#also uh watch rose of versailles

[carriewhiteislove]

alignment charts i made for mlm and wlw ships in my favorite fandoms where i tried to find “non canon” ones and struggled on the wlw side so rhere are ~3 canon wlw ships there

but other than that i made these for the gc so enjoy

[greed-the-dorkalicious]

Currently watching Rose of Versailles for the first time and since you've got in as you pfp now I felt the need to share. I love it so much. Marie Antoinette is infuriating though. Currently at the part where Oscar is like "maybe... Marie wasting money on dresses while the people on my family's estate can't afford medical care... IS her fault."

Lol yeah. Like I don't completely hate Antoinette, kinda fucked up that yknow she got married off as a child and used as a political token before she was old enough to actually make rational decisions, but also girl. Ma'am The People Are Starving. I also think the whole series has kind of a weird pro-monarchy overtone to it (especially re: Jeanne and Rosalie much as I love Rosalie so fucking much) even though it eventually sides with the revolution lmao

Like don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic series that absolutely deserves the reputation it has, but it's also not without its flaws. It's also kind of a case study in how complicated writing historical fiction can be. Like I think it's entirely possible to be sympathetic towards figures like young Marie Antoinette while not doing the whole "sex workers are bad and stealing to survive is bad and a Real Noble is inherently beautiful and angelic on account of being Real Nobility" thing that Rose of Versailles does. Then on the other hand you've got series like Innocent, which is WAY more anti-monarchy, but does this thing where like... It seems like it's kiiiinda trying to do "hey it's fucked up that this Literal Child was married off without much choice in the matter and had little to no privacy for her entire life and was expected to bear children from a young age" but instead just kinda makes it a WOAH KIDS HAVING SEX!! SHOCK VALUE!!!!!! OW THE EDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thing that's um. I am throwing rocks at Shinichi Sakamoto with my mind.

WHERE WAS I GOING WITH THIS. Uh I guess what I'm trying to say is Rose of Versailles is awesome and monarchy is really fucking terrible for everyone

[jade-parcels]

For bunny AU! If request are still open, is there a favourite room in the basement among the premium members? Like what room they prefer to make out in, and who will they being in that specific room!

The different rooms in The Basement

In The Basement of Celestia’s Bunny Cafe, there are 10 rooms. 1 security booth and 9 separate bedrooms, each with different themes, where you can take a bunny boy of your choosing to spend some…’Quality time’ together.

Room 1: the basic suite 🏡

This room is modeled to look like any modern bedroom in a nice house. It gives that ‘we live together and are happily married together’ vibes that many customers enjoy! White, pristine sheets, a beautiful wooden bed frame, hanging plants and fake windows all set the scene. It almost feels like coming home after a long day of work to have some fun with your lover. Except you paid for this 0-0 this room is a classic because it was the first one to open! The basic suite and the regal suite were the only two rooms open for the first 2 months of…Basement activity offered at the cafe

This room is loved by all of the bunnies cause it’s a neutral, welcoming space. Diluc loves it!! Zhongli enjoys it but it looks a lot like his own bedroom…hmm…

Room 2: the regal suite 🌹

This room is made to feel like a royal bedroom! Something straight out of the palace of Versailles! Intricate decorations, the theme of pink and gold everywhere. Cream colored marble tiles, a veil covering the bed, pretty vases full of flowers, an old armoire in the corner where toys and extra sheets are kept. The light fixture is nice touch, it’s made to look like a little chandelier! Fake candles are also places around the room for an warm, golden glow. Faint violin music is played but it can be turned off if you’d rather fuck in silence. You’ll feel like a million bucks in here!!

Kaeya loves this room of course, he just has good taste! Albedo also likes this room, he likes the pretty glow of the fake candles :)

Room 3: the ‘bare bones’ suite 💀

This room is for those who just want to get down and dirty. This room is exactly what it sounds like. The bare minimum. A mattress on the floor and that’s it. This room is for those who plan on getting rough or messy, there’s no need to worry about breaking the bed frame or knocking anything over, the whole room is free reign. Each room has its own bathroom attached, this one is minimal as well. A shower, toilet and sink. No decorations. It’s literally…an empty room. Go wild

This is Dottore’s favorite because he doesn’t have to worry about paying his bosses back if he damages something. There’s nothing to damage!! Except you 0-0…kidding

Room 4: the 80s suite 🧡

This room is modeled after a modern day 80s aesthetic, not the old 80s where everything was wood and dingy looking. Fun, vibrant posters litter the walls, the sheets are red, orange and blue, there’s a lava lamp and funky lighting! 80s music is played and the best part is there’s a pole in the room along with an orange, plastic chair. Sit back and enjoy a show cause you very well could be getting a lap dance to Queen songs. Freddie would have wanted it this way

Ajax loves this room! He knows how to get down and groove!!…kinda.

Room 5: the club suite 👯

Laser lights, mirrored ceiling, a stripper pole and loud music, the atmosphere of this room is meant to feel like a club! It’ll get your blood pumping, that’s for sure!! When you lay back in bed, you’re met with your own reflection on the ceiling, you have a perfect view of yourself getting fucked or, instead, you can turn your attention to the pole and get a dance from your bunny too!! Bring some singles with you and make it rain!!

The better question here is ‘who doesn’t like this room?’. All of the bunnies love this room, it’s fun and energetic, it’s loud and you can be as loud as you want. Probably the most fun room available!

Room 6: the honeymoon suite 💞

This room is full of red and pink! From the heart shaped bed to the rose petals on the sheets, champagne in glasses by the bedside, the whole experience is meant to feel like a honeymoon fling. Guests love the overall feel of this room and some worry this may ruin their future honeymoon for them 0-0 uh oh!!

Baizhu loves this room because it feels very intimate! And those who pick this room usually aren’t looking for a fast, hard fuck, more like something slow and loving which he prefers as well. Diluc loves the intimate aspect of this room too, he’s here to please and he’ll take on the role of your fictional husband if that’s what pleases you. He kinda likes it too…

Room 7: the glow suite 🔮

This room is lit by black lights. Every decoration, the sheets and tiles are meant to glow. The walls are covered in swirly paint designs, the sheets are patterned and the tiles have mirrored chips in them so the whole room has a fun, funky glow to it! You’re encouraged to wear glow rings!! And glowing condoms are provided for free, they’re in a bucket buy the door! What could be more fun than a glow room???

