#answered: tyl yamamoto

[arealmunited]

Squalo (For Romantic Candidate for Yamamoto. Ignore my previous ask forgotten to add on the muse :'))

Recommend romantic candidates for my muses and see their reaction! @nogoodvongoladecimo

“I think I’ll have to pass on that one.”  Yamamoto got a headache just thinking about being in a relationship with the swordsman.  Rubbing his temple to get rid of the pain that was forming he let out a sigh.  “It’s not that I’m not grateful for his help or anything.  I just don’t see the two of us being compatible.” 

[fightingthetides]

∗ 18﹕ sender comes to receiver after being injured . (for TYL Yamamoto)

[Original] ||Accepting|| @squaletta [Testing phase meme response]

Yamamoto opens the door to see an injured Squaletta. There was a brief moment of alarm but it calms rather quickly. “Come inside.” He steps aside for her to come in. It was a good thing that he was living alone at this point of time so he wouldn’t have to answer questions about what was going on. Quite used to injuries himself, he had a well-stocked first aid kit. When Squaletta comes in through the door, he assesses whether she needs help getting to the couch or not, but it seemed that she would be fine.

If the situation was dire, she probably would have called for back up and for a medic to arrive. Under the assumption that she’d only come to find him because it wasn’t that serious, he was able to remain calm and not panicked in this situation. He made a motion for her to take a seat at the couch so he could find the first aid kit.

Once he finds it, he returns to where she was sitting on the couch in the living room. “I don’t think you’ll tell me what happened,” because it’s relevant to a mission. It wasn’t his business to know. “but I’m sure you can tell me where you were hurt. Let’s get your injuries addressed.” He sets the first aid kit down next to her. If she wanted to deal with the injuries herself, he’d leave her to it and give her privacy.

If she was willing to allow him to help her, he would do so.

[queenharumiura]

Rumor has it that Hayato is cheating on you with another guardian. (TYL line where they are married =P)

[Original] ||Accepting|| @thehandworld

"My husband is a loyal man. I'd sooner believe that he's divorcing me because he found the love of his life: his desk than to believe he's cheating on me."

Still, she is curious. Who is it that the rumors are talking about, and why? Has he being doing something that she should know about? It couldn't be Chrome? She always thought that Chrome was with Mukuro, so it would be a shock to find out if she was being cheated on with Chrome.

If not Chrome... the only other options were one of the other guys. "Hm... Haru's pretty curious about who this mystery person could be."

[squaletta]

🚢 or ( 'SHIP' )- with TYL Yamamoto

𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐓

Bold all that definitely applies, italicize what could potentially apply. Feel free to add more if you think certain options are missing or you just want to add more.

do i ship our characters together?: yes | no | not yet but maybe soon

would i like to ship with you?: yes | maybe, i'm willing to try | no

type of relationship i could see: childhood or high school sweethearts | exes | engaged | married | long-term relationship | crushes | unrequited love | fling | long distance | online relationship | just dating | new relationship | toxic lovers | friends with benefits

tropes i'd enjoy writing for them: friends to lovers | enemies to lovers | exes to lovers | fake relationship/dating | forbidden love | grumpy and sunshine | star-crossed lovers | surprise pregnancy | second chance | soulmates | amnesia/mistaken identity | forced proximity | secret relationship | slow burn relationship

would i rather plot first or jump right in and see where it goes?: develop their relationship first | jump right in | something in between ( what specifically? )

what now?: let's plot something | send me shippy memes (which subtly show your character's interest in my muse) | i'll send you shippy memes | write me a random starter | i'll write you a random starter

anything else i want you to know about me / my character / my shipping habits: Squaletta likes teasing conversation, but as far as romantic intimacy is concerned, she is a bit… insecure because she has a problem with showing her vulnerability to someone else. She doesn't have a problem with sexual things, but she has a problem with intimacy and romantic gestures when she likes someone. Yes, she is a little weird. She wants to be loved, but she doesn't know how to let someone close when she has a problem with trust.

[milky-fixx]

Suits

They looked way too good in suits.

feat. adult!reborn, adult!skull, tyl!tsuna, tyl!xanxus, tyl!yamamoto

implied not sfw. afab reader. this is a repost of my old work

Reborn

He always looked sinfully carnal, but tonight he was especially so. He knew you were watching him, if the amused glint he directed your way was anything to go by. That’s why he wasn’t surprised when you led him outside the gala and into a private restroom.

Before you could blink, he spun you around, hands gripped your waist as he pinned you against the wall with his hips. He nuzzled into your neck, chuckling.

“What’s gotten you all riled up, amore mio?”

When you responded by smashing your lips against his, clutching his face desperately, his lips tugged up into a smirk. You gasped when you felt him bite into your lower lip, and when you pulled away, his eyes were dark. 

“I think I have an idea,” he purred. “Why don’t I take care of you?”

Skull

You were…surprised by how well Skull cleaned up, considering his default outfit consisted of his motorcycle suit. Even so, it took you awhile of gawking at him in the entrance to your shared bedroom before he became flustered.

“W-What?” He rubbed his arm. “Do I look bad? I knew I should’ve taken out my lip piercing, dammit, your parents wouldn’t like that…” he mumbled, turning to walk away.

He was interrputed by your arms wrapping around his middle, holding him in place. He called out your name, flustered, before you answered. 

“You look amazing.” He shivered at the lust weighing down your words, how riled up you suddenly sounded. “So sexy, in fact, I might have to cancel plans with them….” 

Tsuna

Even though he was the boss of a mafia family, he still struggled with things like putting on his tie. You smiled as you offered your help and he sheepishly agreed.

“I don’t know what I’d do without you,” he admitted, as you looped his tie around into a knot.

You rolled your eyes, smiling. “Well,” you said, stepping back to survey your work, and discreetly, the rest of him. Tsuna was always a cutie, but he had matured into such a… fine specimen. Especially in that suit. “I think you look… capable without me. Very capable. Boss.” You winked.

His eyes darkened, his hand shooting out to grasp your wrist before spinning you towards him. You landed in his arms with a squeak, his breath warm against your face, his gaze molten. 

“Boss, huh. I wonder what other names you’ll be calling me tonight.”

Xanxus

If he wasn’t so sexy in that suit, you would say he was an arrogant asshole. As it was, he was still both.

Some lackey from a small family had been chatting you up a little too friendly at the gala, and once Xanxus took notice, you can damn well be sure he told that trash to get a fucking life. But not before groping your ass in front of him, before declaring you were his woman.

And now you were in the bathroom, your legs wrapped around his frame, while he held you propped against the wall. His hand groped your breast roughy.

“Stupid. Why the hell are you entertaining loser trash?” He grunted. The sleeves of his jacket were shoved down, revealing his white button up.

You knew you shouldn’t incite him even further, but at the same… the sex was so much hotter when he was. 

“Maybe I just wanted to see you when riled up.”

No one came into the bathroom that night, deterred by the sounds the two of you made.

Yamamoto

Takeshi was trying on the suit the Vongola tailor had made for him, and he asked for your opinion. You were surprised when you walked into the dressing room, and he wasn’t anywhere to be seen.

“Takeshi?” You called out, before nearly screaming when you felt a hand wrap around your eyes. 

“Shh, it’s me.” You would recognize that playful voice anywhere.

“God, you scared me,” you said, swatting his hand away, before turning to face him…. Oh. Before ogling the way his slacks clung to his thighs, the way his shoulders looked so broad in that suit.

Yamamato, ever-observant, noticed your stare. You missed the wicked grin that stretched his face.

“Like what you see?” His voice was husky, and sent shivers down your spine.

You were already locking the door. “Very much so.”

[ciaossu-imagines]

Day 3 - at some point the vongola 10th squad will move to italy, lbr. Question is: what is rhe BIGGEST culture shock for the japanese boys? What ia the thing Dera and Lambo will miss most about Japan? Anything anyonw will have issues to adapt to or adapt to again?

I actually think that me and you have talked somewhat about this before! At least, the fact that I really don’t think that the Vongola 10th move to Italy full-time. The TYL! Arc was still set in Namimori, where we see a strong Vongola presence in Japan. We kind of see that a lot of them were off and doing their own things. Chrome was in France, along with Chikusa and Ken. Yamamoto had said he was off and playing baseball, and to be doing so at 24/25, I like to believe it means that he was at least able to go semi-pro, like he’d hoped in his younger years to do so. It’s said that Ryohei was visiting Italy to see Lussuria, and that combined with the photos on his dresser and Hana’s dresser, leads me to believe he divides his time in between different places and that he still spends a good chunk of time in Japan, albeit it I don’t believe he lives there year-round either. Hibari is so devoted to Namimori, it’s a huge part of his character, that I do not see him being willing to move full-time to a foreign country. On top of that, Tsuna’s Vongola Neo has broken literally every single other rule around Mafia life, for the most part, that I don’t think they’re going to follow some old-fashioned rule about needing to live and operate exclusively in Italy. There’s just a lot of inference, in my personal opinion, that lends itself more to the idea that Tsuna’s Vongola operates on a more global scale. Hell, if the right people were to find their way into the story in future arcs, I could even see the reach of the Vongola extending past Italy, past Japan, and extending into many other countries, though I don’t think it will be Tsuna’s goal and more something that just kind of happens.

With all that being said, I’ll do my best to answer the question, really just focusing on what the biggest culture shocks were for everyone when they first visited and what they had the most trouble getting used to, whenever they spend any amount of time there.

