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I wish you could see it, too
#natsume yuujinchou#natsume's book of friends#reiko natsume#souko morinaga#yuki midorikawa#folks how are we feeling about today's episode........I'm not ready#reread the chapter the other day for this and it had me crying all over again#digital#dani draws#id in alt
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#i forgot about shao lmao#mortal kombat#mortal kombat 1#mk1#johnny cage#shangs tsung#syzoth#kung lao#mk reiko#havik#mk smoke#tomas vrbada#bi han#kuai liang#kenshi takahashi#liu kang
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Reiko au Post!! (Also a random Bi Han sketch I didn’t finish)
The basic synopsis of this au is that Reiko is good! He ends up working against the rebellion that he was once part of, after he comes to the realization that there is No honor in hurting the people he swore he was fighting for. He ends up working alongside the royal sisters, redeems himself, and over time works his way up through the ranks until he becomes Kitana’s second in command! They grow close and trusting of each other.
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"I wish you could see it, too" got a whole new meaning when it's revealed that takashi has all these precious people he could actually enjoy pretty, interesting sceneries with (even if he didn't get to see them together for some instances), while reiko likely had no one to do that after what had happened with souko 💔
#i know that midorikawa is not That Cruel but i always wonder if reiko died happy? if she was loved by and could love someone in the end? 🥲#takashi has always been an empathetic teen so the realization that he's lucky enough to live the life that his grandma couldn't probably#hit him like a truck. like yeah... takashi did get where he was now because of his effort to connect with humans. but luck and fate#did play an important part in how different reiko and takashi turned out as a person who can See (in relation to their social life) 🥲#like. what the hell are you supposed to say to this girl that you want to befriend that you're actually the rumored yankee that this girl#had warned you about days prior 😭 how many social rejections can you take before you've gone numb and realize that giving up is easier 😭#i hope i can live long enough to see more of reiko's past revealed in future chapters... i refuse to believe that she died sad and alone 💔#natsume yuujinchou#natsuyuu#natsume yuujinchou s7#natsuyuu s7#natsuyuu manga#natsume reiko#natsume takashi#nyanko sensei
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#Mortal Kombat 1#MK1#General Shao#Shao Kahn#Reiko#a guide 'how to be normal about them' volume 1 chapter 1#crumbs but we feast#looking at AO3 now sleeping on something so wicked#Izzy does gifs
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#let’s talk about them.#rainko#art#mortal kombat#mk1 rain#mk1 zeffeero#mk1 fanart#mk1 reiko#mortal kombat fanart#digital art
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Natsume Takashi
#natsume´s book of friends#natsume yuujinchou#natsuyuu#natsume season 7#natsume takashi#takashi natsume#animangaboys#fyanimanga#fyanimegifs#dailynatsume#nyedit#shoujo#shoujoedit#anime#animeedit#anisource#dailyanime#allanimanga#anime gifs#gifs#gifset#anime gif#gif#sebfreaks gif#nawww i really wanted to hug him when he cried at the end#he deserves to know everything about reiko
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I think the outworlders should have pointy ears as a treat
#mk1#mortal kombat#mortal kombat 1#kitana#mileena#Tanya#li mei#rain#zeffeero#reiko#shang tsung#quan chi#i just think theyre silly#I spent time thinking about the shapes for each character#ofc some outworlders are missing cuz I either couldn’t find a good ear pic (syzoth) or I didn’t wanna do them (sindel)
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I realized that although I like some popular ships, most of my favorites are underrated ships? like Shangchi (which I still don't understand why it's not popular), Syraka, Rain x Havik x Reiko, Johnny Cage x jax mk11, Geras x liu kang, Johnny cage x liu kang 1995 and judge me but Shao khan x Shang tsung
I think I should start making more content on these ships to satisfy myself
#oh I forgot about Bihanzo!#mortal kombat#mk1#quan chi#liu kang#shang tsung#bi han#mk11#deadly alliance#shangchi#jax briggs#hanzo hasashi#johnny cage#syraka#bihanzo#syzoth#baraka#reivik#rainvik#reiko#rain#havik#shao khan#bo rai cho x lord raiden too#lord raiden#bo rai cho#geras#geras x liu kang
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The experience of watching NatsuYuu is either I cry during the episode, or I cry after the episode just thinking about it.
Oh- or both oc, its both a lot of the time🫠💖👍...
