from Yuri's point of view, after all!

We know little of how Serena was as a small child, other than she was constantly frustrated with Leo's treatment of her and wanted to prove herself to him, but Yuri's childhood more clearly shows how Leo got through to him. Yuri didn't start out as a bad person at all—he actually seems good, as all the Yu-boys are without Zarc, but his conflict was that everyone hated/feared him for being too strong (It can safely be assumed that it was Starving Venom in particular, or Zarc's benign influence). He was confused that someone like Asuka could be simultaneously strong and well liked, and was envious of her. At this point, all Yuri wanted was to duel others and have fun defeating them... and hopefully make a friend out of it.

It's obvious, but Leo finding him in the midst of his isolation was the perfect way to manipulate him. Yuri immediately idolized Leo for reaching out to him, and thus accepted carding people with no second thought because of it. There were no questions asked; Yuri embraced it immediately, just like how Serena embraced carding her own opponents and fighting the other dimensions to create Leo's "utopia". Both Yuri and Serena only cared about pleasing Leo at first.

(Interestingly, in the English dub, Yuri screams that Leo ruined his life and he was too blind to realize it).

This devotion to Leo obviously falls apart for Yuri later, and I'll get to that. But there is something very striking about these lines in Duel Links that encapsulates Serena and Yuri's conditioning by Leo perfectly, and just how much pain and self-deprecation Serena's hindsight brings her personally:

Serena and Yuri never, ever, ask any questions.

Ever.

I mean, every time someone in Arc-V demands for Yuri to tell them why he's kidnapping the girls, he doesn't bother with thinking about it. As long as it's an order from the Professor, Yuri will obey without question. And Serena tells Yuzu that Leo's words are absolute in Academia; she believes in a utopia with united dimensions because it's Leo's idea. No questions asked.

They just don't bother with thinking.

Yet another similarity between Serena and Yuri's conditioning is that they do make way for their own pursuits outside of Leo's orders. Yuri does everything he does because Leo tells him to, but his more central goal is deriving pleasure and excitement from chasing the girls and carding whoever else. Serena goes so far as to directly disobey Leo, but it's only because she thinks he's making a mistake in not recognizing her ability—she harms her loyalty to become more loyal, in a sense. Though Serena wants to be helpful to Leo's goals, boosting her pride and sense of superiority is her more underlying central goal. It's the same with Sora and Dennis, too. They follow orders without question, but they were both more interested in other things: the hunting game for Sora, and entertainment for Dennis.

Academia's culture not only cultivates absolute, unquestioning loyalty to Leo, but also a huge ego fest in which everyone wants to be superior. They're never given the opportunity to do much else. Serena says so herself in Duel Links, when Yuzu is sad upon her saying that no one was waiting for her to come back.

In Japanese, Serena says it's because she was under house arrest in Academia since she was little. Either way, both versions convey that there is only so much you can do at Academia but fall in line with the paths they paint for you. This is doubly so for Yuri and Serena, who had special circumstances.

With all this in mind, it's clear that Serena understands very well how Academia conditioning works. How it can transform you into a bad person who only sees one way of life, and how Leo can make your worth revolve around him. Serena despises Academia and is hostile towards everyone affiliated with it, but that doesn't erase her understanding of these things. She's extremely familiar with how easy it is to embrace something bad with no questions asked, under the pretext of impressing Leo or believing it's good.

To allow herself to recognize the manipulation she was subject to and how it made her capable of terrible actions and not extend the same understanding to Yuri (or anyone else from Academia) would be very hypocritical. It would be a different set of rules for her and a different set of rules for others, in short, and I don't think Serena would stand by that. She believes strongly in fairness and integrity.

If Serena were to hate Yuri, who exhibits very similar behavior as she used to, she would have to hate herself too.

The limited paths Serena and Yuri have been subject to their whole lives paints yet another close parallel between them.