Tsuna really struggles with just how much more pressure he feels whilst in Italy. Whenever he is in Italy, whether it’s a short visit or a longer stay, there just seems to exist a pressure that he doesn’t feel when he’s back in Japan, with his Guardians and those that he’s gotten to know since his teenage years. In Italy, more people seem to know him and those that don’t seem to suddenly kowtow and treat him with a respect bordering a little on fear at times as soon as they hear the word Vongola in relation to him. Those left over from Timoteo’s time as the Vongola boss all seem to have great expectations from Tsuna or expect him to largely be something he’s really not, even though they have all had literally years to realize that Tsuna does not want the Vongola to continue the way it always had prior to this. There’s just a lot of stress, anxiety and pressure that he feels whenever he has to spend time there that he’s not really fond of. Plus, with all the stress and anxiety, on top of the difference in his diet while in Italy, he always struggles with stomach issues while there.

For Yamamoto, the biggest culture shock is really just getting used to how grand everything seems. Namimori was kind of a sleepy little Japanese town where most everyone knows everyone else. He’s used to knowing all his neighbours. He’s used to just casually chattering away with the elderly folks. He’s used to a specific type of architecture. Italy? Nothing at all like what he’s used to. It really hit him, the scale and grandness of some of Italy’s architecture, how big the country really is, how just…different…everything is on that first trip he took there with Dino back as a teen. Despite knowing in his mind after that what Italy can be like and that it is different from Namimori, the fact still really hits him each and every time he goes there. To him, there’s just something old and grand and cultured about Italy and while he loves it, it also kind of makes him feel out of place at times.

Gokudera doesn’t really experience much in the way of culture shock when it comes to returning to Italy. He spent too many years of his life there, so he knows what it’s like. He’s accustomed to it and every time he returns, he just kind of slips effortlessly back into the customs and culture of the place. He not only has that going for him, but I also don’t see him as being someone who is prone to experiencing much culture shocks. Any time he is going to be travelling to someone new and unfamiliar to him, he spends a lot of time researching the geography, interesting locations, history, and culture of the place he’s going to. He learns social customs and taboos. He’s always been kind of a nerd when it comes to researching in that it’s something that makes him happy, but this kind of research also means that he feels pretty well-prepared for exploring untrodden ground.

Ryohei? His biggest culture shock moment, and the thing he finds hardest to adjust to, is definitely the currency system. He’s spent his entire life using Japan’s currency system. He knows the yen. It’s all he knows. So switching to the euro and remembering how to convert a yen to a euro on the fly? It’s really, really hard for Ryohei, who isn’t the best at math-based things to begin with. It kind of hurts his brain and it’s going to take him at least a solid month before he becomes at all comfortable with it. Even then, he’s still going to prefer what he’s grown up with and is the most comfortable, and frequently encourages his Italian friends to champion converting their country’s currency system over to the yen.

While Lambo might have spent the first four to five years of his life in Italy, enough to have pleasant memories of it, he has, for the large part, grown up in Japan. He’s spent most of his formative years in Japan. He’s no more fully steeped in Italy’s culture than an Italian-American who goes on their first trip to Italy to ‘discover their roots’ is. It also doesn’t help that a lot of his memories are from such a young age, when they’re hazy enough that he doesn’t remember what was make-believe and what was truly real. Because of that, he is definitely prone to culture shock. The biggest one that gets him is the food culture between Japan and Italy…honestly though, he’s not complaining. While he’ll miss Nana’s home cooking anytime he’s in Italy for long stretches, he’ll find he’ll go back to Japan and really end up missing out on some traditional Italian dishes that he routinely had while there as well.

Hibari experiences less culture shock then you would expect. It’s mostly because, when he travels, which we’ve been shown he does with startling frequency (he’s been travelling as an adult when we see him in the Future Arc, he travels to various places to train with Dino during the ring arc), there’s explicit reasons and purpose behind his travels. When he’s going someplace new, someplace outside of Namimori or even outside of Japan, he’s doing so for one or two explicit reasons and those reasons are all he cares about. He doesn’t want to sightsee. He doesn’t give a shit about the culture or immersing himself in it. He can speak the language (sometimes only crudely, but enough to carry on basic conversations), he can figure out where he’s going, that’s all he needs. It’s really tough to experience culture shock when you don’t care about the culture, when you just want to accomplish something and leave the country.

Mukuro really doesn’t experience a lot of culture shock anytime he’s in Italy. It’s got nothing to do with whether he’s from there or not originally, as I know there’s some differing opinions on that, but more to do with the fact that Mukuro travels the world. He’s not someone who stays exclusively in one location constantly and has no experience outside his home base. He likes traveling and he’s someone who honestly finds a lot of fun in learning about the culture of a place before going there. Some of his ideas are definitely very misinformed and based on popular media, but he does his best to learn the language of the area and at least the broad strokes of culture. He doesn’t really get ‘culture shock’ because he’s throwing himself into the culture, getting as immersed in it as humanly possible, whenever possible. The new experiences and the differences in how societies function intrigues him instead of confusing him.

Chrome’s biggest culture shock the first time she was in Italy? Just how physically affectionate Italian’s seem to her. To her, compared to Japan, they seem very touch-focused and it’s something she really, really doesn’t like. There’s a lot of amazing things about Italy in Chrome’s mind, but that’s not one of them.

[eternitas]

Variety in experience

For Clarification: This actually plays in the back then future timeline. Meaning the timeline that TYL Takeshi would experience and that the regular Takeshi would switch into.

The first time Takeshi enters the Varia HQ is the first time he faces off against two swordsmen that give him a run for his money.

"I won't be your opponent."

"Huh?"

Surprised Yamamoto looked at Squalo, as if he was sure that he just misheared.

"Voi, don't make me repeat myself! You will not be fighting me this time.", his mentor said, one arm on his hip. Squalo had said, that this time would be a different kind of training. Yamamoto didn't even have a chance to truly look around the big mansion that housed the entirety of the Varia, no, he had been led straight down to a traininghall, full of manequins, wooden blocks and other devices for all kinds of different training. There were benches by the side, elevated platforms for what he could only surmise would be spars, racks of training weapons to the side and two doors, one labeled to be the toilets and another which he could only guess would be for the changing rooms.

"Then who am I fighting?", he asked, as the door to the elevator opened and two men came out. One with the same shade of silverwhite hair, tied loosely together by a purple scrunchy, falling over the mans left shoulder, the other seemingly younger, maybe around Yamamotos age with light blue hair and similarly blueish eyes. They came out chatting with each other, but at the sight of Takeshi they halted. Squalo turned around.

"Capitano, quello non è il Guardiano della Pioggia dei Vongola? Cosa ci fa qui?"

Takeshi had no idea what that meant, but he could make out the words "Pioggia" and "Vongola". Squalo didn't answer them back in italian but japanese.

"He's here for training. You two will be fighting him."

The man with the white hair seemed shocked and completely flustered.

"Wait- us?! At the same time?!" The other man bowed politely.

"I will be in your care." On instinct Yamamoto bowed as well.

"Don't just accept that so easily! Captain, seriously- what-?"

"Calm down Ser, there is no need to make a fuss about it. I wouldn't have called you in, if I didn't think he needed some serious improvement." He clicked his tongue.

"Or do you believe your rank means nothing?"

"That's not it-" Sergey sighed, leaning from one side to the next before he lowered his head in defeat.

"Okay, yeah fine, we'll fight him."

All of a sudden Yamamoto jolted. Wait- where was the other guy? Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but a deep seated instinct told him to be cautious and on guard now. A bit frantically he looked around seeing the bluehaired guy stand further behind Yamamoto starting to warm up himself as it seemed. Only now he noticed that the guy wore the scabbard of a katana by his side and when he looked back at Sergey noticed he was wearing a thinner sword.

"Well, let's get introductions out of the way. 'Sup, name's Sergey Shouta and the guy behind you is Ava Muramasa."

"Shouta? Muramasa? Are you both japanese?" Sergey blinked then quickly waved it off.

"Oh no no, those are fake last names-"

"Voi, quit the banter and warm up, the lot of you!"

"Yes, captain~"

The three of them individually warmed up, but Takeshi kept glancing over to the other two that were talking while they stretched. They didn't seem to be bothered too much by the physical exercise. But why would Squalo think that he needed 'serious improvement'? The Shigure Soen Ryu hadn't failed him yet and he had already gotten better in his technique, so why---

There was a loud whistle and all three of them stopped, eyes going towards Squalo.

"Ser, you go first, brat, you come here and put this jacket on." A bit confused Takeshi followed orders and looked at a Varia uniform jacket that he then put on. It fit him pretty well, maybe it was just a tad bit small, but not enough to be a problem.

"Captaaain~ Why do you have Avas old uniform jackeeet~?" Sergey asked teasingly with a grin on his face. In a rather surprising display of playfullness Squalo huffed and smirked back.

"Why do you wear scrunchies picked out by your sisters?"

"That's fair!" Sergey laughed as he went into the middle of a square that in itself was divided by more squares, slightly elevated from the ground. He drew his sword- Yamamoto believed it was a rapier?- and twirled it in his hand, eying Yamamoto with his striking golden eyes as if he tried to decypher him.

"Begin!"

Yamamoto waited a second. Then two, but no attack came. Sure, then he would start. As Yamamoto rushed at Sergey, the other stood still, rapier at the ready. He waited for him without any movement, almost causing Yamamoto to halt. Why isn't he doing anything? That short moment of hesitation was enough for the other to suddenly make a leap forward into a thrust. Just barely Takeshi managed to parry sideways and dodge, while Sergey closed his stance forward, twirling his blade, until he was back in position.

