#SHIROU MY GOAT

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Happy Shirou Day 2024 folks!!

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tis the season

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Random opinion #7 :

I can explain.

Ngl, the match ended up being .... bizarre. Actually, i am living for how weird it ended up to be !

Ares itself is a season who is, more or less, a copycat of season 1 but with other protagonists (thanks god, the new kid aren't ersatz of Endou, Gouenji and Kidou, and it is more an aftertaste than a fact). It was a normal Football Frontier.

Spoiler alert : the new main team, Inakuni Raimon, wins the tournament, what a shocking plotwist...

My point is that Ares is predictable and not very original, and some of the most interesting ideas have been mishandled. It is the most normal IE can get. (Wtf, IE being "normal", the same IE where you sakka with dinosaurs against aliens and communists to save the Earth by time-travelling ?)

And then, comes the match against Hakuren.

Where to even begin ?

Both teams have similar situations : they are both participating for the first time, and very surprisigly got far (very powerful opponents from last year were also here), both are from the country, both are supposedly underdogs, both have a " unsufferable ace striker" and "sponsor" problem, both uses weird tactics, and in the 2 cases, only 1/3 of the team pull their weight. I can go on, but it will be long.

The development during the match : this match has its moments, its "plotwists". It begins with Hakuren having the upper hand, Atsuya dominating Inakuni physically and psychologically (he insults your dad). Then, Asuto makes Inakuni to gather their shit together in the 2nd half, but it actually makes Shirou and Atsuya playing even more serious. Someoka (hey he's here!) makes Nae the new recruit come on the field. Turns out she sucks at sakka. But also is supersonic. And she befriends with Norika the Inakuni goalie because why not. The hakuren coach makes his team to do weird tactics to accomodate Nae, communicating with weird hand sign with the public and the team, and it works, Inakuni is confused. Hattori, a Inakuni defender, is a ninja wannabe so he can understand weird hand sign, and makes Inakuni have the upper hand for once. But, after a father-daughter drama (Nae is the coach's daughter, who is also the sponsor), they stop using hand sign but the Hakuren tactic still works, so Hattori is confused but there is little time left. Shirou, Atsuya and Nae goes to execute Triple Blizzard but it is countered by Counter Drive, by Asuto and Kozomarou (it comes from nowhere), and they goal and win. This is so wtf, i love it. Literally what is going on in this match lmao

The element of surprise : refer to the previous point (and i haven't told everything). This match is the absolute chaos no one saw coming. Everything was unexpected. Even the fraud Counter Drive that comes from nowhere is actually brilliant : Hakuren dominated this match because their main assets were unpredicable (and powerful), but it backfired at them. I used to hate it, but now i know it is chief's kiss.

The team co-op : the actual theme of the episodes. When you think in outer code 1, it was established Hakuren had co-op problems because of Atsuya, and then the match comes and it's perfect, makes me think that we, the audience, has been gaslighted to think they was a problem lol. And let's enjoy the coordination between Shirou and Atsuya + at the end of the match, with all hakuren

Shirou and Atsuya, my babies, my blorbos, my fave. If they are in the episode, you know it will be a good time. It was more focused on Atsuya than Shirou, but i don't hate it since he was goated in this match.

I actually like Nae, their new recruit. Yes, she can be annoying but idk, she's funny. I like the sibling relationship she has with Atsuya and the friendship with Norika. Not the most meaningful things Ares had to offer, but it was nice ! :)

The fact that, upon witnessing this match, Haizaki "has seen the light" where he was at this worst. Like, his team is disqualified, he got beat up by thugs without reason, but then he sees Asuto playing in this match, and suddenly things seems to improve. Truly a Haizaki x Asuto moment. Asuto is Jesus to Haizaki lmao

The Atsuya meme : look at this beauty (unfortunatly, this is also here areorion goes downhill visually but fucking worth it)

Conclusion :

[ocmakerofcanada]

Okay, so getting back into BNA, I found out that there was this goat kid named Naki and was a friend of Shirou before his demise. Maybe my OC could be a reincarnation of Naki and would have some sort of power tied between each other like when Shirou had became the silver wolf when combining his blood with all of the dying beastmen around him.

Still trying to work on my BNA OC

My drawing/sketch

Original screenshot

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I will never get over the fact that THIS GUY

Has the same VA as THIS GUY

anyways i can't tell the difference between the two anymore thanks for looking at my bs.