Serena learns the truth about Academia from Yuzu and Shun, and eagerly takes the path that leads towards the light. She's surrounded by people willing to give her a second chance and prove herself. Yuri knows nothing except how to win duels and please Leo, and when he stops caring about the latter, he only sees a path into the darkness. Everything Yuri does at this point is a means to an end. He's going to card everyone, keep satisfying himself, let himself be absorbed and resurrect Zarc, and die. This is all there is to him; there's nothing else anymore, because Yuri is incapable of having faith in any other possibility, or in any other version of himself. He doesn't understand them. It's how it's been for as long as he can remember; why would it change?

It's never explained why Yuri suddenly stopped caring about Leo (maybe because the Arc Area Project was pretty much complete and he saw no use for Yuri anymore), but I find it really interesting how surprised Leo is when Yuri says he doesn't care about making him happy anymore. It shows that Leo genuinely believed Yuri would always be wrapped around his finger. His manipulation over Yuri is much more severe than Serena.

Perhaps there was a chance for him to escape Academia like Serena did, and Yuri briefly considers it right before the flashback, but that's impossible when he sees nothing else but what's in front of him. With Zarc's influence in full strength, Yuri thinks carding and satisfying himself is all there is. That it's all he is. Ironically, Yuri's reducing himself to what exactly Leo made him: a carding machine. Except this time, it's on his terms (like that makes it any better, because it doesn't).

What is most ironic about the paths Serena and Yuri take is that Serena goes from bad to good—an arrogant, selfish soldier with no qualms about hurting uninvolved people in the crossfire to a more compassionate fighter for justice, while Yuri goes from good to bad—a child who only saw joy and fun in dueling to a heartless attack dog. Who Yuri used to be is highly reminiscent of Yuya, who only wants to entertain and connect with people through duels, and it is that very quality that Serena eventually learns to enjoy for herself. Basically, what Yuri lost is what Serena gains, and what Serena lost is what Yuri gains.

Either way, they were both majorly screwed up by Academia and Leo.

There's definitely more analysis that can be done regarding Serena and Yuri and Yuri's character as a whole (who is unfortunately seen as one-dimensional and any further insight is even shunned by some), but with that foundation established, let's focus more on Serena's possible perspective on Yuri.

I'm running out of picture space, so part 2 continues here.

[crazyasianlove]

HiGH&LOW THE WORST X (CROSS) (Sub. Esp)

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Título: HiGH&LOW THE WORST X (CROSS) País: Japón Género: acción, drama, escolar Duración: 119 min. Fecha de estreno: 9 de septiembre, 2022 Dirección: Hiranuma Norihisa Guion: Hiranuma Norihisa, Watanabe Kei, Masumoto Shoichiro SINOPSIS La historia gira en torno a la batalla entre dos institutos en el área de SWORD, el Instituto Oya y el Instituto Técnico Senomon. El líder del Instituto Técnico Senomon construye una "alianza de tres escuelas" con otras dos escuelas, el Instituto Kamasaka y el Instituto Comercial Ebara, y expande su poder para ir a por el cuello del Instituto Oya. De repente, atrapan y atacan a los chicos del Instituto Oya. ¿Podría Fujio protegerlos con su propio puño? La batalla para decidir la verdadera cima está a punto de comenzar. CAST Kawamura Kazuma como Hanaoka Fujio Yoshino Hokuto como Takajo Tsukasa Yuta como Suzaki Ryo Miyama Ryoki como Amagai Kohei Maeda Goki como Todoroki Yosuke Shiono Akihisa como Odajima Yuken Fukuyama Kohei como Ujihara Kisuke "Jamuo" Suzuki Takahide como Tsuji Ryu como Shibaman Sato Ryuji como Nishikawa Yasushi Uekiya Satoshi como Yokoyama Kihoshi Kamio Fuju como Nakagoshi Dai Nakajima Ken como Nakaoka Shohei Morisaki Win como Sakata Motoaki Fujiwara Itsuki como Himuro Reiji Oka Hiroaki como Iwatsugu Kazushi "Ganji" Hasegawa Makoto como Sameoka Shoji Zin como Kazami Jin "Fuujin" Naganuma Ikuya como Sabo Amahisa "Saboten" Higa Suzuki como Tsudanuma Aoi Yo como Sawamura Shoji Koyanagi Shin como Jinkawa Eimei Arai Atsushi como Shida Kenzo "Shidaken" Hori Natsuki como Tokuyama Monji Sakaguchi Ryotaro como Sabakan Daichi Mikami como Misaki Mario "Lao" Itagaki Mizuki como Miyauchi Kozo "Binzo" Tokito Yuki como Mashii Takehiko "Mercy" Yagi Yusei como Yamaguchi Magoroku Kimura Keito como Ito Kamui Takahashi Yuuri como Seta Kansuke Sakurai Yuki como Nishiya Asano Shunya como Komagata Shison Jun como Ueda Sachio

