#and end it with the conclusion of the anime

[dunmeshistash]

Do you have any other Ryoko Kui Oneshot recommendations? I just read the last ones you mentioned and i absolutely loved them

Honestly! I recommend all 3 of her published one shot compilations, they are all REALLY GOOD

You can read about each of them on this post, the text is from the english pamphlet of the Ryoko Kui Exhibition

A few that really stuck with me other the ones I've already mentioned here (wolves tell no lies, perfect communication and how to be that girl) were these (the order is just the order I remembered them)

The Dragon's School is on Top of the Mountain: The titular story of one of her published works, it makes me think about a few parts of Dungeon Meshi where Laios is trying to find an "use" for monsters in the surface. I really enjoyed the idea of trying to make dragons "useful" so they can continue to exist, it's very bittersweet.

Home: From the same collection as the previous one, it's about what happens to The Hero of the story after he has defeated the big evil, in the perspective of the simple villagers from his hometown. Makes my heart ache. Other stories in this collection have a similar theme of "story after the story" what might have happened after the conclusion of an adventure but this is the one that stuck to me the most

Spring and Autumn: Two oneshots from terrarium in drawer that tell the same story in different perspectives. Quite possibly the best "what if humans were pets" story I've ever seen (I've seen at least 2). I cried so hard, I'm crying right now 10/10 don't let the premise scare you off

Distant Utopia: Terrarium in drawer is AMAZING but here just one more to maybe convince everyone to read, children are tasked with creating a story about "bullying persecution and discrimination", end up realizing things aren't so simple as they first thought

A Modern Fairytale: Ok dragon school might be my favorite one shot collection. This one is about a fantasy creature (centaurs) living in modern times, and the struggles that might cause in society alongside humans. It's a really interesting and grounded take that I don't think I've even seen before (Plus the centaur wife that shows up in short sections is adorable)

Mermaid Sanctuary: From Seven little sons's of the Dragon like wolves tell no lies. A guy finds a mermaid that keeps trying to go into land for some reason. Everyone tells him to leave it be cause "mermaids aren't human, they're just animals that mimic humans" but he decides to help her anyway. It's very interesting with how it portraits mermaids

That's it for my favorites! I really recommend everything by Kui tho, I had to stop myself before I just listed all the oneshots

Btw you can buy Seven Little Sons of the Dragon in english

[sufferu]

Hey really love your fics and really appreciate you for being able to answer those asks so patiently and with such calmness, but I have to rant that some of these asks were really…baffling and kinda weird.

Like WHY is it that some people in this fandom were so firmly convinced that RBD was a good thing/useful tool for Subaru yet described it as easy as breathing air, so he should be abusing RBD to save his loved ones that others shouldn't be too freaked out and upset when they find out about it?? Did…Did they all watch Re:zero with their eyes closed the fuckin whole time? ? How can they even do those kinds of mental gymnastics?? Why haven't they all seen that most of the story's narrative is already pretty darn explicit about how Subaru relying on RBD would be a very bad thing? Even if they might have never read the novels, I don't think the anime version is any slouch in showing the mental trauma and suffering each death inflicted on Subaru, so how could these people still capable of making such bullshit conclusions like that?? It really concerns me that I suspect people who would be so confident in saying stuff like that lack some kind of sympathy and empathy, or that they are just intentionally ignoring the pain that RBD is putting Subaru through...

Honestly I’d say that it comes down to the fact that we watch Re:Zero for entertainment, lol. Subaru IS just a character at the end of the day, it’s not like we’re actually watching a snuff film or something. We watch Re:Zero to see him struggle, and suffer, and then find a way to triumph in spite of it all. And Return By Death is COOL. It’s an incredibly dynamic ability that lends itself to really fascinating character work and plot developments, and at the end of the day we are, on some level, reading/watching Re:Zero in order to see Subaru use that ability. It’s a huge part of the premise of the story. And so, claiming that this massive and massively interesting part of the story is a Bad Thing can feel…a little odd to some fans, lol. At least, that’s what I think it is.

Of course, I stand by my current analysis of the series, lol. I’m here for the Subaru Suffers A Lot Show, if my fics aren’t enough of an indication about that, but like — I also think the thematic messaging about the meaning of that suffering is a huge part of WHY I actually appreciate it so much more here than I do in a lot other stories that have even MORE suffering but not the writing chops to do anything interesting with it. That’s where I am, anyway.

[a-forbidden-detective]

It is here, my friends, it is here! The most awaited after-show talk of the Episode 26!!!

Azakami-kun and Enojun discussed their thoughts concerning what happened in the Plateau Auberge arc.

