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nasuversekinkmeme · 1 year

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Weekly Roundup: Prompts (I fucked up but that's like from one week ago)

Tsukihime

Diferent Anon than the current Tsukihime petplay one, I offer the oppisite: Arcuied puts Ciel down like old yeller, is delighted that she can old yeller her over and over again.

Arcueid is convinced she's a kitty girl and thus gets deeply offended when every "what animal are you" quiz she takes tells her she's a golden retriever (which she is)

Arcueid becoming Neco Arc played completely straight as some sort of horrofic Jekyll and Hyde style transformation.

Kohaku starts a recruitment drive for new maids for the mansion, and everyone (regardles of gender or even species) in Misaki Town finds themselves drafted - whether they like it or not

Fate/Zero

Waver gets a break for once

Fate/Extra

Smut, Someone attempts to hack BB, but the super AI is far too above such petty human tricks. She definitely resisted all the attempts to change her personality and her perception of normal, as you can tell by the fact that her panties have massive dildos spreading her vagina and her ass at any and all times, just like she definitely always has and didn't suddenly start doing the day of the for sure failed hacking attempt. She's also definitely always loved having her face fucked by men and women and enbies alike, as is perfectly normal. Her face is meant to pleasure anyone and everyone who wants her to! Gosh, that's just logic. It's why she has a mouth and throat and tongue in the first place!

Smut, Mostly I just have a hypnosis kink and enjoy the idea that a machine can only do what it's programmed to do, regardless of what it was programmed to do yesterday. Anyway BB gets a software update and "remembers" that it's polite for her to eat her Master out every day, especially because her Master for sure didn't make her think that was normal, because it just always was.

Kama and/or Kiara face their greatest challenge yet: someone who is asexual. The Beasts of Lust lose and lose hard.

Smut, Nero bondage (I think it still counts if it's something that prevents them from moving) where she forces another character into the Roman Candle Execution Method they pioneered IRL - aka trapping them in a wax coating that restricts their movement (here with the exception of the various body holes) with the caveat that holes are unsealed so Nero can have sex with them. May or may not involve the person/ candle actually being set alight or suffocating in the wax during being fucked The person doesn't actually have to die.

Fate/Stay Night

Archer grows tits. He's still male. He's still a dude, he's masc, he's comfortable being called a man. But now he has tits and he likes them. Anyways now instead of fourth place for biggest chest he's second only to Passionlip.

Hopping off of the archer spontaneously grows tits anon from earlier- he is now the first axis man to get a swimsuit alt because of it.

Guinevere gets summoned, and Lancelot tries to leave her alone to avoid starting any drama, only for Guinevere to demand to see him because she never stopped loving him

Fate/Apocrypha

Astolfo, in a rare moment of lucidity, congratulating someone on their transition. Ideally, phrased ambiguously enough to make it unclear what sort of trans they are, or how far in the transition they are, just that Astolfo is happy with the progress and glad for them to have moved closer to their truth.

Sieg, having been alive and independent for less than a week and whose closest friends are Jeanne and Astolfo, thinks that wearing feminine clothing is completely normal. Upon being summoned to Chaldea, promptly tries on those cute skirts Asolfo likes to wear.

Sieg and Astolfo sleep together. Not as in the euphemism-for-sex sense, they just fall asleep in the same bed cuddling each other, high emphasis on them being physically affectionate and tender and also adorable.

FGO

Smut, Several servants whose claim to fame includes "good at sex" decide to try and figure out who is best at it. They need an impartial judge to agree to get fucked silly by all of them. Gudao/Gudako "mysteriously" goes missing not long after (spends the next weeks getting fucked into the ground by all of them).

Guda finally after everything gets a nice peaceful-ish death! Unfortunately instead of immediately being sent to any after life they have to be isekai'd (again seriously for real this time) so the various afterlife reps can have a custody battle over their immortal soul...

Smut, Nitocris under her Medjed sheet, maintaining the perfect poise and bearing of a pharaoh, exactly the same as all days. Which is rather impressive, seeing as the only thing she's wearing under it is a dildo up her ass. Heavy emphasis on how genuinely nobody else knows anything is any different than usual, with the possible exception of her girlfriend Scheherazade. Who might've been involved in the escapade.

I wanna see Blackbeard covered in blood. Whether it be defending his collection, saving his master, reenactment of his death or that one Black Sails scene, getting his red wings etc I don't care. I just want that nerd drippin in the red stuff

we have fairy knights of the round. but there should be a round table of dogs , naturally lead by Sir Cavall II

There's only room for one loud angry trans man in Chaldea! Mordred and Caenus duke it out! Whether or not the "sparring match" devolves into furious sex afterwards is up to the writer.

BB decides to host a reality show with challenges.. but every challenge is cruel one way or another, like facing your worst fears… BUT IT IS TEN TIMES WORSE. The prize for winning is getting to bed Gudao AND a grail

WG Scenario where after Flauros possessed Lev, he started losing weight from not eating as much as his host used to. Roman points this out during a checkup and it makes Flauros paranoid that this sudden change will make the Chaldeans suspicious of him and realize their coworker has been taken over. So he starts eating more to gain back the weight but overdoes it and winds up as big as Goredolf. Bonus points if a Chaldean hits on him as he gains more but it just makes him think they're onto him.

Smut, heeey maybe the watsonian reason why shiva isn't available for summoning is because there's quite a lot of woman at chaldea interested in pegging him , in addition to teaching Kali & Durga about femdom.. and you have gudako , who is gonna put him in a mating press or die trying.

Morgan and Mash have been in a sexual relationship for a bit now, which they excuse as just being a casual thing (Not the right way to court a queen after all, that’d be incredibly improper…), except Mash has started accidentally picking up her fashion cues with the black lace, occasional blue lipstick, and- oh that’s a collar. Nobody wants to say anything, even if it’s congratulatory, as they don’t wanna get Berserker-looped.

Smut, Everyone has their own sexual rhythm for providing penetration, but Lancelot (Saber)’s is Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake, and it really weirds Raikou out, because he legitimately doesn’t realize.

the realization that kadoc has fully grown accustomed to chaldea's chaos did not occur when he started a pirate radio station with jalter in order to put BB channel out of buisness, instead the realization hits kadoc when he accidentally calls archer moriarty Dad. and to make things even more funny , fran is cool with having kadoc as a foster brother.

Woodwose somehow ends up at a furry convention

The reason why Blackbeard hate for fighting and actually working is because his thirst for piracy was what made him abandon his wife and lose his life. So in a Dodrinya type situation Chaldea summons Edward Teach(B.B. true name), the greatest pirate who has ever lived, and it's Blackbeard's wife and they have an awkward reunion

all the doctor servants just fucken die due to the amount of apples gudao/gukao consume in this up coming lotte events. they then respawn after the two weeks are up and promptly beat they to death with medical supple.

Consider, Sex Pollen, but Guda is allergic to pollen.

Oberon gets fucked until he starts calling himself Titania.

All the lostbelt kings are lamenting the loss of their lostbelt together, except for Qin who just came back from their own perfect recreation of their lostbelt and is confused on why they’re all sad

since gudako and Morgan are married this means Sith becomes an sibling older due to gudako's kids(kid Gil, Illyea, nursery and jack). Jack super happy to have an older sibling but Sith is against this until jack brings her black-beards head because he was talking mad shit about her older sister. Sith now responds when jack calls her big sis and calls her litte sister from that day on.

Kiara tries to tempt an ace Gudako with garlic bread. Gudako can't eat gluten so the attempt fails miserably.

Noncon, incest, I can't take this anymore I need to see Duryodhana's stupid loser ass get nonconed by Bhima or by a mob I don't care he just deserves to get put in his place (bonus points if you use his line for getting hit by np)

Its Mother's Day in chaldea and in a bit of a twist Morgan gives presents to her phh children since she feels bad for what she did in their timeline

someone be insane about hanahaki with me, theres a botanical fucking garden in ritsuka fujimaru's lungs and people who some of the flowers grow for are dead aaaaaahhh. none of that "its only curable if they love you back" or "removing the flowers kills your ability to feel" though. guda has to get rid of the flowers in their lungs and they gotta confess to do that but again, many of the people they grow flowers for are dead by gudas own hand from the lostbelts going down.

Bradamante is the de facto straightman of the Paladins of Charlemagne, but when left to her own devices/is without any of her ilk, she’s as much off a silly bimbo as the rest of them

Now summoned as a servant rather than a full fairy, Barghest discovers that she no longer gets sick from eating chocolate, and that she has an INCREDIBLE sweet tooth. In order to satiate her appetite, she gets Medb to channel Knocknarea’s spirit origin for access to her chocolate fields, in exchange for Barghest now serving as her Hound and Brave. Cue a Petplay/Weight Gain scenario about their treat-based relationship economy.

Smut, Koyanskaya’s tail isn’t real, it’s a buttplug (of egregiously large proportions, but that’s beside the point), and she’s started selling them. If you keep it in however, a set of Fox ears begin to grow, and your teeth begin to sharpen… hey, what do you mean Gudako just got gifted one?!

Silly omegaverse courtship between master and castoria where guda is desperately trying to court this beautiful fairy idiot with elaborate rock art that is too circular for her tastes, all the food they can make safely while severely impaired from rutbrain, random objects they think she would like, and eventually when they manage to create cool rock art that pleases the lady a sick ass breakdance. Whether or not they fuck in the end is up to you I just like versegm's ideas

Kingprotea practicing to control her strength so she can safely give her Master a headpat. Lots of practice dummies get varying degrees of comically destroyed as she carefully dials it in.

All the Sakuraface servants get summoned all at the same time sharing Sakura's body. Sakura's many many new headmates get up to comedic hijinks as they spend so much time fighting each other for control that Sakura's actually not really stopped from doing anything.