Only then did Takeshi realize it. His sword has a longer reach. A FAR longer reach.

Sergeys lips curled into a smug smirk, sending a shiver down Yamamotos spine. He noticed.

Taking advantage of the situation, Sergey moved forward again and engaged in trades of swings with Yamamoto who just in time, managed to steady himself to parry. He felt the form of the Shigure Kintoki wavering and gripped it tighter.

Sergey once again pulled back, for no real aparent reason, once again twirling his sword, almost as if he was giving Yamamoto a moment to breath and collect himself. Was he pitying him? Or was it mocking? Either way, Yamamoto took a deep breath to properly focus, now more wary of Sergeys movements. With the farther reach he needed to be really careful.

"Why did you bring him here?" Squalo turned his head from the fight in front to Ava by his side, noting the slight pout on his face and annoyance in his tone. Of course. This was only a natural reaction for him.

"Because he needs to get humbled for a moment so he can realize some basic facts."

"Hm." It was obvious that Ava wasn't exactly happy with that explanation, but kept his thoughts to himself. Still, no matter how much selfcontrol he had, he couldn't fool Squalo. He put his hand on Avas head and ruffled his hair affectionately.

"Come on, as if you don't wanna kick the brats ass and show him who's the OG student." Ava seemed to shift in his demeanor now, going from pouting and sulking to excited and observant as he watched the fight in front of them closely.

Takeshi was pushed back further, barely able to form an attack himself, mind racing at what to do. His reach is longer than mine and he moves so nimble and agile! I can barely make out any preparation movement, he doesn't use his whole body for the swing, so it's hard to gauge the speed of his swing. It's like he only uses his wrist-

A sudden realisation ran through Takeshi, just as Sergey managed to pierce the very edge of his right side. He felt the blade go through the jacket, but not scrape his skin or pierce any flash. Right in the next moment, Sergey tightly gripped the handle of his rapier, ready to slice sideways, if Yamamoto didn't jump back far enough to be out of reach again, the cut only scraping the leather of the uniform jacket. So that's why Squalo had asked him to wear it.

But why did he hesitate? He clearly could've swung right away. It's almost as if he waited until I was far away enough to not hurt me.

Was he underestimating him? Yamamoto had enough of this. Anger welling up in his stomach he went for the attack this time, only growing more aggravated when Sergey didn't move to parry. But he wasn't the only one able to stab!

Shigure Souen Ryu, 1st form: Shajiku no Ame!

With a massive lunge he pierced forward only for Sergey to do the most unexpected thing imaginable.

He threw the rapier, blade up in a curve over Yamamotos piercing trajectory, wrapped his arm underneath the Shigure Kintoki to then catch the handle of the rapier on it's way straight down. As soon as Sergey had a hold of his rapier again, he made a long step to the side, his rapiers blade flicked horizontal before it was draged right across Takeshis body, undernight his chest but above his stomach. He felt the impact, the weight of the slice and stumbled, the Shigure Kintoki stabing into the ground and Takeshi going to his knees, in shock and expecting the pain to set in any moment-

"VOI, SER! STOP FOOLING AROUND ALREADY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Eeeh?!" A bit unsure Sergey turned to his captain and pointed with the rapiers tip towards Yamamoto.

"I don't exactly wish to get into trouble with the DECIMO famiglia, because I irepairably sliced open their Rain Guardian."

"That's not your concern but MINE!"

"HUH?!"

Hold on-...

Yamamoto reached down to the spot where he had been sliced, still being able to recall the heft of the pressure, only to find only a clean but not very deep cut in the leather of the uniform. He had held back despite being in the position to cause him severe damage. Yamamoto got back up onto his feet, watching Sergey struggle with what he was ordered to do. Squalo sighed loudly.

"FINE! Then just defend and don't worry about attacking, if that makes you more comfortable, you fucking sponge."

"Ugh. Yes, captaaain.", Sergey said and put his rapiers blade between his legs, before he pulled the scrunchy off and reached back to pull his hair into a ponytail.

There was only one thing running through Yamamotos head at that very moment.

Ah. This guy is strong. I don't need to hold back or worry just because he is Squalos subordinate. He can handle it.

Before Sergey had gathered all of his hair Yamamoto had already started his attack. He swung, Sergey let himsef fall back to dodge, using his incredibly core strength to push himself back up clearly miffed.

"Canf ou waif a miwnude?!" He said with the scrunchy between his teeth only to have to jump back to dodge again. The rapier lost it's hold and Sergey extended his leg to kick the handle up slightly, only to then kick it behind Yamamoto with the other leg. The sword stuck in the ground at a slight angle and Ser was free to move now, dodging in lardger leaps, all while trying to tie his hair up.

"OI!", he complained, just as he made a massive jump over Yamamoto, finishing tying his hair midair, doing a one handed back hand spring and landing on one knee next to his rapier, pulling it out of the ground with his right hand.

Yamamoto rushed in again, this time however with far more killing intent.

Shigure Souen Ryu, 5th form: Samidare!

He swung with all intention to cause the other actual harm, but Sergey let the Shigure Kintoki crash into the broad side of the rapier, supporting the blade with his other arm. Yamamoto felt his katana slide upwards, gliding along the rapiers broad side as if led on a slide and Sergey managed to slip away through that very opening. Almost as if he had expected the faint. But there was no way he knew of the Shigure Souen Ryu, right?

Should he try to change his approach? Sergey seemed to be extremely nimble and acrobatic, maybe if he tried-...

Squalo sighed.

"Ava, warm up. You're next in a moment."

"He is too repetitive?" Ava asked, head turned to his captain.

"Something like that. Show the brat what a proper downpour is."

Avas lips curled into a smile.

It had been a few minutes now, but every time Yamamoto tried for an attack, Sergey managed to barely dodge his swings.

"Okay, quick question, why do you keep repeating the same stances over and over again?", Sergey asked after a while, twirling his rapier in his hand. Yamamoto rushed in again with a swing, this time however Sergey blocked the attack head on so that it became a small struggle for power, blade against blade. In a head on confrontation the katana still had a bit more leverage. And he was slowly getting the others rythm down.

"That's because the Shigure Souen Ryu is perfect, flawless and unbeatable."

"Hmm..." Sergey hummed, absolutely unfazed by what he said, before he angled his rapier and quickly clashed the handguard of his sword upwards against the Shigure Kintoki. It was an unexpected move that threw Yamamoto off balance, just enough for Sergey to grab his wrist and in the next moment kick swipe his legs from the ground. Yamamoto fell, but ultimately was prevented from crashing to the ground by Sergey holding tightly onto his wrist.

"That may be true. But for you to be able to say that, you should be able to properly use it."

What?

As if to be a good sportsman, Sergey pulled Yamamoto back up onto his feet and then let go.

"I think I get now what the captain meant, when he said that you still need serious improvement." Yamamoto listened carefully now, putting aside the fight for a second.

"You're not flexible. You behave like a child that just learned the rules to a game. But the point of rules is not to follow them. It's to understand them. Because as soon as you truly understand them, you will be able to mend, play and most importantly of all: break them."

"Voi! Well said, Sergey."

Yamamoto let the words repeat in his head over and over again. The point of rules is not to follow them? That made no sense whatsoever.

"Allright, Ava, switch in, I think it's best if he sees it for himself.", Sergey said as he turned around, untying his hair and left the ring. Confused Yamamoto wanted to protest, but Squalo was not interfering, so this must be all still in the framework of this training. Ava approached Sergey as the other was finishing replicating his old hairstyle and they gave each other a high five before Ava jumped onto the platform and went into position. There was something unsettling about this guy.

With a swift movement he lifted his katana, pointing at Yamamoto.

"Let me make one thing clear, Yamamoto Takeshi."

He speaks so formally, but he sounds pissed.

"I am Squalos succesor. I am his prodige and I will be the one to surpass him one day. You may be his project for now, but I am his lifelong goal. We are leagues apart. I have been wielding a sword before you had even met Sawada Tsunayoshi. I had become a full fledged swordsman before you even as much as touched a blade. So don't even think for a moment that you can best me in a duel."

Yamamoto blinked.

"Wow, you're really intense about this, huh?"

"Ava! Stop sounding like a homicidal jealous girlfriend!", Sergey yelled from the sidelines, but Ava didn't answer and instead pulled his sword back, going into position.

"He's not listening."

There was a moment of silence and Yamamoto went back into position.

"Begin!"

Immideatly a cold shower ran down Yamamotos spine. This bloodlust was something he had last felt this intensely with Reborn! That moment of hesitation put him at a disadvantage as Ava quickly closed the gap. If he hadn't forced himself out of his stupor, he couldn't have blocked the intense strike. His swings were far more hefty than Sergeys, utilizing the whole bodyweight of him so that Yamamoto was still thrown back significantly and had to refocus. Not that Ava gave him much time for that. One strike, then the next, then another, another one, and again, and again, and again, and again- relentlessly Ava attacked Yamamoto and forced him into the defense. And just when Yamamoto believed to have found a moment to start a counter attack, he was struck hard. To be exact he was struck twice. In a cross formation.

Yamamoto was thrown back, but the leather of the uniform jacket held against it and let him escape unharmed, except for whatever bruise he would take home from this. But that wasn't what occupied his mind.

"How do you know a Shigure Souen Ryu stance?!"

Sergey blinked.

"Was that one? I didn't really pay attention."

"Yes, he used the 8th stance."

"The eighth-- Hold on-" Sergey finally realized what had just happened and he sucked in air through his teeth.

"Damn, Ava is reaaaally petty, isn't he?"