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Welcome to Paris Fur-ance Ch 16: Ferocious Felines, Falling Facades, and Fickle Fate

Juleka gets to show off her new powers and costume, and the fight continues to rage.

This is so awesome! Juleka thought to herself as she ran across the rooftops, easily keeping up with Ladybug as she swung by. The sun glinted off the shine of her new biker outfit, the jacket, and pants each bearing several purple stripes that looked torn into the fabric. Around her waist was a black and violet chain that trailed off behind her. Her face was obscured by a helmet that even hid her hair. It had a pair of cat ears sticking out of the top, with a violet interior. She’d taken a moment to look at her reflection in the Seine before they’d headed off. She imagined that the display on the outside of her visor was making the digital cat eyes there turn into a pair of arrows pointing up right then.

In her mind, she wondered if the miraculous gave everyone outfits based on their personalities. It also gave her a pair of tonfas, which she was pretty sure she had no idea how to use. Still, something about holding them felt... right. Like they were tailor-made just for her.

Is this how Luka felt? I can’t believe he got to do this! She frowned a bit as a small thought wormed its way into her head. Her brother would probably still do this if it weren’t for Chloé outing the previous hero team’s identities.

Kinda made her want to smack her really hard, just for karma’s sake.

She felt a small twinge at the back of her mind and shook her head. No, I promised no selfishness with the powers. What would Ladybug say if she saw you take out your frustration on a civilian? Of course... said civilian was technically a criminal under house arrest. Juleka knew her mother would have approved, but that’s because of her more anarchistic personality.

Yeah, Ladybug would definitely say no to that plan. Letting her mind go back to an earlier thought, she landed next to Ladybug. More importantly, why did he pick spandex?... is there something I’m not knowing about him that I should be concerned about?

Juleka’s attention was brought back to the present when Ladybug walked a little ways ahead of her and knelt down. That was when the smell of burning metal reached her, and Juleka gagged. “What is-?”

“This is bad.” Ladybug looked over the edge of the roof and grimaced.

Looking around the superheroine, Juleka felt her jaw drop at the black dome engulfing a portion of the road. The surface writhed in place, and people who had gotten curious were starting to try and get closer. They quickly began to back away again when some jaws snapped at them from the mass. “What is that?”

“The sentimonster that got made to help Shadow Moth’s latest Akuma. A kind of shadow monster that can shift forms at will.” Ladybug looked over at one of the buildings next to the dome and tsked under her breath. “The hostages aren’t here... I hope Chat was able to get them free when this happened.”

“Where is Chat Noir anyway?” Juleka asked curiously. The dome flexed for a moment as if something inside had slammed into the barrier before getting pulled back. However, what was cooler was that Juleka could see an outline of Chat in green through her helmet. She focused a bit more, and five more silhouettes showed up, each a different color. So cool.

“We’re going to need to use your power, but that’s going to put you on a time limit.” Ladybug frowned in thought. Juleka nodded, but before she could use her power, Ladybug put a hand on her shoulder. “You’ll need to be careful when you get in there. This Akuma has already shown that he’s more than willing to kill people. Even with Chat’s help, you will be in danger.”

“Don’t worry, Ladybug.” Juleka grabbed the tonfas that were resting at her hips and gave them a quick twirl. “This tigress can handle herself.” She paused as she got ready to jump before smiling. “Tigress... I think I’ll stick with that.” She jumped off of the roof and did a flip before diving straight at the shadow of the building they were on. “Shadow Step!” Each stripe on her outfit flashed violet before she slipped into the shadow as if diving into a pool.

Ladybug only looked worried as she stood on the roof, unable to do much to help the two heroes. She glanced down at the edge of the dome and felt a chill run up her spine as she noticed a particular wolf’s severed arm resting there in a pool of blood.

She’d never felt more useless in her life. Be safe, Chat, Tigress.

As she watched, waiting for Chat and Tigress to finish the fight inside the dome, something on the ground caught her eye. She squinted for a moment, trying to figure out what it was. The moment she realized it was the shadow of someone on the other side of the roof from her. She ducked behind an air vent just as a syringe embedded itself into the ground where she’d previously been.

Readying her yo-yo, Ladybug stepped back out and looked to see who it was, expecting the Akuma she’d been unable to catch.

Instead, she saw a woman in a skin-tight suit, designed more like a serpent than a goat. “It seems your luck truly is your most beneficial ability.” She droned as if inconvenienced more than anything else. “Shame I couldn’t further the experiment and remove an obstacle at the same time.”

