#YA PANDORA AHH IT'S HAPPENING

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Dora went to her grandparents’ house to blow out the candles for her birthday. Mir baked her a little cake 🥺💖

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OK I actually have a lot of ramblings about the newest VRAINS ep so, here we go!

So, first up, the summary mislead us. The summary we had gotten said that Ai was ‘attacking humans’. Which suggested either he was attacking people at random or had a list of people he was tracking down. Neither of which was the case.

What he really did was attack Queen-the one who was responsible for the murder of his friend, then send Akira a warning telling he’d be coming for him. Or more accurately his key.

I’m still thinking Ai’s plan is to take control of SOL tech and use it/their assets to try and revive his friends. That just, makes the most sense. Also, I really don’t think his actual intent is to kill Akira, Akira is just panicking and overreacting. All Ai said was that in three days he was coming for the key and Akira would not longer be #1 at SOL. Which, if Ai takes the key even without a fight, is exactly what’s gonna happen. Ai 1) Ai would be the one in control, automatically making HIM #1 and 2) Akira would probably be demoted for losing something that important. So yeah. Ai is just a dramatic bitch and Akira is paranoid and panicking.

On that note, while I get Yusau being sad at seeing what Ai is doing, he’s making it sound like is just, indiscriminately attacking people with sadistic glee instead of, you know, having attacked one single person in an act of revenge, who frankly had it coming. Also it’s Ai, as I said before, he’s dramatic. Ofc he’s gonna look like he’s enjoying this(also it was probably cathartic).

I know some people aren’t impressed with the identity reveal but I liked it. I’m not sure if Aoi had already figured it out and led her brother there so he could figure it out, or if she saw Shoichi at the hotdog stand and went ‘oh shit it him’ recognizing him as Unnamed and put the pieces together like Akira did and then decided to drag Akira there. I’m just glad it happened (how long till it clicks that Takeru = SB and who’s gonna tell him that the cat’s outta the bag?)

I’m sort of amused how throughout the scene Aoi’s just, enamoured cause she’s meeting the hero of Link VRAINS and the one who saved her and her brother several times, irl and Yusaku is just, really confused about everything.

Now, I don’t ship Angelmaker (I just want them to be friends at the very least, which seems likely) but like, from an Aoi standpoint it, kiinda makes sense if you think about it. I mean, a handsome mystery man has saved her and her brother and Link VRAINS so it makes sense for her to be enamoured by him and like, have a hero-worship kind of crush thing going on (like Naoki).

Also if we’re gonna use the ‘the writers are making them spend time together’ as proof that they’re trying to build to it, I guess they’re trying to build to Recoil as well since they’re stuffing Rev and Takeru as a team and together in the OP multiple times. lmao

Yusaku on the other hand, yeah. haha. His expressions said it all. He was so deeply confused. Poor guy. (tbh it’s probably the lack of interaction + Yusaku’s absolute disinterest that makes it hard for me to ship it. i could definitely buy a one sided sort of thing for Aoi tho)

Aoi: I want you to shake my hand.

Yusaku, internally: But why tho?

Ahh Pandore. Yeah this totally won’t backfire in any way. Nope. I see my sorta theory from the other day about her was right tho. And only time will tell if she will double as a Pandora’s Box as well. And what all that entails.

Also, between Akira wanting to talk with Rev about ‘one more thing’ and him being super sure that his physical body is safe, I wonder if he enlisted their help. Like, hiding on their boat/up in the house. Cause really, I don’t think Ai would think to look there. For Yusaku yes, not for Akira.

I had a thought earlier, when Ema said that Akira would take the blame if/when SOL’s dirty laundry comes to light even tho he wasn’t responsible for that stuff. What if that was why they insisted on promoting him? They could tell SOL was on shaky ground, so why not set up a fallguy for when shit hits the fan? Seems like, exactly the sort of thing they’d pull.

And really Aoi, you’re object to working with Hanoi cause ‘they’re criminals’. Aside from those 5, your group also consists of, 3 hackers (Playmaker, Ghost Girl and Shoichi), a guy who used to do work for Yakuza and other gangs/organized crime groups (Akira), a bounty hunter who’s probably done less than legal things (Blood Shepherd) and someone who was something of a delinquent and may or may not have gotten in trouble for it (Soulburner). Like, Aoi and Go are the only one who haven’t done anything illegal at this point (Go did bad things, but he was working for SOL so none of it was really, illegal). Plus ike, ya sure didn’t have a problem teaming up with them against Lightning.

I’m amused that the episode shut down the idea of whether or not Yusaku would recognize Ai when they fought/met in one fell swoop. Ai’s just like ‘Yo it me’ Not even trying to hide it.

Im not sure what to make of GO and BS being back. I wish they’d acknowledge what BS did to SB cause like, yeah that was mean an uncalled for. I’m sure Ema’s making sure her bro plays nice but still. Idk if we’re gonna get an explanation for Go, maybe he learned things from Earth while having the Ignis in his head and that + his last defeat was the wake up call he needed. Who knows.

[didiwaffles]

So if anyone ask me what my favorite anime is, I'll probably would say without even thinking "One Piece". And if then I give it some thought, the answer won't probably change.

I watched lots of anime. Not like LOOOOTS but enough. I'll be honest. I don't remember watching anime and be "what the fuck I just watched". Well, at least not in bad meaning. There was many who hit me hard. Like Dragon Ball, Inuyasha, Pandora Hearts, Durarara!!, Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa and many others. There's many that I wish I had time to rewatch. Like Sailor Moon, Shaman King and honestly every Ghibli movie. There was funny ones, like Hagure Yuusha no Estetica or Hataraku Maou-sama or he'll even Trigun, and there was really beautiful ones, like Hellsing, Fairy Tail or already mentioned Inuyasha and Pandora Hearts. Ahh, so many wonderful anime... And for me One Piece will always be at the top.

When I decided to watch it I was like what the fuck what's with this shit like if it was drawn by drunk chicken. And just few episodes later I was like what the fuck what's with this shit being one beautiful piece of art and perfection. When I started to watch it, One Piece had over 500 episodes. I catches up by two months. I just couldn't put myself to stop.

Now if you watched it, you've noticed how it got better and worse at the same time. I really like how changed style after a break. But, seriously? Half of episode is opening and this shit reminding what the fuck happened last time, and actual episode lasts ten minutes. I'll tell ya, watching it ongoing is a disaster. When I realized that, I just stopped. Got myself from anime and for idk two years? I wasn't watching it. Now I noticed that there's too much spoilers going around and I decided to hop back on One Piece train. And there's like 150 episodes for me to watch? And oh boy isn't this beautiful.

And now, watching Luffy fighting Doflamingo, I remember why I love it so much. It makes me feel. I don't know how, but altogether, there's no anime or movie which made me cry as much as I cried over One Piece. Who needs Hatiko if there's One Piece amiright? And, let's be honest, One Piece made the greatest impact on my SfF. And honestly my love for pirates and sea started with One Piece.

One Piece is my Undertale of anime. It changed my life.

Have I mentioned that I created first character of SfF inspired by One Piece?