#and kinda gave up on the 3rd panel

[xmoonlitxdreamx]

Random disjointed practice of trying to illustrate a singing sequence. I gave up in parts and skipped sections bc i didnt know what to do but whatever;; further context at the end of the post.

(cw for suggestive clothing)

(There would b more going on before the next panel but i got lazy, so. Abrupt jump)

(Another abrupt jump; below would be the start of like regular dialogue)

Context: junkrat's performing at a bar in junkertown bc why not. (??) Roadhog is employed by junkrat & they're friends but not super super close yet.

There's also a 3rd junker talking to roadhog that the scenario hinges on but idk who. Doesnt make much sense for it to be jq but maybe it could be. Otherwise it's just some random junker ig.

Song is a parody of "every baby needs a da-da-daddy" by marilyn monroe for, as usual, no reason in particular. (Tbh I dont rly recommend this song, has a lot of really dated and weird undertones)

unnecessary trans junkrat related clarification: i hc junkrat as not getting top surgery until some time after he and roadhog are banished (?) from junkertown

Tbh I kinda have enough dialogue before and after the singing scene to make this a oneshot but eh............ difficult. I'll think about it.

[lillian-gallows]

Perfect Days. (Eddie Munson X Fem!Reader) NSFW

Pairing: Eddie Munson X Fem!Reader Prompt: An absolutely lovely post from @mantorokk-writes, thank you for letting me use your idea! Summary: A perfect day of weed and 'quality time' with Eddie. Author: http://lillian-gallows.tumblr.com/ Reader Gender: Female anatomy and pronouns used. POV: 3rd Person. Word Count: 1,117 Warnings: Drug use (Weed), Cock warming, Shotgunning, Orgasm delay (?Kinda?). Authors note: Cross posted on Ao3, GIF by @drogonstone

Minors DNI

The pitter patter of rain on the side panels of the trailer, the sound of some horror movie playing as the TV sends flashes of light over the room, the sound of the neighbors watching their TV way too loud to be considered polite.

All these things were white noise when put against the buzz of weed in your head and the thick cock currently buried to the hilt inside you, still save for the occasional uncontrollable shift of your or Eddie’s hips, making it brush against the sweet bundle of nerves that sent shocks up and down your spine.

“You still with me, Princess?” Came Eddie’s slow and low voice in your ear, joint tucked carefully between his plush lips, dark eyes full of the same smoldering heat that they’d held since you got in his truck to come back to his place.

He took a long drag from the joint and held it for a moment before a calloused hand came up to guide your mouth to hover half an inch from his, just close enough to feel his breaths and the warmth of his skin, just close enough to make you crave to press your lips to his but knowing better than to do so you waited.

You waited for him to slowly let the smoke curl from his lips to yours, and when he did the vapors were warm and felt heavy in your mouth. What missed you went spiraling up into the air above your heads to form a cloud that perfectly matched the one making your brain fog up and slow down.

“Mmhmm…” It came out slow and a little high pitched as you let out the smoke, the hit weaker but still serving to further your buzz. “Aces...” You sighed contently, shifting your hands slightly against his belly just to feel his skin against yours only to also accidentally shift your hips and send another shock through your nerves, which made a sound that could only be described as a whimper slip from your lips.

He hummed happily at the sound as his free hand held your hip and guided it in a slow grind, causing a shiver to rush its way through you as you clenched around him. The only indication that this was affecting him the same it was you was the way his jaw clenched, and his eyelids slipped further down over his bloodshot eyes, well that and the pulse his cock gave that your body responded to by clenching again.

“My turn…” You whispered, taking the joint from his hand, which moved right down to take hold of your other hip.

Taking the joint between your lips, the glow of the smoldering tip lighting the space between your faces in low orange that came then faded slowly as the quiet sizzle of the weed burning filled the air. It was so much stronger on the initial hit, heavier in your lungs and frankly smellier, but all you could focus on were his eyes. Such a dark shade of brown that in the low light they looked pitch black, and right now they were trained on you, watching your cheek hollow with your inhale, catching on the curl of smoke from the tip of the joint, and then finally locked on yours.

Something shinned in them now, something teasing, you didn’t have to wonder long what prompted the look as he bucked up into you a little, just enough to really grind into those sweet spots, and make you almost choke on the hit of smoke you were holding, sending you into a short coughing fit that dissolved into a giggle fit that you both shared.

The room was so quiet that you had to fight to keep your laughter quiet so as not to shatter it, but even if you had, it wouldn’t have changed the moment much, it was too intimate, too perfect to shatter so easily.

“Unfair.” You admonished through your grin.

His head was tilted back against the couch as he looked down at you, looking all too proud of himself. “All’s fair in love and weed.” He joked, almost sending you both back into giggles.

Rolling your eyes, you brought the joint back to your lips and took another slow drag, letting it settle for a moment, then moved one delicate hand from where it rested against his belly to hold his cheek. His eyes rolled shut as he leaned into your touch, looking like it felt better than the drug coursing through your systems, better than being buried so deep inside you that the head of his cock was brushing your cervix.

He didn’t open his eyes again till you started to lean in, and even then, they were barely open, too busy watching your soft lips get closer, closer than his had been before.

Blowing out gently you watched as the smoke curled out of you and into him, looking like some kind of magic being passed between you, little whisps curling up into his hair, giving him the appearance of something mystical.

Once your lungs were emptied of the smoke you pressed your forehead to his, eyes open just enough to see his face as he held it for a second, then let it curl from his lips, a slow smirk finding his lips, reminding you of a dragon in human form.

With the way your brain was buzzing you hadn’t even really noticed how he was guiding your hips once more into a slow grind, not till the rolling waves of pleasure started to come in, quickly causing the muscles in your lower belly to tighten with an encroaching orgasm.

“God, Princess…So good for me…” He whispered watching you through half lidden eyes as you whimpered and sighed.

“Eds…Fuck…” You sighed into the gentle air.

The coil in your belly snapped then and all you could do was shiver against him as he held you to his warm chest, his heart pounding in your ear where it was pressed to his skin.

As the waves of pleasure ebbed away you noticed he hadn’t come, so you moved as if to ride him, but his grip on your hips stopped you. He chuckled at the foggy quizzical look sent him. “No need to rush, Sweetheart.” He kissed the tip of your nose. “Got two more where that one came from.” He nodded with the top of his head to the joint in your hand. “And I’m far from done with you…” He pulled you into a kiss then, slow and deep.

Perfect days don’t come around often, you could live with drawing this one out as long as possible.

Tags: @field0f-daisies

[knochengeier]

I saw a great concept awhile ago and thought I’d practice some armor, hands, action, and panel layouts. It’s right to left, not cause I’m a weeb but because I’m stupid.

[subdee]

Last Time on Hunter x Hunter

New HxH chapter is out but it’s been quiet at least among the fans I know... it seems because no one remembers what happened last time.  :P

Probably this would be a good time to go back to the HxH subreddit because I bet the redditors are loving this chapter dedicated to mafia flunkies fighting each other using absurd powers and are digging up their old reference charts and theories and putting them up on the wall like Pepe Silvia as we speak. 

(It’s Zhang Lei, BTW.  Zhang Lei will win the succession war.  And Sakata is the Silent Majorty nen user, working directly for Zhang Lei or possibly for Onior on his behalf.  Although if 8th prince Lazurus won the succession war with the help of the Spiders that would be a pretty good plot twist.  You heard it here first!  )

Ahem.  Anyway here’s your recap of what’s going on in the manga currently... spolers ahead!!!!

(All images from this reference chart, thank you nerds of reddit!) 

There are three mafia groups based on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th tier of the boat:

Hei-ly Group (Tier 3, under 3rd prince Tserreidnich but gone rogue(???))

The Hei-ly group on Tier 3 are going around murdering people with the nen abilities Morena gave them, with a goal of causing chaos and overturning the entire hierarchical system.    @aspoonofsugar wrote a really great essay for hxhladieszine about Morena’s nen ability and goals BTW, which you can read here:

https://at.tumblr.com/aspoonofsugar/morenas-balance/13s1haojribq

Morena’s on the cover of the next HxH volume set to release in November, so the next set of chapters might be all about her attempted revolution! 

Xu-Yu Group (Tier 4, under 4th prince Zhang Lei (the buddha-looking one)  

The Xu-Yu group on Tier 4 are lead by Onior, who we found out previously is Zhang Lei’s real father!!!  They’re the largest mafia group and as such, dedicated to the preservation of the status quo.   Currently they’re teamed up with the Cha-R mafia group to find Hisoka and stop Morena. 

  Cha-R Group (Tier 5, under 8th prince Lazurus (the pot smoking one))

The Cha-R group on Tier 5 are the weakest mafia group, but they’ve made an alliance with the Phantom Troupe (specifically Phinks, Feitan and Nobunaga) in exchange for helping to locate Hisoka, and with the Xu-Yu mafia group to stop Morena.  

***

Anyway as the currently conflict is between the Xu-Yu mafia underboss and some of Morena’s lower-level flunkies, the Spiders don’t make an appearance in this chapter. 

I liked it though, the nen abilities were interesting, there’s a lot of detail in the panel backgrounds showing how crowded it is in the lower decks, and like @hxhhasmysoul​ pointed out it’s kinda funny how the chapter opens with graphic murder and that creepy blood-manipulation ability (and a nod toward the need to recap the plot, EXPLICITLY DENIED) before pivoting to a kitty camera and some pigeon handcuffs.  That’s the kind of absurdity we like to see in our manga.

[captnjacksparrow]

Not exactly SNS but I just think it's funny how Naruto liked Sakura for literally his entire life (from the beginning of Naruto to the end of Naruto Shippuden) and they kinda just randomly stuck him with Hinata with no real closure or end to the Naruto liking Sakura thing. Its so wishy washy and sudden that even if you were someone who liked Naruto and Hinata together, you wouldn't be quite satisfied with.

If Kishimoto was gonna make such a bad ending and continued to ruin his legacy with Boruto he should've left the ending of Naruto open ended. OR, hear me out, made SNS canon, 2 middle fingers up to the haters and fall of the face of the earth, just never seen again. Maybe on a private island with the loads of money he made from Naruto.

Uhhh....????!!!!! 🙄🙄🙄 Entire Life????

Since when did this development happen which I failed to watch??? Where are the clues??? I think, Anon, You must start to READ THE MANGA instead of watching filler stuffs. 

Movies, OVAS, Filler Episodes are not canon.... In the movies, SP tried to portray a different Sakura (a pleasant Sakura) from how Kishimoto originally designed her (A total Ass-Hole)... Kishimoto had nothing to do with any of those fillers. 

I’ll tell you one thing..... There are few drawing errors, unresolved plotlines and minor plot holes in this story. Yes, I agree with it. But plot wise.... Kishimoto gave every characters a reason for why they do what they do... It’s not random, it’s not meaningless or anything. NaruSaku bond is one such. 

Naruto never loved her.... Not in the beginning.... DEFINITELY NOT TILL THE ENDING. I think I wrote 2 big posts with all the valid panels to make sure of that. [Post 1] and [Post 2]. In Both of these posts, I focused only on NS but it will blatantly give you SNS vibes throughout.... Because NS bond was built upon the foundation of a 3rd person called Sasuke. Without Sasuke, NS is nothing.

Again I repeat..... NS is a Red Herring Bond in Naruto series to mask Naruto’s feelings for Sasuke. For Example, Say you have a ‘Prophesized Saviour’ thing in a TV series.... All the Prophesies will be fulfilled by Character A which will be blatantly evident to our eyes and will make you believe that Character A was indeed the ‘One’.... But the real ‘Prophesized One’ will be hiding some where else... Only very perceptive readers who picks up the clues and patterns of the author can find the real one.... NS is something very similar to that... 

Even if Naruto superficially "liked" her... It was all over the moment he Kissed Sasuke accidentally. And his crush was definitely over the moment he tried to kiss Sakura in Chapter 3. It's one of the fakest bond in Narutoverse where both the parties involved have no interest in each other.... Not in 'that way'...

Here's the thing, Anime knew about SNS bond because they are the one who converts picture into a visual media, they look for all hints thoroughly and know almost everything... It’s because of this very reason, they desperately add lots of extra scenes between Naruto and Sakura. If Naruto goes totally Lovey Dovey about Sakura in a filler... Then it means Naruto is going to be angsty about Sasuke in the Canon episodes.

Just to make Naruto look like an hetero boy, Anime added tons of extra scenes..... In order to reduce Naruto's obvious Gayness.....

In the Manga, he never once claimed, he loved her. This is all Anime's doing.

They kinda just randomly stuck him with Hinata with no real closure or end to the Naruto liking Sakura thing.

