#Tar-chan

[pierppasolini]

Jungle King Tar-chan - The Beautiful Assassin

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A funny design of Tar-chan and Jane from the retro manga/anime Jungle King Tar-chan.

[fishareglorious]

series of dusks will be up in a couple of minutes so may we all have better patience with it than echoes in the mountain amen

[sucosdelimao]

ai gente, de 2019-2022 esse aqui era o que eu mais amava, o que dominava meu coração todinho, matava e morria por ele

saudades do querido!!!

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[cursepoem]

Year in Review 2022 — Part 6 — Top Ten Movies

10. Top Gun: Maverick (dir. Joseph Kosinski) I'm an easy mark here, ever-fascinated by the arc along which Tom has orchestrated his career, and whatever we call this current era. To call him a singular performer sells it short; it's hard to think of a single artist or performer in any field that has functioned in such a way, throughout all these enigmatic phases. There's a very reasonable impulse to draw him in the lineage of Jackie Chan and Buster Keaton, but neither of those guys were fucking sex symbols, they didn't have the spectre of an actual cult lurking just out of frame, they never played Frank T.J. Mackie! (No fault of their own, obviously.) Tom has just had so much baggage, both earned and not, so much meta-text informing his work and our reading of it, and through it all he continues to exude the same magnetism all the while contorting himself into this physical martyr for our entertainment. He simply cannot exist unless he is killing himself onscreen for us, physically, metaphorically, all of it. And what's more, the guy just really fucking loves movies. The near-maniacal agency he's asserted on virtually every level of production, the collaboration he's cultivated with McQuarrie, deep down the man still has this childlike wonder with what movies can do, and say what you will about the guy, but after everything that is a beautiful and rare thing that should be protected at all costs.

So on to Maverick. This is the perfect vehicle for the Tom experience; he gets to employ all the painstaking precision while pouring on the nostalgia to remind us all what going to the movies is about. Sure, I expected to enjoy this movie, but I was not prepared to feel the depth and swell of feelings that I did. It was e-mo-tion-al. For something as obvious and dumb as Hangman's third act reversal to genuinely send my lip aquiver means you're just doing something right from a moviemaking perspective.

9. Pearl (dir. Ti West) Ti West is a guy I root for, but do not exactly ride for. He's at his best when playing with pastiche, devoting himself to classic genre tropes and aesthetics often beyond even the point fetishization, and the results are varied. He's a guy that seems to have more good ideas than you can actually point to in his movies, which isn't necessarily a knock or even his fault I don't think. It's no coincidence that his best achievement by far is also the first time he's really spent exploring character, when his other films were often antagonistic to them (I'll never get over Greta Gerwig's death in House of the Devil). Pearl is such a refreshing turn, a promise that yeah, there might be more to this guy than his VHS-era horror movie dioramas lead on.

And really, it's Mia Goth who deserves all the credit in the world here. Looking at her filmography, the choices she makes, the artists she seeks out, she has proven herself to be a legit little weirdo in the best possible way. That so many people try and fail at faking this quality makes it all the more satisfying when someone like Goth genuinely goes all in. I honestly feel fortunate that these two have found one another; in Ti West, Goth has a director who will never tell her no, who will push her to go bigger, broader, past all reasonable sense. And that's precisely what his movies have always needed, something larger than the scaffolding he's so complacently proficient at building. Her performance her is manic and fascinating, animated and chaotic in a way that repulses and seduces in equal, unsettling measure. But for all the goose-stabbing, all the apocalyptic dance numbers, all the immolation, the most striking part of her performance is a shockingly tender monologue. The camera stays still for what feels like the first time all movie and the unexpected deftness of the writing shines through with what is revealed. All the while, Goth delivers it masterfully, vulnerably, and it somehow works. Between that scene and the insane closing credits alone, this was one of the best performances this year.

I also have to mention how cool it is that these two pulled a trilogy out of nowhere. Even though I didn't really care for X (it's pretty much the worst of West's tendencies all at once), shooting the two back-to-back and announcing a third feature the same week that Pearl opened shows that West in some new and totally invigorated mode. Beyond the effect of his collaborator, he's found a way of working within budget constraints that seems to energize and inspire. It's almost dare I say it Soderberghian, and you know i'm an easy mark for that. Here's hoping that MaXXXine reaches the bar these two have set with Pearl.

8. Triangle of Sadness (dir. Ruben Östlund) Östlund is a Renaissance painter of cringe, able to cull a veritable gyre of political and philosophical tension out of a single moment of everyday awkwardness. Triangle is deliberately uneven, pushing you away and winning you over in turns throughout; there is ample exposition (thankfully more thematic than plot-wise, though) leading up to the (unfortunately literal) explosive setpiece before becoming a much more raw movie in its back third. In stranding his principals on a desert island, stripping them of signifiers of wealth and the power structures they suggest, Östlund literalizes his metaphor in a pretty ingenious way. He takes on the familiar tropes and gags from any shipwreck scenario while turning a cynical eye on his characters as they establish new, lopsided power structures informed by altogether base and sometimes arbitrary human currencies.

Between this, the loathsome Glass Onion, and The White Lotus, we're seeing a whole lot of commentary on the rich, with this year's Infinity Pool signaling that we're far from through here. To me, this is a fool's errand, a surface-level pandering to what's left of Twitter, willfully turning a blind eye to anything deeper than limp satire. Dear lord the last thing I need is to be explained that Elon Musk is bad, actually, by Rian fucking Johnson by way of Edward Norton, of all people. Triangle at least has the benefit of being mostly fun.

7. Petite Maman (dir. Céline Sciamma) Sciamma's latest is as haunting as it is clever, throwing out all the usual trappings of its magical realist framework to instead delve into the rich emotional resonances that it allows. The result is heartbreaking and beautiful, a tender meditation on memory and family that, looking back now, suggests a brutal double-feature with Aftersun, both films artfully interrogating the relationship between child and parent through time. Can't think about either too hard or for too long or I'll lose my shit.

6. Three Thousand Years of Longing (dir. George Miller) This one was an unexpected gift. Not knowing how Miller would follow-up Fury Road after so long, and with the threat of a prequel ever looming, I had no clue what to expect from this very welcome diversion. Miller's fairytale hits all the beats you would want it to, its delightful frame narrative soaking up all the chemistry of the leads before giving way to lush enactments of timeless parables. It's a joy to see the use of all the memorable visual effects flexed in Fury Road to be employed here for such a different outcome. DJ Big Driis plays his djinn with such a believable world-weariness, so perfectly balancing his desperate impatience with obligatory deferral. The games he and Tilda play around one another,

5. AmbuLAnce (dir. Michael Bay) What a fucking banger. Instant classic, already firmly cemented in the Bank Heist Mount Rushmore. What is there to say, really; this is a movie that has your jaw on the floor, heartbeat racing, adrenaline pumping for the entire duration. Any movie that can elicit such an intensely visceral reaction surely can be forgiven its faults, none of which are anywhere egregious enough to puncture your awestruck suspension of disbelief or distracting enough to interrupt the breakneck pace. And pace is everything here, rushed along by the plunging drone shots that punctuate the converging plotlines, new tricks alongside the maestro of explosions' familiar touches. Whoever is asleep at the wheel of the Fast franchise better be taking notes; the past few entries have all been desperately missing just an ounce of the juice that Bay squeezes out of every shot here. They just don't make 'em like this any more, and with this one, Bay seems to put everyone else on notice to step the fuck up.