Scramouche is a big fan of this room! It reminds him of an arcade or roller rink, which were some of his favorite places when he was younger. Ajax likes this room cause he thinks having a glow dick is funny. What an idiot lmao

Room 8: the sea suite 🌊

Like the glow suite, this room is relatively dark. However, projections of water and fish are all over the ceiling and walls. You and your bunny will both look stunning in the calming, blue light. There are faint sounds of the waves being played throughout the room, the sheets are blue silk, the floors are sparkly blue tile. The original plan was to have a water bed in here but Ninnguang realized that would be a poor investment 0-0 not everyone chooses to be gentle and nothing would kill the mood faster than popping the waterbed you’re fucking on 0-0

Dain’s favorite room by far. He loves the sound of the ocean and blue is his favorite color! Being bathed in royal blue together…Ah…Yes, this is nice

Room 9: the star suite ⭐️

The star suite is similar to the sea suite except this one has projections of galaxies and stars all over the place. The bed is in the center of the room and is in the shape of a circle. The sheets are silky smooth and soft music plays in the background. The black, glittery tiles are cool beneath your feet and the purple glow of the room is soothing as much as it is beautiful. You look so pretty in the purple light with projected stars twinkling on your skin <3 after you two are finished, you can lay on your back and watch for shooting stars

Xiao’s favorite room…He’s a bit sappy. He enjoys watching the stars with his customers after finishing, laying back to catch his breath, looking over at you to see you covered in stars. That’s a view that’ll never get old. Dain also likes this room, he does a lot of stargazing at home so this is relaxing to him too :)

[typinggently]

frankenbilly and 5 for the prompts! :D

5) a heavy perfume, rose petals, golden chains 

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Thank you so much for this! I was immediately reminded of a post I made and the following conversation I had with @frank-g-castle!! They also wrote a fic for it and it’s so good!! Please check it out -> And Sit Beside Your Feet Tonight

so here’s a little taste of what my mind has been spinning with regarding this concpt :’)

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Billy as a greedy young King, Frank as his involuntary Concubine

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The difference is, Billy thinks as he swirls his glass to watch the golden wine glitter in the candlelight, that he’s always known what he’s doing and to what end goal. Even with his knuckles red with frost or blood, he’d known he’d be here at some point, in the hall of mirrors, on the throne. Wearing velvet and lace, eating raspberries.

Frank hasn’t thought about his life in that regard, which is why he’s sitting on the steps next to him, a golden chain weighing down his hands and neck, where it’s attached to a thick collar. Billy had it made for him, drawing inspiration from the Romans. FUGI, it says on the engraving. TENE ME. Frank tilts his head a little, looks to the side, then flicks his eyes up, catching Billy watching him. Billy smiles and takes a sip of wine. ‘Seize me’, he thinks. Oh, he’d love to see them try.

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Not that Frank would ever run, he’s too nice a person for that. Too good a friend. But if Billy asked nicely, he’d probably try. And then Billy’d get to watch him take on his guards. They’re all terribly well-trained, of course, so it’d be a right mess, which is why Billy is saving it for a special occasion. Watching Frank claw his way to freedom only to turn around and leave bloody footprints on his way back to Billy – it’s something worth savouring.

Frank shifts a little, doing an impressive little thing with his eyes that wouldn’t be traceable to anyone who wasn’t as intimately familiar with his expressions as Billy is. A feat, for a man as blunt and rough-edged as Frank is to be so delicate in some matters. It’s a trait Billy has always admired in him, and now he smiles as he leans in. “What is it? Do you want some more pheasant?”

There’s a little twitch in Frank’s expression. Next to him on the stairs, a plate of fine china sits untouched, pheasant and asparagus growing cold. “No. What has you so worried?”

 Billy licks his lower lip, sucks on it, but Frank doesn’t have the decency to break eye contact to watch. It really is unfortunate, that getting to know someone well enough to read their pupils results in them being able to read you, too. “I’m not bending down to tell you.”

There’s a dull sense of satisfaction in watching Frank’s eyebrows furrow. A small compensation for the fact that Frank knows him so well, a little kick aimed at his pride. Billy straightens, leans back against the velvet of his throne. His vest is velvet, too, ornamented with delicate rows of pearls and lace trim. It’s the perfect contrast to Frank’s bare torso, the shimmery silk of his loose trousers.

When the boys had come to dress him this afternoon, they’d been appalled by the scars adorning Frank’s skin, used to much sweeter bodies. In an effort to soften the look of him, they’d covered Frank’s silver scars with gold-infused oil and the scent of his hair, his skin with a heavy, sweet-woody perfume. Billy watches Frank as he gets on his knees, the heavy chain and collar catching the light (TENE ME), and thinks about the perfume glistening in the dip of his throat, running down his chest. Now, he’s still subtly glistening in oil, gold dust catching the flickering candle light. Not enough to turn him into a golden calf, but enough to remind Billy of the vase paintings of the Minotaur. Brute strength. Billy blinks, brings his focus back to Frank’s eyes. Remembers the plan.

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Frank is being good, convincing, his palms resting on the armrest of his throne, his spine straight. A very sweet dog, begging very nicely for treats. When Billy leans in, his hand finds the skin-warm gold of Frank’s collar, thumb resting on the letters (TENE ME). He makes sure to whisper into Frank’s left ear, hiding the movement of his lips from the people in the hall, the dancers, the silent observers. “The chief adviser will die tonight.”

The chief adviser is one of Billy’s favourites, someone he relies on heavily in his decision-making. His death would bring a great confusion with it, as well as a general period of reconstruction and fragile power dynamics.

Which is, of course, exactly what Billy wants. It’s just that there has to be some authenticity about Billy’s disregard of these power dynamics, and his resulting shock when hearing about the death of the man he places so much trust in. And to reach that level of authenticity, Billy has to show that disregard most prominently tonight.

Under his fingertips, Frank’s pulse picks up a little. Billy smiles, knowing Frank put together the pieces from that short sentence alone. Knowing Frank will offer himself as a way to prove the exact kind of disregard for courtly politics Billy has.

And just as expected, Frank tilts his head a little, his lips barely brushing Billy’s collar, skin-warm lace. Good enough for the people watching from across the hall. Not good enough for the people at the foot of the stairs leading up to the throne. Billy uses his grip on Frank’s collar to pull him up and in, hold him still as he kisses him. Out of necessity, of course.

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Beneath the taste of golden wine, he can catch a hint of wild growls and light-hearted laughter, something half-forgotten and achingly familiar that wakes a hot greed in his chest. Frank’s throat works under his palm as he swallows and Billy is nice enough to help him tilt his head to deepen their kiss, Frank’s mouth hot and soft for him.

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Billy always knows what he’s doing. When he takes another half hour to finish his wine, when he feeds Frank with honey-dripping figs, when he runs his sticky fingers through Frank’s curls, he knows what he’s doing. And later, when he’s standing in bedchamber, a foaming sea of cool cotton sheets, a bowl of rose petals sweetening the air of the room and Frank by his side, wine-warm and kiss-soft, he knows exactly that it’s where he wants to be.

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I don’t know what time period this would take place in…the Hall of Mirrors is obviously taken from Baroque Versailles, as are some of the elements, but somehow it also had some fin de siècle flavours to me, as well as some hints of antiquity (what with the sex slaves and all…), while the fashion I was picturing was mostly renaissance inspired? So. Uh? Who knows. Also the backstory for this is something I’ve thought about for a hot minute - Frank and Billy having their regular backstory up until after the mirror thing, then they call it even and Billy goes to fuck/murder his way to the throne while Frank chills in the woods, grows a beard and uh? Fucks the milkmaid I guess. But Billy gets chilly on top of the food chain and wants his friend back, so he goes to drag Frank to the castle, where he makes him his “consort”. Up until they’re back in Billy’s rooms, Frank doesn’t know what’s happening, he thinks this is payback (since that’s how Billy makes it look). Point is – there’s “put on” sexual tension, beneath that there’s “we’re working together to ensure Billy stays king”, beneath that is a lot of aggression and tension from both sides, beneath that is A LOT of sexual frustration. It’s a mess!!!! :D

Also the whole collar thing is inspired by a “dog tag” they found in Pompeii, worn by a slave, that says (in latin) “I’ve run away. Seize me. If you return me to my master x, you’ll get a gold coin” (or some other amount of money). I learned about it years and years ago in latin class, as an off-hand comment on some info sheet on Pompeii and let’s just say, my brain apparently already knew I’d be into some shit and filed it away for later.