With calm steps Ava approached Yamamoto, nothing but cold murder in his eyes.

"You mean the techniques you used against my brother during your fight for the Vongola rain ring? How could I not?"

Yamamoto felt like he was hearing wrong. He blinked once, let the words run through his head one more time, before he finally loudly exclaimed:

"Wait--! You're Squalos BROTHER?!"

That pulled Ava out of his murderous stride and he stopped in his tracks, before he turned around towards Squalo.

"Squ, you didn't tell him?!"

SQU?!

"It never came up.", Squalo said calmly and shrugged his shoulders.

"Captain, you're mean."

Yamamoto saw Avas whole face turn a bright red, up to his ears, before he turned around to face Yamamoto again. He looked upset, angry even, but it was a far more childish anger than the murder intent before.

"That's it! I'm going to kill you! I wanted to use the back of Hokori to disrespect you like you disrespected my brother, but to hell with that!"

"Hokori? You named your sword and called it 'Hokori'?", he asked earnestly, watching Ava get even more emberassed and red in the face, completely flustered.

"I feel like I am watching Ava getting bullied by Lorenzo.", Sergey commented.

"VOI!"

It got immideatly quiet.

"Ava! Calm down. Stand to your speech from the beginning of this match. You're a swordsman, aren't you?! Behave like one! Prove to that brat, that your skills are earned, not given with blood."

Yamamoto finally got up, scratching the back of his neck. He was about to ask what this was all about and why he should fight this guy, when a shudder ran through Takeshi. There was that murder intent again, but this time it was colder, sharper and deadlier. It was focused. Ava had snapped back into his concentration and this time Yamamoto actually felt like he was standing in front of a killer.

Ava rushed forward and Yamamoto managed to block him, then the next swing, then the next, but it didn't feel like he was actually trying to seriously hit Yamamoto. With the next swing that Yamamoto blocked Ava held against it so they were now face to face.

"The Shigure Souen Ryu is also just a school of swordstyle. In that regard it's not special." Again a lecture? He was slowly getting sick of this- Ava released the resistance, Yamamoto fell forward, so Ava turned his blade that Yamamotos sword slid off of. Then he used the back of his sword the push against Yamamotos back of his neck and lead him past.

"The world is predictable, you know? There is only so many ways to swing a sword. Only so many ways to block one. While there is always innovation, these fundamentals have remained for this long, due to their efficiency. But they are still the same: a swing and a block."

He turned to Yamamoto.

"The Shigure Souen Ryu-" He lifted his sword, the tip once more pointed at the other.

"-is just another way to swing a sword."

"But the point of rules is not to follow them. It's to understand them. Because as soon as you truly understand them, you will be able to mend, play and most importantly of all: break them."

Could that mean-

"Enough talking."

Ava went back into the offense, rushing at Yamamoto who was ready this time, blocking Avas strike with more confidence.

"Hee~ Not bad."

So I can finally get serious.

Ava hightened the pressure, using more unorthodox angles, to get Yamamoto off balance-

The next moment Ava felt Yamamoto angle his sword on his own, Avas blade loosing resistance and him balance for just a moment- before Yamamoto slammed his head straight into Avas face, sending him staggering back. The pain rushed through his brain and made his vision blurry for a moment before he managed to catch his breath. Warmth eminated from his nose, trailing down over his lips and down to his chin.

"I still have no real idea what any of what you said means, but I guess I am starting to get what's behind it." Yamamoto said with excitement in his voice, rubbing his forehead. Ava wiped his nose with his sleeve and couldn't help a small smile. Was he starting to enjoy himself? No, no, no. Surely not.

They clashed again, but this time it was Yamamoto who gave Ava a push to then pull his resistance back.

Trying to get me with my own techni-

As soon as he steadied himself by not leaning forward but keep his weight on his front leg, Yamamoto pushed further before he kicked Avas foot off the ground, even if for a second.

What?

Ava felt his balance drop as he fell forward. He quickly stabed his sword into the ground to stem off, reposition his leg on the ground and use his swiped of leg to kick Yamamoto in the face. He pushed himself forward, past the other to drop into a roll, pulling his sword out of the ground with the swift motion and getting up. A weird tingling feeling ran through Avas body and he could feel the sharp glare that Yamamoto sent him.

They both couldn't help but grin almost maniacly as their fighting spirit rose.

This is getting fun!

Squalo watched the two of them exchange blows and move more and more into unconventional positions, trying their best to somehow draw blood from the other. Like two wild beasts they went at each other, movements suddenly erratic and wild, out of form for anyone unfamiliar with swordfighting. But it was deliberate. Every backhand swing, every block, every pary, every step-

Naturally Ava was more experienced, his movements were more fluid and confident in its uniqueness while Yamamoto was driven by instinct and muscle memory, janky and often unpolished, yet all the harder to work against. The calm of a continues shower against the erattic nature of a downpour.

"You know, Ser. There is only so much a mentor can do for you. A teacher does just that. He teaches and then fucks off. They are an unattainable ideal to lust after. A rival, however is an obstacle that clashes with you over and over and truly tests your growth. It's not just that you have to get better than them. It's a constant sprint for the top."

Sergeys eyes widened.

"Don't tell me--- Captain... you did this for Ava?"

"Don't get me wrong, I brought the brat here to finally broaden his horizon, but hey, if I'm allready at it, why not kill two birds with one strike."

Sergey couldn't help a wide grin.

"As expected of you captain! You're always keeping the big picture in mind!"

Ava quickly unbelted the scabbard of his sword and as he parried Yamamotos next swing, he led it past him to the side, to then slap the other straight in the face with his blades scabbard.

Yamamoto let out a yelp and staggered back.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!"

He felt his lungs on fire, breathing as if he had just run a marathon. His muscles ached, some of which he hadn't even known he had. The last strike had left a laceration and he could feel the blood just running down his skin. But one look at Ava was enough. He was too a bit tired. He tried to hide it as much as possible, but Yamamoto could still discern the heavier breathing.

"That's enough!"

Squalos loud voice thundered through the quiet underground and the two swordsmen looked up and towards him.

"I think It sank in a bit now, didn't it?"

Yamamoto looked at Ava, then at the Shigure Kintoki.

"Well- here and there it still turned back... but I think... I get it. If you get the basics down properly until they're second nature you can actually aply it all in different ways."

"Something like that. Get down you two. And let Ser treat your wounds."

The adressed grinned as he held up the traininghalls first aid kit and waved them to the bench to sit down and get patched up.

"This jacket is really sturdy!"

"Naturally, we have to be properly equipped, when we head to dangerous missions.", Sergey explained as Yamamotoi sat down and let his forhead be inspected.

"And this one is your old one?" Ava didn't answer to the inquirry, looking away.

"Don't take it personal-", Sergey already tried to console, when Ava simply mumbled

"good fight."

Quickly Sergey shut up, a smile on his lips as he continued to bandage Yamamotos head.

"You're... not that bad. You just have to polish what you can already do."

Wuaaaah, Ava is definitely pouting, Sergey thought, but kept quiet.

"Yeah, I had fun too! I look forward to fighting you again!" Surprised Ava now finally looked at Yamamoto, confuson on his face.

"Why... do you want to fight again?"

"Huh? Isn't it obvious? That was a great workout! I hadn't felt such a thrill ever since the last national quarterfinals! So I suppose we're rivals now!"

"Rivals...?" Ava repeated as if he wanted to truly taste the word on his tongue.

Rivals. Someone who actually competed with him in the same craft. Someone who competed with him in the same ring, using the same weapon. Not like his rivalry with Lorenzo which was based purely on ego and a bit of lust. No this felt more intimate and... somehow friendlier.

Avas whole face softened as a smile graced his lips and his cheeks got a slight pink tint.

"Yeah. I'd like that."

[social-muffin]

This scene!!!! 💜☁️💜

This is the first time we actually see TYL!Hibari Kyoya. And this one panel brings with it a whole entire slew of my headcanons!!!

Because Kyoya said 'It's been a long time Namimori' which immediately makes me think that he left Namimori quite a while ago. Perhaps several years. Which brings me a whole slew of questions to be answered!

Why did TYL!Hibari say this?

When did he leave?

Did he leave willingly or did he feel forced to go?

Was he just on a mission, or does Foundation require that he permanently be away from Namimori to do his resesarch himself?

Where was he? Was he in Italy? If so, does that mean he happened to witness the fall of Vongola's Italian branch?

Why did he come back? Obviously to protect the teenage Vongola, but did he have a personal reason? An ulterior motive?

Was this the excuse he needed to get back to Namimori, or... Would he rather avoid tending to Namimori in person?

OR!! Is all this moot and he's just being dramatic? Like he was gone for a week on some random retrieval/beat em up mission and he's bitter about it?

Do consider just a few panels before or after this TYL!Yamamoto claimed this when talking about Kyoya: 'I was just on a mission myself, so I have no idea where that guy is.' All of which, to me, indicates that Kyoya moves about frequently. Within or outside of Namimori's borders.

I have headcanons for allll of these questions, but I'm also gonna let the community participate in this! Reblog this with your ideas, or tell me your headcanons in the comments! I will try to reply or interact with everyone as well as reblog this myself with my own headcanons!! :D

Edit: Finally found the Panel of TYL!Yamamoto I mentioned!

