#aki mikage

[happycricketbox]

A sticker design of Silver Spoon! My favoritest manga ever!!!!

I put it on dark background for contrast - here's what the printed version looks like :)

[komabaichirouu]

listen i know arakawa vehemently refused the idea of introducing a love triangle/a love rival in silver spoon

but heres the thing

she already did

her name is ayame minamikujou

she is introduced as mikage's childhood friend. shes loud and condescending and annoying. but most importantly she is viscerally jealous of hachiken's spot in ezo ag because it means he gets to go to school with mikage.

she believes he took the place that belongs to her. she treats him poorly. refuses to remember his name and picks whatever number comes to her mind instead. to a point that becomes ridiculous. like what the fuck is this

she shows zero respect towards him but she. compliments mikage a lot? under the guise of being a rival of course but like we know how gay rivalries tend to be. she shows a lot of faith in mikage's abilities and pushes her to be better. she's even the whole reason mikage becomes less nervous and competes as well as she did.

i dont have the panels but did i mention that she founded an equestrian club at her school and is its only member? going through all that trouble just to see mikage in competitions? probably getting hounded by faculty to get more members or to give it up? all that for a girl? interesting. very interesting

anyways the day hachiken collapses she drops by to be a general nuisance, but when aki asks for her help, she calls her dad to bring her horse with zero hesitation

the second she hears aki intends to go to college, she decides she wants to go too (once again under the guise of "competition", which is fooling absolutely nobody by now)

when she fails and shingo pushes her to try again, she complains that it means she would be aki's junior.

what this means :

a- confirmation that just like many other things literally her only motivation is to be with aki

b- as pointed out by hachiken, she fully believes that aki will get in through her recommendation

when aki's recommendation is accepted she brags about knowing aki had it in her all along. and like, she's right. she believed in mikage the whole time (even though she shows it in her weird ojou-sama ways)

bonus: she hates men

the entire thing is hilarious in and of itself (imo she is THE funniest character) but what makes it funnier is the idea that arakawa didnt put in a love rival at the request of her editor, just to write a character that is essentially a mockery of the idea.

even funnier than that is the fact that hachiken was sitting there, worrying sick about the possibility of aki and komaba being together because of a few misunderstandings, when this girl is essentially claiming that she will steal his gf whenever she's on the page

ok ive spoken my truth time to hide away for a few more months

[edwinspaynes]

I just have to say that Shiso Mikagi from Ayashi no Ceres is legitimately the best antagonist I have ever seen. They don't make them like that anymore.

He's absolutely unhinged. He's batshit crazy. His behavior is so unpredictably weird that none of the protagonists can begin to guess at his next move.

And yet, his evil is NEVER watered down, even when the narrative (successfully) works to paint him as sympathetic despite his misdeeds. He is the devil incarnate and yet. YET.

Shiso Mikage is also fantastic because his reincarnation is the main character's twin Aki. He subsumes this twin completely and replaces his will with his own. The body is *his,* even if the main character perceives him as her brother. They can't kill him without killing Aki. It's such a mindfuck.

And somehow the artist manages to easily distinguish Shiso Mikage from Aki with her art style. It isn't just the scar on his cheek. It's something dead and flat in his eyes.

I just love this antagonist. He's the gold standard.

[readtilyoudie]

Silver Spoon Vol 8

[victim-of-subtraction]

Kise Ryouta, Oikawa Tooru, and Mikage Reo are all the same character in different fonts and in this essay I will…

[viviraptor-art]

happy to finally share my work for volume 2 of the @ygocookbookzine! first up is my page art for the cheesecake and cocktail recipes, inspired by akiza and carly 🌹🍸 leftover sales for the cookbook and its merch are still live! please check it out if you're interested ^^

[hotwaterandmilk]

Series: Ayashi no Ceres Artist: Watase Yuu Publication: Sho-Comi Magazine #19 (09/1996) Details: Waku Waku Picnic Bag Source: Scanned from my personal collection

[abarero]

💚🍀💚🍀💚

For @magitober Day 10: Green

[yayawantstodraw]

I get really sad when people are mean to my favorite character :(

[mbg159]

What Your Favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Girl Says About You

[Main Girls Only][DM][GX]

Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski (likes the second half of the series): You are pretty chill, and almost definitely a Faithshipper. You’re very fond of doing all kinds of scenarios of their first meeting. You write at least one thing per day appreciating her development. You really, really like the rollerskates episode. Even if it could have been better, you still love Yusei giving her Stardust. You get really sad during the ending, but you know in your heart of hearts that they definitely kissed offscreen.

Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski (dislikes the second half of the series): You got the taste of a girl who was straight-up unhinged, and you've been chasing that high ever since. You find bondage jokes incredibly funny. You have at least one very strong opinion about Crow. Despite your feelings on the second half (most of which can be described as "seething"), you have a soft spot for Sherry. To this day, her battle theme still generates a Pavlovian response of swooning tears in you.