[asianpoplover143]

I don’t know if I will be like taking to myself in here or not (probably 🤡), but anyways…I tried on Twitter (https://x.com/taemlnti/status/1826883398834466925?s=46) and now I decided to try here.

I’m sorry if it will be a long way, but I promise it will be worth it!

Lets begin!

Questions here:

1) Would you all read a High&Low fic with the title "High&Low The Return (2024)"?

2) And if I put Bernie and Pearl (Alan from GENERATIONS character and SWAY from DOBERMAN INFINITY's characters) dating?

2.1) But not them as main characters tho, they would be just part of the fic.

3) What about the following characters dating:

a) Sameoka Shoji + Himuro Reiji

b) Hanaoka Fujio + Takajo Tsukasa

c) Shibaman + Tsuji

d) Diddy (Likiya's character) + Fujin (Zin's character)

e) Ken (Shogo's character) + Hikaru (Yamasho's character)

3.1) Just to remember who they are:

a) Makoto = Sameoka Shoji, 3rd year student and leader/main head (advisor) of Ebara High

b) Itsuki = Himuro Reiji, 3rd year student and leader main head of Kamasaka High

c) Kazuma = Hanaoka Fujio, 3rd year student and leader main head of Oya High

d) Hokuto = Takajo Tsukasa, 3rd year student and leader head of Oya High (I don't remember if he is the leader alongside Fujio or not 🤔)

e) Ryu = Shibaman, 3rd year student and member of Todoroki Faction

f) Takahide = Tsuji, 3rd year student and member of Todoroki Faction

🇯🇵(Tsuji and Shibaman are the only members of Todoroki Faction besides Todoroki himself obviously)

g) Likiya = Diddy, Member of Mighty Warriors and Ice's younger brother

h) Zin = Fujin, 3rd year student and leader/main head of Ebara High

i) Yamasho and Shogo = Hikaru and Ken, Sannoh Rengokai members and Chiharu's best friends

4) Because those the following couples will be (or at least mentioned) in my Ballistik Boyz fic

a) Makoto + Itsuki

b) Kazuma + Hokuto

c) Ryu + Takahide

d) Likiya + Zin

e) Yamasho + Shogo

4.1) The Rampage members that were also part of the High&Low movies and series were: Likiya, Zin, Hokuto, Kazuma, Itsuki, Makoto, Yamasho, Shogo, Ryu and Takahide.

5) If I add the characters that were played by the boys from FANTASTICS? So:Chiharu, Kamui Ito, Monji and Magoroku?

5.1) To remind everyone:

a) Taiki Sato = Sannoh Rengokai, Yamato's son/Younger brother (Chiharu)

b) Keito Kimura = Kamui Ito from Suzuran, 2nd year student, leader/head of Suzuran 2nd year students alongside Kansuke Seta (That's what I would say since Rao's faction is the strongest from the new generation even though Suzuran doesn't have a leader or anything)

c) Natsuki Hori = Monji from Housen, 2nd year student, leader/head of Housen's 2nd year students (and Sachio's heir according to Odajima)

d) Yusei = Magoroku from Suzuran, 3rd year student

5.2) Would you agree with this following "pairing"?