4. Tár (dir. Todd Field) Let me just get this out of the way up front so there's no confusion on where I stand here: Lydia Tár is a real person and she did nothing wrong. The third feature from the acclaimed co-inventor of Big League Chew, Tár revolves around an absolute powerhouse of a performance. It is a rigorous and commanding film, one that demands your attention and almost punishes you for being anything less than totally enraptured by it. It is rare that I would use the word "relevant" to describe a movie and even rarer that I would consider that quality to be among a movie's strengths, but I was honestly taken with how it handles some very contemporary cultural questions. The Juilliard scene is so jarring, the tension between us not yet knowing if the film is condoning the diatribe of its title character or poking fun at it. The discussion that it invites can be a fruitful one, and one that should lead to somewhere more nuanced than this aforementioned binary so long as we avoid the pitfalls of certainty that both of its principals cannot seem to stray from. I found it surprisingly satisfying to see a scene like this play out here alongside so many lesser, groan-worthy attempts to tackle "cancel-culture" (to think that that Spotlight-but-make-it-Me Too movie was out around the same time! I could barely make it through the trailer.)

Beyond the cultural conversation though, and honestly in its own way strengthening it, this is a ghost story, one that unfolds with a masterful subtlety. Mood and tone take over, warping the shared perception of both the viewer and title character as guilt deepens and takes on external forms. It's reminiscent of Personal Shopper in these ways, where we feel haunted not by what is depicted but how. Through this haunting we're able to see with a sort of dramatic irony how Tár internalizes and navigates the thorny trappings of her own life and fame and influence that she's so confident in dispelling when it comes to others. For her, it is not even a question of forgiving some genius virtuoso or other for their shortcomings or foibles; she barely acknowledges they exist at all; art and genius absolve. We watch her squirm as the heat gets turned up, making frail attempts to cover her tracks all the while deluding herself into thinking she's maintaining the haughty guard of her persona. The eye on her remains cool and almost objective, Field's deft restraint allowing us to bring our own experience into the character. I think that's a lot of what's polarizing about the movie, and what makes it so powerful; it's become so rare that we are allowed our autonomy as an audience, that we're not told precisely how to feel about characters we can easily deem either good or bad.

Also, for as seriously as Tár takes herself, the film itself has a wonderful and cutting sense of humor, from Cate Blanchett threatening a child to the hilarious knife-twist of the closing scene.

3. Decision to Leave (dir. Park Chan-Wook) One of the deepest and most wrenching love stories I've ever seen on film. Decision to Leave is in some ways more grounded than the sumptuous The Handmaiden, but twists and diverts from its detective story frame in unexpected ways to follow these two doomed and inextricably linked characters. With these last two especially, Park slyly belies the early notoriety earned with his still shocking Vengeance trilogy, revealing himself (or maybe just reminding us) that he is just simply one of the most skilled and creative technical directors out there. Decision to Leave is unforgettable, it is mean, it is precisely my kind of feel-bad flick. That chainmail glove is just about the coolest shit I've ever seen.

2. Nope (dir. Jordan Peele) The most effective proper spectacle in recent memory, assisted greatly by understated promotion, impeccable sound editing, and a sublime sense of scale. Peele has such a sense of the enigmatic, weaving all these striking, unforgettable images that resonate with one another as his films unfold. In an age where trailers tend to show every major plot point, we take for granted just how unsettling and captivating it can be to not know where a movie will go from once scene to the next. The opening of Nope is so transfixing precisely because you have zero context and Peele exploits this tension to its fullest throughout.

One of the many things that astounds me about Nope is just how many narrative and thematic levels it's operating on. This is a movie about making movies, about the new and brutal ways that American people are becoming further disenfranchised, about a reflexive type of contemporary isolation, about desensitization and stunted attention spans, about legacy ... I guess it's about aliens, too. It's a western, it's science fiction; the use of genre does so much to inform each of these readings. It's so packed full of ideas and nothing is wasted, nothing is arbitrary. As with Arms Across America Us, here Peele continues creating his own winking Mandela-effects; don't lie and tell me you didn't scour the internet to see if Gordy's Home was real or to research the identity of the "Plate 262" rider. Peele has such a way of capturing, of inventing, a collective imagination.

As with his other features, the casting here is spot-on; Peele has an incredible way of working with actors, of capturing chemistry. Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya are so much fun to watch together, such perfect foils to one another. Steven Yeun's Chris Kattan monologue is an absolute all-timer.

With each effort, Peele makes me think more and more of Hitchcock, of Shyamalan. I watch his movies and just feel so fortunate that we have his singular voice right now, especially at such a nadir of moviegoing. This guy is operating within a rich tradition of the spectacular, masterfully employing genre to interrogate potent and present anxieties. His works are time-capsule pieces, perhaps the most telling of our era. I just want him to keep making whatever the hell he wants with whatever amount of money he needs to do it.

1. Aftersun (dir. Charlotte Wells) This movie just simply does things I've never seen before, operating in some of the subtler and more poetic reaches of what cinema is capable of as an art form. We're witnessing memory as it is formed and recalled simultaneously. This is slowly revealed in flash-forward, leading up to the jaw-dropping climax that is stirring to the core, a frenetic fever-dream frame narrative that punctuates the softness of the impressionistic and nostalgia-drenched camcorder brushstrokes. Paul Mescal's character is a ghost haunting the reflective surfaces of resort swimming pools and mirrors, an indefinite form captured obliquely against the screen of a turned-off television. His daughter can only ever conjure him in these fleeting and enigmatic ways; he is not his own person yet to her, only sketched in the ways she that sees and needs him. Such is the inevitable tragedy of the relationship, made all the more harrowing by the simmering turmoil he bares in private that she can only naively intuit. This film is so intimate and personal it almost feels like my own memory, my own aching and secret guilt reflecting on the selfishness of childhood, on taking something precious and formative for granted after it's too late to recover. This movie just fucking wrecks me in irreconcilable ways the more I think about it.

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Girllll I was wondering if you can write the step dad chan into a story😭 That was so good !

For sure!!!

warnings- smut, step dad smut, oral (fem receive) use of daddy, kitten and baby, overstimulation

Hearing your mother's car drive away, Chan pounced on you before you could even think.

"I missed you so much" Kissing your lips, he also missed your body. Only able to do this in secret... and alone caused Chan to feel deprived of your. Returning the kiss, you allow Chan to lead you to the couch.

Laying you on your back, you don't break the kiss as Chan slides of your sweatpants. Being prepared, Chan is met with your bare pussy. Wasting no time, he breaks away from the kiss.

Feasting on your pussy, he inserts a finger into your cunt as he sucks your clit. Licking up all your juices, licking up your essence, Chan moans into your pussy. Feeling the vibrations of his moan cause you to buck your hips into his mouth.

"S-so good daddy" You cry out, throwing you head back onto the pillow behind you. Curling his finger in your heat, his tongue laps you folds. Sucking onto your pussy as a whole, he pulls his finger out.

"Need you so bad" You whine, pulling Chan back into a kiss. Tasting your own essence on his lips, you whine into kiss. Breaking the kiss, he pulls his pants down along with his boxers. Pulling out his already hardened cock, your pussy drips, waiting for him to fuck you.

"Gonna fuck you hard" He mumbles, eyes tarring at your tips as you remove your shirt and bra. Laying naked below him, Cha wastes not time entering you pussy. Feeling your tightness, Chan was amazed at how you were still so tight.

Feeling his whole length enter, your stomach swells, missing the feeling. Placing his rough hand on your stomach bulge, Chan retracts his hips before slamming forward. Hips finding a rhythm, pleasure fills both of you.

"So needy for daddy's cock" Chan laughs, seeing how you whined below. Speaking up, moving away from silence, you beg more.

"more" you cry out, voice unheard from Chan's grunting. Hearing a pipe of your voice, he brings his head down, trying to capture your words.

"Speak up kitten" Hearing the pet name, you clench hard around his cock.

"N-need more daddy" You speak up. Chan grips your tits, backing up and fucking you harder. Lifting leg over his shoulder, seat glistens his chest as the amount of energy he uses to fuck you deep and hard, to give pleasure to you.