FGO again

Smut, Tai Gong Wang valentines but he actually goes through with what he was alluding to and we are treated to him and Guda having steamy outdoor sex (Guda's gender,.kinks, who tops, ect. is up to the writer)

Smut, Post Valentine's Gudako confronts Oberon over his shitty return gift. The two argue ending in hate sex. What happens next is up to the writer but it's gotta end with Oberon, completely sucked try, exhausted, and questioning if Gudako is related to the Merlins in some way (i.e part succubi)

Smut, You think Gudako is a top? WRONG! She's actually a hardcore masochist that loves being dominated. The crueler the partner, the better.

Let’s stop putting the pining on Mash, let Morgan be the one who has to search endlessly for her first knight whom she no longer remembers.

Okita, noticing that her coughing has only gotten worse to the point that she can no longer fight, begs Nobu to take her head. Nobu does not know what to do

Nightingale, known magic denier, is summoned under the caster class on accident, and is forced to learn how to do wizard/magical girl stuff. She gains a couple ranks in the Insanity skill by proxy.

Artoria stops Medb from consuming a pot brownie, finds out it's "forever weed" laced and has to try and hide the fact that she's super high from Merlin, every member of the round table in chaldea, Morgan, guinevere and other who have somehow been summoned by medb just for this occasion and the master themself

Due to their bond Gudako ends up seeing Angra's memories in her Dreams, specifically who he was before becoming the incarnation of all evil and the torture they did to turn him into that

guda this explaining pronouns to an older servant(whoever you want) while jack is in the room minutes later jack says they want to be non-binary because it represent all the kids that make them up and it sound cool.

loli, Sherlock begs Helena to put him on a leash and collar and walk him around and Helena decides to overperform by taking him out through the Chaldea halls late at night. Humiliation and being out to the writers discretion

Smut, Tamamo and her Master (Hakuno, Gudako, I ain't too picky) engage in BDSM for the first time, with Tamamo as the dom. Tamamo has the experience, though, and so teaches her Master about how it usually goes and how safe words work and such. Lots of emphasis on the process of teaching a newbie how to engage in the kink safely.

The trauma of the Lostbelts actually gets to Ritsuka. They end up repressing the memories of certain events (Mash's death, the destruction of the Lostbelts, fight with ORT, ect.), and would have moments where they disassociate. It gets worse after the Olympus lostbelt as they then would occasionally lay in bed unresponsive for hours to even days.

(writer chooses how the servants deal with this, and wether they want to go full angst, hurt/comfort, ect.)

columbus rolls the worst joint ever witnessed by man god and demon and is immediately executed for it

Canonically not understanding how to treat mental health issues, Nightingale prescribes Gudako bimbofication pills

oberon gifts morgan a gift of just bugs. Now he’s being chased by the faerie knights and now gudako must at least stop them from murdering oberon for his antics

kriemhild wants sieg to change his name. the next day, turns out his name is Hans Schmidt now. And kriemhild has to tell sieg that ‘no, he didn’t have to change his name’

ABDL - Raikou gets fed up with how pervy and non-innocent Gudako acts, and decides she'll have to fuck her until her mind regresses to a more innocent age.

Izou and Ryouma get stuck in myhouse.wad

Fujimaru gets summoned in Requiem, recognizes Erice who is extremly confused about it.

Cu gets into an argument with salter rider maid supreme, decides to one up her at maiding. Not one hell of a butler, one hell of a MAID. He is wearing a MAID dress and doing maid stuff to be clear hear. Shenanigans ensue. He can fuck around along the way if he wants. But he must defeat Salter at maid shit. Any version of cu but setanta is cool for this.

Any fandom

Any character getting turned into a small dress up doll and then being dressed up.

not quite a prompt fill but like, as to how mutting could work(reverse bitching that was requested a while back that mod named) i think it could happen if you just kept your face in peoples holes for long as you can as frequently as you can. eat pussy/ass like you get paid by the hour to do it. probably through someone elses heat or even your own. until you grow a cock to fuck them with. or just become an alpha. whichever is cooler for you.

Some sort of mystical force gets fed up with all the various non-berserk, completely coherent berserkers and decides to rectify that. As practise, it drains Jalter's mind and sanity and increases her physical fitness to the point she makes Heracles look like a reasonable little shrimp

#weekly roundup

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genseng-powder · 3 years

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Senku and Gen: A fight? HeadCanon

I've always written hcs when I seem stuck in writing because there are days where I have the ideas but my thoughts aren't as cooperative in the creativity department. So another headcanon turned into narrative - featuring the realest aspect of every relationship ever: arguments.

Also, involving the characters of KoS with KoM merged 💖💫

• When Senku and Gen fights, they never allow it to get in the way of their meetings. Especially since they held meetings with the five generals every so often.

• They swore that their relationship shouldn't get in the way - so they can often get quick past it outside with other people

• The catch is, its obvious that they had a fight. There won't be verbal terms thrown around, but Suika and Chrome feels it but cant quite put a hand on it.

• Ukyo and Ryusui on the other hand sees what's different - theres quite a bit of charged tension, but not too thick to get in the way and stifle conversations.

• Even old man Kaseki sees what's different from when they're normal or theyre fighting.

• Gen calls Senku without any honorifics - and Senku is much more reserved and replies way too straightforward. He doesnt bother with explanations like before and goes 100% straight to the point.

• But he is also reserved in a way that he doesnt throw any jokes around.

• Gen, is immensely cheery as if to make up and cover the fact that there's something going on.

• You'd think he is extra cheerful but if you look past it like Kohaku can, you'd see how his smiles and giggles isn't quite genuine.

• As a former entertainer, its easy to pass it off and to act, but inquisitive people and people who are his friends can differentiate his performance and genuine emotions.

• Kohaku, Ukyo, Ruri and as much as he hates it, Senku.

• Senku sees his overly cheery mood and at times, it gets to his nerves that his showman smile is plastered way too permanently.

• Senku has this secret hatred for Gen's facade.

• He hates that their arguments do this - but his pride also stops him from doing anything.

• Gen also sees how Senku gets easily annoyed at the smallest things, but he never pops off.

• When Senku is about to let out a steam, he catches himself way before words he don't mean can come stumbling out - and he excuses himself to cool down.

• He doesn't want people talking to him when that happens.

• Gen acts the same - secluding himself.

• He does this when something is bothering him, going for long walks around the forest to clear his head off and maintain his composure.

• He talks to himself mostly, to get his thoughts running and sorted and this had worked for him even way before - but more often it ends up in him being a sobbing mess because he hates that they've fought.

• Senku literally loses sleep and delves further into work, making more of the energy drink he made for Kinro just to keep him running. Coffee and Monster drink didnt exist here so he might as well make his own power up drink.

• Even though he is head deep into mountains work for Kingdom of Science - every so often he'll space out and think back about his and Gen's fight.

• More often, this makes Senku hiss and crumple or break whatever he is holding onto. Its frustrating and he hates emotions and irrationality - but he hates it more that no ones hovering over his shoulders or clinging onto him.

• No one knows how long it lasts - it varies depending on their degree of fights. Sometimes, within a day, other times three days.

• No one can complain because they still get work done - Senku leading teams and Gen still boosting morale despite his being so low at that point.

• The next meeting they held, no one mentions the slightly red edges to Gen's eyes and Senku's pinkish nose.

• This time, Tsukasa and Hyoga were present, so is Kohaku and Francoise because it seems urgent.

• Its going towards the usual flow - everything is smooth and flowing until Tsukasa notices Senkus fast replies when Gen asks, and Gen's lack of honorifics towards the scientists name.

• Hyoga, being brutally honest and reveling in such charged tension, decided to add oil to the flame.

• Did you two fight?

• Senku and Gen could only look at him, looks at each other and then simultaneously and respectively answers yes and no - and everyone watched with bated breath as the tension hastily thickens up.

• No one has ever interefered when the Kingdom of Science's two founding leaders were fighting - this being a first and it had to be Hyoga who intercepts.

• It could have been more acceptable if it was Suika, but even little Suika had learnt from Francoise that when two people fight, others shouldnt interfere so she lets it be even though she's sad that Senku and Gen fought.

• Senku manages to repress his exasperated thoughts and so does Gen who brushes off everything with a clearly fake smile - but Hyoga mentioning it makes everything unbearable and everyones now walking on thin ice.

• Ryusui and Francoise decided its enough, calls for a two hour break before they get into another meeting and locks the two of them in the observatory.

• No one can leave until they make up.

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Yep, cliffhanger. I'll probably post the making up part if I get the inspiration to write it 🤭 I like to think that Senku and Gen both has a hard time apologizing because for one, Senku is emotionally incapacitated JK HAHAHA no, but he just doesnt see it as necessary because action speaks louder than words.

Whereas Gen has his pride - even though he is probably in the wrong, he doesn't apologize for the heck of it and probably manipulates people into thinking they're the ones at fault. He doesn't do this with Senku though. It's why he is at a loss because his whole life it's what he is good at and then Senku comes in and bulldozes his bad habit.

#sengen #sengenhc #hc #ishigami senkuu #asagiri gen #dcst #drst #please hyoga is that asshole and u cant convince me otherwise #also i love perceptive Kohaku #shes so observant i love her

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hellmry · 4 years

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What do you think of this whole "ppl shipping SessRin are basically supporting paedophilia” on tumblr? I've seen lots of japapense fans on twitter and they're all basically happy for the huge possibility of having Rin as Sesshomaru's wife and the mother of Towa and Setsuna, and then I go to tumblr and see all these SessRin bashing, saying that their bond should have kept platonic, the "real" sesshomaru will not behave romantically with Rin, etc. Idk what to think? :/ What are your thoughts?

oh goody, this is going to be a long one.

it’s so ridiculous 🙄 I’ve seen this “paedophilia” argument so many times and it’s triggering how they misuse this term so much. Especially as a law student (pet peeve: people misusing technical terms and making very serious (false) accusations).