•Keito + Natsuki + Yuri Takahashi

6) Would you read even if it would be my second AO3 fic, however my first fic about High&Low universe?

7) Would you be patient about it?

8) Would you be willing to forgive me if apologize in advance if I make any mistake?

•So basically I would say that my idea is pretty much: "pretend" that I am Mr.Exile and make another High&Low with now all of the cast from the first one until High&Low the worst X being part of it. However, I want a new cast as well (in this case for now: Ryusei from Ballistik Boyz, Ryushin from Psychic Fever, the Twins Masa from Ballistik Boyz and Weesa from Psychic Fever, Ryuji from J Soul Brothers, both Ghee and Hiroto from Wolf Howl Harmony...); All I know for now is that, I want that the 2Ryu (Ryusei and Ryushin) duo and the Twins Masa and Weesa, well I want to put them together in one of the schools of the 3 school alliance, but like 2Ryu in one school and the Twins in the other. But neither of them will be part of Senomon High, also the 4 of them will be 2nd year students, and best friends with the 2nd year students from the other high schools including Oya High, Suzuran, Housen, etc.

⭐️I don't remember if I said that already or not but I also want the 4 of them to be leaders/heads of the 2nd year students from the school that their characters study alongside their dynamic duo let's say, for example Masa and his twin Weesa will be the heads/leaders of the 2nd year students from whatever school their characters will attend, does that make sense? And same with Ryusei and Ryushin.

💎And everyone that will be back and etc will be friends and getting along, including the Kuryu Group members + Mighty Warriors. And something funny is that Ranmaru will be Senomon's principal, and Kidra will be working for Chanson Group that is the true enemy.

👑So here is the thing in my AO3 fic, when ØMI asked Ryusei which school he wanted to attend he answered Ebara High. Then ØMI asked the same question to Masa and he said "Probably Kama High I guess..., maybe just to be part of the same one as Itsuki-San I guess". But I made a poll asking which school would be matching with them both it was a tie so I had to do the poll again to de decide and see.

%>Side Note: Kama High (at least in my point of view) is the most psycho school among the 3 of the 3 school alliance.

🍷I was thinking that Ryuji's character could be like Koo is to Rocky (White Rascals), but Ryuji's bios could be the singer HYDE and their gang could be called Black Rascals. So neither of Ryusei's, Ryushin's, Masa's, Weesa's, Ryuji's, HYDE's, etc's characters don't have any names yet; And the Black Rascals would help the White Rascals and HYDE's character is Rocky's friend since they were in kindergarten.

🐺About WOLF HOWL HARMONY boys: Their characters won't have names either however Ghee's character will start with the letter "K" for sure, but Hiroto's character I don't know yet which name I will put. Anyways, they will be also 2nd year students as well, attending Senomon High and and both will be heads/leaders of both 2nd and 1st year students. Plus, Ghee will play Ryoki's younger brother, and Ghee will also 'be the head' of the 3rd year students alongside his older brother which is Ryoki's character.

⚔️And not just that, also: both Ghee and Ryusei "will have some lines in Portuguese with one another"; Ghee's character will be part of the Mighry Warriors and also head of Amagai Family/Kuryu Group with Ryu, that is Taichi's character.

🤔Would the following couples be accepted?

a) Masa + Ryusei (High&Low universe fic)

b) Weesa + Ryushin ("")

c) Ghee + Hiroto ("")

d) Elly + ØMI (not High&Low fic because I already shipp Ice with Ryu which is Taichi's character and Hiroto with Smoky, and even though he is no longer with us, Hiroto is "widow". So Elly and ØMI would be a couple off the High&Low fic, more like in the Masa + Ryusei fic)

🧡So long story short: basically a continuation story of the High&Low universe, I got the idea from my fic I wrote about Ryusei and Masa.

9) Is it okay if I put "Normal"they are speaking Japanese, for "Italics" it's Portuguese, and other (probably "Bold") it's them speaking English.