Giving you a better angle, you cum over his cock. Far too soon and without his knowledge. Feeling the pleasure swirl around you, Chan continues to fuck you.

"Little more baby, Daddy has to cum" He brings his hand away from your tits, rubbing your head affectionally as he chases his end. Feeling the abuse on your tired pussy, you can't handle anymore. Tingling and pain replaces your pleasure.

Fucking his last thrusts in your aching pussy, Chan quickly pulls out. Cuming onto your stomach. In short bursts, your stomach is covered in his thick, warm seed.

"Do your friends know your such a whore for me?" Chan asks, as you lay beneath him. Chest heaving as his cum dribbled onto the couch beside you.

[obscurevideogames]

Jungle King Tar-chan (Sun L - Game Boy - 1994)  

ジャングルの王者ターちゃん (1994年7月29日)

[sourbinnie]

☆ beso.mp3 ☆

♡ genre ¿? ♡ -> fluff ♡ pair ¿? ♡ -> ot8!skz x gn!reader ♡ plot ¿? ♡ -> voicemails they leave you when they miss you on tour. ♡ warnings ¿? ♡ -> cursing ; no use of (y/n) ♡ request ¿? ♡ -> nope

a/n: short one but sweet one, hope yall like it:) haven't written "voicemails" in a while!

yo quiero que me de' otro beso

"baby, baby i miss you so fucking much. i might be a little drunk and a little needy as a treat but i can't help but think of you and i need you here. it's been too fucking long since i've last seen you even if we speak to each other every day, i can't get enough of you. i need to hold you and kiss you, feel you against me whatever way you want it to be of course. i don't know why i suddenly got the need to just be buried in your arms and for you to hold me tight, hope i can see you soon and tell you that i love you because i can't take it anymore. goodnight darling..." 

- voicemail from hyunjin.

uno de esos que tú me da'

"i need your kiss. i know it's abrupt to start a voice message like this but i've been wanting to kiss you ever since i left and i gave you the last one at the airport. i hope i get all of the kisses i deserve when i come back and that you're taking care of our children. i hope you know that i miss you so much and that even if i don't show it at times, i've been so clingy for your affection. i can't wait to cuddle you again, to hug you and not let you. like i said before, save all those kisses for me because i'm coming for them all when i get back and you will not get rid of me."

- voicemail from minho.

estar lejos de ti e' el infierno

"i'm not used to being this far away from you. maybe i'm not the most affectionate person or the one that says the most romantic things but i feel the need to show you that i still love you. i want you forever and ever, no turning back now because i knew when i found you that i would want what you make me feel for the rest of my life. right now it's hell being away and not having your embrace, your eyes looking at me or your sweet kiss on my cheek. i want to hear you say that you're proud of me after every show. i just need to hear you again or i'll go insane."

- voicemail from seungmin.

'tar cerca de ti es mi paz

"it's been stressful and i feel it even more now that we're far. i remember when i had to go to australia and i wanted to take you so bad, it's the same today. i want you here and for you to experience what i live for, what i'm passionate about and what i need. but i also need you, need your love and affection because it's the one thing that keeps me calm. when i'm burying myself in work and drowning, you're there to take my hand and i think i haven't been appreciative enough of it. so thank you, i love you to the moon and back baby."

- voicemail from chan.

y es que amo siempre que llegas

"how long till we see each other again? i want you. i wanna be with you right now yet we're so far, i don't wanna forget you so i keep reminding myself of your habits. your smile follows me everywhere i go and it shines so bright, your eyes are the only ones i look for in the crowd. i wish you could come by one day, i wanna see you there supporting me and having the time of your life with your friends. you would look so cute in our merch and with our lightstick that i'm almost getting you tickets to the next show. we'll see what i can do baby."

- voicemail from felix.

y odio cuando te vas

"i had a dream, well it was more like me remembering how we said goodbye. i fucking hated it and i don't wanna live that ever again, next time you're coming with me to every part of the world that i'll take you. i want you right beside me, i want to see you and just be captivated by your beauty because that happens every time i take a look at you. you can call me cheesy all you want but i'm so in love with you and i know we haven't talked about it but i need to buy a ring soon. spoiling the surprise? yeah but i don't care, i hope you say yes though."

- voicemail from changbin.

yo me voy contigo a matar

"i might be too young for love like a lot of people say. i might be a little too naive or too persistent but when i approached you for the first time, i knew i would do anything for you. even right now when we're in a relationship, i feel the need to please you, to love you, to show you that you're worth it because you are so much more than what you show. i didn't see a future where i would be loved but right now i can see us everywhere and i think that's the thing i miss about you the most. i'll do anything to have you here so i'll try my best to get you something, alright?"

- voicemail from jeongin.

no me dejes solo, ¿pa' dónde vas, pa' dónde vas?

"i haven't been alone in such a long time. i'm used to having your presence by my side 24/7 and now it's weird not seeing you beside me. i know i have everyone from the boys to the crew but i miss my sunshine, you know? i miss the one that keeps me going. yeah i never told you that but you're the reason i wake up every day as happy as i am. even right now the bed feels so cold without you and it's not the same as the one at home, if only i could close the distance. i think i would hug you, kiss you and love you like i haven't done before..."

- voicemail from jisung.

[bumblebeehug]

Jag väljer alltid dig

Summary: Efter ännu ett jobb som slutat i lågor, säger Lucy ifrån. Natsu gör sitt bästa att fjäska tillbaka sig till sin position som hennes favoritperson. Swedish NaLu one-shot. Ao3 - FF.net

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Lucy knuffade igen porten till gillets hus med en suck. Hela dagen hade hon slitit som ett djur: jagat vildsvins-liknande monster bort från böndernas fält, byggt barriärer för att skydda gårdarna framöver, och som om det inte var nog hade Natsu och Happy endast eldat på dilemmat. Bokstavligen. Uppdraget hade sett missvisande ut på pappret: planen var att det skulle ta några timmar, max, men tyvärr var monstren oväntat stora, elden spreds, och Lucys himlakroppsvänner var extra trotsiga. Att dessutom behöva torka spya från sina nya skor på vägen hem, var helt enkelt pricken på i:et.

Med släpande fötter tvingade hon sig till baren, där hon sedan satte sig med en duns.

“Jobbig dag?” Kontrasten mellan Miras vänliga exteriör och Lucys slitna utseende fick henne att känna sig ännu fulare. Utan skam grymtade hon fram ett stön.

“Utan tvekan.”

Hon tog tacksamt emot glaset med vatten som Mira ställde framför henne.

“Jag trodde att du sa att du tyckte jobbet verkade enkelt när du skrev på kontraktet?” 

Lucy skickade en blodtörstig blick åt hennes håll. Det var likt henne att retas på det viset, men idag var hon inte på humör. Miras änglalika, uppmuntrande leende låg kvar på läpparna.

“Uppdraget i sig var inte så illa.” Hon strök bort hår från pannan. “Visst, det var tungt och brötigt, men hade Taurus hjälp till istället för att flirta med bondens fru så hade det gått fint. Problemet var-” portarna slogs upp, och nykomna individerna eggade fram ett högljutt skrål ur gänget, “... han.”

Mira skrattade lätt.

“Han är väl alltid sån? Du kan inte vara förvånad,” menade hon.

“Förvånad, nej. Besviken? Som tusan. Han vet att jag har hyra att betala om två dagar ,” hon betonade tidspressen, “men ändå beter han sig som ett barn. Inte en chans att jag teamar upp med honom igen denna veckan.”

“Teamar upp med vem?” Natsu kastade en arm över Lucys axel innan han slog sig ner på stolen bredvid. “Du är väl inte otrogen,” flinade han och drog i hennes kind. Lucy slog bort hans hand.

“Jag får göra mina jobb med vem jag vill, lägg dig inte i.” Hennes ton lät ilsknare än hon menat, men Natsu tycktes inte bry sig.