#natsume yuujinchou#natsume's book of friends#natsume season 7#natsume takashi#natsume reiko#natsuyuuS7EP11#for the ones saying this ep would make ppl cry im sorry i doubted you#i dont know why i doubted when its freaking natsuyuu why wouldn't i cry when i have a 90% cry rate for every episode??#i didnt know i loved reiko so so much she is such a queen she is so darling i will protect her with my life#i was so not expecting yuujinchou origin lore what just thinking about it makes me tear up#if i was this upset and moved i cant even imagine what emotions natsume was going through#someone telling him about his grandma without him having to beg or hear them slander her must've been so important to him#thank you reiko for paving the way for your beautiful grandson all your hardships amounted to more than you could've ever imagined
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Pre relationship rain/reiko stuff! (Messy sketchy art sorry :3)
Yapping about my headcannons for the ship under this:
[lots of spelling errors probably, be warned :3] I think they were like, childhood friends. Reiko becoming Shao Kahn’s kid basically placed him into the Royal family circle. And outside of the sister Rain was the only other guy around. I imagine the two bonded quickly and basically were best friends. Bonding over the Mutual want to test their limits, to grow stronger, reach higher.
friendship turned into romance into their late teens. A secret romance, something both of them didn’t really want people to know, specifically shao kahn. Nothing crazy just, often escaping responsibility in a rainy night. Especially after Rain became high mage, the two hung out a lot at night.
Reiko becoming second in command, and his devotion to Shao Kahn drove a wedge in-between them. So focused on “I owe him my life” kinda debt the two just, drift. Cut off entirely when rain leaves Shao Kahn and goes on the run from basically everyone after drowning that city (can’t remember the name on the top of my head rn).
I specifically think about that one dialogue thing where reiko says “shao kahn still needs you.” To Rain
and all I can think about it. “But I needed you.”
Anyways, Rain finds Reikos absolute devotion to Shao Kahn almost horrifying. he wants him to be broken free of that sort of mindset
anyways I’m just coughing out random thoughts
bye bye :3
#mk1 fanart#Mk1#mortal kombat fanart#mortal kombat 1#mortal kombat 1 fanart#mk1 rain#zeffeero#mk rain#mk zeffeero#mk1 reiko#reiko#mk reiko#shao kahn#sindel#I think about rain/reiko a lot#Rare pairs my beloved#Arts kinda crummy but oh well#Still don’t know how to draw reiko#Working on it#mild blood tw
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"Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless, excellent fun 'til you get to know her. Then she runs like it's a race"
Reiko Natsume my beloved...
#natsume yuujinchou#natsume's book of friends#natsume reiko#my art#bro can you believe taylor swift wrote the bolter about reiko? 😆
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Even if you lose something else, I'll find it for you. (Chase. I found my answer. I will...see you again.)
#kamen rider#kamen rider drive#shijima go#so something about how even though go never stops looking for chase he stops doing it alone.#he is not alone clawing back for the past. he has his family and his friends and reiko and he is leading chase into the future. do you see.#so this is about the transition of that. im going to go be sick#kamen rider drive spoilers#drive spoilers
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First name basis - regarding Kuwana's one-sided relationship with Mitsuru through a cultural and linguistic lens
I haven't seen anyone else point this out so I wanted to mention it because I think it provides some insight to Kuwana and Mitsuru's relationship to each other despite them never having the opportunity to interact in game.
Has anyone else noticed that Kuwana refers to all of his former students by their last names? (Yui) Mamiya, (Yasushi) Akaike, (Shinya) Kawai, (Yoko) Sawa - then, Mitsuru (Kusumoto).
It could be argued that Kuwana refers to Mitsuru by his first name in order for players to be able to immediately distinguish between "Kusumoto" (Reiko) and "Kusumoto" (Mitsuru), but I also read it as how Kitakata unintentionally ostracized Mitsuru from his peers: how, in turn, Kuwana treats Mitsuru more preciously than others.
Tellingly, Kuwana refers to Mamiya and Sawa with the -kun honorific. Most people who have a rudimentary understanding of Japanese know that -kun is often used for young(er) boys. However, using -kun for adult women is more of a formality. In Sawa's case, I believe -kun is used for her out of mutual respect. -kun can also be used by male teachers to refer to their female students.
Despite never seeing Kitakata interact with any of his students in the past, we can infer from the above information that his way of addressing his former students, at least, has not changed.