Some points of interest:

- RonToto’s relationship. “It is quite an unexpected development so far, and I was surprised. Growth, really, when you look back from episode 1, yes, yes, yes, they've grown, haven't they? It makes you feel nostalgic, doesn't it?”

- Both reiterated that every time Ron is in a pinch, Toto is always there to save the day. He was able to see beyond Tiger Dan’s lies. And Ron realised that Toto was right. He’s come a long way since the first episode.

- They mentioned that the case is quite long with “a prologue, a middle, an epilogue, and then a conclusion.” And the number of characters who died was many.

- Both are asking for support for the anime, not only the original work.

Enojun : I hope this cool season will be a big hit.

Azakami: That's right, everyone's support is being transformed into strength, and we want to aim for first place on all the distribution sites. We have that kind of determination, and if that feeling has reached everyone, I'd be happy.

- They were amazed of the number of costars, popular ones, seniors and juniors, who were cast.

Azakami: It was quite a large group, and the recording was really a luxury, wasn't it?

I think it was Enojun who said : “After all, you can tell who the culprit is by the famous voice actors, right? I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, but everyone was so amazing that l didn't know who the culprit was.” (Both are laughing.)

- There was no huge gap between season 1 and season 2. So they were thinking if there was a huge one between seasons it might feel like, “long time no see.”

- They also mentioned that supporting cast members like Taku’s Spitz and Hikasa’s Amamiya had shorter appearances. Also, Matsuoka’s Milo Moriarty.

Azakami: They made such a cool appearance.

Enojun: They were the MVP, right? Spitz was amazing.

It must be the boon of voice acting industry when you are part of the cast but you don’t have many lines.

- Both were sad to see their costars disappear after a few sessions.

Azakami: Oh, “they're not here next week?" Just when you thought you were getting closer, they were gone. But Kosayu-san (Takehito, Tiger Dan) really brightened up the recording studio. (“His Tiger Dan was really cool!” <- Azakami-kun)

Enojun: Despite being the culprit, he seemed to be having a lot of fun.

- They gushed over the surprise voice actor of Mylo-bear, Neeko, who was Reborn on “Katekyo Hitman Reborn,” Akira Amano’s first successful work. Azakami said he was AA’s fan and was really elated. It delighted the KHR fans. In which way, Matsuoka told him his thoughts concerning the script.

Azakami: During a break, Yotsu-san quietly said, "Hey, I noticed something." In the script, it's written as "Milokuma," referring to Milo’s plush toy bear.

- Azakami wanted everyone to come back bc the story isn’t over yet. And they might have more lines to deliver. “Besides there is still that one traitor at the BLUE, right?”

- They were curious how will these individual characters interact with each other in the future.

- The two thanked the fans’ support and were amazed at the international ones, for the series’ popularity. Owing to the streaming sites, the recent stage adaptation and The Characters exhibition.

Azakami: I hope the story will be animated in the future, and I hope everyone will stream it near them.

Unfortunately, they didn’t discuss the “cancelled” sound of the dialogue at the end of the episode. Was it not a huge deal? Didn’t they get the excitement from the viewers? (Or did I miss that part?)

Anyway, here it is. I hope the third season won’t take long.

PS: if you have anything to add, please do!!!

[pluralsword]

reminder that Theodore Roosevelt was considered a progressive in his time, the same guy who y'know, did the Square Deal (which megacorps would like us all to not ask the government to use) and gave a speech about the importance of American empire to the Navy. To us the word is politically meaningless. It either is socialists afraid to call themselves socialists because of the brain poison over that word (particularly in the USA) or it's imperialists talking about the 'progress of civilization' or neocolonial development (eugh) and sometimes it's all three! Utilitarian progressivism is the bane of our existence and such a quick ally or propagator to having a police state, to eugenics, to gatekeeping trans people, imperialist bioconservationism that erases indigenous people and their ways of life from cohabitation with nature (just a little reminder btw, plants can communicate with each other via roots and lichens, and even scream when cut but the scream is too high pitched for us humans to hear, so telling people not to eat the meat of animals they live around is also ignorant in this respect too), to reactionary and far right stuff in general, all in the name of the means justify the ends.