“Äsch, vi tar bara ett nytt jobb imorgon.” Ett irriterande flin var påklistrat; han trodde verkligen att han kunde slå följe till henne utan konsekvenser. Hon skakade bort hans arm från sina axlar.

“Om du jagar efter mig på mitt jobb, så kommer jag mura igen mitt fönster. Jag var så tydlig man kan vara när jag berättade om hyran! Ändå förstörde du för mig.”

Lucy vände del av sin uppmärksamhet till glaset hon hade framför sig, och tog långsamma klunkar. Till bästa förmåga försökte hon ignorera Natsus närvaro; en omöjlig uppgift visade det sig. Hans bekväma sätt att slå sig ner som om han ägde platsen, och den lilla värmen som spred sig från hans kropp där han satt nära henne – det gjorde det omöjligt att koppla av.

"Vad klagar du egentligen på?" frågade Natsu och sträckte sig över bardisken för att sno en av småkakorna Mira hade ställt fram åt Lucy. "Vi tog ju ner monstren, eller hur? Jobbet är klart! Fixat och donat!"

Lucy stirrade på honom, nästan mållös. Hon satte ner glaset med en tydlig duns.

"Jag klagar på att det kostade mig mer än det gav ! Vi brände nästan ner en gård, du skrämde hälften av byborna, och vet du vad? Jag får betala för skadorna på deras fält! Jag har inte råd med detta!"

Natsu lutade sig bakåt, armarna bakom huvudet, helt oberörd.

"Det är ju bara pengar. Vi tar ett nytt jobb imorgon och fixar det. Lätt som en plätt."

Hon kände en pulserande irritation växa inombords. Det var så typiskt honom. Allt var bara en lek. Allt kunde lösas imorgon, och det var aldrig hans problem om saker gick snett. Men samtidigt var det svårt att bli riktigt arg på honom. Hans självsäkerhet, hans avslappnade inställning – det var en del av vad som gjorde Natsu... ja, Natsu. Hennes absolut bästa vän.

"Det är inte poängen, Natsu," sa hon till slut, tvingade ner irritationen och försökte tala sakligt. "Jag kan inte bara 'fixa det' varje gång du bestämmer dig för att improvisera. Jag måste planera. Jag måste... ta ansvar. Och ibland känns det som att du bara dyker upp för att ha kul och stöka runt."

Han såg på henne med ett snett leende, men det var något i hans blick som fick henne att stanna upp. 

"Det är inte sant," kontrade han enkelt.

"Inte? För det känns så," svarade hon snabbt. "Som idag. Jag bad dig att inte gå överstyr, men vad hände? Eld. Överallt. Jag bad dig att hålla dig till planen, men vad gjorde du? Precis tvärtom."

Han lutade sig framåt och stödde armbågarna mot bardisken, hans röst låg och lite retsam. Lucy tryckte ner lusten att trubba ner hans ego.

"Och ändå gick det ju bra. Du är här, eller hur? Ingen dog. Vi vann. Det är väl det som räknas."

"Det räknas inte när jag knappt har råd att betala min hyra!" Utbrast hon och slog ut med händerna. Om hon vaknade med gråa hår imorgon visste hon precis vem hon skulle vända sitt finger mot. Den här stressen åldrade henne onaturligt snabbt. "Natsu, jag har inte samma frihet som du,” fortsatte hon. “Du har ett hus! Jag har hyra och ansvar att betala den. Jag måste... jag behöver saker att funka."

Han betraktade henne ett ögonblick, hans tidigare retliga flin mjukare nu.

"Du borde slappna av lite mer, Lucy. Oroa dig inte så mycket. Det löser sig alltid." Lucy suckade och begravde ansiktet i händerna.

"Du har inte riktigt förstått mig, eller hur? Det handlar inte om att vi löser det imorgon. Det handlar om att jag behöver kunna andas, inte hela tiden vara orolig."

Natsu lutade sig framåt, hans röst plötsligt allvarlig.

"Jag fattar mer än du tror." Med en försiktig hand strök han bort en hårslinga från Lucys ansikte; en oväntad och förvånansvärt mjuk gest som fick Lucy att haja till. “Jag vill att du ska må bra. Inte för att jag fattar exakt vad du känner och tänker, men jag vill vara här för dig, på mitt sätt.”

Lucy öppnade munnen för att säga något, men hennes ord fastnade i halsen. När han tittade på henne så intensivt, bestämt, kändes det som om han såg rakt in i henne. Inte bara ytan, utan djupt , in i de sår och rädslor som hon sällan visade för någon annan. Abrupt stoppade hon sig själv innan hon hann tänka klart i det ledet, skakande på huvudet. Detta handlade inte om deras historik, om undangömda känslor eller om vänskap; Lucy var mitt i ett försök att smälla in vikten av hyfs och vett i hans tjocka skalle. Det här var en fråga om pengar , inte om hur många vänskapsarmband de kunde pyssla ihop på ett dygn.

"Du är hopplös." Hennes ton snuddade mot uppgiven.

"Nej då," sa Natsu och reste sig upp. Han sträckte sig efter Lucys påfyllda glas med vatten och svepte det innan han lutade sig fram mot henne. "Vet du vad jag tror?"

Hon såg upp mot honom genom ögonfransarna, fortfarande irriterad men plirande nyfiken.

"Vad tror du?"

"Jag tror att du gillar att ha mig där." Hans andetag var varma mot hennes ansikte. Hon stirrade på honom, och för ett ögonblick trodde hon att hon tappade fattningen.

"Ha?"

"Du skulle kunna jobba med vem som helst här," sa han med en gest mot det högljudda gänget i gillets sal. De hade ännu inte märkt att stämningen mellan henne och Natsu hade skiftat: hade de vetat, hade det varit knäpptyst här inne. Gillet var trots allt nästan mer förtjusta i relationsdrama än i att slåss. Nästan. "Men du väljer alltid mig,” fortsatte Natsu. “Även om jag... ja, du vet, råkar elda upp saker ibland." Han skrattade lågt.

Lucy öppnade munnen för att protestera, men insåg att han hade en poäng. Hon hade egentligen fortfarande kunnat välja en partner som var mer pålitlig, mer organiserad, partnerskap eller ej. Ändå var det alltid Natsu hon återvände till.

I ögonvrån såg hon Mira studsa mellan borden i gillesalen, stissig som en duracellkanin. Hon var definitivt medveten om deras konversation, även om ingen annan var. Varningslarmet började ljuda i Lucy’s huvud; det var dags att avleda henne, innan samtalet började snudda romantiskt.

"Det är för att du inte ger mig något val!" Kontrade hon, lite för högt. "Du bara dyker upp, oinbjuden, och insisterar på att följa med."

"Ändå säger du aldrig nej," retades Natsu, svar på tal och med ett triumferande leende lekandes på läpparna.

Hon tystnade och rodnade lätt. Det var sant, och det störde henne att han visste det. Hade hon sagt ifrån på riktigt, hade Natsu troligen aldrig irriterat henne dag in och dag ut på det här viset. Mira lyckades lugna ner sig själv tillräckligt för att fylla på Lucys vattenglas.

"Han har en poäng, Lucy," inflikade hon med ett varmt leende innan hon gick tillbaka till de andra gästerna, med lite för mycket schvung i kroppen. Den luriga maran.

Lucy suckade och kastade en blick mot Natsu, som nu såg mer nöjd ut än någonsin. Hon visste att hon borde säga något, svara på hans påstående med något klipskt, men orden fastnade i halsen. Natsu lade armbågen mot bardisken och lutade kinden mot handen.

"Kom igen, Lucy. Du vet att jag alltid backar dig. Oavsett vad."