What about that time Naruto blatantly rejected her proposal by recalling the moment she said, “I want your acknowledgement, Sasuke-kun”????.... So, Naruto knew that she loved Sasuke from the day Team 7 was formed and that’s why he rejected her outright. What more closure do you expect????  He was masking his feelings for Sasuke and he was lying to himself by flirting with Sakura because wanted to stay in that Closet forever. You should read those attached posts to understand what I am saying.

make SNS canon, 2 middle fingers up to the haters and fall of the face of the earth, just never seen again.

As for that SNS becoming Canon.... This world is not ready for it. Expecting such an ending is very futile, imo.

If Kishimoto was gonna make such a bad ending and continued to ruin his legacy with Boruto he should've left the ending of Naruto open ended.

As for that Boruto part.... I've made peace with it and I am not really bitter anymore. Because if he truly wanted to make so much money, he would've given us a Happy Hetero Ending and write Boruto to be even more interesting which would fetch him a lot of money.

HE ALWAYS INTENDED TO GO FOR AN OPEN ENDING.... 

Especially he knew the Ending while he was drawing the Pain Arc.... And this is 2009 we are talking about.

This is one of the Official Commentary from Kishimoto which he used to mention in every volume of Naruto Manga. This piece is from Volume 47. I mean right after Naruto lands in Konoha (in Pain Arc) to find it has been reduced to a Dry Desert. 

So.... At this point Kishimoto knew whom he was gonna pair Naruto with. And it’s not surprising that he brought Hinata’s confession out of nowhere, in this Arc, only to make her yeeted out in the very same chapter. 

Also, it’s funny that he used the word, “The general script guides are already agreed until the end of the series”..... 

Agreed with whom???? He is the story writer after all.... So, his editors had a say in the script. Even if his Editors did had a say, why couldn’t they make Kishi to develop NH into another MinaKushi instead of making Neji into a Pathetic Love Broker and some disturbing horny reference???? Why couldn’t they stop Kishi to draw Under the Bridge scene in a different way??? Why couldn’t they force Kishi to develop SS in a positive way??? So, Kaguya shit wasn’t planned at this time, eh???? 

Hilariously after this arc, 

Naruto ignored Hinata & her confession (NH is ignored).... 

Sasuke stabbed Karin (SK is crushed here).... 

Naruto blatantly rejected Sakura’s confession... (NS is officially buried here).... 

Sasuke tried to kill Sakura twice as a counter attack (SS became a butt-end of a Joke here).... 

Whereas, Sasuke stopped his rampage and Naruto confessed to Sasuke and also he promised to die with him together (like some star-crossed lovers)....... 

Kishimoto mercilessly destroyed/ignored every other ships after the Pain Arc and kept only the SNS bond intact even though he knew the ending. 

I was like, “Are you guys fucking kidding me??????”

Added to this, Kishimoto always knew the ending he wanted to achieve right after he drew VoTE1. Part 2 of the Manga is all about to reach that ending in a convincing way.  

The following is the interview excerpt from 2006 about the Ending he envisioned.

Again, in 2015, he references the interview he gave back in 2006 and reveals what was the ending he really envisioned....

And his envisioned ending is to make Naruto and Sasuke to reconcile with each other.

Where is Sakura and Hinata in any of this???? 

Now people will pull up the “Kishimoto don’t know how to write Romance” card.... But that’s not true at all.... And I have some Official Receipts here.... LOL...

In Chapter 498, We got this short and cute Love Story...

The following panels are from Chapter 511.... This is almost 80 chapters after Pain Arc. YahiKonan is an unneeded and unnecessary ship, from Narrative POV. It didn’t affect the story in any way. And yet he went onto convey a cute romance in 3 panels.

And he also gave a very good closure to DanTsunade in the War Arc... Just developed a bit about ShikaTema since it was already well-developed....

Don’t you find this weird??? Like, After Pain Arc, he introduced 2 short love stories.... But didn’t give 2 fucks about developing a healthy love story for his own Main Characters????

Instead he found million different ways to mock Hinata and Sakura in an obvious and hilarious ways. I am going to talk only about Hinata mockery here. 

For Example.... 

Mockery No. 1

Hinata is gleefully watching her beloved “Naruto-Kun” getting hugged by another Girl..... Like.... Is this necessary??? When Hinata literally gave her life to protect Naruto (Which she dramatically failed anyway), why make Sakura to hug him??? And make Hinata watch them right under their panel???? Hinata’s smile is so pure and precious.... isn’t it???

This scene is also another way to mock Sakura as well... Which I will explain in some other post...  [[Don’t assume that this is some Romantic NaruS*k* moment...]]

But Hinata was horribly ridiculed here.... 

Mockery No. 2

We already knew Naruto’s impression about Hinata in Part 1. 

Naruto finds her “Weird”....

And In Chapter 504,

Kushina POINTEDLY & SPECIFICALLY asked Naruto to not look for a “Weird One”..... I checked the Japanese Raws and I heard the word pronounced here... Both are same, just in case if you think that it’s a translation error.

Why is Kishi mocking NH again if he knew who Naruto was gonna end up with???? 

So, this Kishimoto don’t know how to write Romance is all some bullshit. If he can develop some unnecessary ship like YahiKonan... He could’ve did a lot better for his Main Characters. 

Now, all that’s left is to say is, “Oh, Kishimoto don’t know how to write Female Characters.... He is a Misogynist”

And I’d suggest you to read Chapter 509, 510, 511 where Konan fought with the main villain of the story and almost killed him using her 600 Billion paper bombs. And then there is Tsunade vs Madara fight.... every Kages were knocked down and she was the only one who desperately tried to save him. And then during chapters 501, 502, 503 we see Kushina’s sacrifice to save Naruto and the Village.

Am not going to say.... All these chapters are some GREATEST FEMINIST LITERATURE or something... But, he did gave some strong, resilient, selfless, have a strong conviction oriented women after the Pain Arc.... Which he intentionally failed to do for Sakura and Hinata.

Anyways... What we can understand so far is that Kishimoto can write good Female Characters, he can write an excellent Romance.... He knew the general script of how it’s going to end and yet he intentionally failed to give any scope for SS or NH or NS or SK..... He never made the boys to reciprocate or to give a damn about any of those girls’ advance while SNS was the only one to remain intact.

So, What was Kishimoto planning anyway???? He can neither put N and S together nor did he attempted to give anything for other ships!!! Where is this Manga going and what was his End Game???

Much later,

Here comes that shitty Last Movie announcement in December 2012.... [Link]

At this time, Naruto Manga was at Chapter 596 or 597 where Kakashi found out the Man behind that Mask was Obito all along. And four months down the line in April 2013, in Chapter 613 or 614, we get Neji’s death. Still no hint of Kaguya Nonsense. Naruto just held Hinata’s hands with no romantic intention from his side whereas Hinata was getting ready to be hornily pounded in front of Neji’s dead body.

All this means, Boruto shit sequel hasn’t been planned. Otherwise Kishimoto could’ve easily introduced Kaguya plotline at this time.

So, no matter how some Movie announcement was happening from SP’s side, Kishi didn’t bother to develop any of the Hetero couples in this series. He was very content with his envisioned ending all along. Meanwhile he gave a good amount of Fanservice to all other ships. Like letting Karin hug Sasuke, Sasuke holding Sakura, Naruto calling Sakura as his Girl Friend, Sakura giving Lip to Lip CPR to Naruto.... But he never consolidated any ships. 

Mockery No. 3

I mean it’s confusing.... He knew who Naruto was gonna end up with.... He made Naruto “hold” her hands at the expense of Neji’s death and right after that, he did this...

This is another mockery from Kishimoto.... Like Why???? The purpose of this scene is to make Naruto look cool before his Dad.... But he could’ve easily pointed out that Hinata was his Girlfriend. 

Mockery No. 4

As you can see Hinata-Sama was desperately trying to save her Naruto-kun but failing so spectacularly.... What a Fun Stuff!!!

Mockery No. 5

This is just 9 chapters before the Manga was about to be over... That is literally 2 Months before this Saga was going to be completed.... This is the perfect place for Naruto to confess the Girl he found to be similar to Kushina.... NaruS*k*s shamelessly claim Sakura as Kushina Personified.... Then why couldn’t Naruto say it out loud??? If not Sakura, why not Kishi made Naruto to say. “I found Hinata”.... Because at this time, That Abominated Last Movie was already made and was waiting for a release. It doesn’t hurt to consolidate NH here, you see.

The Point is.... Why is he mocking his Titular Character’s ship which was decided from the Pain Arc???? Especially after that, he wrote 2 short and cute Love stories that involved another pair. He could’ve easily made NH into another MinaKushi and be done with it. 

Even till the very end, he deliberately didn’t validate any ships even though he had ample time to do it. Ample time is the understatement to be honest.... Pain Arc happened in 2009.... And the Manga ended in 2014. 

That Guy had 5 whole years to do it.... He could’ve added as little as 6 panels to show Naruto and Hinata have some romantic moments in all those 5 years.. And yet he intentionally didn’t. 

So, Yeah....

Kishimoto had an ending in his mind right after drawing VoTE1.... Part 2 was all about how Naruto reconciling with Sasuke.

And in every Arc, Naruto’s desperation and obsession to save Sasuke was very Obvious.

In the Gaara Retrieval Arc, Naruto and Sakura were literally discussing about “How to save Sasuke?”....

In the Sasuke-Sai Arc, Well... You know what happened....

In the Kakuzu-Hidan Arc, Naruto was developing a new jutsu called Sasuke-Shuriken... Ooops... Sorry.... Rasen-Shuriken.... by constantly thinking about him even under the Shooting stars.

In the Itachi pursuit arc... Well... Again, he brought 2 teams to pursue Sasuke and bring him back to the Village....

In the Pain Arc, Naruto may not have thought about Sasuke... But here’s the plot twist... Kishimoto designed that Entire Arc to make Naruto understand Sasuke’s Pain.... He even killed Jiraiya for that exact same reason. And also to make Naruto into a forgivable person so that in the end, Naruto could easily forgive Sasuke. He even confessed this in an Interview.

“I wanted one of the themes of the end to be Naruto forgiving Sasuke.... I wanted to make sure the intervening story (Pain Arc) lead naturally to that in a realistic way to make it plausible.... Because if one minute they’re fighting and then ‘Oh, I forgive you!’ would be weird.”

And this panel consolidates it...

So, an entire arc was dedicated to the Protagonist in order to understand the feelings of his Deuteragonist.... Only for Naruto to confess these feelings to Sasuke in the very next Arc by ignoring a proposal from the girl and rejecting another proposal... Such a dedication for making N understands S.... Why couldn’t he put 0.5% of this dedication to his Titular Character’s ‘Supposed’ Love Interest???

In the Kage Summit Arc, Naruto declared his feelings in the most dramatic way (with romantic undertones) that he will bear the burdens of Sasuke and die with him together.

In the Final Arc, Naruto reconciled with Sasuke.

All of this clearly shows that he planned to end the Manga open ended and let the Last Movie handle the romance part of Naruto so that he could mockingly call the movie as Canon. Because, in this way, he get the ending he always wanted in his own Manga and the Movie team can have their own ending and call it as Canon. Best of both worlds. Just like how SP made many people believe that Naruto loved Sakura by spamming us with filler bullshit and made a fool out of everyone.

But since, SP decided to go for a Sequel, Kishi had to introduce Kaguya crap out of nowhere at around Chapter 646 and he nerfed Madara like a clown and ended up drawing Chapter 700 as a Prologue for Boruto Manga by making everyone marry and have kids.... Otherwise he would’ve made Chapter 700 as to how Naruto became an Hokage.

Just to finish this off,

Kishimoto had no obligation or necessity to write a story about two boys finding Love in each other. HE ABSOLUTELY DON’T NEED TO. And yet he did.

After the Pain Arc, he could’ve easily wrapped his ‘Boy’s Love’ Element and started to go ‘Dude Bruhhhhh’ and focus only on the story. All the while he could’ve made those boys develop a Nice Relationship with those girls. This would have given a Happy Hetero ending in a traditional sense.

But all he did was to intentionally deride Sakura and Hinata at every given chance especially in the War Arc and made those boys to remain indifferent to their romantic Advances.

I don’t know how much he must have fought with his editors to reach his envisioned ending by not giving any content for SS and NH.... Like, Don’t you think, there wasn’t one person from the Manga editing team would have questioned, “Why do you have to kill Neji to bring Naruto and Hinata together and right after that he forgot about her completely??? You could’ve easily made it so much better!!”.... He himself acknowledged that there is a pressure from the Management regarding Boruto series and we don’t know the extent of the pressure he had faced...