This... shouldn’t have been possible. The Akuma was currently fighting Chat and Tigress, so how is there another Akuma active? Unless...they’re not an Akuma? Ladybug narrowed her eyes and scowled. “Who are you?”

“I apologize, but that is none of your concern.” The villain loaded another syringe into her weapon and armed it. “What should concern you is your ability to avoid my aim.”

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Shirou growled as he could only watch Chat fend for himself against the Akuma. These were meant to be shadows, yet somehow they kept him from unleashing Ginrou and ending the fight.

Worse, his missing arm was still losing blood, and he was starting to feel light-headed. If I could get to my arm, I could stop the bleeding.

“Michiru.” He spoke softly to keep the Akuma’s attention away from them as he looked over at her. When she glanced over, he let out a small breath through his nose. “Can you move at all?” Michiru hung her head and slowly shook it. Sighing to himself, Shirou turned back to the fighting. “Then we’ll have to put our faith in the local heroes.” He glanced in the other direction, seeing Chloé looking down despondently.

He couldn’t help but feel somewhat bad for the girl. In only one day, her entire world shattered and now she was at risk of death a second time. She looked as if she’d given up entirely and was just waiting for one of those strikes to head her way.

Then a helmet poked through the shadows between them.

Shirou growled a bit, but the person quickly held up a finger in a gesture of silence. They took a moment to reach out of the shadows and tapped Chloé on the shoulder, making her look up and jump as much as she could in fear.

“Ladybug m'a envoyé” She whispered before grabbing onto Chloé’s arm and pulling her into the shadows.

Shirou watched as she moved over to where Nazuna and pulled her back next, then Michiru vanished into the shade with a surprised squawk. Soon he felt her hands grabbing onto his sides and pulling him back. For a minute, he felt like he was submerged underwater, until he was suddenly brought into the light.

Kneeling on the ground, he took hold of where she’d brought them and saw they were in a building far down the road from where the dome was. ‘Well, that takes care of us.’ He winced and grabbed the stump of his arm and growled. Now... I just need to get my arm back.

Shirou looked over to Michiru, where she was looking over Chloé in a worried manner. “Michiru.” Said girl perked up as she turned to look at him. “Do you think you can get my arm?”

“On it.” As Michiru started to leave, she paused and glanced back to Chloé. The worry on her face was palpable. Even if she couldn’t understand the language, Michiru could still relate to the girl.

It was something Shirou found endearing about her. “Don’t worry about her. Nazuna and I will take care of it.” Michiru gave him another nod and bolted out of the building. Shirou took that moment to slump against the wall and groan. He peeked over to Chloé again and saw Nazuna was already sitting next to her and offering her company wordlessly.

The lightheadedness was starting to get worse and he grimaced. Good luck, heroes.

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This isn’t good.

Chat slid back for a moment after blocking another sword strike, before having to jump forward and dodge the snapping jaws of Wolf Hunter’s shadows. He twisted mid-air and brought his staff down on the Akuma, only to get blocked himself. As he landed, he spun around and swung the staff upward, catching Wolf Hunter off guard and landing a strike in his ribs.

Wolf Hunter growled and swung his sword, sending a beam towards Chat, that he dodged with a roll. “I can keep doing this forever, Cat!”

Grimacing, Chat swung upward and made Wolf Hunter lean back to avoid a hit to the chin before spinning his staff and going for a side strike. When the strike was blocked and a second beam was sent his way, He rolled again and cursed silently.

He’s right. I can’t break that sword unless I get close enough to Cataclysm it. Dodging another beam, he winced as it came too close for comfort, nearly clipping off his toes. And I can’t get close if he keeps sending those beams at me. Catching his breath for a moment, Chat looked at the beastmen who were stuck in the blackened wall behind Wolf Hunter. I can’t even change what side I’m fighting him from without risking him hitting the hostages.

“What’s the matter, cat? Having trouble?” Wolf Hunter cackled and raised his blade overhead, drawing in power and making it glow bright. “Then let me help you take a dirt nap!” Before he could bring the sword down, a pair of clawed hands reached up from his shadows and pulled his feet out from under him.

Chat was momentarily stunned before seeing the same hands reach from the darkness and pull the beastmen out of the arena one by one. Wolf Hunter also noticed, and his eyes went wide. “What!?”