9.1) If I put some words in other language (not English), I will put the translation in parentheses, or in parentheses in Bold if you all prefer.

9.2) The fic will be in English, but let's pretend that they are speaking those languages 🙈.

9.3) Hope you like the idea and if not that's is okay, all comments are welcome and appreciated.

9.4) If anyone is up for the idea I will write just one chapter and see how it goes, and I also hope to make this idea with more than 1 chapter, but that will be only possible if this has at least 1 Kudo and 1 comment (positive or not), and that is due the fact that it motivates me to continue. I don't know what else to say for now so...

9.5) If you made it through here, well you are a legend and a true warrior. (I always wanted to say that by the way).

9.6) But to be honest now, I'm glad you made through this yay 🫶! If you are reading this it means I'm not as much as a failure as I thought that I would be, so that's a good thing a guess, and it means that I did at least one thing right in my entire life.

9.7) Anyways...I forgot to say that I have ADHD so it is normal that I probably make a grammar/names/etc mistakes and won't even notice, and if I do it will be already too late 🤡, but I will correct as soon as I notice, even if it's already done, so for that I also apologize in advance.

9.8) I will probably write "bow greeting" a few times (a lot maybe 🤔 {hopefully if I remember})

10) So I will obviously include the following J Soul Brothers members:

a) Naoto = Jesse, Prison Gang leader and also Mighty Warriors member

b) Elly = Ice, Mighty Warriors leader

c) Hiroomi (ØMI) = Amamiya Hiroto

d) Takahiro =  Amamiya Masaki 

e) Kenjiro = Dan, Sannoh Rengokai member 

f) Takanori (Gun) = Hino Junpei (Cobra), Sannoh Rengokai's leader 

g) Naoki = Genji, Kuryu Group

10.1) I already talked about Ryuji so...

10.2) Sometimes it might take some time to update (if there is actually any) but I sometimes I can get busy and not gonna lie, can even forget about it. But I will definitely try to give a warning if I remember. Like I probably mentioned before (or not I can’t even remember 🤡) I have Dory The Fish memory.

10.3) Please leave your comments below and let me know what you think the ideia. (Even if you hated or disliked, or even disagreed with something, pretty please be honest about it and let me know).

10.4) Or even if there is a Shipp that you like and would like to see in the future or a Shipp that you don't like and won't like to see at all. Whatever it is. (Even if it's on the fic abut Ryusei and Masa).

10.5) Since I have Dory The Fish memory I can't remember if I've already said that or not but: If you made it through here, well you are a legend and a true warrior. (I always wanted to say that by the way).

10.6) This picture made me had the idea of putting Reiji (Ituki's character) as Cobra's (Gun's) younger brother. Should I do it? Or not?

11) Do you want me to create polls for all of those questions? In The following posts? (In this case separate posts probably right?)

Option 1: Yes

Option 2: No

Option 3: Maybe

Option 4: I don't know

👑This is the link to the poll on Twitter: https://x.com/taemlnti/status/1827026671544795147?s=46 that is related to this tweet: https://x.com/taemlnti/status/1826883439527702616?s=46

🖤In case no one remembers or knows about the Ryusei + Mass fic is this one right here: https://x.com/taemlnti/status/1825917462837170514?s=46

The end! At least for now 🤔!

[olivieraa]

Ok, when it comes to VA's, I cant help but make these posts, esp when they're YGO connected, and esp if a Joey is involved.

So I'm rewatching Starmyu, cause I never got to season 3, and I already talked about this in past liveblogs, but Starmyu is not only just full of YGO characters, but its full of like main-main's.

These shots to me feel like the OG's have come back to teach the youngins.

BUT I dont think I knew when I first made this post was that, standing right fucking next to Joey... is Tristan

If the guy on the left had been Yugi or Ryou, it would've been amazing. It would have felt like one big ole reunion.