Motvilligt kände hon hur hennes ilska långsamt smälte bort. Hans självsäkerhet var irriterande, men den grundade sig i ren sanning. Han fanns alltid för henne, på sitt eget, ofta väldigt unika sätt. Och trots allt som gått fel idag, visste hon att hon kunde lita på honom när situationer kärvade sig på riktigt.

"Vi får väl se," sa hon till slut, med en liten suck. "Men om du förstör nästa jobb, så blir det inga fler."

Hans leende blev bredare, om möjligt. Fånigt brett, så fånigt att Lucy nästan fick en ostoppbar lust att stoppa ett kassettband i munnen på honom. Se om cirkusmusik skulle börja spela.

"Jag lovar att göra mitt bästa. Men du vet att jag är bäst när jag är... spontan." Hans armar hittade Lucys midja, fortfarande bestämd i idén av att reta upp henne. Han sökte väl en specifik reaktion; hon hade ingen aning vilken. Dock kunde hon inte hindra ett leende från att sprida sig över hennes ansikte.

 "Det är just det som är problemet."

Happy, som hela tiden hade suttit okaraktäristiskt tyst bredvid, flög upp med ett retligt fnitter.

"Dejtar ni nu?" Ett finger pekade mot deras armar som vilade i en halvhjärtad omfamning.

“Nej, men vi tänkte dela vårdnadshavande på dig, vilket betyder att jag äntligen kan kastrera dig!” Kvittrade Lucy med eld i blicken. Ett tomt hot förstod alla som hörde det, men det räckte för att ge Happy rysningar ända ut i vingarna.

"Att vara adoptivpappa är en sak, men adpotivfarfar? Inte en chans." Natsu var med på Lucys noter, vilket fick Happy att slänga en servett i ansiktet på honom.

Lucy drog ett djupt andetag och lutade sig lite närmare Natsu, med ett roat men utmanande uttryck i ansiktet.

"Så, vad säger du? Ska vi samarbeta och se hur snabbt vi kan göra Happy galen? Jag tror vi är uppe i rekordtid redan." Natsu flinade brett och skakade på huvudet.

"Vi behöver inte ens anstränga oss, han snurrar in sig i sitt eget galenskap."

Happy, som fortfarande muttrade surt över hotet om kastrering, vände sig om i luften och pekade anklagande på dem båda.

"Jag hör er! Ni kan inte planera sånt här bakom min rygg!"

"Det gör vi ju inte. Vi gör det rakt framför dig," påpekade Lucy och ryckte på axlarna.

Natsu skrattade och tog Lucys handled. . "Kom igen, låt oss ta det här till din lägenhet. Det är bättre att ha ett hemmaplan när vi ändå ska diskutera vårdnadsfrågor."

Lucy suckade teatraliskt men kunde inte dölja leendet som letade sig fram. "Fint, men om ni rör mina böcker eller äter upp allt i kylskåpet kommer jag se till att ni båda blir utan bollar."

"Så hotfull," retades Natsu och följde efter henne ut, med Happy flygande tätt bakom, fortfarande mumlande något om att han borde hitta bättre lagkamrater.

När de gick genom stadens gator bestämde sig Happy för att flyga i förväg. Lucy och Natsu hade i ett tyst samförstånd bestämt sig för att ge en straffande tystnad; bara för att retas lite förstås. Det var dock tillräckligt för att driva Happy till vansinne, därav hans tidiga avresa.

Utan Happys tjuriga muttrande lade sig tystnaden fort mellan Lucy och Natsu. Det var bekvämt; det enda de behövde lyssna på var ljudet av deras fotsteg mot kullerstensgatorna, vågorna från ån som slog mot murarna som omgav, fåglarnas milda kvittrande, och det låga bullret från marknaderna de passerade. Vitt brus som lugnade Lucy’s sinne olikt någonting annat. Att dessutom ha Natsus kroppsvärme mot hennes vänstra axel kändes som höjden av lyx. Stressen från dagens slit smälte bort som vax under en låga; det var omöjligt att hänga upp sig på irritationen Natsu kom med tidigare. Lucy tog ett djupt andetag, njöt av lukten av nybakat bröd och äppelträden som börjat blomma ovanligt tidigt i år.

“Skönt väder,” kommenterade hon. Hon missade en sidoblick från Natsu, som försökte tolka hennes humör.

“Vi borde gå ut och fiska innan abborresäsongen är över.”

Lucy vände blicken mot Natsu och gav honom en godkännande nick. Hon kanske inte älskade att spendera hela dagen till sjöss, men hon var tvungen att erkänna att det var rätt så mysigt att sitta där i Natsus och Happys umgänge, lyssna på deras tramsande och sedan tvinga på dem jackor när det började skymma. Inte för att de påverkades av kylan på samma sätt som hon; en av dem hade päls, den andra en inre vedugn.

“Är du fortfarande sur över jobbet?” Frågade Natsu prövande. Hon skakade på huvudet denna gången.

“Inte sur, men lite upprörd,” förtydligade hon. “Det är bara det att lägenhetshyran alltid är en extra stress för mig… Du har inte det problemet, det fattar jag. Du äger ditt hus. Jag, däremot, måste upprätthålla hyresvärdens förtroende, annars har hon all rätt att kasta ut mig. Då kan varken jag eller du komma hem till min lägenhet längre.”

Lucys röst var mjuk, men Natsu förstod att hon var seriös. Det satt inte riktigt bekvämt i magen för honom när hon var upprörd; helst skulle hon aldrig behöva oroa sig över någonting någonsin om han fick bestämma. Ändå lyckades han ställa till det såhär för henne, gång på gång – det gav honom helt ärligt lite dåligt samvete.

“Förlåt för idag.” Hans ord var knappt ens en viskning, och hans öron kändes varma i genans, men Lucy tycktes höra honom. I en enda trygg rörelse tog hon hans arm i armkrok.

“Det är okej. Vi löser det med pengarna imorgon.”

Ett leende ryckte i mungipan på honom.

“Så får jag alltså följa med på nästa uppdrag?” Lucy kunde nästan tro att han skulle börja göra hoppsasteg i sin nyfunna glädje – han tog i hennes överarm och ryckte exalterat i den. Hon skrattade lätt.

“Du får väl det,” medgav hon, “vi är ju ändå ett team. Jag valde dig.”

Medan Natsu sprang cirklar runt Lucy, babblandes om vilka jobb han kollat in och de olika lönerna för dem, kunde Lucy inte låta bli att le varmt. För det spelade faktiskt ingen roll om han tände eld på varje peng hon tjänade in – inte i längden. Visst, det var alltid tjatigt att argumentera fram en förlängning på hyran, och det tog några år av hennes livstid varje gång hon såg siffrorna hon var skyldig arbetsgivarna efter skadorna de åstadkommit, men i slutändan hade hon valt honom. Sedan första gången de träffades i kuststaden Hargeon, och sedan om och om igen.

Som en mal är dragen till flamman, var Lucy dragen till Natsu. Om det fanns en konstant i hennes liv, som hon kunde lita på, så var det han.