Those are the longest notes to date and I’m still buzzing with this whole concept. I had a TON of fun with this and I hope you enjoyed reading it!! :D Thank you so much for the prompt!!!

[gaarfielf]

Not to be that guy but here’s an analysis on LGBT characters/rep in the lupin iii universe nobody asked for. I’m gonna cover Twilight Gemini, Harimou’s Treasure, Angel Tactics, TWCFM, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 5

Twilight Gemini is arguably one of the least popular films of the series pretty much based on the fact it’s just not a good movie. But this ain’t a movie review that’s just the facts. Anyway the villain’s henchman, Sadachiyo, is gay and the movie does not skirt around it at all. Lupin makes several ��jokes” about the character being gay and the character is written to be very perverted and evil (obviously because he’s a henchman) but nonetheless very stereotypical to downright offensive (his character wearing lipstick is a little uh). Ultimately, Goemon returns at the very ass-end of the film to stab him directly in the chest and that’s where that story ends. Now, there isn’t much to say about this character because he really was only around for Lupin to make jokes that weren’t funny before dying. Gotta love them yep huh /eye roll/

Harimou’s Treasure gave us the double whammy of not only a bad joke against intersex people and trans women, but also a nazi joke! hooray. The film uses a slur that some may argue “wasn’t a slur back then” but nonetheless leaves the film to have aged terribly. The character...../sighs/ Herr Maphrodite /SIGHS LOUDER/, is once again a huge offensive stereotype and coincidentally, another villain. By the end of the film Fujiko manages to take him down by.... kissing him.... and he’s so repulsed.... that they just... win somehow. It’s really just an unpleasant scene. But luckily the film isn’t hugely popular (in comparison to Secret of Mamo, Cagliostro, Fuma, etc).

Angel Tactics threw in a new idea with a bisexual woman........... who is also a villain. Detecting a pattern yet? Her name is Lady Joe /HUGE SIGH/ and she is shown to be pretty masculine which there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with until you consider that TMS might have argued otherwise, but the film eventually reveals her “true form” (???) where she’s actually really perverted and her outfit changes to be very revealing and “sexy” (TMS wouldn’t know sexy if it bit em in the ass tbh). It’s almost as if TMS associates being gay with being evil and perverted? Wild.

TWCFM is a split audience in this aspect, with a gay character that some believe is pretty accurate representation and others believe is just another TMS classic gay stereotype. Personally speaking, the fact that Oscar was designed to look like a woman (the same head shape, wide hips and skinny body as Fujiko) and also being notably... /excited/ around Zenigata, I disliked the representation. However, other people (gay people specifically b/c why would I ask straight people how they felt about him lol) believe that he’s actually really speaking to them as a gay character. I mention this because I didn’t personally finish TWCFM so I don’t wanna throw him under the bus as a character, but I will say, he is still a villain in the series as made apparent by his strict hate for Fujiko (presumably out of jealousy).

Part 2 gave us a fast one with the Rose of Versailles episode. It was a crossover episode between the two series and TMS decided to do a very interesting take on it where Lupin literally falls in love with a character disguised as a man. In the episode it’s very apparent he has no idea that the character he’s in love with is actually a woman and actually convinces Jigen and Goemon later that it’s not a big deal. Jigen and Goemon by the by, are not cool with their relationship but eventually grow more neutral about it as the episode progresses. Speaking bluntly, this episode is a very wild outlier in Part 2 as an episode which literally outright confirms Lupin as bisexual (or pan, or any degree of not-straight that tickles your fancy). However, it’s often not acknowledged for ??? reasons. Alongside this in Part 2, there is another episode Lupin disguises himself as a woman to seduce a man for his money, only to find that after revealing himself that the man... doesn’t care. They get married in the episode. I don’t know how this goes over peoples head. Granted, Lupin was in it for the money but I think Lupin of all people could’ve come up with a different plan if he really didn’t want to legally marry a man.

Part 3 also gave us something new with various episodes that imply Jigen might swing that way too. Bear with me here but Part 3 delivers /a lot/ of secluded scenes with Jigen outwardly upset that Lupin ditched him for a woman. Scenes where he looks away from women that Lupin are talking to/about, scenes where he leaves the room when there’s women, scenes where he refuses to look at Lupin when he’s with a woman and just generally more outwardly not interested in women compared to previous Parts where he more-or-less ignores them. Previous Parts, Jigen might not be crazy about women but there isn’t really as many strong visuals as their are in part 3 that suggest he’s explicitly attracted to men (though there are scenes in Part 1 and 2 where he quite literally goes into hysterics over Lupin, thinking he’s dead, though take it as you will). Speaking of more visuals surrounding Jigen specifically related to being gay, I’ll bring up the obvious one being the classic Play Bohz scene, where Jigen is very visibly reading a muscle magazine (a kind of magazine that was specifically popular among gay men in the 80s as a more ‘discreet’ way of essentially reading filth) and I mean. That’s pretty concrete. But there’s also other nods to it like him and Lupin smoking under a billboard with two men kissing on it, Jigen telling Goemon he looks cute in women’s clothing, etc. Part 4 even gives us Fujiko implying that Jigen is jealous at Lupin and Rebecca’s wedding which Jigen.... doesn’t respond to.

Part 5 is where TMS reverts back to its old ways. Actually it’s new ways because part 2 and 3 were the 70s and 80s and all these outwardly homophobic movies happened in the late 90s through the 2000s. But nonetheless we get....another... gay.... villain. hooray. again. His name is Albert in case you haven’t watched it yet. Not only that but he is mentioned offhandedly to be gay in one (1) episode before it’s never mentioned again (not exactly what I’d call representation) and the series also doesn’t shy away from gay jokes that purposely make fun of fans for shipping the characters and just in general make fun of gay people. TMS, it’s 2018, can we stop making gay jokes? They aren’t funny. Zenigata pulling his gun on Lupin for making the joke wasn’t funny, Jigen attempting to kick Lupin’s phone out of his hands wasn’t funny, and even the article claiming they were dating wasn’t very funny because it was deadass a joke made at the expense of fans. A wacky gay joke accompanied with hating your fans is a funny way of writing, huh?

In conclusion, why is it that the 70s and 80s somehow handled hinting at these supposed “controversial topics” better than it was in movies made in the 2000s and then rinsed and repeated again in the year 20 fucking 18. I think if Part 2 can have an episode where Lupin deadass flirts and falls in love with a man, Part 5 should have been capable of not writing homophobic characters. and thats the hot but true take of the day.