Paedophilia tends to be the umbrella term for everything with a big age gap or when one party of the couple knew the other party as a child, which shows how uneducated they are with their try hard activism. Paedophilia is a psychiatric disorder, when an adult is primary or exclusively sexually attracted to prepubescent children.

No one in their right mind ships Sesshomaru with Rin while she was still a kid, I’ve yet to see someone who actively ships them in a romantic setting with her still being a kid. All the shippers I’ve come across and fanworks made, are her being a young adult or adult.

The other term they’re throwing around is “grooming”, while thinking it means he groomed her into his wife, which is also false and a misuse of the term. Grooming happens, when an adult is befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child in order to lower the child’s inhibitions with the object of sexual abuse. Sessh didn’t approach her with any sexual intentions in mind, he tolerated her following him out of pity, which turned into being her protector after a while. As I see it, Jaken was more of a father figure for her than Sessh was. He ignored her most of the times, just watching over her and made sure she was safe (i mean, like a dog...a guard dog). And he certainly didn’t “groom” her into being his wife, that dude did not show any signs of romantic interest while she was a child. Heck, he was pretty stoic most of the times.

The fact, that people who saw Sessh as a father figure for Rin exist, is actually our strongest argument against their paedophilia accusation. They wouldn’t have been able to perceive their relationship as such in the first place, if there were ANY romantic advances or signs while she was a child. Wanna see and read about a real pedophile story/relationship? Go read Lolita by Vladimir Nobakov, it’s disturbing.

Another form of grooming happens, when someone is manipulated until they’re isolated, dependent and more vulnerable to exploitation (can also happen with adults). Though it was only a filler episode, in episode 162 (Forever with Lord Sesshomaru), Sessh even gave her the free choice to either stay with humans or follow him (with his trademark line “do as you please”). In the Manga she was staying with Kaede in the end. And she was friends with Kohaku. She mostly fended for herself (with Jaken), foraging for food in the wild or secretly on farms. Rin was certainly not isolated or dependent. I’m not even digging into the exploitation point, because there is nothing to say.

I admit, they way SessRin developed is not completely unproblematic and the biggest factor is, that he met her while she was still a child. I can agree with that, but most SessRin shippers do not ship them because he knew her as a child, but because she was the first one who he cared for. If you break it down, it’s pretty much the cold-emotionless-bad boy-falls-for-a-girl-after-being-shown-kindness-for-the-first-time trope. SessRin shippers would’ve also shipped them if Rin was the same age as Kagome the first time they’ve met. Rin being a child when they met is not the base of this ship, it’s their relationship and how she broke through Sessh’s walls and that she was the first (human) being he ever cared for. She was also the reason Sessh slowly began to accept Tenseiga as his sword.

People who are saying Sessh went out of character and should’ve stayed on platonic terms with Rin, clearly have no idea about storytelling and character development. Sessh is a dog demon. Inuyasha is a dog demon. Inu no Taisho was a dog demon. Rin is a human, Kikyo was a human, Kagome is a human, Izayoi was a human. Basically, dogs love humans and create very strong bonds with them. Even staying loyal when their owner mistreats or abuses them. The whole series builds up on this dog-human dynamic. Basically every romantic interest involving a dog demon ended up being a dog-human pair. What’s not clicking?

I also find it quite funny, how some of those people can also ship Kagome and Inuyasha while preaching their (false) paedophilia speech in the same sentence. Kagome was 15 when she met 200 year old Inuyasha. 15. That’s a teenager. I’m 26 and when I see 15 year olds, they look like toddlers to me. I don’t see anyone advocating for Kagome’s minor rights. The whole world flipped when Drake was dating a 18 year old but the fandom is still pretty silent about the fact, that Kagome was also 18 when she was married to 203 y/o Inuyasha in the epilogue. InuKag and SessKag shippers don’t get the same criticism as SessRin shippers, even though Kagome is also still a minor and that’s where you see the hypocrisy.

They can ship her because her design looks older and it’s easier to forget that she’s 15/18. Usagi from Sailor Moon was 14 when she met and began a romantic relationship with Mamoru, who was 17. Even though both are considered minors, 14 is a lot different than 17 but nobody bat an eye for that either. Probably it’s because Usagi doesn’t look like a 14 year old. Kagome doesn’t look like a 15 year old. But Rin looks her age, she looks like an 8 year old when they first met, evoking a different perception in people of being a minor, the age gap and her vulnerability. That’s the only reason I can think of, why people are fine with InuKag, SessKag, KogaKag and whatever, even though it’s essentially almost the same setting as with SessRin. Rin is a minor, Kagome is a minor, they both are protected by their stronger and much older demon travel partners. And its hypocritical to try and argue a difference because grooming and abuse of an 8 year old is such as horrific as of an 15 year old. If one of them is a victim, then both are.

I’m not trying to shit on InuKag or other Kagome ships btw., I love Kagome and InuKag, I’m just trying to show the hypocrisy in their fake activism, because it’s not based on facts and information but rather on subjective feelings and perception. It’s fine and legitimate to not like SessRin because of said reasons, but it is wrong to judge others for shipping it and accuse them of supporting paedophilia. People who are triggered by SessRin, should stay away from it but leave those alone, who enjoy it.

Oh and before someone runs their mouth at me and use personal history as an argument, I’ve been a victim of paedophilia and grooming myself. I was touched and molested by my private tutor for years between 5th and 7th grade. But I’ve overcome my trauma, educated myself and I’m able to tell fiction from reality. Nobody watches Inuyasha for relationship and dating advice. Misusing terms is actually harming the ones involved and projecting one own’s traumas and struggles onto others, by shaming them for shipping something is not helping anyone and doesn’t make a difference at all.

Lastly, no SessRin shipper is condoning real life child/adult relationships. We are able to ship them because fictional stories are less dimensional than real life situations are. Fictional relationships have less nuances, cherry picked dynamics and moments that make us perceive them in a specific way. It is man made. What seems romantic in a fictional story (even between two adults) may be littered with red flags or less exciting and boring in a real life setting. People consume fiction mainly for entertainment, not for real life and dating advice.

Remember, this is just a fictional story, just chill the f out.

#ask #sessrin #Anonymous

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ayuuria · 4 years

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Yashahime Translation (Partial): Pash! Plus Interview 1/23/21

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This is another interview with the 3 voice actresses and many of the questions they asked have already been answered in previous articles which I’ve translated. Hence, I have only translated portions that are unique to this article.

“Hanyō no Yashahime” Interview with Matsumoto Sara, Komatsu Mikako, and Tadokoro Azusa! What “future development” are the three of them anticipating? “I want to see parent-child exchanges!”

— With every episode, various mysteries are gradually becoming clear, but is there anything that particularly surprised you?

All: This is difficult (to answer)! We’re surprised every time!

Tadokoro: For me, it was when Sesshōmaru-sama left without saying anything despite hearing Zero tell Homura “Burn that forest to the ground” in episode 15. I became uneasy thinking “It can’t be. Does he not love his children...?”.

Matsumoto: You would think that if you looked just at that part.

Tadokoro: I was also surprised by the story following that.

Matsumoto: The part where Inuyasha and Kagome were put inside the black pearl right? That part moved me like “Father…”. No, probably more like “understood” rather than moved. Like “Sesshōmaru-sama wouldn’t do something like that without thinking”

Komatsu: Sesshōmaru just doesn’t say important things after all.

Matsumoto: I’ve learned that he’s simply not good at talking.

Komatsu: What surprised me the most is something that actually happens later on. It’s a spoiler so I can’t say anything but… Riku’s identity is… *mumbles*

Matsumoto: We also just happened to overhear it (laughs)

Komatsu: It’s a topic we actually weren’t supposed to hear about (laughs) We truly aren’t told what’s going to happen until we get the script.

Matsumoto: Regarding the subject of Riku, we were surprised like “So that’s how it was!?” when we happened to overhear a keyword, so I think the viewers will be quite surprised as well. Look forward to it (laughs)!

Komatsu: It’s hinted at a little bit when Riku makes his initial debut…

Matsumoto: I think those who are perceptive would think “Huh?”

Komatsu: Then there’s the scene that I also said left an impression on me which is what Miroku-sama had been up to until now.

Matsumoto: Me too! I was also surprised that he properly aged.

Tadokoro: He aged well didn’t he (laughs). He was so awesome! I was curious as to what he was doing after the wind tunnel disappeared.

Matsumoto: I knew Miroku and Sango had kids from “Inuyasha” but the child rearing and conversations with them weren’t depicted, so I had wondered about that for a long time. However, seeing the communication with his son moved me like “You’ve become such a good father!” since he is my favorite character as well. That Miroku-sama hadn’t changed even after becoming a father gave me feels.

Tadokoro: Don’t you think the conversation between Kagome-san and Sango-san as fellow mothers was good too? Mom friends talk (laughs). I could keenly feel how Sango was looking out for Kagome-san when she said “Yours is going to be born soon right? Watch your step okay.”. As someone who plays Moroha, episode 16 is a must see!

Komatsu: We never had an episode that greatly featured Moroha’s past until then.

Tadokoro: It’s the episode where you learn why Moroha earns money. She had been asked once before “What are you going to do with all that money?” but she dodged the question.

— There are a lot of episodes that should be checked out (laughs)

Matsumoto: Episodes 14, 15, and 16 are pretty deep after all! (laughs)

Tadokoro: Indeed

Komatsu: They have a lot of information.

— Earlier, Matsumoto-san said, “I like Miroku-sama” so could all of you please tell us your favorite characters?