[demifiendrsa]

Weekly Shonen Jump 55th anniversary appendix in Weekly Shonen Jump 2023 issue #33

1968 Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #1 Otoko Ippiki Gaki-Daisho by Hiroshi Motomiya 1969 Dr. Toilet by Kazuyoshi Torii 1970 The Gutsy Frog by Yasumi Yoshizawa 1971 Tezuka Manga Award 1st Edition Samurai Giants by Ikki Kajiwara & Ko Inoue Boy of the Wilderness Isamu by Soji Yamakawa & Noboru Kawasaki 1972 Astro Kyudan by Shiro Tōzaki & Norihiro Nakajima 1973 Play Ball by Akio Chiba Hochonin Ajihei by Jiro Gyu & Jo Big 1974 Akatsuka Manga Award 1st Edition 1975 The Circuit Wolf by Satoshi Ikezawa Doberman Deka by Buronson & Shinji Hiramatsu 1976 Toudai Icchokusen by Yoshinori Kobayashi Kochikame by Osamu Akimoto 1977 Ring ni Kakero by Masami Kurumada Susume!! Pirates by Hisashi Eguchi 1978 Cobra by Buichi Terasawa 1979 Kinnikuman by Yudetamago 1980 Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama 1981 Captain Tsubasa by Yoichi Takahashi Cat's Eye by Tsukasa Hojo Stop!! Hibari-kun! by Hisashi Eguchi 1982 High School! Kimengumi by Motoei Shinzawa 1983 Fist of the North Star by Buronson & Tetsuo Hara Ginga -Nagareboshi Gin- by Yoshihiro Takahashi 1984 DRAGON BALL by Akira Toriyama 1985 City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo Miraculous Tonchinkan by Koichi Endo Sakigake!! Otokojuku by Akira Miyashita 1986 Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada 1987 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki The Burning Wild Man by Tadashi Sato 1988 Bastard!! by Kazushi Hagiwara Jungle King Tar-chan by Masaya Tokuhiro Rokudenashi BLUES by Masanori Morita Magical Taluluto by Tatsuya Egawa 1989 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 5.000.000 copies in circulation Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai by Riku Sanjo & Koji Inada Video Girl Ai by Masakazu Katsura 1990 SLAM DUNK by Takehiko Inoue Chinyuki by Man Gataro Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi 1992 Hareluya II Boy by Haruto Umezawa 1993 Tottemo! Luckyman by Hiroshi Gamo Hell Teacher Nube by Makura Sho & Takeshi Okano 1994 Midori no Makibao by Tsunomaru Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki 1995 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 6.530.000 copies in circulation Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san by Kyosuke Usuta 1996 Hoshin Engi by Ryu Fujisaki Yu-Gi-Oh! by Kazuki Takahashi Kochikame 20th Anniversary & Chapter 1000 1997 I's by Masakazu Katsura Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro ONE PIECE by Eiichiro Oda 1998 Rookies by Masanori Morita Whistle! by Daisuke Higuchi HUNTERXHUNTER by Yoshihiro Togashi 1999 Hikaru no Go by Yumi Hotta & Takeshi Obata The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi NARUTO by Masashi Kishimoto 2000 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean by Hirohiko Araki BLACK CAT by Kentaro Yabuki 2001 Bobobobo Bobobo by Yoshio Sawai BLEACH by Tite Kubo 2002 Strawberry 100% by Mizuki Kawashita Eyeshield 21 by Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata 2004 Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi Katekyo Hitman Reborn! by Akira Amano D.Gray-man by Katsura Hoshino Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation by Yoshiyuki Nishi 2005 Neuro: Supernatural Detective by Yusei Matsui 2006 To Love Ru by Saki Hasemi & Kentaro Yabuki 2007 Sket Dance by Kenta Shinohara 2008 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan by Hiroshi Shiibashi Toriko by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Bakuman. by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata 2009 Kuroko's Basketball by Tadatoshi Fujimaki Beelzebub by Ryuhei Tamura Medaka Box by Nisio Isin & Akira Akatsuki 2010 ONE PIECE New World Begins 2011 Nisekoi by Naoshi Komi 2012 Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. by Shuichi Aso Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki 2013 World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara Isobe Isobee Monogatari by Ryo Nakama 2014 Hinomaru Zumo by Kawada My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi 2015 Black Clover by Yuki Tabata 2016 Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs by Tadahiro Miura Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge BORUTO by Mikio Ikemoto & Ukyo Kodachi The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu Kochikame 40th Anniversary and Serialization End 2017 We Never Learn by Taishi Tsutsui Dr. STONE by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi 2018 Jujutsu Kaisen by Akutami Gege

2019 Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira 2020 Undead Unluck by Yoshifumi Tozuka MASHLE by Hajime Komoto Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki Me & Roboco by Shuhei Miyazaki BURN THE WITCH by Tite Kubo SAKAMOTO DAYS by Yuto Suzuki 2021 The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui WITCH WATCH by Kenta Shinohara Blue Box by Kouji Miura 2022 Akane Banashi by Yuki Suenaga & Takamasa Moue

[pierppasolini]

Jungle King Tar-chan — vol.4, Chapter 50: The Importance Of Books

[whatudowhennooneseesyou]

SOFTTOBER: REQUESTS OPEN

The results have come in and the winning vote was...

SOFTTOBER!!!

The antidote to Kinktober where you can read the filthiest smut ever and then come to blog and cleanse your palate with with fluff, vanilla and downright gooey-est of fics.

Details:

I will be writing 6 fics! (circa 700-900 words) and one will be posted each Sunday AEST.

Dom!San x Overstimulation @youre-alittle-taste-of-hell

Sub!Seonghwa x Mommy!Reader @ddeonghwassimp

Dom!Jongho x Virginity @marievllr-abg

Daddy!Bang Chan x Begging @whatudowhennooneseesyou

Lee Know x Praise @whatudowhennooneseesyou

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5 spots available! First in and best dressed.

1 spot will be for sub!idol, first person to request sub!idol will get this spot.

Non-anonymous requests will have higher priority over anonymous requests (this is because I'll know your age), 18+ Only

ONE request per person

Only accepting idols from Stray Kids and Ateez.

I will be writing fem!reader unless gn!reader is requested.

One idol per request and the 5 fics will be 5 different idols.

I am only able to write certain idols as submissive so if you request a sub!idol and I can't write it, I'll request another idol.

Finally!

One kink per request and be realistic yeah??

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' Hi, Can i please request begging with Daddy!Chan and fem!reader?'

This is Softtober and it's meant to fluffy, soft and sweet.

Don't come into my inbox requesting the reader to be tarred and feathered or spun like a rotisserie chicken.

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[third-arch]

No Surprises-A Trafalgar Law x Reader Fan Fiction

Quiescence 5-A-quiescence

sfw, fluff, some cussing

“Cora-san! Cora-san!”

“Kanna-chan! Kanna-chan! What is it?” He says, lifting you up, spinning you.

To him, you were an angel.

You were his sun.

He kissed your forehead.

“You can’t hold it in forever, girlie!”

A smile spread across your lips. You giggled.

“Aw, with that smile, you gotta tell me now!” He teased.

He held you up, just to be face-to-face with you.

“Law kissed me!” You grinned.

Oh.

Corazon felt the sensation of a sharp, jagged blade tearing through his heart.

“He did?” He said, surprised.

You nodded, giggling,

“He loves me, Cora-san!”

Corazon smiled, a painful, irritating, broken smile.

Deep down, why did he wish he hadn't?

Out of all people, why him?

He sat you down gently.

He struggled with his cigarette,

“I’m so happy, Corazon.” you blushed.

“He really does love me”

Love, what a funny word.

“I’m glad, Kanna-chan.” he responded. Even if he did frown, his makeup would still morph his lips into a grin.

Love, a four letter word.

He could feel tears forming in his eyes.

“I’m glad” a burning sensation erupted in his throat.

“Does he know about me?”

“Not yet,”

Oh.

There it is again, that funny feeling.

“So, uh…” Corazon paused,

“Are you guys…official?”

You nodded,

Corazon forced himself to smile,

He knelt down and patted your head,

“Just be kind to eachother. Don’t pressure yourselves into doing something you don't want to do…”

He lost track of his words. He wanted to hold you, but would it feel the same?

Would the love his hugs carried remain the same? Or would it fade away over time?

“...got it?”

You nod,

“Thank you, Corazon! I love you so much!”

Don’t do that, please.

“I love you too, Kanna-chan!”

Tar. Pure, black tar burned his heart.

Once you were gone, he cried.

He weeped, covering his eyes with his hands.