NOTE: if y’all try to message me to argue keep in mind 1) theres literally nothing straight about Lupin falling in love with a man and Jigen reading a muscle magazine literally known to target gay men and 2) theres nothing you can do to convince me otherwise so you best be ready to swallow that pill and 3) Don’t @ me with ‘bUT lUPIN lIKES wOMAN’ because yeah. no shit. read up on what being bi means before opening your mouth.

[thghtcntrl]

Ladybug week day 5: Raise of Shadow Claw

Ruby Rose, rookie journalist for the Vale Times, has no idea what’s she doing here. Well she knows WHY she’s here, her job, but why was she chosen to cover the story is beyond her. It was a gala ball for a fundraiser and every influential, wealthy, and beautiful person was here. Heiress Weiss Schnee, actor Neptune Versailles, fashion model Dew Gayl, award winning musician Flint Cole, they were all here looking amazing and here she was, in a dress she bought a strip mall. Velvet (her photographer friend and co-worker) had offered her a get her dress from her fashion designer friend Coco (who was also at the gala), unfortunately there wasn’t time.

Thoughts of leaving early has running though her mind but then she saw… her. Princess Blake Belladonna of Menagerie walking in. Ruby was dumb founded when she saw her. Beautiful wouldn’t be enough to describe her. It’s was then the woman noticed Ruby. “Epp” was the only thing Ruby could say as the beautiful princess walk up to her. “Ruby? Ruby Rose?”  still shocked Ruby Answered “GAH YOU KNOW WHO I’M!”. Blake chuckled “Of course, I was a foreign exchange student at beacon high remember?” “GAH HOW COULD I FORGET THAT” Ruby exclaimed still shocked now that the most beautiful person in Remnant would remember her! “So, what brings you here?” Blake asked. Ruby started to stutter “W-well y-you knooow… I’m a reported for the Vale Times and…” “here to cover the Gala?” Blake asked, “and you need an interview with the organizer, which is me”. Ruby released her breath she was holding “yeah and… wait, You’re the organizer?” Blake laughed and pointed to a banner which read “Belladonna life Aid Charity Event”. “Oh yeah I suck at my job… so uh uh about that interview?” Ruby was failing to sound professional. Blake, with a seductive look, gave Ruby her answer “How about tomorrow, over dinner?” Ruby cheeks heated up “are you asking me out… on a d-d-d-date?” Blake smiled “am I?” and with that Blake left followed by woman in a pony tail giving her a business card. Ruby looked at the card then towards Blake and shouted, “YES THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!”

The next night

A young woman sat in front of a computer monitor wearing a set of headphones with a microphone attached. “I can’t believe they’re on the move now. I HAD A DATE WITH MY HIGHSCHOOL CRUSH TONIGHT” the voice shouted though the headphones. “I’d be more worried at what your father would say if he found out about you wearing the suit” The woman behind the monitor said. “I don’t have a choice Ilia; the White Fang are on the move and if the they’re there, then he’s going to be there. This might be our only chance” Ilia sighed “I still think we should leave this to the cops Princess. Alright looks I got feed on you, you ready your highness?”. Blake, on top of a building wearing a Hi-tech black body suit with what appeared to be three blue claw marks on her chest, put on a black mask concealing her face with similar blue claw marks across the face. “Ready!” she said and jumped off the building, launched grappling hooks from her gauntlets and began to swing from building to building to the location where the White Fang would meet.

Ruby couldn’t believe what she just did. When Weiss Schnee called and informed Ruby what might be a shading business dealing between her company and a terrorist organization was going down she knew she had to cancel her once in a lifetime date with Princess Belladonna. So here she was now hiding in an under construction high rise at the top floor. Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee power company, had come to believe that the company she will inherit one day, was up to something criminal and there was no way that she was going to own a company affiliated with crime. She talked to Ruby during the gala the previous night about what she believed what was happening and would call her with more info which she did. Ruby tried to call Blake to cancel but all she could do was leave a message and hope they could rescheduled.

Ruby waited and waited until she saw it. She watched several men in business suits (most likely from the SPC) and several men in military outfits and white mask. Ruby instantly recognized the second group as the White Fang. Soon another figure who appears to be wearing a black trench coat and wearing a white bull like mask appeared. “So, shall we get down to business Toro?” one of the Business men asked while Toro answer “yes lets”. I Think I’m way over my head here” Ruby thought.

Ruby began to take a recording on her phone of the meeting until the lights went out. “GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON QUICK!” one of the men shouted. When the lights came back on several White Fang troops were down and standing above them was a woman in a black suit. “Shadow Claw” Toro said through gritted tooth, “S-S-Shadow Claw?” A business man said in fear, “Shadow Claw” Ruby whispered in awe. “WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, TAKE HER DOWN!” Toro ordered his remaining men as the SPC men began to scrabble way. Shadow Claw was easily dispatching the troops but before Toro was about to join the fray, he spotted Ruby and thought of a better plan.

As the last troop fell to the ground Shadow Claw turn towards Toro who now held a hostage. “Ruby NO!” Shadow Claw thought. Toro started to walk backwards towards a window with Ruby in tow. “I’m getting sick of this Claw” Toro looked back out the window of the high raise, then back at Shadow Claw. “So, let’s play a game of… CATCH” With that said, Toro throws Ruby out the window and runs. “NO!” Shadow Claw exclaims. She runs and jumps out the window catching Ruby. As the Two fell Blake reassured Ruby “It’s going to be okay Ruby just hang on” Ruby gave Frightened “uh huh”. Blake Launches a grabbing hook from her gauntlets which latches on to the wall and the two swing to safety (with rather a hard landing) in any case the two were now safe. Once on the ground Ruby, catching her breath, began to thank her dark hero “thanks Shadow Claw I was so” Ruby then stop gave her hero a curious look “wait, how do you know my name?” Shadow Claw tried to give an explanation, but ruby removed her mask “BLAKE!” Ruby shouted. “Not so loud” Blake tried to calm down Ruby. Ruby smiled “take about a first date” Blake chuckled “yeah um I’ll say”. “Oh, and uh your secret is safe with me!” Ruby said. “With you I think it is” Blake responded. “besides it’s not like anyone would believe me anyway and…” “Ruby?” Blake interrupted “how about we head home?”. “Sounds like a plan to me” Ruby agreed. “HOME MY FOOT! I THINK YOU TWO NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION!” Ilia screamed in to the head set. “We have first aid at home and besides I can’t really go to the hospital dressed like this now can I” Blake said. “Huh” Ruby looked up at the Blake who smiled and said, “It’s nothing”. She then helped up Ruby and as the two began to walk Ruby asked “oh where’s your Shadow car?!  Blake look at her with a surprise and curious look “My what?”

end

[chemicalperfume]

Sakihi Miyu x Sagiri Seina Sayonara talk (GRAPH 2017.07)

What it says on the tin.

Contains: Chigi being an epic troll, FEELINGS, Tridente Tridente-ing, lots of giggling, feelings, tsundere statements, and did I mention feelings??

Special thanks to the twitter friend who helped beta it (you know who you are!)