Tadokoro: My favorites are Kohaku-kun and Sesshōmaru-sama. Kohaku-kun went through something terrible and seeing him living a painful way of life by making himself a sacrifice made me think “I want to make him happy”. There’s also the major fact that I liked Yajima-san’s (Akiko) acting, so the feeling of tragic heroism oozing from his voice aroused a protective urge within me. Now he’s an adult and is firmly continuing the work of demon slaying… I feel proud for some reason (laughs). He’s become such a fine man…

Matsumoto: I love Miroku-sama and Naraku too much! Regarding Naraku, at the beginning, the shock of “There’s this kind of warped love!” was huge. While it started off as something suddenly lighting a fire in his heart for Kikyō, to think that from there things would end up going the way they did… The emotions that budded from a small happening became, more than anything, this big energy to Naraku and caused him to act the way he did. It’s probably strange for me to say, but I “learned” that that’s one form of “love” (laughs). In terms of Miroku-sama, I thought he was purely awesome. He’s the one person within the group whose position is really helpful. Figuratively speaking, the part of him that’s like the vice president and not the president of the student council is what I like. He’s the unsung hero who follows under the person who rampages the most. I also love the gap of how his tongue becomes sharp once you get acquainted with him.

Komatsu: While Kagome influenced me, my favorite was Kagura. She was part of Naraku’s group, but her heart wavered so much that you wondered “Was she really born from Naraku?”. There was something human about her. I think those born from Naraku were born from something Naraku had in the first place, so Kagura probably had the faint “human heart” that was in Naraku. I had a lot of empathy when she became the wind and was freed at the end. I could never forget the scene where she died attended by Sesshōmaru. It was precious in any event… Kagome is who I wanted to be but the one who stole my heart with her way of life was Kagura.

— If you were to apply Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha’s relationship to yourselves, what would happen?

All: It would still be the same (laughs)

Komatsu: It would relatively stay the same. How to put it, roles? For example, for Sara-chan, she’s a mood maker, friendly, and isn’t timid about anything. In a sense, she’s the commanding officer of the raid. I think she’s just like Towa in terms of position. Moroha’s character is very energetic with a lot of vitality and she’s completely inherited Inuyasha and Kagome’s blood. However, she’s the balancer among the Yashahimes. She reads the mood quite a bit and she has a territory where “she won’t proceed any further from here”. For example, when she didn’t talk about why she earns money. I think the part where she doesn’t fully open up at the beginning is similar to Koroazu-chan (Tadokoro’s nickname).

Matsumoto: I know! That’s exactly why you want to get to know her more. Like “Show us more!” (laughs)

— What do Komatsu-san and Setsuna have in common?

Komatsu: Setsuna is a child who can clearly state her opinion on serious matters. She calmly makes judgements and has a solid feeling for not talking when she doesn’t talk and talking when she does talk. I have a feeling I also make judgement calls of “I should stay quiet here.” Setsuna is probably listening to what other people are saying in scenes where it doesn’t look like she is. However, she purposely doesn’t say anything. She has the option of “Not answering”. She’s not silent because she doesn’t want to listen or respond. Rather, I think it’s a time when she’s thinking about various things to herself. I feel that I personally understand that very well.

Matsumoto: I think Setsuna is the “axle” of the three Yashahimes but even among the three of us, there’s a sense of “We need Mikako-san”. When there’s a problem, I look towards Mikako-san’s direction (laughs).

Tadokoro: Mikako-san calmly watches over everyone, so we end up relying on her when there’s a problem. There was a time when the three of us went shopping and I asked, “Am I buying too much?”. Mikako-san responded, “You’re buying too much” and I returned the item to the shelf (laughs). I leave the judgement to her and end up depending on her.

Komatsu: I’m unexpectedly not thinking anything though (laughs)

— What do the three of you think is the appeal of “Hanyō no Yashahime”?

Tadokoro: For those who enjoyed “Inuyasha”, they’re probably wondering how their favorite characters are living their lives. You can find out in “Hanyō no Yashahime” which I think is a big appeal.

Komatsu: In “Inuyasha”, the grudge against Kikyō and the romance with Kagome were components of the story. However, this time, a big component of the story is discovering their births and that’s what I think is appealing.

(translator’s note: There is more to this section, but these are the only sentences that I considered unique to this article)

— Thank you. Well then, please tell us if you have any anticipations for the upcoming development in “Hanyō no Yashahime”?

Matsumoto: I would have to say I want to anticipate both fathers doing something. If they were to come running when the Yashahimes are in a bind, that would make me happy.

Komatsu: I want to see parent-child conversations.

Matsumoto: That makes me nervous….

Tadokoro and Komatsu: Indeed! It does make me nervous!

Komatsu: I’m getting all sorts of wild ideas like what sort of conversation they’ll have or what things will they address.

Matsumoto: How will they address them when they meet face to face? There was an episode where Kagome address’s Moroha as "Moroha” but… If Sesshōmaru addresses me as “Towa”, I might have a nosebleed (laughs).

Tadokoro and Komatsu: (laughs)

Komatsu: Setsuna basically said “I don’t know who Sesshōmaru is!” during their conversation with the Tree of Ages (laughs). Even when she meets her father, she’ll probably say “So you’re Sesshōmaru”. But I want (him) to address her as “Setsuna” (laughs).

All: Basically, we want to see parent-child exchanges (laughs).

— Thank you very much!

#Yashahime #hanyou no yashahime #yashahime: princess half demon #translation

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chaos-in-the-making · 4 years

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OK LETS GO

So today's episode is a nice little review. Remember that Dream Butterfly thing? Yeah, the twins are still searching and Setsuna still seems uninterested but going along with her sister (i think she is more invested than she let's on). And remember Treekyo? And her asking them to defeat Kirinmaru? Yeah, Towa reflects on that as well, and even asks Moroha if she is fine with going along with it. Moroha only cares about her debt, so of course she is good with it. None of the girls realize they are being manipulated yet. Its a nice little way to bring the focus back to the main plot. We have had backstory and explanations for some things, so we have a slightly better picture, but not enough to tell us everything. Its good story telling, I will hear no complaints.

Then we see more of our antagonist. Zero and Kirinmaru, and Riku being more and more sus. We know he is a retainer of Kirinmaru, and he said they have something of his. I'm betting its his freedom, or something along those lines.

TOWA OMG WHEN WILL YOU LEARN NOT TO TRUST WHATEVER SOMEONE SAYS I SWEAR YOUR SISTER IS RIGHT YOU ARE TOO NAIVE

Then we have the trap. Very nice. Very elegant. I love psychological torture. Remember Naraku did A LOT OF THOSE to trap Inuyasha and the gang. So its a nice call back. The trap itself seems very simple and we don't get to see the point of it bc the twins destroy it so easily. But it separates the twins from Moroha and makes them go in circles. Presumably to keep them going until they get exhausted and die. Sestuna is very perceptive and knows something is off from the start. She cuts the grass to discover they are going in circles. She cuts herself to make sure this isn't a dream world. Kohaku has taught her well. Towa gets chided bc she won't do what is necessary. She is still learning how to be ruthless in the feudal era, and I like that. She isn't done growing. Moroha is alone and we see that it shakes her. She has been alone for a long time so she ought to be used to it, but her first concern is finding the twins. SHE IS GETTING USED TO RELYING ON THEM. HELP

And then the twins using each other to figure out the spell is just *chef's kiss* mwah!! Also Setsuna called them a CLAN. I LOVE IT. she said their "clan can find the demon energies and cut them", referring to the Wind Scar. So it seems like that isn't wholly unique to Inuyasha, and its something they all share. I find that very interesting. They find the Peril (i keep forgetting his name) and that's where our episode leaves off. Stupid cliff.

BUT NEXT WEEK. OOOOOOOHHHH BOY NEXT WEEK.

THE GIRLS GET TO MEET THEIR FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. GET READY TO GIVE AUNTY CHAOS CPR

#yashahime #yashahime spoilers

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REASONS WHY HISUI WILL BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST, MOST POWERFUL DEMON SLAYERS EVER - an headcanon post essay by zee

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about horrible writing and what it’s done with what’s arguably, for me at least, one of my favorite characters. Who really has so much going for him it’s a shame the series isn’t doing more with him. So today I spent some time thinking about his character and how - arguably - Hisui will become one of the most powerful demon slayers of all time.

Let’s begin with something YASHAHIME confirmed itself but hasn’t addressed so far in the series. Hisui’s spiritual powers. Yotsume, a shapeshifting demon was shown in the first episode to be watching Kagome, Sango and her children. Twins Kin’u and Gyokuto. Also, at the time Hisui, who was still shown to be a baby. Now thinking back on how much Kagome’s powers would have developed, what point we’re at in time, how long it’s been etc. I still think it’s fair to say that Kagome’s a pretty powerful priestess, even if she is still learning to acclimate to a different time period for good. What sticks out to me as a big shocker is that while she did not sense Yotsume, Hisui did. Because it’s only upon the demon’s appearance that the boy begin’s to cry and try to alert his family that YO. GUYS. HELP. SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT. I SENSE A DEMON. That’s some baby yoda levels of perception and spiritual awareness. So by all accounts, it suggests Hisui’s spiritual powers and sensory awareness not only should surpass his father’s when he’s just a BABY but Kagome’s as well.

Now you may ask - why did he sense Yotsume but not roothead when it was about to barge into the house? I have a few theories about this too. One - he’s a baby. Baby’s get tired and I would imagine like baby yoda is shown to be in the mandalorian, when he over exerts himself his powers aren’t as strong and he actually has to rest. Because he had such a strong reaction to Yotsume, you could say he needed to sleep. He’s shown with his eyes closed in his mother’s arms and thumb in his mouth. Or you could say that he felt at ease given that he sensed SESSHOMARU ON THE ROOF protecting them. Who didn’t do a very good job just letting roothead barge right in I might add, but hey. There’s a lot of problems with the writing in this show.