Kuwana does not refer to Kawai with any honorifics because he is dead and they clearly do not have a close relationship. He uses -san with Akaike or none at all.
However, Kuwana also occasionally uses -kun with Mitsuru - not out of formality like Mamiya, or respect like Sawa, but rather, because Kuwana still views Mitsuru-kun as a child, or the schoolboy he knew long ago.
**** It's worth noting that Kuwana sometimes does not use honorifics with Mitsuru at all. Similar to Akaike, this is more closely related to how Kuwana used to be his teacher (you may drop honorifics of those who are socially inferior, like teachers with students) and not how Reiko NEVER uses honorifics with Mitsuru because they are family members.
To me, this is why -kun popping up occasionally is rather important. It demonstrates that Kuwana believes in a close relationship or kinship with Mitsuru that he never had.
This presents itself in other ways. Firstly, I'd like to note how he speaks to Kusumoto Reiko. Reiko is the only person Kuwana uses honorific language with (です・ます specifically, keigo, but not full seppuku zarei 許してください type of keigo, just a more formal/distant way of speaking, she mostly returns the formality - Kuwana seems to lower himself when speaking to her. Literally and figuratively, lol).
He also uses the fairly distant-yet-respectful sounding 「あなた」 with her. It's no question that he respects her undyingly ("virtuous and capable"!), yet I believe it is very interesting he refers to Mitsuru using -kun when speaking to her as well! He speaks about Mitsuru with her as if they all know each other well.
Take this line from the finale, while speaking to Reiko on the phone after Ehara's trial ended:
"Enough is enough. You and your son have been through enough hell. I want to protect Mitsuru-kun too. Almost as much as his mother."
(This is my favorite line. It's darling.)
Here, Kuwana is recognizing Reiko's struggles while veeeeeery preciously reminding her that he deeply cares for Mitsuru-kun - comparing himself, almost (and boldly so) to that of a maternal/parental figure.
While I don't think that Kuwana actually views himself as a parental figure to Mitsuru, it is important to note that Mitsuru is quite literally the figurehead and motivation to Kuwana's vigilantism:
"If it means I can prevent another Mitsuru Kusumoto, yes, I will keep killing." (Chapter 10)
"Mitsuru and all those kids... For them to have justice, this is what I had to become!" (Chapter 11)
"The day Mitsuru leapt from the roof, I vowed to atone for the rest of my life." (Chapter 11)
"Do you have any idea what [Mitsuru] was like thirteen years ago? Then you have no right to speak to me that way!" (Chapter 11)
This might be a good place to note that Kitakata's name change is referential to the date Mitsuru attempted suicide (September 17th): Kuwana, Ku (9) + wa (1) + na (7) - it's goroawase! Plus �� (Jin) meaning humanity, virtue, goodness.
I'd like to use all of this to talk about a much broader and darker theme. As I wrote in the beginning of this post, I believe Kitakata referring to Mitsuru by his first name - unlike the rest of his classmates - had unforeseen consequences. Being called by your first name by teachers is the choice of that teacher, and it is a very deliberate choice in high school. Kitakata "othered" Mitsuru, unintentionally showing him that he was not deserving of the same respect as his classmates.
Kuwana mentions that he thought he was well-liked by his students, even going as far as to not believe that that level of violence, abuse, and bullying could be happening right under his nose. While I don't believe Kitakata ever willingly participated in bullying Mitsuru, Mitsuru still remained outcasted in his own homeroom until the day he fell into a coma. In part, thanks to the way Kitakata singled him out.
By taking this to heart, Kuwana developed this idea that he and Mitsuru are foiled - that his selfish vigilantism is all for "Mitsuru's sake". In Chapter 11, Kuwana says "Mitsuru and all those kids..." - this shows an inability to recognize Mitsuru as anything other than a victim and a child. Mitsuru is not "Kusumoto-kun" or "Mitsuru-san", he is: Mitsuru-kun. An innocent young boy.
Kitakata may have unintentionally put a target on Mitsuru in class, but Kuwana singles Mitsuru out intentionally - by feeling so indebted to him that Kuwana, frankly, develops a parasocial relationship to Mitsuru's tragedy. And in a way, Mitsuru had become his unintended victim twice.
Moreover, the child he failed to protect, and the one he hurt the most.