Sakihi: For my final interview, I thought it absolutely had to be Chigi-san, so thank you very much for today, even though you’re so busy

Sagiri: Same here.

Sakihi: This time I’m the one who has to regulate everything… you must be worried, right?

Sagiri: Like… it’d be bad if it’s a dull discussion, so talk lots *laughs* [1]

Sakihi: But since I’m a dull human being… okay. I had the privilege of being Chigi-san’s acting partner up until now, and I am full of nothing but gratitude for that.

Sagiri: *staring at Sakihi*

Sakihi: I can’t get used to this if you look at me with such a gentle gaze *flustered laugh*

Sagiri: It’s not gentle at all.

Sakihi: But it is. You don’t have to… please act like normal.

Sagiri: I am acting like normal. *laughs*

Sakihi: Um… Looking back, I was transferred into Snow Troupe, and starting with “The Rose of Versailles” National Tour we got to work together, but since we both come from Kyushu, I arbitrarily felt a lot of affinity for Chigi-san…

Sagiri: But during “The Rose of Versailles”, we hadn’t gotten close at all yet. Although, since we paired up as top combi, I ended up speaking my mind to you freely, to the point where I was unsure if being so very inconsiderate is really alright.

Sakihi: Not at all, you always took the time to talk to me, never letting even the slightest change go unnoticed.

Sagiri: Same goes for you. Like you’d come pat my back and stuff *laughs*

Sakihi: *laughs* Excuse me for that. The role and my feelings merged…

Sagiri: Off stage too.

Sakihi: Eh, off stage? Not as Osome? (from Bakumatsu Taiyouden)

Sagiri: No, even off stage, you worry about me to an unnecessary degree and…

Sakihi: But everyone in Snow Troupe keeps an eye out for Chigi-san.

Sagiri: I am really very thankful about that.

Sakihi: Chigi-san, you took my bad sides, and my other bad sides...

Sagiri: *laughs*

Sakihi: …and you faced all of them, scolded me instead of getting angry at me, and were always beside me without ever letting go of my hand; I couldn’t be more grateful for all of this.

Sagiri: Well, it’s my job, isn’t i~t *laughs*

Sakihi: Even besides that… There was a time you said “I’m not your teacher!”, or a period when I’d concentrate too much on Chigi-san alone, and neglect what kind of presence I have to be inside the overall play; and in these times you would sharply tell me about it.

Sagiri: I think that, on the stage, seniority is irrelevant, and no such considerations should apply, and also strongly felt I wanted you to stop holding back for trying too hard to make the otokoyaku stand out more. Like, “DON’T walk 3 steps behind me”.[2] More than anything else, our relationship became like the coach and the heroine getting trained by the coach. By kind of like, playing the sports drama series [3]...

Sakihi: Playing?! *laughs* I was serious…

Sagiri: Yes, it was serious! We’d be doing our sports drama right after the end of a performance, without even taking off our makeup, for such a long time, that before we noticed it was time to leave the dressing room so the both of us would take off our makeup in a huge rush and stuff. Other times Mito-san (Rika Masumi), Niwa-san (Souno Haruto) and Hime-san (Maisaki Rin) would be watching our sports drama from the managing room [4] and intervene, or offer a helping hand… I think it’s thanks to everyone in the troupe looking over us that we are where we are now.

Sakihi: Yes, truly. Chigi-san, soon after we paired up, you said I was like a mother to you. For someone who is in the position of an acting partner to be thought of as motherly, I thought “this is a crisis, I am causing Chigi-san trouble”; I was full of bewilderment.

Sagiri: But you see -I’ll never forget this- at the rehearsal for the “Lupin III” press conference, you were not in the last scene, and when it ended you burst into applause, still all dressed up as Marie Antoinette.

Sakihi: But it was so wonderful!

Sagiri: It was just a rehearsal!? That was totally a mother reacting to her son saying something right on Parents’ Day.[5] ...although my own mother is different. *laughs* Anyhow, I always feel your strong gaze, that you’re definitely looking my way. When I pondered why that might be, I guess it felt like a close relative’s way of showing affection.

Sakihi: I could never- oh my gosh, me, a close relative…

Sagiri: That’s what you are *laughs* In the name of making a stage show together, it didn’t matter how late in the night or how early in the morning, when I decided to rehearse, you’d come and rehearse with me, and as these piled up, we got to be the way we are, I guess. You’d accompany me on voluntary rehearsals at my own pace… but even when I went like “ah~ I’m beat”, you were not tired, and I’d think “wow she’s young” *laughs* This girl has got stamina, guts and a stoic character inside her, and little by little I bowed down to that.

Sakihi: Whaaaaa~t!?!?

Sagiri: Like “I can’t live up to thi~s”

Sakihi: No, not at all. For someone like me, my only saving grace is trying hard, yet on every show, no matter how unshapely a condition I was in, you would accept me and understand my feelings and my motivation. That was my lifeline; and wanting to get closer, even if by a little, to the top combi image Chigi-san was aiming for, I kept going, pursuing it intently. You always told me you want us to act as equals, but the first time I realised “ah, this must be what she means” throughout, it was way too late, but that first time was during “Caleb Hunt, Private Eye”.

Sagiri: Yeah, that’s late *laughs* But indeed, it was probably around “Caleb Hunt” that we formed a resolute relationship of mutual trust. Come to think of it, there’s a little bit of me that wonders “was it really for the best that I served as Yuumi’s coach or teacher?”.

Sakihi: Eh, when we’re so close to graduating. *laughs*

Sagiri: Sometimes I think if I’d let you on your own, maybe something even more interesting would have come out of you, as Sakihi Miyu… Perhaps Yuumi is actually the manlier one between us, even.

Sakihi: Woah!

Sagiri: You see, I actually worry at home, “did I say too much?” *laughs*

Sakihi: After I receive your opinion, well, I do feel down and regret some things in my own way.

Sagiri: Well, I guess that’s for sure *laughs* It often happened that on the day before our weekly free day, I tell you lots of things like “starting with the next performance you should do this or that”,  and then on the actual day off, I worry like “ did I say too much yesterday” or think “Yuumi should do it the other way after all”... and then I get mad at myself for thinking that. “Why do I have to think about her even on my day off!” *laughs*

Sakihi: *grinning happily* Sorry about that.

Sagiri: But since we started being told we have a good relationship as a top combi, weren’t you extra careful to not spoil it?

Sakihi: *says nothing and smiles*

Sagiri: Eh? Just me? *laughs*

Sakihi: Were you pushing yourself…?

Sagiri: No, I wouldn’t say “pushing” *awkward laugh*, I think it was inevitable we turned out as we did. I believe we became like this because of the characters you and I have, our difference in school years, and the fact that instead of being raised in the same troupe, we started out from a distance and gradually came closer and closer. But you see, if I were in your shoes, I think I’d be sick and tired of Sagiri-san in three days, and yet you weren’t, and that’s amazing.