So if we consider how spiritually powerful Hisui was as a baby, it’d be fair to say that as teenager his powers would only grow (and by Yashahime logic, if children inherit things from both their parents yes I’m looking at you Moroha you beautiful feral child) then it would make sense to me why he’d be so strong. Having Miroku’s bloodline of powerful monks but also, remember, on Sango’s side - that’s distantly related to the famous priestess Midoriko. So reason number one point blank why he’d be a threat to demons and make for a powerful taijiya? His powers. They’re, to put it simply in laments terms, going to be off the charts. I think there really was a missed opportunity by sunrise in the most recent episode where Totetsu was hunting monks to realize it wasn’t Miroku the pearl sensed great spiritual power in, but perhaps instead Miroku’s son. Who was there to protect him. It could have been a grand reveal too. Hisui imbues the hiraikotsu with spiritual energy or throws up a huge barrier to protect the temple grounds. Something he’s never done in front of others before - bam. Plot twist. And a really cool character moment.

Secondly, why will Hisui be a force to be reckoned with? Because his mother AND his uncle are training him. And his father, I would imagine with regards to his spiritual powers - would train him in that too. Hisui’s got an amazing support system and fountain of knowledge in his family that he can learn from and grow into the kind of leadership role I imagine he will one day. Sango and Kohaku are both talented and would pass on their knowledge to Hisui so that the future of the Taijiya Village can be restored. And it will be. Hisui is, like his sisters and the other children that want to learn and become slayers themselves - their future. You can’t tell me he wouldn’t take that seriously. You can’t tell me that every day since he could walk he wasn’t trying to run off to train with his mother’s weapon or asking to follow her and uncle into battles. Because he strikes me as someone who’d be very proud of his family history and all the more eager to make them proud.

With all that being said, I don’t think there’s any question Hisui will do great things. I think a lot of demons will come after him to test him and maybe would even attack the village constantly because like Kikyo, they would see him as a human with too much power. But I also think that’d be one of the reasons the village would remain safe too - because he’d be there to protect it.

I think he’ll be one of the greatest demon slayers of all time. Hands down. But I don’t think the writers will give him enough attention, love, or character development for me to ever see that animated and that’s okay. That’s what I have a rp blog for :P

#*? ?cries easily? ?( ooc )#headcanons

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shuttershocky · 4 years

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The Tsukihime manga showed that Tohno Makihisa had been keeping files on the Asakami, the Fujou, and the Ryougi. The files on the Nanayas were gone since the Tohno had already massacred the entire clan, so there was no need to keep tabs on them.

That opens up the possibility though that Makihisa had planned on moving against the remaining demon hunter families eventually, had Kohaku not drugged the fuck out of him every day. He wouldn't have found anything on the Fujou, with Kirie being the last heir with powers and dying in 1998, and it's unlikely he would have found the heir of the Asakami, since Fujino's mother remarried to a branch family and changed their name to Asagami.

That just leaves the Ryougi clan, who were also the closest to the Nanayas back in their glory days. By the time Tsukihime takes place in 2000, Ryougi Shiki would have already awakened from her coma and have practiced with Death Perception for two years.

I would have loved to see her fight the Tohno oni.

#It probably would not have happened even if Makihisa hadn't died though #Since Shiki would have been pregnant with Mana by that time #Orrr maybe she kills them anyway while throwing up who knows

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tcnseigad · 4 years

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Oh, I LIKE it!!!!! And frankly, I didn’t expect to. But so far the old gang’s characterization is spot-on. This Fandom Old is PLEASED. Grade: A!

Major Hanyo no Yashahime spoilers under the cut!

Looks like we’re going to have a really engaging format of tidbit flashbacks and the present. Great way of driving the audience a little insane wanting to know what happened to their old favorites and how it impacts the present timeline. Clever, clever!

Setsuna is already my favorite, but who is surprised? She is exactly like her father, lol. And her relationship with Moroha is exactly like Sesshomaru’s with Inuyasha, had they never had any strife caused by business Toga left unfinished. “You’re attacking too soon!” Setsuna scolds, while Moroha charges right into battle, lmfaoooo.

As for my boy, it’s good to know he’s still a great big softie after all these years:

This was utterly comedic to me, but also VERY telling. Jaken claims Sesshomaru doesn’t care about the village they live in, as a counter-mand to Shippo’s criticisms, when Sesshomaru himself was not in the least bit concerned with the perception others have of him, and remained stationed outside of Sango’s hut to protect Rin (and Sango, and the other children). In fact, earlier he demonstrated tremendous faith in Sango by deciding that Rin should stay, not with Inuyasha and Kagome, but with Sango. Why? Sango is the hunter who is so important to the boy he often guarded, the boy who was so good to Rin: Sango’s brother Kohaku.

The fact that Setsuna is later seen in the exact same garb Sango wears, but with a mokomoko (fur) like her father’s, shows me that the trust Sesshomaru had in Sango and Kohaku in particular, did not soon change.

Speaking of this, I am worried about Miroku. A big point was made that he is “powerless” without the Wind Tunnel/Kazaana. A big point was also made of Sango handing baby Hisui to Kohaku. I would be worried about Sango, too, but such a big point was made of her competence in switching from mom to warrior on a dime, and protecting her loved ones and herself (which again, goes back to why Sesshomaru trusts her so much with Rin, which, recall, goes ALL THE WAY back to when she gave Rin her poison mask in the final battle with Naraku, and nearly lost her own life protecting the child). But Miroku doesn’t seem to have much presence in any of the character designs in the present: as if he died when the next-gen kids, including his own son, were infants, and all those kids relied on KOHAKU, instead, as a father-figure.

I would be worried about Kagome, but since so much was made of how Inuyasha should “have more faith in her” in battle, like he did in Kikyo, it seems like she will be okay, too. Mysteriously gone, somewhere, to be later found by her daughter? Likely. But dead, I don’t think so.

The mystery remains as to: -- why we only see Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and Kohaku in the present, and in the opening credits. --what the three shikon no tama-esque jewels are, which represent and display the power of, each of the next-gen kids. --what happened when the Root Head demon’s one surviving sacred arrow purified root sort of.....rejuvenated the tree against which Inuyasha used to be sealed. Is that how the Bone-Eater’s Well was recharged and let Towa “Higurashi” travel between the past and present?

#Hanyo no Yashahime #meta

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Buster Bros Interview with Animate Times

Check it-- Animate Times February Interview!

Another article for everyone’s beloved brother division, Buster Bros! Be sure to check out and support the original article as well!

Aiming to elevate “Hypnosis Mic” to the level of the Kohaku Show! Interview with the three brothers of “Buster Bros!!!” - Kimura Subaru-san, Ishiya Haruki-san and Amasaki Kouhei-san

“Hypnosis Mic” - The unique mix of Hip-hop and the 2D world which raised waves of interests. Each Division released their own single about themselves, and now the Division Battles will soon unfold. Before that, “Hypnosis Mic” has already had various exposure and developments. How do the voice actors feel about this success? This time, we interviewed the cast of Ikebukuro Division, the three brothers of “Buster Bros!!!” -Kimura Subaru-san, Ishiya Haruki-san, and Amasaki Kouhei-san with this question in mind. How did they transform after rising to such huge, unprecedented popularity?!

Rap moves people’s heart —— Thank you for coming today. I feel that “Hypnosis Mic” has recently become really famous, have you ever noticed the popularity of your own work?

Amasaki Kouhei-san (hereafter, Amasaki): At first, the “Hypnosis Mic - Division Rap Battle -” MV was uploaded onto Youtube. And then it suddenly trended. When I saw that it was in first place, I was shocked (laughs). I’ve never done something like “Hypnosis Mic” before, so I couldn’t predict what would happen. I remember being very happy when it placed well. I felt like “Maybe this could be some awesome content...?” (laughs). I was very grateful.

Ishiya Haruki-san (hereafter, Ishiya) : I was also told about the MV by the people from my company. They were all like “I saw you rapping!” I was surprised because the word “rap” is rarely mentioned in this industry. We also appeared in the MV, didn’t we? I said, “Isn’t Kimura-san a diligent rapper?” (laughs). Since I appeared after him, someone told me, “You are too plain...” I felt determined to diss him (laughs).

Kimura Subaru-san (hereafter, Kimura) : No no, we’re all cool, since we’re from the Ikebukuro Division (laughs). We are MC’s with pride.

—— This was the first time Ishiya-san and Amasaki-san have rapped, yes?

Ishiya: That’s right. That was the first recording.

——Even though it was the first time, I remember being surprised by how well it was done.

Kimura: That’s why it surprised me too (laughs). I thought we wouldn’t be able to do it so quickly, but it only confirmed the greatness of voice actors (laughs). As expected, voice actors have good hearing. All that’s left now is to keep up the attitude. I tip my hat to them. Anyhow, it’s really taken form. As you continue to do it, you add emotions to your rap through your character, so that the words stand out more. Voice actors know how to make a word stand out and how to put emotions in the lyrics. So when I think about it, for me, voice actors are amazing, but at the same time, they are a bit inferior (laughs). I’m joking, they’re amazing indeed. This is one of the contents in which I can compare the rappers. The response was too big, so of course, it is surprising. When people listen to the songs of “Hypnosis Mic”, they might feel “Finally, a taste of hip-hop!” “HiGH&LOW” became a hot topic, so it is finally the era where yankees are popular (laughs). It was the era of Herbivore Men before, and now it seems it's time for tough guys to be popular again, so there’s no way to bypass hip-hop.