“Hey, I might be new to this,” the two looked over where a girl in a biker jacket and helmet as she walked out of the shadow walls.  Twirling a tonfa in one hand and the end of a chain-belt in the other, she strut forward with a confidence Chat normally saw on the catwalk. Letting the chain fall and grabbing a second tonfa from her waist, all of that power moved into a combat stance. “I’m pretty sure you’re fighting dirty.”

“And two on one isn’t?” Wolf Hunter snarled before sending his shadow beasts at her. She didn’t even move, standing with her tonfas ready as the Amok bull rushed her. Her helmet’s visor displayed an unamused set of cat eyes as the shadows just washed over her harmlessly. The beast looked surprised as it turned around and stared between her and Wolf Hunter before shrugging.

Chat could practically feel the smug smirk that accompanied the raised eyebrow her helmet displayed next. “Just returning the favor.” She looked over at Chat and nodded. “Don’t worry about the hostages. All of them are currently out of this guy’s reach.”

“How Claw-ver of you.” Chat smirked as he twirled his staff behind him and crouched. “Are you feline up to a fight?”

The eyes on her helmet narrowed dangerously as she cracked her neck. “After seeing the state that one guy was in, I’m more than ready.”

Without any further hesitation or banter, the two charged.

Wolf Hunter ducked under one of Chat’s swings, only to find a tonfa slamming into his face instead. He pulled his sword to slice at her, only to have the heroine slip down into the shadows below and miss entirely. Chat’s staff came for another strike, and Wolf Hunter blocked it, only to get a kick to his stomach and tumble back.

He growled as he rolled back to his feet and pulled his sword back, only to feel it get caught in something. Looking over, he saw the heroine sticking out of the shadows and using her tonfas to keep him from swinging. Letting go of the blade for a moment, he punched her in the gut. The heroine doubled over for a moment, and Wolf Hunter brought his sword up to cleave into her. As he brought it back down, Chat slipped between the two.

And caught the blade in his right hand.

The metal slashed into Chat’s hand, splitting it down the middle and making him bite back a cry of pain. Wolf Hunter laughed and was about to boast when Chat chuckled himself and looked up with a smirk. “Hey, guess which hand turns things to dust.” Just as Wolf Hunter realized he’d made an error, Chat brought his fingers to the blade in his hand. “Cataclysm.”

The sword in Wolf Hunter’s hand looked as if it had vaporized in an instant, and a purple butterfly started to drift away. Wolf Hunter’s form melted back to his normal self, and Angelos Raptis stood there with a look of annoyance and worry. “Oh whoopie, you took my powers.” Angelos sneered until the panja bracelet on the heroine and Chat’s ring both beeped, one with far more frequency than the other. “One of you is injured, and the other’s a greenhorn. All I need to do is wait-”

He didn’t get to finish his sentence as a tonfa slammed into the side of his head, and he fell to the ground, unconscious. “Man, he was getting annoying.”

Chat chuckled, even as it turned into a wince as he gripped his hand. “Aw, come on now. I wanted to hear his monologue.”

Her helmet displayed an eye-roll before she looked around and hummed. “So, why are the shadows still bending?”

“We still need to find his Amok.” Chat knelt down and started to pat him over, only to wince when he let go of his injured hand.

“I got it.” The heroine sank down into the shadows and stopped when she reached her waist. “Alright... let’s see... not there... wow, this guy has a lot of pockets... Ah!” She came back up from the ground and stuck only her hand in before pulling it back and grinning at what looked like a bobby pin turned home-made lockpick. It wouldn’t have stood out if it weren’t for the inky pulsing aura covering it.

She also may have cheated with her helmet. Being able to find things with their shadows was really cool and nobody could tell her otherwise.

Chat looked up and saw the Akuma fluttering around in the dome, unable to leave. “Yeah, but let’s hope Ladybug’s ready to catch both of them the moment we let this down.” He held the pin between his fingers and looked over at his temporary partner for the fight. “Say, what’s your name?”

“Tigress.” She gave him a small salute with her tonfa before putting both onto her hips. “Go ahead and do your thing. I’m going to let Ladybug know to be ready.” Her panja bracelet beeped louder, and Tigress glanced down at it. “And.... maybe find a nice shadowy spot to sit tight.”

Chat stood for a minute, just thinking as he held the pin in his good hand. Maybe his lady being tired was more believable than he’d thought before. If she felt like he did from this one fight every time they had dealt with an Akuma...

Then he needed to do more to help his lady, without constantly getting injured.

He glanced at his injured hand and groaned. “She’s going to be so mad at me for this.”