Sakihi: Mmm *laughs*

Sagiri: ....well, I think it’s because we’re such weirdos that we managed to keep going. I’ve said this a lot, that I’m an alien myself, but if I’m from Mars, you are from Venus. And then…

Both: ...we met on Earth *laugh*

Sagiri: But even if I pretend to slap you [6], you immediately react to my antics, I think that’s another great thing about you.

Sakihi: Thank you very much!! I’ve also picked up quite a lot of your speech habits, and being  told my expressions have started looking a lot like Chigi-san’s is....

Sagiri: Speech habits? Like what?

Sakihi: “Thiiiis thiiiing!” [7]

Sagiri: *in stitches*

Sakihi: Also, when you’re extremely flabberghasted, you go “nahnahnahnah, woahwoahwoahwoah” [8]. The “Thiiiis thiiiing!” is when I’m towards you, kinda, like…

Sagiri: Like when you brought me this, right? (the spotted garden eel) [9]

Sakihi: This?? You didn’t say it then.

Sagiri: Oh, okay… *laughs* You gotta explain the garden eel.

Sakihi: Alright. I thought it’d soothe you, so I brought it from my house today.

Sagiri: *awkward laugh* That was a surprise~. So, this guy; first of all, I like spotted garden eels, and during “The Count’s Daughter” Yuumi-chan gave me a stuffed toy of one as a present. And then recently… yeah, you explain it.

Sakihi: Yes. During the Tokyo run of “Caleb Hunt”, we had a Christmas present exchange event, so we all drew lots to decide beforehand who gives a present to whom, and I received this little guy from Maisaki-san.

Sagiri: Hime-san couldn’t make up her mind on what would be a good present for you. And then, she found the same stuffed toy as the one you gave me, and she said it’d be nice to just stick a photo on it [10]. It’s got my signature too.

Sakihi: That’s right!! It even says “To Yuumi”...

Sagiri: It’s worth a super handsome amount, okay. *laughs*

Sakihi: Thank you so very much. It’s my treasured possession and it also matches one of yours! Uhm~ there’s more I want to tell you… Almost, uh, all shows…

Sagiri: We’ve been together in all shows, right! Eh, no?

Sakihi: For almost all shows we had a press conference…

Sagiri: Oh, the press conference *laughs*

Sakihi: Yes. Having the privilege to be together with you in all sorts of work assignments such as the press conferences, has been full of memories to me as a person! We’d also travel together  to Tokyo…

Sagiri: You wanna talk about transport!? *laughs*

Sakihi: Yes *laughs* I was very happy when I could spend time with you even outside of performances or rehearsals.

Sagiri: *laughs* You’re not good with planes, are you. Right before takeoff you go “oh nooo~” or start meditating and in the beginning I worried if you were gonna be alright but… recently I just think “she’s scared again, huh~” and ignore it. *laughs*  

Sakihi: Well, until takeoff you fall asleep, Chigi-san. Daimon-san turns on her seat’s light and starts taking lots of notes about that day’s rehearsal and such, and then there’s me…

Sagiri: Going “uughhh...” all alone.

Sakihi: Exactly....

Both: *laugh*

Sakihi: Uhm… During the “Sorrowful Cordoba” National Tour, do you remember that we went together to Matsuyama Castle?

Sagiri: I remember it.

Sakihi: I asked you to please go there together with me, and you kindly said “yes”.

Sagiri: Yup, yup.

Sakihi: And, uhm, see, we took photos at those panels you put your face in and things like that.

Sagiri: Yup, yup. Eh, what kind of talk is this?

Sakihi: Reminiscing talk!

Sagiri: Aah~

Sakihi: Would you please comment on it a little bit more?

Sagiri: I do remember we did that. Yeah. But, in the end we got to the point of making plans to go places just the two of us, but when we had just teamed up as a combi, Tomomi (Yumeno Seika) would join in to help us get along more. For example, when we’d make plans to go somewhere all together, she’d say “why don’t we invite Yuumi-chan too?”; and then thanks to everyone setting the appropriate mood, me and Yuumi-chan built a relationship among everyone, and through that we naturally got chummy… although we’re not chummy, we fight all the time too, hahaha *laughs*

Sakihi: Not at all!!

Sagiri: *laughs* But I think it’s good that we maintained our communication at all times. We confronted each other for real, and got to say the good things and the bad things.

Sakihi: When our top inauguration was decided you told me “Let’s do our best, facing towards the same direction”; I want to keep these words sealed inside my heart until the end… so please let me follow you until the end.

Sagiri: No.

Sakihi: Ee~k!

Sagiri: *laughs*

Sakihi: There was something I wanted to say just now… but being told “No”... I truly love and admire you, you know.

Sagiri: Thank you very much. Ours was such a fateful encounter that I don’t even want to think what it would be like if Yuumi-chan was not my partner; these few years have been packed to the brim. Even now, you come running to me first thing after every performance to go over the faulty bits together, and this “tomorrow I’ll make it even better!” stance of yours is what makes me, as a stage performer, feel like I can’t lose to it, or rather go “alright, let’s give it our all!”; This is why you’re my precious partner. [11]

Sakihi: I never thought every day of my life in Takarazuka would be this happy. But it really is all thanks to you, Chigi-san… When I think this is the end, somehow, all sorts of feelings well up inside me… Thank you for all this happiness, truly. Until the day we graduate, please take care of me.

Sagiri: Same here. How do I say it… Like, Yuumi-chan is loved by everyone in the troupe, and I think that’s because your presence itself is pure, but, I was glad to have such a partner that everyone loves.

Sakihi: Oh no, I get told off all the time.   

Sagiri: That’s not a lie *laughs*, but that’s not because they dislike you or something, it’s out of love, because they want to help you get better. I believe the relationship between us will remain unchanged until the end, so let’s keep running forward like that. Thank you very much for today. But is it okay if I wrap things up? *laughs*

Sakihi: *laughs* Thank you very much!! Please give me a handshake~

Sagiri: I really don’t get the point of this handshake (she says while doing it anyway)

Sakihi: Aaah, I’m so happy!! Thank you so much.

Sagiri: Okay, now pay me (for showing up as a guest)! *laughs*

Sakihi: You’re so funny!! *laughs*

Notes:

[1] - Chigi was being punny here, but it would’t render satisfactorily in English orz [2] “walking 3 steps behind” your man and acquiescing to him is a traditional japanese ideal of female behaviour, and by extension, a big part of the musumeyaku ideal and what is expected of them [3] スポ根 = a genre of sports-themed anime, manga or live-action that flourished mainly in the 70′s and is centered around a main character and their fervent pursuit of a sport through training with a mentor. Most famous examples: Ashita no Joe, Attack no.1, Ace wo Nerae! [4] The 4 most senior members of a troupe (including kumichou and fukukumichou) use a separate room backstage called “幹部部屋“ [5] A special day in the school year when parents come to class and watch how lessons are taking place [6] In some of the outtakes for the photoshoot that went with this interview, Chigi was pretending to slap her [7] 「こぉ��の～」.kind of untranslatable without context, so I went with a direct translation for flow’s sake [8] 「いやいやいやいや、おいおいおいおい」. Same as above. [9] Miyu’s spotted garden eel stuffed toy, was part of the photoshoot. More details to follow in the talk [10] Miyu’s garden eel toy has a Chigi photo from “Caleb Hunt” stuck on its head [11] she used the english word “partner” in katakana [パートナー」