Thanks to the “Voice actors will Rap” breakthrough, I feel like it was possible to broaden the mindset of “It’s okay to listen to hip-hop”. I felt super excited sometimes, the first time was when I saw the number of views on Youtube, the second time, was how the public reacted to the events, when they raised their hands. When I look on Twitter, I see the fans say things like, “I don’t have a favorite, but I can’t hate the others you know?” “No, no what are you talking about, there’s one right there.” There seems to be some dissing going on among the fans (laughs). Seeing that, made me aware of the greatness of “Hypnosis Mic”.

※１：HiGH&LOW

A dance & vocal group, a entertainment project by EXILE TRIBE centering on EXILE. Besides TV dramas, movies, cartoons and animations, they also release music and hold experience events.

——You really do feel like cheering on the MC battles, it’s like this feeling was born around it. What do you think is the reason for such excitement?

Kimura: Isn’t it because Hayami Show-san (Jinguji Jakurai) is doing rap? (laughs)

Everyone: (laughs).

——That’s for sure (laughs).

Kimura: I already thought there’s something bigger (laughs). Afterall, it seems like it is unprecedented.

Ishiya: Maybe because it’s possible to feel the likelihood of it. Just from the first video, there wasn’t a unfamiliar fragment. There’s a feeling of expectation that makes you get into it, in my opinion.

Amasaki: The hip-hop boom began a few years ago and I think this is the perfect time. Those who started liking hip-hop recently and those who like anime and games, but have never had contact with hip-hop, can equally enjoy it. I particularly like anime and games, so I like “Hypnosis Mic”, it may be because it was my favorite 2D world.

Kimura: “Hypnosis Mic” came from us who love hip-hop, so since there are plenty of rude words, it feels like it’s now or never. As a hip-hop lover, I want it to become huge. No matter how popular Freestyle Dungeon (2) is, I thought it would disappear after some years. But someday I noticed that it was doing pretty well, it seemed like people started searching for old CDs. I saw this vision.

But, when I talked to the staff members, they were counting on me (laughs). It was amazing, of course. So I felt like I was jumping up and down. It’s also nice that it’s not a solo battle; the teams are made of three people. For instance, if fans of Jiro (Yamada Jiro) are watching a battle and Jiro-chan is losing, him losing as only a part of Ikebukuro Division would make the fans feel less down. Fans wouldn’t want to see their favourite character losing, but if the defeat is shared by the whole team, it’d probably be easier to accept. The feelings of fans were well-considered.

And this is not just by chance. It’s unreasonable. So now the excitement is about “It will be like this” (laughs). Anyways, the excitement of the audiences is amazing.

※２：Freestyle Dungeon

A variety program broadcasted on TV Asahi. The appearance of rappers who have “Freestyle” battles, which requires improvisations of popular songs, have become famous amongst young people. It’s also one of the programs that shows the excitement of hip-hop nowadays.

——Has anyone ever directly said something to you?

Kimura: “Check it out, yo” (laughs). I also meet people that suddenly go “Thanks~”. And also some who say “What’s up” (laughs). It’s nice to see our audience using hip-hop slangs.

Amasaki: It feels like the distance is shorter now.

Kimura: A few times, they say “Yay~!” and high-five me (laughs). Once someone told me “I listened to the song” and I felt good.

Ishiya: I also got some letters. And in Twitter replies, some people would regularly reply with rap. I thought the girls who rap are amazing (laughs). And it’s not only girls, but some guys reply with it too. Kind of “It’s regrettable, but I’ll try my best”. Initially, the male rap fans seem to think that we’re “just that”. Then, I got a letter saying “Voice actors are supposed to sing, aren’t they? I’m amazed.” And with that I felt surprised and glad.

Kimura: I once received a direct message on Twitter saying “I am always ready for battle, please let me join Ikebukuro Division!” (laughs). And he’s a high school student so he said, “I’m also doing rap in high school and I got some reputation for my lyrics, I think I can show a sharp rap in the battle scene.” At first I thought “Don’t be conceited!”(laughs), but he was super passionate, and even sent me a YouTube link of his own rap. Such approach exists. Isn’t it amazing? The reaction wasn’t simply “I watched it”, “I like it”, nor “It’s cool”, but “Let me in, please!” (laughs). It’s absurd, but I thought I was one of the influences.

——It’s something you’re longing for, isn’t it?

Amasaki: I think that we have a lot of power. Whether it’s the power of a movement, to write an e-mail with rap, to use the rap terms... That’s what I put in a direct mail. I felt that I was moving a lot of people. Rap says that the power to move people’s heart is amazing.

As Someone Who Does Hip-Hop—— Have your impressions of “Hypnosis Mic” changed after working on the project?

Ishiya: My impression hasn’t changed. Since the first time I went to the recording studio the staffs’ intensity has not changed, even now they’re still on fire. It was as if I was burning (laughs). At the very beginning, we too, of course were very anxious. I think the staff must have been anxious too, but they didn’t show it at all. Because that intensity is always there, for about half a year it was like a machine gun, “Next one! Next one!” is it not coming out? It’s amazing, isn’t it?

Amasaki: Also, we didn’t think we would become regulars on the Nico live broadcasts. I think doing character rap battles, in a good way, granted me the privilege of trying out various things. I got to use the dummy head mic for recording, and tried a lot of new things; it was really fun.

——Has your perception of rap changed?

Kimura: My awareness has changed just a little bit. The songs I usually listen to are now used for collecting ideas, since then I’ve been listening to hip-hop as someone who also does hip-hop. Being involved with “Hypnosis Mic” means that I’m no longer a fan. Becoming a rapper myself of course means that I can’t be fan, right? That’s why it’s a great way of saying it, but listening as a kind of rival or listening as a teacher makes me stronger. It’s like looking for songs that give off a feeling of “Please teach me about rap”.

When it comes to the rappers’ characteristics, I started analyzing common phrases and such. “So with this person’s coolness and this person’s coolness all put together, then it can be super cool!” Something like that. So I began to do my research.

Amasaki: Because I was late touching up on hip-hop culture, it’s still a few years too early for me to get a feel for it, but still, my impression from then is much different from my impression now. Hip-hop really is still underground, it’s kinda bad.

Kimura: No, it’s super bad (laughs).

Amasaki: (laughs). There is that image, there are a lot of explicit words used, I really did have a scary impression of it. Since joining “Hypnosis Mic”, I’ve started to like rappers that don’t use lies. I really like raps with feeling. That's how it is; disses aren’t always insulting, and fighting doesn't have to be fighting. Even I’ve seen rap battles, it’s not just throwing raps at each other, there’s a proper handshake at the end. There are also proper rules in place; out of all things, what they were doing really changed my impression.

Perhaps I don’t know everything, but up until now I thought it would be good not to be afraid of touching upon it.

Ishiya: For me, “Hypnosis Mic” is the first time I’ve touched upon rap. That’s why the first time I heard it, my ears couldn’t keep up. It gave me a feeling like “Eh? Eh?” (laughs). No words came to mind. So I thought about adding rap to my daily life, I watched “Freestyle Dungeon” to try to understand how the rapper’s song always flow with such intensity. Yet, at home I mostly play songs that are calming (laughs). And then, before I knew it, my ears were able to keep up. Both Amasaki-kun and I came up with the same opinion by ourselves, like when your opponent puts you down and you look clearly for a way to stand back up, to mutually respect and praise each other is the kind of rap I like a lot.

After all, I had a scary image of it to begin with. I easily thought it gave a “Yay~!” like feeling. But that wasn’t it. If you look properly and logically there’s a punchline. It’s as if there’s a story waiting to be completed; in between the disses there is always a story. And, the people that love rap look like they’re playing as a team in hip-hop. That’s why I think, as a member, it’s important to take to heart an emphasis of teamplay. I understand that there are things you can do with words by turning them into rap, my view on rap has changed greatly.

——I see. As expected, the two of you began listening to rap.

Ishiya: I have. It’s become part of my daily life now.

Amasaki: Until now, I really tried not to familiarize myself with it (laughs). I thought it would be nice to think that it was cool. I think it’s a good thing to be able to truly say how cool it is.

Why not go with everyone? —— Since the conversation topic has changed, and since the three of you are together, please tell us the PR point of Ikebukuro Division.

Kimura: Uhh... A sense of security (laughs). If it’s something Ikebukuro Division has and the others don’t, it’s a sense of security. I mean, they’re never going to betray each other (laughs). Calling it a bond sounds a bit weak, but these three will never betray each other, nor will they lie. In that sense, our point is how we’re so united. Like Yokohama Division would totally betray each other (laughs).

Ishiya: Because they’re corrupt (laughs).

Kimura: Yeah, yeah (laughs). That’s an important part of Ikebukuro Division, along with being their strength.

Ishiya: The bond of blood is strong, isn’t it?

——Compared to other divisions, their sense of unity feels more innocent.

Kimura: It’s because we have a supernova. Saburo is a middle school rapper! (laughs) Way past a newcomer. Way too strong (laughs). Middle school students who can fight against adults are cool. His future is worth looking forward to (laughs).

Amasaki: Thank you very much! (laughs)

Ishiya: Also, the names are easy to remember. Even the people who say “I can’t remember names” are sure to be able to remember Ikebukuro Division.

Kimura: However My mom is super oblivious (laughs), she kept saying, “I can’t remember their names”. So when I told her “It’s okay if you remember them as One, Two, and Three,” she remembered them as, “Ichitaro, Nitaro, and Santaro”. She was so close, but it’s not that rule (laughs).

Everyone: (laughs).

——That’s (laughs). I feel that when you first hear about “Hypnosis Mic”, you think of Ikebukuro Division.

Ishiya: While the music is strong, it’s also standard, so there’s a sense of security. It’s also a great introduction.