He was happy. But, this wasn’t the happiness he wanted.

He was happy for Law. He was happy for you.

But, why was he so unhappy?

This wasn’t what he wanted, or was it?

He wanted to see you smile, but why was he sad?

He loved you, but why did it matter if you loved him the same?

He wanted you, but why did it matter if you wanted him?

Selfish, jealous, self-centered.

Why was he trying so hard not to feel these things?

No matter how much he cried, it wasn’t going to change anything.

You would wake up in a new bed, with Law, tell him how much you loved him, and kiss him.

And you were just a dream.

A secret.

A dear friend.

But, that was okay.

He could settle for that,

Or could he?

Could he stand his heartbreaking everytime he heard about Law kissing you? Was he strong enough to realize day after day how he was destined for loneliness?

How the girl he loved and waited for 14 years, ended up falling in love with the person you sacrificed everything for?

It hurt.

His heart felt smashed into a million pieces.

“...”

But, this wasn’t about him. This was your story.

You and Law’s story, not his.

No matter how badly it hurt, knowing you were kissing or fucking him. There was nothing he could do.

He was dead, afterall.

He lit another cigarette, his teary eyes hiding behind his purple tinted sunglasses.

He was just a side story in your life. A dream, a fiction,

A quiescence.

[vahsaw]

I updated my list of movies I watched and loved in alphabetical order:

12 Years a Slave (2012) DIR. STEVE MCQUEEN

45 Years (2015) DIR. ANDREW HAIGH

About Dry Grasses (2024) DIR. NURI BILGE CEYLAN

Aftersun (2022) DIR. CHARLOTTE WELLS

Alcarras (2023) DIR. CARLA SIMON

Annihilation (2018) DIR. ALEX GARLAND

Anatomy of a Fall (2023) DIR. JUSTINE TRIET

Arrival (2016) DIR. DENIS VILLENEUVE

A Quiet Place (2018) DIR. JOHN KRASINKI

Black Swan (2010) DIR. DARREN ARONOFSKY

Blue is the warmest color (2013) DIR. ABDELLATIF KECHICHE

Blue Valentine (2010) DIR. DEREK CIANFRANCE

Brokeback Mountain (2005) DIR. ANG LEE

Burning (2018) DIR. LEE CHANG-DONG

Carol (2015) DIR. TODD HAYNES

Close (2023) DIR. LUKAS DHONT

Dallas Buyers Club (2013) DIR. JEAN-MARC VALLÉE

De Rouille et d’os (2012) DIR. JACQUES AUDIARD

Drive (2011) DIR. NICOLAS WINDING REFN

Fire of Love (2022) DIR. SARA DOSA

Get Out (2017) DIR. JORDAN PEELE

God’s Own Country (2017) DIR. FRANCIS LEE

Gone Girl (2014) DIR. DAVID FINCHER

Gravity (2013) DIR. ALFONSO CUARÓN

Great Freedom (2022) DIR. SEBASTIAN MEISE

Girl (2019) DIR. LUKAS DHONT

Her (2013) DIR. SPIKE JONZE

Hereditary (2018) DIR. ARI ASTER

Ida (2014) DIR. PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI

Io Capitano (2024) DIR. MATTEO GARRONE

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) DIR. BARRY JENKINS

Incendies (2011) DIR. DENIS VILLENEUVE

Inception (2010) DIR. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Interstellar (2014) DIR. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Irréversible (2002) DIR. GASPAR NOÉ

It follows (2015) DIR. DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL

Jagten (The Hunt) (2012) DIR. THOMAS VINTERBERG

Joyland (2023) DIR. SAIM SADIQ

Kill Bill (vol. 1 & 2) (2003) DIR. QUENTIN TARANTINO

Leave No Trace (2018) DIR. DEBRA GRANIK

Loveless (2017) DIR. ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV

Manchester by the Sea (2016) DIR. KENNERTH LONERGAN

Melancholia (2011) DIR. LARS VON TRIER

Midsommar (2019) DIR. ARI ASTER

Mommy (2014) DIR. XAVIER DOLAN

Moonlight (2016) DIR. BARRY JENKINS

Nightcrawler (2014) DIR. DAN GILROY

Nomadland (2020) DIR. CHLOE ZHAO

Oslo, August 31st (2012) DIR. JOACHIM TRIER

Parasite (2019) DIR. BONG JOON HO

Past Lives (2023) DIR. CELINE SONG

Poor Things (2023) DIR. YORGOS LANTHIMOS

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) DIR. CELINE SCIAMMA

Rabbit Hole (2010) DIR. JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

Respire (2014) DIR. MÉLANIE LAURENT

Revoir Paris (2023) DIR. ALICE WINOCOUR

Riceboy Sleeps (2023) DIR. ANTHONY SHIM

Saint Maud (2021) DIR. ROSE GLASS

Shame (2011) DIR. STEVE MCQUEEN

Short Term 12 (2013) DIR. DESTIN DANIEL CRETTON

Take Shelter (2011) DIR. JEFF NICHOLS

TAR (2022) DIR. TODD FIELD

The Babadook (2014) DIR. JENNIFER KENT

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) DIR. MARTIN MCDONAGH

The Beasts (2023) DIR. RODRIGO SOROGOYEN

The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) DIR. FELIX VAN GROENINGEN

The Eight Mountains (2023) DIR. FELIX VAN GROENINGEN & CHARLOTTE VANDERMEERSCH

The Farewell (2019) DIR. LULU WANG

The Father (2021) DIR. FLORIAN ZELLER

The Handmaiden (2016) DIR. PARK CHAN-WOOK

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) DIR. YORGOS LANTHIMOS

The Lighthouse (2019) DIR. ROBERT EGGERS

The Lost Daughter (2021) DIR. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

The Matrix (1999) DIR. ANDY & LANA WACHOWSKI

The Revenant (2015) DIR. ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU

The Tale (2018) DIR. JENNIFER FOX

The Way He Looks (2014) DIR. DANIEL RIBEIRO

The Worst Person in the World (2022) DIR. JOACHIM TRIER

To Leslie (2022) DIR. MICHAEL MORRIS

Under the skin (2013) DIR. JONATHAN GLAZER

Wadaean Julia (2023) DIR. MOHAMED KORDOFANI

Whiplash (2014) DIR. DAMIEN CHAZELLE

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104th Hop Step Award - H☆S (October, 1993)

Togashi-sensei's Direct Instructions! The road to conquer all areas of manga! 

Mass Recruitment for the 104th (October 1993 Term) H☆S Award!! This month's judge is Yoshihiro Togashi-sensei!

The Hop☆Step Award (H☆S Award) was a monthly recruitment project by Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) that took place from March 1985 to July 1996.

I already translated Togashi's ten "4-koma" that he drew during the Yu Yu Hakusho serialization to give advice to the participants of the H☆S Award - October 1991 & 1992 Terms.

This time, I am translating the October 1993 Term, where he gives the newcomer manga artists more tips and advice on how to create different styes of manga. The winner of this edition was Eiichiro Oda with the one-shot "Ikki Yakō" (一鬼夜行). At the time, Yu Yu Hakusho was in the Black Chapter Arc.

Togashi gives instructions to help creating gag, love comedies, sports and fantasy manga. He used a little bit of all those elements in Yu Yu Hakusho.

Part 1. Gag Manga

T/N: Chain letters (letters of misfortune) were popular in Japan during the Showa era. A ''letter'' or ''postcard'' was delivered to your home/work in the style of ''If you do not send it to a certain number of people, you will be unhappy.'' The sender is unknown. Chain letters were also a hot topic in magazines and manga, like Doraemon and a bunch of gag manga. 