Our study of gender has led us to the conclusion that there can be epistemic shifts that come with gender realizations but these are in no way intrinsic guarantees of actually being open minded and compassionate. we don't have the spoons to get into this rn and yes we do write about this more in depth and may eventually try to put forth / release papers about it (we really prefer writing fiction, take bets on what comes out first our original fiction oracle dice-procedural ttrpg board game or the novel or the papers we need to edit that don't cover this in as much detail as our prose does because fkldskjfalsdfjkslkdfkjdlasd and there some indie games out there that we've seen that do try to play around with something similar to this idea) but like we said yeah. nothing inherent. it's kind of like how having autism can mean having more resistance to internalization of some but not necessarily all hierarchic norms and behaviors - which y'know fun fact there's a significant overlap between autistic and trans people and wowee do we have an ongoing phrase at this point of 'is there really such a thing as a trans community,' because we definitely are not all in lockstep politically (which btw even if we all agreed on civil rights and collectivism we still think even then we shouldn't be in lockstep on everything because having multiple cooperating regime types allows us to learn from each other and to preserve/restore and create new historically particular socioeconomic systems. we don't want just one way, but then, we're a cosmopolitanist pluralist so that's not surprising). stares with pity at homonationalists don't get us started on that can you see why we prefer to engage with eternal existential questions and themes of transformation through fiction where we can at least work from a perspective of a long history of a near utopian interstellar multispecies society that has never had near full severance of intergenerational knowledge of collectivism and gender or even when there is there is such a rooted common heritage it defines the conflict - than to write nonfictionally as often solely about how things are now or were (we are working on a thing that isn't solely that, and did finish something last year we're very proud of). so we apologize in advance if this post is not enough of an answer

Contrary to the epistemic practices of 2010s-era Tumblr, I'm afraid there are no identity groups that are intrinsically progressive. Shocking, I know.

[0rczy]

To Vat7k fans

Hi there, people who have been following my storyboards of Varian's Tangled Trials Episode 1! Unfortunately, upon further consideration, I came to the conclusion that this passion project needs to be put on hold. For a longer time. I likely won't even touch the project until mid-autumn of 2025, so the next sequences will not come out until about the end of the year... I AM NOT GIVING UP ON IT THOUGH. By all means, I really want to see this through the end, and I will. Just not anytime soon.

I have already been on a sort of hiatus since September last year, working on it on and off because of school. But as it turns out, this year is gonna be much more challenging than the last, because I

-am doing my Abitur (meaning there will be ca. 2-3 months of constant studying. I'm horrible at maths lol

-NEED to get better at animation. Actual animation, not storyboards, as much the latter is far more appealing to me. Because

-I need to put together my portfolio for college

-oh and also a presentation-essay-thing about the history of animation, for school.

-on top of all the tests for other subjects

So, a lot to do, especially for someone so bad with deadlines. And then in 13th grade it starts all over again. Yayyyy

To demonstrate, here's the little year-plan I put together for myself, mostly to study animation and stuff (you know, new-year-new-me resolutions and the such):

Yup, as you can see, very little time for the Vat7k boards.

Sorry for making all of you wait, but this is necessary for my further education. Plus, if all goes well, by the time I get back on the project, my skills have hopefully improved a ton :D and my speed, too.

I will probably record my progress in animation skills through this tumblr blog, so I won't stop posting at all. Just not the boards.

Thank you for all of y'all's Support so far, means the world to me, really. See you soon!

[aihoshiino]

Ah, I have figured out how Tumblr works, sorry I'm new here :P

What do you gather was the final conclusion to how Aqua felt about Ai? Did he see her as his mom? Idol? Have a crush on her? I don't know if even Akasaka knew himself.

Also found it interesting how the two non-family people Ai seemed comfortable opening up to were Gorou and Gotanda... she latched on to those old men quickly.

I'd actually say that Aqua's arc in relation to that aspect of his complicated feelings towards Ai was one of the things that early OnK did really well! It's a big part of why I was so confused and ultimately let down by the way OnK handles Ruby's surfacing feelings for Gorou -> Aqua because we had already seen that the story could do a really interesting examination of this exact issue - past life attachment causing a surfacing of romantic feelings in a relationship that should otherwise be purely familial - and bring it to what I felt was a pretty satisfying conclusion. That said, the conclusion Aqua comes to is kind of understated, so I get that it doesn't jump out at people as obviously.

Basically, to start with, I think it is clear that Aqua has some confusedly Oedipal feelings mixed up in his relationship with Ai purely as the result of inheriting Gorou's gachikoi attraction to her and that this undercurrent lingers even as he forms a more solid relationship with her as himself and her son. But it doesn't really get a chance to surface and become something Aqua himself is in a position to interrogate until he is put face to face with ""Ai"" again in a romantically charged context. In fact - interestingly, he doesn't seem to consider for a second that he might be having dokidoki sorts of feelings about Aikane until Mem and Yuki start trying to push it on him and even then...