He kept his ending in his heart all throughout these years and he gave all out to reach that destination despite facing lot of pressure from the management. I could see his desperate efforts throughout the Manga and it shows.

He must have planned for the Open Ending for as long as he can... Even after the Last Movie announcement.... But because of the sequel, he must have decided to keep all the 699 chapters for himself and let that 700 as a prologue for Next Generation series. Even in the NextGen series, he never stopped mocking NH and SS.

We can either stop at Chapter 699/698 (Phase 1) or we can go ahead and read Boruto Manga to find that ‘There’s no NH or SS in any of this’ and find some faint happiness (Phase 2). It’s up to us.

I was in Phase 1 for very long and moved onto Phase 2 and I am no longer Bitter. Because I got what I wanted from this SNS bond... that is for them to Be Soulmates.

Point me any other Daring Shounen Mangakas who wrote a bond where 2 Boys find Love in each other and almost kept them as the ‘De Facto’ Couple for 99.9% of the Manga.... Show me and I’ll start to get bitter about Kishimoto... Until then, I have no issues and I understand why he did what he did because of his sincere efforts. 

[dorky-thighchi]

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DAISUGA AND CANON MOMENTS

Let’s appreciate these two for leading the team to the nationals (long post ahead)

1. Their goals and hard work for the team:

They’re always shown together planning for the team. When Asahi stopped playing volleyball, Noya got suspended, former coach Ukai stopped coaching. I felt bad for these two, they went through hard times as their captain and vice captain it’s their obligation to unite and guide the team. During their first year and second year they were used to failure and called flightless crows. Their expectations crumpled but they did not give up. It’s Daichi and Suga’s job to bring back the name of Karasuno to the nationals with the help of coach Ukai and Takeda, finally they made it to nationals, that’s why their former captain was so proud of them because they followed his words. When they didn't have their coach yet, they behaved as Karasuno’s temporary coaches (thank goodness Takeda’s an angel). Daichi was shown coaching the team in the first few episodes and Suga helped Tanaka bond Kageyama and Hinata. Suga questioned Daichi’s plan about the weird duo (Daichi’s a matchmaker) but after what Daichi said he helped the two bond and honed their skills.

In the HQ light novel “Melancholy of the third year student”, Asahi stated “with Sawamura leading the team and Sugawara taking care of the members, what could i possibly do to contribute” he witnessed Daichi and Suga walking together in the hallway; Asahi was impressed because of their dedication to guide the team to the nationals despite they’re in college prep class still they gave their best in guiding the team. Tanaka also acknowledged his senpais hard work that’s why he extremely respects his senpais, he was always there supporting the two. Coach Ukai madly respects Suga because he gave his setter position to Kageyama for the sake of the team and Daichi because he’s the best in motivating the team. 

2. They know each other so well: 

Daichi has this proud mode when he talks about Suga. When he told the team that Suga’s an experienced setter he had this “Yes that’s my amazing setter” face and when Suga did that amazing spike he jumped like a kid. In the HQ light novel “Sugawara’s decision” this happened during the first training camp. Suga was anxious to tell Daichi of his plan to give his setter position to Kageyama. When Suga finally told Ukai about his decision, Daichi and Asahi overheard their conversation and promised to win any match as much as they can. When Suga stated “I think in order to win, the person we need right now is Kageyama” Daichi and Asahi expressed their concern because the three promised to step on the court together (i get so emotional when the 3rd yrs play together). Daichi was worried and he told Suga that they can do something about it. THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE HQ LNs because of what Suga thought after their discussion “He was glad to have sawamura who accepted him the way he is, as his teammate” AND I FUCKIN LOST IT HQ LN SHOULD BE ANIMATED. Daichi supported Suga’s decision for the team, “Daichi was very certain of Suga who had been with him for the past 3 years”, he even stopped Tanaka from interrupting Suga’s monologue telling him to listen. 

Remember when Ukai announced the first lineup for dateko vs karasuno match and the shot was focused to Suga and back to Daichi; you can see Daichi did this weird eye thing glancing at Suga. Daichi’s proud moments of Suga were “I think you’ve revived too Suga” and “I’m glad you still want to fight” when he told Daichi “I do wish my tosses could’ve played a part in the victory”. When Asahi and Noya stopped coming to the team, the only members left were Suga, Daichi and the 2nd years. Suga also took the blame and Daichi was there for him. He was shown secretly listening to Yamaguchi and Suga’s conversation about the mop (and comforted him that he shouldn't blame himself. I’m kinda disappointed they didn't include this in the anime). These panels show their trust and respect for each other.

He cant even dare to hurt Suga (but lets Suga punch him anytime) and he knows when Suga goes to overthinking mode. Also Suga knows Daichi so well i think i’m gonna cry. Scolding Daichi when he was not vocal during the game; Suga’s known for being the only one who can lecture Daichi. When Daichi told Suga and Asahi that it’s better to hand over the team to the 2nd yrs, Suga knew Daichi didn't mean that; Daichi felt hopeless because they lost again. He knew Daichi wanted to stay and play volleyball and step on the orange court. 

He’s also used to Daichi’s stern mode. Daichi was also shown being the one who can keep Suga in control like “Suga please calm down”. Their relationship isn’t fully conveyed in the anime but i’m thankful that creators created drama cds, light novels, extras, spin-offs and haikyuu stage play to let us know more about the characters.

 3. The team parents: 

They always discuss about their team members like Suga asking Daichi about Kageyama and Hinata (kagehina bond ep) and Tsukishima. In the haikyuu drama cds “what if karasuno’s manager isn’t shimizu kiyoko” and “the reason behind the t-shirts” they were worried about entrusting the manager’s job to Tanaka, Noya and Hinata. When the team was hungry because Kiyoko wasn’t there, Suga told Daichi to take action so he assigned the weird duo to buy foods for the team and they were the ones who planned for the names of the shirts with the help of Noya, Kiyoko was pissed at the two because they were busy thinking of their own shirts. In the haikyuu light novel “the last summer vacation” (Sources: 1|2) Suga watched the team with worry on his face because it was so hot so he approached Daichi and expressed his concern that the team will get sick from the heat. Coach Ukai overheard the discussion and called a meeting. They’re usually seen together in every scene in the anime, stage play, haikyuu light novel, extras, manga, spin-offs and drama cds, scolding Tanaka, Noya, Hinata, Kageyama and Tsukishima; discussing volleyball stuffs; and buying pork buns for the team. In the lets haikyuu and extras (hq spin-off) it’s actually semi-canon they’re karasuno’s team parents. They also have this karasuno christmas bonding tradition.

It was also STATED BY THE DIRECTOR IN THE HQ MAGAZINE AND THE VOICE ACTORS THAT DAICHI AND SUGA ARE THE TEAM PARENTS AND TANAKA’S THE BIG BROTHER (here are the links: 1| 2|3) 

IT’S CANON!!!!!! IT’S DAMN RIGHT CANON!!!!!TEAM PARENTS DAISUGA IS CANON!!!!!!

 4. Teasing, bickering and just them being dorks: 

Suga teasing daichi is my jam. In the HQ LN “Yachi’s delivery mission” (Sources 1|2), this conversation frickin made me squeal like a mouse with laryngitis. After practice the team was thirsty and wanted something cold to eat. “It’s indeed hot, lets get ice pops before we head home” daichi stated then frickin SLY/LIL SHIT SUGA JUST CASUALLY SAID THIS REMARK “Oh that’s not a bad idea, are you going to treat us Daichi-san” HE FRICKIN ADDED -SAN. So the team didn't let the opportunity go away they screamed with joy and thanked Daichi. After what happened Daichi just glared at Suga who was smiling at him. Daichi’s a softie when Suga’s involved. Suga got Daichi to buy ice cream for the team.  I REPEAT HQ LN SHOULD BE ANIMATED. 

Daichi knows when Suga’s about to do something stupid and his antics. They argued about this. When Suga was mad at Daichi because he was implying that the last year shrine visit was nothing; he was so pissed he started fuming at daichi. Suga also told Daichi that steak just being steak is better over diced steak.  Hyped suga and daichi trying to calm him down is the cutest shit. In the HQ LN “Tokyo Expedition: Captains’ Meeting”(Sources: 1|2), Daichi warned Suga about Kuroo because he knows how to read minds and loves mind games and Suga was like ‘you need to chill Daichi’. When it was Suga’s turn to pick a card from Daichi’s deck he picked the joker and twitched his brows, Daichi whispered at Suga telling him whenever he drew the joker his brows twitch so Suga massaged his brows. I REPEAT AGAIN THIS SHOULD BE ANIMATED. The other captains and vice captains are competing against each other but look at these frickin idiots they are helping each other. DAICHI OBSERVING SUGA THEN WARNED HIM ABOUT HIS TENDENCY OF TWITCHING HIS EYEBROWS. IM GONNA FRICKIN DO A BACKFLIP. Also Daichi and Suga love to make fun of asahi but when you frickin hurt asahi these two will frickin punch you in the face. Frickin daisugasting dorks.

 5. They are always together and in sync:

In the manga, anime, extras, stage play, light novel, drama cds and official art/merchandise they’re usually frickin together and always in sync, same reactions and thoughts. Remember when Daichi looked at Suga (S1 ep24) like he was asking for approval then Suga nodded. That was so cute ugh.

Extras: 

Suga is 6 months older than Daichi. June 13 and December 31. Their birth dates makes me go WAIT WHAT. 

Suga and Daichi’s name meanings are compatible.

During the christmas bonding time, Suga received daichi’s gift, a daruma. Daichi bought it as a gift because it weighs like a volleyball (he’s such a volleyball nerd) and he told Suga that they should draw the eye together. (Source link)

Suga thought that Daichi was jealous of his t-shirt because the phrase on his shirt was cooler than his. (Source link)

Suga’s first synchronize attack was a success and he tossed it to Daichi. Coach Ukai assigned these two along with Tanaka to learn synchronize attack.(Remember when Daichi told Suga he borrowed coach ukai’s tablet so they can watch the videos together)

The way they look at each other like there’s nothing else to look at. 

What I truly love about these two is their relationship and trust for each other.They complement each other, which makes them a good combination. They went through obstacles and look THEY MADE IT TO THE NATIONALS, kiyoko witnessed their progress and asahi thanked suga and daichi because they welcomed him again in the team, remember when asahi was not sure if they’d accept him to the team but daichi and suga were just laughing and made fun of him. 

Their vice captain and captain interaction isn't fully expressed in the anime and i hope that everyone will appreciate them more! They made it to nationals! And them being proud of Hinata and Kageyama in the hq time skip is one of the best treasures Furudate sensei gave to us. 

Lets talk about these two. Daisugasting volleyball idiots. 

I rest my case.

[theres-an-impulstor-among-us]

Friday Night Stabby best quotes part 28 (13/08/21)

Pearl replaced Joker for this session again. Etho was also missing from the session.

(also this is the last one as of 08/09/21 i can’t believe i finally caught up omg)

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Pearl: I know this one by the costume. Endless, I believe, killed Brody in navigation and then vented out. Endless: That doesn’t sound like me. Skizz: Are you gonna defend yourself, homie? Endless: I can’t, cuz I’m stupid. I was trying to figure out how to undertake and it didn’t work. Skizz: This is Endless like- He’s on trial for murder and they give their testimony and he’s just like “nuh uh!” Tango: No he’s just like “no, I’m stupid.” Endless: Just to be clear, if I were on trial for murder, I would probably not actually have murdered anyone. Skizz: Well, now we’re getting somewhere. *pause* Endless: But I did murder Brody.

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(the end of that same round) Skizz: Yeah, I sheriffed Tongo. Tango: Endless, why are you the way that you are?

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*Impulse kills Evil as imposter, then Evil donates in Impulse’s stream* Impulse, laughing: Evil, you can’t do that during the stream, dude! Donation from Evil, $3.14. “This is because you’re a big jerk and I still love you.” *laughs again* Evil, you can’t do that.

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*everyone skipped except Evil, who voted for Brody* Brody: Thanks, Evil. Evil: You’re welcome, buddy. Brody: I’ll upload harder next time.

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Endless: I was jester and you guys didn’t even suspect me one bit; that’s how good I was.

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Impulse: Were you onto me that round, Skizz? Skizz: Oh god yes. God yes. Evil: The first thing he did was come up to me and go “I think you’re right”.

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Tango: I got a question for you guys. Does anyone, like- I need a good couch. Does anyone have a good couch? Brody: Is this really where you wanna be? Tango: Because I’m probably gonna be sleeping on it tonight.