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[bump-of-whump]

i need some good injury animes? are you watching anything current that delivers some good whump content?

tbh i’m not watching too much rn. homework is like, eating my life.

re:creators has some really extensive injury in episode 10 with a followup hospital scene that’s waywardly cute, between a fictional character and her parental-ish author. but see that’s the thing, it’s with a female character and ik people around these parts tend to be more into this stuff with males. 

that’s about all i can think of for something current because i’m not watching much else currently. but like, i can try to think of some older anime with injury. 

phantom: requiem for the phantom has both male and female injury if i recall right. but the heavy whump scene i’m thinking of was female, where erin/ein gets bullets dug out of her gunshot wounds. 

charlotte has good whump! and it’s male and whatnot, like the taste o’ most folks. 

i’m thinking in cowboy bebop the whump was mainly in the movie…damn man, why am i so old? s’time for blip to go to the nursing home…

yuri kuma arashi is pretty uh, symbolic and strange and definitely not for everyone. but if you like female whump, ginko gets hurt in a fire and also gets sick after. 

there’s injury in donten ni warau! several cases although tbh, i liked the manga and its manga spinoffs a lot better than the actual anime. but see, the anime wasn’t bad, it was just like, super condensed, y’know? 

there’s a lot of injury tossed around in hamatora, mainly in s2, but like, i don’t think there was that big of a focus on it. it just kind of happens. 

err…michiko to hatchin comes to mind again for female whump, like, the titular michiko gets beat up super bad in this one fight. and still slays, damn. that show is so underrated, i swear. 

uh…i’m kinda..i mean, i know other people have done lists like this so i guess i’m trying to pick the anime that aren’t obvious? like, free! s2 is kinda obvious and everybody loves fma in its glorious, whumpy glory so i like, idk if it would be too helpful for me to mention any of those…what else is like, neglected? 

well maybe not neglected, per se, maybe like, overlooked? 

i’m so old i want to suggest the rose of versailles. do you younglings even know what that is? one of the most influential shoujo classics, ever. well there’s injury in that, which is female (if you indeed believe oscar is female) and male. oscar gets hurt like…a few times. and then andre gets friggen’ wreaked like, consecutively. 

prince of tennis had some leg injury episode with that one dude i don’t remember the name of. 

nabari no ou has injury and like, degenerative illness of a sort. 

there was a little injury in an early episode of captain earth, but i don’t remember which one. do not ask me why i like that show. that show was bland and clunky and all kinds of plot holes. but for some reason i liked it. idk man, i cannot explain myself. but there was injury so still, i’m mentioning it. 

kizaniver’s got female and male injury and like, revolves around pain? unfortunately though that includes emotion pain and there’s a bunch of love triangle bs that my aromantic ass was cringing to sit through. 

oh wait, i did think of something recent! the washio sumi movies! the first movie has minor but notable injury and the second movie is…well…it’s a big ol’ angst bucket of pain and sadly character death. 

oh wait, i should point that out! there is death in some of what i’ve listed. requiem for the phantom, (seemingly) donten ni warau, rose of versailles, yuri kuma arashi. those are all the ones where main and/or supporting characters die but actually i think in everything i’ve listed there’s at least one instance of character death. and warning for suicide of a minor character in the very first scene of re: creators, so you know dude. 

and i guess for now that’s all i got. sorry if it’s not what you were looking for, dude. 

EDIT: flip flappers is fairly recent, no? explosion injuries! 

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Netjuu no Susume 2 - 3 | Black Clover 2 | Classicaloid 28 | Juuni Taisen 2 - 3 | Code: Realise 2 | Houseki no Kuni 2

I lost Classicaloid after episode 28…good thing I had Girls’ Last Tour on tap. (See Houseki no Kuni’s simulcast commentary for more details on that.)

Netjuu no Susume 2

Aw, I’m not really one for romances, but once again, these guys are making me warm and fuzzy on the inside. Hayashi and his cry emote really get to me – I love bishies who aren’t gung-ho macho.

Sakurai has an email from Comico! LOL!

I’m with Lilac on this love story, LOL.

“Sakura-chan”!!! Oh, it’s so cute. It also probably explains why Sakurai = Lily, eh?

This isn’t a manga, it’s an online manga. Same diff, Hime-chan.

If you pause at Moriko’s email, you’ll see it’s riddled full of keigo (polite language).

Sakurai Yuuta voiced by Sakurai Takahiro, LOL. Didn’t notice that the first time around.

It’s staying on, even if for just warm fuzzies.

Netjuu no Susume 3

I’m hearing the OP for the first time and…it’s actually pretty good! It fits the entire cute aesthetic of the show.

Irina was only just talking about this.

I’ve heard people call Moriko Morimori-chan across the ‘net and I didn’t understand it until Koiwai said it just then. Nicknames mean you’re uber close in Japanese terms.

I had the volume on while Koiwai and Morimori-chan (LOL) had their chat and I couldn’t hear her cry. So much for Mamiko Noto being a top-notch seiyuu, eh?

LOL, Koiwai’s so fun as a character.

Eyyyyyyyyyy. This green counter boy is probably Kanbe. You can tell by the hair colour!

Is Li-chan Lilac or Lily?

LOL, the Rose of Versailles parody is too good.

A…dog PUG? Apparently not. Never played WoW, of course I wouldn’t know the term.

Oh, I preempted the show’s caption. These sorts of captions were used in Superstar wa Nemurenai too, so this feels nostalgic in a sense.

I know the feel, Lily. I’ve been in online arguments before (you’ll see in previous simulcast commentaries I cite the magicalgirlsandcerulean one a lot).

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! These too-cute-for-this-world characters steal my heart againnnnnnnnnnn!

Interesting that Nico is called just that in the credits.

Black Clover 2

That very scribbly handwriting appears to be…English. Mostly correct English, to boot.

Someone decided on sakuga this ep, it seems…

Okay, I think I’ve had enough echo reverb for a lifetime. That’s going on hold.

Classicaloid 28

Ah, the new OP. Same song, Dovo-chan + “Wataru”, a few new staff…but otherwise, same old, same old. That’s what I like.

Oh, I almost missed the sign that says “Place all used tableware in the sink – Kanae”. Thanks, subbers.

Huh. The word “respect” is teinei, which technically means “politeness”. But “respect” works better in context, I guess.

Sometimes, Beet says things that actually make sense + are quotable. Get me some quotes of this man (LOL).

This shopping list stuff, if it isn’t something you’ve done for your family already, is normally something for kids in Japan as part of fostering independence. So, I think Wa-kun’ll be the winner here.

Garland chysanthemum is the only one of these I’m unfamiliar with. Apparently in Japanese, it’s called shingiku, which would correspond to those kanji I saw on the shopping list.

Why is Dovo-chan going with Wa-kun? (LOL?)

There’s a coffee shop called Mogura (mole) behind Liszt in one scene.

Wa-kun reminds me a lot of the Beppus (Boueibu). Seriously, we need a comparison of those three.