[whiskeysmulti]

@sovereigntism replied to your post “"Why not just kiss us both?"”:

(King eye zoomed so hard, what's going on?? XD))

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.Whiskey. Chaos is going on because @queenharumiura asked Yamamoto if he'd rather kiss Dera or Squaletta and TYE Yama said Gokudera, but TYL said he couldn't answer because he'd be in trouble with both of them if he picked so it was neither of them lol

[zoroara]

For fun, I decided to make a bunch of Gijinkas for box weapons. I focused on the Vongola Guardian’s weapons here but I did design the Varia’s and some of the Millefiore(mostly the fake wreaths for obvious reasons) too as well as some extras. I’ll put a link to them in this post when I eventually get to them! But these were so fun to do! Vongola || Varia || Millefiore || Misc.

Below the cut is an explanation of my process when designing them.

So first off as you may notice with all of them, I didn’t really want to have actual animal parts to them. It tends to feel like cheating at least to me, and I wanted the challenge of figuring out alternate ways of having ears and tails. Additionally of the few gijinkas I had seen of box animals they did seem like they were just. The user but slightly different. I obviously didn’t want to go down that route. I mostly wanted to keep their colours shared with the box weapon though in some I had to add in some just for balance. Now let’s get into the specifics!

Natsu Natsu our nervous little guy, I immediately had ideas for. I had to do a hoodie to get that sort of mane, and so he had something to hide if when he gets nervous. I felt Tsuna’s box weapon would probably dress more casually than others even if Natsu is in fact a lion. The hardest part I had with him was the colours, as he’s very brightly coloured so figuring out how to balance that without it being too obnoxious was a challenge. Funny enough the Blue is actually from his helmet, it was actually the black I needed to add for a filler colour.

Uri Uri was a fun one, she felt like she should have more of an edgy design, mostly probably because of his more aggressive personality... and probably because of Gokudera tbh. I thought the best way to incorporate the cat ears was probably the bandana. The chain tail however is my favourite part of this design. It was very hard for me to decide what his colours should be for the exact same reason as Natsu. She has way too many bright colours and in the end I had to break my rule again and add blue for him.

Jiro This one, now Jiro and Kojiro I kind of wanted to be twins in face and have opposite hair to each other. Jiro I had decided would be the more playful of the two, probably due to. Y’know dog and being the younger Yamamoto’s in the first place. Jiro was actually very easy to design, for the probably obvious reason of the dog was already wearing things. So it was easy to figure out where the colours should go. Though, I do like the bow I made for his curly tail either way.

Kojiro As stated above I wanted Kojiro to be the more serious of the twins(though still just as kind). Mainly because he was the TYL Yamamoto’s first, who was shown to be more serious though still goofy at times. Kojiro being well a swallow meant I needed to figure out how to incorporate his wings and signature split tail into the design, ending up as a bit of a fancier boy than expected with a cape and a tailed suit. Of course I had to make those weird ear things headphones, it just felt right. By the way, getting the colours for this bird was incredibly hard, it’s never not covered in rain flame so I had to eyeball it.

Roll Roll was fun, mostly because thanks to them being a hedgehog that means I get to put a lot of spikes. They genuinely hurt my hand by the end, but anything for this baby I guess. The purples from the belt are actually from their more armored form as I wanted to pull something more reminiscent there without incorporating weird padding into the design. Overall I may have a slight bias on this one due to personal tastes of wanting that jacket.

Mukurowl Now, you probably have questions. Questions such as ‘Why is Mukurowl, the one that you could have definitely just made Mukuro, not Mukuro?” Well there is two answers. One is, I did not want to. The second is that the box weapon is literally a rain box weapon that was somehow possessed by Mukuro to become a mist box weapon and later upgraded to be a full mist box. I really wish I knew how that worked but that’s not something we can answer here. Of course, I felt with him being possessed he would probably hide the eye a bit more than Mukuro does now which is why the long swipe of hair over his face, and just a little bit of a touch of Mukuro hints otherwise with the long ponytail that the TYL has. Otherwise I just went with the vibes that he would be a fancy man with sleeves that are wings and a suit that drapes nicely into a tail. I was worried there was too much white as I was colouring but I think it looks good now.

Gyuudon Oh Gyuudon was a hard one, for many reasons. 1. He’s a bull, just a straight up Bull with armour. 2. He is an almost completely black bull, this did not leave a lot of colour options. So there was a bit of a struggle, Eventually I decided I wanted him to look like he was ready for combat, but not exactly an aggressive force despite that. Large and intimidating of course but someone who’s more defensive. So there was some armour and a bullet proof vest like elements incorporated for that. I didn’t wanna go fully armoured because at a certain point he may look more like a storm trooper or a knight which while neat felt overkill in comparison to the rest. Also a friend offered that maybe he should have a nose ring and honestly I can’t say no to a neat piercing.

Gyaruu Now Gyaruu in comparison, oh did I immediately have ideas for her. It helped she already had some things to add to the design but otherwise there was a lot of freedom. Of course I needed to have a more sporty design due to the boxing gloves that came with and not just because of Ryohei. The tied jacket becoming her tail and the bandages on her head being her ears were fun little things for me to figure out what I could use without treading over what the other designs already had.

[hopeswriting]

#i did see muffin's pregnancy theory in the notes and i can also definitely see that being an option #but oooooo booooiiii does that have some Implications for Aria (or a potential 4th Sky Arco we don't know about who held the pacifier #until Aria was able to take over the curse herself which considering uni got it at like 7...) #based on aria's appearance we're probably looking at 30-40 years of these arcos including the future arc #that's almost a sky per decade which is a horrific turnover rate #though that is assuming aria is luce's pregnancy which idk if that's actually explicitly confirmed vs implied #vs breadcrumbs we all ran with

via @ravensilversea

@ravensilversea do you remember when it's said the sky flames are the addition of all the other flames? I tried to find it in the manga but i couldn't. And the way i remember it, i thought that was just fanon? 🤔 Was it in the manga or anime? Because you know what the anime can be like lol @hopeswriting I swear the anime's Future Arc exists solely to cause me pain. So, I can't find anything that explicitly says Sky Flames are a conglomeration of all the other flame types (*gets smacked with the That's Actually Fanon Bat once again* lol). However, in Ep 79, Lal says "The waves running through your body is the energy necessary for producing flames from the rings... The size and balance of the waves are determined when you're born. The waves, the rings, and the boxes…. All three must be of the same class or the box will not open. Out of the seven classes, sky is the only one capable of opening all of the boxes. That is one of sky's advantages. Few possess sky waves." And in Ep 76, TYL!Yamamoto explicitly calls these waves Deathperation Flames In this case, I think fanon took that and Gokudera's Sistema CAI which relies on him having 5 flame types to use it completely and extrapolated to "Sky Flames are a composite flame", especially since Sky Flames are noted to be rare and Gokudera is the only character shown to even have a snowball's chance in hell of using Sistema CAI given most everyone else is seen with 1 or 2 flame types at most

putting our replies here so people who might want to pitch in have all the information more easily!

okay so, i'm actually a bit disappointed sky flames being the combination of all other flames is just canon, because it really would have answered the question so nicely. (LOL, big mood tbh. it's okay, it happens to the best of us. 😭😂)

about sepira, i can get behind her having been a sky, but it's unlikely she was the (first) sky arcobaleno (tho i did talk about how we could make that work anyway lol). and it's fun how you brought up the idea of her having been the sky arco for multiple generation of arco, because i also thought it's one way it could have gone! and why it could have come to go this way despite them creating the pacifiers specifically so humans could bear them. but that only works if we agree sepira could have been a sky arco at some point, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

on the other hand, it's very safe to assume humans aren't suited to bear the trinisette. like, as much as the trinisette as we have it in canon was created with the express purpose of having humans bear it, it still doesn't change that it's an earthling job to do, and so there's naturally drawbacks/side effects to humans bearing them. but why one of those drawbacks would be specific to the sky pacifier? well actually, i guess it could be because canonically it's the most powerful part of the trinisette, but why in the form of a short lifespan instead of the toddlerization like for everyone else? especially because now you mention it, we also know that canonically sky flames users are rare to begin with! so if three sky arco per arco generation is the average number of sky arco per arco generation ever since they created the pacifiers? it IS horrific and aslo seems totally counterproductive.

but you know, wouldn't kawahira/sepira would have realized that too? and that they didn't do anything to change it seems to reinforce the idea the sky pacifier just has to work like that for one reason or another. and i just really can't figure out what that reason could be.

oh right, also. aria is luce's daughter, yeah! like it's never said outright, but you know. uni is called luce's granddaughter, and we know for a fact she is aria's daughter, so yeah.

Apologies I am late to this conversation but I always assumed the reason Aria and Uni were not made into babies was just because of how they received the pacifiers. That Luce was still a baby, and most likely whoever of the orange pacifiers was cursed through the events of the representative battle or the fated day became babies but their descendants who were cursed outside of it didn’t. Did I just make that all up in my mind for all these years?