#not ship related do not tag this as ship or i will bite your HEAD OFF.#i want to maybe add more to this eventually and do a full-blown analysis on the way kuwana speaks to/about everyone#because it changes with yagami and kaito and even sugiura#he talks to sugiura like a child lmfao. because sugiura is YOUNGER THAN MITSURU CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT.#anyways take this long ass post after radio silence forever#lost judgement#rgg#kuwana jin#mitsuru kusumoto#reiko kusumoto#text#btw i can quote this game with absolutely striking accuracy do NOT play with me#analysis
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muahahaha *pointing at gay people* losers!
i hate them *affectionate*
#mortal kombat#havik#reiko#reivik#my art#i'm normal about them *lying*#yes reiko shaving himself with a knife he is a horrible person#bloodreignshipping#lieutenant reiko#haviko
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playing LJ and idk what’s in the japanese water but Yagami is INSUFFERABLE!!!
He’s so fucking annoying his only argument is “muhhh sawa sensei” when Kuwana, Reiko or Ehara say the horrible things their kids endured like SHUT UP!!!! Reiko and Ehara’s children killed themselves bc they were bullied, I understand and support them fully for getting revenge, especially since the justice system is shitty when it comes to such cases
Did you feel the same or am I tripping?
putting this under the cut
sorry i know you sent this days ago and maybe your opinion has changed since then but i'll answer the best i can? (also i hope i don't accidentally spoil anything ahahah)
this take is not uncommon (and i felt the same at some point, though i've since changed my mind) so no, you're not tripping lmao. despite changing my mind, the fact that people say this pretty regularly probably means the writers didn't execute the idea as well as they could have. i would say that it feels clumsy and almost like a joke (cue sawa-sensei counter) to the point that it detracts from the point they're trying to make. i think some people will disagree with me on this -- rather than the writers, it's the players who aren't fully understanding what's being said to them in the text -- but regardless of whose "fault" that is, yes it's a Known Thing
(funnily enough, during my first playthrough, my sister mentioned seeing a meme about "sawa sensei" getting repeated a lot, and by the time the 2nd/3rd time hit we were like OH MY GOD THE MEME WAS REAL. which is a funny memory to me. lmao)
i think the thing that's getting lost here is that the "sawa sensei" argument is not meant to discredit how kuwana, reiko and ehara feel about the injustice. this part is not in question. yagami's stance on doing illegal shit is also not relevant to this conversation (and i'm not sure i could provide a compelling argument on this front anyway, aside from that he's very anti-murder, lol. clearly he does illegal shit himself so he's not against doing illegal shit based on principle alone. depends on circumstances probably)
sawa gets brought up because she clearly did not deserve to die. almost everyone agrees that sawa was a good person. kuwana puts her on a pedestal for confronting him about kusumoto being bullied, idealises her and muses that she would've understood him for what he's doing (killing people. and this is clearly a stretch). reiko says that sawa was the only person who visited kusumoto in hospital without an ulterior motive, which is one of the best testaments of character that she could give, really, imo. ehara probably holds a negative opinion of sawa for her false testimony about there being no evidence of bullying -- but this was clearly done under pressure of the people around her, and ehara's opinion is the exception to the rule.
so, sawa is a good person. so what? who cares? what's the point of bringing her up?
the point of what kuwana is doing is that he sees it as a way of righting the wrongs that the justice system leaves unaddressed. he needs to believe that what he is doing is right, because it gives him purpose and distracts him from his guilt.
sawa's death contradicts this. even if he and reiko didn't kill her themselves, it's proof that their extreme actions have negative consequences. they can say that the system is wrong, look what this monster did to my son, etc etc. but what they are doing also harms innocent people. the justice/revenge/whatever they pursue is at the cost of other innocent people. sawa herself represents the unforeseen cost of kuwana's self-imposed mission to kill bullies. they can justify themselves all they want, but sawa's death is a reality they can't talk around. they acknowledge she was a good person, but she died because of their actions. is this a worthwhile cost? yagami doesn't think so.
and the thing is, kuwana and reiko can be persuaded.
at least, that's kuwana's opinion about reiko
and later he says this about himself.
these screenshots are pulled from a youtube video w/ english dub so take it with a grain of salt, but you get what i'm trying to say here.
i think the repetition is the point. they agree sawa was a good person. they can be persuaded away from their current stance (that murder is an acceptable response). by repeating himself, yagami is using the argument that's most personal to them, mostly likely to convince them. repetition is not a bug, it's a feature. whether or not this was conveyed well by the writers is another argument altogether, but yagami's point itself is sound.