Symphony No. 7. The Allegretto seems to be stirring some memory in me, but I can’t seem to detect what particularly or why it does. However, Wikipedia does note Wagner liked it. In fact, Wagner admired it.

Yup, Pad-kun. That’s (the bit about “apotheosis of dance”) the bit Wikipedia says.

I think the hippo -> idiot joke works better in Japanese (kaba -> baka, it’s a reversal of syllables).

See? Wa-kun is like the Beppus! Lookit that boy blush.

How does one spell “yeah” anyway? I swear I’ve seen 2 or 3 variants of the word alone…

Oh, Schu-san wasn’t around this episode. He got taken away by the kite strings like last time, come to think of it. Admittedly, I think I liked Schu better when he wasn’t a rapper, although apparently this time he’s going to go into reggae, judging by the rasta cap he had in the OP.

Ohh, a goukon I see. It’s translated as “singles’ party”, but…well, let’s say it’s a little more complicated than that. “Singles’ party” translates sufficiently, but goukon have certain connotations to them that make them uniquely goukon, much like sushi needs vinegared rice to be sushi, anime needs to be at least partially made in Japan and so on.

Juuni Taisen 2

I think Nezumi being sleepy is a pun (neru -> to sleep).

Oh, hey. They do look like the Justice League.

By the by, this OP is called “Rapture”. Not “Rupture”, even though that would sound more appropriate in some contexts.

The CGI models at the end of the OP look like figures. Either I give you my money for good quality versions of those or you…shouldn’t waste your time, Graphinica. (Especially the Tatsumi bros.)

The title of this episode literally translates to “chicken cry, dog steal”. I dunno what idiom’s behind it, so I’ll leave that to the subbers.

Well, a manhole is one way to lay low…

“Old Timer”. Good pun there.

Knowing the Beppus, I’d say the Tatsumi was talking about his bro and not Inou.

Well, that was a bit too much blood. Good thing is wasn’t as bad as King’s Game.

Finally, an Ume show I can really kick back and not worry about! Young Black Jack and a lot of shows I go into for Ume are normally shams or locked out by licensing, so I’m finally psyched to get a proper Ume show to back.

Uuma walking through the turnstiles was…pretty funny, actually. (LOL.)

How does one out-crazy Rabbit, with his high heels and booty shorts???

Well, as they say, when an unstoppable object meets an unmoving force, kaboom! (Or…something like that…)

According to the manga, Dotsuku was a teacher. Can you really imagine that though? Dotsuku, a teacher??? Of little kids???

Note Niwatori is shown with science things. She must know some stuff about Dotsuku’s poisons too, although she probably didn’t expect them. Update: Read ahead, and let’s say I’m right about one thing and wrong about another.

I wonder which Tatsumi bro is the NEET and which is the gambler…

Rabbit home boy’s too good, but Ushii and his fluffy jacket are better.

Nezumi and Twelve Mart, LOL.

Juuni Taisen 3

I read up on some spoilers for this…so I’m only just keeping abreast of some of you guys out there. However, the TV Tropes page notes that the OP shows who the winner of the Taisen is if you pay close attention…

Ugh, I love Nezumi and Ushii too much. Mah Ume-boy is good as gold – this is a step up, considering I’ve started some very bad anime because of Ume-chan – but even though I don’t know Shun Horie very well, I like me a bishie like that too! (Horie’s a tad quiet, but otherwise he’s pretty good too.)

It was much clearer that Niwatori was affected by the One Man Army even during her meetup with the Monkey in the manga, so…yeah. I’ll give it that much.

Silly name of “Cockscomb” aside, that’s the name of Niwatori’s spading fork. Cockscomb.

I’m properly listening to the OP and ED for the first time, but I like the ED more than the OP. Probably because the Justice League is funny but the ED’s casual stuff is better.

Oh, there’s a post-credits scene. Keep watching.

Oh, that’s…pretty powerful stuff, Niwatori. Wowee, Juuni Taisen’s got the mark of a high ranker, from its staff to its OP and ED quality. Tough competition this season, as I keep saying.

“Even a monkey can fall from a tree.” – That’s a kotowaza meaning “Even experts fail sometimes”, which is an important adage for this show.

Sharyuu was taught by sages, so that comment is interesting, Duodecuple…or Horse…or whoever’s narrating this.

The pun in the next ep title is something to do with the word saru (monkey). Noting that saseru is a thing in Japanese, maybe saru is a shortened form of that Nisio Isin wanted to cash in on…?

Update: I finally figured out Dotsuku’s pun! Make the tsu smaller, give the ku a tenten and you have…the katakana pronunciation for dog!

Code:Realise 2

Get me a man like Impey and I’ll be set for life, LOL.

“If you touch me, you’ll melt.” – The juxtaposition of Cardia’s sadness with a punchline makes for something very interesting, indeed.

Saint??? Is that his first name or his title?

These ornaments on Finis and the queen – the pseudo-Chinese or Japanese ones – stand out a bit compared to all the steampunk stuff.

Oh, dearie me. The cars and carriages in this are CGI and it shows.

“…Baron Gilford Dudley and party.” – LOL.

“He loves his food too.” – I’d assume ths subject of this is Sisi, but the way this sentence was framed made it sound like Impey loves his food too. Which seems to be true, since Impey likes cooking.

These really bright scenes are kinda sudden. They don’t quite work with the rest of the show, and that’s because they’re probably stills you collect in the game.

I keep thinking this dude with the guns is Fran. Geez, it’s quite the bad case of Six Same Faces…however, this one has purple eyes while Fran’s are green.

C’mon! Stockinged legs aren’t that indecent, Lupin. I know you run by Victorian London standards, but still.

Okayyyyyyyyy. Vampire hunter fits the theme of historical fictional bishies, but…you really don’t imagine Van Helsing to look like this. Just sayin’.

The glowy blood was probably unnecessary…

I feel like I should put this on hold, just to be on the safe side. That means the lineup is settled. I’ll update the sheet when I can...eesh though. There’s some tough competition this season…

Houseki no Kuni 2

The two moons are a nice touch.

This OP is way cool. It’s such a visual spectacle.

By the way, I’ve heard good things about Girls’ Last Tour so I may binge it next month (November) and it may even challenge for one of the top spots.

Uh, cleavage? Not to use a dirty joke here, but gems are androgynous. They have no cleavage, so to speak.

Oh, Dia’s fighting style is like baseball. I see.

Huh. I should really write about identity and belonging in this series. Dia’s a really interesting character, pretty much denying their own name and nature because they see Bort as the “true diamond”.

“…tried to lend a hand.” – Oh, the irony of you missing a hand, Dia.

Notice Phos is still holding Dia’s hand as she talks with Jade and Euc.

Holy snails, Batman! Arima (Boueibu) wouldn’t like this for sure…

Wow, this truly is a new innovation in anime. Certainly, traditional animation can’t do this.

Wowee, this ED is something else. As I said, it’s tough competition this season. Girls’ Last Tour may even just miss out for the ground-breaking nature of this show alone, even though Kado is its precedent 3D-wise (and on the 3D front, I accepted that very well).