Source: Weekly Shounen Jump N°44, 1993. Shared by katsura_00

The funny versions of Yanagizawa, Kido and Kaito represent the editors in charge of:

Jungle King Tar-chan/DNA² (Kaoru Kushima);

Lucky Man/JoJo (KAITO Katsuhiko);

Yu Yu Hakusho/Monmonmon (Tomoyuki Shima)

Waiting for powerful works that will break these guys territories! !

They were responsible for the screening, checking all the applications and eliminating the mediocre works before passing them on to Togashi. Inside their territories, works with "characters that are all very similar," "characters with no strong personality at all" or "just imitations of existing characters" were mercifully discarded. 

Part 2. Romantic Comedy

Source: Weekly Shounen Jump N°45, 1993. Shared by katsura_00

Part 3. Sports Manga

Source: Weekly Shounen Jump N°46, 1993. Shared by katsura_00

Part 4. Fantasy Manga

Source: Weekly Shounen Jump N°47, 1993. Shared by katsura_00

T/N: The fantasy illustration of Botan, Keiko, Yukina, Shizuru and Atsuko in medieval clothes was designed to the opening page of Yu Yu Hakusho volume 11, tankobon edition.

🏆 Winner: Eiichiro Oda

Oda-sensei was the inner of this edition! Togashi-sensei reviews his 31-page one-shot, "Ikki Yakou", that was published in the 1994 Shonen Jump Spring Special, and later reprinted in 1998 as part of Wanted!, a compilation of Oda's pre-One Piece stories.

Source: Weekly Shounen Jump N°2, 1994

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Accepted Shorts List

This list will be updated as shorts are selected, and will become a masterdoc for entries.

Piper, dir. Alan Barillaro (Available on Disney+)

Dissolve, dir. Carina Heller

Sharp Teeth, dir. David James Armsby

Tar Boy, dir. James Lee

Moses of Prosthesis, dir. Gagame

Quasi at the Quackadero, dir. Sally Cruikshank

Welcome to Hell, dir. Erica Wester

Friendly Shadow, dir. David James Armsby

The Acorn Princess, dir. Kris Yim

Drawn to You, dir. Eleanor Davitt

Scattershot, dir. Jade Smania

Ramshackle, dir. Zi Chen

Paperman, dir. John Kahrs (Available on Disney+, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play)

Loop, dir. Erica Milsom (Available on Disney+)

Jinxy Jenkins & Lucky Lou, dir. Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon

Kitbull, dir. Rosana Sullivan

Out, dir. Steven Clay Hunter

In a Heartbeat, dir. Beth David and Esteban Bravo

Ice Merchants, dir. João Gonzalez

Diamond Jack, dir. Rachel Kim

Lackadaisy (Pilot), dir. Fable Siegel

The Cat Came Back, dir. Cordell Barker

Fuelled, dir. Michelle Hao and Fawn Chan

The Man Who Planted Trees, dir. Frédéric Back

My Friends Take the Night Bus, dir. Sofi

Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, dir. Nick Park

The Naked King -What a Beautiful Life-, dir. rapparu

Coming Out, dir. Cressa Maeve Beer

Dear Girl, dir. Choi Ji-eun

Jibaro, dir. Alberto Mielgo (Available on Netflix, Love Death + Robots S3E9)

The Witness, dir. Alberto Mielgo (Available on Netflix, Love Death + Robots S1E3)

The Legend of Pipi, dir. Julia Schoel and Birgit Uhlig

The Cameraman's Revenge, dir. Wladyslaw Starewicz

What's Opera, Doc? dir. Chuck Jones

The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or, The Rivals of Roquefort Hall, dir. Chuck Jones

Kitty Kornered, dir. Bob Clampett

A Wild Hare, dir. Tex Avery

Everything Will Be OK, dir. Don Hertzfeldt

Yankee Doodle Daffy, dir. Friz Freleng

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, dir. Chuck Jones

Long Gone Gulch, dir. Tara Billenger and Zach Bellissimo

I Love to Singa, dir. Tex Avery

Opal, dir. Jack Stauber

Scaredy Cat, dir. Chuck Jones

I Should Leave This Mall I Think, dir. Noodle

Porky's Duck Hunt, dir. Tex Avery

Bambi Meets Godzilla, dir. Marv Newland

Porky in Wackyland, dir. Bob Clampett

Rabbit Seasoning, dir. Chuck Jones

One Froggy Evening, dir. Chuck Jones

Don vs. Raph, dir. Jhonen Vasquez

Cat City, dir. Victoria Vincent

Roller Coaster Rabbit, dir. Rob Minkoff

Tummy Trouble, dir. Rob Minkoff

Trail Mix-Up, dir. Barry Cook

Blood Bound, dir. Lyly Hoang

Ciao, Alberto, dir. McKenna Harris (Available on Disney+)

Blackfly, dir. Christopher Hinton

Charlie the Unicorn: The Grand Finale, dir. Jason Steele

Free Apple, dir. Ian Worthington

Bigtop Burger Season 1, dir. Ian Worthington

There's a Man in the Woods, dir. Jacob Streilein

Llamas with Hats: The Series, dir. Jason Steele

Welcome to my Life, dir. Elizabeth Ito

Duck Amuck, dir. Chuck Jones

We Can't Live Without Cosmos, dir. Konstantin Bronzit

Geri's Game, dir. Jan Pinkava

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68. Snow-White, dir. Dave Fleischer

69. DAICON IV Opening Animation, dir. Hiroyuki Yamaga

70. Rooty Toot Toot, dir. John Hubley

71. SHOP: A Pop Opera, dir. Jack Stauber

72. Rabbit of Seville, dir. Chuck Jones

73. The Cat Concerto, dir. Joseph Barbera and William Hanna

74. My Little Goat, dir. Tomoki Misato

75. Asparagus, dir. Suzan Pitt (Available on the Criterion Channel)

76. Puparia, dir. Shingo Tamagawa

77. The Cybernetic Grandma, dir. Jiří Trnka

78. Captain Yajima, dir. Ian Worthington

79. Agoraphobia, dir. Victoria Vincent

80. Donald in Mathmagic Land, dir. Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark and Joshua Meador

81. Joy Street, dir. Suzan Pitt (Available on the Criterion Channel)

82. The Old Man and The Sea, dir. Aleksandr Petrov

83. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, dir. Aleksandr Petrov

84. Vincent, dir. Tim Burton

85. World of Tomorrow, dir. Don Hertzfeldt

86. World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts, dir. Don Hertzfeldt (pay per view of Vimeo)

87. The Magic Portal, dir. Lindsay Fleay

88. The Golden Chain, dir. Adebukola Bodunrin and Ezra Claytan Daniels (available on the Criterion Channel)

89. Black Soul, dir. Martine Chartrand

90. Hedgehog in the Fog, dir. Yuri Norstein

91. Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House, dir. Windsor McCay

92. Around is Around, dir. Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren

93. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor, dir. Dave Fleischer

94. Historia Naturae (Suita), dir. Jan Svankmajer

95. Still Lost I Guess, Here's a Tunnel, dir. Dario Alva

96. Kapaemahu, dir. Joe Wilson, Dean Hamer and Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

97. Long-Haired Hare, dir. Chuck Jones

98. Muto, dir. Blu

99. Windy Day, dir. John and Faith Hubley

100. Bully for Bugs, dir. Chuck Jones

101. The Haunted Hotel, dir. J. Stuart Blackton

102. Destino, dir. Dominique Monfery (Available on Disney+)

103. Fantasy, dir. Vince Collins

104. To Beep or Not To Beep, dir. Chuck Jones

105. Pixillation, dir. Lillian Schwartz

106. Goodbye Jerome!, dir. Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet and Adam Sillard (Available on the Criterion Channel)

107. Betty Boop's Halloween Party, dir. Dave Fleischer

108. Jumping, dir. Osamu Tezuka

109. Baby Fingers, dir. Adrian Dalen

110. On Your Mark, dir. Hayao Miyazaki