But anyway, the pic I have labelled with the green writing is mainly Arc V and some Zexal, but GX's literal protag Jaden is in this too, he's just on a different team (he's v pretty)

Other YGO's would be... Durbe, also from Zexal. Uh some other Arc V guy, Yaiba I think his name is (who if he was connected to anyone the most it would be the main character in this anime labelled in the pic with green writing as Hokuto)

That's all that comes to mind right now, so in total:

S!0 YGO = Joey and Tristan

GX = Jaden, the main character

Zexal = IV and Orbital, and others

Arc V = Yuya, the main character. Reiji, the main rival, and others

The VA for Yuya is not stranger to being close to former YGO protags or mains, like in this anime, this is Yuya and Jaden

and then in Owari, this is Yuya and Astral

Honestly, he's YGO's biggest gay ho

[magpiejay1234]

https://yugioh-arcv.fandom.com/wiki/Y%C5%ABya_Sakaki#Duels

I haven’t watched rest of Season 1 yet, but the Duel structure seems to be like this:

First group is the introduction duels, from opening duel with Gongenzaka to Sora.

Second group is the LDS duels, which everybody except Sora participate in.

Third group is the 4 pre-Maiami Championship duels.

Fourth group is the 1-on-1 duels in Maiami Championship.

Fifth and final group is the Battle Royale.

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*First duels introduce us to the world and characters, and explain the mechanics of Pendulum (and Fusion, in case of Sora).

*Second duels introduce us to the ultimate Summoning methods of the main trio (Fusion for Yuzu, Synchro for Gongenzaka, Xyz for Yuya), and Reiji as the false antagonist of the Season.

*Third duels is technically the meat of the Season 1 of the show resides, episode-wise.

*Fourth duels largely set up the events for the later Seasons.

*Fifth duels are the climax of the Season.

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*So, let’s dig a bit deeper here:

**We have Sawatari, and Sora as the main events for the first batch. Sawatari’s first duel sets him up as Yuya’s secondary rival (in terms of strength, though arguably not in terms of relevance), and Sora’s first duel sets up his character arc, going from part of the main cast, to main antagonist of the first season, to back to being part of the main cast at a lower capacity.

**For the second duels, we have set up for Yuya’s character, but not much for else. Hokuto only serves as a set-up for Yuya’s conversion to Xyz Summoning, and Reiji initially serves as the false antagonist of the first half of Season 1, then as the non-recurring rival for Yuya, then as the Morally Ambigious Big Good of the series, then back to being his rival for his de-facto Ceremonial Duel (since the de jure Ceremonial Duel against Yusho is not shown).

**This basically leaves us with the third group. There is something interesting going on with them. Michio, and Gongenzaka are both supposed to be around Yuya’s level, whereas Eita, and Mieru, being younger than Yuya, are supposed to be slightly above his level, but with less experience, and training.

Immediately in this batch, you can see Mieru standing out, not only because she is the only female of the group, but she is the only one with a unique Summoning method (Ritual), as well as a unique Monster Card Ability (Flip monsters). It is also the first one where he has to have a new variation of Odd-Eyes besides the Ishijima duel. In contrast to that, Gongenzaka duel is really more about showcasing his growth, rather than Yuya’s, even if it also features a new Odd-Eyes variant.

I guess the idea was that each of these duelists bring about something different out of Yuya, Michio duel requires him to exploit his weakness, which is what Sora would do, Eita duel requires him to exploit his opponent’s strength, which is what Gongenzaka would do, and Mieru duel very explicitly requires Fusion, which is what Yuzu is trying to learn. But that is somewhat speculative.

*Fourth group duels are a bit strange, since the second Sawatari duel sets him up as a recurring character (a la Manjoume), whereas the Isao duel showcases Yuya becoming Zarcified, and sets up the second Duel in Battle Royale against the Bandit School kids.

*Fifth group also don’t mean much, since the second Bandit School duel is essentially a continuation of Isao Duel, duel against Obelisk Force is essentially one big kerfuffle, and duel against Sora is there because you need the protagonist to Duel against the antagonist of the season (which DOESN’T happen in S2, where the rival takes out the Season’s bad guy, and S3, where the protagonist becomes the main bad guy).