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*after Evil and Mrs Tango lose as imposter duo* Endless: Wait wait wait, time out for a second here. Mrs Tango: No! Don’t talk about my failure! Endless: Evil. Your cohort was morphed as you when she killed me. Mrs Tango: I didn’t know I sampled [Evil]!

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*after Impulse’s game crashed* Endless: I gotta say, I enjoyed that game a lot more without Impulse. Impulse: Oh jeez…

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Skizz: All I know is if I came across Brody’s body, I would not report it. I would step on his neck. That’s all I’m saying. Pearl: Oh my gosh…

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*Endless reported Impulse morphed as Skizz killing Evil* Impulse: Endless killed Evil. I actually saw him do it. But- But the thing is… I was also Endless. Skizz: You weren’t me? You were Endless? Impulse: Endless, how did you think I was Skizz?! I was YOU! Endless: I don’t know…

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Tango: I vented right in front of Endless and I was like “let’s go back in the vent” and then I’m like “nah, I’m pretty sure he saw me, let’s pop out again”. It was just the worst.

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Impulse, reading chat: Baby Shark? If I start singing Baby Shark, they’ll kick me off the ship immediately.

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Impulse: We got a phantom running around here, Endless. *long pause* Impulse: Endless doesn’t wanna talk to me. He’s mean.

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Impulse, the engineer: I fixed it, I fixed it, I fixed it. I did it, I fixed it. See? I fixed i- Astro: *kills Impulse* Impulse: -oh gosh. Evil, dead: Hey. He got you. Impulse, dead: I just fixed the stupid lights! *crewmates win on tasks* Impulse: We win anyway. We win anyway. Astro: Did you fix it, Impulse? Impulse. Impulse. Did you fix it? Did you fix it? Did you get it fixed?

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*Evil and Mrs Tango win as imposter* Brody: I was COMPLETELY wrong. Nice work :)

... Endless: I thought Brody was on the right [reactor panel] so I went up and sheriffed him and it was Pearl, and… yeah… Brody: You’re teaching me to never be nice to you ever again. Endless: Hey, you were the imposter!

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Skizz, quoting something: Good tree. Solid roots. Good job, tree. Impulse, imitating Skizz from 3rd Life: Bye, house. Skizz, laughing: Aw, I miss Martyn!

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Tango: So then you’re saying it’s Imp and Skizz? Impulse: It’s not. Skizz: Which, by the way- Good little promotion, there. Make sure you’re subbing to the Imp and Skizz channel. Impulse: Sub to the Imp and Skizz channel! We’re approaching a hundred thousand subscribers, let’s get that silver play button! Skizz: *laughs* Impulse: Naked & Scared Season 21 Episode 4 comes out tomorrow, enjoy! Skizz, laughing: He just keeps on going!

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*after Pearl keeps dying first* Evil: Okay, who keeps picking on Pearl? Skizz: Yeah, enough! Okay? Impulse: Well, she’s filling in for Joker so it kinda makes sense. Tango: The always dead role. Skizz: No she’s not. She’s actually doing her tasks.

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Impulse: I feel like Brody’s got a good heart this round. Brody: Yeah, only this round.

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*the group are waiting a while for Endless after a game* Evil: Uh oh, did we lose Endless? *Endless immediately joins the lobby* Skizz: I’m starting to wonder- Oh, there he is! Impulse: Everything okay, buddy? Skizz: Did we just lose a briefcase of a million dollars?

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Endless: Oh look, I was muted. I didn’t intentionally suck; I accidentally sucked. Tango, laughing: “I didn’t intentionally suck; it just happens naturally”.

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*body is reported* Mrs Tango: Oh come on! I was uploading data. Tango: Look on the bright side. *pause* Tango: Oh, nevermind. Impulse: Is there a bright side? Tango: I thought Endless was dead.

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*after Evil doesn’t manage to make it into the game before it starts* Astro: I was looking out for you, Evil. Don’t worry. Impulse: Sorry, Evil. Evil: All good. Endless: I just wanna say this: Impulse, you are alertive. *pause* Impulse: I’m what? Alertive? Brody: He doesn’t know what he’s saying, don’t worry about him.

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Endless: I just gave away the code. I’m sorry, I was leaking the code. Brody: You were licking the code? Tango: We don’t need to know what Endless was licking! Impulse: I lick all the codes before I give ‘em to you guys. Tango: I assumed they’re pre-licked.

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Brody: I skipped cuz it’s not worth talking about. Tango: OW. Is that cuz it’s Endless, or…? Bordy: Yep, cuz it’s Endless. Tango: Awwww. Feels bad. Brody: It feels fine.

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Impulse, scanning: It’s legit! I’m legit! Evil: Unless you got really good at controlling your character. Impulse: *scoffs* I don’t do video games! Evil: *bursts out laughing*

[rockmiyabideusexmachina]

Been quite a while since anything new has been available, but I was able to get a new batch of 7 inked Archie Mega Man pages from Gary Martin last week. 

First up, the neat splash page featuring a couple of conniving mad scientists, Dr. Wily and Dr. Robotnik, which appeared at the end of Issue 51, penciled by Edwin Huang. The hand belongs to Xander Payne, who created the portal they walked through with his electronic eye.  Interestingly enough, on the back of this page was what is listed as a patch for the final page of Issue 37, which was the first chapter in the Dawn of X saga. This one was drawn by Jamal Peppers. Just the top panel of that page, not the part with Mega Man’s helmet broken by the spikey foot of the Wily Walker. Still, as always, so fun to see a bonus hiding on the back of one of these official pages!

Next up is page 3 from Issue 31, the 3rd issue of Blackout: The Curse of Ra Moon. This one is a Mike Cavallaro issue. Rock and Gutsy encounter Needle Man for the first time, before he’s brain hijacked by Ra Moon.

Then from Issue 43, the great Powree issues, it’s page 10, where Magnet Man goes down after a flurry of Shadow Blades pierce him. I gave away the page before this in a contest a long time ago, so happy to get a different Shadow Blade Rock page now.

Moving on to Issue 47, pages 2 and 8, drawn by Ryan Odagawa. This issue had that really different coloring style, so it is kinda refreshing to see the inks for these two. Page 2 features blasting and Hard Knuckling through the Yellow Devil, while Page 8 had Doc Robot blasting Mega Man through a wall, which led to a capsule room where the bodies of the 8 Robot Masters from Mega Man 2, whose robotic brains were all intermingled into Doc Robot, were housed in capsules. But wait a minute, isn’t there something odd with this page, compared to the final...? 

That’s right! In this inked page, Ice Man and Shadow Man were originally in the bottom right capsules! Somebody certainly caught the mistake and added Wood Man and Flash Man in. Although to be honest, the top left head silhoutte looks more like Flash to me. And it also looks like Magnet Man’s legs are the visible left pair, which seems to have made it in the final page as well. So this is actually a really fun thing to look at, to see what was mistakenly originally drawn, and how they tried to fix it in the final. Poor Air, Crash, and Heat kinda got screwed in this setup. XD

Second to last, it’s the first page of Issue 49, by Ryan Jampole. This page is from Quick Man’s perspective as he’s booted back up in his own body, after the whole Doc Robot situation and Mega Man 3 story has ended. Because who doesn’t love Rock’s happy face in Jamps’ style?

And finally, another from Jamps, it’s page 4 of Issue 54. This is one of the great easter egg pages in Wily’s lab, where we get a lot of cameos from things in later Mega Man games that we unfortunately never got in the series, before it was cancelled. I won’t list them all, but some things stand out a little better in this inked page, without the speech bubbles hiding them all.

One day maybe I’ll try to scan and stitch some of these pages together, rather than just always taking photos of them with my phone. It’s a lot harder to scan, due to how large these pages are, compared to the size of my scanner. But it is something I want to do one day, for better quality.

Scanned from: My Production Art Stash

[sedge-yells-at-comics]

Remember That Time... Vol. 01

Remember that time Eobard created giant robot horses from prison in exchange for a pardon, and then released one back into the 20th century in a long con to have an ugly statue stolen for him by Hal while he and Barry vibrated into each other, fusing together to defeat the giant robot horse by stomping it to death, and then Eo accidentally blabbed his whole plan after Hal returned with a dissolved statue and Barry defeated him by stripping his suit off?

This is the cover art to one of Eo’s lengthy Eobarry fanfics, because you know he’s one of those fanfic authors who’s extra like that.

“THAWNYE” sounds like some kind of diminutive if you say it like “Thawn-ya”. Great job keeping track of things, guys. Look at Barry pretending he doesn’t know who Eo is... or maybe it’s just the name thing. I’m not sure how humanity managed to drive horses to extinction, but I’m taking that as an indication that the 25th century is actually a horrid dystopia. I assume Eo does know what horses really look like, and just took some creative license, but it would be funny if he didn’t. I’m also concerned that they gave him a shop to work in, what with him being a mad scientist and all.

LOOK AT THAT OUTFIT. My boy is always out there, bringing the hottest new looks. Since his giant collar is the same color as his pants, and it’s The Future, I’m willing to bet that he wearing a--say it with me--mid-20th century retro-futuristic jumpsuit! And those pirate boots! And that consistently inconsistent hairline!

I kinda can’t help but wonder if Eo has some deep, hidden desire to become a sculptor. And is it the getting of the statues, or the having? Is it the thieving, or the collecting? And is shitty modern art the only art that exists in the future? Oh god, now I can’t get the image out of my head of Eo making a (life-size) reproduction of Blucifer, the 32ft tall patricidal horse statue, in his prison workshop. It just seems like an appropriate thematic progression to the robo-horses.

Side-sidebar: It amuses me that people in the 70s couldn’t imagine that we would move beyond the CRT screen. But I hope to god we don’t move on to the holographic/clear glass screens that Current Year people think we’ll have.

Ugh, the Guardians. If the worst Earth-cops ever did was steal the occasional bad statue, we’d be in a good place.

Also, uhhhh. Folks who are up on the Lantern lore--is time travel a standard feature of the rings, or is this one of those “it happened because we needed it to in this one issue” things?

BRING. BACK. EOBARD’S. SILLY. LAUGH.

Is it me, or does Central City--20th and 25th century--have a lot of movin’ around room? Lots of PLAZAS. Lots of pedestrian spaces. I like it in concept, kinda like how the Europeans do it, but in execution it has the feeling like you could start walking to those buildings on the horizon, and you would never get there.

I’m not going to lie to you. I included this page solely and entirely for the butts.

FUCKING. ANTICS.

Aaaaand FUSION DAAAAAAANCE! I love how Eo’s complaining and doesn’t know what Barry’s doing, but he starts vibe-dancin’ anyway.

+1 for the artist remembering Eo’s nose. I need to create a compilation in celebration of Classic Eo’s nose.

WELL.

I don’t know about you, but. I’m aroused. Not gonna lie, before I’d read this, I’d already been contemplating what a Eo-Barry fusion would look like and. Well, this isn’t what I had in mind. And I kinda got stuck on the resulting costume being ENTIRELY ORANGE.

Eo’s FACE in the 3rd panel is priceless. Is this confirmation that Barry would lead in any hypothetical dances? I’m taking it as that. And they’re doing a great job, considering! Eo seems so excited in the last panel. I want to see these moves at regular speed. They must be... somethin’ else.

Oh, right: Heh heh... the beast with no backs. Pffffff--

I know it’s a mindless robo-horse, but this, uh. I kinda feel like I need to call some sort of humane organization about what I’m seeing here. And that pink cloud HAS to be an environmental hazard.

BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE the grape-crushing potential?

Why Would Hal Jordan Do This?

WHAT IF...? They weren’t able to separate, and just had to DEAL with it for like the next year or so? Don’t think about it too hard, though.

Eo’s FAAAACE in panel 5 is *chef’s kiss*.

An ASTONISHING HR nightmare! I have a love-hate relationship with how the older comics avoid explaining how these suits work. They always pop out like they’re one single piece--gloves and boots and all! Do ya gotta slide yourself in through the neck hole? Where is all this excess fabric on Eo’s suit coming from? It sure doesn’t look like Barry’s making any headway in removing it. He’s a 25th century Draupadi over here. And he’s just wearing regular ol’ clothes underneath a skintight suit, a thing that will continue to baffle me about Flash comics for decades to come.