Kimura: These three are a team, but their personalities are the most different. So there’s a good balance as a team. While every team has a team color, Ikebukuro has red, yellow, and blue. It’s like all of “Hypnosis Mic” is displayed in Ikebukuro Division. Since this team has that kind of root, after listening to Ikebukuro Division, you have to listen to all of “Hypnosis Mic”. It’s like going ahead and passing us (laughs).

——Some time has passed since you’ve become a team, have your opinions on each other changed?

Kimura: It has, a lot. Lots and lots.

Ishiya: There wasn’t any for me. I first thought they both have strong hearts, and wouldn't flinch easily and I was right. You can see a glimpse of it. They keep a firm hold on what they want to do. After seeing their strength, I thought I should show my strengths as well.

Amasaki: Me too, my impressions on the others didn’t change, but I didn’t expect to like hip-hop this much. I never really touched it, so I could have missed out on something I came to love. So I’m glad I’m involved in this production.

Kimura: Everything changed for me. First of all, the raps are quickly improving. It shows in the recordings along with the freestyles we do during lives. There are some people who say “I like it” but don’t listen to it often. But these two listen to it a lot (laughs). They really do. So it’s not the fake type of love, but true love, and they fall deeper and deeper into it. When these two say they love hip-hop, it’s no lie. They keep searching and searching for more.

It’s quite rude, but honestly, at first I thought they were not fit for hip-hop. But it was nothing like that (laughs). They became great rappers. My thoughts in that area changed. Now we have a bond that can’t be compared to anything else.

——Is that why a part of you is excited?

Kimura: It’s very exciting, since I had no idea where it was going in the beginning. I thought they would definitely say, “This guy is annoying” (laughs). But these two accompany me, and say things like, “Recently I’ve heard that-”, and we talk about hip-hop together a lot. Things like that make me happy. I’m really sorry I had filtered out everyone like that. Everyone was genuine (laughs).

——(laughs). We didn’t hear most of your story, but it’s about time to wrap up. Finally, please leave a message for the people who are enjoying “Hypnosis Mic”.

Amasaki: I was really pleased with the large response. At the same time, since it is reaching the eyes of so many people, I have to properly push myself and show how much effort was put into it. It’s a bit different from pressure, it’s like motivation. I would like to grow with the characters, and I hope to stay as the three from Ikebukuro Division, so for everyone to enjoy and for me to keep working with “Hypnosis Mic”, I will do my best.

Ishiya: With “Hypnosis Mic” I found myself to love hip-hop. And it became a part of my daily life. Also, just like Jiro, I don’t want to lose to Saburo (laughs). We don’t want to lose to each other, so there’s a part of us being good rivals. Additionally, I don’t want to lose to the other divisions. To do that, we must become stronger, since we are lacking in many areas. But I think wanting to continue as the three of us is a motivator. So, to the people who are cheering us on, I want people to listen and fall in love with the songs.

You can use us as a springboard to jump further and further into this world. I, myself, am still in the midst of jumping in, so I hope you use “Hypnosis Mic” as a gate into other opportunities. So, as the gate, I believe we have to hold ourselves up firmly. We just started this year and we hope to hone our skills to defeat our brother (laughs). I hope you support us.

Kimura: I believe in the possibilities of “Hypnosis Mic” and will fight the big mouth of hip-hop (laughs), I plan to change the Japanese music industry; so will everyone change it together with me? (laughs)

Everyone: Yeah!

Kimura: I feel like everyone will change it with us. I want to appear on Kohaku Uta Gassen (1) (laughs).

Ishiya & Amasaki: Kohaku!!!

Kimura: (laughs). Climbing higher and higher, like Kohaku. I want us to be like that. “Hypnosis Mic”’s All Stars was also appealing. Well Kohaku Uta Gassen is just a checkpoint (laughs). I feel like we should reach that first, though. Please support us! Or rather, would you like to reach it with us? In that way, we hope to work with you.

——Then please let us interview you when you reach Kohaku (laughs).

Kimura: Gladly! (laughs) But I think we’ll say the same thing as we did today (laughs). “I never imagined this would happen... (shaky voice),” or something like that.

Everyone: (laughs hard).

——(laughs). I look forward to it! Thank you very much!

1. 紅白歌合戦 Kohaku Uta Gassen, is a music program/variety show that happens yearly every new year’s eve. It’s arguably THE biggest regular program in Japan. “The honor of performing on Kōhaku is strictly by invitation, so only the most successful singing acts in the Japanese entertainment industry can perform...Even today, a performance on Kōhaku is said to be a big highlight in a singer's career because of the show's wide reach.” (Wikipedia)

#hypnosis mic #hypnosis microphone #hypmic #buster bros!!!#yamada ichiro #yamada jiro #yamada saburo #t:interview #kimura subaru #ishiya haruki #amasaki kouhei

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wanderlust-spirits · 7 years

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Layers - Kohaku Son

LAYER ONE : THE OUTSIDE

Name: “My name is Kohaku. But I have various nicknames and aliases~” Eye Color: “Blue, which is my favorite color. I suppose it depends on the lighting around me or my mood. They almost seem to change between grey and blue.” Hair Style/Color: “Naturally it is brown. Almost like a sandy brown. It has been a long time since I have had my hair past my shoulders. I usually keep it cut short. It is much easier to manage.” Height: “It is unfortunate, but I am very much on the short side. 4′9″... But do not let my height fool you! I will take on just about anyone.” Clothing Style: “Hmm? I am not sure I have a style. I do not really wear feminine clothing. I wear whatever is comfortable.”

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

Your Fears: “... I am afraid of losing control. Not in the sense of losing myself, but I like having a handle on what I am dealing with. If I am not in control then I cannot anticipate what happens.” Your Guilty Pleasure: “Oh, that is a secret! Well, maybe not so much... When I am just sitting around in the cities, I like to write detailed descriptions of the people around me. Sometimes I write small stories about them.” Your Biggest Pet Peeve: “Preying on the weak. I grew up around such things. I was weak myself and unable to do much.” Your Ambition for the Future: “Hmm, I am not sure I have one at this point in time. I don’t like to think too hard about the future.”

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

Your First Thoughts Waking Up: A sly smile crossed Kohaku’s face, “Well, usually it is about whatever I dreamed about! But I cannot go around telling everyone what goes on in my mind so early in the morning. It would reveal too much about my personal thoughts!” What You Think About the Most: “I usually think about what I am going to eat for lunch... or dinner.” What You Think About Before Bed: “This.... is really strange. Ummm, before bed is when I feel most lonely. So I always think about how it would be nice to have someone next to me. Not even in the romantic sense. Sometimes my close friend indulges me.” Your Best Quality Is: “I would say my best quality is how perceptive and observant I am. I pick up on little things quite easily. It helps when I am trying to find out about people.”

LAYER FOUR: WHAT’S BETTER?

Single or Group Dates: “Well, I have never been on a date. I am sure both of them have their ups and downs. Single dates are more intimate though, yes?” To be Loved or Respected: “Both!” Kohaku seemed rather passionate about this, “Being loved is supposed to be the best feeling. And I also would like to be respected!” Beauty or Brains: “I will not lie, I like to look at beautiful people, both male and female. But I also like someone with brains. Someone who could banter and debate back and forth with me. So brains. But both would be great~” Dogs or Cats: “I have to choose? They are both so cute! I do have a preference for cats though.”

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?

Lie: “It is... necessary sometimes. Most of the time I just divert the attention elsewhere.” Believe in Yourself: “Yes. I would not have gotten this far in life if I didn’t” Believe in Love: “I do~ But it is also something hard to achieve. Especially something like true love.” Want Someone: Kohaku tensed up, a small blush crossing their cheeks, “I do not like to talk about my desires. That is a little too personal. But I can admit that there are some. Maybe~”

LAYER SIX: EVER?

Been on Stage: “Mhmm! I like to sing after all. So being on stage is not too strange for me~” Done Drugs: “No~ Unless you are speaking of medicinal drugs.” Changed Who You Were to Fit In: “No, not at all~”

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

Favorite Color: “My favorite color is blue. I like all shades, too! Red is also a very nice color~ My second favorite.” Favorite Animal: “I don’t have a favorite~ I like most animals.” Favorite Food: ”Ah! My favorite food is Udon! I could eat that all day~” Favorite Game: “Games... Hmmm, I like hide and seek!”

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

Day Your Next Birthday Will Be: “My next birthday is during starlight season.” How Old Will You Be: “I will be an adult! Well, legally... I sometimes already feel like one. Old and falling apart~ That sort of thing.” Age You Lost Your Virginity: “W-what?! I haven’t! Surely, no one even thinks I am attractive enough to kiss! Why would anyone want to... do that?! I mean, I... have thought about what it would be like. That is too embarrassing!” Does Age Matter: “Yes, I would not want to date someone that is as old as my dad~ I feel like... dating is difficult at my age. Dating someone a little older is preferable... but they probably think I am young.

LAYER NINE: IN A BOY OR GIRL

Best Personality: “Smart and doesn’t allow people to walk over them.” Best Eye Color: “I do not have a preference. All eye colors are beautiful when you look into them, honestly.” Best Hair Color: “Hmm? People truly have a preference about this?” Best thing to do with a Partner: “Are you trying to get a lewd answer out of me? The best thing to do with a partner for me would be to cuddle. I like the idea of being physically close to someone. It is comforting~”

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

I love: “ The rain! Everything about it. The sound, the smell, the feeling~ It is just perfect~” I feel: “ Content~” I hide: “My thoughts~.” I miss: “I do not exactly miss anything at the moment~” I wish: “for love~.”

Tagged by: @actualkomodo Thank you for the tag!!! <3

Tagging: @fatewalker @finalvalor @lordofcrowns @xaela-red-mage @eastern-skies @umbrarum-xiv @thecorpsedancer @fair-fae @steppe-shanties @littlestcreampuff and whoever else sees this and wants to do it!!! Make sure to tag me!