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I will probably go over Season 2 duels when I get there, but yeah, Season 1 is the most coherent season of ARC-V, and even there are structural issues.

The show is quite wishy washy about how to handle the rest of the cast (which shuffles each season, much like in GX), but it does technically do a better job than previous series, and VRAINS, which is a pretty high accomplishment for a Shonen Jump shonen series, but pretty low for any other shonen show (SEVENS and GO RUSH!! remain uncomparable for me since I didn’t watch those, and GO RUSH!! is not completed yet, but on paper, they both obviously do a better job than ARC-V, SEVENS has two main female characters, and GO RUSH!!’s main female character is tritagonist of the show).

Yuya’s duels, as seen on the wiki page, dimish rapidly until the epilogue as the series goes on, and more characters are introduced, which is quite against the general trend of Yu-Gi-Oh!, but it feels it is executed here pretty poorly, since while the end point of the show is very clearly constructed at the beginning (Yuya becomes Zarc), the road to get there is not well thought, so the respective screentime for each character is quite confusing, and there are tons of dropped plotlines, and story pacing stuff to get to the end point.

In contrast, I found DM’s canonical plotlines had a very simple progression, with Jonouchi, Yugi, and Kaiba getting roughly just amount of Duels for their respective relevance/power level (which is increased in the animé adaptation since the off-panel Duels are expanded to full-to-almost full length). 5D’s is kinda okay since Yusei’s Dueling time is artifically expanded with the structure of WRGP (final guy of the opposing team must go against Yusei, basically), VRAINS is decent-ish for the core trio, not so good for the rest, and GX tries for its time (at least in the first two seasons, back when they actually had female writers) and fails spectactularly on its face (and ZEXAL doesn’t even bother with it, which is fine. No effort means no expectation.). But as dilfosaur puts it, ARC-V actually spends time, unevenly as it is, to develop its cast, only to immediately hand-wave them away, and say core conflict was always between Zarc-Ray(and Leo to certain extent).

I kind of wish they took more inspiration from Pokémon animé, and Digimon Tamers, not less.

[wanou-dorm]

Tag Game : Dragons

using this Website here- https://www1.flightrising.com/scrying/predict

make your Oc as a Dragon

here’s some of mine

Hoshi

Shu

Reiji

Marcus

Sai

Amais

I tag @twstinginthewind @twst-the-night-away @happilyasimp2

[sakuramidnight15]

👥 RSA Touhou Trio with whoever you want

Reiji Hokuto

Sai Hebiyama

Marcus Akihoshi

Okie Dokie!

Sai: How are this smart sir!?

Westyn: I have my calculations...

Reiji: Ugh... Can't these bastards give me a break?

Souta: Less talks, more to check the clock. Let's move.

Marcus: Such a voice you have, though I feel like I hear that sad song of yours before...

Sonia: W-Would you please focus on this before that!?

[arkadiaasks]

By LDS Trio, do you mean the students that participated in the 3v3 duel against You Show for purchasing rights? What was the issue with them? Masumi alone had strong chemistry with Yuzu and was shown to be a very competent and interesting character, while Yaiba had a master/student relationship with Noboru that could have easily been explored further. If they wanted to, they could have extended the train of the You Show duelists learning from the LDS ones by having Hokuto teach Yuya about Xyz Summoning, a Summoning Method that is infamously enabled by Pendulum Summoning, meaning that it would have made perfect sense in story.

Kamishiro basically had them hypno beam rayed so that Masumi no longer had a plotline.

My issue is they had become fan favorites, and the head writer seemed to loathe them for being characters insisted on by corporate (because they were included to help advertise reprints of Gem-Knight, X-Saber and Constellar in Japan in the Japan exclusive Raging Masters booster pack).

Basically, I hate that their potential got cut off, when they could of easily been early recruits to the Lancers, and Reiji's three most trusted lieutenants.