[sarahjtv]

BNHA 304 Spoilers Some Thoughts: Vestiges

This was a meaty chapter with a lot of One For All lore and theories, so I’m going to put in a some thoughts down because I’d be writing an entire essay if I did a deep-dive into this chapter otherwise.  Also, I’m using the ReadHeroAcademia Fan Translations, but I think they were kind of wonky this week for some reason, so apologies if I get some stuff wrong, especially when the official translations come out:

We now see all the OFA users in their real forms except for All Might of course.  The 2nd and 3rd users aren’t in the shadows anymore, but they’re facing the wall because of course they are.  One of them has been speculated by many fans to be Bakugo or one of Bakugo’s decedents mainly because of his hair.  I’m not entirely bought on that yet, but I can see it.  I don’t think it’s Bakugo himself, so I’m leaning more towards the ancestor thing.

The 4th user’s name is Hakage Shinomori.  He lived in the woods (it’s implied that he did it to stay away from society), had OFA for about 18 years, and trained it enough to pass it down to the next user being Banjo.  Oh, and he’s pretty 😳!  And he died of old age at only 40 yrs old 😰

Edit: The official translations say that his first name was Higake.  Also, he didn’t know exactly how he died until All Might dug up his medical records and autopsy from present day.  OFA did cause that crack on his face and Shinormori thought it was a disease that killed him initially, but that was not the case.

I actually did look back at Chapter 257(?) where All Might was talking to Deku and Bakugo about the previous OFA users to make sure Shinomori really did die of old age and looks like he did!  The panel that shows all the previous holder’s deaths shows the 4th user looking old and tired.  I didn’t see any blood or injuries on him.  Good consistency, Horikoshi!

It definitely looks like Banjo (the 5th user) likes messing around with Shinomori as he’s messing with Shinormori with his Black Whip and Shinomori is just avoiding him with his Danger Sense LOL!  I wonder if the two had this dynamic when they were alive since Sinomori would’ve probably trained Banjo at some point being the 4th and 5th users.  

Quick tangent, but I really want to know the 6th user’s deal (the black haired Tobio Kageyama look-alike with the Best Jeanist collar).  He’s been on full display since we’ve first saw the vestiges, but we don’t know his Quirk yet (Is it VOLLEYBALL??) or how he trained Nana Shimura.  I’m thinking his Quirk is next on Deku’s Awakening list.  I want answers, Horikoshi!

Also, Deku can talk in the Vestige World now, but it’s broken speech.  Thankfully, it’s enough for the Vestiges to understand, so they’re able to answer his questions and comments fine.

Now to the big topic at hand: One For All is best possessed by Quirkless people and Deku is most likely the LAST user of OFA.  

Shinomori says that OFA can no longer be held by “Normal People”.  This interested me when he said it because my initial thought was that he was talking about “Quirkless” people.  But, then I remember that it was established in the VERY BEGINNING OF THE SERIES that 80+% of people in the BNHA world have Quirks.  So they are considered “Normal People” in this universe.  

The explanation they gave for why this is is A LOT!  But basically, OFA is just too much for people with Quirks.  Their glasses are full when they get their Quirks.  Adding OFA to that overflows that cup and cracks it (Horikoshi gives us a nice visual, so it’s easier to explain).  Because of that, OFA actually chips off a Quirk user’s life-span by a lot.  IT AGES THEM SIGNIFICANTLY!!!  That’s why 40 was considered “old age” to Shinomori.  That’s why he died so quickly.

Edit: I was worried that the fan translation for this explanation would be wrong when the official translations came out, but thankfully it isn’t that far off.  It’s basically the same explanation just worded differently.  Again, I think the visualization with the cups helps a lot.

But, because All Might was Quirkless, his glass was empty.  It wasn’t until he was given OFA that his glass was full.  All Might, in a way, made OFA is very own Quirk as if he was born with it.  Also, All Might seemingly has the power to summon the Vestiges willingly though he doesn’t know it yet.

Edit: Ok, the part where All Might can summon the Vestiges willingly was not in the official translations, but based on how his hand on Deku’s cast is drawn, I don’t think the fan translations were too far off.  All Might can at least feel them inside Deku at this point.

AND, based on what’s said, All Might’s has had OFA for 40 YEARS!  So, doing the math, if All Might got OFA at 14-15 yrs old + 40 yrs = All Might is at least 54-55 years old at this point.  I thought he’d be around this age, but now it’s pretty much confirmed.

A lot of info is still unknown though such as how and why OFA adapts with the User’s original Quirks.  Though it is clarified that Quirkless people do have the most potential to hold OFA.

The 1st User says that having All Might and Deku inherit OFA was a miracle (or might be fate) and then Horikoshi shows us a panel of Sir Nighteye.  This kinda guts me...  Nighteye was so bent on making sure that Mirio was the perfect candidate for OFA before he accepted Deku’s role.  And Mirio would’ve been a great hero with OFA, but he would not have been a great candidate.  If Mirio inherited OFA, he would’ve died an early age.  I hate to say it, but I’m glad Nighteye was wrong and All Might made the right choice.

Also, thinking about it, Shinormoi died at age 40 with 4 quirks in him (including his own).  So, I’d imagine Mirio with 8 quirks in him would chop off his life span significantly.  I’d say Mirio here wouldn’t have lasted through his 20s at least.  Thank god he didn’t inherit OFA 😨

And finally on this topic, because Quirkless people are becoming more and more scarce, Deku is most likely going to be last holder of OFA.  A lot of people including myself thought this might be the case, but not for this reason.  Thankfully, this means that Deku will (hopefully) live a long life, but he’ll have no successor to pass the Quirk down to.  The only other Qurikless person we know in this world besides Deku and All Might is Melissa Shield, but she want to build support items for heroes instead.  Deku’s kids will most likely have Quirks, so they’re out of the picture.  There aren’t a lot of options left in the BNHA world.  OFA will most likely live and die with Deku.

LASTLY, Nana Shimura speaks up and asks Deku a crucial question: “Are you able to kill Tomura Shigaraki?”  First off, WHAT???  Second off, WHAT?????  Nana is asking Deku if he can KILL her own GRANDSON!!!  I know Shigaraki is evil and killed a shitton of people, but KILL HIM???  Good god, Horikoshi...  Where are you going with this, my dude.  I don’t think Deku can bring it in himself to kill someone even if it is Shigaraki.  I doubt he will.  So I wonder what his response to Nana will be in the next chapter.

There, I did it.  I said my piece.  THIS CHAPTER WAS A LOT THOUGH HOLY SHIT!  I knew we were getting Vestige stuff this week, but goddamn.  I hope I did this chapter enough justice though.  I do recommend reading the chapter for yourself when it comes out though, because I think it explains things better.  I expect a lot from the next chapter too.

In conclusion; Me @ Me this entire chapter:

[thelovelyghostwriter]

do you think kuraneon is gonna be canon in the official hxh universe and what must have happened?

Whether or not they would be canon is up to Sir Togashi himself. While he does have romantic elements in his previous works like Yu Yu Hakusho and Ten de Showaru Cupid, it's not as explicit in HxH (e.g. Meruem/Komugi).

If you asked me this before knowing about the KuraNeon Marriage Theory (will give a link in the reblog later on) and KuraNeon paired up in mobile games, I would have said "0% chance" because we do not see them interact on-screen (even if I had shipped them since I first laid my eyes on Neon).

However, it is kinda sus that Kurapika became a Nostrade Family Young Boss; with Light and Neon nowhere shown. The more "accepted" theory is that Light is unable to continue and Neon is dead (although I do have rebuttals about Neon being dead - that's another conversation). I do wonder why he had to keep their mafia family name - there is no reason to if he truly let them wither. But from Light's last appearance in a manga panel, Kurapika did reassure him that he'll handle everything and you see the Nostrade mafia family organisation doing well under Kurapika. Which is also why my friend went to bring up that plausible KuraNeon Marriage Theory. 

I know that a lot of people think they don’t interact, but that is on-screen. After York New City arc, we don’t see Kurapika until way later, however him being in charge as the Nostrade Boss indicates that he stayed with the Nostrades. God knows what they did while living under one roof. 

Another thing that is major sus is the mobile games. Even non-shippers are baffled why KuraNeon is a thing. Kurapika and Neon are seen dressed as Hikoboshi and Orihime in two sets of the mobage cards; a romantic couple that is known in a Japanese legend and celebrated on 7 July (Tanabata Festival). They are even shown writing on coloured papers in one of the cards + Kurapika holding a bamboo - these coloured papers are used during the Tanabata festival where wishes are written on them and hung on bamboo. It is believed that the reunion between the two lovers Hikoboshi and Orihime are so joyous that they grant the wishes of the people. As far as I know, the only pairing that gets to have a Orihime/Hikoboshi theme in their cards is Machi/Hisoka; and we do see Hisoka/Machi having a soft spot for one another in canon (in the current arc, Machi does patch him up after his defeat and Hisoka spared her).  

Hmmm.. I should make a post about this whole Tanabata thing actually. Asides from that, they are also the v-day banner in 2019 for the games and she gave him a cake during the valentine’s day event, to which showed a scene of him thinking about what to give her back (and low and behold, Kurapika’s White’s Day card featured him with a gift and him wearing the same outfit of the scene where he thought about what to give her). 

In a separate mobile game, they have a special attack together. Their mobage cards have identical backgrounds and themes. Therefore, it isn’t just one mobile game that does this. It makes me wonder why the official team devs do that when this pairing shipping sub-fandom is really small and many even dislike it. 

Even as a shipper, it also baffles me why devs do that when they have little screentime together (gotta be more objective here). If you do consider the KuraNeon Marriage Theory or consider that they might end up together in the manga, it makes sense why the official hxh game devs pair them together. And I am unsure about the source - but I think for Japanese manga production of non-manga material, you need approval from the writer? All the more to be suspicious of the mobile games that contains KuraNeon above every single pairing out there. 

Hence, if you ask me, there is a chance of Kurapika/Neon being canon. How that might happen is a little tricky and depending on the type of portrayal they will be (I have four interpretations of this ship on my pinned post lol). 

I’m not sure if you only define canon as the vanilla/romantic type, or it also includes one that is a little twisted. I've noticed that hxh has friendship and family dynamics that are already complicated and not as wholesome as one would think. I do believe that if KuraNeon were to be canon, it would be the latter interpretation. 

There are actually a few things that are needed to be considered for it to happen: 1) Neon’s fate - she needs to be alive (or maybe not)  Now, a lot of people believe she died because Chrollo’s book speculates that she does. However, we don’t see her dead body. It’s literally just Chrollo’s interpretation. This is contrasted by Kurapika that states that the previous Scarlet Eye owners did not need to be killed (and the “daughter of a mafia leader” is one of them). If the daughter of a mafia leader is truly Neon, then it brings a question of who should you believe more: Chrollo or Kurapika? (Imo it’s super interesting how these two guys who are enemies have different narratives on the same girl). 

Of course, there was this potential discrepancy I found while re-watching this arc. The Scarlet Eyes that Kurapika bidded for 2.9 billion was a fake. They thought it was stolen when Squala took it with him and died - but it was actually that Kortopi’s Gallery Fake copy disappears after 24hour. So technically, the Eyes is with the Troupe. Now, assuming that Togashi has not forgotten this detail (I believe he still remembers), I do think that it is possible that since Chrollo is the type to get bored of the stuff he steals, he will just sell it and it will be obtained by the later owners. As for “the daughter of a mafia leader”, I’m sure it’s Neon that Kurapika is referring to - be it him mentioning her as merely a previous owner despite the set of Scarlet Eyes being “stolen” or she bought another set. (There is a chance that is not Neon, but another daughter of a random mafia leader, but what are the chances of another daughter being like that?) 

I guess I just wanted to point this detail out because many people readily believed Chrollo’s book (it was not even himself). He stated that he did not know when it disappeared. 

As for that “Hisoka killed Neon” theory, while it is believable and interesting, the only thing that is doubtful for that is that a) Hisoka could not have gone off to kill Neon in such a short period of time, b) that would be an insult to Kurapika’s capabilities if she was under his care, c) the fortune-telling ability doesn’t bother Hisoka. Pakunoda and Hisoka had a short conversation about the fortune and both of them acknowledged that the future changed. Hisoka wrote over his fortune despite having a good one to manipulate the events in hopes of fighting Chrollo - that is an indication of his belief that he writes his own future, and therefore which is why I argue that the fortune-telling ability never bothered him.

As for the “Kurapika killed Neon” theory, I think... they all need to get one thing straight about Kurapika: as much as possible, except for the spiders, he doesn’t kill (or at least dislikes to kill). He stated that none of the owners had to die even if two preferred to die. If there’s a way, he will not shed blood. Besides, Kurapika doesn’t actually hate Neon - contrary to popular belief. There wasn’t a single manga panel that indicates his hatred for her; or even annoyance. It was only the time where Mellody mentioned that he will kill her if she stands in the way, but Kurapika, as much as mentioned before, doesn’t kill if there is an alternative way. 