Why is Luce always drawn as a baby then?

hi nonny, thank you for your ask!

well idk about you making it all up in your mind lol, but as much as canon doesn't deny it, it also doesn't imply it's the case. and imo the way i see it, i don't see why it'd be the case?

like i agree the representative war and the fated day are the "official" ways to be cursed, yet they're still two different ways to go about it, right? and canon tells us that either way, the sky arco aren't turned into babies. so when it comes to the third way of inheriting the pacifier like with the sky arco, i don't see why the rules of the sky arco's curse should suddenly change in that case. like, they still end up cursed the exact same way as luce was/the other arco are, aren't they? like, the weight and technicalities of the curse stay the same no matter what, so that's why to me, it makes more sense that it'd still operate under the same rules. that said, your reasoning holds up just as well in canon too, so if you like it better, by all means stick with it!

now why IS she always drawn as a baby lmao. 😭 that sure is the million-dollar question nonny. (outside the anime, that is, which isn't canon, but even in the manga it happens.) like, as much as byakuran explicitly states that the forms of the sky arco don't change in the rainbow arc (and that in exchange they're cursed with a short lifespan), there's still mixed signals in the manga that kind of contradicts that. but well, amano went out of her way to make byakuran say that, so that's what i personally go with and stick with anyway. if for no other reason than because, like. imagine you're cursed just the same as your fellow arco, with you being turned into a baby and having your flames constantly stolen by the pacifier, but then you, specifically, are also cursed with a short lifespan going forwards just because???

also if the short lifespan is in exchange for them not being turned into babies, then it also explains why the arco are turned into babies to begin with. looking at those two facts together, it seems that the weight of the curse is too heavy for their normal bodies to bear it without them meeting an early death, and one way or another, them being turned into babies makes them more suitable to bear it for longer. (which of course both kawahira and the trinisette would gain from it, because it means they can feed off their flames for longer amount of time at a time.)

[arealmunited]

Pillow (I feel this is something Chrome might do for Yamamoto)

' take a break ' ... sentence starters @astrxthesiai

Yamamoto hadn’t even realized how tired he was until he placed his head on the desk for a few seconds trying to get some relief from the headache that he had.  He would only rest for a few seconds before getting back to work.  Which is how he lost track, was he asleep for only a few seconds or a few hours who knew at that point.

His eyes slightly opened when he felt his head lifted and what felt like a jacket placed under his head.  If he was anywhere else but the Vongola base he would have been concerned, but here he knew he was mostly safe.  Opening one eye he managed to catch Chrome walking out of his office.

“Thanks.”  He muttered before letting out a muffled yawn.

[fightingthetides]

sender  brings  receiver  to  their  knees  during  training . (for TYL!Yamamoto)

[Original] ||Accepting|| @squaletta [Testing phase meme response]

When his knees touch the floor, there is a millisecond where he grimaces. The blade held at his neck is retracted. Eyebrows furrowed and a mental click of the tongue, but as soon as it appeared on his face, it was just as quick to fade away like it was washed away with a rip tide.

“Looks like it’s your win this time, Squaletta.” A tinge of amusement laced his tone, which contrasts with the brief aggrieved expression on his face earlier.

There were many times during their training sessions over the years where it was exactly the same- with her besting him. Understandable considering she had more experience under her belt, and she had the skills to match. That said, it didn’t mean that he always lost.

If you take their entire battle score into account, it was evident who had more skill. What was it again? If he had spent more time focusing on the sword than on baseball, he may have more mettle. Something like that. He doesn’t regret the way he spent his youth as baseball was an integral part of who he was and who he is today.

His uneasy footing was the cause of his downfall this time (quite literally so) and he could see it in her eyes that she was both unamused and unconvinced of her victory. Knowing of his skill, and knowing of how much more he could handle, it wasn’t nearly enough to satiate her appetite for a good battle.

Training or not, each spar was a battle meant to find a winner through an arduous symphony of exchanges. He gets up off the floor, dusting himself off, avoiding eye contact with the vice-commander of the Varia. No, he wasn’t afraid of her gaze nor what was to come. Just as she had her own modus operandum, he had his own methods. Taking a deep breath, he fills his lungs with air until he feels the bite of needing to exhale.

Expelling the air from his lungs, the look in his eyes grow cold and piercing like the blade in his hand. “That wasn’t enough for you, right? Come.” He points the end of the blade her way, tauntingly. Just the way to excite her instincts to jump right back into the throes of battle.

[queenharumiura]

Send me a KHR ship pairing and i'll tell you: Yamamoto x Squaletta

[My KHR ship game] ||Accepting|| @squaletta Reminder: As with the last one, take my thoughts with a grain of salt because I can only work based off what I know of Squaletta and I don’t know everything about her. In other words forgive any and all inaccuracies.

Hate it |Am Neutral to it|Ship it| love it! |

Hmm… so you’ve asked for Squaletta before so I can probably recycle some bits as the character thoughts for some parts will remain the same. So, if some parts sound familiar… there is a reason for it lol. Since answering the last one, I don’t think I received any new information I didn’t have before, and I don’t believe you’ve written out some of the information that I know in a bio page yet, so I won’t speak too in depth on some things.

Those disclaimers finished, let’s move on.

I think I told you before that I’m pretty neutral to the ship in general though moving towards slight dislike in regards to Squalo and Yamamoto. I suppose I just strongly bias over other ships instead with Yamamoto so Squalo x Yamamoto get pushed down. (For reference, I am a biased queen and I love Gokudera and Yamamoto, Haru and Yamamoto, and Hibari and Yamamoto. Can you tell I bias over 10th gen?) ANYWAYS. A part of my reservation comes from the age gap. Yamamoto from the start is 14, while Squalo is 22, so that’s like a 8 year gap. It isn’t to say that I’m totally against it because of it, but I would require certain circumstances to be okay with it, like a ship only happening in the adult years for one- which would already be the case since you write TYL verses.

I know people IRL with larger age gaps and they’ve met later in life, so an age gap of 8- though a bit difficult to work with at times because of the maturity differences there can be, I’m not against it. That’s just the explanation for why I’m on the fence with the ship in general.

Now to ACTUALLY start (for real this time).

To talk about Yamamoto and Squaletta as a ship, one of which is a canon divergent gender bend, it’s hard to say something is truly canon or otherwise. There are various Yamamoto muses that you write with, and so the circumstances of background stories and set up vastly differ how a ship can go and whether or not I’m personally on board with it or not.

Just based off how I personally see Yamamoto and understand him, Yamamoto is the kind of guy who has a lot of trust and respect for those around him, and authority is actually something that means something to him. He puts a lot of respect to those above him or his superiors (such as coaches or teachers). He may act freely and may have a bit of a flippant side to him occasionally, he does really respect people. IF there is a Yamamoto that viewed Squaletta as a teacher, I do not see him forming romantic feelings for the person. HE would not cross those boundaries, and he would only really see them as a teacher and respect that role for what it is. So, in my opinion, if a ship were to happen, he cannot view Squalo/Squaletta as his teacher. Instead, viewing them as a comrade or a fellow more experienced swords(wo)man is fine.

I’ve mentioned it before, but in the case of my Yamamoto, he does not see Squaletta as his teacher. For me, with the way that he is and how strong his convictions are about his faith in his father’s Shigure Souen-Ryu, he will only see his father as his teacher. You can make the case of Reborn during the TYL arc, but I honestly get the vibe that Yamamoto doesn’t see Reborn as his teacher either. First of all, he knows full well that Reborn is Tsuna’s tutor, and he won’t do a thing like ‘stealing’ someone’s teacher. Secondly, Reborn was there to help train Yamamoto and hone his skill since there wasn’t an appropriate person who can help him until Squalo/Squaletta came. Even then, he more likely viewed it as Squalo/Squaletta volunteering their time to help train Yamamoto and instill some of their experience into him to make him stronger.

He wasn’t actively trying to learn everything he could from either of them to then forge their teachings into himself. He was taking in their pointers and advice and adapting it to work with the Shigure Souen-Ryu. The ONLY teacher he will acknowledge for swordsmanship is his father, the one who ‘birthed him’ as a swordsman through teaching him the ways.

I will finish this thought by saying that if anyone disagrees with me, that’s totally okay! This is just how I personally see him and how I personally will characterize my own Yamamoto- is all. If anyone believes that Yamamoto views other tutors as his teachers and respects them as such, all the power to you! I think it makes sense! It just doesn’t work with my characterization is all =w=

Moving on.

How Yamamoto views Squaletta is that she is a strong and independent woman. I’ve mentioned to you before in private that part of the appeal of what makes Squaletta so interesting as a character is her drives, her motivations, and the way she interacts with people. She’s different, and I don’t mean that in the ‘I’m not like the other girls~’ kinda thing. She’s different as a person in general. To be honest, that’s to be expected of Varia-Quality. She’s just built different (I love the built different meme) and that’s what makes her so funny (Yamamoto’s words, not mine). He finds some of her reactions to be funny, and he finds it so fascinating to see how mad she gets at him at times.

You’ve mentioned before: “When he was younger, she admonished him to take swordsmanship seriously because she saw his talent and potential. She tried to help him and still tries to help him. They are not in the position of superior and inferior - teacher and pupil. She may sometimes sound like a teacher because she is more experienced in swordsmanship and is dominant and bosssy, but those are her personality traits. She is very happy to tell him what he is doing wrong. XD” [ß lol yes from discord]

This is something he’ll better understand later in life, but when he was younger, he kind of saw her as a fussy swords senpai who is getting mad at him for having two priorities. Why can’t he like both things? If he’s doing well, what’s the problem if he does it? In canon Squalo even says ‘I know you have the ability to do both, you have the talent for it!’ and I’ll say that I BET that inside his head he thought ‘Then what’s the problem, haha?’ Someone cure him of his idiocy, please. Lol Like I said, he understands it later on in life. She didn’t want his talent to go to waste, and she wanted for him to really hone his skill because he clearly had the talent for it.

People just don’t like to see wasted talent, especially if they too had talent. Does this mean he’ll regret all the time he spent on baseball? No, it was a part of him and his history. It was a big part of who he is, and he’ll never regret that.