#quite a bit of information on kohaku #not too deep though maybe-- lol #sharpshooter #long post

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d&d ask meme - 4.

4 - My current campaign.CAMPAIGN 1:I mean you literally DM it you of all people should know what's going on. Baaaasically it's called 'Apogee of Ages' (rad name) and heroes haven't been necessary for, like, a BILLION years but now they are and oh shit. I believe the rough technology for the setting is both high fantasy and also the 1910s (think I'm getting that right). Also it's the first thing I've written fanfic for in ages and I'm v proud of it.PCs:Colm Blackmore - It me. Trash paladin who lost all his cash because he slept in a ditch and rolled a 0 on perception. Has a rad magical horse called Hronrād. Learning to have caution and also to care for new people.Ta Li Sa Kohaku - Also trash just a different trash from Colm. Wild magic sorcerer, and it shows. Pyromaniac with an unhealthy thirst for knowledge who beats themselves up about everything and shouldn't. The 'Heroes of Fire and Blood' is not a good party name. Also a heathen which is bad. Gwyn - A heathen which is bad. He's also trash but again a different flavour of trash. Old One warlock who is metaphorically horny for anything Lovecraftian. Looks like the voice of reason but isn't. At all.Sha Re - Looks like the voice of reason and is. At all. Literally the only sensible one in this entire campaign which is a problem objectively speaking. Old as fuck and knows basically everything. Wizard (not sure what school). Has never taken a single point of damage in his life.Adalet - I finally learnt to spell her name so now I can tell you with utmost confidence that she is also trash. Gave up all of her traumatic memories as a 'sacrifice' which was smart af. Once got possessed by a ghost and forced to relive a horrific house fire. Colm has never laser-beamed her. Raven Queen warlock.Calia (sp.?) - New rogue member of the party. Seems very polite and nice and kind but honestly I don't trust like that. We met them in Verskia and honestly nothing good has come out of that city yet.Camera Girl - I forget her name but I know it's a brand of camera. Cool monk who had an alcoholic teacher but had never touched it herself - until she met this party. Like with Gwyn, looks reasonable but is fully OK with facilitating shenanigans. Has never rolled below a 15 except ONCE and it was very very notable. Now likes to read a lot more than she used to.Ska Rev (retired) - Badass half-orc cleric with a glowing shield and a limited vocabulary. I cannot stress how well she was RPed re: the vocabulary it was amazingly done. Once just fucking climbed an entire kraken. Broke Ta Li's fingers which resulted in major major infighting.Selise / Celise (retired) - ALSO TRASH but we miss her loads. A rich brawl child. Will fight anyone and anything. Barbearian. Hooked up with an adventurer from a different party and ditched us for them. Fought Colm a lot.CAMPAIGN 2:OK so I'm also DMing a Curse of Strahd game for some other friends and it's chaos, PCs keep dying or touching clearly evil shit and hence getting incredibly corrupted. One player has been playing two separate characters for the past year or so.PCs:Puff of House Magic Dragon: Yes you heard that right. Alcoholic pyromaniac draconic sorcerer, Puff loves fire but also for some reason has a Staff of Frost. Currently covered in fur due to touching something he shouldn't and also I believe he currently has no eyes. Has killed two separate party members. Actually has a super tragic backstory and loves Tyalus.Tyalus - Puff's bf. Also played by the same player as Puff. A brad. Tyalus plays the bagpipes and also his surname is an anagram of 'bagpipes'. Tyalus is actually vaguely close to being sensible but also has the same furry-and-eyeless deal going on as Puff.Kara - Relatively new to the party, Kara is a paladin sent to track down another party member. Sadly she turned up and they were dead so now she's stuck with this lot. Recently came into ownership of a massive stone golem which she immediately named 'Lazarus' for some fucking reason.Ur'Go - Half-orc warlock. Along with Puff, one of only two of the original group currently left adventuring. Ur'go has a rad eyepatch now and also is a very very good cook. Is very much enjoying being invisible. Quiet, but pretty much the backbone of the team. Also she has skeletal wings now and is on a diet of bones and grave dirt don't question it.Barney 'Earbender'/'Kinslayer' Myastan - Seriously what is it with these dragonborn and their horribly tragic backstories. The only recorded instance of a hot pink dragonborn, Barney has recently developed a 19th century British accent. He is a frenzy barb who bakes cupcakes as therapy. All diplomacy is done via cupcakes. Have you heard of him? He currently looks like a corpse as a sacrifice to enable him to resurrect his little sister.Bella Myastan - Barney's little sister, the newest member of the group. Also a dragonborn with a tragic backstory. A life cleric. Enthusiastic and optimistic to a stupidly cute degree like what the fuck this literal child is not ready for the horrors of Barovia.Kithri Hillgallow (temporarily retired) - Kithri's player is currently living in Russia so she herself is trekking in the Barovian mountains / hyperbolic time chamber for the time being. The most wholesome land druid you'll ever meet, this halfling cartographer is like the most Hobbit-esque character in the world I swear down to you, no tragic backstory, loves Sunday roast. She recently acquired a rad hummingbird tattoo.Asher Martikov (guest character) - Still positive despite having lived in Barovia all her life. Cleric-in-training from a family of wereravens who, in her first and only combat, used a barrel of explosive goo as her hiding place from which she was firing her crossbow. Always amiable towards the party.Jeff (deceased) - Strahd's #1 fangirl. Incredibly unlucky both in game and out. Tiefling paladin who purchased a cool porcelain mask shortly before her accidental death at the burning hands of Puff. Her resurrection ritual failed, and in her honour, the party melted her down into Jeff soup. There is no way this can come back to bite them.To-ran (retired) - A peaceful human monk who wields a stale baguette and is weirdly good at making statues out of clay. Once even used this talent to smuggle two dead bodies out of a town. Touched 9 cursed items in under an hour, and is now incredibly evil. Abandoned the party recently in the dead of night.Lorelei (deceased) - One of the four originals (Puff, Jeff, Ur'Go, Lorelei), Lorelei took no shit from anyone, was crafty and greedy, and didn't trust a single member of the group, especially not Puff. Her greed was her downfall, as, in the Amber Temple, she split away from the group, only to be struck down by a powerful foe...I think that literally took me an hour to write hope it answers it!

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What's your favorite thing about Tsukihime that sets it above other Nasu stuff for you?

Hisui and Kohaku, which is funny because they weren’t even in the original plan; Takeuchi just asked Nasu to make twin maid characters because that’s what he wanted to draw. The Hisui-Kohaku storyline then became Tsukihime’s goddamn spine and what the events of each route all built towards.

Some other stuff I like about Tsukihime that sets it apart from Nasu’s other works

It’s a lot less focused on action compared to Nasu’s other works. It’s very personal and slow-paced and is willing to do some really weird shit like when Shiki gets heavily drugged and his narration of the experience is just this wild torrent of nonsense for the length of an entire scene. When the action does come, it’s swift and ruthless, with characters quickly wiping each other out instead of staying in an extended fight scene with plenty of yelling. The sole exception to this is Arcueid vs Shiki in the Ciel route True End, which was SICK.

Tohno Shiki is the frailest of Nasu’s protagonists, and not just physically. While Shirou’s intense PTSD numbs him and actually allows him to maintain his composure despite the danger he’s in, and Ryougi just being unflappable, Tohno is sickly in body and mind. He gets upset easily and is constantly manipulated by others or else indulges in his horrific animal instincts. He’s constantly being possessed by his violent nature, an evil immortal vampire or by a psychic connection with his oni brother. The further you go into the VN, the more and more control he gets over his Nanaya instincts, but also the harder he’s pushed by outside influences. It gets to the point that by the Hisui-Kohaku routes he’s not a raving slave to his lusts, but he sure still thinks he is thanks to being drugged to fuck and with SHIKI’s psychic connection to him making him believe he’s responsible for all of SHIKI’s attacks. That tenuous grip on reality makes for some truly great horror, and the Hisui-Kohaku routes can be downright spine-chilling with only a quarter of the gore and sexual violence the near side routes have.

While horror elements can be found throughout Nasu’s stuff, Tsukihime is the one that was written as a work of gothic horror. This is where he really started getting into making terrifying monster concepts like Nrvnqsr Chaos’ body or Roa’s horrific existence as the Serpent of Akasha. I still think Nasu’s best monster came from Tsukihime’s sequel, Melty Blood, with The Night of Wallachia being one of the most creative takes on vampires I’ve ever seen in fiction.

Revealing that the Asakami, the Fujou, and the Ryougi from Kara No Kyoukai are ancient families of oni hunters was the coolest fucking thing ever. Tsukihime in general had a lot of worldbuilding that was OUTSIDE the Clock Tower and mages, which I really appreciated a lot.

In this essay, I will explain why Akiha is actually an amazing character done dirty because the eroge nature of the VN meant her route had to be romantic. Now when we consider that–

Tohno Shiki has super speed to the point that it borders on teleporationand freaky wall/ceiling running powers and like... it’s never elaborated on in the VN. When he leaps across an entire school corridor and then starts running up the walls and ceilings and vanishes from sight, he doesn’t stop and go “Woah what the fuck just happened” like his enemies do. He’s too frightened (and a little stupid) to realize humans usually don’t run away from scary monsters by moving faster than they can process and running on ceilings to go over them.

Meanwhile, all the time and care in the world goes towards explaining the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, its limits and powers, and how they affect Shiki’s life, despite being a reused concept from literally the last thing Nasu published before Tsukihime. Yeah, we get whole scenes explaining the terror of seeing visions of the sky falling and the ground crumbling away, but nothing about why a frightened Shiki can become a human cockroach. I love it.

#Tsukihime #master-apology

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