I have yet to fully explore possible reasons why Neon’s ability disappears from Chrollo’s book if she’s still alive (my friend thinks it’s related to Kurapika’s dolphin ability). However, there are many rebuttals to the theories on how she died. 

But yeah, I think for it to be canon, Neon has to be alive. Unless... they were already canon and he sailed to the Dark Continent and she died slightly before that event (tbh I rather not have this).

2) Kurapika’s fate - he needs to live

Number 2 is a condition is if they aren’t canon yet before he sails to the Dark Continent. 

One thing that confuses people is that they think that just because Kurapika is under the Kakin Employment, it means that he is no longer affiliated with the Nostrades. The Kakin Employment contract is temporary - he is still affiliated with the Nostrades (and their business is bodyguarding, take note). As for him being in the Zodiac, he is still the Nostrade Family Young Boss - being part of the Zodiacs is like some political committee. 

I know there are rumours (I say rumours cause I don’t see the interview script by my own eyes) that Togashi once indicated that the Phantom Troupe and Kurapika will all die. I do think that Togashi can kill one of his main characters, but there’s one thing that makes me question whether he changed his mind: Nitro Rice from the Dark Continent. 

The Nitro Rice is a thing in the Dark Continent that prolongs one’s life - a direct solution to Kurapika’s Emperor Time problem. I think if he does last until they reach the Dark Continent, he has a chance to prolong his lifespan that he has lost while using Emperor Time. 

Now, if he indeed gets to survive, manages to complete his mission, there’s another problem he will face: a will to live. Because currently, all he has ever lived for is bringing justice to his clan. Beyond that, what can he live for? Which kind of makes the ending for him to happily live with someone (be it his friends or having a family) a suitable one. 

3) Neon’s development

Neon is seriously misunderstood among the fandom - even her personality. I’ve seen a lot of Kurapika x (other character) ships where Neon is the 3rd party in fanfics; and it is a one-sided love. 

However, Neon is actually an emotionally detached person while Kurapika is the one that gets attached to people, even if he initially avoids them. Neon has what psychologists will call “Avoidant-Dismissive Attachment Style” while Kurapika has “Avoidant-Fearful Attachment Style”. This is rightfully so due to their different backgrounds. I actually believe that between the two of them, Kurapika will be the one who falls first or if this is one-sided, Kurapika is the one that likes her because of their attachment styles. 

Neon has zero friends, is materialistic and lacks sympathy for dead people (the complete opposite of Kurapika). She believes in focusing on the present and the living (it’s actually a pretty good principle to live for). She needs to learn how to be more attached to people and learn compassion - which she actually is seen as being capable of. She was surprised that Eliza broke down and cried, and even forgo bidding physically. I think this is an indication of her starting to feel sympathy for people and perhaps being more mature - cemented by the fact that she lost her powers.

Therefore, I do think she needs to learn how to warm her heart up to people (which she might have already started to after the York New incident) if she were to feel something for Kurapika. 

4) Kurapika’s view of her

Okay, this is one factor that is either you take it the vanilla way or the kinky way lmao. I actually wrote a Cognitive Dissonance Theory for Kurapika on my Tumblr post for this one (will try to link it in the reblog). 

Kurapika’s initial belief is that flesh collectors are scums who should be arrested, yet he is surprised to see that his flesh-collecting employer is a girl of his age. I think there is already dissonance in his mind there once he met her. 

Contrary to popular belief, Kurapika doesn’t hate Neon (there’s no single manga panel that ever once showed he detest her or feel annoyed with her; as compared to other employees of hers). In fact, he does quickly understand that Neon is being exploited by her father - to which he corrects Basho about the situation. In the manga, when he woke up after the fever, he says her name (in the 2011 anime, it was “Boss” but in the manga, it’s “Neon”) and immediately asks about her; which indicates that he is concerned for her. Of course, she is his employer but in that situation where he is bedridden and not working, him asking about her won’t be just due to him working as a bodyguard. 

However, this doesn’t show that he has feelings for her. It only proves that a) he doesn’t hate her, b) he does care about her. He needs to see Neon as more than just a flesh collector for him to like her; on top of spending time with one another. He needs to see (if he hasn’t already) that she is a girl his age that has a different predicament than him. 

This is the vanilla way I guess. 

The darker and more saucy interesting interpretation would be him thinking it’s okay to objectify her just as much as she objectifies his clan’s eyes (that’s another post I gotta do for another day - but hey, this interpretation is paralleled to Tserreidnich/Theta). 

5) Spending Time with one another

I think as mentioned, it is already a given that Kurapika and Neon had spent time together under one roof off-screen while we see Gon and Killua on-screen during the 3 arcs. However, I think Neon cannot suddenly become less detached and Kurapika cannot want something more than his mission at the moment; so I do think that even if they had spent time before Dark Continent Exploration arc, Neon and Kurapika needs to spend time together after he comes back (that’s if they haven’t banged before he sailed to the Dark Continent like they did in my fic lmao). 

So yeah, I think these are generally the five things that I think should happen if they were to be canon. 

I don’t know why I was compelled to do a long-ass post of this, but I hope this answers your question. I can go on and write a report about this but Imma stop here for now. 

[ra-ttdrp]

Tied Down

{This scene takes place on a 3 day skip before the 5 day skip in QS's scene; Day 19, just a notice}

Ra:

I tried to get out of here before the King's quarantine lifted after the 3rd day but unfornatenly no bus would let me get on and leave the sector's orbit. Let alone try to get on something more highspeed to get to Los Lore.

I get 'excorted back' and gave to give up the dream yet again. Sydney blocked me so I cant ring his tablet thought I'm sure others in the Hy-technical department are trying to locate it, block or no block. I just KNOW the 'where' he is, then they do. I'm sure if I was still angry at her ditch I'd be glad Lor'Ra is gonna see his demise without warning. But I tried to hurt her though Bane and Kytera and my revenge only hurt myself so much more. I screwed up so bad and I can NEVER make it right. I cant even warn them about it either... not that they would believe me, probably. They we're smart, they'd figure it out.

I get shoved to my knees before Michael, who I really haven't seen in person since... I.

I babble a little bit about how I just wanted a vacation and I was tired, I was NOT running away. Not that he believes that, I failed far to much this year at ..everything. I just want a BREAK.

(Michael): "You would really leave after putting on the table your theory? Do you really care so little for my sister?"

"It was a hunch...I dont know...maybe its nothing..I cant be sure. Now that you are here, you'll do better and find the truth my King." I laugh nervously as he skimmed my notes with disgust. Its not like I SAW Sydney reverse feed on Nala. But when I pressed him, he basically confirmed it with his big lecture on how it was impossible for me to know that. I try to block out the terrible thought he left me in final words cause that will just make Michael so much more..mad. I was mad too but now, I was just sad. I just want this day to end so I can get to the next one and want that to end too. No matter what I try I'll be brought back again for my brain. Even though right now it felt more useless then productive.

"We tried for days to find Sydney he doesn't have long..IF if it happens like it did to....Nala...I have Dathan who I DID see with my eyes eyes him reverse feed AND we have some DNA from a women he fed on ...and ..samples from him but its kinda combined together. ..I..I'm sure someone else is working on separating the samples..I ..just had to...get some air."

(Michael): "If all of this is a waste of my time you will NEVER get any fresh air again, do you here me? I will lock you up back in that white room and nothing you invent will be worth letting you out! EVER again!"

"Im sorry!"

I gag as he squeezes my head while berating me. The pain made everything go white but he finely lets go of his telepathic hold and I sniffle up my bloody nose still staying bowing.

(Michael): "Your apologizes never mean anything Ra. Get up and Let my brothers out, it seems there DNA can provide nothing to the cure.."

He commands setting down the notes and his tone made me wonder if he was disappointed they we're not infected or just disappointed he had to deal with them on some level.

"Wh..at do I..do with them?" I ask awkwardly looking everywhere but him.

(Michael): "They can be excorted back to their rooms, and there will be no leaving for them either. I have already assigned guards to watch them till..dinner is served..."

He leaves me with that and I wonder if he was going to have Soren eat them or something for 'dinner'.

I suck in a breath trying not to hyperventilate from yet another nerves breakdown as I walk over to the back med room where the brothers have been in the medical tubes being studied. They had no trace of the blood poison, I had worries for the younger one since he was...so close to Nala during the bleed out. I do not get close to them but open it from a computer panel by the door. The pods release air. Marcelus NEVER takes the pods well but at least they replaced the bloody contaminated clothes with white medical ones so Marcelus doesn't run around naked in a panic.

"Wakey Wakey, you two are not poisoned and you can go back to your rooms and use Myspace all day."

I speak into the mic with fake chipperness to mask the depression as I open the door too them.

[crumplybottoms]

You guys are so nice!! <3 Favorite sim right now would probably be Lavender so I’ll answer these for her! 

1. In my head, I imagine she grew up on a farm with a bunch of animals and plants which is why she’s so interested in studying plant-life. Despite the fact that she was created in CAS, I also imagine she was an only child and her mom’s name was Lu-Anne and she grew up in Veronaville.

2. Besides Case and Luka, she actually had a 3rd boo-thang but he ended up glitching out and she literally forgot him. He just disappeared from the world and her relationship panel. 

3. Jude was originally a girl, my game crashed right after I went into build mode to do “her” room, which was really a corner lmao. When I reloaded, Lavender had to go into birth all over again (poor sim) and she ended up with a boy, Jude, and I just rolled with it. I reused the name I intended intended for Not-Jude when Ivey was born. So, Lavender has technically given birth 4 times and has had 2 Iveys. & Despite being born twice, Ivey still didn’t become heir D:

4. Lavender has only had 3 or 4 non-family friends her entire sim life and her best friend was Angela Pleasant but Angela was only in like 5 photos. I kinda wish I had played up their relationship more because that would have been super fun.

5. I gave her the maker trait because I thought it would be interesting and something I hadn’t done before but I actually hate it. She’s only ever made candles for that reason and it was very early on in my gameplay. Oops? 

Bonus 6: Lavender currently has the fortune aspiration. I figured that would be easy to max out since she was making so much from her job. She’s on the last tier and *still* hasn’t been able to get past the “Earn $200K” requirement.

[just-like-playing-tag]

A totally self indulgent compilation of my favorite works on this blog of the year June 13, 2019 - June 13, 2020

I wanted to do this for the blog's first anniversary but then completely forgot about it lol.

The following lists are all in chronological order according to the date each post was first published.

Top 10 panel edits:

#1: Don and Gilda - Chapter 138: Demon serch (1)

Date: Jun 14th, 2019

Time: ~ 1:30 h

My very first redraw from my very first edit posted here, so it deserves an honorable mention. Back then I was young and inexperienced, I didn't even apply a gray filter (lmao I was so unskilled I even unintentionally scratched the picture, I hadn't realized until today). I'm actually very happy my first redraw was of Don, boy deserves all the love.

#2: Emma and Ray - Chapter 140: I’m Here!

Date: Jun 28th, 2019

Time: ~ 1 h

Back then this looked like so much work to me!!! And to this day, I think it turned out pretty well. I'm particularly proud of how the bow turned out. This is one I was really proud of right after having finished it; it gave me the confidence to try redrawing bigger areas. Also, the edit were I first applied the opacity of layer / opacity of brush for the gray filter that would have stuck with me.

#3: Krone's birthday edit

Date: Jul 15th, 2019

Time: 15 mins

I don't know I just really like how Krone's hair vanish to a more sketch-like style here– and consequently, how I managed to replicate such effect. I think Krone's beautiful.

#4: Emma, Norman and Ray - Chapter 153: Coward

Date: Oct 4th, 2019

Time: 4:07 h (and 67 layers lmao)

Probably the single panel redraw I'm the most proud of. That Norman panel was beautiful and very poignant at the end of a chapter I adored, so I believe it deserved all the time I've spent working on it. It's far from being perfect - the back of his head is too plain, and the difference between my brushes and the original brushes is pretty visible - but I still like it very much and am extremely attached to it. The horn looks kinda big but I honestly believe it to be more of an issue with the original than with what I had redrawn lol. Funny enough, the whole picture didn't make it to the final edit and had to be trimmed.

#5: Full Score Trio - Chapter 154: A Breakthrough

Date: Oct 11th, 2019

Time: 29 mins

I don't have a particular reason for this I just think Emma's hair turned out amazing. It took just half an hour and I didn't even use references like. Wow. @Redrawing skills where did you go please come back

#6: Mujika and Queen Legravalima - Chapter 158: The Reason I Was Born

Date: Nov 17th, 2019

Time: 2:09 h

Sis I love this so freaking much. The shift from redrawing almost exclusively people and clothes to redrawing this mess was so fun and refreshing. Even though it's a mess I think it turned out very clean and overall it looks beautiful? I remember after finishing this I felt so powerful, like now that I had redrawn this thing I would have been able to redraw anything I set my mind on lol.