So, I mentioned just moments ago that he felt that Squaletta was like a fussy swords senpai. He has a lot of respect for his upperclassman and such. He has a lot of trust for those he acknowledged, and so that is why he REALLLYYY disliked Xanxus for a long time. He heard/saw the way that Xanxus treated her. To see someone he greatly respects being treated that way does not sit well with him. So, he probably asked about it one day and then she explained that they’re basically friends who trust each other a lot and that’s simply how they operate. They just banter a lot. He’ll then realize: OH! Just like me and Gokudera! [they fight a lot] He’ll be okay with Xanxus after that. Grudges don’t last long with this one.

I do think that he could’ve possibly had a small budding crush on her but literally never realized it. He’s a lil… daft when it comes to introspection, so I really don’t think he would easily realize if he were to have feelings for someone. His focus is usually elsewhere like his swordsmanship or baseball, so he doesn’t usually have the time to even contemplate on his feelings in particular. Not only that, whenever he did have a small baby crush it would’ve been when he was young, and she obviously wouldn’t have any feelings for him then or I’d really start questioning things like—why you looking at a young teen like that? B<

Therefore his small baby crush would’ve been short lived and then he’s simply move on with his life. He spent some time in Italy when Tsu-chan moved there as an exchange program, and then he went back to Japan. In TYL times, he does still primarily stay in Japan, but he does visit Italy quite often. From there, he would’ve have more dealings with Squaletta. Now we’re finally getting to the part that you’re actually curious about, I think. LOL 1500+ words to finally start talking about the actual premise of the ask.

If they were to ship together, they would’ve had to once he was an adult, and probably happen because she started to notice how accomplished he’d become as a swordsman. With all the experiences in battles honing his blade to such a razor sharp point, I think that would be one reason for her to start actually noticing him and not just see him as a fledgling chick who is just ‘playing around’ with his sword. In the TYL timeline, he is fully capable of holding his own, even against the Varia, and that would make him a fun opponent to spar against. Yamamoto’s ability to go from 8D to >B| in a matter of seconds is something wild and for someone who has a bit of a feral element to her, I bet that’s EXCITING.

My gut instinct tells me it’s these small points that has her noticing him and slowly start to come to like him more and more. Over time she starts to realize that she thinks about him more than she should, and find a lot of things about him cool or somewhat cute. His carefree attitude may have irritated her when he was real young, but maybe now it’s a little bit endearing. It’s like gap moe to have him have a carefree and cute side that contrasts the sharp and cold attitude he has when in the midst of battle. The duality of a person is very fun to witness.

Knowing that not many get to see both sides of him (and live to tell the tale) would be a reason for anyone to feel honored and special. Just things like that help some feelings form- is my guess.

Being the strong and independent woman that she is, where she cares about her sense of self, her right to herself, and being in control of what happens to herself, it would be good to have someone who could truly treasure her and treat her with respect. Yamamoto has a casual gentleness to him, and he’s respectful in his own ways. He would never do anything he knows bothers her. He’s more aware than others usually give him credit for. It wouldn’t be hard for him to have noticed that Squaletta normally doesn’t like to be touched by others. Knowing that, he is careful about giving her her space. It’s the small things of consideration to show that he cares to respect her and took the time to notice.

It's commonly noted that she’s a bit of a huntress, and has the instincts of a killer/hunter, so it would make sense for her to also like a man who is capable. Someone who has the ability to fend for themselves adequately is just the bare minimum. It’s super important from a romance perspective because being around a Varia member can mean someone could be in danger. I’m sure people can recognize the flag of the Varia and possibly also the uniform. So being seen around her is like walking around with a target. So Yamamoto being able to protect himself is very important.

If you take some of those things into consideration, it gives the feel of… Squaletta having a preference towards men who not only can treat her well. Like I said in Dino’s thing, I do think that treating her like a woman is also important to her as well. Yes, she’s a swordswoman who should be respected, she’s the vice-commander of the fearsome Varia—but she’s also a woman. Don’t forget that she’s a woman in favor of respecting her for her accomplishments. It is only right to require both. Respect her for her titles and accomplishments, but don’t lose the sense of treating her well as she should. Every person, regardless of how capable they are, should still feel like they are cared for and appreciated. No one wants to be in a relationship where their partner doesn’t make them feel courted. Her love is not easy to come by, so you better actually fight and work hard for it!

Like I said, Yamamoto does have some awareness of things around him. He’s quickly notice things about Squaletta and her actions. He can tell that even if she acts rough or whatever, she doesn’t mean it with ill intent. She only means it either teasingly or out of care. Having someone who can understand you is very important, and the fact that Yamamoto is a pretty easy going guy, it’s also equally as important that she’d be with someone who doesn’t have thin skin. She couldn’t be with someone who gets hurt over every small thing, but they can’t be too thick-skinned either. If they are, then they won’t really understand a lot of the nuances behind her actions. If she’s going out of her way to push past her comfort zone or anything and the other party doesn’t realize it? That’s almost insulting, like you’re taking her good will for granted or not even appreciating it. HOW DARE YOU- is the vibe that I get from her. She has standards and refuses to settle for less.

She more than likely didn’t think she’d ever have a romance considering she cared so much about swords and fighting. She probably didn’t have romance in the brain a lot, so if she’s going to be in an actual romantic relationship, the person had BETTER BE WORTH IT. Therefore, I think Yamamoto having those qualities is a good thing, because she can be assured that he understands her and would be willing to travel through life with her. He won’t die such a pitiful death, and she can trust him to forge a path on his own, but still be close by to her so that if she ever looks for him, he’s right there. She really values independence and self-will, so she wouldn’t impose her way of life on someone. She’d respect him for his goals and aspirations.

Of course, this isn’t to say that she wouldn’t doesn’t care if they are apart. I get the feeling that if Squaletta were to actually fall in love with someone, my gut feeling tells me that she is the kind of person who falls hard in love with her lover. She still loves space and independence, but when with her lover, she enjoys having moments of closeness with them. She loves to feel the heat of the passion of their love, to really prove to her that what they have is real and powerful. It isn’t something that she could ever tire of.

(in the back of my mind, I feel like when she realizes she’s in love and notices that she can actually enjoy soft moments over fighting… is when she can somewhat understand how he felt about baseball and the sword. In those moments, there can exist something that means more to her than a fight)

In that way, Squaletta can learn about the more gentler things in life with Yamamoto. It’s also so important that Yamamoto is an accepting guy. She can feel assured that he won’t ever demean her for being herself. He won’t chastise her for being loud, bossy, snarky, etc. He won’t ever try to change her as he’s accepted her for who she is and he came to love her anyways. That is a really important thing to her is what my instincts tell me.

Like I said before, he finds her amusing at times. I think any time she teases him, it reminds him of how he tends to tease and make jokes a lot to make light of situations. He would secretly wonder to himself if it’s a part of his influence that she’ll tease more often. Even if it’s not true, let him believe it. It makes him happy lol.

To know that she’d allow him to touch her hair (referencing the one meme), it’s really important to him, because it would show him that she really cares for him and trusts him. She is really trusting him and letting herself be more vulnerable around him. It is so easy to just grab someone by the hair and disarm them, so it’s actually really big that she’d let him touch and play with her hair. Not only that she’d allow him to help her address a wound. I understand that that meme was sent during my testing phase so it’s not a canon event, but the fact remains that you sent it. It thereby means that in TYL, Squaletta WOULD trust him enough to be around when she’s injured. For beasts and warriors alike, being injured means you’re more vulnerable and you’re more than likely to be hostile towards anyone—unless you actually trust them.

For Yamamoto, having someone trust him that much is PEAK goodness. It’s like baseball, where teamwork is really important and having trust that your teammates will be there for you. As such, trust, compatible teamwork, and faith in someone is really big factors in if he’ll like someone. Small things like that actually would be the start of him catching FEELINGS TM. It leaves a bit impression on him.

They truly would be a power couple LOL. They can fight and have eachothers back. I can absolutely see the playful banter between them if they’re fighting together and Yamamoto takes out an enemy behind her who was about to slice her—imagine?

‘I knew they were there, I could’ve handled it myself.’

‘I know, but I could’ve handled it quicker, so I did.’

Just the casual air between them built off of trust in each other and their skills is PEAK, and it would SOOO piss off all the enemies like FUCK OFF with your flirting? DIE, ACTUALLY. Alas, they always die to the blade of the power duo. SIGHHHHH (kekek)

Will say that I do think that in a relationship they both do maintain a level of independence. I feel they MUST due to their jobs. She’s in the Varia and he’s a guardian, so that independence they both have is actually a really good thing because then they can still focus on their duties and not slack off. BOTH people could not handle a slacker. Squaletta would probably rather murder someone than date a slacker, and Yamamoto couldn’t really be with someone who doesn’t have drive. It would make him feel a bit stifled.

So the fact that they both can understand that in eachother and be accepting of distance between them is actually a really REALLY good thing about them. When they are together though, Yamamoto is an openly affectionate person and I think she could be too once she falls in love. So, they embody the phrase ‘time and place.’ When on the job, they are serious and dedicated, but when they’re together, they can be soft… they can be calm and enjoy the atmosphere… they can just… be there in the moment and that’s so sweet.

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Let’s see… as for some cute ideas… unfortunately I will have to cheat you on this. Any ideas that I put here may be things that I may plan on using in the future for interactions and I don’t like to give out spoilers like that. I tend to think of cute ideas that I want to do in advance and I really look forward to using them—so I don’t want to give out any spoilers.

Sorry! Look forward to things for whenever we do develop a solid (romantic) relationship between them!