truthfully, i think LJ could have benefitted by leaning into what makes this case personally compelling to yagami. if you're not paying attention, the "but sawa sensei" argument can feel pretty flat, but putting emphasis on yagami's experiences would help it feel more rich and justified aside from "innocent people dying is bad" (even though that is a sound argument on its own). he does mention emi, i believe it's only once, so it's not like they don't do it at all, but i would like more. the impact of emi and of JE specifically is that yagami doesn't like to leave things unaddressed when he can do more, and that's clearly a motivating factor here. he won't leave kuwana alone for as long as there is 1. something yagami can do about it and 2. kuwana still intends to keep killing
think about the fact that yagami's parents were killed by someone seeing vigilante revenge, both a deeply personal tragedy, and a life defining event that set him on the path he walks now. leaning more into that would have helped, or at least been interesting, in my opinion. obviously it's not 100% the same since yagami's father was the lawyer and not the accused, but the key parts (vigilante justice + collateral damage) is there. of course yagami is trying to change kuwana's mind. not only does yagami understand kuwana's pain wrt the pain of inaction (yagami's regrets about emi) but he's experienced the aftermath of collateral damage, himself.
of course, yagami's personal experiences are only relevant to us, as viewers. sawa is still the best argument to convince kuwana and reiko (and i can easily imagine reiko brushing yagami off if he talked about his backstory LMAO), so that's what we get. sawa is what matters to them, so sawa is what he will keep reminding them of. that's why the sawa argument is what it is.
we can get into discussions about the inevitable failure of the legal system and what that means for "real justice", but we would never come to a consensus. instead, i think it's better to look at how kuwana and reiko are impacted on a personal level by their actions: neither of them have moved on, even after seeking their justice. they remain stuck in the past. their actions grant them no closure, and robs them of a future (reiko as a politician and mother, kuwana as a humble handyman: but as far as we know, a pretty damn good one considering how well he was able to leverage his connections to avoid being caught this whole time... at least in my opinion)
when kuwana argues, he asks how they should seek justice if legal avenues don't grant it to them. he asks, "what about the reiko kusumotos and akihiko eharas of the world?" he is right to point this out.
when yagami argues, he asks how revenge can be justified if innocents will suffer (and die) for it, even unintentionally. he asks, "what about the yoko sawas of the world?" he is also right to point this out.
there is no easy solution. they both have a point. that's what the story is ultimately about. kaito says it straight up at the end of the game:
well, that's my take. admittedly i'm not as well versed on LJ as some people are, so i could be remembering and paraphrasing some things wrong. i've seen people who really like LJ's writing, and others who straight up hate it LMAO, so yknow, your mileage may vary. hopefully this will at least help you understand the other perspective
if you want to hear another take on the sawa sensei argument, i'll put this here. i drew on it quite a bit while writing this, so yknow, credit where credit is due.
#jitxt#long post#coincidentally the tags are also long 😇#sorry for being a yagami apologist /jk#and sorry for putting a million disclaimers and “maybe”s and “imo”s. i don't like having opinions on the internet#<- girl who is about to have some more#this is probably the most i've talked about reiko or ehara ever. that's a new one#and i didn't even mention kuwagami once! herculean achievement for The Kuwagami Poster#but linking a passthroughtime post? of course jichan you couldn't help yourself#the biggest trick LJ did on its players is pretending this game is about the legal system#which it kind of is but not in the way people think it is#kuwana's alternative straight up doesn't work. he says he wants to stop bullying but#there is no way his actions are having a preventative effect on bullying at all. the game tells us this early by showing us bullying.#if you engage with kuwana's actions by discussing if they are/aren't a legitimate alternative to the justice system#then you have already lost to the writer's mindgames /jk#he does this for personal satisfaction. or at least to keep the demons at bay. not that he doesn't believe in his justifications too but#this is a personal story first and foremost#however i DO think this game is about punitive vs rehabilitative justice to some extent#yagami's intervention leading to the school bullies becoming people who stop bullying themselves is an example of this#but even if offenders don't rehabilitate do they deserve to die? that's the more loaded question#or maybe it's not about deserving - but instead about if focusing on punishment is more fruitful than prevention#kuwana's killings always happen AFTER. AFTER someone dies. AFTER legal systems fail.#yagami helping with 1 bullying case probably helped kids more than the 7 killings kuwana committed. it had a more real tangible impact.#..........wow that's kinda fucked when you think about it
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