[moonbisexualsharktamerr]

I’ve figured out my kins

SO FAR IN MY REWATXH IVE FIGURED OUT THAT I KIN:

Yuzu

Masumi

Hokuto

Yaiba

Reiji

just those 5 so far

MASUMI?AND YUZU? double the dyke!! these r so many so far gawddamn. also reiji? the twink? yaiba is based and hokuto is like some sort of creechur to me

[kinhikari]

Yuugiou ARC-V Character Tier List (K-san's picks)

S - Shun Kurosaki, Yuto

A - Jack Atlas, Serena, Sora Shiunin

B - Reiji Akaba, Tsukikage, Masumi Kotsu, Kaito Tenjo, Yuzu Hiiragi, Noboru Gongenzaka, Shuzo Hiiragi, Crow Hogan

C - Yugo, Dennis Macfield, Sayaka Sasayama, Allen Kozuki, Asuka Tenjoin, Edo Phoenix, Ayu Ayukawa, Hikage, Barrett, Yuya Sakaki, Grace Tyler, Gloria Tyler, Halil, Olga, Isao Kachidoki, Yaiba Todo, Reira Akaba, Ruri Kurosaki, Rin, Yoko Sakaki, Nico Smiley, Ray Akaba, Michio Mokota, Tatsuya Yamashiro, Yusho Sakaki, Shingo Sawatari, Mieru Hochun, Chojiro Tokamatsu, Hokuto Shijima, Yuri

F - Obelisk Force, Gen Ankokuji, Teppei Tairyobata, Sergey Volkov, Furio Sawatari, Captain Solo, Administrative Council, Damon Lopez, The Doktor, Eita Kyuando, Futoshi Harada, Gallagher, Himika Akaba, Jean-Michel Roget, Leo Akaba, Professor Marco, Battle Beast, Melissa Claire, Sanders, Shinji Weber, Zarc

Not ranking - original Lancers, Amanda, Emma, Ethan, Bernie, Jacob, Ted, Yeager, Juvenile Officers, Apollo, Diana, Nakajima, Arrest Corps, Mr. Gongenzaka, Tenpei Hayano, Frank, Tio, Mukuro Enjo, Ken Umesugi, Makoto Takeda, Yuzo Tanegashima, Mikiyo Naname, Mamoru Noro, Security, Sam, Strong Ishijima, Tanner, Tony Simmons

[asianpoplover143]

Poll 3 (Question 3)

If there is any shipp in here that you don’t want to see, please put in the comments section.

3.1) Just to remember who they are:

a) Makoto = Sameoka Shoji, 3rd year student and leader/main head (advisor) of Ebara High

b) Itsuki = Himuro Reiji, 3rd year student and leader main head of Kamasaka High

c) Kazuma = Hanaoka Fujio, 3rd year student and leader main head of Oya High

d) Hokuto = Takajo Tsukasa, 3rd year student and leader head of Oya High (I don’t remember if he is the leader alongside Fujio or not 🤔)

e) Ryu = Shibaman, 3rd year student and member of Todoroki Faction

f) Takahide = Tsuji, 3rd year student and member of Todoroki Faction

🇯🇵(Tsuji and Shibaman are the only members of Todoroki Faction besides Todoroki himself obviously)

g) Likiya = Diddy, Member of Mighty Warriors and Ice’s younger brother

h) Zin = Fujin, 3rd year student and leader/main head of Ebara High

i) Yamasho and Shogo = Hikaru and Ken, Sannoh Rengokai members and Chiharu’s best friends

4) Because those the following couples will be (or at least mentioned) in my Ballistik Boyz fic

a) Makoto + Itsuki

b) Kazuma + Hokuto

c) Ryu + Takahide

d) Likiya + Zin

e) Yamasho + Shogo

4.1) The Rampage members that were also part of the High&Low movies and series were: Likiya, Zin, Hokuto, Kazuma, Itsuki, Makoto, Yamasho, Shogo, Ryu and Takahide.

[elemental-daddy-neos]

Enjoy a freshly baked meme

Now with part 2 available