I guess this is my One beef with how the anime handles this part of the story because I think it kind of accidentally gives Aqua's response a very different vibe in its version of events. Compare and contrast these two expressions:

Not only does Aqua look way more like... genuinely dismayed and even a little distressed at what's going on, but he's even being crowded by everyone at this moment. Whereas in the anime, he just looks more straightforwardly flustered.

Obvs after this he scurries off to go have his hangout sesh with Kana and ends up putting to bed the idea that he was romantically interested in Akane (at that moment in time, anyway) but interestingly, his conclusion that his feelings for Aikane aren't "like that", i.e, romantic also seems to be the implicit conclusion to the idea that he has any feelings of those sort of Ai, too.

Past LoveNow, while Aqua's feelings about Ai continue to be very intense, we never again get any of the Oedipal undertones that were more apparent prior to that point. And in fact, the next time we see Aqua's feelings for Ai zoomed in on in this way, the embodiment of Aqua's grief for her is Aqua himself as a little boy who just desperately wants his mom back.

In other words, the grief and loss Aqua feels for Ai is for her as his mother.

As for the Ai part of this ask, I don't think Gorou and Gotanda are necessarily unusual in that regard...? It's part of a pretty consistent pattern of Ai opening up to people surprisingly fast when she thinks they have the capacity to understand or accept her, or just like. Show her any basic human kindness whatsoever LOL.

We see this in Viewpoint B with Kyun where all it takes is a little gentle prodding from Kyun for Ai to pour her heart out about some genuinely personal stuff and that talk meant enough to Ai for her to consider Kyun her closest friend for years afterwards. She really is just that intensely lonely and that eager to put her heart into someone's hands the instant they so much as imply they might treat it gently. Or even just that they want it. She's not well!!!!

[frankotalk]

squidward voice i have GOT to make a reki/nemu doujin

[psink]

Whilst overall I prefer the manga to the anime, there's one aspect that I think the anime does better - the very ending.

Compared to the manga's very compactly shown thoughts of the cast, the anime gives each of them a short scene.

But although that change already is great, what matters to me the most, is this added scene of Saiko.

Despite it being so short, it feels so fitting and important to Saiko's character, making its absence in the original seem wrong. (They also added Rifuta, though comparatively, her scene isn't so significant.)

[petr1kov]

actually an underrated little song from wicked to me is 'something bad'. i really like the ominous vibe and i kinda love dr dillamond tbh

[nwarrior777]

"fat!amputee!fem!laios" bro just make an OC instead. that's no longer laios

well i made one

this oc and laios inspecting each others bodies in ways which i am afraid person bitching about jpegs can't handle

[liliumofthevalleyy]

THIS PANEL HURTS ME TO THIS DAY.

So upset the anime left it out, too. Just the first third (quarter?) of the panel explains a lot about William's guilt and how much the Final Problem was visibly weighing on him.

[super-paper]

ALL FOR ONE REALLY IS THAT GUY. HE HAD THE MOST WINS AND SATISFYING CONCLUSIONS YIPEE

if someone had told me back when i first started mha that AFO would end up being one of my faves + also end up being one of the only characters to not get completely derailed-slash-assassinated by mha's grand finale-slash-epilogue i would've laughed but like

here we are 😬

[caw4brandon]

How to End a Story

Stories are often told through two styles. It's either a recollection of something that has already happened. Or, it's an ongoing event happening to the character's life.

The story can be told through just one main character or multiple characters but like all stories. They have to end. Let's discuss the ending of three shows that I recently watched. (I'll try not to get into the spoilers)

- They're Not just Frogs -

< Amphibia > by Matt Braly; follows three girls; Anne, Sasha and Marcy who stole a mysterious music box that transported them into another world of talking frogs, toads, newts and other horrifying monsters.

Our main character is Anne Boonchuy who found her temporary home with the Plantars; Hop Pop, Sprig and Polly. A small family of frogs who took Anne in and helped her better understand the world. The show is good at using little segments to build the world. Such as a mind manipulation sentient spore, the divisions between the main races and the mystery behind the music box.

Story-wise, the show tried to make the flow of events happen at a nicer pace. Season 1 was used on Anne to better understand the world and how things have changed between her friends. Season 2 used that change to add another twist to their relationship. As the seasons progress, the cast slowly expands.

The show eases in the main trio and their new friends. Some episodes foreshadowed what was coming for the characters, and some felt pointless. With a cast that big, it would slow the story down but surprisingly, it felt okay.

You get to spend some time with them, learn what makes them tick, what changed them and how they felt about the current state of the story. As a person who had some regrets in life, I really liked Sasha Waybright's development. She went from someone who took charge to becoming a character who matured into a better person. Giving her time to improve, showed that she improved but is still a work in progress.