#7: Emma - Chapter 161: Never Be Alone

Date: Dec 13th, 2019

Time: 57 mins

Again no particular reason except this is a very cute Emma and I think the redraw turned out pretty well. There's this big lock on the left that doesn't make a lot of sense but overall I really like it. Cute Emma is cute, and I love her determination.

#8: Emma - Chapter 166: Going Back Home

Date: Mar 9th, 2020

Time: 3:45 h

I'M SO FREAKING PROUD OF THAT RIFFLE I have not the slightlest idea why this took so damn long BUT I'M SO PROUD OF IT

#9: Norman's birthday edit

Date: Mar 21st, 2020

Time: 1:04 h

This is cool! I didn't know I could manage to draw this, but I did it! The feathers were particularly hard to clean but I think they turned out fine.

#10: Full Score Trio - Chapter 174: A New World (part 1)

Date: Apr 6th, 2020

Time: 2:11 h

I just think they're very pretty? I can't understand if I like Ray's face a lot, or not at all, but I think overall there was a lot to redraw and it turned out pretty cute! Sorry Gillian.

(Also insert pretty much every panel from the chapter 177 Isabella edit– I've spent so many hours on basically every panel there's no way I could choose only one).

Top 5 edits as whole:

#1: Emma and Ray - Chapter 140: I’m Here!

Date: Jun 29th, 2019

Complessive time: 2:57+ h

The very first edit I'm actually proud of; I'm really attached to it. It's the first edit I had put all of my effort into, and I remember feeling anxious people would have left it without notes. It kinda feels weird to think about it now, because I really don't care about notes anymore; yet, it somehow makes me happy to think that past-me wasn't let down. Thank you @neverlandstrio for your support, you may not remember but it really meant a lot to me back then! And it still makes me smile. You're the best!!!!!!

#2: Mujika and Queen Legravalima - Chapter 158: The Reason I Was Born

Date: Nov 20th, 2019

Complessive time: 7:12+ hours

This whole edit was an hella wild ride. It's midnight before a school day, when I think: "Mh, it's been a while since I last made an edit, why not make one about Musica and the queen from the last chapter?" And seven hours after this was born. I'm particularly proud of the queen's redraws on the 3rd, 7th and 9th picture (ofc), the areas which have been redrawn are pretty huge yet I think the difference with the original is almost impossible to notice?? @Redrawing skills where did you go please come back (part 2)

#3: Emma - Chapter 174: A New World (part 1)

Date: Apr 12th, 2020

Complessive time: 6:53+ h

I think the panels that were selected work very well together, especially considering the close-up / full body alternation. I love Emma, and I've always been kinda sad noticing that edits that focus one her take the less notes... She deserves all the love. Also, fun fact: for the last but one panel, I had redrawn Emma's whole left ear before remembering she doesn't have one, so I had to redraw the panel from the start. Besides from the error with the ear, the reason why this (and all the others after) took so long is because official panel take way longer to clean.

#4: Isabella and her children - Chapter 177: Mother

Date: May 22nd, 2020

Complessive time: 13:41+ h (ahah.)

Lmao tbh I can't understand how this has so few notes it's like. Technically speaking, probably the best edit I've ever done. I don't even like Isabella that much, I haven't got the slightlest idea why I decided to spend so many hours on this. Anyway, I find the composition (full body on the left / headshots on the right) really good looking in this as well! And I think the redraws turned out fine, especially Isabella's.

#5: The Promised Neverland manga ending countdown→ 1/7 chapters: chapter 1 - Grace Field House

Date: Jun 9th, 2020

Complessive time: 1:59+ h

I don't know how I came up with that idea for the composition but I find it really beautiful??? I think it does a pretty good job conveying the sudden, terrific shift of atmosphere from the first chapter, and I think that sharp bridge is very nice. I'm very, very proud of this.

Honorable mention #1: Full Score Trio - Chapter 154: A Breakthrough

Date: Oct 13th, 2019

Complessive time: 3:44+ h (+ 1:13 h of working on a panel that ultimately didn't make it to the final edit)

A very good chapter, and the edit turned out surprisingly amazing??? All the redraws look great and make it almost impossible to distinguish them from the original; honestly I feel like I'll never be able to redraw so neatly again lol.

Honorable mention #2: Don and Gilda (+ Norman) - Chapter 160: Shackles

Date: Dec 11th, 2019

Complessive time: 3:14+ h

That one is really one of my favorite scenes; I'm telling you peoples, Gilda and Don are a blessing to the earth. I think I've never mentioned it, but Gilda's hair is a nightmare to redraw??? More specifically, it takes me h o u r s to fill the texture without making it look too weird, it's the worst.

Honorable mention #3: Norman and Ray - Chapter 179: Compensation

Date: Jun 6th, 2020

Complessive time: 4:16+ h

I was so glad to finally be able to make a Norman / Ray edit, and it turned out it was just in time before the series' finale. I like how it turned out and I'm pretty satisfied with the redraws (even though my sister helped me with the lineart of some panels - it was exams time and I really couldn't afford to spend more time on it), too bad we didn't have more chapters that focused on the boys. Ray sweetie one day I'll fix your ear it's just today's not that day.

Btw, I justed realized I have never done an Emma / Norman centered edit? I'll have to make one eventually. I remember considering focusing on them alone for the chapter 154 one, but then I thought "even if the manga is gonna ignore Ray, I will chose to do not" lol.

Top 5 long posts:

#1: Reconstruction of how the Grace Field children were settled in the three bedrooms

Date: Aug 28th, 2019

I just had really a lot of fun doing it. I love putting all the little things to their own place, it's so calming to do and that's why I love making this kind of things. Also, loved how @temporoom contributed to the post! It was so nice of them to add what they had noticed to come up with more exact conclusions, that's one of the things I love the most about the internet.

#2: A study of how many times the characters of The Promised Neverland call each other through the first season of the anime

Date: Sep 10th, 2019

I REALLY LOVE IT! I mean it *was* kinda stressing to note everything, but it was very also very satisfying to see everything methodically divided and organized! And it's not just that– it's also the fact that it looks good. That's one post I have fun rereading because it's actually pretty! Also, even though it can be very stressing to learn to use new programs and sites, it's always very satisfying to look at the final result. Again, I really adore compiling these tiny little details! I would love to make more posts of that kind if i had the time.

#3: The Promised Neverland musicals headcanons

Date: Oct 27th, 2019

I mean it's literally. Putting my two favorite fandoms together how could I not love it. This is another one I really enjoy rereading, I find all the musical / character associations so fitting! I really want to make a second part, I hope to find some time to do it.

#4: Considerations on the reward / eventual series' finales (and Emma's sacrifice)

Date: May 7th, 2020

It's always nice to put down all your thoughts regarding a particular matter. It can take a lot of time (at least for me it does because... I need time to think about things), but it's so satisfying to see all of them there once you're done. Bonus points when, like in this case, it was something asked by someone else because “Wow! Somebody wants to hear my opinion on this subject! I'm flattered (◍•ᴗ•◍)”

#5: Some other considerations on the series' finale and Emma sacrificing herself

Date: Jun 13th, 2020

Pretty much the same as above. It's like some kind of clarity when the post is done and signed. Another fun fact, I had to censore the post a lot; the first version was extremely sharp and harsh, but I believe it's right to express your opinions calmly and politely.

Bonus: A thread of what the tpn characters would wear at the Oscars

Date: Feb 9th, 2020

Imagining all the children in those pretty dresses makes me so incredibly happy (╥﹏╥) I go back to look at that post a lot. I really love red carpets, I love looking at pretty dresses!!!!!

Lmao it's so funny how the post of mine I like the most are also the ones with the less notes

Anyway this was just a personal report! You don't have to read it all (or any of it actually). But it was indeed fun making it! Here's to many more months in the fandom!!!

[sonatanotwo]

Today was a sleepy day, yeesh. I’m nearly falling asleep, but ohgosh somehow on a roll. Edited back through the 3rd chapter and got it to point think I can post it. ^^

...how should I be doing this... um...

Angelus Erarre (A Very Tentative Title)

(Aka as Jen’s fanfic she’s been working on forever)

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2

Chapter 3:

Jerking awake, Virgil sat up, once again feeling incredibly disoriented. The unfamiliar room served to bring back everything pretty quickly, however. Rubbing his face, let out a frustrated groan. He hadn't meant to go and fall asleep as he had, but at least he felt a whole heck of a lot better now.

Pushing himself from the bed, he made his way over to the windows, peering out. The sky was a dark blue, light starting to spread across the horizon—dawn was quickly approaching. If Scott was, well, Scott, he'd likely be getting up soon, so if Virgil wanted to try to get out of here, he needed to do it fast.

The large windows opened up to a veranda that appeared to wrap around much of the house from what he could make out. Examining the glass, Virgil quickly ruled the windows as being a good choice of escape—they were definitely made to weather even the harshest storms, as needed on an island in this region. Besides being tough, if shattering them was an option, it would be far too noisy. They did appear to slide open somehow, but given the door had been locked, it would have been a pretty big oversight to not lock them. Now, there was the option of using his laser tool, but doing so without his helmet felt a little risky, not to mention it would take time.  For now, Virgil turned his attention to his other option.

Going back to the door, Virgil ran his fingers over the control panel thoughtfully. This looked more like a lock for privacy than for really keeping someone inside. Digging his fingers around the edge, his confidence grew as he found it was hardly sealed.  Apparently it hadn't even occurred to them that leaving him with his tools wasn't a very smart idea. Plucking one from his belt, he easily managed to pry the cover off the panel and within a few minutes he let out a quiet, triumphant "Ha!" as the door slid open. Well, that had been even easier than he'd thought it would be.

Slipping through the door, closing it from the other side, Virgil glanced up and down the dark hallway. Which way? Unsure, he randomly chose a direction, coming to a stop where the hall turned a corner. Hiding there at the corner, Virgil carefully peeked around it. No one was in sight, but he could see light streaming from frosted windows beside one of the doors, much like the room he'd been in, suggesting it was another bedroom. He had no idea who's bedroom, but wanting to avoid any risks, Virgil decided to check the other end of the hallway first.

Retreating back the way he'd came, he tried a couple of the other doors. One was locked. Another just seemed to be another guest room. Then finally he found something promising—the door led to a narrow corridor. Luckily, windows ran along one side keeping it from being pitch black, thanks to the slowly brightening sky. Making his way quickly along it, and through another door at the end, he carefully slipped out into a large room.

The feeling of familiarity and almost wonder flooded over him as he slowly made his way into the room. The sensation was most akin to the day they'd finally made the big move from the farm back in Kansas to the island. To see all their belongings in a completely new place, but arranged all differently. This was almost like that.

The giant photograph of a space rocket and right beside it, two suspicious lamps on the wall and a row of portraits. A red desk and a piano, albeit white, over in the corner. There was probably more similarities, but his attention was quickly drawn to five portraits. They were photos, unlike the ones that hung in the lounge that he'd painted himself, but there they were, on the wall, in the same way. In the growing light, he could just make them out.

The first certainly was John, but a blond haired John, which was definitely strange to see. The second was Scott who, of course, he'd met in person. And the third... Wow. A brown haired and certainly older, well... him. It was rather unsettling, to say the least. Virgil moved on quickly. Then it was Alan, who definitely older than his Alan. Finally, there was Gordon a little more strawberry blonde than his brother and no where near John's ginger, but still certainly not the colour he was used to seeing on him.

Wow.

Virgil dragged his gaze away from the portraits, realizing he was likely wasting precious time. Something that hadn't been a waste of time though was taking a moment to glance again at the desk to the side. A familiar object had been left there and Virgil was quick to reclaim it—his wrist controller—he'd almost forgotten Scott had taken it from him. Slipping it back onto his wrist, Virgil made his way over to the glass panels. They appeared like they should slide, much like the bedroom one, except hopefully these wouldn't be locked.

Luck was still on his side, as Virgil was able to easily push one open and slip out onto the veranda, quietly sliding it shut behind him. Making his way quickly down the staircase to the pool level, he backed up to press against the villa while he took in the surroundings. The horizon was far brighter now—the sun would soon be making it's appearance. With no idea of the schedule of those residing inside, he needed to get away from the villa as quickly as he could. At least he was fairly certain the runway was below the villa, from what he could remember. The only downside was the cliff. Yeah, that was going to be a pain. He'd need to get down somehow. Though, yeah, he could fly Thunderbird 2 up to him, the sound of her engines alone would probably wake the entire household. Taking off from the runway would be a far better plan.