[squaletta]

🚢 with your trashymoto

𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐓

Bold all that definitely applies, italicize what could potentially apply. Feel free to add more if you think certain options are missing or you just want to add more.

do i ship our characters together?: yes | no | not yet but maybe soon

would i like to ship with you?: yes (we already ship) | maybe, i'm willing to try | no

type of relationship i could see: childhood or high school sweethearts | exes | engaged | married | long-term relationship | crushes | unrequited love | fling | long distance | online relationship | just dating | new relationship | toxic lovers | friends with benefits

tropes i'd enjoy writing for them: friends to lovers | enemies to lovers | exes to lovers | fake relationship/dating | forbidden love | grumpy and sunshine | star-crossed lovers | surprise pregnancy | second chance | soulmates | amnesia/mistaken identity | forced proximity | secret relationship | slow burn relationship

would i rather plot first or jump right in and see where it goes?: develop their relationship first (they slowly develop their relationship romantically, but really slowly XD) | jump right in | something in between ( what specifically? )

what now?: let's plot something | send me shippy memes | i'll send you shippy memes | write me a random starter | i'll write you a random starter

anything else i want you to know about me/my character/my shipping habits: You know that Squaletta likes teasing conversation, but as far as romantic intimacy is concerned, she is a bit… insecure because she has a problem with showing her vulnerability to someone else. She doesn't have a problem with sexual things, but she has a problem with intimacy and romantic gestures when she likes someone. Yes, she is a little weird. She wants to be loved, but she doesn't know how to let someone close when she has a problem with trust.

[rebo-chan]

Hello!!

You are absolutely not bothering me with the reblog, not at all!! But you are absolutely right, I totally agree!! The original post and this subsequent ask were a super feel good post so we were definitely looking at more of the sweeter actions to read here more than anything. But, there are also numerous actions that sort of imply a negative or at best morally grey interpretation of a character. To clarify, I should say that I'm not someone who sort of blindly dislikes Iemitsu. I totally understand that a lot of the bad baggage put on him is done by Tsuna and Tsuna alone, while he does do things that are generally considered good. (As you mentioned, finding Tsuna's mist guardian) I do actually think that Iemitsu DOES try to bond with Tsuna. In the anime, there's a scene at the start of Varia arc where Iemitsu asks Tsuna if he'd like to go catch their food together and Tsuna rejects. A lot of the hostility here is coming from Tsuna.

My point of the original post was that the bonds in KHR never really needed to outright say that characters were close but rather showed us it through its actions.

That being said, KHR is also good with actions that need more of a deeper look into them as you brought up or that may have that negative/morally grey connotation that I mentioned. For example, Tsuna killing Byakuran and not regretting it, Xanxus laughing when Squalo "died" during Varia arc, the first half of Enma's character arc, etc etc. These characters are not perfect even to each other all the time. Iemitsu included.

To explain what I said that you're responded, as I was talking about bonds originally rather than individual characters, Tsuna himself does not view Iemitsu as a great dad or a particularly present one when he needs him. He left, having Nana convince him that he was dead, and only seems to show up when it's convenient for him in TSUNA's eyes. Obviously, the audience gets a bit bigger of a picture in order to make more nuanced opinions of Iemitsu. But those two's bond while not necessarily nonexistent is a very fragile one that causes Tsuna a lot of issues. Specifically in Rainbow arc, where Reborn has to, as you mentioned, have Tsuna recheck his arrogance. Which is a whole other can of worms. I do think its safe to say that their bond is really messed up due to mistakes on both characters parts.

As for how the kind of Tsuna we see becomes someone like TYL Tsuna? An open question for sure. But from what we do see from Tsuna's actions, there can be some interpretations made. We see that Tsuna while being slow to anger does not HANDLE his anger well. Varia arc, seeing Timoteo in Gola Mosca and turning to Xanxus and saying he won't let him succeed the ninth. Future arc, obviously he kills Byakuran. Shimon arc, he agrees to the inheritance ceremony for the sake of avenging Yamamoto nothing else and then proceeds to snap at Enma saying that he's angry too and that Enma has made his friends suffer. Rainbow arc, the situation with Iemitsu, telling Byakuran that he didn't understand him even up to the end, snapping at Reborn telling him that if he wants the boss watch he's better try and take it from him and also calling Reborn a failure as a home tutor. We know TYL Tsuna was backed up against a wall in Future. We know he tried peaceful methods like getting rid of the Vongola rings. We also know that Millefiore targeted Yamamoto's Dad and ALL of the Arcobalenos. Which means that TYL Reborn was killed too. Based on how hard rainbow Tsuna fought for his Reborn and based on the fact that Tsuna does something as stupid as agreeing to the inheritance ceremony to avenge Yamamoto? Who's to say that in his wrath for losing his trusted mentor, he wouldn't come up with the plan he does? Definitely interesting to think about that though.

I hope I answered what you were going for? Please feel free to continue the convo if you want to ofc :]

I think one of my favourite moments in the series is the end of the storm battle. for one i am a die hard gokudera fan and in my opinion only the gamma fight surpasses it. And on the other-

The fact tsuna who is usually so reserved and just lets dera do his thing despite telling him quietly "you really don't have to"

Gets SO pissed at Gokudera for DARING to put his life on the line for this. A piece of jewelery and an empty title..

He calls it all meaningless if that means they cant just hang out together anymore.

Dera who links his own worth as a human being to his usefulness and position as a mafiosi is told "I just want you alive and by my side" in i think one of the most direct "this is the core of the whole series" moments we get.

When yamamoto faces ken he still holds back bc he doesnt want to get injured but as soon as TSUNA is in danger he says "fuck it" and gets serious.

In the shimon arc hibari picks up on tsunas depressive state and it annoys him so he changes that in his own way.

Its how mukuro in the rainbow trials cares for a tired fran.

Its how during the ring battles the girls and mama Sawada CONSTANTLY visit Lambo to make sure he is okay.

Its also how tsuna saves him in the first place. Fuck the rings, fuck the position, fuck this whole stupid arangement of fights- he has to save his family.

These people often get violent with each other and agressive, they bicker and they fight, but when the chips are down, all they care about is each other.

Most shounen protags have some kind of dream or goal, Tsuna just really really wants a quiet life and to spend that with his friends and family. The whole mafia buisness is just what he needs to do to keep that family he gained safe. Nothing tsuna EVER does is motivated by some ulterior motive for fame or riches. Its either him being FORCED into action bc he was literally kicked into it by reborn, or its because he has to resolve the situation to keep his friends and family safe.

The Caallone has a FUCKTON of members and so does the vongola and Tsuna really really really really REALLY doesnt care for any of that because in the end his own world is very small compared to the mafia.

I have to think of that one quote "why do you want to save this planet?" -"Because I live here!" for tsuna it would be "because my family lives here."

I mean be Tsuna isn't "heroic". Yeah he cares about other people and strangers, he helps old ladies, but when something is going on his go to isn't "I have to do something!" it's uauslly "man I hope SOMEONE does something. Not gonna be me tho!"

Sorry for the long ask i just wanted to rephrase what you said basically and send it back to you

HELLO AGAIN, thank you for the ask. Don't apologize at all for length, I'm absolutely foaming reading this.

I'm so glad you get what I was going for in the post. Those moments drive me insane. "They bicker and they fight but when the chips are down, all they care about is each other" and "Because my family lives here" I FEEL ABSOLUTELY INSANE ABOUT THESE LINES. You're so so right!!! The Vongola kids bully and tease and are nasty to each other, until it comes down to it and they fight tooth and nail for each other. Exactly what I was going for. The series doesn't need those scenes where Tsuna tells Gokudera he cares about him and they're warm and cuddly towards each other, bc it comes through in his words when meek and reserved Tsuna yells at him and tells him to stop trying to die for him or for some stupid ring. And I think that's so fun!! All the other stuff you listed also drives me so insane. For yamamoto, him letting himself get injured for Tsuna's sake was so good and Tsuna's love for Yamamoto shone through there too because Tsuna saw the injury and felt such immense guilt only apologizing for ruining everything for Yamamoto. Only for Yamamoto to go "No, I'm fine. As long as YOU'RE safe" like that's so good???

The Hibari thing?? How he sees Tsuna's depressed state over it all and all he says to comfort him is "Watch me." because that's all he could understand about the situation. That if he wins his fight, somehow Tsuna will cheer up. and its just so???? GOD ITS JUST SO FULL OF LOVE. Every character in this series shows love in their own ways and it drives me maddd

Mukuro taking care of a tired child too doesn't surprise me with his backstory. He's so gentle with people that are in "his care" even if he won't actively admit it.

The girls as well I'm so glad you pointed them out!! We so like to ignore them in this fandom and thats so sad bc the series makes it really clear that they are part of this equation too. That without their support, the fighters would not have made it. Tsuna could relax knowing Mama Sawada and the girls were watching Lambo and focus on his fight. And during future, he could focus on his training. Not to mention, they're just so supportive especially after they find out what's going on. The boycott episode and its resolution are some of my favorite scenes in Future, it makes me insane that the show gave the girls a Moment to remind us that they too are both deeply loved and ALSO love the boys just the same.

You're so right about Tsuna not being heroic, hell even in Shimon arc Enma is being bullied right infront of him and its Reborn that has to be like "STOP OR SAWADA TSUNAYOSHI WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!" He's kindhearted and he's got a good moral compass.. It's hard to explain, but you basically have to be IN Tsuna's circle for you to get that sort of "I will die for you" behavior kksjng otherwise he sorta reverts back to his "who me? im just a 14 yr old boy im nobody"

Thank you for sharing Lou (Or eternitas, whatever you'd prefer!) Spreading my own brain rot back at me very nice :^)