Ruka/Luna: Your soul aches every day for her wasted potential. You started reading the manga the moment you saw scans of how it did her. You were very surprised when Ancient Fairy Dragon got banned. You have edited characters to be wearing flower crowns at least once. You’re still not quite sure what to think about her brother, but you definitely wish Life Stream had showed up earlier. You spent eighty episodes waiting for a followup for the end of Ep. 67, and are still waiting.

Carly Nagisa/Carly Carmine: You are a Scoopshipper, with no questions asked. You were utterly horrified when you found out about the cult thing (even if your source may have been somewhat inaccurate). You refuse to rewatch the second half of the series, and have devoted lengthy fanfics to what really happened afterward. You aren’t sure if you like nerds or goths, and you’re glad you don’t have to choose. You have tried to do Fortune Fairy-based readings in real life.

Misty Lola/Misty Tredwell: You may be into Isolationshipping or you may be into Omenshipping, but regardless of where you fall, you are certain she loves women. You saw that bit where she cradles Carly’s face and went “god, that girl is lucky.” Your favorite part of the whole DS arc was when she has Ccaryhua swallow Divine whole. You are very, very angry she’s not in Duel Links yet. (Like, I wrote this in 2021 originally, and she's still not in it? What?)

Sherry LeBlanc: You actually don’t hate the second half, but it’s largely due to her. You have either watched Revolutionary Girl Utena, or have been told several times that you should watch it. You may not be a Roseknightshipper, but you definitely have an LGBT headcanon. You have mixed feelings about how her arc ended, and would have preferred if the entire season was just her running around kicking stuff.

Martha: You hate every single other parent in every other series because you have seen her episodes and beheld a standard none have yet lived up to. She takes no shit, she's a rain of sunlight in a land of misery, she sacrifices herself tragically. Why the fuck did she barely appear after Dark Signers? You just want to talk to the person who made that decision, you say while loading a shotgun.

Mikage Sagiri/Mina Simington: You may be a Careshipper whose favorite arc is Fortune Cup, or an Ushio/Mikage shipper whose favorite arc is Dark Signers. Either way, you just really, really like office ladies, okay? You either think she's cute, relate to her beleaguered nature, or both. Also, did you know there's no ship name for Ushio/Mikage? I didn't until recently, but you definitely do.

Stephanie: Man, you picked the biggest third wheel in the entire franchise and a woman who only appears in the second half to be your fave, huh? That takes a lot of guts. And to my immense surprise, despite her entire existence being "waitress" and "one-note obsession with Jack Atlas", you have decided your OTP with her is Carly. Rock on, Stephanie fans, you make the world brighter.

Misaki: You decided to go dumpster-diving in the video games and found a gem. You understand that the only thing that could have made Bruno's arc better is if he was also Rei Ayanami. The bit at the end where she finally smiles melted your heart like butter in the sunrise. You insist Watts are underrated. You sadly know deep down that there's a reason the only female Yliaster member is non-canon.

[choujinx]

GIN NO SAJI (2011-2019) by arakawa hiromu

[zel-draws]

binged sonic rush cutscenes and drew her from memory... with a light mikage cameo in the corner because i love her

[komabaichirouu]

hey friends did you know that each silver spoon opening and ending represents one of the four seasons? as well as hachiken's character arc as time goes on?

kiss you (op1) represents represents summer. like it's straight up a summer love song, mentioning going to the beach and whatnot. the sunlight is emphasized in the visuals too. hachiken is shown building some confidence but making mistakes from not being used to his environment (stepping into poop, walking into electric fence, etc.).

hello especially (ed1), then, represents spring, the first half of season 1. it shows hachiken literally Warming up alongside the weather, starting off in the cold morning hour and progressing through the day and the season (as seen by the wheat growing and maturing)

life (op2) is pretty obviously fall. the leaves are turning red, hachiken has a more confident demeanor, he's accustomed himself to this new life, but colder days are coming.

oto no naru hou e (ed2) represents winter! (sad that the rest of the Tales of winter saga won't be adapted..) lots of cold pastel colors, and a few shots depicting characters warming up and/or in winter clothing. you see their cold breath as well.

the song itself is about supporting a friend, extending "warmth" to them as it were, which is what hachiken does for mikage and komaba during season 2.

and that's all! this is a crosspost of a thread ive already made on twitter and bluesky. i don't like using tumblr very much but it is the best place to post art and character analysis without getting swallowed by the 'algorithm' within a few hours. i may post in depth analysis of each opening and ending on their own eventually, but i'm hesitating because of how inconvenient it is to analyse movement in text form. lots of gifs to be made, probably.

stay cool, and read silver spoon :)

[whywhywhymoney]

Not the first fic I ever wrote, but, I think it is one of my favourites that I wrote, as it came from a place of sheer love and gratitude to my circle of friends, so from one idiot group chat to another, here's to you Team 5ds!

(and I seriously mean it omg, if my friends ever found out I wrote this I may have to excommunicate myself from life)

[readtilyoudie]

Silver Spoon Vol 1

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Combining characters from both the original and 5Ds since there are much fewer girls/women in these serieses than boys/men.

The wording is "Who would be the best" not "Who is your favorite" so keep that in mind when you vote.

Obligatory disclaimer that they'd obviously be of age and everything is above board, etc.