As far as the ending goes, I felt a little bittersweet. I liked that it ended and that the big arc of the main trio is resolved but I would really like to see an expansion for how they deal with all the events they went through as it was rather traumatic. Thankfully, we have fan artists for that!

- Eat This Sucka!!! -

It would be impossible to avoid spoilers when < The Owl House > by Dana Terrace was at its peak. Spoilers were happening left and right!

Context, The Owl House follows the outcast teen; Luz Noceda who was meant to go to a summer camp. On the day she was about to go. Luz got distracted by a thief who went through a mysterious door that led Luz into the Demon Realm.

The series takes on a familiar arc where the outsider; Luz learns the ways of the witches but with her own creativity and innovation. Luz also resides under the care of the Owl Lady; Eda Clawthorne, King and Hooty (The house itself)

As the seasons progress, Luz helps the other witches her age improve and come out of their shells. Importantly, she finds new friends she never had in the human realm.

The Owl House is a show of obviously coded Queer characters and individuals that don't fit with the norm. Dana is a genius that never made a big fuss over the fact that some characters are openly Queer. Although the studio; Disney tried to limit the screentime to avoid public outcry.

The show is my first-ever witness to openly Queer characters being completely normal about it instead of being preachy. Perhaps this has to do with the title; Demon Realm.

"Where the general belief of the overzealous conservatives in a so-called Good and Righteous God thinks that's where Queer people and other abnormal people belong."

The main villain; Belos tries his hardest to "purify" the realm by limiting how witches use magic and violently persecute anyone who opposes these new rules. It's a symbolic view of the Puritan tyrant. That their ways are destined to be divine when it was all a ruse to further their own personal agenda.

The show suffered a mess of developments as Disney has a strong Anti-Queer policy with their shows. But Dana, the sneaky bastard that she is. (he says affectionately) Slipped in undeniable proof that the characters are proudly Queer and the Puritian miserably fails.

The ending was pure cinema! The show uses Luz's perspective to show that kids can have their own complexities and what we may think is good may not be what is right for said person. The show also displays good values of being open to change, that it's never too late to right the wrongs and Weirdos Gotta Stick Together.

- The Freaky Friends -

We finally came to my favourite show of this batch. < Hilda > by Luke Pearson is a fun and adventurous show about a young girl who loves adventures living in a world that is brimming with magic. I would like to talk more about it but I've already covered that in [The Beautiful World of Hilda]

For the sake of this post, I'm only focusing on Season 3. The final season of the series. While the show is not as plot-driven as the latter mentions. I think there is much to be said about the breath of fresh air Hilda brings to the table.

Hilda has a special place in my heart for how she managed to bring wonder and joy into my viewing experience. This season, took on a more ominous turn where the adventures get deadlier and the stakes get higher in this little world of the blue-haired adventurer.

Season 3 was commented on by the viewers as "underwhelming and inconclusive" and that it tore its own "fan theories" apart. Personally, I loved that the showrunner revealed everything and also nothing because that's the point.

Hilda is not about a big mystery, it's a pure adventure and curious exploration of the mythology surrounding Trollberg and the rest of the world in Hilda. The feeling of fulfilment but also, melancholy that the series has ended is in my opinion, the best conclusion.

Admittedly, I didn't know how to end the post. I just wanted to get my thoughts out about these three shows and how it ended. It feels like the end of another era. A close to another chapter for animation and the stories it can tell.

These three shows; Amphibia, The Owl House and Hilda proved that animation is still taking new heights but still maintains the charm of what stories are. A good ending where the arc may be over but the adventures will still carry on.

It's been a fun and tear-jerking journey with Hilda, Luz and Anne. Their worlds are unique and brimming with excitement that I haven't felt in years and a desire to catch up more.

I'll miss them dearly but hey, such is the life of an adventurer. Don't be sad that it's over. Be happy that it happened and above all. Go make your own stories!

[half-of-the-story]

god im really about to force myself to reread my tkg fic bc i heard a song that Took Me Back and then i read the last chapter i posted and forgot i had??? a whole really cool plot???? so. have to endure shit i wrote almost 10 years ago.............

[briebysabs]

Seeing some people interpret the ending as “everything was pointless what’s it all for” greatly ignored the message behind Armin and Zeke’s conversation.

And it’s a very important one. There is meaning to life even if the cycle never ends. Enjoy the moment, appreciate the world. Find the love. As Erwin said, we all die. But does that make our lives and lives of our comrades meaningless? No.

This world is cruel but very beautiful.

[katsukis-bakugo]

seeing people praise the ending for attack on titan - or worse, er*mika and how "tragic" it supposedly was - is depressing