A sudden feminine gasp behind him made him almost practically jump. Turning quickly, he was faced with someone he didn't know at all. That wasn't the problem though. The problem was she was backing up as if to dive back inside. "W-Whoa, wait a minute!" He dove forward, grabbing her arm to halt her movements.

"No! Please!"

Guilt fell over his face as he took in her frightened expression and Virgil promptly released her arm, holding both his hands up, in a peaceful gesture. "Sorry, I didn't mean to... I don't want to hurt you. I just... Please. Please, listen?"

Slowly her startled face settled and she hesitantly gave a nod. "Alright. I'm listening."

Thank goodness. A chance to at least stall her a moment was something at least. "Look, I don't know what's going on or how this happened, or anything really. I just know I got to figure out how to get home to where I belong. I don't want to cause trouble. I just want to get back to my ship and leave, okay?"

"Your ship... Thunderbird 2?" she questioned him, looking still a little wary.

"Yeah."

Virgil watched her look him up and down before her gaze met his. Then something seemed to change. Her eyes widened for a moment before her expression settled into something Virgil wasn't entirely sure of. Recognition? Whatever it was, she wasn't looking at him as she had before. In fact... there was something about her, but he couldn't put his fingers on it.

"Could you at least give me a head start?" he asked, hoping she might at least do that much for him. Thunderbird 5 would be hard to escape, but he knew it's blind spots. He just needed enough time to get down the cliff and get into the air.

"You do realize the cliff is quite steep?"

"Yeah, I noticed. It'd be quicker to get down with a grapple, but I'm pretty sure I'll manage," he said, not sure where she was going with this.

"Come. I’ll show you another way," she surprisingly offered, gesturing to him to follow. Virgil hesitated, remaining where he stood, unsure if this was a good idea or not. He'd just managed to escape, after all. It seemed rather a bit counterproductive to go back inside the very place he'd just snuck out of.

"Virgil...?"

Hearing his name made his head snap up, a look of surprise now on his face as he looked over at her. "What did you say?"

"You are Virgil, aren't you?" she asked him, tilting her head.

"I... Well... Yeah, but..." Virgil replied, staring at her slightly dumbfounded. Yeah, he thought he'd seen recognition in her eyes, but he hadn't dared to believe it. Who was this girl?

"You’ll be safe as long as you're with me. Come... hurry!" she said, beckoning him again to the door.

Hoping he wouldn't soon regret this, Virgil decided to take the chance and follow her back into the villa. Moving as quietly as he could, he was introduced to the lower level of the villa, which seemed to be mostly hallways and doors. Beckoning him again, she led him through various corridors before finally ending up in a lift.

After standing there silent for a moment, he finally looked over to her. "So... Sorry didn't have much of an introduction. You're...?" he asked, breaking the silence to hopefully quell the weird sensation he had about her.

"You don't know?" the girl asked, sounding a little confused by his question. Then again, she'd seemed to work out who he was, so he supposed maybe she thought he'd know her too...

"No... I'm afraid not," he told her apologetically, trying to figure out how to put this. "At the risk of sounding, uh, kinda crazy... the world or whatever I'm from... I can't say I know you."

"I'm Tin-Tin... Tin-Tin Kyrano," she introduced herself.

"Kyrano?" he echoed, eyes widening as he turned his head to look at her once more. She didn't really resemble Kyrano or Kayo to him, but... No, that wasn't true at all. Her eyes were a very distinct colour; a very familiar colour. The shape of her eyebrows and curve of her jaw...  He really hadn't been paying attention, had he?

"...Tanusha?"

"Pardon?"

"Oh... never mind. It's not important. You just remind me of someone."

Virgil dropped it for now, though he had a feeling his gut was right. (And if it was somehow wrong, Tin-Tin was undoubtedly was related to Kayo.) At this point he really had to concentrate on getting to Thunderbird 2 and then hopefully figuring out how on earth to get back where he belonged. He could think about things like who Tin-Tin was another time.

"So you believe you are from... ah, what is it called... An alternate universe?"

"Honestly? I have no idea what to believe right now," Virgil answered truthfully. "I just want to get back to my brothers." And Grandma, Kayo, Brains, Lady Penelope and Parker... even MAX and EOS. He'd be happy to be back with them all about now. In fact, he really wished he would just wake up and find this was all one hell of a dream. Yeah, that would be nice.

The lift came to a halt and the doors opened, revealing a long tunnel. It didn't take too long to long to arrive at some doors which brought them into, what appeared to be, another residence. Glancing out the large windows, Virgil quickly realized was likely the structure he vaguely recalled seeing overlooking the runway. And there, sitting still on the runway, was Thunderbird 2. So far, so good. He was almost there.

Tin-Tin pointed to another door. "There is another lift there. It will take you down to an exit to the runway," she told him. "I am afraid I must hurry off. If I am gone any longer it will be noticed."

"That's alright. Thank you for taking me this far, Tin-Tin," he told her, glad for the help. This might have not been exactly the fastest way down, but it had been certainly been an easy way. It was very likely her assistance had kept him from getting caught once more.

"I am glad I was able to help, but... Virgil, are you certain you should be leaving? We could help you, surely?" Tin-Tin asked, sounding like she was pretty puzzled by his actions.

"Scott wouldn't even believe I was who I said I was... If I can't convince Scott, how could I even hope convince the others?" he explained, still feeling sort of shocked Scott hadn't been even willing to listen to him. He didn't really want to be leaving the people who were most likely to be able to help him in some way, but he didn't have much choice right now.

"Perhaps he just needs more time...?" she suggested, but Virgil shook his head at the suggestion. "Don't worry about it. I'll figure out what happened myself." Somehow.

"They've probably noticed I've escaped by now, so I really gotta run and you do too, right? Thanks again, Tin-Tin," he told her, then turned, hurrying to the door to the lift.

“Good luck!” he heard her call after him.

Soon he was out on the runway approaching Thunderbird 2. He went to reach for his wrist controller, but let out a curse as he noticed a jet not far from the island that was definitely making an approach for the runway. He dove behind one of the palm trees, hoping he hadn't been spotted. Virgil watched as the jet fired it's VTOLs, landing not far from Thunderbird 2.

It was frustrating to be SO close to his ship and yet so far. He contemplated trying to find a longer term hiding place, but... no, he hadn't gotten this far to turn back now. All he had to do was get on board—they'd be hard pressed to stop him once he got inside.

Slowly, hiding as best he could, he dove between cover making his way closer to his aircraft to the point he was only a handful of yards away. Touching his fingers to his controller, Thunderbird 2's hologram floated above his wrist. Taking the hand controller from his belt, he took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Alright. He just had to make a dash to jump onto the cockpit elevator and he'd be home free.

He decided to run on the count of three. One... Two... Three!

Virgil dove from his cover, running towards Thunderbird 2. The next thing he knew something, or rather, someone had slammed into him. Dazed, it took a moment for him to realize what was happening as he lay on his back on the rough pavement of the runway.

"Just where do you think you're going!?"

Oh no...

It was Scott.

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(Just a little end note since I feel like maybe I should explain few things. Um. 1. Yes, it’s a crossover because I’m dumb and love crossovers... though it’s only kinda since it’s the within the same franchise. lol 2. Okay so like... my thinking into why they’re being so kinda... awful. The TOS folk here. ...They’re kinda pretty paranoid in TOS. XDDD Bring couple kids in a ship that doesn’t even have really windows... who probably couldn’t even begin to tell where they are... BUT STILL. BLINDFOLDS. Someone’s in the pod? They’re all there with their guns. Like. Yeah. Some guy shows up saying he’s Virgil... with a “copy” of TB2 like The Imposters... shows up on their secret island... Plus Virgil and their TB2 went missing same time? Yeaaaah. XD They just wouldn’t be too trusting at this point, I figure. SO UH YEAH. That’s my brain thinkings into all this.)

[hello-vampire-kitty]

Servamp Chapter 81 “His tale about XX”

Gear is a tsundere geek, but, the big question of this chapter is: could it be that he is sensei? I made a few notes based on my observations in chapter that I hope you will read afterwards.

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Hoo boy, so finally get to know a little about the mysterious creator of the vampires that we know as ‘sensei’. We also got to know that besides the once briefly mentioned werewolves, there are other supernatural beings out there and maybe they will make an appearance at some point, although I wonder where are? Doesn’t C3 handle with them as well, not just the vampires?  Oh, and since it mentioned mermaids, I wonder if they have to ability to transform on land and have legs. Anywho moving on, ‘the man’, which we can assume is sensei, has made immortal beings, but even so, considered imperfect, but it appears that he first performed this on himself since he was able to live hundreds of years and there’s the part that says he went ‘in various places of various ages’, which somehow kinda gave the impression that he could time travel, because there must be a meaning as to why it was phrased like that, instead of just saying something like ‘throughout his travels’ or ‘he searched for many years’, because those kinds of phrases would have just allude to the normal passage of time. This makes me wonder, if it’s true, could it be possible that the Servamps are from different time periods? That would be quite something! This possibility of time travelling can be related to our new character, Gear. On the 3rd page we get to see huge gears in the room that display numbers up to 30, which I think those are supposed to be the days of the month (but why not 31 though?...), then we have runes, months and zodiacs. There’s another small gear in the upper right that might represent day/night, on the bottom left we have a gear with roman numerals and the second largest gear there, I’m not sure, but those could be cardinal points, so that gear could represent a compass. It looks like a complex clock, having numerous hands as well and what is the most noteworthy about these hands is that they have the name of the sins written, such as the small one above the large hand in the pic, which has ‘sloth’ written on it. The words on the other hands are not distinguishable, but I did also see ‘pride’ written on another one.

Now why would the name of the sins be there? I thought of something...If perhaps Gear is sensei or in some way has a relation with the Servamps, I thought that this huge clock thing could be some sort of tracking device and acts as a medium upon his creations. Only based on the pic above, it would seem that Gear has to move the hands of the clock? I have a theory that this whole thing is like a magical item of sorts, that could be tied to the Servamps and Gear in a way monitors them. I had this idea because (even though we still have yet to discover more about the methods), the creator of vampires, the one who wanted immortality must have used some dark arts, perhaps made some rituals, made contracts with other beings (something Faustian like perhaps), so that he can grant life or extend it and other abilities, which may include time travel perhaps? I mean, we have Gear, his name, and the fact that we also have a huge clock with other gears, to me it suggests ‘the gears of time’, don’t you guys think so? That’s what I can speculate, if Gear is really sensei. (oh and if he is indeed, then y’all remember that Kuro supposedly killed him long ago and we believe that because we saw how in pain Kuro was when we saw his memories, but what if Kuro believed that he actually killed him, but sensei came back to life somehow, and Kuro didn’t know just what sensei was capable) Probably all of us believed that Gear could be sensei when we saw at the end that Gear held a photo of Kuro dressed in the clothes of the time when the Servamps held the meeting to decide whether to kill him or not.

Before I move on, I want to mention something about this panel

The three elements that Gear mentions are: ‘vessel’, ‘blood’ and ‘spirit’, and I want to say something about the latter. You see the word in Japanese ‘seishin’「精神」 can mean  mind; spirit; soul; heart; I thought the whole thing would be like what I usually hear ‘mind, body and soul’, but in this case it’s different. I was debating whether to use ‘mind’ instead of spirit, but then the word ‘tamashii’「魂」was used which directly translates as soul and also spirit, but more commonly is the former. Had I written ‘the mind is the soul’ instead, I’m not sure if it would have been better. It was quite tough to choose the words here, so if you have any opinion on this part, I would like to hear it!

Phew, talked a lot about Gear, but I wanna talk a bit about Youtarou as well! First of all he is so cute! Secondly, it seems that he has been with Gear for a while, judging by the few times that Gear marked his height on the door and he’s like 6-7 years old in the beginning, if Gear mentioned that Youtarou will start school. How did these two meet, and how come Gear let him come over so many times, when the guy is hiding underneath a church, along with other stuff that probably should be kept secret... Youtarou seemed very interested in that book and it’s possible that by now he knows about the vampires and he might make an appearance, because spending that much time with Gear, I think he would have found out a lot of stuff eventually. Oh yeah, I mentioned in another post about the timeline of this chapter, and I think it’s the year 1999, because I figured out what it says on the game that Youtarou had with him and it says  Armored Core: Master of Arena, released on the PS1 in that year, and since Gear said that it was a new release, we can assume that it’s that year. And if the story started in 2011, then we can expect to see an older Youtarou :D

That’s about it for this chapter!